Nkhondo ku Ukraine ndi ma ICBM: Nkhani Yosaneneka ya Momwe Angathe Kuphulitsira Dziko

Ndi Norman Solomon, World BEYOND War, February 21, 2023

Chiyambireni dziko la Russia litalanda dziko la Ukraine chaka chapitacho, nkhani zofalitsa nkhani zankhondoyi sizinaphatikizepo ngakhale pang'ono chabe za zida zoponyera zoponya zapakatikati (ICBMs). Komabe nkhondoyi yawonjezera mwayi woti ma ICBM ayambitse chiwonongeko chapadziko lonse lapansi. Mazana anayi aiwo - nthawi zonse amakhala tcheru - ali ndi zida zankhondo zanyukiliya m'masila apansi panthaka amwazikana ku Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota ndi Wyoming, pomwe Russia imagwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi 300 yake. Mlembi wakale wa chitetezo William Perry watcha ICBMs "zina mwa zida zoopsa kwambiri padziko lapansi," chenjezo kuti “akhoza kuyambitsa nkhondo yanyukiliya mwangozi.”

Tsopano, ndi mikangano yokwera kumwamba pakati pa mayiko awiri amphamvu za nyukiliya padziko lapansi, mwayi woti ma ICBM ayambitse chipwirikiti cha nyukiliya wawonjezeka pamene magulu ankhondo aku America ndi Russia akukumana pafupi. Kulakwitsa a alamu abodza kuukira kwa zida za nyukiliya kumakhala kosavuta pakati pa kupsinjika, kutopa ndi kukhumudwa komwe kumabwera ndi nkhondo yayitali komanso kuyendetsa bwino.

Chifukwa ali pachiwopsezo mwapadera ngati zida zankhondo zakumtunda - ndi lamulo lankhondo la "zigwiritseni ntchito kapena zitayani" - ma ICBM akhazikitsidwa kuti ayambitse chenjezo. Chifukwa chake, monga Perry adafotokozera, "Ngati masensa athu akuwonetsa kuti zida zoponya za adani zili panjira yopita ku United States, Purezidenti ayenera kuganizira zoyambitsa ma ICBM asanawawonongere. Akangotulutsidwa, sangakumbukirenso. Purezidenti akanakhala ndi mphindi zosakwana 30 kuti apange chisankho choipachi. "

Koma m'malo mokambirana momasuka - ndikuthandizira kuchepetsa - zoopsa zotere, atolankhani aku US ndi akuluakulu amatsitsa kapena kuwakana mwakachetechete. Kafukufuku wabwino kwambiri wa sayansi amatiuza kuti nkhondo ya nyukiliya ingayambitse "chisanu cha nyukiliya,” kuchititsa imfa za za 99 peresenti za chiwerengero cha anthu padziko lapansi. Ngakhale kuti nkhondo ya ku Ukraine ikukulitsa zovuta kuti tsoka losamvetsetseka lichitike, ankhondo a laputopu ndi akatswiri odziwika bwino amalankhulabe chidwi chofuna kupitiriza nkhondoyo mpaka kalekale, ndi cheke chopanda kanthu cha zida za US ndi zotumiza zina ku Ukraine zomwe zakwera kale $ 110 biliyoni.

Pakadali pano, uthenga uliwonse wokomera zokambirana zenizeni ndikuchotsa mkangano wowopsa ku Ukraine uyenera kuwukiridwa ngati chiwopsezo, pomwe zenizeni za nkhondo ya nyukiliya ndi zotsatira zake zimalembedwa ndikukana. Inali, makamaka, nkhani ya tsiku limodzi mwezi watha pomwe - kuyitcha "nthawi yangozi zomwe sizinachitikepo" komanso "chiwonongeko chapadziko lonse chomwe chidachitikapo" - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. analengeza kuti "Doomsday Clock" inali itayandikira pafupi ndi apocalyptic Midnight - masekondi 90 okha, poyerekeza ndi mphindi zisanu zaka khumi zapitazo.

Njira yofunikira yochepetsera mwayi wowononga zida za nyukiliya ingakhale kuti United States iwononge mphamvu yake yonse ya ICBM. Mkulu wakale wa ICBM a Bruce G. Blair ndi Gen. James E. Cartwright, yemwe anali wachiwiri kwa mpando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff, analemba: "Pochotsa zida zankhondo zopezeka pamtunda, kufunikira kulikonse kochenjeza kumatha." Zotsutsa kuti dziko la United States lizimitsa ma ICBM palokha (kaya Russia kapena China) zili ngati kunena kuti munthu amene waimirira pansi pa dziwe la petulo sayenera kusiya kuyatsa machesi.

