Ndi David Swanson
Malingaliro pa #NoWar2016
Posachedwa boma la United States lapereka ndalama zoposa miliyoni miliyoni kubanja la munthu m'modzi yemwe adamupha pankhondo yake imodzi. Wovutikayo anali Italiya. Mukadapeza mabanja onse aku Iraq ndi mamembala aliwonse omwe apulumuka omwe okondedwa awo aphedwa ndi United States atha kukhala mabanja miliyoni. Ma miliyoni miliyoni miliyoni akanakhala okwanira kuchitira ma Iraqi motere ngati kuti ndi Azungu. Ndani angandiuze - kwezani dzanja lanu - ndi kangati miliyoni miliyoni miliyoni?
Ndiko kulondola, trilioni.
Tsopano, kodi mungawerengere trilioni kuyambira pa imodzi. Chitani zomwezo. Tidikira.
Kwenikweni sitidikirira, chifukwa mukawerenga nambala imodzi pamphindi mutha kufika trilioni m'zaka 31,709. Ndipo tili ndi oyankhula ena oti tibwere kuno.
Trilioni ndi nambala yomwe sitingamvetsetse. Pazinthu zambiri ndizopanda ntchito. Oligarch wonyada kwambiri salota kuti adzawonapo kachigawo kakang'ono ka madola ambiri amenewo. Zigawo zazing'ono za madola ambiri zimasintha dziko. Atatu mwa iwo pachaka amatha kuthetsa njala padziko lapansi. Peresenti imodzi pachaka imatha kusowa kwa madzi akumwa oyera. Peresenti khumi pachaka imatha kusintha mphamvu zobiriwira kapena ulimi kapena maphunziro. Atatu peresenti pachaka kwa zaka zinayi, m'madola apano, inali Marshall Plan.
Ndipo komabe boma la United States kudzera m'madipatimenti ambiri amataya madola trilioni pachaka kukonzekera nkhondo. Chifukwa chake zimayenda bwino. Tenga chaka chimodzi ndikulipirira omwe aku Iraq. Tengani miyezi yowonjezerapo ndikuyamba kubwezera anthu aku Afghanistan, Libyans, Syria, Pakistanis, Yemenis, Somalis, ndi ena. Ndikudziwa bwino kuti sindinawalembetse onse. Kumbukirani vuto la zaka 31,709.
Zachidziwikire kuti simungathe kubweza kwathunthu dziko lowonongedwa monga Iraq kapena banja kulikonse komwe waferedwa. Koma mutha kupindulitsa anthu mamiliyoni ndi mabiliyoni chaka chilichonse ndikusunga ndikusintha miyoyo ndi mamiliyoni mabiliyoni ochepera ndalama zomwe amawononga pokonzekera nkhondo zambiri. Ndipo iyi ndiyo njira yoyamba yomwe nkhondo imapha - pochotsa ndalama zachitetezo china chilichonse. Padziko lonse lapansi ndi $ 2 trilioni pachaka kuphatikiza ma trilioni pakuwonongeka ndi chiwonongeko.
Mukayesa kuyesa zabwino ndi zoyipa kuti musankhe ngati kuyambitsa kapena kupitiriza nkhondo kuli koyenera, mbali yoyipa iyenera kupita mtengo: zachuma, zamakhalidwe, zaumunthu, zachilengedwe, ndi zina zambiri, zakukonzekera nkhondo. Ngakhale mukuganiza kuti mutha kuyerekezera kuti padzakhala nkhondo yoyenera tsiku lina, muyenera kulingalira ngati ili Zolondola mwa njira yomwe bungwe lomwe limayipitsa dziko lapansi ndikuzunza antchito ake ndi makasitomala Zopindulitsa - ndikulemba zonse zomwe zawonongedwa.
