By Kathy Kelly, Nuwamba 10, 2017, Mai Cigaba.
Wilfred Owen, wani mawallafin Ingilishi wanda aka kashe a cikin mako daya kafin Armistice ya kawo karshen yakin duniya na, ya rubuta game da mummunar rayuwa a yankunan karkara da kuma jimrewar yaki da iskar gas.
Abin da kawai yake faɗa shi ne, Ibrahim bai yarda ya kula da mala'ika wanda ya roƙe shi ya bar ɗan. Tsohon mutumin "ya kashe ɗan, da rabin rabin zuriyar Turai, daya bayan daya."
Mota miliyan talatin da aka kashe ko rauni kuma wasu miliyan bakwai da aka kama a lokacin yakin duniya. Wasu 50 zuwa 100 miliyan sun hallaka daga annoba da cutar ta haifar. "Ba da daɗewa ba," ya rubuta marubucin da kuma mai goyon bayan David Swanson, "sun ga irin wannan kisan gillar da aka yi, tare da dubun dubban da suka fadi a wata rana ga bindigogi da guba."
Ƙasar yammacin da ta yi mamaki kuma ta gaji ta gai da Nuwamba 11, 1918, ranar da yakin ya kawo ƙarshen, yayin da aka kawo shi daga tsoro.
A 1938, Majalisa ayyana Ranar Armistice wani biki ne na shari'a wanda aka keɓe don faɗar zaman lafiya a duniya. A 1954 ranar hutu ne sake suna Ranar tsohuwar tsohuwar rana da kuma morphed a wani lokaci don zane-zane da kuma matakan soja.
Yanzu, mambobin kungiyar Tsohon soji don Aminci suna aiki a fadin Amurka don dawo da asalin manufar Armistice Day. Suna amfani da shi don kira don taimakawa tsofaffi don tallafawa tunanin mutum da kayan aiki, don taimaka musu su magance ta'addanci da aka tilasta musu su jimre. Sama da duka, suna aiki don kawar da yaƙe-yaƙe.
A wannan shekara a ranar Nuwamba na 11, a 11 am, Tsoffin tsoffin mayaƙan Gida a fadin Amurka za su yi kararrawa, suna tunawa da wannan minti a 1918 lokacin, kamar yadda Kurt Vonnegut rubuta, "Miliyoyin miliyoyin 'yan Adam sun dakatar da kullun juna."
"Wannan taron ya fi tunawa da tarihi ne kawai," in ji Ed Flaherty, wani memba na Babban Birnin Iowa City na Veterans don Aminci. "Yana da game da yau, game da bukatarmu na gaggawa don sake yakin basasa da kuma daukar nauyin kisa na samar da zaman lafiya na har abada."
Rubuta a madadin sashe na Tom Paine a Albany, New York, John Amidon ya bayyana cewa tsofaffin dakarun za su "yi tafiya cikin hanzari" a cikin 'yan tsohuwar tsohuwar tsohuwar tsohuwar jiha saboda "bamu tafiya ba."
Mutumin "tsofaffi" mai laushi a cikin waka na Owen ya ki amincewar da mala'ika ya yi masa ya sa ya zabi rai akan mutuwa. Ba zamu ci gaba da yin wannan kuskure ba.
Ranar Armistice tana ba mu damar da za mu amince da rashin amfani da rikice-rikicen makamai, da lalatar da kayan aikin soja, da kuma alhakin da muke raba don kawar da dukan yaƙe-yaƙe.
Kathy Kelly co-hade ƙungiya Ƙungiyoyi don Ƙirƙirar Laifi.