NguBrian Terrell
On October 9, ngangisogwadule lwaseNevada nezisebenzi ezingamaKhatholika ezivela emhlabeni wonke ngesenzo somkhuleko nokumelana nobudlova endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi i-Nevada National Security Site, indawo yokuhlola lapho phakathi kuka-1951 no-1992, amakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye namashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili ebhalwe emkhathini. futhi kwenzeka ukuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi ngaphansi komhlaba. Kusukela kuSivumelwano Esiphelele Sokuvinjelwa KweNuclear-Test-Ban kanye nokuphela okusobala kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, i-National Nuclear Security Administration, i-NNSA, igcine indawo, igwema inhloso yesivumelwano “ngomgomo wokugcina isitokwe ngaphandle kwezikhali zenuzi eziqhuma ngaphansi komhlaba. ukuhlola.”
Ezinsukwini ezintathu ngaphambili, njengokungathi ukusikhumbuza ukuthi indawo yokuhlola ayiyona insalela enokubaluleka okungokomlando kuphela, i-NNSA yamemezela ukuthi ekuqaleni kwenyanga, amabhomu amabili e-B-2 Stealth avela eWhiteman Air Force Base eMissouri alahle amabhomu enuzi e-B61 adummy amabili. endaweni. "Inhloso eyinhloko yokuhlolwa kwendiza ukuthola ukwethembeka, ukunemba, kanye nedatha yokusebenza ngaphansi kwezimo ezimele ukusebenza," kusho i Umbiko we-NNSA. “Ukuhlola okunjalo kuyingxenye yohlelo lokufaneleka lwezinguquko zamanje kanye nezinhlelo zokwandisa impilo yezinhlelo zezikhali.
"I-B61 iyingxenye ebalulekile ye-nuclear triad yase-US kanye nesivimbeli esinwetshiwe," kusho uBrig. UGen. Michael Lutton, umsizi oyinhloko wesekela lomlawuli we-NNSA ngokufaka isicelo sezempi. "Ukuhlolwa kwendiza okugadwa kwakamuva kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwe-NNSA ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi zonke izinhlelo zezikhali ziphephile, zivikelekile, futhi ziyasebenza."
I-General Lutton kanye ne-NNSA ayichazi ukuthi yiluphi usongo ukuhlolwa kwamabhomu enuzi e-B61 okuhloswe ukukuvimba. Isakhiwo sezimboni zamasosha, okuhlanganisa "nezinhlelo zokunwetshwa kwempilo yezinhlelo zezikhali" i-US ihlose ukusebenzisa amadola ayizigidi eziyizigidigidi emashumini eminyaka ezayo, akuyona impendulo kunoma yikuphi usongo lwangempela kodwa ikhona kuphela ukuze iqhubekele phambili. Nokho, ukuze kusetshenziswe umphakathi, izindleko zalolu hlobo zidinga ukulungiswa. Umlayezo ongewona ocashile wokuthi lokhu "kwakungukugijima okomile" kokuhlasela kwezikhali zenuzi eRussia akuzange kuphuthelwe abezindaba abathatha indaba.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokusuka eNevada, ngangiseMoscow, eRussia, njengengxenye yethimba elincane elimele iVoices for Creative Nonviolence evela e-United States nase-United Kingdom. Ezinsukwini ezingu-10 ezalandela eMoscow naseSt. Petersburg, asibonanga lutho ngamalungiselelo amakhulu empi lapho abikwa emithonjeni yezindaba yaseNtshonalanga. Asibonanga lutho futhi akekho esike sakhuluma naye owazi lutho mayelana nokukhishwa okubikwa kabanzi kwabantu baseRussia abayizigidi ezingu-40 ngesikhathi sokuqeqeshwa kokuvikela umphakathi. "Ngabe uPutin ulungiselela iWW3?" kubuza omunye wase-UK ithebhudidi on October 14: "Ngemva kokuphazamiseka kokuxhumana phakathi kwe-USA ne-Russia, i-Kremlin ihlele ukuzivocavoca okukhulu kwezimo eziphuthumayo - njengokukhombisa amandla noma into embi kakhulu." Lokhu kuhlolwa kuphenduke isibuyekezo saminyaka yonke izicishamlilo, abasebenzi basesibhedlela kanye namaphoyisa abajwayele ukusiqhuba ukuze bahlole amakhono abo okulawula izinhlekelele zemvelo nezibangelwa abantu ezingaba khona.
