Ndi Stacy Bannerman, July 31, 2018
kuchokera Maloto Amodzi
Kodi mumasula bwanji malo owonetsa nyengo? Yambani kulankhula za nkhondo. Osati zachilengedwe okha omwe amachoka; Ndibwino kwambiri. Ntchito yomwe inagwiridwa ndi Bush Administration, yomwe inatumiza asilikali ndi mabanja awo kumenyana ndi dziko lonse kupita ku malo osangalatsa. Kusiyana kwa usilikali pakati pa asilikali kumatchedwa "mliri wa kutayidwa." Koma biosphere sichiwona yunifolomu, komanso kuwonongeka kwa zachilengedwe kwapangidwa ndi mabomba, kutentha maenje, ndi uranium zowonongeka sizikupezeka ku chigawo cholimbana. Sitikuwerengera kuti nkhondo ya America imakhala yopanda malire chifukwa cha kutuluka kwa nkhondo kumayiko akunja komwe kuli ndi chikwama chochokera ku dziko lonse lapansi komanso UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Sipadzakhalanso mphotho pa kugwa kwa nyengo komwe kudza. Ife tonse tiri ndi khungu mu masewera a nkhondo tsopano.
Mtengo wankhondo waku America pambuyo pa 9/11 wayandikira $ 6 trilioni ndipo mtengo wake upitilizabe kukwera limodzi ndi nyanja, kutentha, mlengalenga CO2, ndi methane, mpweya wowonjezera kutentha. Titha kuyembekezera kuchuluka kwa kusowa kwa chakudya padziko lonse lapansi, othawa kwawo nyengo, komanso kutulutsidwa kwa mabakiteriya ndi mavairasi omwe atha nthawi yayitali. Kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu nyuzipepala ya Pediatrics mu Meyi, 2018, adawulula kuti "ana akuti akunyamula 88 [peresenti] ya matenda omwe amakhudzana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo." Komabe, mabungwe azaumoyo samakambirana zomwe nkhondo zimawononga nyengo yathu akamakambirana zakusintha kwanyengo komwe kudzawononge ana athu.
Miyambo yachipembedzo ikulimbikitsana chifukwa cha machiritso ndi chitetezo cha dziko. Koma ndi zochepa zochepa, monga MLK's Anthu Osauka atawukitsidwa ndi azitumiki atatu, mutu wankhondo wankhondo waku America wapadziko lonse lapansi suli pompano. Ngakhale akudziwa kuti chilengedwe ndi tchalitchi cha Mulungu, Chiyero chake Papa Francis adangogwiritsa ntchito mawu ochepa chabe pazachilengedwe zankhondo momasuliridwa bwino Laudato Si: Pa Chisamaliro Kwa Nyumba Yathu Yathu. Ndipo mabungwe akuluakulu azachilengedwe akuwoneka kuti avomereza mosabisa kuti asitikali aku US ndiomwe sitidzakambirana tikamanena za omwe akuthandizira kwambiri pakusintha kwanyengo.
Pentagon imagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochulukirapo patsiku kusiyana ndi maiko ena a 175 (kunja kwa 210 padziko lonse lapansi), ndipo amapanga zoposa 70 peresenti ya mpweya woipa wa fuko lonseli, malinga ndi malo a CIA World Factbook. "US Air Force ikuwotcha kupyolera mu 2.4 biliyoni imodzi ya mafuta a jet pachaka, zonsezi zimachokera ku mafuta," inatero nkhani ina mu Scientific American. Kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa nkhondo za 9 / 11, magetsi a US akugwiritsira ntchito mabomba okwana 144 miliyoni pachaka. Chiwerengerocho sichiphatikizapo mafuta omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi magulu ankhondo, makampani oyang'anira asilikali, kapena mafuta ambirimbiri omwe amawotcha zida zankhondo.
Malinga ndi Steve Kretzmann, mkulu wa Oil Change International, "Nkhondo ya Iraq inali ndi ndalama zochepa za 141 milioni za carbon dioxide (MMTCO2e) kuyambira March 2003 kupyolera mu December 2007." Ndiko kampani ya CO2 kuposa a 60 peresenti ya mayiko onse, ziwerengerozi zimangokhala zaka zinayi zoyambirira. Tidafooketsa nkhondo mu December wa 2011, koma sitinasiye, kotero kuti nkhondo za US ndi zaka 15 za ntchito zakhala zikuwonjezeka kwambiri ndi matani a 400 miliyoni a CO2e mpaka lero. Ndalama zopanda ndalama pa nkhondoyo-nkhondo ya mafuta, tiyeni tisaiwale- tikhoza kugula kusintha kwa mapulaneti ku mphamvu yowonjezereka. Ingokhalani ndi mphindi imeneyo. Ndiye imani ndipo mubwerere kuntchito, chonde.