Zachidziwikire, anthu amakonda kulingalira kuti pakhala pali nkhondo zingapo zomveka, kuti mwayi wachiwiri upose chiwonongeko chonse chakukonzekera nkhondo kosatha kuphatikiza nkhondo zonse zosadziwika zomwe zimabweretsa. United States imangoyenera kumenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi England ngakhale kusintha kosachita zachiwawa pazinthu zopanda chilungamo kunali kugwira ntchito bwino, ndipo chifukwa chomwe Canada sinayenerane kumenya nkhondo ndi England ndichakuti palibe zovuta mu hockey, kapena china chake. United States imangoyenera kupha anthu atatu mwa anthu miliyoni ndikuthetsa ukapolo, ngakhale ukapolo sunathe, chifukwa mayiko ena onse omwe adathetsa ukapolo, ndipo mzinda uno womwe tili mu ukapolo womwewo, osapha anthu onsewa. Choyamba tsopano alibe cholowa chamtengo wapatali cha mbendera za Confederate ndi mkwiyo wokonda tsankho womwe timakonda, kapena china chake.
Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse inali yolungamitsidwa chifukwa Purezidenti Roosevelt anali atatsala ndi masiku asanu ndi limodzi polosera zachiwawa zaku Japan zomwe adachita kuti akhumudwitse, ndipo US ndi England adakana kutulutsa othawa kwawo achiyuda ku Germany, a Coast Guard adathamangitsa sitima yawo Miami, Dipatimenti ya State idakana pempho la visa la Anne Frank, zoyesayesa zamtendere zoyimitsa nkhondo ndikumasula misasa zidatsekedwa, kangapo kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe adamwalira m'misasa adamwalira kunja kwawo pankhondo, kuwonongedwa konse kwa anthu wamba ndipo nkhondo zanthawi zonse zaku United States zakhala zowopsa, malingaliro akuti Germany idalanda Western Hemisphere itangomaliza kugonjetsa Soviet Union idakhazikitsidwa ndi zikalata zabodza zaku Karl Rovian, United States idapereka chindoko kwa ankhondo akuda nthawi yankhondo komanso anthu aku Guatemala panthawi yamilandu ya ku Nuremberg, ndipo asitikali aku US adalemba ganyu a Nazi apamwamba kumapeto kwa nkhondo omwe amalowererana, koma ili linali funsoZabwino zotsutsana ndi zoyipa.
Njira yatsopano yolimbitsira nkhondo ngati mphatso zokomera anthu ambiri imathandizira anthu aku US, koma nkhondo iliyonseyi imadalira kuthandizidwa kwambiri ndi iwo omwe ali ndi ludzu la magazi. Ndipo chifukwa palibe nkhondo yothandiza anthu yomwe idapindulitsebe anthu, mabodzawa amatsamira kwambiri pankhondo zomwe sizinachitike. Zaka zisanu zapitazo wina adangophulitsa bomba ku Libya chifukwa cha Rwanda - komwe gulu lankhondo lothandizidwa ndi US lidayambitsa tsokalo ndipo sakanaphulitsa aliyense amene wathandizira zinthu. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake Kazembe wa US ku United Nations Samantha Power adalemba poyera komanso mopanda manyazi kuti tili ndi udindo wosayang'ana tsoka lomwe lachitika ku Libya kuti tikhale okonzeka kuphulitsa Syria, ndipo tiyenera kuphulitsa Syria chifukwa cha Rwanda. Komanso chifukwa cha Kosovo, pomwe mabodzawo anali ndi chithunzi cha munthu woonda kuseri kwa mpanda. Zowonadi wojambula zithunzi anali kumbuyo kwa mpanda ndipo panali munthu wonenepa pafupi ndi wowonda uja. Koma cholinga chake chinali kuphulitsa bomba ku Serbia komanso nkhanza zamafuta kuti athetse kuphedwa, komwe boma la US panthawi ya WWII silinali ndi chidwi chofuna kuletsa.
Chifukwa chake, tiyeni tiwongole izi kamodzi. Tili ndi mbiri kuti nkhondo ziyenera kugulitsidwa ngati zabwino kwa anthu. Koma ndife opusa okhala ndi zolinga zabwino ngati tikhulupilira. Nkhondo ziyenera kutha, ndipo malo owopsa kwambiri okonzekera nkhondo ayenera kuthetsedwa.
