Ndi David Swanson, Tiyeni Tiyesere Demokarase, August 25, 2021
Mwanjira zambiri, nkhondo imawonekerabe. Zachidziwikire ku US academia, kunamizira kwa Pinkerist kuti tikukhala munthawi yamtendere kwakukulu kumakwaniritsidwa chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ziwerengero, koma choyambirira ndikulengeza kuti nkhondo zapachiweniweni sizimenya nkhondo, ndikulengeza kuti nkhondo zaku US ndi nkhondo zapachiweniweni - chinthu chovuta kuchita mukamachoka US, Afghans, mwachitsanzo, akukana kuphana (awaphe!).
Koma ku United States, nkhondo ndi zankhondo - kapena zina zodabwitsa - zili paliponse: zikomo kosatha, malo apadera oyimikapo magalimoto ndi kukwera ndege, zotsatsa anthu ntchito zambiri komanso zotsatsa zida, makanema osawerengeka ndi makanema apa TV. Nkhondo imasinthidwa mosalekeza. Ndipo, chodabwitsa, kupezeka kwa chikondwerero cha nkhondo kwapangitsa kuti nkhondo ikhale yosatsutsika kotero kuti pali zotsutsana zochepa nkhondo ikakhala osati otchulidwa - ngakhale nthawi zomwe ziyenera kutero.
Mu Novembala, mayiko adziko lapansi adzakambirana mapangano azanyengo momveka bwino kusiya ndikupereka zotsalira zofunda kwa asitikali onse. Izi ndi pro-US chifukwa zochuluka zomwe dziko lapansi zimagwiritsa ntchito pazankhondo ndi US kapena zida zaku US. Koma nthawi imodzimodzi ndikulowerera ndale, kwachibadwa, kosakayikira kwa magulu ankhondo a aliyense, popeza magulu ankhondo ndi ofunikira kuposa nyengo yapadziko lapansi.
Ndi gawo limodzi lofananira. Asitikali ali adatuluka za kusanthula kwa kufalikira kwa COVID. Ngakhale kuti ndalama zambiri zimachokera ku feduro, ndizovuta kupeza zokambirana pazogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zaboma, kapena tsamba latsamba la membala wa US Congress lomwe limatchulapo zakugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo, nkhondo, mtendere, mapangano, State department, kapena 96% ya umunthu. Tili ndi makanema amtundu wa PFAS omwe samachotsa kufalitsa kwakukulu. Tili ndi magulu azachilengedwe okhudzidwa ndi madera omwe amalandira ndalama zambiri koma osati omwe amachititsa ambiri mwa iwo. Tili ndi ntchito zotsutsana ndi tsankho zomwe sizikukhudzidwa ndikulimbikitsa kusankhana mitundu komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha nkhondo. Ankhondo omenyera nkhondo ndioponya mosakondera kwambiri aku America, koma kuchuluka kwa malipoti onena za izi kumatha kuwerengedwa ndi zala za munthu yemwe mikono yake idawombedwa. Green New Deal, monga zomangamanga ndi ngongole zoyanjanitsirana, sizikudziwa ndalama zomwe zikupezeka munkhondo kapena kuwonongeka kwa asitikali - osati lamulo loyanjanitsa lomwe limalimbikitsa kuwononga ndalama zankhondo pazaka 10 zikubwerazi, zomwe sizachilendo ndipo pro forma yomwe otsutsa kuwonjezeka kwa ndalama zankhondo amalimbikitsa kuti asazindikire. Magulu omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe alibe chokana nkhondo zothetsa ufulu wawo, ngakhale kuthandizira kuwonjezera azimayi pagulu la anthu omwe atha kukakamizidwa kunkhondo zosemphana ndi zofuna zawo. Magulu azinthu zingapo zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zinthu ziziyenda bwino nthawi zambiri sasiya mtendere - ndipo ndiyenera kulingalira kuti ogulitsa zida zambiri samaziganizira pang'ono, chifukwa mukachotsa mtendere mumathandizanso kuthetsa nkhondo.
Nthawi zina nkhondo sizingasiyidwe kunja kwa nkhani. Koma ngakhale zili choncho sizikuwoneka ngati nkhondo. Amasandulika - posachedwa - kuti asasunthike pothawa, ndikupereka lingaliro loti zoopsa zoyipitsitsa pankhondo yazaka 20 zonse zikupezeka m'masiku ake omaliza. Nthawi zonse timawoneka kuti tikuphonya kuti nkhondo ndizopanda mbali imodzi ya anthu ambiri - omwe ali ndi ziwerengero zazikulu zofananira, zopwetekedwa mtima, komanso zopanda pokhala komanso zoopsa.
Kusonkhanitsa malipoti okhudza kufa kwa nkhondo ku Afghanistan chifukwa chiwawa mwachindunji kunapatsa University of Brown mtengo wa War Project pafupifupi 240,000. Nicolas Davies wanena kuti ku Iraq mu 2006 munayenera kuchulukitsa anthu omwe anafa ndi 12 kuti nambala ifike pochita kafukufuku wasayansi ku Iraq, ndipo ku Guatemala mu 1996 munayenera kuchulukitsa ndi 20. Kuyambira ndi 240,000 ndikuchulukitsa ndi 12 kumatipatsa 2.8 miliyoni mwina adamwalira mwachindunji ndi ziwawa zankhondo ku Afghanistan. Chulukitsani ndi 20 ndipo mupeza, m'malo mwake, 4.8 miliyoni. Chidwi pa funso ili chimakhala chochepa kwambiri. Sipanakhalepo maphunziro ofufuza omwe adachitika ku Afghanistan. Makampani atolankhani aku US pankhaniyi sanapezekenso ngati nkhondo zothandiza anthu. Ndipo malinga kwa Purezidenti Biden,
"Asitikali aku America sangathe ndipo sayenera kumenya nawo nkhondo ndikufa pankhondo yomwe asitikali aku Afghanistan sakufuna kumenyera okha."
Mwachilungamo, Biden adakhumudwitsidwa pakadali pano chifukwa cholephera nkhondo yapachiweniweni. Ngakhale zili choncho, wina akanatha kumuuza kuti kufa kwa asitikali aku Afghanistan kunali maulendo khumi kuposa omwe ankhondo aku US. Kapenanso gulu lonse lotchedwa luntha lotchedwa dera likadatha kulowedwa m'malo ndi wolemba mbiri m'modzi kapena womenyera ufulu, ndipo mwina kuthekera kwa ntchito zakunja mwina kumvetsetsa zaka 10 m'mbuyomu.
