NguLawrence Wittner, i-Peace Voice.
Ukungena kukaDonald Trump esikhundleni sikamongameli wase-US kusiletha ubuso nobuso nombuzo abaningi asebezame ukuwugwema kusukela ngo-1945: Ingabe kukhona okufanele abe nelungelo lokuphonsa umhlaba ekuqothulweni kwezikhali zenuzi?
UTrump, vele, ungumongameli waseMelika onolaka ngokungavamile, onomoya wokuphindisela, futhi ongazinzile ngokwengqondo. Ngakho-ke, uma kubhekwa iqiniso lokuthi, esebenza yedwa, angakwazi ukuqala impi yenuzi, singene esikhathini esiyingozi kakhulu. Uhulumeni wase-US uphethe cishe Izikhali zenuzi ze-6,800, eziningi zazo ezixwayiseni zokucupha izinwele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-United States ingesinye sezizwe eziyisishiyagalolunye, ezicishe zibe nazo Izikhali zenuzi ze-15,000. Le cornucopia yezikhali zenuzi ingaphezu kokwanele ukucekela phansi cishe zonke izinto eziphilayo emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngisho nempi yenuzi encane ingadala inhlekelele yabantu ngezinga elingenakucatshangwa. Akumangazi-ke, izitatimende zikaTrump ezixegayo mayelana isakhiwo futhi usebenzisa izikhali zenuzi ziye zashaqisa izibukeli.
Emzamweni osobala wokulawula umhlali omusha we-White House waseMelika, uSenator Edward Markey (D-MA) kanye noMmeleli u-Ted Lieu (D-CA) basanda kwethula umbuso. umthetho ukudinga iCongress ukuthi imemezele impi ngaphambi kokuba umongameli wase-US agunyaze iziteleka zezikhali zenuzi. Okuwukuphela kwento ehlukile kungaba ukuphendula ekuhlaselweni kwenuzi. Amaqembu okuthula ahlangana kulo mthetho futhi, ngokuyinhloko Umhleli, lo New York Times ikugunyazile, yaphawula ukuthi “ithumela umyalezo ocacile kuMnu. Trump wokuthi akumele abe ngowokuqala kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II ukusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi.
Kodwa, noma kwenzekani lapho umthetho we-Markey-Lieu uphasiswa yi-Republican Congress, awukhulumi ngenkinga ebanzi: ikhono lezikhulu zezizwe ezihlome ngezikhali zenuzi ukuqala impi yenuzi eyinhlekelele. Bahlakaniphe kangakanani uVladimir Putin waseRussia, noma uKim Jong-un waseNyakatho Korea, noma uBenjamin Netanyahu wakwa-Israel, noma abaholi bamanye amazwe anamandla enuzi? Futhi bayoba nengqondo kangakanani osopolitiki abakhulayo bezizwe ezihlomile ngezikhali zenuzi (kuhlanganise nesitshalo samalungelo, imibono yobuzwe, njengeMarine Le Pen yaseFrance)? “Ukuvimbela Nuclear,” njengoba ochwepheshe bezokuphepha kuzwelonke bekwazi amashumi eminyaka, kungase kuvimbele ukufutheka kwezikhulu eziphezulu zikahulumeni kwezinye izimo, kodwa ngokuqinisekile akunjalo kuzo zonke.
Khona-ke, okuwukuphela kwekhambi lesikhathi eside lenkinga yabaholi bamazwe abasungula impi yenuzi ukuqeda izikhali.
Lokhu kwaba isizathu senuzi Isingeniso sokungabonakali (NPT) ka-1968, eyakha isivumelwano phakathi kwamaqembu amabili ezizwe. Ngaphansi kwezinhlinzeko zawo, amazwe angewona awenuclear avumelana ngokuthi angeke azakhe izikhali zenuzi, kanti amazwe ahlome ngezikhali zenuzi avuma ukulahla ezawo.
