Lokacin da aka gano Amurka a matsayin daula, duk da cewa ta bambanta da wasu, yana da kyau a nuna makomar tsohuwar Rome ko masarautun Burtaniya, Spain, Holland, da sauransu, don gargaɗi ga Pentagon ko ma ga masu tattauna batun CNN.
Amma kwatankwacin kusanci da Amurka ta yanzu fiye da tsohuwar Rome, a wani batun, na iya zama Vikings. (Asar Amirka ba ta haifar da mulkin mallaka ba, a wuraren da ta yi ya) i, ko kuma tasiri. Yana kai hari. Yana pillages. Yana kwashe albarkatu. Yana kera wayoyi masu wayo. Yana fracks. Yana kafa matsugunai, keɓaɓɓun garuruwa, wanda aka fi sani da sansanonin soja, ofisoshin jakadanci, yankuna masu kore, yankuna masu aminci, da sansanonin horarwa na 'yan tawaye. Yana jirgi zuwa gida.
Menene ya faru da Vikings duk da haka?
Ina so in ga wani bincike da aka yi a kan wannan tambayar. Ina tsoron mutane da yawa zasu amsa cewa Vikings sun mutu ko kuma sun kashe kansu ko yanka juna. Hakan tabbas zai kasance halin kirki ne na mulkin mallaka don labarin Viking. Hakanan zai dace da ra'ayin cewa tashin hankali yana sarrafa mutane maimakon akasin haka.
Wadansu zasu iya amsawa cewa Vikings sun ɓace, amma sun yi wani abu ba daidai ba.
Mafi yawan abin da muka sani game da Vikings ya fito ne daga mutane masu ilimi da ke cikin wasu al'adun da suka kawo musu hare-haren. Kamar dai yadda mutane a fadin duniya suka gaya wa Gallup a cikin wani zabe na baya-bayan nan cewa {asar Amirka ce mafi girma ga barazana ga zaman lafiya a duniya, irin wa] annan mutane da suka ha] a da Viking, suna ganin Vikings a matsayin namun daji. Babu shakka wannan ya haifar da ƙari, amma babu shakka cewa Vikings sunyi amfani da abin da muke a yau za su kira yakin basasa ko makasudin canza canji, dangane da wanda ya biya mana muyi lakabin ayyukan.
Hakanan babu wata tambaya cewa Vikings bai taɓa mutuwa ba. Fahimtar yanzu game da DNA ta nuna cewa adadi mai yawa na mutanen Norway, Denmark, da Sweden zuriyar Vikings ne, kamar yadda mutane da yawa a wasu sassan Turai da Birtaniyya (gami da fiye da rabin tsofaffin dangi a Liverpool, misali - Viking Beatles ?!).
To, idan ba su mutu ba, me ya faru? Tabbas, hikimar Amurkawa ta kowa cewa idan mugaye mutane masu son, ace, Iraniyawa zasu ci gaba da wanzuwa, zasu ci gaba da kaddamar da dukkan yakokin da suke ci gaba da kaddamarwa a duk duniya. Tabbas, mafi kyawun bayanin da aka ba da sanarwa ya nuna cewa Amurka tana biyan duk yaƙe-yaƙe da take yi saboda halayen masifa amma waɗanda ba za a iya guje musu ba waɗanda aka binne a cikin ƙwayoyinmu. A hakikanin gaskiya, ina da tabbacin cewa "Halittunmu na Iya Zama Masu Tashin Hankali, Amma Muna Iya Rage wannan" ya kasance taken Lockheed Martin, ko kuma Raytheon ne. Tabbas, idan Vikings mayaƙa ne, zuriyarsu dole ne su kasance mayaƙan.
Abin haushi, gaskiyar ba haka bane. Vikings sun ci gaba da rayuwa kuma sun rage kashe-kashen su. Elise Boulding ya ce "Canjin da 'yan Arewa suka yi,' masifar Turai, 'zuwa masu zanen yankin mafi zaman lafiya a Turai, Scandinavia, da masu tsara dabaru da cibiyoyi don maye gurbin yaki labari ne mai ban sha'awa. Yayin da take ba da wannan labarin, a hankali Vikings suka sami yarjejeniya mafi amfani fiye da cin nasara, kuma tattaunawar ciniki ta fi riba fiye da ganima. Sun canza daga hare-hare zuwa gina matsugunan. Sun dauki wasu daga cikin dabarun zaman lafiya na Kiristanci. Sun fara noma da yawa kuma sun rage tafiya.
Sauran hanyoyin suna fadada akan wannan taken. Vikings sun ci riba ta hanyar bautar da mutane inda suka kai hari. Yayin da aka kafa cocin kirista a Scandinavia, sai ta dage kan bautar da wadanda ba kiristoci ba kawai, wanda hakan ya lalata ribar mamayar Turawa. Rikicin Viking (ko tsohon Viking) an juya shi zuwa cikin Jihadi akan Musulmai da Yahudawa. Amma, kada ku yi kuskure, yawan tashin hankali ya kasance a kan gangaren ƙasa. Raba zaman lafiya na ƙasar Norway da Sweden a cikin 1905 ya kasance abin koyi ga sauran al'ummomin da ke da wahalar samun nasarar waɗannan abubuwan ba tare da yaƙe-yaƙe ba. Matsayin dangi na Scandinavia ga militarism a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan, gami da zaɓin Sweden don ba ta shiga NATO gabaɗaya - har ma da zaɓin da ta yi na barin yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na duniya - shi ma abin koyi ne.
Amma ainihin darasi shi ne cewa Vikings tsaya kasancewar Vikings. Kuma haka zamu iya.
