Osanenapo Zamayendedwe Akubwera Kwamankhondo ku US!

Wolemba a Caroline Davies, pa 4 February, 2020

Extinction Rebellion (XR) US ili ndi Zofunikira zinayi zaku maboma athu, kwawo ndi kudziko lonse, ndipo loyamba lake ndi 'Nenani Zoona'. Choonadi chimodzi chomwe sichikuwuzidwa kapena kuyankhulidwa poyera, ndikuwona kayendedwe kaboni ndi zovuta zina zakukhazikika kwa Gulu Lankhondo la US. 

I Ndinabadwira ku UK ndipo, ngakhale tsopano ndine nzika yaku US, ndazindikira kuti anthu sangasangalale kunena chilichonse chokhudza US Army pano. Kugwira ntchito ndi ovulala ambiri monga othandizira olimbitsa thupi, ndikudziwa kufunikira kwathu kwa ife thandizani ankhondo athu; ma vetera ambiri ku Vietnam amamva kupwetekedwa chifukwa chodzudzulidwa ndi kusalidwa pomwe abwera kunyumba kuchokera kunkhondo. Zomwe zili zoopsa monga nkhondo ndizomwe zimakhudza aliyense amene akukhudzidwa, makamaka nzika zamayiko omwe tikuwaukira, asirikali akutsatira wathu malangizo - kudzera mwa oyimira we osankhidwa. Kutsutsidwa kwa ankhondo athu sikukutsutsa asirikali athu; ndikutsutsa kwa us: ife onse mogwirizana udindo wathu wankhondo komanso zomwe umachita.

Sitingakhale chete pazomwe tikulamula asirikali athu kuti azichita, zomwe zimayambitsa mavuto kwa iwo komanso kusawerengeka ena osadziwika padziko lonse lapansi, kapena kuchuluka kwa asitikali athu omwe akuthandizira vutoli. Ambiri mwa akatswiriwa akuyankhula okha. Chifukwa cha zomwe adakumana nazo, akuyesera kuti atipatse chidwi chathu pazovuta zomwe zikuchitika chifukwa cha nkhondo komanso kuvulaza kwa asitikali. Ma Veterans For Peace akhala akukambirana nkhani zonsezi kuyambira 1985 ndi About Nkhope, yomwe idapangidwa pambuyo pa 9/11, yadzinena kuti, "Veterans akuchitapo kanthu motsutsana ndi zankhondo ndi nkhondo zosatha". Magulu onse awiriwa akhala akulankhula mokweza aliyense nkhondo ndi Iran.

Asitikali aku US is polankhula za kusintha kwa nyengo ndi kukonzekera momwe zidzakhudzire iwo. US Army War College yatulutsa lipoti mu Ogasiti chaka chino, "Zomwe Zingachitike Kusintha Kwanyengo kwa Gulu Lankhondo la US".   Gawo lachiwiri la lipoti la masamba 52 lino linati "Kafukufukuyu sanawone ngati akupereka kusintha kwa nyengo (zopangidwa ndi munthu kapena zachilengedwe), chifukwa kupatsa chidwi ndikosiyana ndi zomwe zikugwirizana komanso sizikugwirizana ndi zaka pafupifupi 50 zomwe zafotokozedwazo. ". Ingoganizirani za dipatimenti yozimitsa moto ikuloza ziphokoso zingapo panyumba yoyaka moto. Ndiye tangoganizani kuti dipatimenti yomweyo ingalembe lipoti la momwe angachitire zadzidzidzi, osanenapo (kapena kukonzekera) kuzimitsa nyauni zawo. Ndinakwiya nditawerenga izi. Lipoti linalo lonse linaneneratu za tsogolo la anthu wamba Ziwopsezo, matenda komanso kusamuka kochulukirapo ndipo akufotokoza kusintha kwa nyengo ngati "owonjezera owopsa". Ngakhale akufuna kupewa kudziyesa pawokha, lipotilo, mwanjira ina, limalongosola kuchuluka kwa mpweya wa Army, kupha poyizoni ndi kukokoloka kwa nthaka, ndikuzipereka mwachidule motere:

 "Mwachidule, Gulu Lankhondo ndi tsoka lachilengedwe"

Ngati US Army ikhoza kunena izi pamenepo chifukwa chiyani sitikulankhula? Mu 2017 "Air Force idagula mafuta okwanira $ 4.9 biliyoni ndipo Navy $ 2.8 biliyoni, kutsatiridwa ndi Asitikali $ 947 miliyoni ndi Marines pa $ 36 miliyoni". US Airforce imagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochulukirapo kasanu kuposa Asitikali aku US, ndiye izi zimapangitsa chiyani? Tsoka lachilengedwe x 5?

Nditawerenga US Army War College Report, ndinali wokonzeka "kukumana ndi wamkulu". Zinapezeka kuti Wopuma pantchito wa Air Force Lt. General amalankhula pamsonkhano womwe ukubwera wa Sustainability Event, womwe unathandizidwa ndi a Julie Anne Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Ntchito Yachitetezo ku America on "Moni Pantchito: Kusintha kwa Nyengo ndi Chitetezo Cha Dziko". Zangwiro! Ndazindikira kuti pali zokambirana zingapo pachaka ku Arizona State University (ASU) ndi mamembala ankhondo omwe apereka mayankho awo aposachedwa kwambiri, komabe njovu mchipinda sichinatchulidwepo. Sindinali membala wa XR yekhayo amene amafuna kuyankhula pamwambowu. Pakati pathu, tinatha kudzutsa zambiri, kapena si onse, pazotsatirazi: 

 (Chonde tengani nthawi kuti mugaye ziwerengero zotsatirazi - zimakudabwitsani mukatero.)

• Gulu lankhondo la US lankhondo lakutsogolo limakulirapo kuposa bungwe lina lililonse padziko lapansi, ndipo potengera momwe mafuta amagwiritsidwira ntchito okha ndiye 47 wamkulu emitter wa wowonjezera kutentha padziko lapansi.
• Ndalama zathu zankhondo za 2018 zinali zofanana ndi mayiko 7 otsatirawa kuphatikiza.
• 11% ya bajeti yankhondo ikhoza kulipira ndalama zosinthika chifukwa lililonse kunyumba ku US.
• Chidwi pa National Ngongole ya 2020 ndi $ Biliyoni 479. Ngakhale tinawononga kwambiri nkhondo za ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan, tinali ndi ngongole kuti tipeze ndalama komanso ndalama zokwanira adatsitsa misonkho.

Budget Yathu Yochenjera ya 2020 ($ Biliyoni 1426) agawidwa motere:

• 52% kapena $ 750 biliyoni kwa Asitikali, ndipo $ Biliyoni 989, mukawonjezeranso bajeti za Veterans Affairs, State department, National Security, cybersecurity, National Nuclear Security ndi FBI.
• 0.028% kapena $ 343 miliyoni ku Mphamvu zowonjezereka.
• 2% kapena $ 31.7 biliyoni ku mphamvu ndi chilengedwe.

Mukadaphonya, kuchuluka kwa zomwe tidawononga pa Renewable Energy ndi 0.028% kapena $ 343 miliyoni poyerekeza ndi zomwe timagwiritsa ntchito pazankhondo zomwe zidali 52% kapena $ 734 biliyoni: timagwiritsa ntchito nthawi yathu 2000 zankhondo kuposa momwe timachitiranso pakukonzanso mphamvu. Kodi izi sizomveka kuti mwapatsidwa zovuta zomwe tili? Athu onse a Senators ndi pafupifupi onse oimira nyumba yathu adavotera bajeti iyi mu National Defense Authorization Act ya 2020, ndi kusiyanasiyana pang'ono.