Nakuba i-NPT ingakukhuthazi ukwanda emazweni amaningi angewona awenuzi futhi yaholela imibuso emikhulu yenuzi ukuba ibhubhise ingxenye enkulu yezikhali zayo zenuzi, ukuyenga kwezikhali zenuzi kwasala, okungenani emazweni athile alambele amandla. I-Israel, i-India, i-Pakistan, neNyakatho Korea yakha izikhali zenuzi, kuyilapho i-United States, iRussia, nezinye izizwe zenuzi kancane kancane zahoxa ekuncishisweni kwezikhali. Ngempela, yonke imibuso yenuzi eyisishiyagalolunye manje isisebenza kwelinye umjaho wezikhali zenuzi, ngohulumeni wase-US kuphela oqala a $ 1 isigidintathu Uhlelo lwenuclear "lwesimanje". Lezi zici, ezihlanganisa izithembiso zikaTrump zokwakhiwa kwezikhali zenuzi, muva nje zihole abahleli bephephandaba I-Bulletin ye-Atomic Scientists ukuhambisa izandla zewashi labo elidumile elithi "Doomsday Clock" phambili Imizuzu engu-2-1/2 ukuya phakathi kwamabili, indawo eyingozi kakhulu kusukela ngo-1953.
Icasulwe ukuwa kwenqubekelaphambili emhlabeni ongenazo izikhali zenuzi, izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye nezizwe ezingezona ezenuzi zihlangane ukuze zicindezele ukwamukelwa kwezikhali zenuzi. isivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe sokuvimbela izikhali zenuzi, njengezivumelwano esezikhona kakade ezivimbela izikhali zamakhemikhali, amabhomu agqitshwayo, namabhomu ahlangene. Bathi uma isivumelwano esinjalo sokuvinjelwa kwezikhali zenuzi samukelwa, ngeke ngokwaso siziqede izikhali zenuzi, ngoba imibuso yenuzi ibingenqaba ukusisayina noma ukuhambisana nayo. Kodwa kuzokwenza ukuba ukutholakala kwezikhali zenuzi kube ngokungemthetho ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, ngakho-ke, njengezivumelwano zokuvinjelwa kwamakhemikhali nezinye izikhali, kufake ingcindezi ezizweni ukuthi zihambisane nawo wonke umphakathi womhlaba.
Lo mkhankaso wafinyelela esicongweni ngoMfumfu wezi-2016, lapho amazwe angamalungu eNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene evotela isiphakamiso sokuqala izingxoxo zesivumelwano sokuvala izikhali zenuzi. Yize uhulumeni wase-US kanye nohulumeni bamanye amandla enuzi banxenxa kakhulu ngokumelene nesilinganiso, kwaba njalo emukelwe ngevoti elikhulu: Amazwe angu-123 avumayo, angu-38 aphikisa, futhi angu-16 anqaba. Izingxoxo zesivumelwano kulindeleke ukuthi ziqale ngoNdasa wezi-2017 eNhlanganweni Yezizwe Ezihlangene futhi ziphothulwe ekuqaleni kukaJulayi.
Uma kubhekwa ukusebenza okwedlule kwamandla enuzi kanye nokulangazelela kwawo ukubambelela ezikhalini zawo zenuzi, kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuthi azobamba iqhaza ezingxoxweni ze-UN noma, uma kuxoxiswane futhi kusayinwe isivumelwano, kuyoba phakathi kwabasayinayo. Noma kunjalo, abantu bezizwe zabo nakuzo zonke izizwe babeyozuza kakhulu ekuvinjweni kwamazwe ngamazwe kwezikhali zenuzi—isinyathelo okwakuyothi, lapho sesikhona, siqale inqubo yokuphuca izikhulu zezwe igunya lazo elingagunyaziwe nekhono lokuqalisa inhlekelele yenuzi. impi.
UDkt Lawrence Wittner, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, unguSolwazi Womlando ophumayo e-SUNY/Albany. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva iyinoveli ehlekisayo emayelana nokuhlangana kwenyuvesi kanye nokuvukela umbuso, Yini eqhubekayo ku-UAardvark?
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