Odysseus Zai Yi aiki don Lockheed Martin

By David Swanson, Bari muyi kokarin dimokra] iyya, Yuli 17, 2022

Ni da ɗana ɗan shekara takwas kawai mun karanta gajeriyar sigar The Odyssey. A al'adance ana tunanin labarin wani jarumi da ya wuce dodanni daban-daban. Amma duk da haka a zahiri gaskiya ne labarin wani dodo wanda ya wuce jarumai daban-daban.

Odysseus yana da, ba shakka, kafin wannan labarin, ya watsar da iyalinsa don ya yi yaƙi ya kashe gungun mutanen da bai sani ba tare da gungun wasu mutanen da bai sani ba saboda gungun sauran mutane sun yi takara don neman nasara. mace a matsayin wani yanki na dukiya kuma ta yi ƙulla yarjejeniya don shiga cikin kisan gilla idan wani ya taba sace wannan dukiyar.

Odysseus yana da kyakkyawan ra'ayi na ɓoye gungun masu kisa a cikin dokin katako kuma ya kira shi kyauta, sa'an nan kuma ya tashi daga dokin da dare kuma ya kashe iyalai masu barci. Wannan ya yi abubuwan al'ajabi ga fannin diflomasiyya na shekaru millennia. Lokacin da George Washington ya tsallake rijiya da baya a daren jajibirin Kirsimeti don kashe gungun matalauta masu shaye-shaye a cikin rigunan su na dare, abin da kawai ya ɓace shi ne dokin katako, duk da cewa sake maimaitawa a cikin ƙarni ya fi wari kamar doki ya yi. wuce ta.

Bayan sun yi nisa daga dukan ɗaukakar Troy, Odysseus da mutanen da yake ba da umarni sun isa ƙasar Ismarus. Maimakon ya ce sannu, ya yanke shawarar abin da ya fi dacewa shi ne ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi kisa, ya halaka, da kuma mamaye wurin. Odysseus ya sami gungun mutanensa da aka kashe kuma ya tafi da sauri kamar yadda zai iya. Ah, daukaka.

Sa'an nan Odysseus da sojojinsa suka wuce ƙasar Cyclopes kuma suka yanke shawarar ba za su yi tafiya ba amma don kokarin haifar da matsala. Sun kawo maganin barci wanda suka yi amfani da shi a kan Cyclops sannan suka makantar da shi da mashi a ido. Odysseus ya sami gungu na mutanensa sun ci abinci kuma ya yi kururuwa game da ayyukansa masu ɗaukaka don haka allahn teku kuma uban Cyclops da suka ji rauni ya ji kuma ya sha alwashin haifar da azabar jahannama ga Odysseus ko duk wanda ya taimake shi.

Odysseus ya sami irin wannan matsala ya dawo gida har ya ƙare a ƙasar allahn rana, inda mutanensa suka sace dukiyar Allah, wanda ya sa Zeus ya lalata jirginsu. A ƙarshe, Odysseus ya kashe sauran ma'aikatansa kuma shi kaɗai ne ya tsira.

Ya samu sabbin ma’aikatan mutane masu karimci da su tafi da shi gida, amma a kan hanyarsu ta dawowa daga sauke shi a Ithaca, Poseidon ya juya jirginsu zuwa dutse ya nutse da shi, ya kashe su duka don taimaka wa Odysseus, wanda ya ci gaba da farin ciki bai sani ba amma yana shirya makirci. karin tashin hankali.

Odysseus ya ba da mamaki ga gungun barayi masu neman matar sa suna tsugunne a cikin gidansa a tsawon lokacin da ba ya nan. Sun ba da hakuri da kuma fiye da biyan abin da suka lalata ko cinye - gaskiyar da aka manta da ita a sauƙaƙe kamar yadda yawancin tayi don daidaitawa da kiyaye zaman lafiya da aka yi kafin yakin Gulf ko yakin Afghanistan.

Odysseus, a matsayin mahaifin dogon al'adar da ta dauke mu ta hanyar kin amincewa da tayin Mutanen Espanya don samun fashewar fashewar. Maine An gudanar da bincike kan kin amincewa da tayin zaman lafiya a Vietnam, Iraki, Afganistan, da dai sauransu, ya yi watsi da shawarar masu neman a hannu. Ya riga ya kulle su a cikin daki wanda shi da abokansa kawai ke da makamai - gami da babban taimakon Allah. Ya yanka masu neman auren. Da alloli a gefensa.

Bayan wannan yanayin mai zubar da jini, kafin iyalan wadanda aka kashe su zo don daukar fansa, wata allahiya ta yi sihiri na gafara da zaman lafiya a kan Ithaca. Nan da nan ɗana ya tambayi "Me ya sa ba ta yi haka ba a farkon?"

Yawanci dole ne mutum ya amsa irin wannan tambayar a yau tare da yin la'akari da hauhawar hannun jari na Raytheon. Idan akwai wata yarjejeniya ta Minsk 3 ba za ta bambanta da Minsk 2 ba. Amma Odysseus baya cikin albashin Rukunin Masana'antu na Soja. Bai san komai ba sai kisan kai. Wannan ne ko ba komai. Babu wasu zaɓuɓɓuka. Miliyoyin wasu zabuka, tabbas, dole ne a guje wa a hankali, amma mutum ya yi hakan ta hanyar riya cewa babu wasu zaɓuɓɓuka, kamar yadda miliyoyin mutane a yau waɗanda ba a biya su ko kwabo ba suna ɗauka a madadin ko dai Rasha ko Ukrainian. gwamnati.

A Charlottesville, Virginia, sun rushe hudu daga cikin abubuwan tarihi masu ban tsoro a garin, dukkansu suna ɗaukaka yaƙi, an ɗauke su duka saboda wariyar launin fata. Amma mutum-mutumi na Homer a Jami'ar Virginia har yanzu yana tsaye, yana girmama fasaha, al'adu, da dubban shekaru na al'ada na kisan gilla. Babu wani abin tarihi guda daya da ya haura don girmama zaman lafiya, adalci, aikin rashin tashin hankali, diflomasiyya, ilimi, kirkire-kirkire, abokantaka, dorewar muhalli, ko wani abu mai daraja.