By Mike Stagg
Vatungamiri paNo No War 2017 Conference vakandikumbira kuti nditaure pamusangano wavo kuAmerican University kuWashington munaSeptember 23. Dr. Brian Salvatore weboka iro Concerned Citizens of Camp Minden akasarudza ini uye ini taifara kutaura nyaya yekubudirira kwavo kuvanhu vakawanda.
Kuchengeta mharidzo, tinya pano.
Hakuchina script ine mharidzo, saka heino zvandareva:
Ini ndanga ndichiverenga Chalmers Johnson's "Blowback" pandakatambira World Beyond War director David Swanson kukoka kutaura. Mubhuku (iro rakanyorwa pamberi pa 9/11/01), Johnson akataura kuti mukutanga kwe21st Century, United States yaizotarisana ne 'blowback' nekuda kwemitemo yayo yekune dzimwe nyika misadventures mu20th Century.
Anotarisa kunyatsotarisirwa mubhuku rinotarisa kuhondo yeUnited States yechitsuwa cheJapan cheOkinawa. Johnson anoti US inonyanya kusvibisa chitsuwa ichi muzana rinopfuura hafu yezana remakore kubvira apo mauto ainge atora zvakawanda zvechiwi.
Izvi zvinobatanidza pakati peOkinawa neArmed's proposal kuti vaite moto wakavharika wePNMX mapaundi emimhanzi uye zvinokonzerwa neCamp Minden ndeyokuti kukanganisa kwechiito chayo kune vagari vomunharaunda uye nzvimbo yakasvibiswa haina kuonekwa mukufungisisa kwezvikoro zvakasiyana-siyana zvekuita. Vose vagari venyika uye zvakatipoteredza vaishanda.
IOctober 15, 2012, kuputika kwakazununguka Camp Minden uye yese yeA ArkLaTex yaiva mugumisiro wekuedza kutsvaga kurasa zvinyorwa izvi ipapo. Ikambani yaiva nekambani yepakutanga yakaita zvishoma pane kuchengeta zvigadzirwa mu bunkers uye kunze.
Mushure mekuputika, Hondo yakaronga kupisa zvinhu mumhepo - nezvema 80,000 mapaundi pazuva kwezuva 200. Camp Minden iri 15,000 acres iri pasi pe 30 makiromita kubva Shreveport uye inoswedera pedyo neBarksdale Air Force Base apo chikamu chikuru cheAmerica B-52 mabhoti engarava yakamira.
Mhare dzekuedza kubudirira kumanikidzira kupisa kutsva kwakanga kuna Dr. Salvatore naFrances Kelley. Salvatore ndiye LSU Shreveport nyanzvi yemapirisa akacherechedza hutano hwehutano hwevanhu hunoonekwa nehutsva hunotsanangurwa. Frances Kelley akakurudzira uye akaenderera mberi purogiramu yezvidzidzo zvakagadziriswa nevagari vehurumende uye vehurumende vakasarudzwa vakuru nevakuru vehurumende vachitsvaga nzira yekudzivisa iyo isina kutyisidzira hutano uye hupenyu hwevanhu vane mamiriyoni vanogara mukati mezvingadai zvakave nzvimbo yekudonha kwakaguma kubva pakatsva.
Zvadaro-Senamende David Bitter uye zvakare-Kongamire John Fleming ndivo vaibatsira vashandi vekuLouisana avo vaitarisana nekutyisidzira kunenge kwava pedyo nekupisa. Kunyange Vitter kana Fleming havasi ivo vaifarira kuchengetedza vanhu kana zvakatipoteredza, asi kupikisa kwavo kweEvironment Protection Agency (EPA) kwakashandiswa nevanoita zvekuita kuti sangano rehurumende riite zvekudzivirira vanhu veNorth West-Louisiana.
Hondo, EPA uye Louisiana National Guard (technically, muridzi weCamp Minden) vakabvumirana kuti vashandise kupisa kwepamusoro-soro kuCamp Minden uye vakabvumirwa kuti vawane kamuri rinopisa rinotakurudzirwa kunzvimbo kuti iite zvinopisa.
MunaMuvhuro we2017, kupisa kwechikamu chezvinhu zveKamp Minden zvakapedzwa.
Yakanga isiri kukunda kwakakwana pamusana pekukanganisa kwekutsvaira kwekutsvaira panzvimbo yacho, asiwo nokuti chikamu chezvinhu kubva Camp Minden zvakatumirwa kunzvimbo yekutsva yakazaruka mu Grant Grant muguta reColfax, Louisiana.
Chirongwa chikuru cheColfax mukurumbira ndechekuti yaiva nzvimbo yeColfax Massacre yakazova mufananidzo wekuzvidzivirira kwevanhu vatsvene vakapfeka zvigaro zvekupedzisira zvakagumisa Kuvakazve muSouth.
Imwe kambani yeMassachusetts, Clean Harbors, yakaipiswa neA400,000 mapaundi ezvinhu kubva kuCamp Minden pane imwe nzvimbo iripo muColfax - nekutendera kwevatungamiriri vehurumende vemo vakafunga kuti vaida mabasa kupfuura ivo vaifunga nezvehutano uye hupenyu hwavo zvikamu. Ndiyo yose-inozivikanwa nhau yeLouanaana.
Kuchenesa Harbors kunoparidza kuti inoshandisa teknolojia yezvino muzvivako zvayo. Mufananidzo weKirafa yavo yeColfax (kubva kuLouisana Department of Environmental Quality) inoratidza kuti Clean Harbors inofunga moto kuti ichangobva kugadzirwa.
Ndakatungamira vanhu kune podcast yemubvunzurudzo yangu Brian Salvatore uye vakapa ruzivo rwangu rwekutsvaga pachirongwa chekupedzisira.
Mharidzo yacho yakagamuchirwa zvakanaka neC200 kana kuti vanhu varipo. Yakanga iri kurarama yakasununguka kubva pachiitiko ichi kuburikidza ne Facebook. Vatori venhepfenyuro vanoti mavhidhiyo acharamba ari pane peji iyo yekusangana inotaridzika.
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