Impi e-Ukraine kanye nama-ICBMs: Indaba Engachazeki Yendlela Abangawuqhumisa Ngayo Umhlaba

NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Februwari 21, i-2023

Selokhu iRussia yahlasela i-Ukraine ngonyaka odlule, ukusakazwa kwabezindaba ngempi akuzange kuhlanganise ngisho nokuncane okushiwo ngemicibisholo ye-intercontinental ballistic (ICBMs). Kodwa-ke impi ikhulise amathuba okuthi ama-ICBM aqale isibhicongo somhlaba wonke. Amakhulu amane awo - ahlala eqaphile - ahlome ngokuphelele ngezikhali zenuzi ezinqolobaneni ezingaphansi komhlaba ezisabalele eColorado, eMontana, eNebraska, eNyakatho Dakota nase-Wyoming, kuyilapho iRussia isebenzisa cishe ama-300 ayo. OwayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela uWilliam Perry ubize ama-ICBM "ngezinye zezikhali eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni," isixwayiso ukuthi “bangase baqalise ngisho nempi yenuzi ngengozi.”

Manje, njengoba kukhona ukungezwani okuphakeme esibhakabhakeni phakathi kwemibuso emikhulu yenuzi embili emhlabeni, amathuba okuthi i-ICBM iqale isiphithiphithi senuzi asekhulile njengoba amabutho aseMelika nawaseRussia ebhekene eduze. Ukwenza iphutha a i-alamu yamanga ngoba ukuhlasela kwemicibisholo yenuzi kuba nokwenzeka kakhulu phakathi kwengcindezi, ukukhathala kanye nokudideka okuza nempi ethatha isikhathi eside kanye nokuqondisa.

Ngoba basengozini ehlukile njengezikhali zamasu ezisekelwe emhlabeni - ngomthetho wezempi othi "zisebenzise noma ulahlekelwe zona" - I-ICBMs izokwethulwa ngokuxwayiswa. Ngakho-ke, njengoba uPerry echaza, “Uma izinzwa zethu zibonisa ukuthi imicibisholo yesitha isendleleni eya e-United States, umongameli kuzofanele acabangele ukwethula ama-ICBM ngaphambi kokuba imicibisholo yesitha iwabhubhise. Uma seziqalisiwe, azikwazi ukukhunjulwa. Umongameli uzoba nemizuzu engaphansi kwengama-30 ukwenza leso sinqumo esibi.”

Kepha esikhundleni sokuxoxa ngokukhululekile - futhi usize ukunciphisa - izingozi ezinjalo, abezindaba base-US kanye nezikhulu bazibukela phansi noma baziphika ngokuthula. Ucwaningo lwesayensi olungcono kakhulu lusitshela ukuthi impi yenuzi izoholela "ubusika benyukliya,” okubangela ukufa kuka mayelana namaphesenti angu-99 inani labantu emhlabeni. Ngenkathi impi yase-Ukraine ikhulisa amathuba okuthi kwenzeke inhlekelele engachazeki, amaqhawe e-laptop kanye nochwepheshe abajwayelekile baqhubeka bezwakalisa intshiseko yokuqhubeka nempi unomphela, ngesheke elingenalutho lezikhali zase-US nokunye ukuthunyelwa e-Ukraine osekuvele kufinyelele ku-$110 billion.

Khonamanjalo, noma yimuphi umlayezo ovuna ukuqhubekela ekukhulumeni kwangempela kanye nokwehla ukuze kuqedwe ingxabano enyantisayo e-Ukraine kufanele uhlaselwe njengokuthunjwa, kuyilapho amaqiniso empi yenuzi kanye nemiphumela yayo ibhalwe phansi ngokuphika. Ikakhulukazi, kwakuyindaba yosuku olulodwa ngenyanga edlule lapho - ebiza lesi "isikhathi sengozi engakaze ibonwe" futhi "esiseduze kakhulu nenhlekelele yomhlaba wonke eyake yaba khona" - i-Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. kumemezela ukuthi “Iwashi Losuku Lwembubhiso” lase lisondele nakakhulu ku-Apocalyptic Midnight - imizuzwana engu-90 nje, uma kuqhathaniswa nemizuzu emihlanu eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.

Indlela ebalulekile yokunciphisa amathuba okuqothulwa kwezikhali zenuzi kungaba ukuthi i-United States ihlakaze wonke amandla ayo e-ICBM. Owayengumphathi wokwethulwa kwe-ICBM uBruce G. Blair kanye no-Gen. James E. Cartwright, owayeyiphini likasihlalo we-Joint Chiefs of Staff, wabhala: "Ngokuchitha amandla emicibisholo asendaweni esengozini, noma yisiphi isidingo sokuqalisa ngesixwayiso siyanyamalala." Ukuphikisa kokuthi i-United States ivale ama-ICBM iyodwa (noma ngabe iRussia noma iChina ingabuyiselwa noma cha) kufana nokugcizelela ukuthi umuntu ome ajule emadolweni echibini likaphethiloli akumele amise ukufana kokukhanyisa.

