Impendulo emfushane: i-US ne-NATO bakholelwa ukuthi impi yenuzi ayinqotshwa kuphela, kodwa ingaliwa njengempi evamile
Umphakathi manje kumele ungazabalazi kuphela “ngamanye amaqiniso” okuphatha kukaTrump, kodwa futhi namaqiniso angabikwanga ngokuthi kwenzakalani ngezikhali zenuzi.
Kungenzeka ungazi ukuthi njengamanje amazwe amaningi omhlaba ahlangana e-UN kusukela ngoLwesine (June 15) ukuthuthukisa. uhlelo lokuqeda izikhali zenuzi futhi ekugcineni kubhekwane nemiphumela yobuntu yempi yenuzi. Lo mbuthano ulandela uchungechunge lwemihlangano yamazwe ngamazwe eyaqala ngo-2014 e-Vienna ukuze kubhekwane nosongo olukhulayo.
Iningi lamashifu akamuva emhlabeni wonke aphinda adala ukukhathazeka okukhulu: ukushuba kwesimo emngceleni weRussia-Ukraine (lapho kumi amasosha e-NATO) kanye ukufakwa kwezivikelo ezicitshwayo eNingizimu Korea ekuphenduleni ukwethulwa kwemicibisholo yenuzi yaseNyakatho Korea.
I-UN General Assembly yagunyaza isinqumo ngo-Okthoba odlule sokwethula izingxoxo ngesivumelwano esizothatha indawo yeSivumelwano Sokunqanda Ukusabalalisa (i-NPT) futhi sicele ukuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi.
Lesi siphakamiso samukelwe amazwe angamalungu e-UN ayi-113; 35, kuhlanganisa neCanada, avotele ngokumelene nayo; I-13 yagodla ngemuva kokuthi i-US icindezele amalungu e-NATO ukuthi angahlanganyeli ezingxoxweni zokugcina, ezizoqhubeka kuze kube nguJulayi 7 eNew York.
Ekuqaleni, I-Canada yachaza ukungahlanganyeli kwayo ngokuphikisana amazwe angamalungu angaba maningi amathuba okuthi afinyelele esivumelwaneni uma kugxilwe enkingeni ethize yokunqanyulwa kohwebo ngezinto eziqhekekile ezisetshenziselwa ukwakha izikhali. Eqinisweni, azikho izifundazwe ezinezikhali zenuzi ezibamba iqhaza ezingxoxweni. Ungqongqoshe Wezindaba Zangaphandle eCanada, uChrystia Freeland, uphikisa ngokuthi “izingxoxo zokuvinjelwa kwezikhali zenuzi ngaphandle kokuhlanganyela kwezifunda ezinezikhali zenuzi ngokuqinisekile ngeke ziphumelele.
Kepha sekube namashumi eminyaka okuklolodelana ngemininingwane ngokuvinjelwa kwezikhali zenuzi, futhi izinto zibuyele emuva, uma kukhona.
Ochwepheshe abafana nososayensi we-MIT uTheodore Postol babhala ukuthi amalungu e-US kanye ne-NATO akholelwa ukuthi impi yenuzi inganqotshwa futhi ingaliwa njengempi evamile.
Njengamanje, izifunda eziyisishiyagalolunye ezinkulu zenuzi sezihlangene zinezikhali ezicishe zibe yi-15,395, kanti i-US neRussia zibalelwa ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-93 alelo nani.
Amabhomu enuzi aseHiroshima naseNagasaki, womabili amancane uma kuqhathaniswa nezikhali zanamuhla, abulale abantu abangu-250,000 kanye ne-70,000 lilinye.
Amandla aqhumayo ebhomu laseHiroshima ayengamakhilothoni ayi-15 kuye kwayi-16 e-TNT, kanti amabhomu anamuhla aphakathi kwe-100 kuya ku-550 kilotons (afika ku-34 izikhathi ezibulalayo ngaphezulu).
Ngokuqhathanisa, ukuqhuma kwebhomu elikhulu kunawo wonke elingelona elenuzi emhlabeni, i-MOAB (I-Massive Ordnance Air Blast) isanda kwehla e-Afghanistan, ingxenyana yobukhulu, kuphela amakhilogremu angu-0.011.
Lapho iMpi Yomshoshaphansi iphela cishe ngo-1991, abaningi babekholelwa ukuthi usongo lwenuzi lwaluphelile. Kuyesabisa, futhi kuyadabukisa, ukucabanga ukuthi zonke izikhali zenuzi ngabe zaqedwa ngaleso sikhathi. Kunalokho, imibuso yezomnotho ehlomile ithathe umhlaba ngendlela ehlukile.
Ukuthula yisu. I-NATO ayidaluli imininingwane ngezikhali zayo zenuzi nakuba amazwe angamalungu asayina ukuzibophezela ekwenzeni izinto obala ngo-2000. Ukuntuleka kombiko kushiya umphakathi womhlaba wonke ungazi ukuthi amazwe ahlala eqaphile, elungele ukuqalisa phakathi nemizuzu, noma lokho. imikhumbi-ngwenya ekwazi ukuthwala izikhali zenuzi ezingaba ngu-144 zizulazula olwandle.
Ngisho nempi yenuzi encane phakathi kwamazwe amabili anjengeNdiya nePakistan ehilela amabhomu enuzi alingana ne-100 eHiroshima ingaholela “ebusika benuzi” kanye nokushabalala kwabantu okungenzeka.
EMpumalanga Ephakathi, i-Israel, engakasayini iSivumelwano Sokungavikeleki futhi ngakho-ke ayikho ngaphansi kwanoma yimiphi imithetho kanye nokuhlolwa, igcine ukungaqondakali mayelana nohlelo lwayo lwenuzi, kodwa ibhekisela ku-Samson Option yayo - okungukuthi, ukuthi i-Israel izosebenzisa izikhali zenuzi. izikhali noma kusho ukuzibhubhisa.
Ngokuphambene, kugxilwe kakhulu ohlelweni lwenuzi lwase-Iran nakuba i-Iran isayine i-NPT nabahloli be-UN (futhi I-Mossad yakwa-Israyeli) baye bathi i-Iran ayinalo uhlelo lwezikhali zenuzi.
I-Canada inomlando wayo we-checkered ngezikhali zenuzi.
Umnqobi weNobel Peace Prize u-Lester B. Pearson ukhuthaze i-athomu “yokuthula” ngenkathi ephusha ama-reactor e-CANDU nokuthengiswa kwe-uranium e-US nase-UK azi ukuthi asetshenziselwa izikhali zenuzi. I-uranium eningi yavela ekugibeleni kwakhe ukhetho lukaPearson e-Elliot Lake. Amalungu eSerpent River First Nation ayesebenza ezimayini ze-uranium awazange aziswe ngobungozi bemisebe futhi abaningi babulawa umdlavuza.
Yini engenziwa ngalobu buhlanya? Abantu baseCanada bangaqala ngokuthi cha Utshalomali lwe-Canada Pension Plan luka-$451 million ezinhlanganweni eziyi-14 zezikhali zenuzi.
UJudith Deutsch owayengumongameli weSayensi Yokuthula.
