Isixhumanisi Esingalahleki Esimpikiswaneni Se-Gun

I-America isiphezulu ngezikhali. Uma inyanga eledlule ethi "March for Our Lives," eheha abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi ezweni lonke, noma yikuphi ukubonisa, sinenkinga enkulu ngokuhlukunyezwa kwesibhamu, futhi abantu baphonswa ngakho.

Kodwa okungaxoxwa ngakho emithonjeni engakajwayelekile, noma ngisho nabahleli kanye nabahlanganyeli ekunyanyeni kweMashi kaKhisimusi, kuyisixhumanisi phakathi kwesiko lokuhlukunyezwa kwesibhamu kanye nesiko lempi, noma impi, kulesi sizwe. UNic Cruz, umbhikishi waseParkland, oshaywayo manje, ufundiswe indlela yokudubula isikhali esibulalayo esikoleni lapho kamuva ahlose ukubulala iSonto Lwase-Valentine's Massacre. Yebo, kunjalo; izingane zethu ziqeqeshwe njengabahlaseli ezikhungweni zabo zokudlela zesikole, njengengxenye ye-Junior Reserve Officers 'Training Corps (JROTC).

Cishe izikole eziphakeme ezingama-2,000 13 zase-US zinezinhlelo ezinjalo zokumaka ama-JROTC, ezixhaswa ngabakhokhi bentela futhi ezigxivizwe nge-rubber yiCongress. AmaCafeteriya aguqulwa aba amabanga okudubula, lapho izingane, ezineminyaka yobudala eyi-XNUMX, zifunda ukubulala. Ngosuku lapho uNik Cruz avulela ngenhlamvu kozakwabo afunda nabo, waqhosha wagqoka isikibha esasinezinhlamvu ezithi “JROTC.” Isiqubulo se-JROTC? "Ukugqugquzela Intsha Ukuba Izakhamizi Ezingcono." Ngokuziqeqeshela ukuphatha isibhamu?

Ngifuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani iMelika ingangeni emelene nezinhlelo zempi zempi. Ngifuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani izigidi zingakhononi eminyango yabameleli bazo futhi zenqaba ukukhokhisa intela, kuze kube yilapho kususwa izigodlo zokudubula ezithintekayo ezikoleni. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abakwa-recruiters base-recruiters hobnob nabafundi ngesikhathi sokuphumula kwasemini, bese ubaqeqesha indlela yokudubula kuleyo ndawo yokudlela efanayo futhi bahehe ukuba babhalise. Ngokungangabazeki, impi yezempi iyancipha, futhi iyayikhuthaza ngokwezomnotho. Lokhu kungukuthi abaqeqeshwayo bavula abafundi nabo ekilasini nabothisha.

Mhlawumbe into ebaluleke ngaphezu kwakho konke, noma kunjalo, ukuthi i-JROTC, kanye nezempi zase-US njengamanye amazwe, ihlanganiswe ohlelweni lwethu lwezenhlalo njengabantu baseMelika, kangangokuthi ukubuza ukuthi kungukungabaza ukuzithoba komzwe kulesi sizwe. Kuye, lokhu kuchaza ukuthi kungani uxhumano lukaNic Cruz JROTC aluyona inketho etafuleni enkulumweni yezobudlova ngezibhamu. Kuthi, ngenyanga kaMashi eyedlule yokuPhila kwethu eDkt, lapho osebenza nabo bephethe izimpawu mayelana nohlelo lwe-JROTC markmanship, abashayeli bamakhanda baxhuma ngokuvuma futhi baqhayisa ngokuthi babe JROTC abaqeqeshwe.

Isiko lempi siyasakazeka emphakathini wethu, ngokusebenzisa amafilimu aseHollywood edlala ngemali kanye nemidlalo yevidiyo, ukulwa kwamaphoyisa kanye nezinhlelo ze JROTC naseROTC ezikoleni zethu. I-Pentagon ithola amagama, amakheli, nezinombolo zocingo zabo bonke abantwana bethu, ngaphandle uma abazali bethela izikole zezingane zabo ukuba zikhethe. Cishe sonke sinecala, ngokuzikhandla noma ngokungazi, ekusekeleni ukusabalalisa kwezempi zase-US ngokusebenzisa ubunzima bethu obuthile kanye ne-dollar yethu yentela.

