Momwe Mungatulutsire Nkhondo ku America

Wolemba Brad Wolf, Maloto Amodzi, July 17, 2022

Lamulo la machiritso m'malo molimbana ndi nkhondo silinaganizidwe mozama, kufotokozedwa, kapena kutumizidwa mwanjira iliyonse ndi dziko lino.

Lero ndalankhula ndi wothandizira malamulo akunja kwa Senator wa ku United States pakuyitanitsa gulu lathu lolimbana ndi nkhondo. M'malo mogwiritsa ntchito mfundo zolimbikitsira za kuwononga ndalama kwa Pentagon, ndidapempha kuti tikambirane mosapita m'mbali za momwe bungwe lathu lingapezere njira yabwino yochepetsera bajeti ya Pentagon. Ndinkafuna malingaliro a munthu wina wogwira ntchito ku Phiri kwa senator wodzisunga.

Mthandizi wa Senator anandikakamiza. Mwayi wa bilu iliyonse yodutsa zipinda zonse za Congress yomwe ingachepetse bajeti ya Pentagon ndi 10%, malinga ndi wothandizirayo, inali zero. Nditafunsa ngati izi zinali chifukwa chakuti maganizo a anthu anali oti tikufunikira ndalamayi kuti titeteze dziko, wothandizirayo adayankha kuti sikunali maganizo a anthu okha, koma zenizeni. Senator anali wotsimikiza, monganso ambiri mu Congress, kuti kuwunika kwa ziwopsezo za Pentagon kunali kolondola komanso kodalirika (izi ngakhale mbiri ya Pentagon yakulephera kulosera).

Monga ndafotokozera, asitikali amayesa ziwopsezo padziko lonse lapansi kuphatikiza mayiko monga China ndi Russia, kenako amapanga njira yankhondo yolimbana ndi ziwopsezozo, amagwira ntchito ndi opanga zida kuti apange zida zophatikizira munjira imeneyo, kenako amapanga bajeti yotengera izi. njira. Congress, ma Democrat ndi ma Republican onse amavomereza bajetiyo. Ndipotu, ndi asilikali. Amadziwa bwino ntchito yankhondo.

Gulu lankhondo likayamba ndi lingaliro loti liyenera kuthana ndi mavuto onse obwera padziko lonse lapansi, limapanga njira yankhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi. Iyi si njira yodzitchinjiriza, koma njira yapolisi yapadziko lonse lapansi pamlandu uliwonse womwe ungaganizidwe. Pamene mkangano uliwonse kapena malo osakhazikika akuwoneka ngati oopsa, dziko limakhala mdani.

Bwanji ngati mikangano yoteroyo kapena kusakhazikikako kumawonedwa ngati mwaŵi osati ziwopsezo? Nanga bwanji ngati titatumiza madokotala, anamwino, aphunzitsi, ndi mainjiniya mwachangu monga momwe tidatumizira ma drones, zipolopolo, ndi mabomba? Madokotala azipatala zam'manja ndi otsika mtengo kwambiri kuposa ndege yankhondo ya F-35 yomwe yatsala pang'ono kutseka. Mtengo wa $ 1.6 trillion. Ndipo madokotala samapha molakwa anthu osamenya nawo nkhondo m’maphwando aukwati kapena maliro motero amasonkhezera kudana ndi Amereka. M’malo mwake, samawona omenyana kapena osamenya nkhondo, amawona anthu. Amathandiza odwala.

Nyimbo zoyimba zomwe zimayimba lingaliro loti "naïve" zimamveka nthawi yomweyo, ng'oma zankhondo zomwe zimamveka bwino. Ndipo kotero, kuwunika kuli koyenera. Malinga ndi Merriam-Webster, naïve angatanthauze “kudziŵika ndi kuphweka kosayambukiridwa,” kapena “kupereŵera m’nzeru za dziko kapena kulingalira kodziŵa,” kapena “osanayesedwepo m’mbuyomo kapena mkhalidwe wina woyesera.”