Eminyakeni edlule ngiye ngavakashela amadolobha amaningi amakhulu omhlaba futhi iMoscow neSt. Petersburg ingamasosha amancane kunawo wonke engake ngawabona. Ukuvakashela i-White House eWashington, DC, ngokwesibonelo, umuntu akanakuphuthelwa ukubona ama-Secret Service agqoke iyunifomu enezikhali ezizenzakalelayo ezulazula kulayini wocingo kanye nezithombe zabadubuli ophahleni. Ngokuphambene, ngisho naseRed Square naseKremlin, isihlalo sikahulumeni waseRussia, kubonakala amaphoyisa ambalwa ahlome kancane. Babebonakala bematasa kakhulu ngokunikeza izivakashi izikhombisi-ndlela.
Ukuhamba endaweni eshibhile, indawo yokulala emahostela, ukudla ezindaweni zokudlela nokuthatha izinto zokuhamba zomphakathi kuyindlela enhle yokuvakashela noma yisiphi isifunda futhi kusinikeze amathuba okuhlangana nabantu ebesingeke sihlangane nabo. Salandela abathintwayo abangani ababeke bavakashela eRussia ngaphambili futhi sazithola sisezindlini eziningi zaseRussia. Sathatha ezinye zezindawo ezibukwayo, iminyuziyamu, amasonto esonto, ukugibela isikebhe eNeva, njll., kodwa saphinde savakashela indawo yokukhosela yabantu abangenamakhaya namahhovisi ezinhlangano zamalungelo abantu futhi saya emhlanganweni wamaQuaker. Ngesinye isikhathi samenywa ukuba sikhulume nabafundi esikoleni solimi endaweni ehlelekile, kodwa imihlangano yethu eminingi yayiyimincane futhi ingokomuntu siqu futhi sasilalela kakhulu kunokukhuluma.
Angiqiniseki ukuthi igama elithi “Citizen Diplomacy” lingasetshenziswa ngokunembile kulokho esakwenza nesabhekana nakho eRussia. Ngokuqinisekile sobane, mina ovela e-Iowa, u-Erica Brock waseNew York, uDavid Smith-Ferri waseCalifornia noSusan Clarkson waseNgilandi, sasinethemba lokuthi ngokuhlangana nezakhamuzi zaseRussia singasiza ekukhuthazeni ubudlelwano obungcono phakathi kwezizwe zethu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, njengoba leli gama lisikisela ukuthi besisebenza ngisho ngokwethukela ukuze sivikele noma sichaze izenzo, izintshisekelo nezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni wethu, sasingebona osomaqhinga. Asiyanga eRussia ngenhloso yokubeka ubuso bomuntu noma ngayiphi indlela sithethelela izinqubomgomo zamazwe ethu maqondana neRussia. Kunomqondo, nokho, ukuthi okuwukuphela kwemizamo yangempela yobunxusa eyenziwa phakathi kwamazwe ase-US kanye ne-NATO ngalesi sikhathi imizamo yezakhamizi njengethimba lethu elincane. Lokho uMnyango Wezwe Lase-US okubiza ngokuthi “i-diplomacy” empeleni kuwukuhlukumeza ngelinye igama futhi kuyangabazeka ukuthi i-US iyakwazi yini ukukhuluma ngeqiniso ngenkathi izungeza iRussia ngezisekelo zamasosha kanye “nezinhlelo zokuvikela imicibisholo” futhi iqhuba amasosha amakhulu eduze kwemingcele yayo.
Ngiyasiqaphela isidingo sokuthobeka futhi ngingafaki ngokweqile noma ngifune noma yibuphi ubuchwepheshe. Ukuvakasha kwethu kwakungaphansi kwamasonto amabili futhi sabona okuncane kwezwe elikhulu. Abasiphethe basikhumbuza njalo ukuthi indlela yokuphila nemibono yabantu baseRussia ngaphandle kwamadolobha amakhulu ezwe labo kungase kuhluke kweyabo. Noma kunjalo, luncane ulwazi lwalokho okwenzeka eRussia namuhla kangangokuthi sidinga ukukhuluma okuncane esizokunikeza.
