Ndi Norman Solomon, World BEYOND War, March 27, 2023
Chilengezo cha Vladimir Putin kumapeto kwa sabata kuti dziko la Russia litumiza zida zanyukiliya ku Belarus zikuwonetsa kukulirakulira kwa mikangano yomwe ingakhale yoopsa kwambiri pankhondo yaku Ukraine. Monga Associated Press inanena, "Putin adati kusunthaku kudayambitsidwa ndi lingaliro la Britain sabata yatha yopatsa Ukraine mizere yoboola zida yomwe ili ndi uranium yomwe yatha."
Nthawi zonse pamakhala chowiringula chamisala ya nyukiliya, ndipo United States yapereka zifukwa zokwanira zowonetsera mtsogoleri waku Russia. Zida zanyukiliya zaku America zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ku Europe kuyambira pakati pa 1950s, komanso pano zongoyerekeza 100 alipo tsopano - ku Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands ndi Turkey.
Yembekezerani ma media aku US kuti (moyenera) adzudzule chilengezo cha Putin kwinaku akunyalanyaza zenizeni zenizeni za momwe USA, kwazaka zambiri, yakhala ikukankhira envelopu ya nyukiliya kuti iwononge. Boma la US likuphwanya zake lonjeza kuti simudzakulitsa NATO kummawa Pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Khoma la Berlin - m'malo mwake kufalikira kumayiko 10 a Kum'mawa kwa Europe - inali gawo limodzi lokha la njira yosasamala ya Washington.
M'zaka za m'ma 2002 izi, kutha mphamvu kwa zida zanyukiliya kwasinthidwa kwambiri ndi United States. Mu XNUMX, Purezidenti George W. Bush adachotsa US ku Pangano la Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, pangano lofunika kwambiri limene linagwira ntchito kwa zaka 30. Kukambitsirana ndi ulamuliro wa Nixon ndi Soviet Union, mgwirizano analengeza kuti malire ake adzakhala "chinthu chachikulu chochepetsera mpikisano wa zida zowononga."
Kupatula zonena zake zapamwamba, Purezidenti Obama adakhazikitsa pulogalamu ya $ 1.7 thililiyoni kuti apititse patsogolo zida zanyukiliya zaku US motsimikiza za "masiku ano." Kuti zinthu ziipireipire, Purezidenti Trump adatulutsa United States kuchoka ku United States Pangano Lankhondo Lapakatikati Lapakatikati, mgwirizano wofunikira kwambiri pakati pa Washington ndi Moscow womwe unachotsa gulu lonse la zida zoponya ku Europe kuyambira 1988.
Misalayi yakhalabe yokhazikika pawiri. A Joe Biden adathetsa mwachangu chiyembekezo choti akhale purezidenti wowunikira za zida za nyukiliya. M'malo mokakamiza kubwezeretsanso mapangano omwe adathetsedwa, kuyambira pachiyambi cha utsogoleri wake Biden adalimbikitsa njira ngati kuyika machitidwe a ABM ku Poland ndi Romania. Kuwatcha "chitetezo" sikusintha mfundo yakuti machitidwe amenewo akhoza kusinthidwa ndi zoponya zowononga zapamadzi. Kuyang'ana mwachangu pamapu kungatsimikize chifukwa chake kusuntha kotereku kunali kowopsa mukamayang'ana pawindo la Kremlin.
Mosiyana ndi kampeni yake ya 2020, Purezidenti Biden adanenetsa kuti United States iyenera kukhalabe ndi mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya poyamba. Bungwe lake lodziwika bwino la Nuclear Posture Review, lomwe linaperekedwa chaka chapitacho, okhazikika m'malo mongosiya njira imeneyo. Mtsogoleri wa bungwe la Global Zero yikani motere: "M'malo modzilekanitsa ndi kukakamiza kwa zida za nyukiliya komanso kusokonezeka kwa zigawenga ngati Putin ndi Trump, a Biden akutsatira zomwe akutsogolera. Palibe zochitika zomveka zomwe kugunda koyamba kwa zida za nyukiliya ku US kumamveka. Tikufuna njira zanzeru."
Daniel Ellsberg - yemwe buku lake la Doomsday Machine liyenera kuwerengedwa ku White House ndi Kremlin - adafotokoza mwachidule zovuta zomwe anthu amakumana nazo komanso kufunikira kwake. adanena The New York Times masiku apitawo: "Kwa zaka 70, US nthawi zambiri yakhala ikuwopseza kugwiritsa ntchito kolakwika koyamba kwa zida zanyukiliya zomwe Putin akupanga tsopano ku Ukraine. Sitinayenera kuchita izi, komanso Putin sayenera kuchita izi tsopano. Ndili ndi nkhawa kuti chiwopsezo chake chowopsa cha nkhondo ya nyukiliya kuti asunge ulamuliro wa Russia ku Crimea sichabechabe. Purezidenti Biden adachita kampeni mu 2020 polonjeza kuti adzalengeza mfundo yosagwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya koyamba. Ayenera kusunga lonjezolo, ndipo dziko liyenera kufuna kudzipereka komweko kwa Putin. "
Tikhoza pangani kusiyana - mwinanso kusiyana kwake - kulepheretsa kuwonongedwa kwa nyukiliya padziko lonse lapansi. Sabata ino, owonera TV akumbutsidwa za izi ndi zolemba zatsopano Movement ndi "Madman" pa PBS. Kanemayo "akuwonetsa momwe ziwonetsero ziwiri zolimbana ndi nkhondo kumapeto kwa 1969 - zazikulu kwambiri zomwe dzikolo silidawonepo - zidakakamiza Purezidenti Nixon kuti aletse zomwe adazitcha "zamisala" zomwe akufuna kukulitsa nkhondo yaku US ku Vietnam, kuphatikiza kuwopseza. gwiritsani ntchito zida za nyukiliya. Panthaŵiyo, anthu ochita zionetsero sankadziwa kuti ali ndi mphamvu zotani komanso kuti akanapulumutsa miyoyo ingati.”
Mu 2023, sitikudziwa momwe tingakhalire okhudzidwa komanso kuti tingapulumutse miyoyo ingati - ngati tili ofunitsitsa kuyesa.
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Norman Solomon ndi director of RootsAction.org komanso wamkulu wa Institute for Public Accuracy. Iye ndi mlembi wa mabuku khumi ndi awiri kuphatikiza War Made Easy. Bukhu lake lotsatira, War Made Invisible: Momwe America Imabisira Anthu Kuwonongeka Kwa Gulu Lake Lankhondo, idzasindikizidwa mu June 2023 ndi The New Press.