Sindingayembekezere kuti titha ndipo sindikutsimikiza kuti tithetsa asilikali a US pofika Lachinayi lotsatira, koma ndikofunikira kuti timvetsetse kufunikira ndikufunitsitsa kuti tithetse, kuti tithe kuyamba kuchita zomwe zingatipangitse kutero malangizo. Masitepe angapo atha kuwoneka motere:
1) Siyani kumenyana ndi mayiko ndi magulu ena.
2) Pangani thandizo la US kuti mulowe nawo muzipatala za malamulo, zosasamala, zokambirana, ndi chithandizo, monga momwe zinakhazikitsidwa m'bukuli mu mapaketi anu, A Global Security System: An Alternative Nkhondo.
3) Tsirizani nkhondo zopitiriza.
4) Tengani US kuti isapitirire kuwirikiza kawiri wotsogola wankhondo wotsatira - kuyika ndalama pakusintha chuma chokhazikika mwamtendere.
5) Tsekani zitsulo zachilendo.
6) Chotsani zida zomwe ziribe cholinga chotetezera.
7) Tengani US kuti musapitirirepo kuposa wotsatira wotsogola usilikali, ndipo mupitirize kuyenda mofulumira ndi masewera olimbana nawo. Ndizowonadi kuti United States ikhoza kuyambitsa mtundu wa zida zankhondo ngati ikasankha kutsogolera.
8) Kuthetsa zida za nyukiliya ndi zida zina zoipa kwambiri padziko lapansi. Chinthu chabwino kuti a US azilowa nawo pamsonkhanowu pa mabomba a masango tsopano omwe US adaleke kuwapanga.
9) Pangani ndondomeko yothetseratu nkhondo.
Ngakhale nkhondo zofunika? Nkhondo zolungama? Nkhondo zabwino ndi zaulemerero? Inde, koma ngati chilimbikitso, kulibe.
Palibe chifukwa chodziwitsira dziko lapansi mano. Sizothandiza pachuma kapena pamakhalidwe oyenera mulimonsemo. Nkhondo lero zili ndi zida zaku US mbali zonse. Makanema a ISIS ali ndi mfuti zaku US ndi magalimoto aku US. Sizolungama kapena zaulemerero. Ndizadyera chabe komanso zopusa.
Kafukufuku ngati Erica Chenoweth adatsimikiza kuti kukana nkhanza mwankhanza kumatha kuchita bwino, ndipo kupambana kumatha kukhala kosatha, kuposa kukana zachiwawa. Chifukwa chake ngati titayang'ana china chake ngati kusintha kosachita zachiwawa ku Tunisia ku 2011, titha kupeza kuti ikukwaniritsa zofunikira zambiri monga nkhondo ina iliyonse, kupatula kuti sinali nkhondo konse. Wina samabwerera mmbuyo ndikumakangana ndi njira yomwe sangachite bwino koma kuti ayambitse ululu ndi imfa.
Ngakhale kuchepa kwa zitsanzo pakadali pano zokana kukakamira kulanda anthu akunja, pali omwe ayamba kale kunena kuti achita bwino kumeneko. Ndigwira mawu a Stephen Zunes:
"Munthawi yoyamba ya Palestina intifada m'ma 1980, ambiri mwa anthu omwe adagonjetsedwa adadzilamulira okha chifukwa chosagwirizana kwambiri ndikupanga mabungwe ena, zomwe zidakakamiza Israeli kuloleza kukhazikitsidwa kwa Palestine Authority komanso kudzilamulira pawokha kwa ambiri madera akumadzulo kwa West Bank. Kukaniza kosavomerezeka m'dera la Western Sahara kwachititsa kuti Morocco ipereke lingaliro lodziyimira pawokha…. M'zaka zomalizira za kulanda kwa Germany ku Denmark ndi Norway nthawi ya WWII, a Nazi sanathenso kulamulira anthu. Lithuania, Latvia, ndi Estonia adadzimasula m'manja mwa Soviet kudzera mwa kukana mwankhanza USSR isanagwe. Ku Lebanoni ... zaka makumi atatu zaulamuliro waku Suriya zidamalizidwa mwa kuwukira kwakukulu, kopanda zachiwawa mu 2005. ”
Kutsiriza ndemanga. Ali ndi zitsanzo zambiri. Ndipo wina akhoza, ndikuganiza, ndikuyang'ana zitsanzo zambiri za kutsutsa a Nazi, komanso ku Germany kukana ku France komwe kuli ku Ruhr ku 1923, kapena mwina ku Philippines komwe kunapindula nthawi zonse komanso kupambana kwa Ecuador kupitilira Maziko a usilikali a US, ndipo ndithudi chitsanzo cha Gandhian chowombera dziko la Britain kuchokera ku India. Koma zitsanzo zambiri zokhuza kuponderezedwa kwapakhomo kwa nkhanza zapakhomo zimaperekanso chitsogozo cha zochita zamtsogolo.