Zoyankhula kwa General ku ASU zidapangidwira kuti zidziwitse anthu za chiwopsezo cha nyengo ndi zomwe zimabweretsa pachitetezo chathu; tidagwirizana naye pazonsezi, ngakhale titakhala kuti tasiyana zosiyana mayankho. Anali wachisomo potipatsa nthawi yolankhula ndipo kumapeto kwa nkhaniyo anati "nkhani iyi yakhala pagulu lachigawo 1-2% lomwe ndapereka kuzungulira dziko lonseli". Mwina, monga ife, adamva bwino poyambira zokambirana izi.

Nthawi zambiri ndimakumana ndi anthu omwe amadziwa zomwe amalankhula zokhudzana ndi vuto lathu lanyengo; adaphunzira kupitilirapo mwakuya, nthawi zambiri amachokera ku engineering kapena sayansi, ndipo amandiuza zinthu ziwiri izi: "Chinthu chofunikira kwambiri chomwe tingachite ndikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zochepa posiya kuyatsa mafuta oyimira zakale" - Kodi siziyeneranso kugwira ntchito ku US Army?         

Ambiri a ife ku Extinction Rebellion tatengapo kale mbali kuti tichepetse mawonekedwe athu a kaboni monga kuchepetsa nyumba zathu kapena kuyenda opanda galimoto, ndipo enafe tasiya kuwuluka. Koma chowonadi ndichakuti, ngakhale munthu wopanda nyumba ku US wachitapo phatikizani mpweya zamitundu yonse yapadziko lonse lapansi, chachikulu chifukwa chathu ndalama zambiri pazankhondo. 

Sikuti ndalama zathu zankhondo zimatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka kapena kukonza dziko, monga zikuwonera zitsanzo zambiri. Nazi zochepa chabe kuchokera ku Nkhondo ya Iraq (zomwe zinali zosemphana ndi mfundo za UN motero, a nkhondo yovomerezeka) ndi nkhondo ku Afghanistan, zonse ziwiri zikupitilizabe.

• The Boma la Iraq basi anawombera nzika 319 (15,000 zovulala!) omwe anali kuwonetsa ziphuphu komanso kusowa kwa ntchito mdziko lawo.
• The kusunthidwa kwa 1 mwa 10 Iraqis chifukwa cha nkhondoyi ndi kutsegulidwa kwa Iraq ku chikoka cha Irani, chifukwa cha kusakhazikika kwachigawo.
• ISIS, kwakukulu, adapangidwa ndi kulowerera komanso kugwira ntchito kwa Iraq, kutsimikizira kuti "asitikali akunja amakulitsa anthu wamba komanso amabweretsa ziphuphu"
• 182,000 Iraqis (mpaka Nov 2018) wamwalira chiyambire nkhondo yaku US komanso over 4,500 Asitikali aku US afa. Izi sizikuphatikizapo kufa kwa contractor omwe anali ambiri, nawonso.
• 38,000 Anthu aku Afghani adamwalira imfa zachiwawa kuyambira pomwe tidalowa mchaka cha 2001. 
• Mu Seputembala chaka chino kuukira kwa drone anapha anthu 30 okolola paini ku Afghanistan, ambiri mwa achinyamatawa omwe anali atangomaliza sukulu ndipo akuchita izi ngati ntchito yawo yoyamba yachilimwe. Patatha sabata limodzi ife kugunda phwando laukwati ndikupha anthu 40 kuphatikiza ana 12 okhala ndi drone ina.      

 "Achinyamata 60,000 atamwalira adadzipha pakati pa 2008 ndi 2017" malinga ndi Dipatimenti ya Veteran Affairs!

Nkhondo ikulepheretsa anthu komanso mayiko omwe timawaphulitsa, komanso mabanja athu. Nkhondo imalepheretsa chitukuko chokhazikika, imayambitsa kusakhazikika pazandale komanso kuwonjezera vuto la othawa kwawo, mopitilira kuwonongeka koopsa komwe kumayambitsa miyoyo ya anthu wamba, malo omwe adamangidwa, malo okhalamo ndi malo azachilengedwe: Ngakhale US Military "ikudziyipa yokha" ndikudzitamandira pakukula kwake kwokhazikika (tayerekezerani kuchuluka kwa zinthu zomwe zikuwonongeka m'mizinda yathu ndi mayiko omwe angakhale nawo pa bajeti yayikulu ya Asitikali a US): nkhondo silingakhale yobiriwira.

