ndi Gerry Condon, July 24, 2016
Ndikukhala pakati pa Gulu la Zero la Pansi la Zachiwawa pa Hood Canal pafupi ndi Poulsbo, Washington. Ndikatundu wamkulu komanso wokongola, wokhala ndi nkhalango. Pali nyumba yokongola, yokwanira, yokhala ndi kapinga wotambalala komanso malo otetezedwa ndi mitengo yayitali ya paini ndi mikungudza. Kumapeto kwa kapingako kuli chizindikiro chachikulu cha mwala cholembedwa ndi pemphero lachibuda la mtendere. Ndikayang'ana chithunzi chowoneka bwinochi, akalulu ang'onoang'ono amangoyang'ana pa kapinga. Kusangalala ndi malowa ndekha kwa maola angapo kumabwezeretsa mtendere wamumtima.
Koma malingaliro aliwonse a utopian amasokonezedwa nthawi ndi nthawi ndi phokoso lamfuti zamphamvu kwambiri kuchokera pagulu lamfuti zapafupi. Ndikamasokoneza mtendere wanga, kuwombera kwamfuti kumandikumbutsanso komwe ndili. Ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe anthu ena amathera nthawi yoyeserera luso lawo lakupha pagulu lamfuti. Kumbali ina ya mpanda, komabe, ndizochitika zosokoneza kwambiri - zida zazikulu za nyukiliya ku United States.
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action ili, mwa mapangidwe, pafupi ndi Bangor Trident Submarine Base, imodzi mwazigawo ziwiri zokha zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi US Navy (ina ili ku Kings Bay, Georgia). Pafupi ndi Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC), komwe zoponya zimasungidwa ndikusungidwa.
Sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa Trident ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) ku Bangor akuti ili ndi zida za nyukiliya pafupifupi 108. Zida zankhondo za W76 ndi W88 ku Bangor ndizofanana motsatana ndi ma kilotoni 100 ndi ma kilotoni 455 a TNT mumphamvu yowononga. Sitima yapamadzi imodzi yomwe yatumizidwa ku Bangor ndi yofanana ndi bomba la nyukiliya la Hiroshima pafupifupi 1,400. Pali XX submarines.
Kumapeto kwa udzu wamtendere uwu wokhala ndi akalulu odyetserako ziweto komanso chikumbutso cha mapemphero achibuda, ndikutha kuwona mpanda wamphepo yamkuntho wokhala ndi waya wa concertina. Kumbali ina ya mpanda umenewo pali zida zanyukiliya zokwanira kuwononga zamoyo zonse padziko lapansi. Lingaliro limenelo ndi lalikulu kwambiri kwa ine kuti ndimvetse. Kuwombera kwamfuti kokulirakulira kwandipangitsa kubwerera kudziko lenileni.
Osandilakwitsa. Malo amtendere awa otchedwa "Ground Zero" ndi dziko lenileni. Zonse ndi kutenga udindo wa tsogolo la dziko lathu lapansi. Ndi za kuphwanya kukana, kuchitira umboni wamakhalidwe abwino, kuphunzitsa anthu za njira zina zothanirana ndi chiwawa, ndi kuika miyoyo yathu panjira. Omenyera ufulu wa Ground Zero amamangidwa pafupipafupi pazipata za Bangor base. Iwo amadzipereka ku kukana kopanda chiwawa ku zida za nyukiliya ndi nkhondo.
Ichinso ndi ntchito ya mbiri yakale Boti lamtendere la Golden Rule, yomwe tsopano ndi polojekiti yapadziko lonse ya Veterans For Peace. Tikupita kudziko lopanda zida zanyukiliya, ndi tsogolo lamtendere, lokhazikika. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action ndi m'modzi mwa omwe amathandizira paulendo wa miyezi 4-1/2 wa Lamulo la Golden Lamulo kudera lonse la Pacific Northwest. Tikuima pamadoko opitilira 30 ku Oregon, Washington ndi British Columbia. Tikulumikizana ndi omenyera ufulu wamtendere ndi nyengo, pomwe timaphunzitsa anthu za kuopsa kwa nkhondo yanyukiliya.
Lachiwiri, Ogasiti 9, Tsiku la Nagasaki, Lamulo Lagolide ndi Ground Zero, litsogolera "peace flotilla," kuyenda pafupi ndi malire a Bangor Trident Submarine Base. Tidzalozera dziko lapansi kuti zida zowononga kwambiri izi zili pano, ndipo zikugwirira dziko lonse lapansi ku zoopsa za nyukiliya. Zida za nyukiliya zonyansazi zikuopseza zamoyo zonse padziko lapansi. Choncho n’chachisembwere ndipo chiyenera kukanidwa ndi anthu onse achikumbumtima. Monga Ankhondo a Mtendere akuti m'mawu ake a ntchito, nkhondo yokha iyenera kuthetsedwa.
Ndikuyang'ananso malo okongola obiriwira awa a kulingalira ndi kukana. N’chifukwa chiyani nthawi zambiri anthu amene akukonzekera nkhondo amakhala malo okongola ngati amenewa? Kodi chidzafunika chiyani kuti athetse nkhondo kwanthawi zonse? Othandizira ogwira ntchito limodzi, monga a Veterans For Peace ndi Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. Pamene anthu ambiri ndi mikangano yambiri idzasonkhana pamodzi, tidzayamba kupeza mtendere weniweni ndi chilungamo chenicheni.
Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, titha kuchitira ena zomwe tingafunikire kwa ife. Tsatirani Lamulo la Chikhalidwe.
