nguJohn Miksad, I-Camas-Washougal Post Record, May 27, 2021
Njengamanje, i-United States isebenzisa okungenani amakota amathathu ezigidigidi zamaRandi unyaka ngamunye ePentagon. I-US isebenzisa kakhulu ezempi kunamazwe alandelayo ayi-10 ehlanganisiwe; abayisithupha babo abangabahlanganyeli. Leli nani alihlanganisi enye imali ehlobene nezempi njengezikhali zenuzi (i-DOE), i-Homeland Security, nezinye izindleko eziningi. Abanye bathi inani eliphelele lokusetshenziswa kwamasosha aseMelika lifinyelela ku- $ 1.25 trillion / ngonyaka.
Sibhekene nezinkinga ezintathu zomhlaba ezisongela bonke abantu bazo zonke izizwe. Yilezi: isimo sezulu, ubhadane lwezifo kanye nokungqubuzana kwamazwe omhlaba okuholela empini yenuzi ngamabomu noma engaqondile. Lezi zinsongo ezintathu ezikhona zinamandla okusiphuca thina nezizukulwane ezizayo zezimpilo zethu, inkululeko yethu, nokufuna kwethu injabulo.
Enye yezinjongo zikahulumeni ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha nokuvikeleka kwezakhamizi zakhe. Akukho okubeka engcupheni ukuphepha kwethu nokuphepha ngaphezu kwalezi zinsongo ezintathu. Ngenkathi zikhula unyaka nonyaka, uhulumeni wethu uyaqhubeka nokuziphatha ngezindlela eziphazamisa ukuphepha kwethu ngokulwa izimpi ezingashisi nezibandayo ezingapheli ezidala ukulimala okukhulu futhi zisiphazamise ekubhekaneni nezinsongo ezinkulu.
Ukusetshenziswa kwemali eyizigidi eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 1.25 ukusetshenziswa kwamasosha ngonyaka kukhombisa lokhu kucabanga okungafanele. Uhulumeni wethu uyaqhubeka nokucabanga ngempi ngenkathi izinsongo ezinkulu ekuphepheni nasekuvikelekeni kwethu kungezona ezempi. Isabelomali sethu sezempi esivimbile asisisizanga ngenkathi silwa nobhadane olubi kakhulu eminyakeni eyikhulu. Futhi ayinakusivikela enhlekeleleni yesimo sezulu esivela emaceleni amaningi noma ekubhujisweni kwenuzi. Ukusetshenziswa kwezinkanyezi kwe-US empini nasempini kusivimbela ekubhekaneni nezidingo eziphuthumayo zomuntu neziplanethi ngokugxila ekunakekeleni kwethu, ezinsizakalweni nasethalenteni ezintweni ezingalungile. Sonke lesi sikhathi, sikhishwa izitha zangempela.
Iningi labantu liyakuqonda lokhu ngokuqonda. Ucwaningo lwakamuva lukhombisa ukuthi umphakathi wase-US uthanda ukusetshenziswa kwephesenti le-10 kwezempi okusikwe umkhawulo we-2-1. Ngisho nangemva kokuncishiswa kwamaphesenti ayi-10, ukusetshenziswa kwamasosha aseMelika kusazoba kukhulu kunalokho kweChina, Russia, Iran, India, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, United Kingdom neJapan kuhlangene (India, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, UK, neJapan bangamadlelandawonye).
Imicibisholo eyengeziwe, izindiza zokulwa nezikhali zenuzi ngeke zisivikele ebhadaneni noma enkingeni yesimo sezulu; kuncane kakhulu ekusongelweni kokubhujiswa kwenuzi. Kufanele sibhekane nalezi zinsongo ezikhona ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Ukuqonda okusha kufanele kuholele ekuziphatheni okusha njengabantu ngabanye futhi ngokuhlangene njengomphakathi. Lapho nje siqonda futhi sifaka izinsongo ezinkulu ekusindeni kwethu, kufanele siguqule indlela esicabanga ngayo futhi senze ngokufanele. Ukuphela kwendlela yokubhekana nalezi zinsongo zomhlaba ukwenziwa komhlaba wonke; okusho ukuthi ukusebenza ngokubambisana nazo zonke izizwe. Iparadigm yobudlova bomhlaba wonke kanye nokungqubuzana akusasisebenzisi (uma kwenzeka).
Manje kunanini ngaphambili, i-US idinga ukusukuma iholele umhlaba ekuthuleni, kwezobulungiswa, nasekusimeni. Asikho isizwe esingabhekana nalezi zinsongo sisodwa. I-US ingamaphesenti ama-4 kuphela wabantu emhlabeni. Izikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe kufanele zifunde ukusebenza ngokwakhayo nezinye izizwe ezimele amaphesenti angama-96 wabantu emhlabeni. Badinga ukukhuluma (nokulalela), ukuzibandakanya, ukuyekethisa, nokuxoxisana ngokuthembeka. Badinga ukungena ezivumelwaneni eziqinisekisiwe zamazwe amaningi zokuncishiswa kanye nokuqedwa ekugcineni kwezikhali zenuzi, zokunqanda impi endaweni, kanye nokuvimbela impi ye-cyber kunokuzibandakanya ekukhuleni okungapheli nokwesabisa kakhulu imijaho yezikhali. Baphinde badinga ukuqinisa izivumelwano zamazwe omhlaba ezinye izizwe eziningi esezisayinile futhi zaziqinisa.
Ukubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba ukuphela kwendlela ehluzekile eya phambili. Uma abaphathi bethu abakhethiwe bengeke bafike lapho bebodwa, kuzofanele sibaphoqelele ngamavoti ethu, ngamazwi ethu, ukumelana kwethu, nangezenzo zethu ezingenabudlova.
Isizwe sethu sizame impi engapheli nempi futhi sinobufakazi obuningi bokwehluleka kwayo okuningi. Umhlaba awufani. Incane kunakuqala ngenxa yezokuthutha nezentengiselwano. Sonke sisongelwa yizifo, inhlekelele yesimo sezulu, kanye nokubhujiswa kwenuzi; engahloniphi mingcele kazwelonke.
Isizathu nokuhlangenwe nakho kukhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi indlela yethu yamanje ayisisebenzisi. Kungasabisa ukwenza izinyathelo zokuqala ezingaqinisekile ngendlela engaziwa. Sidinga ukuqunga isibindi sokushintsha ngoba wonke umuntu esimthandayo nakho konke esikubheka njengokubalulekile ugibele umphumela. Amazwi kaDkt King ayezwakala futhi eyiqiniso eminyakeni engama-60 ewasho… sizofunda ukuhlala ndawonye njengabafowethu (noma odadewethu) noma sibhubhe njengabawula.
UJohn Miksad ungumxhumanisi wesahluko no World Beyond War (worldbeyondwar.org), inhlangano yomhlaba wonke yokumisa zonke izimpi, nombhali wephephandaba i-PeaceVoice, uhlelo lwe-Oregon Peace Institute luphume ePortland State University ePortland, e-Oregon.
