NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Mashi 27, i-2023
Isimemezelo sikaVladimir Putin ngempelasonto sokuthi iRussia izosabalalisa izikhali zenuzi ezinobuhlakani eBelarus siphawule ukwanda okwengeziwe kwezingxabano ezingase zibe yinhlekelele ngempi yase-Ukraine engumakhelwane. Njenge-Associated Press kubika, "UPutin uthe lesi sinyathelo sibangelwe yisinqumo seBrithani kuleli sonto eledlule sokuhlinzeka i-Ukraine imizuliswano yokubhoboza izikhali equkethe i-uranium ephelile."
Kuhlala kunezaba zohlanya lwenuzi, futhi i-United States ngokuqinisekile inikeze izizathu ezanele zokubonisa umholi waseRussia ngakho. Izimpi zenuzi zaseMelika zisetshenziswe eYurophu kusukela maphakathi nawo-1950s, namanje izilinganiso ezinhle kakhulu bathi angu-100 akhona manje - eBelgium, eJalimane, e-Italy, eNetherlands naseTurkey.
Bala kumithombo yezindaba yase-US ukuthi (ngokufanelekile) isigxeke isimemezelo sikaPutin ngenkathi igwema amaqiniso abalulekile okuthi i-USA, amashumi eminyaka, ibilokhu iphusha imvilophu yenuzi ekushiseni. Uhulumeni wase-US wephula umthetho wayo sithembise ukuthi ngeke sandise i-NATO ngasempumalanga ngemuva kokuwa koDonga LwaseBerlin - esikhundleni sokunwetshwa emazweni ayi-10 aseMpumalanga Yurophu - bekuyingxenye eyodwa kuphela yendlela esemthethweni yaseWashington.
Phakathi naleli khulu leminyaka, i-motor ebalekayo yokungaphenduli kwe-nuclear iye yavuselelwa kakhulu yi-United States. Ngo-2002, uMongameli uGeorge W. Bush wahoxisa i-US ku- Isivumelwano se-Anti-Ballistic Missile, isivumelwano esibalulekile esase sineminyaka engu-30 sisebenza. Kuxoxwe ngabaphathi beNixon kanye neSoviet Union, isivumelwano limenyezelwe ukuthi imingcele yayo ingaba “yisici esibalulekile ekunqandeni umjaho wezikhali ezihlaselayo.”
Ngaphandle kwenkulumo yakhe ephakeme, uMongameli u-Obama wethula uhlelo lwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.7 ukuze kuthuthukiswe amabutho enuzi ase-US ngaphansi kwenkulumo ethi "isimanjemanje." Ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu, uMongameli uTrump wakhipha i-United States Isivumelwano se-Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, isivumelwano esibalulekile phakathi kweWashington neMoscow esasiqede lonke uhlobo lwezikhali ezicitshwayo eYurophu kusukela ngo-1988.
Ubuhlanya buhlale bunama-bipartisan ngokuzimisela. UJoe Biden washeshe waqeda ithemba lokuthi uzoba umongameli okhanyiselwe kakhulu ngezikhali zenuzi. Kude nokuphokophela ukubuyisela izivumelwano ezikhanseliwe, kusukela ekuqaleni kwehhovisi lakhe u-Biden wakhulisa izindlela ezifana nokubeka izinhlelo ze-ABM ePoland naseRomania. Ukuzibiza ngokuthi “zivikela” akushintshi iqiniso lokuthi lezo zinhlelo kungenziwa kabusha ngemicibisholo ye-cruise ehlaselayo. Ukubheka ngokushesha imephu kuzogcizelela ukuthi kungani ukunyakaza okunjalo kwakubi kakhulu uma kubukwa ngamafasitela e-Kremlin.
Ngokuphambene nenkundla yakhe yomkhankaso ka-2020, uMongameli uBiden ugcizelele ukuthi i-United States kumele igcine inketho yokusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi kuqala. I-Nuclear Posture Review yabaphathi bakhe, eyakhishwa ngonyaka odlule, kuqinisekisiwe kunokuba uyeke leyo nketho. Umholi wenhlangano iGlobal Zero kubeke kanje: “Esikhundleni sokuziqhelelanisa nokuphoqelelwa kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nobuqili bezigebengu ezinjengoPutin noTrump, uBiden ulandela ukuhola kwabo. Asikho isimo esibambekayo lapho isiteleka sokuqala senuzi se-US senza noma yimuphi umqondo. Sidinga amaqhinga ahlakaniphile.”
UDaniel Ellsberg - incwadi yakhe ethi The Doomsday Machine okufanele ngempela kudingeke ukuthi ifundwe e-White House nase-Kremlin - wafingqa isimo esibucayi kakhulu somuntu kanye nesidingo lapho utshele I-New York Times ezinsukwini ezedlule: “Eminyakeni engama-70, i-US ibivame ukwenza uhlobo olungalungile lokusongela ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali zenuzi uPutin manje e-Ukraine. Kwakungafanele sikwenze lokho, futhi uPutin akufanele akwenze manje. Ngikhathazekile ngokuthi usongo lwakhe olukhulu lwempi yenuzi ukuze agcine ukulawula kweRussia eCrimea akulona iphutha. UMongameli Biden wakhankasa ngo-2020 ngesithembiso sokumemezela inqubomgomo yokungaqali ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali zenuzi. Kufanele asigcine leso sithembiso, futhi umhlaba kufanele ufune ukuzibophezela okufanayo kuPutin. "
Singakwazi yenza umehluko - mhlawumbe umehluko - ukugwema ukubhujiswa kwezikhali zenuzi emhlabeni wonke. Kuleli sonto, ababukeli be-TV bazokhunjuzwa ngamathuba anjalo yi-documentary entsha I-Movement kanye ne-"Madman" ku-PBS. Le filimu "ikhombisa ukuthi imibhikisho emibili emelene nempi ekwindla ka-1969 - enkulu kunazo zonke izwe elake layibona - yacindezela uMongameli uNixon ukuthi ahoxise lokho akubiza ngokuthi "uhlanya" lwezinhlelo zakhe zokubhebhetheka okukhulu kwempi yase-US eVietnam, okuhlanganisa nokusongela sebenzisa izikhali zenuzi. Ngaleso sikhathi, ababhikishi babengazi ukuthi bangaba nethonya elingakanani nokuthi bangaki izimpilo okungenzeka bazisindisile.”
Ngo-2023, asazi ukuthi singaba nomthelela kangakanani nokuthi zingaki izimpilo esingazisindisa - uma sizimisele ngempela ukuzama.
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi nambili ezihlanganisa iWar Made Easy. Incwadi yakhe elandelayo ethi, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of The Military Machine, izoshicilelwa ngoJuni 2023 ngabakwaThe New Press.