Kumbali yosankha kuyankha kosagwirizana ndi zachiwawa kumatha kukhala kopambana ndikuchita bwino kwakanthawi, komanso kuwonongeka kocheperako. Nthawi zina timakhala otanganidwa kwambiri kunena kuti uchigawenga wotsutsana ndi US umalimbikitsidwa ndi nkhanza zaku US - monga ziliri - kuti timaiwala kunena kuti uchigawenga umalephera kukwaniritsa zolinga zawo monganso uchigawenga waukulu waku US ukulephera kukwaniritsa zolinga zawo. Kukaniza kwa Iraq kulandidwa ndi US si chitsanzo chotsutsana ndi US kuukira koopsa ku United States ndi Vladimir Putin ndi Edward Snowden akutsogolera gulu lachilengedwe la Asilamu a Honduras kuti abwere kudzatitengera mfuti.
Chitsanzo chabwino ndi kusagwirizana ndi malamulo osagwirizana ndi malamulo, malamulo a malamulo, ndi zokambirana. Ndipo izo zikhoza kuyamba tsopano. Mpata wa mikangano yachiwawa ikhoza kuchepetsedwa kwambiri.
Pakalibe kuukiridwa, komabe, pomwe akunenedwa kuti nkhondo iyenera kuyambika ngati "njira yomaliza," mayankho osagwirizana ndi nkhanza amapezeka mosiyanasiyana ndipo akhoza kuyesedwa mobwerezabwereza. United States sanafikepo pamfundo yoti aukire dziko lina ngati njira yomaliza. Ndipo sizingatheke.
Ngati mungakwanitse kuchita izi, lingaliro lamakhalidwe abwino lingafunikebe kuti phindu lomwe mukuganiza pankhondo yanu lipitirire kuwonongeka konse komwe kwachitika posungitsa zida zankhondo, ndiye chopinga chachikulu kwambiri.
Chimene tikusowa, kuti tipeze mavuto omwe sitingathe kupirira nawo aliyense amene amakhala mu White House ndi Capitol miyezi inayi kuyambira tsopano ndi gulu lalikulu, lolimbikitsidwa kwambiri lothetsa nkhondo, ndi masomphenya a zomwe tingakhale nazo m'malo mwake.
Panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse, United States isanapitilizebe kukhala munkhondo, a Congressman ochokera ku Maryland adati pambuyo pa nkhondo Pentagon itha kusinthidwa kukhala chipatala ndikupanga cholinga china chothandiza. Ndikuganizabe kuti ndi lingaliro labwino. Ndingayesere kuzitchula kwa ogwira ntchito ku Pentagon tikapita kumeneko ku 9 m'mawa Lolemba.
Awa ndi masomphenya omwe tikufunikira kuti tipititse patsogolo, omwe cholinga chatsopano ndi chamtengo wapatali chiyenera kupezeka, monga m'mapangidwe awa omwe anapangidwa kuchokera ku zida za nyukiliya zowonjezeredwa, pazinthu zonse zomwe zidakhala mbali ya chipani chachiwerewere chomwe chimadziwika ngati nkhondo.
