NguWinslow Myers
Ukuthula kuphefumula. Akukodwa kanye nomlobi wezombusazwe ophakamise umbuzo mayelana nendaba kulowo nalowo mpikiswano. Uma noma yisiphi isakhamuzi esithinteka ukukhathazeka ngakho ekuhlanganisweni okuseduze nabalingani ngesikhathi sokuqala, kuyindaba kimi.
Ngikhuluma, ngokuqinisekile, mayelana nezinhlelo zohulumeni wase-United States ukuchitha phezulu a isigidintathu ama-dollar emashumini ambalwa ambalwa alandelayo ukuze avuselele izikhali zethu ze-nyukliya esivele zivaliwe.
Emlandweni omude, obuhlungu wempi, zonke izikhali ezakhiwe sekugcineni zisetshenzisiwe. Asikho isizathu sokuba izikhali zenuzi zihluke-ngokudabukisayo sabona lokhu eHiroshima naseNagasaki.
Kodwa linda, mhlawumbe kukhona isizathu esingase sihluke ngama-nukes. Leso sizathu siyi-ray nethemba: ama-computer atjengisa ukuthi impi esetshenziswa njengambalwa nje .I-05% yezikhali zenuzi ezisekelweni zezwe zingabangela ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu emhlabeni wonke kanye nendlala eyalandela. Yini eyenza lokhu kube nethemba, futhi akuyona into ephuthumayo?
Ngenxa yokuthi ukungabi nalutho okuphelele kwebusika yenukliya kuyinto zonke izizwe ezihlanganyela njengengqinamba yokuxoxisana ngokuncane kakhulu kunezinguquko, noma ezintsha nezintsha zezikhali. Impi yethu iveza ukuvuselelwa ngokusho ukuthi zihlakulela izikhali zenuzi ezincane nezinembile. Lokhu kungenza kube lula ukuwela umnyango wenyukliya phakathi kwempi. Ithemba lokuthi ukukhuphuka kungalawulwa yi-mirage.
Abaningi bethu banokukhathazeka okukhulu ngokuvumela othile ofana noMnu. Trump noma ngabe yikuphi izikhali ezinjalo. Iqiniso liwukuthi liyindlela enamandla kakhulu kunoma yimuphi umuntu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ihlakaniphile noma iqeqeshwe kahle kangakanani, ukuyisebenzisa njengethuluzi lobuciko.
I-logical osungulwe engasetshenzisiwe iyahamba kanje: indlela ewukuphela kokuqinisekisa ukuthi lezi zikhali ezimbi ngeke zisetshenziswe ukuthi i-US ibe nokuphakama okukhulu kwe nyukliya. Abezombangazwe banamathele kulokhu okungavumeleki isimo ngoba izikhali zokulwa nezidakamizwa ngamazinyo yizitimela zesithathu zezombangazwe. Ukwamukela ukungabi nalutho kwecebo le nyukliya kusikisela ekukhetheni okwenziwe ukhetho noma ukwesaba, okushiya eceleni usongo kwabaqambi bezikhali. UDkt. Ashton Carter, uNobhala wethu wezokuVikela, usanda kunika inkulumo kwiCommunwealth Club ngokumemezela ukungaqiniseki kwe-trillion-dollar ukuthuthukisa.
Akudingeki sibe yizazi ukuze sibone ukuthi lokhu kuyimpumputhe ukubeka njengesidingo esinamathele. Ukuqinisekiswa kukaCarter okuqinisekisayo kuba yisikhuthazo kwamanye amandla enuzi ukuqhubeka. Sakha, bakhela, ekubhekaneni ne-omega-iphuzu elingavinjelwe lokungaboni kahle, ukungaqondisi kahle nokufa kwabantu abaningi.
Okwamanje yiziphi izinkulungwane zamaRandi ayizigidi ezidinga ngempela, uma sifuna ukuba nethuba langempela lokuvimbela inhlekelele? Ngeke kube yini ukunciphisa imiphumela yenguquko yomhlaba wonke, ukuphazamiseka kwezigaba ezibikezela kuyoba imbangela enkulu yezingxabano zesikhathi esizayo? Ngeke yini kube ukusheshisa inqubo yokuguqulwa komhlaba jikelele kumandla aqinile nokulima? I-trillion ingaba ngaphezu kokwanele.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi eRussia noma eChina, kwa-Israyeli noma eNyakatho Korea, eNdiya noma ePakistan, eBrithani noma e-US, umbuso wokuvimbela awunayo izingubo. I-US kufanele iholele ngesibonelo futhi iqale ukusika emuva emazingeni amanje wezikhali, esikhundleni sokwenza okuphambene nalokho njengomshayeli oyinhloko womncintiswano oya emgomweni oqhubekayo wokuphakama.
Kufanele sihlanganyele ngokuqinile emibuthanweni ekhona ngezikhali zenuzi ezakhelwe nxazonke ekusizeni amandla ayisishiyagalolunye asekhona okwamanje ukuba ahambisane nezibopho zethu ngaphansi kweNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Kufanele sikhuthaze ngokuqinile izingqungquthela ezintsha, ukuvinjelwa kwezikhali zokuthengisa, nezindawo ezingenalo izikhali. Amadolobha angama-24 namadolobha aseMelika, amaphuzu anengqondo ebumnyameni wobumnyama, azishole ukuthi yizigaba ezingenayo i-nyukliya.
Umphakathi wezizwe-futhi ngaphandle kwezikhali zenuzi ngokuqinisekile sizoba ngaphezulu komphakathi-ukhetha ndawonye ukushiya ekufeni okunye nokuphila kuwo wonke umuntu kuyoba yinto ewusizo yokuthola izixazululo kwezinye izinselele zomhlaba wonke kuhlanganise nokungahlali kwesimo sezulu emhlabeni jikelele.
Ake sikhulume okungenakukhunjulwa, futhi sikhuthaze abazobhalwa ukuthi basitshele ukuthi bahlala kuphi ekuvuseleleni izikhali zenuzi njengesivivinyo esibalulekile sombono wethu kazwelonke.
Winslow Myers, umbhali we Ukuphila Ngaphandle Kwempi: Umhlahlandlela Wabahlali, ubhala ezindabeni zomhlaba jikelele futhi ukhonza ebhodini eliluleka le-War Prevention Initiative.
