NaRobert C. Koehler, Kazhinji Anonakidza
Ndeupi musiyano uripo pakati pedzidzo nekuteerera? Kana iwe ukaona zvishoma, iwe unogona kunge usina dambudziko nemauto eAmerican school system - kana kuti, mauto ezvikoro zvine hurombo. . . izvo zvisingakwanisi kutenga mabhuku matsva kana pombi dzemvura dzinoshanda, zvishoma zvekudhirowa kana midziyo yebhendi.
Pentagon yanga yakatarisa zvikoro izvi - zvakaputsika uye zvakazara nechikwata - kwemakore gumi izvozvi, uye nekuona ramangwana rayo ipapo. Inouya seSanta yakapfeka cammy, inounza mari uye chirango. Mukudzoka inowana pfungwa dzechidiki kuumba, kune (ini ndinotya) kuva ne: kushanduka kuita chizvarwa chinotevera chevarwi, chiripo kuhondo dziri kuuya.
United States haichina dhizaini nekuti nyika haichatendi muhondo, kunze kwekungofungira, seruzha rwekumashure. Asi ine dhizaini yehupfumi: Inoti vanotora zvakanyanya kubva munharaunda dzekusava netariro. Kujoinha mauto eUS ndiwo chete mukana wekutiza hurombo unowanikwa kumamiriyoni evadiki vekuAmerica. Hatina zvirongwa zvehurumende zvekuvaka zvivakwa zverunyararo nekusimbaradza kwezvakatipoteredza - hatigone izvozvo, saka zvinofanirwa kuitika zvega (kana kwete zvachose) - asi mauto edu anofora, achitsigirwa nemari inopfuura hafu yetrillion. madhora pagore, kupinda muhondo dzisina maturo dzechisimba.
Mbiri, mbiri Hareruya. Ndakanga ndisati ndamboenda kumhemberero yeZuva reChirangaridzo muhupenyu hwangu, asi ndakaenda kumutambo wegore rino mudhorobha reChicago nekuti nhengo dzeChicago chitsauko cheVeterans for Peace dzainge dziripo, dzichipokana nemauto ezvikoro zveguta.
Ndakasvika parade ichiri kuzviunganidza paWacker Drive. Zvandakaona, pamwe chete neHumvees uye zvinoyangarara (Gold Star Families of the Fallen, Paralyzed Veterans of America: Kuita mutsauko kwemakore makumi manomwe) vaive zviuru zvevadiki - kunyanya vana vemavara, hongu - vakashongedzwa mumayunifomu akasiyana siyana, kumira mugadziriro sezvo nziyo dzehondo dzairira pano neapo, dzichisundwa nokurira kwengoma yechokwadi. Vamwe vakomana nevasikana vaiita sevadiki 70 kana 10. Mumwe mukomana akandipfuura achivheyesa pfuti setsvimbo. Chaiva chaicho here? Yakanga yakatakura here?
Pfungwa yeAmerica inyaya yemauto, ndakafunga ndichifamba munzira yeparade. Izvi ndizvo zvinozvibatanidza, kwete mutsika, asi sechinhu chakarongeka zviri pamutemo. Mireza, pfuti, vanaHumvee, mazita evafi . . . vana vakapfeka yunifomu. Kwekanguva ndakafunga kuti ndaizoramba ndichizviti ndiri muAmerica here.
Ndakabva ndasangana naye Vets for Peace vanhu kuHurumende neLake - boka diki revarume nevakadzi vachipa zvinonamirwa kuti: "Hapana mauto muChicago Public Schools. Dzidzo, kwete kuita zvechiuto. "
"Pfungwa ndeyekuti, nekungova pano, tiri kuita kuti vanhu vambomira kwechinguva vafunge nezve mauto ezvikoro zveChicago," Kevin Merwin akandiudza. “Kune kupokana nekutengeswa kwechiuto kwevechidiki muChicago. Ndiro hurongwa hwechikoro hwakanyanya kurwisana munyika, kana zvisiri pasi rose.”
Chokwadi, maererano neakasiyana masosi, kune pakati pe9,000 ne10,000 vechidiki muPentagon's. JROTCchirongwa, chine “zvikoro zvemauto” - kazhinji zvisinei nekupikiswa kwehasha nenharaunda - kutora zvikamu zve45 zvezvikoro 104 zvepamusoro zveguta.
"Vana vegiredhi rechinomwe vari kuunganidzwa muchirongwa cheZuva reChirangaridzo," akadaro Merwin. "Tiri kuroverera vana muchiuto vachiri vadiki - rudzi rwechinhu chatakashoropodza Soviet Union kumashure. Uye kazhinji vana vemavara. "
Ann Jones, achitaura nezvehunyengeri uhwu, yakaratidza mune yakanakisa rondedzero kuti Congress yakapasa chiitiko muna 2008 - Child Soldiers Prevention Act - iyo "yakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza vana pasi rese kubva pakumanikidzwa kurwa hondo dzeBig Men. Kubva ipapo, nyika ipi neipi yaimanikidza vana kuva varwi yaifanira kurasikirwa nerubatsiro rwemauto eUnited States.”
Nekudaro, hazvishamise kuti, zvido zvehupfumi zvemauto-indastiri complex zvakazopedza chinangwa chemutemo uyu usingawanzoiti wetsitsi. Nyika shanu pagumi dziri parudungwe rwevarwi vehondo, Chad, South Sudan, Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo neSomalia, dzakapiwa “kuregera” kuitira kuti dzirambe dzichitenga zvombo zveAmerica.
"Zvakaipa kune vadiki - uye ramangwana - renyika idzodzo," Jones akanyora. "Asi zvitarise seizvi: Nei Washington ichifanira kubatsira vana veSudan kana Yemen kutiza kuhondo kana isingabhadharise mari pano pamba kuti titsigire vana vedu veAmerica vanofungidzirika, vane hunyanzvi, vane chishuwo muhondo"?
"Hachifanirwe kuva chakavanzika kuti United States ine nzira huru, yakanyatsorongeka, inoshanda kwazvo yekupinza vana varwi pasi rose."
Vanoda kusimudzira pfungwa dzechiuto - kureva kuti, vashandi vezvido zvehupfumi zvine simba munyika - vanofanirwa kubata pfungwa dzevadiki, nekuti muhudiki hwemunhu chete ndipo mauto anonzwika nembiri isina kusvibiswa. Ichi ndicho chikonzero Mauto inochengetedza a gamer webhusaiti. Uye ndosaka bazi rega rega rebasa remauto richigadzira chitoro muzvikoro zvedu zvinonyanya kusuwa uye kufora vakomana nevasikana veJunior ROTC pamberi peruzhinji paZuva reChirangaridzo, zororo redu renyika mukupemberera budiriro yakasungwa.