Tili ndi minda ya mphepo yokha ndi mapaipi kuti asiye. Tili ndi mapuloteni a dzuwa omwe angapangidwe ndi madzi kuti ateteze. Timafuna ozunza kuchokera ku fuko lililonse ndi fuko lililonse yendani njira yobiriwira ndikuunika Moto Wachisanu ndi chiwiri. Koma kuchita izi kwinaku tikupitilizabe kudyetsa nyama yankhondo yomwe ikufufuza zotsalira zomwe zikufufuza pafupifupi 60% ya bajeti yadziko lonse ndizosowa mphamvu ndikuwononga zachilengedwe. Sitingachiritse khansa yopangidwa ndi anthuyi nyengo popanda kuthana ndi zomwe zimayambitsa. Kuti tikwaniritse kusintha kwamachitidwe ndi zikhalidwe zofunika pakuchepetsa kusintha kwanyengo ndikupititsa patsogolo chilungamo cha nyengo, tiyenera kulimbana ndi ziwawa zomwe zakhazikitsidwa ndi mfundo zakunja kwa US zomwe zikutsanulira mafuta pamoto wa kutentha kwanyengo .
Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo (DOD) ili ndi mphamvu yaikulu ya carbon yomwe ili ndi ntchito iliyonse padziko lapansi. DOD ndi imodzi yokha yopanga ndi kusakaza zida ndi poizoni monga Agent Orange ndi zinyalala zakuda zomwe zimawononga zachilengedwe. Pafupifupi peresenti ya 70 ya masoka achilengedwe a ku America omwe amadziwika kuti malo a Superfund ndi EPA adayambitsidwa ndi Pentagon, yomwe imayambitsa madzi osokoneza bongo ku US. Choncho, musadabwe nazo osachepera zida zankhondo za 126 zili ndi madzi owononga, zomwe zimayambitsa khansara ndi zolepheretsa kubadwa mu mamembala ndi mabanja awo. (Zochulukirapo zothandizira asirikali.)
Tiyenera kubwezeretsa kukonda dzikoli mosagwirizana ndi lingaliro loti sitingathe kupambana popanda nkhondo (zotsutsa zonse) ndi bipartisan paradigm kotero mwamphamvu kudzipereka ku ufulu ndi chilungamo ndi ufulu kwa zonse zopanga mtendere, wamtendere kukhala choyamba patsogolo pa dziko. Ngati sititero, sitidzakhala Amerika tanena kuti ndife. Pamapeto pake, ndi zomwe sitinaziphatikize pa mtengo wa nkhondo zomwe zingathe kukhala zodula kwambiri.
Sitingathe kupitirizabe kukhala ndi khalidwe labwino, lauzimu, laling'ono, kapena lachilengedwe la kusanyalanyazidwa kosayenera komwe kumapangitsa kuti nthaka, mpweya, ndi madzi awonongeke padziko lonse lapansi. Kuti, abwenzi anga achikuda, ndilo lamulo limodzi losavomerezeka m'mabuku a dziko lino.
Ndikudziwa kuti anthu ambiri asankha kuti asalankhule za nkhondo kuti apewe kunenedwa kuti ndi woukira, kapena kuti akuimbidwa mlandu wotsutsana ndi gulu lankhondo. Ngati sitiphunzira china chilichonse — ndipo zikuwoneka kuti sitinaphunzirepo — kuchokera ku Nkhondo ya Iraq, timaphunzira kuti kukhala chete ndizabwino zomwe sitingakwanitse pomwe miyoyo ili pachiwopsezo. Manja a Doomsday Clock ndi mphindi ziwiri kuchokera pakati pausiku. Moyo wokha ali pamzere. Ndi nthawi yoti mupeze mau anu.
Tiyenera kudyetsa nkhuku zopatulika ku Pentagon, chifukwa nyengo imakhala yoopsa kwambiri. Kukhala kwanga konse kunali kuwonongeka kwa nkhondo ya Iraq, ndipo abwenzi anga ambiri adapeza Gold Star. Sindigwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti "kuwonongeka" mopepuka. Pamene ndikukuuzani zopweteka za kutaya chilichonse chimene mumachikonda chifukwa cha nkhondo ndi ululu simukufuna, Ndikukupemphani kuti mundikhulupirire. Tiyenera kupitiliza kugwira ntchito kuti "Tisunge pansi," koma ngati sititsimikiza mtima kuyimitsa United States War Machine, titha kutaya nkhondo yayikulu kwambiri m'miyoyo yathu.
