ndi John Miksad, Camas-Washougal Post Record, May 27, 2021
Pakadali pano, United States imagwiritsa ntchito madola trilioni atatu pachaka ku Pentagon. US imagwiritsa ntchito kwambiri zankhondo kuposa mayiko ena otsatirawa akuphatikiza; asanu ndi mmodzi mwa iwo ndi ogwirizana. Ndalamayi siyikuphatikiza ndalama zina zokhudzana ndi zida zankhondo monga zida za nyukiliya (DOE), Homeland Security, ndi zina zambiri. Ena amati ndalama zonse zankhondo yaku US ndizokwana $ 10 trilioni / chaka.
Tikukumana ndi mavuto atatu apadziko lonse lapansi omwe akuwopseza anthu amitundu yonse. Izi ndi: nyengo, miliri ndi mikangano yapadziko lonse lapansi yomwe imayambitsa nkhondo yanyukiliya mwadala kapena mosazindikira. Zowopseza zitatuzi zitha kutibera ife komanso mibadwo yamtsogolo ya moyo wathu, ufulu wathu, komanso kufunafuna kwathu chisangalalo.
Cholinga chachikulu cha boma ndikuwonetsetsa kuti nzika zake zili chitetezo. Palibe chomwe chimasokoneza chitetezo chathu kuposa kuwopseza uku. Ngakhale zikukula chaka chilichonse, boma lathu limapitilizabe kuchita zinthu zomwe zimawononga chitetezo chathu pomenya nkhondo zosazizira komanso zozizira zomwe zimawononga kwambiri komanso kutisokoneza kuti tiwone zomwe zikuwopseza.
Ndalama zokwana $ 1.25 trilioni pachaka zankhondo ndikuwonetsa malingaliro olakwikawa. Boma lathu likupitilizabe kulingalira zankhondo pomwe zomwe zimawopseza chitetezo chathu sichikhala ankhondo. Ndalama zathu zankhondo zomwe sizinatithandizire sizinatithandizire pamene tikulimbana ndi mliri woyipitsitsa pazaka 100. Komanso sizingatiteteze ku masoka achilengedwe osiyanasiyana kapena kuwonongedwa kwa zida za nyukiliya. Kugwiritsa ntchito zakuthambo ku US pakugwiritsa ntchito nkhondo komanso zankhondo kumatilepheretsa kuthana ndi zosowa zaumunthu ndi mapulaneti poyang'ana kwambiri chidwi chathu, chuma chathu, ndi maluso athu pazinthu zolakwika. Nthawi yonseyi, tikuthamangitsidwa ndi adani enieni.
Anthu ambiri amamvetsetsa izi. Kafukufuku waposachedwa akuwonetsa kuti anthu aku US akukonda kugwiritsira ntchito 10% pazankhondo zomwe zidadulidwa ndi malire a 2-1. Ngakhale atadulidwa 10%, ndalama zankhondo yaku US zithandizabe kuposa China, Russia, Iran, India, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, United Kingdom ndi Japan kuphatikiza (India, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, UK, ndi Japan ndi ogwirizana).
Mivi yambiri, ndege zomenyera nkhondo ndi zida za nyukiliya sizingatiteteze ku miliri kapena zovuta zanyengo; koposa pamenepo kuopseza kuwonongedwa kwa nyukiliya. Tiyenera kuthana ndi ziwopsezo zomwe zilipo nthawi isanathe.
Kumvetsetsa kwatsopano kuyenera kuyambitsa machitidwe atsopano monga gulu komanso monga gulu. Tikamvetsetsa ndikuyika ziwopsezo zazikulu pakupulumuka kwathu, tiyenera kusintha momwe timaganizira ndikuchita moyenera. Njira yokhayo yothanirana ndi ziwopsezo zapadziko lonse lapansi ndikuchita padziko lonse lapansi; zomwe zikutanthauza kugwira ntchito mogwirizana ndi mayiko onse. Paradigm yachiwawa chamayiko ndi mikangano sichitithandizanso (ngati zidachitikapo).
Tsopano kuposa kale, US ikuyenera kupita patsogolo ndikutsogolera dziko lapansi kukhala mwamtendere, chilungamo, ndi kukhazikika. Palibe dziko lomwe lingathetse mavuto awa lokha. US ndi 4 peresenti yokha ya anthu padziko lapansi. Oyang'anira athu omwe asankhidwa akuyenera kuphunzira kugwira ntchito moyenera ndi mayiko ena omwe akuimira 96 peresenti ya anthu padziko lapansi. Ayenera kuyankhula (ndi kumvetsera), kuchita nawo, kunyengerera, ndikukambirana mokhulupirika. Ayenera kuchita nawo mgwirizano wotsimikizika wofuna kuchepetsa ndi kuthetsa zida za nyukiliya, zoletsa kumenya nkhondo mlengalenga, komanso kupewa zida zankhondo m'malo mokomera magulu ankhondo mosalekeza. Ayeneranso kutsimikizira mapangano apadziko lonse lapansi omwe mayiko ena adasaina ndi kuvomereza kale.
Mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi ndiyo njira yokhayo yopita patsogolo. Ngati osankhidwa athu sangafike komweko mwawokha, tiyenera kuwakakamiza kudzera pamavoti athu, mawu athu, kukana kwathu, komanso zochita zathu zopanda chiwawa.
Fuko lathu layesa kumenya nkhondo kosatha komanso nkhondo ndipo tili ndi umboni wokwanira wazambiri zolephera zake. Dziko silofanana. Ndi yaying'ono kwambiri kuposa kale chifukwa chakuyendetsa ndi malonda. Tonse tikuwopsezedwa ndi matenda, kuwonongeka kwa nyengo, komanso kuwonongedwa kwa nyukiliya; omwe salemekeza malire amayiko.
Kulingalira ndi zokumana nazo zikuwonetseratu kuti njira yathu yapano siyikutithandiza. Zitha kukhala zowopsa kupanga njira zoyambirira zosatsimikizika panjira yosadziwika. Tiyenera kukhala olimba mtima kuti tisinthe chifukwa aliyense amene timamukonda ndi chilichonse chomwe timamukonda akukwaniritsa zotsatira zake. Mawu a Dr. King akumveka mwamphamvu komanso mwamphamvu patatha zaka 60 atawayankhula… tikhoza kuphunzira kukhala limodzi ngati abale (ndi alongo) kapena kuwonongeka limodzi ngati opusa.
A John Miksad ndi oyang'anira mutu ndi World Beyond War (worldbeyondwar.org), gulu lapadziko lonse lothetsa nkhondo zonse, komanso wolemba nkhani za PeaceVoice, pulogalamu ya Oregon Peace Institute yomwe idatuluka ku Portland State University ku Portland, Oregon.
