Amazwe aMdaka kuphela anezixhobo zenyukliya

By UDavid Swanson, UMlawuli oLawulayo World BEYOND War, kunye no-Elizabeth Murray, ka IsiGqeba seZero soMgangatho weNxaxheba engeyiyo, epapashwe ngu Ilanga leKitsap, UJanuwari 24, 2021

Ukususela ngoJanuwari 18 ukuya ku-14 kuFebruwari, iibhodi ezinkulu ezine Ziyenyuka malunga neSeattle evakalisa "Izixhobo zenyukliya ngoku azikho semthethweni. Bakhuphe kuPuget Sound! ”

Ngaba oku kunokuthetha ntoni? Izixhobo zenyukliya zinokungathandeki, kodwa yintoni engekho mthethweni ngazo, kwaye zinokuba njani kwiPuget Sound?

Ukusukela ngo-1970, phantsi kwe- Isivumelwano seNyukliya sokungaphumeleli, uninzi lwamazwe aluvumelekanga ukufumana izixhobo zenyukliya, kwaye abo sele benazo - okanye ubuncinci abo banesivumelwano, njenge-United States- kunyanzelekile ukuba "baqhubeke nothethathethwano ngokuthembekileyo kumanyathelo asebenzayo okuphelisa ukupheliswa ugqatso lwezixhobo zenyukliya kwangoko kunye nokusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya, nakwisivumelwano ngokubanzi kunye nokuphelisa izixhobo phantsi kolawulo olungqongqo nolusebenzayo lwamazwe aphesheya. ”

Akufuneki ukuba, i-US kunye noorhulumente abaxhobileyo ngenyukliya bachitha iminyaka engama-50 bengenzi oku, kwaye kwiminyaka yakutshanje urhulumente wase-US ikrazukile Izivumelwano ezithintela izixhobo zenyukliya, kunye sinikezwe kakhulu ekwakheni ngaphezulu kwazo.

Phantsi kwesi sivumelwano, kangangeminyaka engama-50, urhulumente waseUnited States unyanzelekile ukuba “angadluliseli nakubani na owamkela izixhobo zenyukliya okanye ezinye izixhobo zenyukliya okanye azilawule ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungangqalanga.” Ukanti umkhosi wase-US kugcina izixhobo zenyukliya eBelgium, eNetherlands, eJamani, e-Itali naseTurkey. Singaphikisana nokuba loo meko iyaphula isivumelwano, kodwa hayi nokuba kunjalo ingqumbo izigidi zabantu.

Kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo, amazwe ali-122 avotela ukwenza isivumelwano esitsha sokuphelisa ukubakho okanye ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya, kunye Iphulo Lamazwe ngamazwe lokuSusa iinqwelo zeNyukliya waphumelela uNobel Peace Prize. NgoJanuwari 22, 2021, esi sivumelwano sitsha iba ngumthetho kumazwe angaphezulu kwama-50 asele eyamkele ngokusesikweni, inani eli likhula ngokuzinzileyo kwaye kulindeleke ngokubanzi ukuba lifikelele uninzi lwamazwe ehlabathi kungekudala.

Wenza mahluko mni amazwe angenazixhobo zenyukliya ukuba awanqande? Inantoni yokwenza neUnited States? Ewe, uninzi lwamazwe luwuvalile umsebenzi wezigcayiseli kunye neebhombu zeqela. I-United States ayenzanga njalo. Kodwa izixhobo zazibekiwe. Abatyalomali behlabathi bayithathile inkxaso-mali yabo. Iinkampani zase-US zayeka ukuzenza, kwaye umkhosi wase-US wancitshiswa kwaye ekugqibeleni wayeka ukuwusebenzisa. Ukwahlulwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya ngamaziko aphambili ezemali uye wahamba Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kwaye kunokulindelwa ngokukhuselekileyo ukukhawulezisa.

Utshintsho, kubandakanya ezo zinto zinje ngobukhoboka kunye nokuqeshwa kwabantwana, bezisoloko zingaphezulu kakhulu kwihlabathi kunokuba zinokubangelwa ngumbhalo wembali wase-US. Ehlabathini lonke, izixhobo zenyukliya ziphathwa njengokuziphatha kwelizwe elinamandla. Elinye lala mazwe anobuqhophololo ligcina ezinye zezixhobo zalo ezikumgangatho ophantsi kwiPuget Sound.

I-Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor ibamba ii-submarines ezisibhozo ze-Trident kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ingoyikiso enkulu yezixhobo zenyukliya emhlabeni. Owayesakuba nguBhishophu omkhulu waseSeattle uRaymond Hunthausen wachaza iKitsap-Bangor njenge- “Auschwitz yePuget Sound.” Iinkwili ezitsha ezixhobileyo zenyukliya ngoku zicwangciselwe ukuthunyelwa eKitsap-Bangor. Izixhobo ezincinci zenyukliya kwezi nkwili, eyoyikisayo ngabacwangcisi bezomkhosi baseMelika "njengabanokusetyenziswa ngakumbi" banamandla aphindwe kabini okanye kathathu kunaleyo yayiwe eHiroshima.

Ngaba abantu bommandla waseSeattle bayayixhasa le nto? Ngokuqinisekileyo asikaze sibuzwe. Ukugcina izixhobo zenyukliya kwiPuget Isandi akuyiyo inkululeko. Ayizinzanga. Ithatha inkxaso-mali efuneka kakhulu ebantwini nakwindawo esingqongileyo kwaye iyibeka kwizixhobo ezonakalisa indalo ezonyusa umngcipheko wokubulawa kwenyukliya. Inzululwazi IDock Day Clock kusondele ezinzulwini zobusuku kunanini na ngaphambili. Ukuba ufuna ukunceda ukucofa kwakhona, okanye nokuyishenxisa, unokuzibandakanya neZiko eliPhantsi leZero lokuSebenza okungafunekiyo kunye World BEYOND War.

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