Nakuba sizwe imibono eyahlukene ngezindaba eziningi ezibalulekile, kubonakala sengathi kukhona ukuvumelana phakathi kwalabo esihlangane nabo mayelana nokwenzeka kwempi phakathi kweRussia ne-US/NATO. Impi osopolitiki bethu abaningi kanye nama-pundits abayibona ngokucacile emkhathizwe njengengenakugwemeka akuyona nje into engenakwenzeka, kuyinto engacabangeki, kubantu baseRussia esikhulume nabo. Akekho noyedwa kubona ocabanga ukuthi abaholi bamazwe ethu bangahlanya baze bavumele ukungezwani phakathi kwabo kusilethe empini yenuzi.
E-United States, uMongameli Bush no-Obama bavame ukutuswa “ngokulwa impi laphaya ukuze singayilwisi lapha. Petersburg savakashela iPiskaya Memorial Park, lapho amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezisulu eziyisigidi zokuvimbezela kwamaJalimane iLeningrad zingcwatshwe emathuneni amaningi. EMpini Yezwe II, kwabulawa abantu baseRussia abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-22, iningi lalezi zakhamuzi. Abantu baseRussia, ngaphezu kwabaseMelika, bayazi ukuthi impi yezwe elandelayo ngeke ilwe enkundleni yempi ekude.
Abafundi baseRussia bahleka ihlaya, "Uma amaRussia engazami ukuvusa impi, kungani ebeke izwe lawo phakathi kwazo zonke lezi zisekelo zamasosha ase-US?" Kodwa ngabatshela ngonya ukuthi ngenxa yesizwe sakithi esizisholo ukuthi sihlukile, abantu baseMelika abaningi ngeke bawabone amahlaya kuwo. Kunalokho, indinganiso ekabili ibhekwa njengento evamile. Lapho iRussia isabela ekuqondisweni kwezempi kwe-US kanye nabalingani bayo be-NATO emingceleni yayo ngokwandisa ukulungela kwayo ukuzivikela ngaphakathi kwemingcele yayo, lokhu kubonwa njengophawu oluyingozi lolaka. Ngokwesibonelo, kuleli hlobo ePoland, izinkulungwane zamasosha ase-US zabamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni zezempi ze-NATO, “Operation Anakonda” (ngisho namagama abhalwe ukuthi “k,” inhlwathi iyinyoka ebulala isisulu sayo ngokusizungeza futhi sisikhame size sife) I-Russia iphendule ngokukhulisa amasosha ayo ngaphakathi kweRussia, le mpendulo ithathwa njengosongo. Isiphakamiso esishubile sokuthi iRussia kungenzeka yenza izivivinyo zokuvikela umphakathi siphakamisa izinsolo zokuthi iRussia ilungiselela ukwethula iMpi Yezwe Yesithathu. Nokho, umkhuba wokugijima, ukuwisa amabhomu enuzi ahlekisayo eNevada, awubhekwa emazweni aseNtshonalanga “njengombukiso wamandla noma into embi kakhulu,” kodwa kuphela njengenkomba “yokuzibophezela kokuqinisekisa ukuthi zonke izikhali ziphephile, zivikelekile, futhi iyasebenza.”
Ukwelulwa kokuphila kweplanethi yethu kufanele kube umgomo wendawo yonke. Ukukhuluma ngakho, ingasaphathwa eyokuthela ingcebo yesizwe ohlelweni “lwezinhlelo zokwandisa impilo yezinhlelo zezikhali” kuwubuhlanya. Ukuthembela kwabangane bethu base-Russia ekuhlanganeni kwethu ekhanda kanye nokusimama kobuholi bethu, ikakhulukazi ngemva kokhetho lwakamuva, kuyinselele enkulu. Ngibonga kakhulu kubangane abasha ngemfudumalo nokuphana kokwamukela kwabo futhi ngithemba ukuthi ngizophinde ngivakashele eRussia maduze nje. Nakuba kubalulekile futhi kwanelisa njengoba lokhu kuhlangana “kobunxusa bezakhamizi”, nokho, kufanele sihloniphe lobu bungane ngokumelana ngokuqinile nokuzikhukhumeza nokukhethekile okungaholela i-US empini engasibhubhisa sonke.
