NguDavid Swanson
Nabani na okhathalayo ngendalo esingqongileyo kufanele ukuba uphawula ngosizi olukhulu ikhulu leminyaka yeMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala. Ngaphandle kwembubhiso engakholelekiyo kumabala emfazwe aseYurophu, ukuvuna kakhulu amahlathi, kunye nokujolisa okutsha kwizibaso ze-fossil zoMbindi Mpuma, iMfazwe Enkulu yayiyiMfazwe yeKhemist. Irhasi yetyhefu yaba sisixhobo-esinokusetyenziswa ngokuchasene neendlela ezininzi zobomi.
Amayeza okubulala izinambuzane aphuculwe ecaleni kweegesi zemithambo-luvo nakwimveliso yeziqhushumbisi. Imfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi-enye into eyenziweyo phantse ayinakuphepheka ngendlela yokuphelisa eyokuqala-eveliswe, phakathi kwezinye izinto, iibhombu zenyukliya, i-DDT, kunye nolwimi oluqhelekileyo lokuxoxa ngazo zombini-kungasathethwa ke ngeenqwelo moya zokuhambisa zombini.
Abasasazi bemfazwe benza ukubulala kube lula ngokubonisa abantu bamanye amazwe njengezimbungulu. Abathengisi bezinambuzane benza ukuba bathenge iityhefu zabo ngokuthanda ilizwe labo besebenzisa ulwimi lomlo ukuchaza "ukubhujiswa" kwezinambuzane "ezihlaselayo" (ungaze ucinge ukuba ngubani ngokwenene owayelapha kuqala). I-DDT yenziwa ukuba ithengwe esidlangalaleni kwiintsuku ezintlanu ngaphambi kokuba i-US ilahle ibhombu eHiroshima. Kwisikhumbuzo sokuqala sebhombu, ifoto egcwele iphepha yelifu lekhowa yavela kwintengiso ye-DDT.
Imfazwe kunye nentshabalalo yokusingqongileyo azigqibi nje ngendlela abacinga nabathetha ngayo. Abagcini nje ngokukhuthaza omnye nomnye ngokuqinisa umbono we-machismo kunye nolawulo. Unxibelelwano lunzulu ngakumbi kwaye luthe ngqo. Imfazwe kunye namalungiselelo emfazwe, kubandakanya ukuvavanywa kwezixhobo, nazo ziphakathi kwabona batshabalalisi bommandla wethu. Umkhosi wase-US ungumthengi ophambili wezibaso. Ukususela ngo-Matshi 2003 ukuya ku-Disemba 2007 imfazwe e-Iraq kuphela khululwe ngaphezulu i-CO2 kune-60% yazo zonke iintlanga.
Rhoqo sibaxabisile ubungakanani beemfazwe ezilwelwa ukulawula izixhobo ezisetyenziselwa ukusitshabalalisa. Okungafane kwenzeke ukuba sibuxabise ubungakanani bokuba oko kuqhutywa ziimfazwe. I-Confederate Army yenyuka yaya eGettysburg ifuna ukutya ukuze izibase. (USherman watshisa uMzantsi, njengoko wabulala iBuffalo, ukubangela indlala- ngelixa amaNtla asebenzisa umhlaba wawo ukuphembelela imfazwe.) Umkhosi wamanzi wase-Bhritane wafuna ulawulo lweoyile kuqala njengamafutha eenqanawa zomKhosi wase-Bhritane, hayi ezinye enye injongo. AmaNazi aya empuma, phakathi kwezinye izizathu, kumahlathi anokuqhubela kuwo imfazwe. Ukutshatyalaliswa kwamahlathi ezitshisayo okwenzeka ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi kwakhula kuphela ngexesha lemfazwe esisigxina eyalandelayo.
