NguJohn LaForge
Isenzo sangowezi-2012 seTransform Now Plowshares esilwa nenuzi senze i-“Fort Knox” ye-uranium yezinga lezikhali ibukeke njenge-“F Troop.” Izishoshovu ezintathu zokuthula eziphezulu zangena ezintangweni ezine ze-chain-link futhi zadlula ezindaweni eziningi “ezibulalayo” ngaphambi kokuhlanganisa amabhanela, iziqubulo zokufafaza nokuthela igazi endaweni Ecetshiswe Kakhulu-Enriched Uranium Materials, e-Oak Ridge, eTennessee - konke ngaphandle kokubonwa onogada.
Unogada owagcina ebone izishoshovu ezintathu - uSr. Megan Rice, 85, waseNew York City, uGreg Boertje-Obed, 60, waseDuluth, kanye noMichael Walli, 66, waseWashington, DC - bafakaza ukuthi wayewazi umbhikisho wokuthula ngesikhathi. wabona eyodwa. Wayezibukele eziningi ngesikhathi esemsebenzini e-Rocky Flats, imboni yangaphambili ye-plutonium warhead eduze kwaseDenver, eColorado. Yingakho ehlehla umthetho osemthethweni futhi akazange akhiphe isibhamu sakhe kuGreg, uMegan noMichael ngalobo busuku.
Nokho ijaji lecala, umshushisi, ofakazi bakahulumeni, kanye nejaji lase-Knoxville, e-Tennessee, banqume ukuguqula umbhikisho wokuthula ongokomfanekiso ube “ukucekela phansi” - “ukulimala ngamabomu nangamabomu” “kokuvikela izwe.” Ijaji lecala, u-Amul Thapar - ngemuva kokwenqabela kuqala noma yibuphi ubufakazi bezokuvikela obungochwepheshe noma ubufakazi mayelana nesimo esingekho emthethweni sokukhiqizwa kwezikhali zenuzi - ladlala indima yalo futhi lalinda amacala angenakugwenywa (okucekela phansi kanye nokucekela phansi impahla), wabe eseyalela abantu abadala ukuthi bavalelwe ejele. ukugwetshwa ngenxa yokuthi, wathi, imigomo yezobuchwepheshe yecala ihambisana nencazelo “yobugebengu obuhlangene bobuphekula.” Abahlaziyi bawuhhewule umqondo wokulinganisa i-sloganeering kanye nokudweba ngokufafaza ngesakhiwo sebhomu, kodwa ama-pacifist enkolo athathwa eboshwe ngamaketango namaketanga eqakala - njenganoma yimuphi umuntu ophikisayo eChina, e-Iran noma eNyakatho Korea.
Ekugcineni, ngemva kweminyaka emithathu yokuhilizisana ngokomthetho kanye nezinyanga ezingu-24 ejele nasejele, isinqumo esiphumelele sokudluliswa kwecala siye sabonisa ukuthi icala laliyini umdanso wekangaroo iKabuki. NgoMeyi odlule, iNkantolo yesi-6 Yesifunda Yokudlulisa Amacala yase-US, ivota ababili-komunye, yawachitha amacala “wokucekela phansi”, yathi, “Awekho amajaji anengqondo angathola ukuthi abamangalelwa babenaleyo nhloso [yokucekela phansi] ngenkathi besika uthango… ijaji eliphusile lingathola ukuthi abamangalelwa babenaleyo nhloso lapho bebhikisha ngaphandle.” IJaji Lesifunda sase-US uRaymond Kethledge, ebhalela iningi uthe, "Kudinga okungaphezulu kokubi emphakathini ukulimaza ukuzivikela kuzwelonke."
Isinqumo seNkantolo Yokwedluliswa Kwamacala ngabe siphonselwe inselelo uMnyango Wezobulungiswa ngokudlulisela icala kuwo wonke amajaji angama-23 kwangu-6.th Circuit, kodwa kuqhubeke June 22 uhulumeni waliphonsa ithawula. Ukugwetshwa kabusha kwenkokhiso yomonakalo kumiselwe Sept. 15, kodwa asisekho isikhathi sokuboshwa esilindelekile ngemva kokuba iNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala ibhale ukuthi iminyaka emibili u-Greg, uMegan noMichael “inkulu kakhulu” kunalokho okudingwa yiziqondiso zikahulumeni.
