Nkhondo Zothetsa Nkhondo Yonse

Ku Ukraine, pali nkhondo yomwe anthu ochepa amamvetsetsa. (Chithunzi cha AP/Darko Vojinovic)

“Mtendere, monga momwe taonera, si lamulo lachibadwa kwa anthu: ndi wochita kupanga, wocholoŵana ndiponso wosasinthasintha. Zofunikira zamitundu yonse ndizofunikira. ” —Michael Howard, Kuyambitsa Mtendere

Ndipo apa pakubwera Nkhondo Yadziko Lonse, yomwe idakulungidwa mu Nkhondo Yadziko II, itakulungidwa mu Cold War: zivomezi pa imodzi mwa mizere yolakwika yaumunthu ya Planet Earth.

Tili ndi anthu okwiya, osinthika padziko lapansi pano kuti akwaniritse dongosolo la masewera a anthu andale komanso opindula pankhondo, omwe nthawi zonse amakhala akuyang'ana nkhondo yotsatira, yomwe ili yosasunthika komanso "yosapeŵeka" kuyimitsa. Monga David Swanson, Mlembi wa Nkhondo Ndi Bodza, inanena kuti: “Kufunafuna nkhondo yabwino kwayamba kuwoneka ngati kopanda phindu monga kufunafuna mzinda wongopeka wa El Dorado. Ndipo kusaka kumeneko kukadali projekiti yathu yapamwamba kwambiri pagulu. ”

Ndipo chowunikira chimayima ku Ukraine, chodzaza ndi neo-Nazi, oligarchs achinyengo, zida zanyukiliya, boma losasankhidwa, chuma chosokonekera, nkhondo yapachiweniweni yomwe ikukulirakulira. Mulungu atithandize. Udani wakale ndi magawano amalingaliro amayambiranso. United States ndi NATO zimatsutsana ndi Russia ya Vladimir Putin. Anthu makumi atatu ndi mmodzi - mwina ochulukirapo - amwalira m'nyumba yoyaka moto ku Odessa. Izi zikhoza kukhala chifukwa cha nkhondo yapadziko lonse. Ubwino wayaka moto.

"Vuto ku Ukraine ndi lalikulu," Floyd Rudmin akulemba ku Common Dreams. “Posachedwapa, zenizeni ziyenera kukhala zofunika kwambiri. Palibenso kutchula mayina. Palibenso mlandu. Ngati pali akuluakulu m'chipindamo, ayenera kuyimirira. Mavuto ku Ukraine akupita patsogolo, ndipo izi ndi zoona. ”

Bwanji ngati mmodzi wa akuluakulu anali wosankhidwa, makamaka pulezidenti wa United States? M'kalata yotseguka, gulu linayitanaAkatswiri a VeteranIntelligence for Sanity walimbikitsa Barack Obama kuti ayang'ane kupyola pa mgwirizano wa John Kerry ndi Washington wa neocon kuti alandire upangiri ndi malangizo ku Ukraine - monga, zidawonekera, adachita ndi Syria - ndi "kukonzekera msonkhano, m'modzi-m'modzi, ndi Purezidenti Putin mwachangu monga zotheka."

Pali machitidwe ambiri okhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha ndale komanso kukomera mtima - mwachitsanzo, kuletsa kuyitanidwa kwa Ukraine kuti alowe nawo ku NATO - zomwe zitha kuthana ndi vutoli. Ndizo zonse zomwe zikufunika.

Rudmin analemba kuti: “M’chaka cha 2014, patatha zaka 1914 kuchokera pamene nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse yatha, mayiko a ku Ulaya anayambanso kukonzekera nkhondo. "Monga momwe zinalili mu 2014, momwemonso mu 1914, nkhondo sicholinga cholepheretsa kuwukira, koma kukhulupirika ku mgwirizano, ngakhale mamembala ena a m'gwirizanowo ali ankhondo. Nkhondo ya 9 imayenera kutha ndi Khrisimasi, koma idapitilirabe kwa zaka zambiri, kupha anthu 2014 miliyoni. Nkhondo ya 100, ngati itayamba mwachangu, idzatha sabata imodzi, mwina kucheperapo, ndipo ikhoza kupha anthu XNUMX miliyoni kutengera kuchuluka kwa zida zanyukiliya zomwe zaphulika komanso zida zoponya zanyukiliya zingati.

