Kumapeto kwa sabata ino, m'mizinda yambirimbiri m'dziko lonselo, anthu a ku America adakumbukira chaka chachinayi cha nkhondo ku Iraq pochita nawo maulendo, maphwando ndi milirindo. Ndipo sizinali kale kwambiri, mu November 2006, anthu aku America adawonetsa malingaliro awo odana ndi nkhondo pabokosi lovota. Nanga akuluakulu athu osankhidwa achita chiyani kuti agwirizane ndi kulira kwa anthu a ku America kuti athetse nkhondoyi?
Purezidenti Bush adanyalanyazidwa kwathunthu lamulo la ovota kotero kuti m'malo mochotsa asitikali, adapempha kuti atumize zambiri. Ma Republican ambiri ku Congress akuthandizira kukwera kwa asitikali a Purezidenti, ngakhale akutsutsa. Koma mwina chodetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndi kusowa kwa utsogoleri kumbali ya a Democrats, omwe amawoneka kuti ali ndi chidwi ndi mgwirizano wa chipani ndikudzudzula pulezidenti kusiyana ndi kuthetsa nkhondoyi mwamsanga.
Njira yosokoneza, yamkati mwa ma Democrats ikuwonekera mu bili yowonjezera chitetezo cha ndalama zomwe zidzavoteledwe sabata ino. Njira yosavuta, yowongoka ya pempho latsopanoli la $ 95 biliyoni yowonjezereka pankhondo ikadakhala kuti ikuyenera, monga momwe Congresswoman Barbara Lee adafotokozera koma gulu lake linakana, kuti ndalama zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pakuchotsa kwathunthu pansi pa nthawi yokhazikitsidwa, pasanathe Disembala. 2007. Izi zikanagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zenizeni zomwe Constitution imapatsa Congress kuti athetse nkhondo: รขโฌลmphamvu ya chikwama.รขโฌโขNdi mphamvu yomwe idagwiritsa ntchito ku Cambodia (1970), Vietnam (1973) , Somalia (1993) ndi Bosnia (1998).
Njirayi ikadagwirizananso ndi malingaliro a anthu omwe akuwonetsa mosalekeza kuti anthu ambiri aku America akufuna nthawi yofulumira yoti asitikali abwerere kwawo. Kafukufuku wa NBC/Wall Street Journal yemwe adatulutsidwa pa Marichi 6 adawonetsa kuti 60% ya aku America akufuna nthawi yoti achoke kumapeto kwa chaka. Malingaliro awa amawonekera kwambiri pakati pa mavoti a demokalase. Ndipo tisaiwale kuti mmbuyo mu February 2006, kafukufuku wa Zogby adapeza kuti 72% ya asitikali omwe adaganiza kuti atuluke ku Iraq kumapeto kwa 2006.
M'malo mwake, a Democrats adapereka chigamulo chosokoneza kwambiri kotero kuti ngakhale amayamba kuchita chibwibwi akayesa kufotokoza. pazifukwa zachitetezo cha dziko, kusiya zonse zofunikazo. Mogwirizana ndi malingaliro opotoka, imayika miyeso ingapo ya boma la Iraqi, ndipo imati ngati sakwaniritsa zoikirapo tidzawalanga pochoka msanga; ngati akwaniritsa ma benchmarks tidzawalipira pokhala nthawi yayitali. Popeza ambiri aku Iraq akufuna kuti asitikali athu atuluke m'dziko lawo, ndi mphotho yolakwika! Kaya ma benchmarks akwaniritsidwa kapena ayi, nkhondoyo ipitilira mpaka 2008, m'malo modula kumapeto kwa chaka komwe ambiri aku America amakonda. Ndipo ngakhale pamenepo, asitikali aku US atha kukhalabe ndi makumi masauzande kuti athane ndi uchigawenga, kuphunzitsa ma Iraqi ndikupereka chitetezo kwa akazembe aku America ndi nzika.
Kuti zinthu ziipireipire, a demokalase akudziwa bwino kuti chiyembekezo choti bilu iyi ikhala lamulo ndiyochepa. Ngakhale zikudutsa ndi kutsutsa kwa a Republican ndi ena mwa amphamvu odana ndi nkhondo a Democrats, malamulowo sangakhalepo mu Senate, kumene a Democrats akhala akukayikira kwambiri kuti atenge nthawi yokhazikika kuti athetse nkhondo. Ndipo Purezidenti wawopseza kale kuti aletsa. Chifukwa chake ntchito yonseyi ndi yophiphiritsa, yopangidwa kuti iwonetse chitsutso chogwirizana cha demokalase kuposa dongosolo lenileni lochotsa. Akatswiri ena amati atsogoleri a Democrat ndi okhutira kuti nkhondo ipitirire mpaka 2008 kotero kuti kutchuka kwa Bush kupitilirabe kutsika ndipo apambana ku White House. Koma nkhani za moyo ndi imfa ziyenera kutsata ndale zachipani.
Ndizowona kuti Congress ilibe mavoti okwanira kuti aletse ndalama zankhondo nthawi ino. Koma njira yokhayo yolimbikitsira kuyimitsa pempho lotsatira la ndalama ndikubweretsa asitikali kunyumba pakutha kwa chaka ndizovuta, pakali pano, kulimba mtima kopereka ndalama zochotsa, osati nkhondo. .
Kodi angachite bwanji zimenezi? Ayenera kukonzanso mkanganowo. Pakali pano, kukana kofala ndikuti kudula ndalama zankhondo ndikusiya asilikali. Mademokalase ayenera kulengeza, mokweza komanso momveka bwino, kuti njira yabwino yothandizira asitikali ndikuwachotsa m'njira zovulaza ndikubwerera m'manja mwa okondedwa awo. Monga gulu la mabanja ankhondo ndi omenyera nkhondo adalemba kalata yotseguka ku Congress, รขโฌลKuvotera ndalama zambiri zankhondoyi kukanasiya asitikali athu. Zikawasiya ndi mwayi wolowa nawo opitirira 3,160 amene anafa, kapena zikwi makumi ambiri amene avulazidwa, mwakuthupi, mโmaganizo, kapena zonse ziลตirizo.โ Ndipo ndi nkhani yochititsa manyazi imene ilipo lero yonena za kuchitiridwa koopsa kwa asilikali obwerera mโdziko lathu. โฌ โขs Veterans Hospitals, Congress ingachite bwino kunena kuti ndalama zankhondo zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito bwino pakusamalira asitikali omwe tawasiya pano kunyumba.
Zaka zinayi za nkhondo yopanda pake imeneyi, yosagonjetseka ndi zaka zinayi zambiri. Tikufuna Congress kuti itsutse Purezidenti molimba mtima ndikuyimilira molimba mtima ndi mamiliyoni aku America omwe mawu awo adayimilira pamayendedwe amtendere m'dziko lonselo. Congress iyenera kudula ndalama zothandizira nkhondo yowopsyayi ndikubweretsa asilikali athu kunyumba.
Medea Benjamin ndi woyambitsa CODEPINK: Women for Peace (www.codepinkalert.org) ndi Global Exchange (www.globalexchange.org).
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