$ 1 Trillion ye US Nuclear Buildup

AUG. 2, 2017, yakadzorerwa kubva ku New York Times.

Kumusidhari:

Re "Inotyisa Kukurura Zvombo zvenyukireya"(Mharidzo, July 30):

Iwe unonyevera zvakakodzera kuti America inoronga kushandisa mari inopfuura $ 1 trillion pamusoro pemakore anotevera e30 kuvandudza masimba enyukireya ichapedza simba rekudzivirira maoko uye inopisa mauto matsva. Asi hazvina kukwana kurasa chirongwa ichi chinotyisa, chinodhura kuwedzera kukwanisa kwedu kuparadza nyika.

United States mutemo wenyukireya inobva pakudavira kuti zvombo zvenyukireya zvinodzivisa kushandiswa kwawo pachako: kuti zvombo zvenyukireya-zvigadzirire zvingadzivisa kurwisana mumwe nemumwe nokuda kwekutambudza kwavanotambura. Asi isu tinoziva nezvemashure gumi nemaviri apo nyika yenyukireya-zvombo yakatanga nzira yekugadzirira zvombo zvenyukireya, kazhinji mukutenda kusina kururama kwekuti vadzivisi vavo vakanga vatoita zvakadaro-kanopfuura kaviri nguva apo kusagadzikana kwakakundikana.

Uye isu tinoudzwa kuti North Korea haifaniri kuwana nyukliya simba nokuti haigoni kuvhiringidzwa. Inguva yekusiya tsika iyi yakakundikana uye kutevera kuchengeteka kwechokwadi kwepasi risina zvombo zvenyukireya.

IRA HELFAND, LEEDS, MASS.

Munyori uyu ndiye mutungamiri wenyika yeInternational Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, uyo akagamuchira 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.

Kumusidhari:

Kutaura kwako kwekuti "kubva pakugadzirisa nguva yenyukireya, America ndiyo ndiyo yakakosha, kana isina kukwana, simba rinobva shure kwezvinhu zvinodzivisa zviripo"
anonyadzisa nhoroondo yezvakaipa yeUnited States 'inokurudzira kushandiswa kwezvombo zvenyukireya uye kuendesa hurongwa hwekuendesa pamwe nekurambwa kwayo kwezvipo zvakawanda kubva kuRussia, China uye kunyange North Korea kuti iwedzere kuderedza hutsinye.

Tanga neMutungamiri Harry S. Truman kurambwa kweStalin's 1946 kuronga kubvisa zvombo zvenyukireya pasi pekuchengetedzwa kweUnited Nations; kune mutungamiri wenyika Ronald Reagan vachiramba kurambidzwa kwaMikhail S. Gorbachev kuti vabvunzurudze kugadziriswa kwezvombo zvenyukireya, zvakagadziriswa naVaMugabe.
Reagan achibvumirana kuti arege kutsvaga hukuru hwechiuto munzvimbo ne "Star Wars" purogiramu, iyo yakaitwa naVaReagan.

Saizvozvowo, funga kupiwa kwaVladimir V. Putin kuMutungamiri Bill Clinton kuderedza zvombo zvedu ku1,500 kana 1,000 mumwe nomumwe uye kudana kune imwe nhumbi dzezvombo zvenyukireya kuti tibvumirane kuzobvisa, kunze kwekuti takamira kusimbisa zvidzidzo zveAntimissile muPoland neRomania, iyo Mr Clinton akaramba. Uye Mutungamiri George W. Bush akazobva kubva kuChristmas Antiballistic Missile Treaty yakataurirana neSoviet Union.

Kana iri North Korea, zvakajeka kuti hutungamiri hwayo hunotsvaka kukurukurirana, kwete hondo. North Korea ndiyo chete yezvombo zvenyukireya nyika yekuvhota kwekutaurirana kuti ibvise bhomba rapera munaOctober kuUnited Nations.

Uyezve, Senate yakasarudza 98 ku2 kuti ipe mitemo matsva kuNorth Korea, Russia neIran. Ndeupi rudzi rwekudzivirira iyo?

ALICE SLATER, NEW YORK

Munyori anoshanda mukomiti yekubatanidza ye World Beyond War.

Kumusidhari:

Zvirongwa zveTrump uye vamwe muCongress kuti vashandire $ 1 trillion pachizvarwa chitsva chezvombo zvenyukireya zvine ngozi zvikuru. Hondo yenyukireya haigoni kutorwa uye haifaniri kurwiswa. Iyo chete inofungidzirwa yakagadziriswa nhumbi yenyukireya ndeye inobvumira kuchengetedza kwechipiri (kudzorera) chirango.

Pane kudaro, zvigadziri zvombo uye varwi vehondo vakaratidza zvakare "zvimwe" zvombo zvenyukireya. Iyo yakarongedzwa itsva ye nyukliya cruise missile inogona kupfupisa zvigetsi zvekuita nguva uye kuisa mungozi mukutambudzika.

Mutungamiri weTrump munguva pfupi yapfuura akakurudzira hurukuro yeUnited Nations kuti abvise zvombo zvenyukireya. Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty inoda kuti masimba enyukireya aripo aende kune iyo nzira kuburikidza nekudzoka kwekusagadzikana nemauto enyika. Kushandisa madhora madhiriyoni emadhora zvitsva zvombo zvenyukireya kunongotenga kusachengeteka kwenyika yose.

DAVIDHI KEPPEL, BLOOMINGTON, IND.