NguStacy Bannerman, uJulayi 31, i-2018
Kusukela Amaphupho ajwayelekile
Uhlanza kanjani ikamelo labashisholi bezulu? Qala ukukhuluma ngempi. Akuzona nje izakhamuzi ezishiya; kungcono kakhulu wonke umuntu. I-Mission yafezwa yi-Bush Administration, eyathumela amasosha nemindeni yawo empini kanti lonke izwe liye epaki lokuzijabulisa. Ukuhlukaniswa kwezempi-ezomphakathi kuye kwabizwa ngokuthi "isifo sokuqedwa." Kodwa i-biosphere ayiboni iifomu, futhi ukubhujiswa kwemvelo okubangelwa amabhomu, ukushisa imikhomo, nokuphela kwe-uranium angeke kutholakale endaweni yokulwa. Asizange sibone ukuthi i-carbon isisindo esikhulu sezimpi ezingapheli zaseMelika ngoba ukukhishwa kwezempi kwamanye amazwe kunesikhwama sokugqoka okuvela kuzo zombili izidingo zokubika kazwelonke kanye no-UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Ngeke kube khona ukukhululwa kokuwa kwesimo sezulu esizayo. Sonke sinesikhumba emdlalweni wezempi manje.
Izindleko zezimpi zaseMelika zango-9/11 sezisondela ku- $ 6 trillion futhi inani lentengo lizoqhubeka nokukhuphuka kanye namazinga olwandle, amazinga okushisa, i-CO2 yomkhathi, kanye ne-methane, igesi yokushisa okunamandla ikakhulukazi. Singalindela ukwanda kokungavikeleki kokudla komhlaba wonke, ababaleki besimo sezulu, kanye nokukhishwa kwamagciwane abulala isikhathi eside kakhulu, okungenzeka abe yingozi kakhulu. Ucwaningo olushicilelwe ephephabhukwini i-Pediatrics ngoMeyi, 2018, luveze ukuthi “izingane zilinganiselwa ukuthi zithwale [amaphesenti] angama-88 omthwalo wezifo ezihlobene nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu.” Noma kunjalo, ama-ejensi ezempilo kahulumeni awaxoxi ngokuthi impi ibiza kanjani isimo sezulu sethu lapho bexoxa ngokuthi yikuphi ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu okuzobiza izingane zethu.
Imiphakathi yezenkolo iyakhuthaza egameni lokuphulukiswa nokuvikelwa kweplanethi. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi ezimbalwa, njengeMLK Umkhankaso Wabantu Abangalungile evuswe ngabathathu babaphathiswa, isihloko sempi yangempela yaseMelika emhlabeni asisekho etafuleni. Yize azi kahle ukuthi indalo yindlu enkulu kaNkulunkulu, Ubungcwele Bakhe uPapa Francis wasebenzisa amagama ambalwa kuphela kwimvelo yempi endaweni ehunyushwe kahle U-Laudato Si: Ekunakekelweni Kwendlu Yethu Ejwayelekile. Futhi izinhlangano ezinkulu zemvelo zibonakala zivumelene ngokuthula ukuthi amasosha aseMelika yinhlangano esingeke sikhulume ngayo uma sikhuluma ngabanikeli abakhulu ekushintsheni kwesimo sezulu.
I-Pentagon isebenzisa i-petroleum engaphezulu ngosuku kunokusetshenziswa kwamazwe we-175 (ngaphandle kwe-210 emhlabeni), futhi ikhiqiza okungaphezu kwama-70 amaphesenti okukhishwa kwegesi lokushisa kagesi, lokhu kusekelwe kwi-CIA World Factbook. "I-US Air Force iyashisa ngama-2.4 billion amalitha we-jet fuel ngonyaka, konke kutholakala emafutheni," kubika i-Scientific American. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwezimpi zokuthunyelwa kwe-9 / 11, ukusetshenziswa kwephethiloli yase-US kunesilinganiso semigodi yezigidi ezingu-144 ngonyaka. Leli nani alibandakanyi uphethiloli osetshenziselwa amabutho ohlangene, izinkontileka zempi, noma inani elikhulu lamafutha ashisa ekukhiqizeni izikhali.
Ngokusho kukaSteve Kretzmann, umqondisi we-Oil Change International, "Impi yase-Iraq yayinomthwalo okungenani amathani amathani ayi-141 amathani we-carbon dioxide (MMTCO2e) kusukela ngo-March 2003 kuze kube ngoDisemba 2007." Okungaphezulu kwe-CO2 kunamaphesenti angu-XNUM kuwo wonke amazwe, futhi lezo zibalo zivela eminyakeni emine yokuqala. Sanciphise impi ngoDisemba ka-60, kodwa asikashiywanga, ngakho-ke ukuhlasela kwe-US kanye neminyaka engu-2011 yomsebenzi cishe kuveze phezulu kwe-15 million yamathani wamathani we-CO400e kuze kube manje. Imali engenayo imali kulowo mpi-impi yamafutha, masingakhohlwa-singathengisa ukuguqulwa kweplanethi kumandla avuselelekayo. Vele uhlale nalowo mzuzwana. Bese usukuma futhi ubuyele emsebenzini, sicela.
