NguWinslow Myers
Konke eplanethi yethu encane kuthinta konke okunye. Lokhu ukuxhasana kuyindaba engaphezu kokweqile kuneBromide entsha ye-New Age. Abambalwa abanciphayo bangase baqhubeke bephika inhlangano yabantu ekusimeni kwesimo sezulu, kodwa bangacabangi ukuthi izifo, noma ukungcola okuphethwe umoya, azikwazi ukuphelelwa yimingcele kazwelonke. Ngisho noDonald Trump angeke akwazi ukwakha udonga olwamisa igciwane leZika, ama-micro-particulates afting kusuka ezitshalweni zamalahle aseChina, noma ukugeleza kwamanzi asebenza ngamanzi avela eFukushima.
Kuyinto ephuthumayo ngokukhethekile ukuthi siqonde ukuxhasana okuphawulekayo okuvela eqinisweni ukuthi izizwe eziyisishiyagalolunye zinezikhali zenuzi. Akusekho ukuthi yiziphi izikhali zenuzi ezinikezwe isizwe, ngoba ukuthunjwa kwezikhali ezinjalo nganoma yisiphi isizwe, ngisho nengxenye encane yezinqola zomhlaba, kungaholela "ebusika benyukliya" okungaba nemiphumela enkulu emhlabeni wonke.
Sifinyelele odongeni, hhayi udonga lwesitayela seTrump, kodwa umkhawulo ophelele wamandla abhubhisayo oshintsha konke. Okushiwo yize kubuyele emuva emuva ekubhekaneni nemibango encane, engeyona yenuzi. U-Admiral Eugene Carroll osekupheleni kwesikhathi, owayekade ephethe zonke izikhali zenuzi zaseMelika, wathi ngokuqondile: "ukuvimbela impi yenuzi, kufanele sivimbele yonke impi." Noma yimiphi impi, kuhlanganise nezingxabano zesifunda njengengxabano eqhubekayo e-Kashmir phakathi I-India nePakistan, ingahamba ngokushesha kwizinga le nyukliya.
Ngokusobala lo mbono, oqondakalayo ngokwanele kumuntu onjengawo wonke umuntu onjengami, awuzange ungene emazingeni aphakeme kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe bezwe langaphandle nakwamanye amazwe. Uma ngabe, i-United States ayengeke izinikezele ekuthuthukiseni i-arsenal yayo yezikhali zenuzi. Futhi ingabe iRussia yayingeke isetshenziswe okwengeziwe ngezikhali ezinjalo, noma eNdiya, noma ePakistan.
Ukufaniswa nokuphefumula kwezibhamu zaseMelika kungenakugwema. Abaningi bezombusazwe kanye nama-lobbyists ukufaka isandla emikhankasweni yabo, ukungahloniphi, ukukhuthaza ukwandiswa kwamalungelo kanye nezimvume zokuphatha izibhamu emakilasini nasemasontweni ngisho nasemiphakathini, ephikisana ngokuthi uma wonke umuntu enesibhamu sonke sizokuphepha. Ingabe umhlaba wawuzophephile uma amazwe amaningi, noma uNkulunkulu enqabela wonke amazwe, abe nezikhali zenuzi-noma singabe sivikelekile uma kungenjalo?
Uma kuziwa endleleni esicabanga ngayo ngalezi zikhali, umqondo we "isitha" ngokwawo udinga ukuhlolwa kabusha. Izikhali ngokwabo ziye zaba izitha zomuntu wonke, isitha esinamandla kakhulu kunomphikisi omubi kakhulu ongacabanga. Ngenxa yokuthi sihlanganyela iqiniso lokuthi ukuphepha kwami kuxhomeke kokwakho nokwakho okwemayini, umqondo wesitha ongaziqothula ngokuphumelelayo ngombane onamandla omkhulu we-nyukliya usuphelile. Phakathi naleso sikhathi izinkulungwane zethu zezikhali zihlala zihlelekile futhi zilungele ukuba umuntu enze iphutha elibulalayo futhi aqothule konke esikubhekayo.
