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Takatarisana nazvo, isu tiri kurarama munyika iyo, nepo chero chinhu chisina kujairika, chiri kuwedzera kusarudzika kune wese mutemo. Rimwe zuva chete, Noam Chomsky ane makore makumi mapfumbamwe nematatu aive nechimwe chinhu chekutaura nezvazvo. Mufunge, akaona zvishoma zvenyika yedu kubvira, muna 93, akanyora chinyorwa chake chekutanga bepanhau rechikoro chepuraimari pakudonha kweguta reSpain reBarcelona mukati me "gore rinotyisa" rekusimudzira fascism. Yake komenda nezvemamiriro edu ezvinhu azvino: โTava kusvika panzvimbo ine ngozi zvikuru munhau yevanhu.โ
Uye usaedza kuramba! Zvakaoma sei! (Uye hongu, ndinofunga kuti nguva ino yakakosha kupfuura mashoma ekutaura!)
Sezvinobvumwa, ini handisi anoshanda, anofunga ane makore 93 okukura. Ndinongova nemakore 77 uye ndinonzwa kunge ndiri kutatarika munyika yedu inopenga. Kunyange zvakadaro, sechizvarwa changu, kufanana nomunhu upi noupi mupenyu pashure paAugust 6, 1945, apo guta reHiroshima rakanga obliterated nebhomba rimwe chete reatomiki remuAmerica, ndiri magumo-we-nyika nemasikirwo. Uye ichokwadi kunyangwe ani nani wedu anozvida kana kwete, zvibvume kana kwete.
Muchokwadi, ndakararama neicho chokwadi - kana pamwe ndinoreva chokwadi chezvose - zvese nekuziva (dzimwe nguva) uye nekusaziva (nguva yese) kubva paudiki hwangu. Hapana wezera rangu anogona kukanganwa dhadha-uye-kavha zvibooreso tose takatamba, tichinyura pasi pemadhesiki edu echikoro, maoko ari pamusoro pemisoro, kugadzirira, kana ndirini, kuedza kweSoviet Union kuparadzwa kweNew York City neatomu. Takatevera zano, ipapo, remutambi wekatuni Bert the Turtle - mufirimu pfupi randinoyeuka ndichiona muresitorendi yedu yekuchikoro - uyo "asina kumbokuvara nekuti ainyatsoziva zvatinofanira kuita tese: akabhenda akavhara."
Sezvo ari sonorous murume anorondedzera wefirimu iroro ipapo chiisei:
"Kupenya kwebhomba reatomu kunogona kukupisa zvakanyanya kupfuura kupisa kwezuva kunotyisa, kunyanya kwausina kuvharwa. Zvino, iwe neni hatina mateko ekukasira maari saBert Kamba, saka tinofanira kuvhara nenzira yeduโฆ Dhadha uye kuvhara pasi petafura kana dhesiki kana chimwe chinhu chiri padyoโฆ Gara uchiyeuka, kupenya kwe bhomba reatomu rinogona kuuya chero nguva, chero kwaunenge uri.โ
Ndihwo hwaive hupenyu muma1950s New York City. Pandaienda kuchikoro, ndaipfuura maS-signs e "nzvimbo dzakachengetedzeka dzekuenda" (sekureva kwayakaita katuni) kana gare gare iyo inopenya yeorange-yero uye nhema. fallout-pokugara zviratidzo (mamiriyoni ayo akagadzirwa uye akashandiswa munyika). Uye kufanana nevamwe vechidiki vakawanda venguva iyoyo, ndakabvumira The Twilight Zone akanditora paTV, akaenda kuguma kwenyika mafirimu mumakore angu ekusekondari, uye ndakaverenga zvakafanana sci-fi.