Malingaliro omwe ali pamwambapa a madokotala pa ma drones amamveka ngati osavuta komanso osakhudzidwa. Kudyetsa anthu anjala, kuwasamalira pamene akudwala, kuwasunga pamene alibe pogona, ndi njira yolunjika. Nthawi zambiri njira yosakhudzidwa, yosavuta ndiyo yabwino kwambiri. Wolakwa monga momwe wanenedwera pano.

Ponena za “opereŵera m’nzeru za dziko lapansi kapena chiweruzo chodziŵika bwino,” taona Amereka mosalekeza pankhondo, tawona anzeru, akudziko, ndi odziŵitsidwa akutsimikiziriridwa kuti ndi olakwa mowopsa mobwerezabwereza ndi kutaya miyoyo ya zikwi mazanamazana. Sanabweretse mtendere, palibe chitetezo. Ndife olakwa okondwa kukhala opereŵera mu mtundu wawo wanzeru za dziko ndi chiweruzo chophunzitsidwa bwino. Ife, osadziwa, tasonkhanitsa nzeru zathu ndi chiweruzo kuchokera kupirira zolakwa zawo zoopsa, hubris awo, mabodza awo.

Ponena za tanthauzo lomaliza la naïve, "lomwe silinayesedwepo kale," zikuwonekeratu kuti ndondomeko yochiritsa m'malo molimbana ndi nkhondo sinayambe yaganiziridwa mozama, kufotokozedwa, kapena kutumizidwa mwanjira iliyonse ndi dziko lino. Naïve kachiwiri, monga mlandu.

Tikadamanga zipatala za 2,977 ku Afghanistan polemekeza waku America aliyense yemwe adamwalira pa 9/11, tikadapulumutsa miyoyo yochulukirapo, tikadapanga anti-Americanism ndi uchigawenga, ndikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zochepera $ 6 thililiyoni pamtengo wa omwe sanapambane. Nkhondo pa Zowopsa. Kuphatikiza apo, zochita zathu za ukulu ndi chifundo zikanasonkhezera chikumbumtima cha dziko. Koma tinkafuna kukhetsa magazi, osati kunyema mkate. Tinkalakalaka nkhondo osati mtendere. Ndipo nkhondo ife tiri nayo. Zaka makumi awiri za izo.

Nkhondo nthawi zonse imakhala mkangano pazachuma. Wina akufuna zomwe wina ali nazo. Kwa dziko lomwe lilibe vuto kuwononga $ 6 thililiyoni pa Nkhondo Yachigawenga yomwe yalephera, titha kupereka zofunikira za chakudya, pogona, ndi mankhwala kuti anthu asamang'ambene wina ndi mnzake, ndipo potero, tidzipulumutse kuti tisatsegulebe. china chotuluka magazi. Tiyenera kuchita zomwe zimalalikidwa nthawi zambiri m'mipingo yathu koma zomwe sizimakhazikitsidwa. Tiyenera kuchita ntchito zachifundo.

Zimabwera ku izi: Kodi timanyadira kugonjetsa dziko ndi mabomba, kapena kulipulumutsa ndi mkate? Ndi ziti mwa izi zomwe zimatilola kukweza mitu yathu ngati Amereka? Ndi ziti mwa zimenezi zimene zimalimbikitsa chiyembekezo ndi ubwenzi ndi “adani” athu? Ndikudziwa yankho la ineyo ndi anzanga ambiri, koma nanga bwanji ife tonse? Kodi timachotsa bwanji nkhondo ku America? Palibe njira ina iliyonse imene ndikudziwa koma kukhala wosazindikira komanso kukumbatira ntchito zachifundo zosavuta, zosakhudzidwa.

A Brad Wolf, loya wakale, pulofesa, komanso wamkulu waku koleji, ndiomwe anayambitsa Peace Action Network ya Lancaster ndipo alembera World BEYOND War.