TOLEDO OH – Abin ban mamaki, duk da cewa an makala wannan birni a gabar babban tafkin, mun ba da sabuwar ma’ana ga abin da garin “bushe” yake. Mun koyi abu ɗaya ne mu tafi ba tare da giya ba; wani sosai don tafiya ba tare da ruwa ba.
Kwanaki uku, wasu mutane 500,000 a arewa maso yammacin Ohio sun guje wa kusan duk wani mu'amalar ruwa da ke fitowa daga cikin famfo. Babu sha, girki, wanke-wanke, goge-goge. Tafasa ya kara tsananta. Wanka yayi kyau banda yara ƙanana, dabbobin gida da waɗanda ke da tsarin garkuwar jiki.
Algae yana fure a tafkin Erie wanda ya haifar da wuce gona da iri na phosphorus da nitrogen daga tsarin najasa na birni, wuraren ciyar da dabbobi da kuma noma mai zurfi ba sabon abu bane. Tsawon shekaru, kauri mai kauri na algae masu mutuwa sun zube microcystin guba zuwa cikin babban yanki na tafki na goma mafi girma a duniya, tushen ruwa ga mutane 11,000,000. Amma a zahiri a cikin dare a ranar 2 ga Agusta, lafiyar Erie da dogon lokaci da aka dade na gyaran masana'antar sarrafa ruwa ta Toledo ta zama babban fifiko… a yanzu.
Mun yi magana game da tsaftace tafkin Erie shekaru da yawa kuma wani lokaci muna yin wani abu game da shi. Mun yi magana game da haɓaka shukar ruwa tun… da kyau, aƙalla tun lokacin da muka mamaye Iraki da Afghanistan sama da shekaru 10 da suka gabata. Kuma kada ku yi tunanin shukar ruwan mu da yaƙe-yaƙe biyu ba su da alaƙa, la'akari da wannan: masu biyan haraji a yankin Lucas sun fusata. sama da dala tiriliyan 1.6 ƙasa ramukan berayen yashi - sau biyar abin da zai kashe don samar da ingantaccen ruwan sha mai tsafta ga mutanen da a yanzu suke mamakin yaushe hakan zai sake faruwa.
An yi sa'a, ba da daɗewa ba manyan motocin da ke ɗauke da ruwan kwalaba suka fara kwararowa cikin gari da kan shaguna Mazauna cikin damuwa. Ba koyaushe ba - kamar yadda aka yi a cikin yanayin Hurricane Katrina - amma sau da yawa, ta haka ne abubuwan gaggawa ke faruwa ga Amurkawa. "Daga can" inda taimako yake fitowa ba ya da nisa. Maido da tafkin Erie cikin koshin lafiya a fili shine ainihin batun, amma a yanzu rikicin kwanaki uku ya barke.
Amma ba haka lamarin yake ba a Iraki. "Daga can" babu komai. Bala'in da aka shafe shekaru goma ana murkushe mutanen Iraki yana ko'ina, a koda yaushe. Wannan shi ne na baya-bayan nan a cikin jerin manyan bala'o'in bala'i da daular ke haifarwa da tafiyarsu, amma sauran kasashen duniya ba su manta da su.
Lokacin da Saddam Hussein ya mamaye Kuwait tare da amincewar Amurka A ƙarshen 1990, ƙasarsa ta fuskanci takunkumin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da mugun nufi da Amurka fiat ta yi na tsawon shekaru goma sha biyu. A cikin watannin wannan mamayar, George Bush dattijo ya shirya Desert Storm, harin soji wanda ya kori sojojin Iraki daga Kuwait da kuma mutanen Iraki zuwa farkon zamanin masana'antu.
Tunda takunkumin ya riga ya fara aiki kafin guguwar hamada, masu tsara shirin Pentagon sun san yadda tsarin ruwa da magudanar ruwa na Iraki suka shiga damuwa. A cikakken rahoto da Hukumar Tsaro, wanda aka fitar kwanaki kadan bayan da blitz ya fara a ranar 16 ga Janairu, 1991, ya bayyana irin raunin da Iraki ke da shi na samar da tsaftataccen ruwan sha, inda ya kammala da cewa. "Cikakken lalacewar tsarin kula da ruwa mai yiwuwa zai ɗauki aƙalla wata shida."
Wannan dan takaitaccen yakin ya lalata wuraren ruwa da magudanar ruwa 31 a Iraki, 20 daga cikinsu a Baghdad. Wannan, tare da tsaurara takunkumin bayan yakin, an kashe shi har zuwa Yara 500,000 'yan kasa da shekaru biyar, bisa ga wani binciken UNICEF na 1999 - ninki biyu duka wadanda suka mutu a Hiroshima da Nagasaki.
Bakin ciki da hubris sun yi zurfi cikin rashin imani, bisa ga wannan bayanin da aka danganta ga mai tsara shirin Pentagon a cikin Nuwamba, 2002 Harper ta Labari daga Joy Gordon: "Abin da muke yi tare da hare-haren kan ababen more rayuwa shine don hanzarta tasirin takunkumi."
Ba zan kara dagulawa/rasa/ zuga ku da kididdiga ba tun lokacin da Amurka ta mamaye Iraki a 2003. Fara da wannan mahimmancin taƙaitaccen bayani by marubuci David Swanson kuma da ɗan ƙoƙari za ku iya ƙirƙirar gidan ku na ban tsoro. Abin lura a nan shi ne, harajin mu bai sayo isasshiyar ruwa mai tsafta ko ilimi ko kiwon lafiya ba, amma mutuwa da zullumi na duk wanda daular ta yanke yana kan hanya.
Wata kalma ga waɗanda suka motsa zuwa fushi da aiki maimakon cynicism maras motsi: shekaru da yawa ƙungiyoyi don zaman lafiya, dorewar muhalli da adalci sun yi adawa da yaki bayan yaki, fushin muhalli bayan fushi da rashin adalci sun taru a kan rashin adalci. Tabbas ba za mu iya yin watsi da irin waɗannan laifuffuka ba, amma dole ne mu canza tunaninmu daga mayar da martani ga rigakafi ta hanyar gwagwarmayar dimokuradiyya wanda zai kawar da mulki daga kamfanoni.
Hanya mafi kyau da na sani don yin hakan ita ce tare da ƙasa baki ɗaya, ƙoƙari na tushe don kawar da mummunar al'adar kamfanoni biyu da ke da haƙƙin mutane da barin pallets na kuɗi don siyan zaɓenmu. Ana iya samun mutanen nan a MoveToAmend.org. Lokaci da ruwa suna kurewa.
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