Ndaingova nemakore 18 uye mumesita yangu yokutanga yekoreji apo, pana Gumiguru 22, 1962, Mutungamiri John F. Kennedy akaenda paTV yenyika, kwete muitiro ipapo, kutaura nesu tose (kunyange zvazvo ndakanzwa kutaura kwake paredhiyo). Iye akatiyambira a
"chakavanzika, chinokurumidza, uye chinoshamisa kuvakwa kwezvombo zveKomonisiti - munzvimbo inozivikanwa kwazvo kuva nehukama hwakakosha uye hwenhoroondo kuUnited States nemarudzi eWestern Hemisphere, mukutyora vimbiso yeSoviet, uye mukuzvidza mutemo weAmerica nehemispheric. - iyi yakaerekana, sarudzo yakavanzika yekumisa zvombo zvehunyanzvi kekutanga kunze kwevhu reSoviet - ishanduko inotsamwisa nemaune uye isina kurongeka muchimiro cheiyo chisingagoni kugamuchirwa nenyika ino. "
Zvino, funga iwe, ndakanga ndisingazive ipapo kuti mauto eUS anga atova neSingle Integrated Operational Plan, kana SIOP, to Kurwira zvombo zvenyukireya zvinopfuura 3,200 kune 1,060 zvinonangwa munyika yeCommunist. Izvo zvaisanganisira anokwana maguta e130 ayo, kana ese akafamba maererano nehurongwa, arege kuvapo. Kufungidzira kwepamutemo kwevakakuvadzwa kwakamhanyira kune 285 miriyoni vakafa uye 40 miriyoni vakakuvara (izvo zvingangove zvisingatarisire mhedzisiro yemwaranzi). Kana neniwo handina kuziva ipapo kuti, muma1950, vakuru vakuru veAmerica, pamatunhu akakwirira, vakaisa pfungwa dzisingaperi pane zvaizivikanwa seโzvisingafungidziki,โ nguva yose iyi vachigadzirira kutinyudza muimba yemapuraneti.
Vagadziri vemitemo vechiuto nevevanhuwo zvavo vakabva vazviwana vava kunyora zvimiro zvesainzi, kwete kuti zvishandiswe nevoruzhinji asi nokuda kwomumwe nomumwe, pamusoro peโhondo yenyika yose yokuparadzaโ inobvira. Muzviitiko zvitsva zvehondo, vakazviwana ivo nenyika yavo vari panyanga dzedambudziko risingatsungiririki. Vanogona kuramba kukunda kunoreva - kana kutanga, kutora basa risina hunyanzvi uye rekunyengera rakachengetwa mumabhuku edu enhoroondo (kana zvisiri izvo) zvemuvengi.
Zvakadaro, se iyo Cuban Missile Crisis yakatanga, kune vanhu vekuAmerica vakaita seni, zvese zvatakanga tagara tichigadzirira dhadha-uye-kuvhara zvakangoerekana zvaita kunge zvakakura zvakanyanya uye nenzira isingaite. Uye nditendei, ndakanga ndisiri chinhu chakasiyana apo, apo U.S. Navy payakatanga kuvharika kwayo kwechitsuwa cheCuba, ndakashamisika kana "zvaisafungika" zvaive zvino mumakadhi.
Kugamuchirwa kuNuclear Age, Chikamu 2?
Uye ini ndiri pano makumi emakore akawanda gare gare. Nyika, hongu, haina kuguma. Handina kumbobvira ndanyengetedza uye kuvharidzira kudzivirira kurwisa kwenyukireya mune izvo zvakapfuura zvehupenyu chaihwo. Mumakore iwayo, iyo SIOP yakaramba iri fungidziro sechinhu chero chipi zvacho The Twilight Zone. Uye kunyange kana simba guru yakanyatso kuputsa zvombo zvayo zvenyukireya pakapera Cold War muna 1991 nekupinzwa kweSoviet Union (zvakapesana chaizvo, kutaura zvazviri), zvombo zvenyukireya zvakaita sezviri kudzoka muether, kupinda munyika yekufungidzira yeBert the Turtle, kusvikiraโฆ zvakanaka, ndinozeza pano, asi ndinofanira kuzvitaura: kupinda muUkraine.
Rimwe zuva chete, CIA Director William Burns, kamwe chete kugutsikana zvakadzama nezvenjodzi dzekupa nhengo yeNATO kuUkraine uye yambiro refu yekudzokera shure kweRussia kupokana negwara rakadaro, zvinokurudzirwa pachena kuti, imwe nguva munguva pfupi, Vladimir Putin anogona tendeukira kuzvombo zveatomu muhondo yake ine njodzi ikoko. Sezvinobvumwa, aitaura nezvezvinonzi zvombo zvenyukireya zvehondo kana zvehondo (chimwe nechimwe zvichida chikamu chimwe muzvitatu simba rebhomba rakadonhedzwa paHiroshima), kwete monster nukes mune zvese zviri zviviri zvombo zvedu. Zvakadaro, kugamuchirwa kuzera renyukireya, chikamu 2.
