Ulalo Wosowa mu Mkangano wa Mfuti

Amereka ali m'manja paza mfuti. Ngati “March for Our Lives” ya mwezi watha, imene inakopa anthu oguba oposa miliyoni imodzi m’dziko lonselo, ili umboni uliwonse, tili ndi vuto lalikulu la chiwawa chowomberana ndi mfuti, ndipo anthu akukalipa nazo.

Koma zomwe sizikukambidwa m'ma TV ambiri, kapena ngakhale okonza ndi otenga nawo mbali mu March for Our Lives movement, ndi mgwirizano pakati pa chikhalidwe cha chiwawa cha mfuti ndi chikhalidwe cha nkhondo, kapena nkhondo, m'dziko lino. Nik Cruz, yemwe tsopano ndi wotchuka kwambiri ku Parkland, FL chowombera, adaphunzitsidwa kuwombera chida chakupha pasukulu yomwe pambuyo pake adalimbana nayo pa Tsiku la Valentine's Massacre. Inde, ndiko kulondola; ana athu amaphunzitsidwa ngati owombera m'malo awo odyera kusukulu, monga gawo la gulu lankhondo la US la Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).

Pafupifupi masukulu apamwamba a 2,000 ku US ali ndi mapulogalamu a JROTC, omwe amalipidwa ndi okhometsa msonkho komanso osindikizidwa ndi Congress. Malo odyera amasinthidwa kukhala malo owombera, komwe ana, azaka 13, amaphunzira kupha. Tsiku lomwe Nik Cruz adawombera anzake a m'kalasi, adavala t-sheti yolembedwa ndi zilembo "JROTC". Mawu a JROTC? “Kulimbikitsa Achinyamata Kukhala Nzika Zabwino.” Mwa kuwaphunzitsa kugwiritsa ntchito mfuti?

Ndikufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake America sikuyenda motsutsana ndi mapulogalamu ankhondo. Ndikufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake mamiliyoni sakugogoda pazitseko za owayimilira ndikukana kulipira misonkho, mpaka kuwombera kovomerezeka ndi Congress kuchotsedwa kusukulu. Pakadali pano, olembetsa usilikali amacheza ndi ophunzira pa nthawi yopuma masana, kenako amawaphunzitsa kuwombera m'chipinda chodyeramo ndi kuwakopa kuti alembetse. Mosakayikira, mayendedwe ankhondo ndi opusa, komanso okopa mwachuma. Ndiko kuti, mpaka ophunzirawo atembenukire anzawo akusukulu ndi aphunzitsi.

Mwina chomwe chili chofunikira kwambiri kuposa zonse, ndikuti JROTC, ndi gulu lankhondo la US lonse, likuphatikizidwa mu chikhalidwe chathu cha chikhalidwe cha anthu monga Achimereka, kotero kuti kukayikira ndikukayikira kukhulupirika kwathu ku dziko lino. Kwa ine, izi zikufotokozera chifukwa chake kugwirizana kwa Nik Cruz JROTC sikulinso mwayi patebulo pazokambirana zachiwawa chamfuti. Bwanji, mwezi watha wa March for Our Lives ku DC, pamene anzanga adanyamula zizindikiro za pulogalamu ya JROTC, oyendetsa adavomereza ndikudzitama kuti anali ophunzitsidwa ndi JROTC.

Chikhalidwe cha nkhondo chikufalikira m'dera lathu, kudzera m'mafilimu ndi masewera a kanema a Hollywood omwe amathandizidwa ndi asilikali, asilikali apolisi, ndi mapulogalamu a JROTC ndi ROTC m'masukulu athu. Pentagon imalandira mayina, maadiresi, ndi manambala a foni a ana athu onse, pokhapokha makolo atauza sukulu za ana awo kuti ziwachotse. Pafupifupi tonsefe tili ndi mlandu, mozindikira kapena mosadziwa, pothandizira kufalikira kwa zigawenga zaku US chifukwa chakukhala chete kwathu komanso ndalama zathu zamisonkho.