Yini esengozini? Engxoxweni ngemuva kokushicilelwa kwencwadi yakhe eyingqopha-mlando ka-2017 ethi “Umshini Wosuku Lwenhlekelele: Ukuvuma Kohlelo Lwempi Yenuzi,” uDaniel Ellsberg. wachaza ukuthi impi yenuzi “yayiyokhuphukela kuyi-stratosphere izigidi eziningi zamathani omle nomusi omnyama ovela emadolobheni ashayo. Ngeke line ku-stratosphere. Bekuzozungeza imbulunga yonke ngokushesha okukhulu futhi kunciphise ukukhanya kwelanga ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-70, kubangele amazinga okushisa anjengalawo e-Little Ice Age, kubulale okuvunwayo emhlabeni wonke futhi kubulawe indlala cishe wonke umuntu emhlabeni. Cishe bekungeke kubangele ukushabalala. Siyavumelana nezimo. Mhlawumbe iphesenti elilodwa yenani lethu labantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 lingasinda, kodwa elingamaphesenti angu-7.4 noma angu-98 ngeke liphile.”

Kodwa-ke, kubathandi bempi base-Ukraine abanda kwabezindaba base-US, inkulumo enjalo ayisizi ngalutho, uma ingelona usizo olubi eRussia. Abanakho ukusebenzisa, futhi kubonakala sengathi bakhetha ukuthula kochwepheshe abangachaza “ukuthi impi yenuzi ingakubulala kanjani futhi cishe nawo wonke umuntu.” Ukucatshangelwa okuvame ukuthi kubizwe ukunciphisa amathuba empi yenuzi, ngenkathi siphishekela izingxoxo eziqinile zokuqeda impi yase-Ukraine, zivela kuma-wimps namakati asabekayo akhonza izithakazelo zikaVladimir Putin.

Intandokazi eyodwa yemidiya yebhizinisi, UTimothy Snyder, ikhipha isibindi se-bellicose ngaphansi kwesicathulo sobumbano nabantu base-Ukraine, ikhipha izimemezelo ezifana neyakhe. isimangalo sakamuva ukuthi “into ebaluleke kakhulu ongayisho ngempi yenuzi” ukuthi “ayenzeki.” Okuvele kukhombisa ukuthi i-Ivy League evelele isazi-mlando ingacwayiza ngokuyingozi njenganoma ubani omunye.

Ukuhalalisa kanye nokubhanga impi kusuka kude kulula ngokwanele - ku amazwi afanele ka-Andrew Bacevich, “ingcebo yethu, igazi lomunye umuntu.” Singazizwa silungile ngokunikeza ukwesekwa okungaguquki nokuphathekayo ngokubulala nokufa.

Kubhala kuyi-New York Times ngeSonto, umlobi we-liberal u-Nicholas Kristof ucele i-NATO ukuthi iqhubekisele phambili impi yase-Ukraine. Nakuba ephawule ukuthi kukhona “ukukhathazeka okuzwakalayo kokuthi uma uPutin esekelwa ekhoneni, angase ahlasele indawo ye-NATO noma asebenzise izikhali zenuzi ezinobuhlakani,” uKristof wanezela ngokushesha isiqinisekiso: “Kodwa abahlaziyi abaningi bacabanga ukuthi mancane amathuba okuthi uPutin asebenzise ubuhlakani. izikhali zenuzi.”

Yithole? “Iningi” labahlaziyi licabanga ukuthi “akunakwenzeka” — ngakho qhubeka ugoqe amadayisi. Ungakhathazeki kakhulu ngokuphusha iplanethi empini yenuzi. Ungabi omunye walaba ama-nellies ethusayo ngoba nje izimpi ezikhulayo zizokwandisa amathuba omlilo wenuzi.

Ukuze kucace: Asikho izaba ezizwakalayo zokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine kanye nempi yayo embi eqhubekayo kulelo zwe. Ngaso leso sikhathi, ukuqhubekela phambili ukuthela inqwaba yezikhali zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu kufaneleka njengalokho uMartin Luther King Jr. akubiza ngokuthi “ubuhlanya bezempi.” Ngesikhathi sakhe Inkulumo yeNobel Peace Prize, iNkosi yathi: “Angifuni ukwamukela umbono ongaqondile wokuthi izizwe ngezizwe kumelwe zehlele esihogweni sokubhujiswa kwezikhali zenuzi.”

Ezinsukwini ezizayo, ukufinyelela ku-crescendo ngoLwesihlanu ngosuku lokuqala lokuhlasela kwe-Ukraine, ukuhlolwa kwabezindaba zempi kuzoqina. Imibhikisho ezayo futhi ezinye izenzo emadolobheni amaningi ase-US - amaningi afuna izingxoxo zangempela zokuthi "kuyekwe ukubulala" futhi "kunqande impi yenuzi" - mancane amathuba okuthi bathole i-inki eningi, amaphikseli noma isikhathi somoya. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuxoxisana kwangempela, ikusasa linikeza ukubulawa okuqhubekayo kanye nezingozi ezikhulayo zokuqothulwa kwezikhali zenuzi.

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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Incwadi yakhe elandelayo ethi, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of The Military Machine, izoshicilelwa ngoJuni 2023 ngabakwaThe New Press.