Iye ananenanso kuti: “Nkhondo ya mu 1914 inkatchedwa ‘nkhondo yothetsa nkhondo zonse.’ Nkhondo ya 2014 idzakhala imeneyo. "

Chitukuko cha anthu chikuyenda m'mphepete mwa kugwa. Kukula kwa zinthu zakuthupi kosatha, motsogozedwa ndi chuma chotengera phindu, kukuwononga malo athu achilengedwe, koma machitidwe athu akale a utsogoleri amayankha makamaka ku momwe zinthu zilili zowononga ndipo sangathe kukhazikitsa kusintha kofunikira, kofunikira. Mkhalidwe womwewo wa quo sumangokhala ndi mafuta oyaka, komanso malingaliro opotoka, a ubongo wa zokwawa za "kupulumuka mwa mphamvu" zomwe zimafunikira kudziwitsidwa nthawi zonse, kuchitapo kanthu ndikugonjetsa mdani. Izi zimatchedwa nkhondo, ndipo timakonzekera nkhondoyi kuposa china chilichonse, kuphatikizapo maphunziro a ana athu.

Ndi chitukuko ndi kuchulukitsitsa kodabwitsa kwa zida za nyukiliya, nkhondo yakhala njira yothamangitsira chiwonongeko - chomwe, ndithudi, dziko lapansi linachigwira pazaka makumi anayi kuphatikiza zaka makumi anayi za Cold War. Popanda chifuno ndi kulimba mtima kutsata zida za nyukiliya (kapena mtundu wina uliwonse), atsogoleri a mbali ziwiri za mpikisano wa zida adakhazikika pa lingaliro la "chiwonongeko chotsimikizika" -MAD - kusunga chitetezo. Chenjerani ndi ma nukes athu!

Ndipo, voila, kunalibenso nkhondo zapadziko lonse lapansi, palibenso kulimbana kwachindunji pakati pa maulamuliro amphamvu: nkhondo zoyeserera zokha. Ndipo ambiri mwa ovulalawo anali a Dziko Lachitatu ndi Lachinayi. Ku US, zida zankhondo ndi mafakitale zidakula komanso kuchita bwino. Koma Soviet Union, yomwe inali yosakhoza kwenikweni kusunga mpikisano wa zida zankhondo, inadziwononga yokha ndipo inagwa mu 1991. MAD inanenedwa kukhala yachipambano.

Koma ndithudi panali zambiri zomwe zinkachitika kuno kuposa mpikisano wanthawi yochepa pakati pa Kummawa ndi Kumadzulo. Nkhondo ya Mawu itatha, panalibe mtendere. Ku US, kunalibe "gawo lamtendere": palibe kusintha kwa ndalama zankhondo kumaphunziro, kukonza zomangamanga kapena ukonde wachitetezo cha anthu. Tinkangoyang'ana adani atsopano. Bajeti yankhondo idakula.

Ndipo Cold War iyomwe - kudzipereka kozama, kosaneneka kodzipha kwa anthu ambiri - kudapitilirabe. Ndipo tsopano zabwerera, mbali ziwirizi zikadali mu ulamuliro wa zikwi ndi zikwi za zida za nyukiliya. Mwa zida za nyukiliya za 15,000 zomwe zili pa Planet Earth, 95 peresenti imayang'aniridwa ndi US ndi Russia, ndipo 3,000 mwa zida zankhondozo zili patcheru, malinga ndiIra Helfand, pulezidenti wina wa International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

Omenyera ufulu wa chipani cha Nazi omwe adaukira ziwonetsero zachi Russia ku Odessa sabata yatha, kuwotcha misasa yawo, kuwalowetsa mnyumba ndikuyatsa nyumbayo ndi ma cocktails a Molotov, mwamwayi adatcha adani awo omwe akumwalira "Colorados” (omwe ndi tizilombo ta mbatata zakuda ndi zofiira, mtundu wa maliboni osonyeza kudzipereka kwa ndale ku Russia). Kotero apa ife tiri nazo izi: chiwerengero chonse cha "chibadwa chaumunthu" chowonetsedwa ku Ukraine: kuchokera ku chipongwe chodetsa umunthu mpaka . . . nkhondo ya nyukiliya yomwe ingatheke.

“Mtendere, monga momwe tawonera, si lamulo lachibadwa kwa anthu.”

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