Imukutongwa kwake kwaZvita muGreeley, Colorado kwe "kudarika" uye "zvakaipa" Nyamavhuvhu apfuura 6 panzvimbo yeUS nyukliya-yakashongedzerwa intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Fr. Carl Kabat, muprista weKaturike ane makore 76, akavhiringidzwa panzvimbo yezvapupu kagumi nembiri achipikisa. Pakupedzisira, akaita chikumbiro che "vanhu," sezvo muchuchisi David Skarkin akaramba achizviti: "Ndinoshuva kuti iwe unoramba zvombo zvenyukireya sezvaunopikisa kwandiri."
Kabat paN-8 ICBM saiti |
Chiito chaKabat chakaitika paN-8, zita remadunhurirwa reUS Air Force yeimwe ye450-yakavakirwa pasi Minuteman III thermonuclear zvombo zvichiri-zvakagadzirira mhiri kweGreat Plains. Kune 150 kuMinot, North Dakota; 150 paMalmstrom Air Force Base, pedyo neGreat Falls, Montana; uye 150 paColorado/Nebraska/Wyoming ndima inodzorwa naFE Warren AFB kunze kweCheyenne. Munguva yekuratidzira, Kabat akaturika mabhana pafenzi yakatenderedza ICBM saiti yekutangisa, akacheka nepakati chetani yekupinda mu "nzvimbo yakarambidzwa," uye akaedza kuwana nzvimbo yepasi pevhu.
Vadziviriri vaviri vehurumende vakabatsira Kabat kupa nyaya yake, vachitaura pachena, kubvunzurudza vangangove vatongi, kubvunzurudza zvapupu zvehurumende, uye kubvunza zvapupu zviviri zvekudzivirira. Nechokunopera kwekutongwa, Kabat akadzinga magweta ake neruremekedzo ndokuenderera mberi nekuzvipupurira pachake uye kuita nharo dzekupedzisira kudare redzimhosva.
Vatsigiri vangangosvika makumi maviri nevashanu vakatevera kutongwa, vachibva kure seIllinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, neWisconsin.
Munguva yekutongwa, muchuchisi Skarkin akaedza kukwidza Kabat akaneta mujeri achibvunzurudzwa.
Mukutaura kwake kwekupedzisira Kabat akakurudzira vatongi kuti vayeuke kuti kubatsira vanhu vari muuranda kuti vatize imhosva, asi kuti vatongi vaiwanzoramba kupa mhosva vashandi ve Underground Railroad "nokuti vaiziva kuti mutemo wakanga usina kururama. basa ... hana yenharaunda."
Mushure mekunzwa kubva kumapurisa akati wandei eAir Force, mutevedzeri wesheriff, zvapupu zviviri zvekudzivirira, uye kubva kuKabat pachake, jury revatanhatu rakatora awa kuti riwane mupfuri wenguva refu wezvombo zvenyukireya "ane mhosva" yezvisizvo zviviri zvakakomba. Mhosva idzi dzaive nechirango chegore rimwe chete mujeri.
Mutongi Nichols akapa Kabat chirango chemazuva zana nemakumi matatu nemanomwe, nguva yaakange atoshanda. Iwo mamidemeanors uye mutongo wakareruka (Skarkin akange akurudzira akateedzana maximus, makore maviri akazara) akauya akasiyana zvakanyanya nemitsara yapfuura Kabat yakapihwa mushure mekuratidzira kwakawanda kwezvombo zvenyukireya. Kubva 137, Kabat akashanda anopfuura makore gumi nemasere mutirongo nemujeri, kupfuura chero munhu upi zvake muUS anti-nuclear nhoroondo.
Muna 1979, Kabat aive mudzidzisi wekosi yetsika. Akagara patafura yemudzidzisi, tsoka dzakarembera, uye akaudza vadzidzi vakapedza kudzidza kuti kuuraya kukuru kwaHitler kwakaitwa nechitambi chepamutemo chepamutemo chehurumende; kuti Kuparadza Kukuru uye, zvamazvirokwazvo, mhosva dzose huru dzenhau yavanhu dzakanga dziri mhosva dzokuteerera. Chidzidzo chatinodzidziswa nemhosva idzi ndechekuti tinofanira kusateerera masimba asiri emutemo.
Pachipupuriro makore makumi matatu gare gare, Kabat akati dziviriro yepamutemo yakapihwa zvombo zvenyukireya nevashandisi vazvo nhasi haina kumbosiyana neiyo yakapihwa kumisasa yerufu yeTatu Reich uye maindasitiri evashandi vevaranda. "Apartheid, zviito zvaHitler, huranda zvese, sehuipi huzhinji hwenyika, zviri pamutemoโฆ. VaNazi vakauraya mamiriyoni matanhatu. Mumaminitsi makumi matatu ndizvo zvinogona kuitwa nevaviri veMinuteman III."