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Mphwanga, msilikali wankhondo yemwe adakhala zaka zambiri za 20 kuphatikizira usilikali ngati msilikali ku South Korea, tsopano ndi msilikali wankhondo yemwe amakhala ku Afghanistan. Kukambitsirana kwathu kokha ponena za kuipitsidwa kwa asitikali ankhondo a US ku South Korea kunali kopanda pake.
Maiko awiriwa aku Asia, osagwirizana kwambiri pachitukuko, chuma ndi bata, ali ndi chinthu chofanana - zida zankhondo zaku US zoipitsidwa kwambiri, zomwe dziko lathu silitenga udindo uliwonse wazachuma. Woipitsa amalipira (aka "mumaphwanya, mumakonza") sizikugwira ntchito kwa asilikali a United States kunja. Komanso ogwira ntchito wamba komanso asitikali ambiri aku US omwe amakhala pamalowa ali ndi mwayi wopeza chipukuta misozi chifukwa cha matenda awo okhudzana ndi kuipitsidwa kwankhondo.
Taganizirani zankhanza zankhondo zowotcha maenje. Pothamangira nkhondo, DOD inanyalanyaza malamulo ake a chilengedwe ndipo inavomereza maenje oyaka moto - "moto wakupha wakupha" - pa mazana mazana a US ku Afghanistan, Iraq ndi Middle East. Anayikidwa pakati pa nyumba zoyambira, zogwirira ntchito ndi zodyeramo, popanda zoletsa kuyipitsa. Matani a zinyalala - pafupifupi mapaundi a 10 tsiku lililonse msilikali - amawotchedwa tsiku lililonse, usana ndi usiku wonse, kuphatikizapo zinyalala za mankhwala ndi zamankhwala, mafuta, mapulasitiki, mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi mitembo. Phulusa lodzaza ndi mazana a poizoni ndi ma carcinogens lidadetsa mpweya ndi zovala zokutidwa, mabedi, madesiki ndi zipinda zodyeramo, malinga ndi kafukufuku wa Ofesi Yoyang'anira Boma. Memo yankhondo yomwe idawukhira ya 2011 idachenjeza kuti kuwopsa kwa thanzi la maenje oyaka kumatha kuchepetsa kugwira ntchito kwa mapapu ndikukulitsa matenda am'mapapo ndi amtima, pakati pawo COPD, mphumu, atherosulinosis kapena matenda ena amtima.
Zinali zodziwikiratu kuti akuluakulu ankhondowo anawatsekera kwakanthawi pamene andale ndi akuluakulu ankhondo anabwera kudzacheza.
Omenyera nkhondo ochepa okha omwe amawotchedwa ndi poizoni wa dzenje adalandira chipukuta misozi chifukwa cha matenda awo oopsa komanso osachiritsika. Palibe nzika yaku Afghani kapena nzika yaku Iraq kapena kontrakitala wankhondo wodziyimira pawokha amene angadzatero. Nkhondo zitha kutha, maziko amatha kutsekedwa, koma gulu lathu lankhondo lapoizoni likadali ngati cholowa chakupha kwa mibadwo yamtsogolo.
Taganizirani za migolo 250 ya mankhwala ophera udzu a Agent Orange ndi matani mazana ambiri a mankhwala oopsa, omwe anakwiriridwa ku Camp Carroll, South Korea, malinga ndi umboni wa asilikali atatu a ku United States mu May 2011. “Tinakwirira zinyalala zathu kuseri kwa nyumba zawo. ” adatero msirikali wakale Steve House. Malipoti oyambirira okhudza ng'oma zowola ku US ndi dothi loipitsidwa kuchokera pansi safotokoza komwe ali. Maphunziro a zachilengedwe opangidwa ndi asilikali a US ku Camp Carroll mu 1992 ndi 2004 anapeza kuti nthaka ndi madzi apansi anali oipitsidwa kwambiri ndi dioxin, mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi zosungunulira. Zotsatirazi sizinavomerezedwe ndi boma la South Korea mpaka umboni wa asilikali ankhondo aku US ku media media mu 2011.
Camp Carroll ili pafupi ndi Mtsinje wa Nakdong, gwero la madzi akumwa amizinda ikuluikulu iwiri yakumunsi. Chiwopsezo cha khansa komanso kufa kwa matenda amanjenje pakati pa anthu aku Korea omwe ali m'dera lozungulira US ndizokwera kuposa kuchuluka kwadziko lonse.
Ndili ndi anzanga m'maiko aku Asia omwe ali ndi mbiri yakale ku United States kuyambira Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, mayiko omwe amasamala za China chifukwa cha zofuna zake zachuma. Ngakhale ambiri mwa abwenziwa amadana kwambiri ndi kukhalapo kwa asitikali aku US m'maiko awo, ochepa amawonetsa chitetezo chokhala ndi zida zankhondo zaku US ngati kutsutsana ndi China. Komabe, izi zimandikumbutsa za ana amene amadalira anthu ovutitsa anzawo kusukulu, omwe kukaniza kwawo ndi njira zawo sizimapititsa patsogolo kukula kwa ana osatchulanso bata lachigawo cha Asia.
Misonkho yathu imathandizira osachepera 800 mabungwe akunja, okhala ndi mazana masauzande a asitikali ndi makontrakitala ankhondo m'maiko opitilira 70. Padziko lonse lapansi pali zoyambira 30 zakunja. Ganiziraninso kuti dziko la United States ndilomwe likuyendetsa malonda a zida zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ndalama zokwana madola 42 biliyoni zikugulitsidwa komanso kuyembekezera kuwonjezeka mu 2018. Bajeti yomwe boma lathu lakonza mu 2018 ikuwonjezera ndalama zowononga chitetezo (kale kuposa ndalama zonse zapakhomo pa maphunziro, nyumba). , zomangamanga, chilengedwe, mphamvu, kafukufuku, ndi zina) pamtengo wochepetsera mapulogalamu apakhomo.
Sikuti timangochoka m'malo oipitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi padziko lonse lapansi ngati apolisi apamwamba pomwe ogulitsa zida zathu amapindula ndi mikangano padziko lonse lapansi, koma timatero monyalanyaza nzika zathu:
Mfuti iliyonse yomwe imapangidwa, zombo zankhondo zilizonse zomwe zimayambitsidwa, roketi iliyonse yomwe imawombera imayimira, pamapeto pake, kuba kwa omwe akumva njala ndi osadyetsedwa, omwe akuzizira komanso osavala. Dziko lino lankhondo silimawononga ndalama zokha. Ikuwononga thukuta la antchito ake, luso la asayansi ake, ziyembekezo za ana ake. ~ Purezidenti Eisenhower, 1953
Pat Hynes adagwira ntchito ngati injiniya wa Superfund ku US EPA New England. Pulofesa wopuma pantchito wa Zaumoyo Zachilengedwe, amatsogolera Traprock Center for Peace and Justice kumadzulo kwa Massachusetts.
