NgoLwesibili ekuseni, ngoMeyi 30, 2017, isixuku sababhikishi abaphikisana nempi emakhulwini, babuthana ngomhlangano, ngo-11am, eLincoln Memorial eWashington, DC Baholwa umongameli weVeterans for Peace, uBarry Ladendorf. Bafuna “kuyekwe impi engapheli,” nokuqalwa “kwenhlangano yokwakha ukuthula” yangempela.
Umfelandawonye wezinye izinhlangano ezingaba yishumi ezimelene nempi, ezokuthula nezobulungisa zihlanganyele namaVeterans for Peace embukisweni womoya. Izikhulumi eziyisishiyagalolunye zibambe iqhaza ohlelweni lwamahora amabili, kanye nomculo ohlinzekwe nguPat Scanlon, amaFugs nabanye.
Izikhulumi ziphakamise amazwi azo mayelana nezingxabano ezingapheli ezihlobene ne-US emhlabeni wonke e-Afghanistan, Iraq naseSyria. Bagcizelela ukuthi izigubhu zempi ezishaywa nsuku zonke ngengxabano neNyakatho Korea, futhi, ngenxa ye-Hawkish Neocons kanye ne-Military-Industrial Complex yethu enamandla, impi engenzeka yase-US, eqala ngo-2017, ne-Iran.
Ngemuva kombhikisho eSikhumbuzweni, ababhikishi bamashe, ngezithuba zabo-2 ntambama, beya eWhite House ukuyobhekana noMongameli uTrump. Lapho, bafuna umhlangano - ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka naye - ukudingida "inqubomgomo yakhe yezempi" kanye nokuqondisa kabusha ukusetshenziswa kukahulumeni ezindabeni eziseduze nasekhaya. Incwadi uMnu Ladendorf ayibhalele uMongameli Trump yafundwa ngomunye wozakwabo phambi kothango lweWhite House. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi, yiya ku: facebook.com/events/1709862185979408/
Ngokusho kwe "Izindleko Zokuphepha Kwezwe" ezigunyaziwe, abakhokhi bentela baseMelika bebekhokha ama- $ 8.36 wezigidi ngehora, kusukela ngo-2001, ukukhokhela izindleko zezimpi zethu ezingapheli. Ukuze uhlole imininingwane eyengeziwe ngalolu daba olubalulekile, yiya ku: nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Ekhuluma embuthanweni weWhite House bekuyisishoshovu samaVeterans for Peace, uBruce Gagnon. Uphinde abe ngumxhumanisi we-“Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.” Waqhumisa i-US/ NATO War Machine futhi wabhekisela kwi-White House njengendlu evame "emnyama, emnyama, embi".
(Isipesheli Sevidiyo ku-Baltimore Post-Examiner)
©Bill Hughes, 2017