Uye, hongu, ndiko kungotanga pane mamiriro anonzwa sekunge anogona kukwira. Mushure mezvose, hondo muUkraine yakatosvika pamazinga anokatyamadza e hutsinye hwematsotsi uye kuparadza uye iwe unogona kunzwa kuti kwainoenda zvechokwadi, hapana anoziva zvechokwadi. Chinyorwa chechangobva kuitika cheRussia kuWashington, semuenzaniso, akanyeverwa ye "zvisingafungidzike mhedzisiro" kana hutongi hweBiden vakaramba vachipa maUkraine zvombo. Zvichakadaro, vanhu vekuRussia vese-zvakare-pachena vakaedza chitsva cheintercontinental ballistic missile, icho Mutungamiri Vladimir Putin. akati yaizoita kuti vavengi venyika "vafunge kaviri." Zvakatonyanya kuipa, zvinoita sekunge mamiriro epasi rose anogona kuputika kunze kwekutonga nenzira isingatarisike zvachose, kana Putin akatanga kunzwa kuti Ukraine ihondo yakarasika.
Pamusoro pazvo, kubvira Hondo Yemashoko, chikamu 1, yakapera, mukana wechipiri wekuguma kwenyika wakaiswa pamusoro pekutanga mune inosetsa.
Kutaura zvazviri, ndine chido chekushevedzera kuti, "Dhadha uye fukidza!" uye kwete chete nekuda kweaya nukes anogona kukurumidza kana gare gare kuunzwa kuUkraine, zvichitungamira kune anoziva chii uye kupi. Mushure mezvose, muna 1991 apo Soviet Union yakaparara, ndiani angadai akafungidzira kuti, anopfuura zvikamu zvitatu kubva muzvina zvezana remakore mushure mekudonha kwebhomba reatomu rekutanga (richiteverwa, chokwadi, nechipiri paNagasaki uye kupera kweatomu yakawanda. hondo yepasi rose inotyisa zvachose), kwaizove nehondo zvakare muEurope? Handizvo here nyaya yekare pane dzose?
Uye usatarisira nhau dzakanaka munguva pfupi zvakare. Saizvozvo, maererano ne Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Hondo yeUkraine haitombopera gore rino, nepo CNN ichiti "dzimwe nhengo dzeCongress nevabatsiri vadzo vari kuenzanisa chinyararire neHondo yeKorea, yakagara kwemakore matatu." Uye Sachigaro weJoint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, uyo akambofunga kuti vapambi veRussia inogona kutora guta guru reUkraine, Kyiv, mumaawa 72, zvino sezviri pachena anotenda kuti hondo yaigona ekupedzisira "At least years for sure."
Chokwadi? Hondo yeKorea? Yakadaro yekare, nyaya yekare (uye imwe hondo yaive nechikumbaridzo chenyukireya zvishoma akaswedera) Uye zvakare, nyika yakamukana kuita mabhuroka maviri mune izvo zvingangoita senge parody yeCold War yekutanga, nedivi rega rega richitonetsekana nerutsigiro kubva kunyika dzakatenderedza pasi.
Nyika Yakazoguma Sei?
Dai ndanga ndichigadzira zvese izvi, regai ndikuvimbisei, zvingaonekwa seyakanyanya kurongeka "tora maviri" angafungidzirwe. O, ngationei, vanhu ivavo havana kudzidza chinhu chakaipa kubva pakupotsa kuparadza pasi uye mumwe nomumwe shure panguva iyoyo! Saka, vakasarudza kuita chinhu chakashata chose zvakare. Panguva ino chete, ivo vakanda mune chimwe chinhu! Ehe, iwe wakazvifungidzira, imwe nzira yekuparadza pasi! (Dhadha uye chifukidziro !!)
Hongu, chokwadi, komedhi iyi yechinyakare inoshamisa yezvinotyisa iri kuitika mune-zvese-nyowani mamiriro, kupihwa chinhu chaive chisiri mukuziva kwechero munhu kare ikako. Zvechokwadi, ndiri kutaura nezvekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze. Ndiri kufunga nezvekuti masayendisiti epamusoro epasi ane sei akatiudza kakawanda kuti, kana kushandiswa kwefossil-mafuta kukasadzikiswa zvakanyanya uye nekukurumidza, pasi rino richava-zvakare-chaiwo-chaizvoizvo kuva gehena paPasi. Uye ramba uchifunga kuti, kunyangwe hondo muUkraine isati yatanga, kubuda kwepasi rose kabhoni dhayokisaidhi kwakawedzera kubva pakudonha kwedenda uye. yakarova nhoroondo yepamusoro.