Iimfazwe kule minyaka idlulileyo zenze ukuba iindawo ezinkulu zingabinakuhlala kwaye zavelisa amashumi ezigidi zeembacu. Mhlawumbi ezona zixhobo zibulalayo ezishiywe emfazweni yimigodi yomhlaba kunye neebhombu ezisebenzisanayo. Amashumi ezigidi aqikelelwa ukuba alala emhlabeni. Umsebenzi waseSoviet nowaseMelika eAfghanistan batshabalalisile okanye bonakalisa amawaka ezilali kunye nemithombo yamanzi. I-Taliban iye yathengisa amaplanga ngokungekho mthethweni ePakistan, nto leyo ekhokelela ekugawulweni kwamahlathi. Iibhombu zaseMelika kunye neembacu ezidinga iinkuni zongeze kumonakalo. Amahlathi ase-Afghanistan sele emkile. Uninzi lweentaka ezifudukayo ezazidla ngokudlula e-Afghanistan azisenzi njalo. Umoya kunye namanzi ayo afakwe ityhefu ngeziqhushumbisi kunye nezixhobo zerokethi.
I-United States ilwa iimfazwe zayo kwaye ivavanya nezixhobo zayo kude nonxweme lwayo, kodwa ihlala iphawulwe yimimandla yentlekele yokusingqongileyo kunye neziza ze-superfund ezenziwe ngumkhosi wayo. Ingxaki yokusingqongileyo ithathe ubukhulu obukhulu, igubungela ngokumangalisayo iingozi ezenziwe kuHillary Clinton wokuba uVladimir Putin nguHitler omtsha okanye ubuqhetseba obuqhelekileyo eWashington, DC, ukuba i-Iran yakha i-nukes okanye ukubulala abantu ngeedrones kusenza ikhuselekile kunokuba ithiye ngakumbi. Kwaye okwangoku, unyaka nonyaka, i-EPA ichitha i-622 yeedola ukuzama ukuvelisa amandla ngaphandle kweoyile, ngelixa umkhosi uchitha amakhulu Iibhiliyoni iidola ezivuthayo ioli kwiimfazwe ezilwa ukulawula ioli. Izigidi zeedola ezisetyenziselwa ukugcina ijoni ngalinye kumsebenzi wasemzini unyaka zingenza imisebenzi ye-20 yamandla obumnyama kwi-$ 50,000 nganye. I $ 1 trillion esetyenziswe yiUnited States ngokumalunga nomnyaka ngamnye, kunye ne-$ 1 trillion esetyenziswe yilo lonke ihlabathi elidibeneyo, inokuxhasa imali ekuguquleni kwimpilo engapheli ngaphaya kwamaphupha ethu amakhulu. Nokuba i-10% yayo inakho.
Ukuphela kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I, ayizange ibe kuphela intshukumo enkulu yoxolo, kodwa yayihambelana nombutho wolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle. Kule mihla, ezi ntshukumo zimbini zibonakala zahlulekile kwaye zoyisiwe. Kanye kwinyanga eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka iindlela zabo zinqumla, njengoko amaqela ezendalo ecetyiswa ukuba aphikise ukuthathwa komhlaba okanye ukwakhiwa kwesiseko somkhosi, njengoko kwenzekile kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo kunye neentshukumo zokuthintela i-US kunye ne-South Korea ekwakheni isiseko esikhulu somkhosi eJeju Isiqithi, kunye nokuthintela i-US Marine Corps ekuguqukeni kwesiQithi samaPagane kuMantana aseMantla kuluhlu lweebhombu. Kodwa zama ukucela iqela lezendalo elixhaswe ngemali ukuba lishukumisele ukuhanjiswa kwezixhobo zikarhulumente ukusuka kwezomkhosi ukuya kumandla acocekileyo okanye kulondolozo kwaye unokuzama ukujongana nelifu legesi eyityhefu.
Ndonwabile ukuba yinxalenye yentshukumo esele iqalile WorldBeyondWar.org, Sele abantu bethathe inxaxheba kwizizwe ezingama-57, ezifuna ukubuyisela utyalo-mali lwethu olukhulu emfazweni ngotyalo-mali olukhulu kukhuseleko lomhlaba. Ndinorhano lokuba imibutho emikhulu yokusingqongileyo ingafumana inkxaso enkulu kwesi sicwangciso ukuba bebefanele ukuvavanya amalungu abo.