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INkantolo Yokudluliswa Kwamacala yenza umehluko owodwa ongenalwazi ngendlela exakile phakathi kwecala okukhulunywa ngalo kanye nezenzo ezimbili zangaphambili zamaShaya Amageja. Emibhikishweni engokomfanekiso emelene nezisele zemicibisholo yezikhali zenuzi ze-Minuteman III, i-“Silo Pruning Hooks” (uCarl Kabat, uHelen Woodson, uPaul Kabat, noLarry Cloud Morgan) kulimaze isivalo sikakhonkolo se-silo eMissouri ngo-1985; kanye “Nezindawo Zokulima Zomhlaba Ongcwele Nendawo” (Odade u-Ardeth Platte, uCarol Gilbert, noJackie Hudson) benza umonakalo ongokomfanekiso esiseleni saseColorado ngo-2002.
INkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala yathi, ngokungafani nezenzo ezithathwe ezindaweni zokukhiqiza izikhali, imibhikisho emelene nezindawo zokuhlala ezinezikhali zenuzi ezihlomile eziqaphile njengemicibisholo yaseMinuteman kufanele kubhekwe “njengokucekela phansi” ngoba “ngisho nokuphazamiseka kafushane kokusebenza bekuyolimaza kakhulu ikhono lesizwe lokuhlasela. futhi avikele. (Ngokwesibonelo, ake ucabange, ukube abangenisi baseSoviet [sic] babephazamise ngendlela efanayo ukusebenza kwezakhiwo emizuzwini embalwa ngaphambi kwesiteleka sokuqala saseSoviet.)”
Lesi simo esicatshangelwayo seNkantolo Yokudluliswa Kwamacala sibonisa ukungazi okujulile ngosayizi wezikhali zenuzi zase-US, ukuhlukahluka kwazo, namandla acekela phansi. I-United States yayinemicibisholo engu-450 Minuteman III elungele ukwethula, hhayi eyodwa kuphela.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaphezu kwenqwaba yamabhomu ezikhali zenuzi i-B-52 kanye ne-B-2, iNavy inemikhumbi-ngwenya eyi-14 ye-Trident, ngayinye ihlome ngemicibisholo engu-24, ngayinye ephethe izikhali zenuzi eziyisihlanu kuya kweziyisishiyagalombili ezingandiza amamayela ayi-6,000. Uma ngabe le mikhumbi-ngwenya emine kuphela ezulazula ngasikhathi sinye, izikhali zazo ezingama-480-768 zingashisa wonke amadolobha amakhulu eMhlabeni - hhayi lawo asendaweni “yeSoviet” kuphela.
Ngisho ne-Air Force iyawazi amandla ayo okweqile. Inkinga yekhompyutha e-Wyoming's FE Warren Air Force Base ngo-Okthoba 2010 yathatha imicibisholo eyi-50 Minuteman ngaphandle kwe-inthanethi. Nokho, ngokukaLt. Gen. Dirk Jameson, iPhini LoMkhuzi Oyinhloko Ye-Strategic Command, ukuvalwa “akuzange kube namphumela wangempela emandleni amabutho ethu enuzi.” U-Lt. Col. John Thomas, umkhulumeli we-Air Force's Global Strike Command, ngaleso sikhathi wathi, “Ikhono lezempi lalelo butho [lemicibisholo] alizange lithinteke kakhulu.” INkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala futhi ayinalo ulwazi ngeqiniso lokuthi inqwaba yemicibisholo ye-Minuteman ihlala "iphazamiseka," ukuze ilungiswe noma ithuthukiswe, ngaphandle kokuncipha kokulungela impi yenuzi yase-US.
INkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala yacaphuna ubufakazi be-Air Force Lt. Col. owathi, mayelana nemibhikisho yezikhali ezicitshwayo, ukuthi "kungaba ubuwula ukudubula umcibisholo kulezo zimo." Futhi izinkulungwane zeziphathimandla eziphakeme ziye zadlulela phambili futhi zathi ngeke kube ukuhlakanipha ukuhlasela ngezikhali zenuzi ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo. Kulokho okufanele kume njengezwi lokugcina ngale ndaba, owayenguMeluleki Kamongameli weReagan kanye neMpi Yomshoshaphansi emelene neSoviet hawk uPaul Nitze wabhala ngo-1999, “Azikho izimo engicabanga ukuthi kungaba ukuhlakanipha ngaphansi kwazo ukuthi i-United States isebenzise izikhali zenuzi. , ngisho nokuziphindiselela ngokusebenzisa kwabo ngaphambili i-US ...” Lokhu kuvela ezikhulwini zoklebe zase-US ngokungangabazeki eMpini Yomshoshaphansi.
UJohn LaForge, ogunyazwe ngu PeaceVoice, usebenzela i-Nukewatch, iqembu eliqapha izikhali zenuzi e-Wisconsin futhi ihlela incwadi yayo yezindaba ye-Quarterly.
