Patapita masiku ndege yankhondo yaku US bombed chipatala cha Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ku Kunduz, Afghanistan, kupha anthu makumi anayi ndi awiri, odwala makumi awiri ndi anayi mwa iwo odwala, pulezidenti wapadziko lonse wa MSF, Dr. Joanne Liu adadutsa m'ngoziyo ndikukonzekera kupereka mawu otonthoza kwa achibale a anthu amene anaphedwa. Kanema wachidule, wojambulidwa mu Okutobala, 2015, zojambula chisoni chake chosaneneka pamene akunena za banja limene, dzulo lake lisanachitike kuphulitsidwa kwa mabomba, linali lokonzekera kubweretsa mwana wawo wamkazi kunyumba. Madokotala anali atathandiza mtsikanayo kuti achire, koma chifukwa chakuti nkhondo inali mkati kunja kwa chipatalacho, oyang’anira analangiza kuti banjalo libwere tsiku lotsatira. Iwo anati: “Kuno kuli bwino.
Mwanayo anali m'gulu la anthu omwe anaphedwa ndi zigawenga za US, zomwe zinkachitika kwa mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, kwa ola limodzi ndi theka, ngakhale kuti MSF inali itapereka kale zopempha zopempha kuti asilikali a United States ndi NATO asiye kuphulitsa chipatala.
Zomvetsa chisoni za Dr mawu a Papa Francis kudandaula za nkhondo. “Tikukhala ndi chizoloŵezi chauchiŵanda chimenechi chophana wina ndi mnzake chifukwa chofuna ulamuliro, chikhumbo cha chisungiko, chikhumbo cha zinthu zambiri. Koma ndimaganiza za nkhondo zobisika, zomwe palibe amene amaziwona, zomwe zili kutali ndi ife, "adatero. “Anthu amalankhula za mtendere. Bungwe la United Nations lachita zonse zotheka, koma sizinaphule kanthu.” Kulimbana kosatopa kwa atsogoleri ambiri adziko, monga Papa Francis ndi Dr. Joanne Liu, kuti aletse machitidwe ankhondo adalandiridwa mwamphamvu ndi Phil Berrigan, mneneri wa nthawi yathu ino.
“Tsutsani nkhondo zilizonse,” iye analimbikitsa motero. "Sipanakhalepo nkhondo yolungama." “Musatope!” anachonderera anthu, akumawonjezera kuti, “Ndimakonda mwambi wachibuda wakuti, ‘Sindipha, koma ndidzaletsa ena kupha.’ ”
Anthu omwe adalandira uthenga wake akupitilizabe kusonkhana ku Pentagon, monga zidachitika pa Disembala 28 pomwe omenyera ufulu wawo adakumbukira "Phwando la Osalakwa". Mwamwambo, Akristu amapatulira tsiku limeneli pokumbukira nthaŵi imene Mfumu Herode inalamula kuti ana osapitirira zaka ziwiri aphedwe chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti mmodzi mwa ana obadwa kumene m’derali adzakula n’kuchotsa Herode pampando ndi kumupha. . Omenyera nkhondo omwe adasonkhana ku Pentagon adagwira zikwangwani zodzudzula kuphedwa kwa anthu osalakwa masiku athu ano. Adzatsutsa bajeti yankhondo yonyansa yomwe US Congress yangopereka ngati gawo la Consolidated Appropriations Act ya 2023.
Monga Norman Stockwell wa The Progressive posachedwa adatchulidwa, “Bilu lili ndi pafupifupi $1.7 thililiyoni zandalama za FY2023, koma mwa ndalamazo, $858 biliyoni ndi zankhondo ('defense spending') ndi $45 biliyoni yowonjezereka mu 'thandizo ladzidzidzi ku Ukraine ndi ogwirizana athu a NATO.' Izi zikutanthauza kuti oposa theka ( $900 biliyoni mwa $1.7 thililiyoni) sakugwiritsiridwa ntchito pa mapulogalamu opanda chitetezo’—ndipo ngakhale gawo locheperako likuphatikizapo $118.7 biliyoni kaamba ka ndalama za bungwe la Veterans Administration, ndalama zina zokhudzana ndi usilikali.”
Pochepetsa ndalama zomwe zimafunikira kwambiri kuti zikwaniritse zosowa za anthu, bajeti ya "chitetezo" yaku US sikuteteza anthu ku miliri, kugwa kwachilengedwe, komanso kuwonongeka kwa zomangamanga. M'malo mwake ikupitilizabe ndalama zosokoneza zankhondo. Kusasinthika kwaulosi kwa Phil Berrigan, kukana nkhondo zonse ndi kupanga zida, ndikofunikira tsopano kuposa kale.
