U-$1 Trillion we-US Nuclear Buildup

AUG. 2, 2017, ithunyelwe kabusha kusukela ku- New York Times.

KuMhleli:

Re “Usongo Ekulawuleni Izikhali Zenuzi” (umhleli, Julayi 30):

Uxwayisa ngokufanelekile ukuthi izinhlelo zaseMelika zokusebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$1 trillion eminyakeni engu-30 ezayo ukuthuthukisa amandla enuzi kuzobukela phansi ukulawulwa kwezikhali futhi kubhebhethekise umjaho omusha wezikhali. Kodwa akwanele ukushiya lolu hlelo oluyingozi, olubizayo lokuthuthukisa ikhono lethu lokubhubhisa umhlaba.

Inqubomgomo yenuzi yase-United States isekelwe enkolelweni yokuthi izikhali zenuzi zivimbela ukusetshenziswa kwazo siqu: ukuthi amazwe ahlome ngezikhali zenuzi azogwema ukuhlaselana ngenxa yokwesaba ukuhlasela azobhekana nakho. Kodwa-ke sazi izikhathi ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili lapho amazwe ahlomile ngezikhali zenuzi eqala inqubo yokwethula izikhali zenuzi, imvamisa ngenkolelo eyiphutha yokuthi izitha zawo zase zikwenzile lokho - izikhathi ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili lapho ukuvimbela kuhlulekile.

Futhi sitshelwa ukuthi iNorth Korea akumele ithole amandla enuzi ngoba ngeke ivinjwe ngokwethenjwa. Sekuyisikhathi sokushiya le nqubomgomo ehlulekile futhi siphishekele ukulondeka kwangempela kwezwe elingenazo izikhali zenuzi.

IRA HELFAND, LEEDS, MASS.

Umbhali ungumongameli we-International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, umamukeli we-1985 Nobel Peace Prize.

KuMhleli:

Ukugomela kwakho kokuthi "selokhu kwaqala inkathi yenuzi, iMelika ibilokhu inamandla amakhulu, uma ingaphelele, ngemuva kwemingcele ekhona"
iwuziba umlando odabukisayo wokwandisa kwe-United States okuvusa inkanuko yezinhlelo zayo zezikhali zenuzi kanye nezinhlelo zokulethwa kwezikhali kanye nokwenqaba kwayo izithembiso eziningi ezivela eRussia, China kanye naseNyakatho Korea imbala zokuqeda impi.

Qala ngokwenqaba kukaMongameli uHarry S. Truman isiphakamiso sikaStalin sika-1946 sokuvala izikhali zenuzi ngaphansi kokuqondisa kweNhlangano Yezizwe; ekwenqabeni kukaMongameli uRonald Reagan isiphakamiso sikaMikhail S. Gorbachev sokuxoxisana ngokuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi, okubekwe phezu kukaMnu.
Ukuvuma kukaReagan ukuthi angafuni ukuphakama kwezempi emkhathini ngohlelo lwe-“Star Wars,” uMnu. Reagan alwenqabayo.

Ngokunjalo, cabanga ngesiphakamiso sika-Vladimir V. Putin kuMongameli uBill Clinton sokunciphisa izikhali zethu zibe yi-1,500 noma i-1,000 ngayinye futhi sicele ezinye izifundazwe ezinezikhali zenuzi ukuba zixoxisane ngokuqedwa kwazo, inqobo nje uma siyeka ukwakha izisekelo zokulwa nezikhali ePoland naseRomania, uMnu. UClinton wenqabile. Futhi uMongameli uGeorge W. Bush wabe esesuka ku-Antiballistic Missile Treaty yango-1972 eyaxoxisana neSoviet Union.

Mayelana neNorth Korea, kuyacaca ukuthi ubuholi bayo bufuna izingxoxo, hhayi impi. INorth Korea iyona kuphela izwe elinezikhali zenuzi elavotela izingxoxo zokuvala ibhomu ngo-Okthoba odlule eNhlanganweni Yezizwe.

Futhi, iSenethi ivotele ama-98 ku-2 ukufaka unswinyo olusha eNyakatho Korea, eRussia nase-Iran. Ukuzibamba okunjani lokho?

U-ALICE SLATER, E-NEW YORK

Umbhali usebenza ekomitini lokudidiyela le World Beyond War.

KuMhleli:

Iziphakamiso zabaphathi bakaTrump kanye nabanye kuCongress zokusebenzisa i- $ 1 trillion esizukulwaneni esisha sezikhali zenuzi ziyingozi kakhulu. Impi yenuzi ayinakunqotshwa futhi akufanele neze ilwe. Okuwukuphela kwezikhali zenuzi ezingathetheleleka yilezo ezivumela isiteleka sesibili esivikelekile (sokuziphindiselela).

Kunalokho, abaklami bezikhali nabahleli bempi baye bethula izikhali zenuzi “ezisebenziseka” ngokwengeziwe. I-nuclear cruise missile entsha ehlongozwayo izofinyeza izikhathi zokusabela kwe-nuclear futhi ibe sengozini yokubala kabi enkingeni.

Uhulumeni kaTrump usanda kuduba izingxoxo zeNhlangano Yezizwe zokuqeda izikhali zenuzi. I-Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty idinga amandla enuzi akhona ukuthi aye kuleyo ndlela ukuze amazwe angezona ezenuzi avimbe. Ukuchitha isigidi sezigidi zamaRandi ezikhalini zenuzi kuzothenga kuphela ukungavikeleki emhlabeni wonke.

UDAVID KEPPEL, BLOOMINGTON, IND.