By Bayanin yanar gizo (David Swanson)
A ranar Jumma'a a Moscow, ina da wata kungiya daga Amurka ta sadu da tsohon shugaban Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Ya ce dangantakar dake tsakanin Washington da Moscow ta damu da shi. Amma, ya ce, yana yiwuwa a sake gina dogara. "Muna da halin da ya fi mummunan yanayi, amma mun iya sake gina dogara. Kuma abokan hulɗa da jama'a sun taimaka wajen sake gina dogara. "
Lokacin da Gorbachev da shugaban Amurka Ronald Reagan suka fara ganawa, shugabannin kasashen biyu ba su hadu da shekaru shida ba. Yan majalisar Reagan suna adawa da taron. Gorbachev ya fito daga cikin taron ya ce Reagan ya ce "Shi ba hawk ba ne, dinosaur ne." Reagan ya fito ne da zargin Gorbachev a matsayin "kwaminisanci mai mutuwa."
Amma sun ci gaba da taruwa. Daga baya kuma Reagan ba shi da hujja ya tambayi abin da Soviets zai yi idan Amurka ta kai hari ta hanyar meteor ko baki. Dukansu sun ce ƙasashensu zasu taimaka wa junansu. Duk da haka, Reagan ya kasance fan na Star Wars, duka makamai da kuma fim din - wanda ya kasance ya bambanta da juna a zuciyarsa. Gorbachev da Reagan sunyi nasara sosai, ba tare da la'akari da yadda Gorbachev ke aiwatar da rushewar mulkin mallaka ba. Amma ba za su iya kawar da duk makaman nukiliya ba, kuma ba za su iya daukar wasu matakai masu muhimmanci a wannan hanya ba, saboda Reagan bai yarda, kuma gwamnatin Amurka ba ta yarda ba.
Kamar yadda yanayi na al'adar rana, yayin da masu gwagwarmaya suka kirkiri, 'yan jarida,' yan diplomasiyyar 'yan ƙasa, da daruruwan sauran dakarun, sun kasance sun fi dacewa da nasarar da aka yi na gwagwarmayar neman nasara fiye da kalmomin da suka dace ko' yan Adam a cikin ɗakin tattaunawa, wanda aka kafa yakin basasa a Washington na iya ƙaddamar da rashin daidaito fiye da wani abu.
"Lokacin da Tarayyar Soviet ta farfado," in ji Gorbachev a ranar Jumma'a, "mutane da yawa a Yammacin suna shafa hannayensu tare. Wannan shi ne lalata. Kasarmu ta kasance cikin mummunar rikicin, kuma an bi shi da abokin gaba. "
A ranar Jumma'a, Gorbachev ya karya wannan runduna a bangarorin biyu. "Mu duka muna da masana'antun masana'antu na soja," in ji shi. "Suna son yaki, amma muna so zaman lafiya." Sai ya nakalto shugaban Amurka John F. Kennedy yana cewa zaman lafiya da muke bukata ba shine "Pax Americana da aka sanya a duniya ba ta hanyar makamai na Amurka." Gorbachev ya fadawa Reagan daidai batun da ministan harkokin waje na Rasha Sergey Lavrov ya yi. ruwaito kamar yadda ya fada a wannan makon: "Lokacin da yake da dangantaka a tsakanin manyan malamai na tsawon lokaci." Russia na so zaman lafiya, amma suna so zaman lafiya a tsakanin masu daidaito, ba zaman lafiya ba a karkashin takalmin ƙwallon ƙafa.
Gorbachev yayi kokari don samun zaman lafiya, kuma yana da Amurka da zazzagewa, yana tunanin cewa za a dakatar da makaman yaki daga duniya. Don wannan kokarin, Gorbachev ba a girmama shi ba a kasarsa kamar yadda yake a duniya. Kuma Amurka ta ƙi amincewa da zaman lafiya da abokantaka da aka sani kuma sun yi nadama a kullun a Amurka - saboda girman kunya.