Owombera anthu ambiri mdziko muno ndi, makamaka, ndi mwamuna waku America yemwe adadwala matenda amisala, milandu yazachiwembu, kapena kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa la Marichi 2018 la US Secret Services. Iye si chigawenga cha ISIS kapena chiwembu cha Al-Qaeda. M'malo mwake, zomwe zapezedwa zikuwonetsa kuti, kuposa malingaliro aliwonse, oukira anthu ambiri nthawi zambiri amalimbikitsidwa ndi kubwezerana kwawo. Zomwe lipoti la Secret Services silikunena, komabe, ndi kuchuluka kwa zigawenga zomwe zaphunzitsidwa ndi asitikali aku US. Ngakhale omenyera nkhondo amawerengera 13% yaanthu akulu, zomwe zikuwonetsa zikuwonetsa kuti oposa 1/3 mwa akuluakulu omwe adapha anthu 43 pakati pa 1984 ndi 2006 anali mgulu lankhondo la US. Kupitilira apo, kafukufuku wa 2015 mu Annals of Epidemiology adapeza kuti asitikali ankhondo amadzipha okha pamlingo wa 50% kuposa anzawo wamba. Izi zikukamba zambiri za kuwononga maganizo a nkhondo, ndipo, ndingatsutse, kuthekera kowononga kwa malingaliro ankhondo "ife vs. them" omwe mapulogalamu a JROTC ndi ROTC amalowetsa m'maganizo mwa achinyamata omwe akutukuka, osatchula zamatsenga enieni. maluso omwe amaphunzitsa.

Ngakhale olembedwa usilikali omwe ali ndi mfuti amakhala pachiwopsezo kwa anthu aku America kunyumba, panthawiyi, asitikali athu akunja sagwira ntchito bwino pazapolisi padziko lonse lapansi. Pamene ndalama zankhondo zakwera kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa, zomwe zikupitilira 2001 peresenti ya US federal discretionary ndalama, malinga ndi National Priorities Project, uchigawenga ulinso. Ngakhale kuti dziko lathu lili ndi "nkhondo" zosatha m'maiko ena, Global Terrorism Index ikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa zigawenga kuyambira chiyambi cha "nkhondo yolimbana ndi zigawenga" mu 1 mpaka pano. Akatswiri azamalamulo ku Federal ndi maofesala opuma pantchito amavomereza kuti ntchito zaku US zimabweretsa chidani chochulukirapo, kukwiyira, ndi kubwezera kuposa momwe amaletsa. Malinga ndi lipoti la intelligence losavomerezeka pa nkhondo ya Iraq, "ngakhale kuwononga kwakukulu kwa utsogoleri wa al-Qaida, chiwopsezo cha zigawenga zachisilamu chafalikira ponse pawiri komanso m'malo." Boma la US likugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwana $ 800 thililiyoni pachaka pankhondo komanso kukonzekera nkhondo, kuphatikiza kuyimitsa asitikali pamalo opitilira 4 padziko lonse lapansi, ndalama zapagulu zatsala pang'ono kuwononga zofunika zapakhomo. American Society of Civil Engineers imayika zida za US ngati D+. Tili pa nambala XNUMX padziko lapansi chifukwa cha kusalingana kwachuma, malinga ndi OECD. Chiwerengero cha imfa za makanda ku US ndichokwera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, malinga ndi Mtolankhani Wapadera wa UN Philip Alston. Madera m'dziko lonselo alibe mwayi wopeza madzi akumwa aukhondo komanso zimbudzi zoyenera, ufulu waumunthu wa UN womwe US ​​ikulephera kuzindikira. Anthu XNUMX miliyoni aku America akukhala muumphawi. Poganizira kusowa kofunikira kwa chitetezo cha anthu, kodi n'zodabwitsa kuti anthu amalowa m'gulu la asilikali kuti athandizidwe pazachuma ndi malingaliro omwe amati ali ndi cholinga, ozikidwa m'mbiri ya dziko lathu yogwirizanitsa usilikali ndi usilikali?

Ngati tikufuna kuletsa kuwombera kotsatira kwa misa, tiyenera kusiya kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe cha chiwawa ndi usilikali, ndipo izi zimayamba ndi kuthetsa mapulogalamu a JROTC m'masukulu athu.