Sinamapulazi omoya ukwakha kanye namapayipi ukuyeka. Sinamapaneli we-solar ukufaka namanzi ukuvikela. Sidinga abahlwitha abavela kuzo zonke izinhlanga nezizwe hamba indlela eluhlaza bese ukhanyisa uMlilo Wesishiyagalombili. Kepha ukwenza lokhu ngenkathi uqhubeka nokondla isilo samasosha esiphehla izinto ezimbiwa phansi okuhlafuna cishe amaphesenti angama-60 wesabelomali sikazwelonke ukungasebenzi kahle kwamandla nokuzilimaza kwemvelo. Asikwazi ukwelapha lo mdlavuza owenziwe ngumuntu esimweni sezulu ngaphandle kokuxazulula izimbangela. Ukuze kuzuzwe ukuguqulwa okukhulu kwesistimu namasiko okudingekayo ekunciphiseni ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili ubulungiswa besimo sezulu, kuzofanele sibhekane nodlame oluvunyelwe umphakathi, olwenziwe ezikhungweni zomthetho olwenziwa inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US ethela uphethiloli emlilweni wokufudumala kwembulunga yonke .
Umnyango wezokuVikela (DOD) unesiqalo esikhulu kunawo wonke sekhabhoni kunoma yiliphi ibhizinisi emhlabeni. I-DOD ingumkhiqizi oyedwa oyedwa nomsakazo wamathuluzi nama-toxini afana ne-Agent Orange kanye nensizi yenuzi eyonakalisa izinto eziphilayo. Cishe amaphesenti angu-70 wezinhlekelele zezemvelo zase-US ezihlukaniswe izindawo ze-Superfund yi-EPA zibangelwa yi-Pentagon, engumngcolisi omkhulu we-US. Ngakho-ke akufanele kusimangaze lokho okungenani izizinda zasempi ze-126 zonakalise amanzi, okwenza umdlavuza kanye nokukhubazeka kokuzalwa emisebenzini-nemindeni yabo. (Kuningi ukusekela amasosha.)
Kufanele sithathe isikhundla sokuthi izwe lethu lenze iphutha ngokubambelela kakhulu emcabangweni wokuthi asikwazi ukunqoba ngaphandle kwempi (bonke ubufakazi obuphambene nalokho) ngombono we-bipartisan ngakho-ke amandla amakhulu azinikezele ekukhululeni nasebulungiseni kanye nenkululeko kukho konke okudala ukuthula okumangalisayo, okuyisisindo kuba okubalulekile kuzwelonke. Uma singenjalo, asisoze sibe iMelika esiye sathi siyikho. Ekugcineni, yilokho esingakafaki emindenini yempi engase iphele ngokubiza kakhulu.
Asikwazi ukuqhubeka nomgomo wokuziphatha, ongokomoya, wezezimali noma wezemvelo wokunganakwa okungenakuqhathaniswa okubhalwe phansi komhlaba, umoya, namanzi emhlabeni jikelele. Lokho, abangani bami abaluhlaza, kuyinqubomgomo eyodwa engavumeleki kulezi zizwe.
Ngiyazi ukuthi abantu abaningi banqume ukungakhulumi ngempi ukuze bagweme ukubizwa ngokuthi yimbuka, noma basolwa ngokulwa namasosha. Uma singafundi lutho olunye — futhi kubonakala sengathi asikakufundi — empini yase-Iraq, sifunda ukuthi ukuthula kuyinto yokunethezeka esingeke sikwazi ukuyikhokhela lapho izimpilo zisengcupheni. Izandla ze-Doomsday Clock ziyimizuzu emibili ukusuka phakathi kwamabili. Ukuphila ngokwalo kulayini. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthola izwi lakho.
Kumele siphule imfuyo engcwele ye-cow ecaleni ePentagon, ngoba isimo sezulu singase sibe ukulimala okubi kunazo zonke. Ukuphila kwami konke kwaba ukubulawa kweMpi yase-Iraq, futhi abangane bami abaningi baye bathola i-Gold Star. Angisebenzisi igama elithi "ukulimala" kancane. Lapho ngikutshela ubuhlungu bokulahlekelwa yizinto ozithandayo ngenxa yempi ubuhlungu awufuni, Ngicela ungikholwe. Kufanele siqhubeke sisebenzele ukuyigcina isemhlabathini, kepha uma singazimisele ngokumisa i-United States War Machine, singahlulwa impi enkulu kunazo zonke ezimpilweni zethu.