Pa zokambirana za ASU, a General adayankha mafunso athu mobwerezabwereza natiuza, "lankhulani ndi atsogoleri anu" komanso "ndife zida chabe". M'malingaliro, iye akulondola, koma kodi zimamvanso chimodzimodzi kwa inu? Ndikuganiza kuti ambiri a ife, kuphatikiza oyang'anira athu osankhidwa, sitikufuna kuyankhula chifukwa tikuwopsezedwa ndi gulu lathu lankhondo, thandizo lomwe limakhalapo chifukwa cha atolankhani, makampani opindulitsa ndi osangalatsa omwe amasunga ena mwa ife ndi / kapena phindu la masheya ndipo ambiri aife tili kupindula ndi ndalama zomwe ndalama zankhondo zimatipatsa ife ndi boma lathu.  

Ogulitsa zida zankhondo zisanu ndi chimodzi apamwamba onse ali ndi maofesi ku Arizona. Zili, mwadongosolo: Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Boeing, Raytheon Northrop-Grumman ndi General Dynamic. Arizona idalandira $ 10 biliyoni ya ndalama zodzitetezera zaboma mu 2015. Ndalama izi zitha kugawidwa kuti zithandizire maphunziro apamwamba ku koleji achichepere ambiri amalowa usilikali chifukwa alibe chiyembekezo chantchito kapena njira yothandizira koleji kapena chisamaliro chachipatala; atha kukhala ophunzirira njira zodalirika mtsogolo mmalo mophunzila momwe zingakhalire cogi yathu yomwe sizingatheke paliponse-makina ankhondo. 

Sindikumva chilichonse chazipembedzo zathu zakudziko kapena dziko lathu zikunena za asirikali. Izi zitha kukhala chifukwa cha zifukwa zambiri: zamanyazi pazonse zomwe tachita ndi asitikali athu, kuwopseza zaka makumi ambiri zabodza zankhondo kapena mwina, chifukwa magulu azachilengedwe sanayimire anthu omwe amalowa usilikali ndipo samalumikizana ndi zomwe zimaperekedwa. Kodi mukudziwa aliyense wankhondo kapena mumakhala pafupi ndi base? Pali Zida za nkhondo za 440 ku US ndi malo osachepera 800 padziko lonse lapansi, omwe amawononga $ 100 biliyoni chaka chilichonse kuti apitilize: kupititsa patsogolo nkhondo zopanda malire, kukhumudwitsa kwambiri, kudwalitsa ndikubweretsa nkhanza zakugonana kwa anthu am'deralo, zimayambitsa kuwonongeka kwachilengedwe kwanthawi zonse, kupatukana okondedwa, chowiringula kugulitsa zida zankhondo mopitilira muyeso ndikuchotsa mafuta pamataresi - kunyamula asitikali athu kupita ndi kuwachokera. Anthu ambiri ndi mabungwe tsopano ntchito kutseka maziko awa Ifenso tiyenera kutero.

Ngakhale gulu lankhondo latsala pang'ono kutha kuyambira Nkhondo yaku Vietnam komanso chiwerengero cha anthu omwe ali Asitikali a US tsopano wafika pa 0.4%, kuchuluka kwa ocheperako kunkhondo zakhala zikuchuluka (poyerekeza ndi nzika ogwira ntchito), makamaka kwa akazi akuda (omwe ali pafupifupi ofanana ndi azimayi oyera mu gulu lankhondo), amuna akuda ndi Hispanics. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu achikuda akuvutika kwambiri ndi zowopsa zaumoyo komanso zoopsa zomwe timaziwonetsa kudziko lina, pogwiritsa ntchito maenje oyaka. Mwachitsanzo ndi kunyumba; ambiri, asitikali ambiri amakhala mozungulira mipanda momwe kukhudzana ndi zodetsa nkondo ndikokulirapo. Gulu lathu la Luke Air Force Base lili ndi milingo ya zinthu za Polyfluoroalkyl (PFA), zomwe zimadziwika kuti zimayambitsa kubereka komanso khansa, zomwe ndi Pamwamba pa malire otetezedwa amoyo m'malo awo ndi pansi pamadzi. Pepani kuti ndikudabwitseni koma mankhwala awa alowa m'malo ena 19 oyesera madzi kudutsa chigwa cha Phoenix; palibe kutha kwa zowononga zachilengedwe ndi zachilengedwe m'maiko ena chifukwa cha nkhondo zathu. 