Uye zvaigona kungowedzera kuipa mumhirizhonga yeUkraine nguva sezvo mitengo yegesi ichikwira, kutya kunopinda mukati, uye zvese-zvakanyanya-kudiki kutariswa kunobhadharwa. ngozi dzacho yekupisa pasi rino. Ndinoreva, hapana chimwe cheizvi chinofanira kunyatso kuve chakavanzika, handiti? Kana, semuenzaniso, uchigara muAmerica Maodzanyemba kwaMadokero kana Kumadokero, zvikamu zvawo zviri kusangana nekusanaya kwemvura kwakaipisisa muAmerica. kunyanya 1,200 makore uye mwaka wemoto unotevedzana zvisingaenzaniswi, unofanira kuziva zvandiri kureva. Chakanyanya kuipa ndechekuti zvinhu zvitsva zvakadaro, zvinosanganisira, semuenzaniso, mwaka wedutu kurangarira, zvakangofanana zvakafanana nekuona mafirimu. (Uye funga iwe, ini handina kana kumbotaura nezvedenda ririkuitika, iro rakatotora upenyu hunofungidzirwa kuva mamiriyoni gumi nemashanu panyika ino.)
Zvinosuwisa zviri pachena kuti chii chinofanirwa kunge chiri kuitika: masimba makuru, zvakare makuru emafuta-mafuta (China, United States, neRussia), anofanirwa kunge achishanda pamwechete kuti girinhi ipe simba nyika yedu nekukurumidza. Uye zvakadaro isu tiri, tichirwa hondo itsva muEurope yakatangwa nemukuru we Saudi-chimiro petro state muMoscow achitamba vhezheni yake yeCold War II neWashington neBeijing - oh, uye mukuita izvi, kuve nechokwadi chekutsva kwemamwezve mafuta efosi.
Brilliant! Pamusoroi kana ndikamira sekondi - ingori reflex, chaizvo - kusheedzera: Bert, dhadha uye kuvhara nekukurumidza!
Ah, uye kuti urege kufunga kuti ndizvo zvakaipisisa, ngatitendeukire kune yepasi chechipiri-chikuru greenhouse-gasi emitter yenguva ino (uye yakakura kwazvo, tichitaura nhoroondo) Parizvino, zvinoita sekunge maDemocrat anogona kudzika nekukurumidza uye zvakaoma musarudzo dza2022, uye pamwe muna 2024 zvakare. Shure kwezvose, marasha mutengesi VaJoe Manchin pamwe nemaRepublicans vakanyudza bhiri remutungamiri wenyika Vakai Back Better Better nezvimwe zvakawanda, vachiona maDemocrats ezvese zvakawandisa kuita sezvo sarudzo dzepakati petemu dzava kusvika. Uye mavhoti anotoratidza chokwadi chinotyisa ichocho.
Kana uri kutaura nezvekare Gen Z vatsigiri, vaitaura chiHispanic, kana, zvakanaka, iwe unoritumidza, Mvumo yaPresident Biden inoita kunge iri kutenderera yakanangana nemuvhoti wegehena hondo ichienderera mberi, kukwira kwemitengo, uye mutengo wegasi uchipfura padenga. Sezvineiwo, rimwe svondo chete, manejimendi ake, akapinda muhofisi achiimba nziyo dzawo dzinochinja mamiriro ekunze uye achivimbisa, sekutaura kwakaita mutungamiri wenguva yemberi pamushandirapamwe muna 2020, "hapasisina kuchera nyika dzemubatanidzwa, nguva. Period, nguva, nguva,โ chete akavhura kubhidha kuti marendi matsva aite izvozvo chaizvo.
Zvichakadaro Donald Trump, murume uyo yakatora nyika ino kunze kweParis zvibvumirano zvemamiriro ekunze uye mukuru weparty boss mundangariro, vanotamba paMar-a-Lago, vachikwidza mari isingaenzaniswi uye vasingabhadhare mutengo wechero chinhu chaakaita. Kana ake bato rinotora Congress uyezve White House, hazvina kuoma zvachose. Ingovhenekera mutambo mukuru uye upise pasi ino pasi, uchifunga kuti Vladimir Putin haasati aita izvozvo.
Iti gehena paPasi uye iwe uri chero chinhu kunze kwekuwedzeredza. Izvo โzvisingafungikiโ? Tanga kufunga shamwari yangu. Mamiriro ePasi, aimbova zita rekuti a classic book padambudziko renyukireya na Jonathan Schell, inogona kukurumidza kupfupika nejee repashure-Trumpian.
Zano rangu uye ndinoreva: dhadha uye chivharo!
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