Ndi chiyani chomwe chili pachiwopsezo? Poyankhulana atatulutsa buku lake lodziwika bwino la 2017 "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of Nuclear War Planner," Daniel Ellsberg. anafotokoza kuti nkhondo ya nyukiliya “idzakwera m’mlengalenga matani mamiliyoni ambiri a mwaye ndi utsi wakuda wochokera m’mizinda yoyaka moto. Sizikanagwa mvula mu stratosphere. Ikadazungulira padziko lonse lapansi mwachangu kwambiri ndikuchepetsa kuwala kwa dzuŵa ndi 70 peresenti, kuchititsa kutentha ngati kuja kwa Little Ice Age, kupha zokolola padziko lonse lapansi ndi kufa ndi njala pafupifupi aliyense padziko lapansi. Mwina sizikanachititsa kutha. Ndife osinthika kwambiri. Mwinamwake 1 peresenti ya chiŵerengero chathu chamakono cha 7.4 biliyoni chikhoza kukhala ndi moyo, koma 98 kapena 99 peresenti sakanatero.”

Komabe, kwa okonda nkhondo aku Ukraine omwe akuchulukirachulukira muzofalitsa zaku US, nkhani zotere sizothandiza, ngati sizothandiza kwambiri ku Russia. Alibe ntchito, ndipo akuwoneka kuti amakonda kukhala chete, akatswiri omwe amatha kufotokoza "mmene nkhondo ya nyukiliya ingaphe inu ndi pafupifupi wina aliyense.” Zomwe zimanenedwa pafupipafupi ndikuti zimafuna kuchepetsa mwayi wankhondo yanyukiliya, ndikutsata zokambirana zamphamvu kuti athetse nkhondo ya Ukraine, akuchokera ku ma wimps ndi amphaka owopsa omwe amatumikira zofuna za Vladimir Putin.

Wokonda media wamakampani, Timothy Snyder, amatulutsa kulimba mtima kwa bellicose pansi pa chiwonetsero cha mgwirizano ndi anthu aku Ukraine, ndikupereka zidziwitso monga zake. zomwe zanenedwa posachedwa kuti “chinthu chofunika kwambiri chonena ponena za nkhondo ya nyukiliya” nchakuti “sichikuchitika.” Zomwe zimangowonetsa kuti Ivy League yotchuka wolemba mbiri akhoza kuphethira moopsa ngati wina aliyense.

Kusangalala ndi kubweza nkhondo kuchokera kutali ndikosavuta - mu mawu oyenera Andrew Bacevich, “chuma chathu, mwazi wa munthu wina.” Tikhoza kumva kuti ndife olungama popereka chithandizo chamwano komanso chogwirika pakupha ndi kufa.

kulemba mu New York Times Lamlungu, wolemba nkhani womasuka Nicholas Kristof adapempha NATO kuti iwonjezere nkhondo ya Ukraine. Ngakhale adanenanso kuti pali "nkhawa zomveka kuti ngati Putin atayikidwa pakona, akhoza kuukira gawo la NATO kapena kugwiritsa ntchito zida zanyukiliya," Kristof anawonjezera mwamsanga kuti: "Koma akatswiri ambiri amaganiza kuti sizingatheke kuti Putin agwiritse ntchito mwanzeru. zida za nyukiliya.”

Peza? “Ambiri” openda akuganiza kuti “ndizokayikitsa” - kotero pitirirani ndikugudubuza dayisi. Osadera nkhawa kwambiri kukankhira dzikoli kunkhondo ya nyukiliya. Musakhale mmodzi wa iwo nellies wamanjenje chifukwa chakuti nkhondo zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira zidzawonjezera mwayi wa moto wa nyukiliya.

Kunena zomveka: Palibe chifukwa chomveka chakuukira kwa Russia ku Ukraine ndi nkhondo yake yowopsa yomwe ikupitilira dzikolo. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, kutsanulira mosalekeza zida zambiri zapamwamba komanso zapamwamba zaukadaulo zimakwaniritsa zomwe Martin Luther King Jr. adazitcha "misala yazankhondo." Pa nthawi yake Zolankhula za Nobel Peace Prize, King ananena kuti: “Sindikukana kuvomereza mfundo yosatsutsika yakuti mayiko ayenera kukwera masitepe ankhondo kukafika kumoto wa chiwonongeko cha nyukiliya.”

M'masiku akubwerawa, kufika pa crescendo Lachisanu pa tsiku loyamba la kuwukira kwa Ukraine, kuwunika kwa atolankhani pankhondoyi kudzakulirakulira. Zionetsero zomwe zikubwera ndi zochita zina m'mizinda yambiri yaku US - ambiri akuyitanitsa zokambirana zenizeni kuti "asiye kupha" ndi "kupewa nkhondo ya nyukiliya" - ndizokayikitsa kupeza inki, ma pixel kapena airtime. Koma popanda zokambirana zenizeni, tsogolo limapereka kupha kosalekeza komanso zoopsa zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira zakuwonongedwa kwa zida zanyukiliya.

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Norman Solomon ndi director of RootsAction.org komanso director wamkulu wa Institute for Public Accuracy. Bukhu lake lotsatira, War Made Invisible: Momwe America Imabisira Anthu Kuwonongeka Kwa Gulu Lake Lankhondo, idzasindikizidwa mu June 2023 ndi The New Press.