Ganizirani zowerenga nkhani yabwino kwambiri ya Nikhil Pal Singh, "Mokwanira Milozo Zankhondo" kuti mupeze zosokoneza komanso zowunikira za "mtengo wankhondo wosavomerezeka", womwe iye akuti, "ali ponseponse, obisika pamaso pake"; "Makamaka, kulowererapo kwa nkhondo kumayiko ena kwapangitsa zisankho kunyumba. Apolisi tsopano amagwira ntchito ndi zida ndi malingaliro a ankhondo omenyera, ndipo amakonda kukhazikitsa magulu omwe ali pachiwopsezo adani kuti alangidwe. " Adanenanso za kuwombera kumene kuli kofala kwambiri komwe sitikulabadira iwo, kulinganiza zakuwopseza kwa zigawenga ("Kukula Woyera ndikoopsa kwambiri kuposa uchigawenga wapadziko lonse pompano" ), ndale zotsutsa, mtengo wamtengo wa madola mamiliyoni atatu kutitsogolera ku "ngongole zowonjezera" ndi "nkhondo ngati yachilengedwe komanso yosasinthika yopita kumoyo wamakhalidwe ku United States lero. ” 

Sindidzaiwala kudabwitsidwa kukuwona galimoto yonyamula zida ngati 59th Avenue ku Glendale, AZ ndi apolisi omenyera atapachikidwa mbali zonse zake, kuti apeze ena mwa "omenyera nkhondo". Sindinawonepo chilichonse chonga ichi ku UK, ngakhale kutalika kwa bomba la IRA ndipo makamaka m'malo okhala chete.

Zolemba zomwe anzawo anaziwona zomwe ndizotsutsa za US Military, zachilengedwe kapena kayendedwe ka kaboni ndizovuta kupeza ngati anthu akulankhula pankhaniyi.

Nkhani yomwe inali ndi mutu wakuti "Zobisika Zam kaboni Oseketsa a" Kulikonse Kunkhondo ": Katundu, zachilengedwe, komanso kusanja kwa kabokosi ‐ kusindikiza kwa asitikali aku US ” idayang'ana sitima yayikulu yotumizira, ubale wake ndi kampani yamakampani, komanso kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwamafuta kwakukulu kwa gulu lankhondo la US. Adanenanso kuti mafuta omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito tsiku lililonse pamsirikali anali galoni mmodzi ku WWII, magaloni 9 ku Vietnam ndi galoni 22 ku Afghanistan. Olembawo anati: “Chidule chake ndichakuti mayendedwe omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo ayenera kukhala othandiza pakulowerera ndale zaku US"Monga zina zoyambitsa nyengo.  

Pepala lachiwiri, "Pentagon Fuel Use, Change Climate, and the War of War", likuwunikira ntchito zamagulu ankhondo ankhondo za pambuyo pa 9/11 ku US ndikuwonera momwe mafuta akugwiritsira ntchito mpweya wotulutsa. Inati "ngati gulu lankhondo la US lingachepetse mpweya wake wobiriwira ungapangitse Kusintha kwanyengo adayambitsa chitetezo chamayiko Asitikali aku US akuopa ndikudziwikiratu kuti zingachitike". Chosangalatsa ndichakuti, nyengo zankhondo zidatulutsidwa ku Kyoto Protocol, koma ku Paris Accord zidatero osamasulidwa. Palibe zodabwitsa kuti tinachoka.