Abaphikisi abangenakuqhathaniswa kakhulu yibo ababambe iqhaza okufanele bafinyelele futhi bakhulume ngokuphuthumayo kakhulu: eNdiya nasePakistan, eRussia nase-US, South naseNorth Korea. Ukuphumelela okunzima kwesivumelwano sokunciphisa nokunciphisa ikhono lase-Iran ukwenza izikhali zenuzi kungenakudumazeka, kodwa kudingeka sithuthukise amandla akhe ngokwakha izitifiketi zobungane phakathi kwe-US kanye nezakhamizi zase-Iranian. Esikhundleni salokho, isimo sokungazethembi sigcinwa yizinkolelo ezingapheli eziqiniswa yizikhulu ezikhethiwe kanye nama-pundits.
Njengoba kubalulekile izinkontileka zokungabi nakwanda kanye nokuvimbela impi, amanethiwekhi obudlelwane boqobo bangabantu abaluleke kakhulu nakakhulu. Njengoba isishoshovu sokuthula uDavid Hartsough sibhala ngokuhamba kwakhe okwedlule eRussia: "Esikhundleni sokuthumela amabutho ezempi emikhawulweni yaseRussia, ake sihambise izakhamuzi eziningi ezithinta izithunywa zezwe njengezethu eRussia ukuze sazi abantu baseRussia futhi sifunde ukuthi singabantu wonke umkhaya wesintu oyedwa. Singakwazi ukwakha ukuthula nokuqonda phakathi kwabantu bakithi. "Lokhu nakho kungase kuzwakale njenge-bromide esakhiweni sezombusazwe kanye nabezindaba, kodwa kunalokho kuphela indlela engokoqobo ngayo izinhlobo zethu zingadlulela odongeni lokubhujiswa okuphelele okungekho indlela yokuphuma ezingeni lezinga eliphezulu lezempi.
UReagan noGrbachev bavame kakhulu ukuvuma ukuqeda ama-nukes abo bezizwe ezimbili emhlanganweni wabo eReykjavik ku-1986. Kungenzeka. Kufanele kwenzeke. Sidinga abaholi ngombono futhi bazimisele ukusunduza konke ukukhishwa. Njengesizakhamuzi esingenalo ubuchwepheshe obukhethekile, angikwazi ukuqonda ukuthi umuntu ohlakaniphile njengoMongameli Obama angaya kanjani eHiroshima futhi ahlele izitatimende zakhe mayelana nokuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi nemishwana ye-mealy efana nokuthi "Singase singaboni lo mgomo ekuphileni kwami." ithemba uMnu. Obama wenza njengomengameli omkhulu njengoJimmy Carter. Ukukhululeka ezinkingeni zezombangazwe zehhovisi lakhe, mhlawumbe uzojoyina uMnu. Carter emisebenzini yokuthula enamandla esebenzisa ubuhlobo bakhe nabaholi bezwe ukufuna ushintsho lwangempela.
Izwi lakhe lizobaluleka, kodwa lilodwa izwi. Ama-NGO afana ne-Rotary International, enezigidi zamalungu ezinkulungwaneni zamaqembu emazweni amaningi, yindlela yethu ephephile, esheshayo yokuphepha kwangempela. Kodwa izinhlangano ezinjengeRotary zithatha ngempela ukuvimbela impi njengoba zithathwa ekuqedeni ukuphola emhlabeni jikelele, i-rank andfiles iRurarians, njengazo zonke izakhamuzi, kumele zivuswe ngendlela okushintshe ngayo yonke into, futhi ifinyelele kuzo zonke izindonga zokuhlukanisa izitha ezifunwa. Inhlekelele eyingozi yokwedlula ubusika yindlela engavamile, ngoba ibonisa umkhawulo ophelele wokunciphisa amandla empi lapho iplanethi yonke ifike khona. Sonke sizithola sibhekene nodonga lwesigwebo esizayo-nethemba elikhona.
Winslow Myers, umbhali we "Living Beyond War: Umhlahlandlela Wabahlali," ukhonza eBhodi Eluleka Ye-War Prevention Initiative futhi ubhala ezindabeni zomhlaba jikelele ze-Peacevoice.