Umshayeli wesibhamu esijwayelekile kuleli zwe, ngokubanzi, owesilisa waseMelika onomlando wokugula kwengqondo, amacala obugebengu, noma ukuxhashazwa kwezidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni, ngokusho kombiko osanda kukhishwa ngoMashi 2018 we-US Secret Services. Akayena umqaphi we-ISIS noma u-Al-Qaeda. Eqinisweni, okutholakele kubonisa ukuthi, ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi imibono, abahlaseli abaningi bavame ukugqugquzelwa yi-vendetta yomuntu siqu. Yilokho umbiko weNgcaciso Wezinsizakalo ongakhulumi ngakho, kodwa, yinani elingavumelani labahlaseli abaningi abaye baqeqeshwa yizempi yase-US. Ngesikhathi i-veterans ilandisa nge-13% yabantu abadala, idatha ibonisa ukuthi ngaphezu kuka-1 / 3 wabantu abadala abadala ababulalayo obukhulu kakhulu be-43 phakathi kwe-1984 no-2006 bebeyisosha lase-US. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo lwe-2015 ku-Annals of Epidemiology lithole ukuthi izilwane zakwa-veteran zizibulala ngokwezizinga ze-50% eziphakeme kunabalingani bazo basekhaya. Lokhu kukhuluma ngokubaluleka kokulimaza kwengqondo kwempi, futhi, ngizophikisana, amandla okuhlukumeza emiphakathini ethi "thina ngokumelene nabo" yimizamo ye-JROTC kanye ne-ROTC engena ezingqondweni zokuthuthukisa intsha, ngaphandle kokushiwo uphawu lwangempela amakhono abawafundisa.

Ngesikhathi abaqashi bezempi benokutholakala nesibhamu kuyingozi engoMelika ekhaya, okwamanje, amasosha ethu phesheya ayaphumelela kakhulu emaphoyiseni emhlabeni. Njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwezempi sekuye kwavela emashumini eminyaka edlule, manje sekubalwa amaphesenti angaphezu kwangu-50 e-US federal discretionary expenditure, ngokusho kweNational Priorities Project, kanjalo nobuphekula. Naphezu kwezwe lethu elingenasiphelo "lokungenelela" kwezempi kwezinye izizwe, i-Global Terrorism Index ekhuluma ngokunyuka okuqhubekayo ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula kusukela ekuqaleni "kwempi yethu yokwesaba" ku-2001 kuze kube manje. Abahlaziyi base-Federal intelligence kanye nezikhulu zokuthatha umhlalaphansi bayavuma ukuthi imisebenzi yase-US idala inzondo enkulu, intukuthelo, futhi ibuhlungu ngaphezu kokuvimbela. Ngokombiko we-intelligence declassified empini ye-Iraq, "naphezu kokulimala okukhulu ekuholeni kuka-al-Qaida, usongo oluvela emaqenjini aseSulumane luye lwasakazwa kokubili ngezinombolo nakwezinye izindawo." Uhulumeni wase-US esebenzisa imali ehlanganisiwe eyi-$ 1 trillion njalo ngonyaka empini kanye namalungiselelo empi, kufaka phakathi ukumiswa kwamabutho ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwe-800 emhlabeni jikelele, kukhona isikhombisomali esincane somphakathi esizosisebenzisa ezidingweni zasekhaya. I-American Society of Civil Engineers ifaka ingqalasizinda yase-US njenge-D +. Sibheka i-4th emhlabeni ngokungalingani kwengcebo, ngokusho kwe-OECD. Amazinga aseNingizimu Afrika okushona kwezingane aphezulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, ngokusho kuka-UN Special Rapporteur uPhilip Alston. Imiphakathi yonkana isizwe ayinalo ukufinyelela emanzini okuphuza ahlanzekile kanye nokuhlanzeka okuhlanzekile, ilungelo lomuntu we-UN ukuthi i-US ayihluleki. Abangu-40 million baseMelika bahlala ebuphofu. Njengoba kunikezwe lokhu okungekho kwenetha eyisisekelo sokuphepha kwezenhlalakahle, ingabe kuyamangaza ukuthi abantu bajoyina amabutho ahlomile ukuze bathole usizo lwezomnotho futhi banomuzwa wokuthi banenjongo, basungulwe emlandweni wesizwe sethu sokuhlanganisa inkonzo yezempi nobuqhawe?

Uma sifuna ukuvimbela ukudubula okulandelayo, kudingeka siyeke ukuthuthukisa isiko lobudlova nokulwa, futhi lokho kuqala ngokuqeda izinhlelo ze-JROTC ezimayini zethu.