NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Matshi 27, 2023
Isibhengezo esenziwe nguVladimir Putin kwimpelaveki sokuba iRussia iza kuthumela izixhobo zenyukliya ezinobuchule eBelarus iphawule ukwanda koxinzelelo olunokuthi lube yintlekele ngenxa yemfazwe ekwilizwe lase-Ukraine. Njengoko i-Associated Press umbiko"UPutin uthe eli nyathelo libangelwe sisigqibo seBritane kule veki iphelileyo sokubonelela iUkraine ngemijikelo yokugqobhoza izixhobo ene-uranium ephelelweyo."
Kuhlala kukho isizathu sokuphambana kwenyukliya, kwaye iUnited States ngokuqinisekileyo ibonelele ngezizathu ezaneleyo zokubonisa inkokeli yaseRussia ngayo. Iimfazwe zenyukliya zaseMelika zithunyelwe eYurophu ukusukela phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1950s, kwaye ngoku uqikelelo olungcono bathi 100 zikhona ngoku - eBelgium, eJamani, eItali, eNetherlands naseTurkey.
Bala kumajelo eendaba ase-US ukuba (ngokufanelekileyo) agwebe isibhengezo sikaPutin ngelixa ephepha iinyani eziphambili zendlela i-USA, amashumi eminyaka, ibityhalela imvulophu yenyukliya ukuya kumlilo. Urhulumente wase-US uyaphula umthetho wayo isibhambathiso sokungayandisi i-NATO ngasempuma emva kokuwa koDonga lwaseBerlin - endaweni yokwanda kumazwe ali-10 aseMpuma Yurophu - yayiyinkalo enye yendlela esemthethweni yaseWashington.
Ngeli xesha lenkulungwane, imotor ebalekayo yokungakhathali kwenyukliya iye yahlaziywa kakhulu yi-United States. Ngo-2002, uMongameli George W. Bush wayirhoxisa i-US kwi- ISivumelwano soMjukujelwa esichasene neBallistic, isivumelwano esibalulekileyo ebesisebenza kangangeminyaka engama-30. Uthethwano ngolawulo lweNixon kunye neSoviet Union, isivumelwano wathi ukuba imida yayo iya kuba “ngumba omkhulu ekuthinteleni ugqatso lwezixhobo ezihlaselayo zobuchule.”
Intetho yakhe ephakamileyo ecaleni, uMongameli u-Obama uphehlelele inkqubo ye-1.7 yeetriliyoni zeedola yokuphuhlisa ngakumbi imikhosi yenyukliya yase-US phantsi kwentetho ethi "inkqubo yangoku." Ukwenza izinto zibe mbi ngakumbi, uMongameli uTrump wayikhupha i-United States ngaphandle ISivumelwano soMkhosi weNyukliya esiPhakathi, isivumelwano esibalulekileyo phakathi kweWashington neMoscow esisuse lonke udidi lwezixhobo ezijulwayo eYurophu ukususela ngowe-1988.
Impambano iye yahlala iqinile kwi-bipartisan. UJoe Biden wakhawuleza wachitha ithemba lokuba uya kuba ngumongameli okhanyiselwe ngakumbi malunga nezixhobo zenyukliya. Kude nokutyhala ukubuyisela izivumelwano ezirhoxisiweyo, kwasekuqaleni kobumongameli bakhe uBiden wongeze amanyathelo afana nokubeka iinkqubo ze-ABM ePoland naseRomania. Ukuzibiza ngokuba "zikhusela" akuyitshintshi into yokuba ezo nkqubo inokulungiswa kwakhona ngemijukujelwa yokuhamba ngenqanawa ekhubekisayo. Ukujonga ngokukhawuleza kwimephu kuya kugxininisa ukuba kutheni le nto ishukumayo isoyikeka xa ijongwa ngeefestile zaseKremlin.
Ngokuchaseneyo neqonga lakhe lephulo lika-2020, uMongameli uBiden unyanzelise ukuba i-United States kufuneka igcine ukhetho lokuqala lokusebenzisa izixhobo zenyukliya. Uphononongo olubalulekileyo lolawulo lwakhe lweNuclear Posture, olwakhutshwa kunyaka ophelileyo, kuqinisekiswa kwakhona kunokuba ulahle olo khetho. Inkokeli yombutho iGlobal Zero yibeke ngolu hlobo: “Endaweni yokuba azikhwebule kunyanzeliso lwenyukliya kunye nobuqhetseba bezigebenga ezinjengoPutin noTrump, uBiden ulandela ukukhokela kwabo. Akukho meko ibambekayo apho ugwayimbo lokuqala lwenyukliya yi-US lwenza nayiphi na ingqiqo. Sifuna amacebo akrelekrele.”
UDaniel Ellsberg - incwadi yakhe ethi The Doomsday Machine kufuneka ifundwe kwi-White House kunye ne-Kremlin - washwankathela imeko enzima kakhulu yoluntu kunye nemfuneko xa xelelwe I-New York Times kwiintsuku ezidlulileyo: "Kwiminyaka engama-70, i-US ibisoloko yenze uhlobo lwezoyikiso zokusetyenziswa ngokungalunganga kwezixhobo zenyukliya ezenziwa nguPutin ngoku eUkraine. Asizange siyenze loo nto, kwaye uPutin akufanele ayenze ngoku. Ndinexhala lokuba isoyikiso sakhe esikhulu semfazwe yenyukliya ukugcina ulawulo lwaseRussia lwaseCrimea ayisiyongxaki. UMongameli Biden ukhankasele ngo-2020 ngesithembiso sokubhengeza umgaqo-nkqubo wokungasetyenziswa kokuqala kwezixhobo zenyukliya. Ufanele asigcine eso sithembiso, kwaye umhlaba kufuneka ufune ukuzibophelela okufanayo kuPutin. "
Singa Yenza umehluko - mhlawumbi nomahluko - ukunqanda imbubhiso yenyukliya yehlabathi. Kule veki, ababukeli bakamabonwakude baya kukhunjuzwa ngamathuba anjalo yingxelo entsha Intshukumo kunye ne "Madman" kwi-PBS. Ifilimu "ibonisa indlela uqhanqalazo oluchasene nemfazwe ekwindla ka-1969 - elona lizwe likhulu elakha labonwa - licinezele uMongameli uNixon ukuba arhoxise into awayeyibiza ngokuba 'yizicwangciso zakhe zobudenge' bokunyuka okukhulu kwemfazwe yase-US eVietnam, kubandakanya isoyikiso sebenzisa izixhobo zenyukliya. Ngelo xesha, abaqhankqalazi babengenalo nofifi lokuba banokuba nefuthe elingakanani nokuba bangaphi na ubomi abanokuthi basindisile.”
Ngo-2023, asinalo nofifi lokuba sinokuba nempembelelo kangakanani kwaye bangaphi ubomi esinokubusindisa - ukuba sizimisele ngokwenene ukuzama.
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UNorman Solomon ngumlawuli kazwelonke weRootsAction.org kunye nomlawuli olawulayo weZiko lokuChaneka koLuntu. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezilishumi elinambini eziquka iWar Made Easy. Incwadi yakhe elandelayo, Imfazwe Yenziwe Ingabonakali: Indlela iMelika Eyifihla Ngayo URhafiso loLuntu kuMatshini wayo woMkhosi, iya kupapashwa ngoJuni ka-2023 nguThe New Press.