Chosangalatsa ndichakuti Asitikali aku US onse akhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo ndi wothandizira pakusintha kwanyengo: "Asitikali sikuti amangogwiritsa ntchito mafuta ambiri, ndi gawo limodzi mwazinthu zofunikira kwambiri pazachuma padziko lonse lapansi ... kutumizira asitikali masiku ano kuli pafupi kuwongolera madera omwe ali ndi mafuta komanso kuteteza kiyi. njira zoperekera zomwe zimanyamula theka la mafuta padziko lapansi ndikulimbikitsa chuma chathu ”. M'malo mwake, mu Army Report yomwe tanena kale, amalankhula za momwe angapikitsire magwero amafuta omwe adzatuluke pomwe Arctic Ice akusungunuka. athu chuma cha ogula ndipo machitidwe athu amafuta amathandizidwa ndi US Army! Chifukwa chake, ife do tili ndi udindo osapitiliza kugula zinthu ndikuchepetsa miyendo yathu ya kaboni, komanso kuyang'ana kwambiri za Asitikali ndi andale athu omwe pitilizani kuwalemba chekeni. Ochepa kwathu ochepa kwambiri ku Arizona House Oimira adavota motsutsana ndi 2020 Bajeti Yodzitchinjiriza ndi ngakhale a Senators athu anachita.

Mwachidule, ndi Gulu Lankhondo laku US lomwe ndiye "wowopseza weniweni" ku vuto la nyengo.

 Izi sizimamva bwino kuwerenga ndikuganiza, sichoncho? Ndidatchula kudula bajeti yankhondo kuti alipire mapulogalamu ena pamsonkhano wandale wapafupi ndipo ndidayankha kuti, "Mukuchokera kuti? Uyenera kudana ndi United States pamenepo? ”Sindinayankhe izi. Sindimadana ndi anthu aku America, koma ndimadana ndi zomwe (pamodzi) timachitira anthu mdziko lathu komanso padziko lonse lapansi. 

Kodi tonse tingatani kuti timve bwino ndi kukhala ndi zotulukapo pa zonsezi? 

1. Nenani zokhudzana ndi ankhondo aku US komanso chifukwa chomwe alibe malire pa nyengo, bajeti kapena zokambirana wamba ndi momwe mukumvera pazinthu zonse zamutuwu.
2. Limbikitsani magulu omwe muli kuti ayike magulu ankhondo aku US pa zolinga zawo. 
3. Lankhulani ndi maboma anu osankhidwa ndi akuluakulu a mayiko pankhani yodula bajeti yathu yankhondo, kuthetsa nkhondo zathu zosatha ndikuimitsa kuwonongedwa kwa chilengedwe ndi zothandizira zomwe takhala tikuzinyalanyaza kwa nthawi yayitali. 
4. Dndichotse ndalama zanu nkhondo komanso mafuta okumba pansi. Anthu aku Charlottesville, VA ananyengerera mzinda wawo kuti uchotse zida zonse ziwiri komanso mafuta ndipo posachedwa, New York City idasiya malonda zida za nyukiliya.
5. Chezani zochepa pazonse: gulani zochepa, kuwuluka pang'ono, kuyendetsa zochepa ndikukhala m'nyumba zazing'ono

Magulu angapo omwe ali pansipa ali ndi magulu amomwe mungathe kujowina kapena angakuthandizeni kuyambitsa. Magulu Opandukira Akukula nawonso, ngati titakhala nawo ku Phoenix tsopano, pali mwayi wabwino kuti pali wina pafupi ndi inu. Muzimva kukhala wouziridwa komanso wopatsa chiyembekezo mukamawerenga za momwe mabungwe omwe akutsatirawa akuchita kuti akonze zinthu:

• Ankhondo a Mtendere
• World Beyond War
• Pulogalamu ya Pinki
• Nkhondo Yotsutsa Nkhondo 
• Chigwirizano cha Mtendere