Izizwe Ezinamandla Kuphela Zinezikhali Zenuzi

By UDavid Swanson, Umqondisi Omkhulu we World BEYOND War, no-Elizabeth Murray, ka Isikhungo seZero seGround for Action Nonviolent Action, ekhishwa ngu I-Kitsap Sun, Januwari 24, 2021

Kusukela ngoJanuwari 18 kuya kuFebhuwari 14, amabhodi amakhulu amakhulu ziyakhuphuka ezungeze iSeattle ememezela ukuthi “Izikhali Zenyukliya Manje Azikho Emthethweni. Bakhiphe kuPuget Sound! ”

Kungasho ukuthini lokhu? Izikhali zenuzi zingase zingathandeki, kepha yini engekho emthethweni ngazo, futhi zingaba kanjani ePuget Sound?

Kusukela ngo-1970, ngaphansi kwe- Isivumelwano Sokungavikeleki Kwenuzi, amazwe amaningi anqatshelwe ukuthola izikhali zenuzi, futhi lawo asevele enazo - noma okungenani labo abasesivumelwaneni, njenge-United States - baphoqelekile ukuthi "baqhubeke nezingxoxo ngokuthembeka ngezinyathelo ezisebenzayo eziphathelene nokumiswa umjaho wezikhali zenuzi zisencane kanye nezikhali zenuzi, nasesivumelwaneni ngokuqedwa ngokuphelele kwezikhali ngaphansi kokulawulwa okuqinile nokusebenzayo kwamazwe omhlaba. ”

Akunasidingo sokusho, i-US kanye nabanye ohulumeni abahlome ngezikhali zenuzi basebenzise iminyaka engama-50 bengakwenzi lokhu, futhi eminyakeni yamuva uhulumeni wase-US kudabukile Izivumelwano ezikhawulela izikhali zenuzi, kanye izimali kakhulu ekwakheni ezinye zazo.

Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano, sekuphele iminyaka engama-50, uhulumeni wase-US uphoqelekile ukuba "angadluliseli kunoma yimuphi umamukeli noma iziphi izikhali zenuzi noma ezinye izinto eziyiziqhumane zenuzi noma alawule lezo zikhali ngqo noma ngokungaqondile." Noma kunjalo, amasosha ase-US igcina izikhali zenuzi eBelgium, eNetherlands, eJalimane, e-Italy naseTurkey. Singaphikisana noma ngabe leso simo siphula isivumelwano, kepha hhayi ukuthi sisephula yini uthukuthele izigidi zabantu.

Eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule, amazwe ayi-122 avotela ukudala isivumelwano esisha sokunqabela ukuba nezikhali zenuzi noma ukuthengiswa kwazo, kanye Umkhankaso Wamazwe Omhlaba Wokuqeda Izikhali Zenuzi uwine iNobel Peace Prize. NgoJanuwari 22, 2021, lesi sivumelwano esisha iba ngumthetho emazweni angaphezu kwama-50 asemukele ngokusemthethweni, okuyinombolo ekhula ngokuqinile futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele iningi lamazwe omhlaba esikhathini esizayo esiseduze.

Kwenza mehluko muni izizwe ezingenazo izikhali zenuzi ukuzivimbela? Ngabe ihlobene ngani ne-United States? Yebo, izizwe eziningi zivimbele amabhomu agqitshwayo namabhomu amaqoqo. Izwe laseMelika alizange likwenze lokho. Kodwa izikhali zazikhishwa inyumbazane. Abatshalizimali bomhlaba wonke bathathe imali yabo. Izinkampani zase-US zayeka ukuzenza, futhi amasosha ase-US anciphisa futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ekugcineni akuyekile ukuwasebenzisa. Ukuhlukaniswa kwezikhali zenuzi yizikhungo ezinkulu zezezimali ikhumulile eminyakeni yakamuva, futhi kungalindelwa ngokuphepha ukuthi isheshe.

Ushintsho, kufaka phakathi imikhuba enjengobugqila nokusetshenziswa kwezingane, bekulokhu kukhulu kakhulu emhlabeni kunalokho umuntu angakuthola embhalweni ojwayelekile womlando wase-US. Emhlabeni jikelele, ukuphatha izikhali zenuzi sekucatshangelwa njengokuziphatha kombuso onamandla. Esinye salezo zizwe ezinamandla sigcina ezinye zezikhali zalo eziyimbumba ePuget Sound.

INaval Base Kitsap-Bangor ibamba imikhumbi-ngwenya eyi-Trident eyisishiyagalombili futhi ngokusobala ingxube enkulu kunazo zonke yezikhali zenuzi ezisetshenzisiwe emhlabeni. Owayengumbhishobhi omkhulu waseSeattle uRaymond Hunthausen wachaza iKitsap-Bangor “njenge-Auschwitz yePuget Sound.” Imikhumbi-ngwenya emisha ehlome ngezikhali zenuzi manje isihlelelwe ukuthunyelwa eKitsap-Bangor. Izikhali zenuzi ezincanyana kulezi zemikhumbi-ngwenya, esabekayo ngabahleli bamasosha aseMelika “njengabasebenziseka kalula” banamandla aphindwe kabili kuya kathathu kunalawo awiswa eHiroshima.

Ngabe abantu bendawo yaseSeattle bayakusekela lokhu? Impela asikaze sithintwe. Ukugcina izikhali zenuzi kuPuget Sound akuyona intando yeningi. Akusimeme futhi. Kuthatha imali edingeka kabi kubantu nasemvelweni yethu futhi kuyifaka ezikhaliweni ezilimaza imvelo ezandisa ubungozi bokuqothulwa kwenuzi. Ososayensi I-Doomsday Clock kusondele phakathi kwamabili kunanini ngaphambili. Uma ufuna ukusiza ukuyishayela emuva, noma uyiqede, ungazibandakanya ne-Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action kanye World BEYOND War.

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