Pokwiya ndi kupha anthu osalakwa m’nkhondo zoyambira ku Vietnam mpaka ku Afghanistan, Phil Berrigan anaumirira kuti opanga zida zopindula ndi nkhondo zosatha ayenera kuimbidwa mlandu chifukwa cha zigawenga. Mabungwe a zida zankhondo amabera anthu, padziko lonse lapansi, kuthekera kokwaniritsa zofunika za anthu.
Bajeti yaumbombo ya Pentagon ikuyimira kulandidwa kwamakampani ku US Congress. Pomwe nkhokwe za opanga zida zikuchulukirachulukira, makontrakitala ankhondowa amalemba magulu ankhondo omwe amalipidwa kwambiri omwe ali ndi udindo wokopa akuluakulu osankhidwa kuti apeze ndalama zochulukirapo kumakampani monga Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon United, ndi General Atomics. Malinga ndi ankhondo, zida zosungiramo zida ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito, kuti zitsimikizire kupanga zida zambiri. Kuphatikizika ndi media ndikofunikira, ndipo zitha kugulidwa, kuti muwopsyeze okhometsa misonkho aku US kuti apitilize kusungitsa ndalama zomwe zitha kuwonongedwa padziko lonse lapansi.
Phil Berrigan, yemwe m'moyo wake adasintha kuchokera ku msilikali kupita ku wophunzira kupita ku ulosi wotsutsa zida za nyukiliya, mochenjera adagwirizanitsa kuponderezana kwa mafuko komwe ankatsutsa monga womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi kuponderezana komwe kumadza chifukwa cha nkhondo. Iye anayerekezera kupanda chilungamo kwaufuko ndi madzi oipa kwambiri amene amachititsa kuti dziko lililonse likhale ndi nkhope yatsopano. M'moyo wake wonse, Phil Berrigan adadziwika ndi anthu omwe adawopsezedwa ndi nkhondo zatsopano za hydra. Kufotokozera za mutuwu m'buku lotchedwa Palibenso Alendo, lofalitsidwa mu 1965, iye analemba kuti chigamulo chopanda chifundo cha anthu a ku United States chosankhana mafuko chinachititsa kuti “zikhale zomveka komanso zomveka kukulitsa kuponderezana kwathu ndi zida zanyukiliya padziko lonse.”
Kodi ife ku United States tingapewe bwanji kupha komwe kukuchitika, m’dzina lathu, m’nkhondo zingapo, zokulitsidwa ndi zida zopangidwa ku U.S.A? Kodi tingakane bwanji kukula, mliri wowopsa wa kusinthana kwa zida za nyukiliya pamene magulu omenyana akupitiriza kupereka ziwopsezo za nyukiliya ku Ukraine ndi Russia?
Njira imodzi yomwe tingatenge ikukhudza zoyesayesa zandale komanso zothandiza anthu kuti aziyankha mabungwe omwe amapindula ndi bajeti yankhondo yaku US. Potengera kukhazikika kwa Phil Berrigan, omenyera ufulu padziko lonse lapansi ali kukonzekera Bungwe la Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal lomwe liyenera kuchitika pa November 10 mpaka 13, 2023. Khotilo likufuna kusonkhanitsa umboni wokhudza milandu ya anthu yomwe imachitidwa ndi omwe amapanga, kusunga, kugulitsa, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zida kuti aziphwanya ufulu wa anthu. Umboni ukufunidwa kuchokera kwa anthu omwe akulimbana ndi nkhondo zamakono, opulumuka pankhondo ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Gaza, ndi Somalia, kutchula malo ochepa chabe omwe zida za US zachititsa mantha anthu omwe amatanthauza palibe vuto.
“Tikukupatsani inu, mabungwe okonda zopezera phindu pankhondo, oyankha; kuyankha!,” analengeza a Reverend Dr. Cornel West pa webusayiti ya Tribunal.
Pa Novembara 10, 2022, okonza a Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal ndi othandizira awo. kutumikiridwa "subpoena" kwa otsogolera ndi maofesi amakampani opanga zida Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon United, ndi General Atomics. Chikalatacho, chomwe chidzatha pa February 10, 2023, chikuwakakamiza kuti apereke ku Khotilo zikalata zonse zosonyeza kuti anagwirizana pothandiza boma la United States pochita zigawenga zankhondo, zophwanya malamulo kwa anthu, katangale, ndi kuba.
Anthu oopsezedwa ndi nkhope zatsopano zankhondo za hydra nthawi zambiri amakhala opanda poti athawire, alibe kobisala. Zikwi ndi zikwi za ozunzidwa ndi ana.
Poganizira za ana opunduka, opwetekedwa mtima, othawa kwawo, amasiye, ndi kuphedwa ndi nkhondo zonse zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano, tiyeneranso kudziimba mlandu. Chovuta cha Phil Berrigan chiyenera kukhala chathu: “Tikumane ku Pentagon!” Kapena m'malo ake akampani.
Anthu sangathe kukhala mogwirizana ndi machitidwe omwe amatsogolera ku mabomba a zipatala ndi kupha ana.
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