Ọ bụ ezie na mkpesa ọha na eze taa megide ngwá agha nuklia enweghị ike iji tụnyere ndị isi mgbochi nuklia N'ime iri afọ gara aga, enwere ihe ngosi doro anya na ọtụtụ ndị America na-ajụ amụma ngwa agha nuklia nke ọchịchị Trump.
Kemgbe ịbanye n'ọfịs na 2017, ọchịchị Trump ewepụla United States na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ nkwekọrịta nuklia na Iran, kagburu Nkwekọrịta Ndị agha Nuclear-Range (INF). na Russia, na o doro anya na agbahapụla atụmatụ megharia Nkwekọrịta Mmalite Ọhụrụ with Russia. After an overwhelming majority of the world’s nations agreed on a landmark UN Nkwekọrịta na mmachibido nke ngwa agha nuklia na July 2017, ọchịchị Trump kwupụtara ngwa ngwa na ọ ga-eme ya ebinyekwala aka the treaty. The only nuclear arms control measure that the Trump administration has pursued―an agreement by North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program―appears to adaala, opekata mpe n'otu akụkụ n'ihi na gọọmentị Trump mejọrọ mkparịta ụka ahụ nke ọma.
Ọzọkwa, ọchịchị Trump emeghị naanị ịgbaso njikwa ngwa agha nuklia na atumatu mwepu nke ndị bu ya ụzọ Democratic na Republican, mana abanyela n'ọsọ ngwa agha nuklia ọhụrụ ya na mba ndị ọzọ site n'ịkwado Mmemme puku ijeri $ 1.7 to refurbish the entire U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Perhaps most alarming, it has ọzọ na ọzọ egwu n'ihu ọha na ha ga-ebute agha nuklia.
Atumatu ndị a ekwekọghị n'echiche ọha US.
Ntuli aka ndị America na July 2018 gbasara mwepu Trump na United States na nkwekọrịta nuklia Iran, Chicago Council na Global Affairs found that 66 percent of respondents preferred remaining within it. In February 2019, when the Chicago Council surveyed Americans about U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty, 54 percent opposed the action. Moreover, when Americans were presented with arguments for and against withdrawal, opposition to withdrawal rose to 66 percent.
The Center for International & Security Studies at the University of Maryland also reported overwhelming public support for nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements. Polling Americans in early 2019, the Center found that two-thirds of respondents (including a majority of Republicans) favored remaining within the INF Treaty, while eight out of ten respondents wanted the U.S. government to extend the New START Treaty. Indeed, more than eight out of ten U.S. respondents backed new nuclear arms control treaties with Russia—findings similar to those of the Chicago Council, nke kọrọ na pasenti 87 nke ndị America zaghachiri na ntuli aka na mbido 2019 chọrọ United States na Russia nweta nkwekọrịta mmachi ngwa agha nuklia ọzọ.
But just how much arms control and disarmament do Americans want? It might come as a shock to the many pundits in the mass media who have never mentioned the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but roughly half the U.S. population supports nuclear abolition along the lines of the treaty. According to a Nyocha echiche YouGovdone in late September 2019, 49 percent of American respondents thought the United States should work with other nations to eliminate all nuclear weapons in the world. Only 32 percent disagreed, while 19 percent said they didn’t know.
When it comes to actual use of nuclear weapons, Americans are even clearer in their preferences. A YouGov/Huffington Post ntuli aka in August 2016 found that 67 percent of American respondents thought the U.S. government should never initiate a nuclear attack. In mid-2019, Nnyocha nyocha Zogby nke ndị America zara na isi isi steeti chọpụtakwara oke mmegide megide iji ngwa agha nuklia mbụ.
Not surprisingly, Donald Trump’s angry, impulsive behavior, coupled with his threats to launch nuclear attacks upon other nations, has left many Americans uneasy. This might help to explain why 68 percent of Americans surveyed in early 2019 by the Center for International & Security Studies backed congressional legislation requiring that a president, before ordering a nuclear attack upon another nation, consult with congress and secure a congressional declaration of war upon that nation. As the U.S. congress has not passed a declaration of war since 1941, this opinion, too, provides a substantial challenge to current U.S. nuclear policy.
There are other indications, as well, that the American public wants a new approach. In July 2019, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, at its 87th annual meeting, unanimously passed mkpebi calling on all U.S. presidential candidates “to pledge U.S. global leadership in preventing nuclear war, returning to diplomacy, and negotiating the elimination of nuclear weapons.” Calling for negotiations to replace the INF Treaty and to extend or replace the New START Treaty, the resolution demanded that candidates support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and renounce the option of first use of nuclear weapons.
Ihe ịrịba ama ọzọ nke enweghị afọ ojuju ọha bụ nlọghachi azụ site na mkpọsa Brink, akwado site na numerous peace, environmental, religious, health, and other organizations. Endorsed by dozens of cities and towns across the country, it has also received the official backing of the state legislatures of California and Oregon, as well as of the New Jersey State Assembly and the Maine State Senate. The campaign na-akpọku gọọmentị US iji "duo mbọ zuru ụwa ọnụ iji gbochie agha nuklia" site na: "ịhapụ nhọrọ nke iji ngwa agha nuklia mbụ"; "na-ejedebe naanị ikike nke onye isi ala US ọ bụla iji malite mbuso agha nuklia"; "iwepụ ngwa agha nuklia US pụọ anya ntutu na-akpalite"; "ịkagbu atụmatụ iji ngwa agha emelitere dochie ngwa agha nuklia ya dum"; na "na-agbasi mbọ ike na-agbaso nkwekọrịta a ga-ekweta nke ọma n'etiti mba ndị nwere ngwa agha nuklia iji kpochapụ ngwa agha nuklia ha."
Looked at from the standpoint of most Americans and, indeed, survival in the nuclear age, this departure from the dangerous direction of U.S. nuclear policy makes a lot of sense. Looked at from the standpoint of candidates seeking election to national office, it would also make good politics.
Dr. Lawrence Wittner, na-akpakọrịta PeaceVoice, bụ Prọfesọ nke History emeritus na SUNY/Albany. Ọ bụ ya dere Iguzogide bombu (Stanford University Press).
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