ndi Donna R. Park, World BEYOND War, October 13, 2021
Pentagon idatulutsa yake lipoti la pachaka posachedwa podzipha kunkhondo, ndipo ikutipatsa nkhani zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri. Ngakhale adawononga madola mamiliyoni mazana pamapulogalamu othetsa vutoli, kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku US omwe adagwira ntchito adakwera mpaka 28.7 pa 100,000 mu 2020, kuyambira 26.3 pa 100,000 chaka chatha.
Uku ndiye kuchuluka kwambiri kuyambira 2008, pomwe Pentagon idayamba kusunga zambiri. Mu mawu ogwirizana, Mlembi Wankhondo waku US a Christine Wormuth ndi General James McConville, wamkulu wankhondo, anena kuti "kudzipha kumakhalabe vuto lalikulu kwa Asitikali athu," ndipo adavomereza kuti samamvetsetsa bwino chomwe chikuyambitsa.
Mwina akuyenera kuyang'anitsitsa momwe zimaphunzitsira, kumenya nkhondo, ndikugwiritsa ntchito anyamata ndi atsikana kuti aphe anthu ena. Pakhala pali osawerengeka nkhani zosokoneza chifukwa cha izi.
Nchifukwa chiyani anthu ambiri aku America amavomereza izi ngati ndalama zotetezera dziko? Kodi tidasokonezedwa m'maganizo ndi matumba akuya komanso mphamvu zakampani zankhondo monga Purezidenti Eisenhower anachenjezera zokambirana mu 1961?
Anthu ambiri aku America amaganiza kuti kupereka nsembe yamisala komanso miyoyo ya amuna ndi akazi athu kunkhondo ndi mtengo woteteza United States. Ena amafera pamtunda, ena panyanja, ena mlengalenga, ndipo ena adzipha. Koma kodi tikufunikiradi kupereka miyoyo ya anthu ambiri, mdziko muno komanso m'maiko ena, kuti tikhale otetezeka, komanso omasuka? Kodi sitingapeze njira yabwinoko yokwaniritsira zolingazi?
Othandizira a demokalase federation yapadziko lonse khulupirirani kuti titha kuchoka pa lamulo lokakamiza, amene amadalira nsembe ya miyoyo, kwa mphamvu yamalamulo komwe mavuto amathetsedwa kukhothi lamilandu.
Ngati mukuganiza kuti izi ndizosatheka, ganizirani kuti, zisanachitike, zisanachitike, komanso zitachitika nkhondo zaku America, akuti United States idachita nkhondo. George Washington anali ndi nkhawa yayikulu pakukhazikika kwa dziko pansi pa boma lofooka lomwe lidaperekedwa ndi Zolemba za Confederation, ndipo pazifukwa zomveka.
Koma, pomwe lamuloli lidavomerezedwa ndipo dziko lidachoka ku chitaganya kupita kumgwirizano, mayikowo adayamba kuthetsa mikangano yawo motsogozedwa ndi boma la feduro m'malo mochita nkhondo.
Mwachitsanzo, mu 1799, lidali boma latsopanoli lomwe limakhutiritsa yathetsa mkangano wautali wapakati kuti, pazaka zoposa 30, anali atayamba kulimbana kwankhanza pakati pa asitikali ankhondo ochokera ku Connecticut ndi Pennsylvania.
Kuphatikiza apo, onani mbiri ya mgwirizano wamayiko aku Ulaya. Pambuyo pa nkhondo zankhaninkhani pakati pa mayiko aku Europe, European Union idakhazikitsidwa ndi cholinga chothetsa nkhondo zamagazi zochuluka pakati pawo zomwe zidathetsa ngozi yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Ngakhale European Union sinakhalebe mgwirizano wamayiko, kuphatikiza kwawo mayiko omwe kale anali kumenyanako kwakhazikitsa maziko a federation ndipo kwakhala kopambana modabwitsa poyimitsa nkhondo pakati pawo.
Kodi mungaganizire dziko lomwe lingathetse mavuto ake m'bwalo lamilandu m'malo mopondereza miyoyo ya amuna ndi akazi mamiliyoni ambiri? Ingoganizirani izi.
Choyamba, timasintha United Nations kuchoka ku chitaganya kukhala chitaganya cha mayiko omwe ali ndi malamulo omwe amatsimikizira ufulu wa anthu onse, kuteteza chilengedwe chathu, ndikuletsa nkhondo ndi zida zowononga anthu ambiri.
Kenako timapanga mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi omwe amafunikira kuti akhazikitse ndikukhazikitsa malamulo adziko lonse mwachilungamo. Ngati wogwira ntchito m'boma aphwanya lamuloli, amatha kumangidwa, kuweruzidwa, ndipo akapezedwa wolakwa, aponyedwa m'ndende. Titha kuthetsa nkhondo komanso, kupeza chilungamo.
Zachidziwikire, tifunikira macheke ndi sikelo kuti tiwonetsetse kuti palibe dziko kapena mtsogoleri wotsutsa yemwe angalamulire chitaganya cha padziko lonse lapansi.
Koma titha kupangitsa dziko kukhala malo abwinoko osaphunzitsa, kumenya nkhondo, ndikugwiritsa ntchito anyamata ndi atsikana kuti aphe anthu akumayiko ena, potero, kusiya asitikali athu kuti akumane ndi zotsatirapo, kuphatikiza imfa ya pankhondo, koma kupsinjika kwamaganizidwe ndi kudzipha.
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Donna Park ndi Wapampando wa Board of Directors wa Nzika za Global Solutions Education Fund.
