Ndili wachinyamata ndinkangoseka nkhani za Hitler ndi anthu ena achifashisti. Ndikukhulupirira kuti zomwe zidachitika pambuyo pake sizidzawonedwanso ndi m'badwo wa adzukulu anga
Wolemba Harry Leslie Smith, 94, msilikali wakale wa RAF pankhondo yapadziko lonse,
August 15, 2017, The Guardian.
A kuzizira kwa kukumbukira kwabwera pa ine m'mwezi wa Ogasiti uno. Zimamveka ngati mphepo yachilimwe ya 2017 ikubalalitsidwa ndi mphepo zankhondo zomwe zikuwomba padziko lonse lapansi kupita ku Britain, monga momwe zinalili mu 1939.
Ku Middle East, Saudi Arabia akuthamangitsa Yemen ndi ukali wofanana ndi umene Mussolini anachitira ku Ethiopia pamene ndinali mwana mu 1935. Chinyengo cha boma la Britain ndi gulu la anthu osankhika chikutsimikizira kuti mwazi wosalakwa ukuyendabe ku Syria, Iraq ndi Afghanistan. Boma la Theresa May likulimbikira kuti mtendere ukhoza kutheka chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa zida zankhondo m'madera omenyana. Venezuela akubwerera ku chipwirikiti ndi kulowererapo kwakunja ali ku Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte - wotetezedwa ndi mgwirizano wake ndi Britain ndi US - amapha anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chofuna kuthawa umphawi wawo pogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo.
Chifukwa ndakalamba, tsopano ndili ndi zaka 94, ndikuzindikira zoopsazi. Zizindikiro zoziziritsa kukhosi zili paliponse, mwina chachikulu chomwe US imalola kutsogozedwa nacho Donald Lipenga, munthu wopanda ulemu, wanzeru, ndi wopanda chifundo; Ndizopusa kuti anthu aku America akhulupirire kuti akazembe awo awapulumutsa ku Trump monga momwe zinalili kwa Ajeremani omasuka kukhulupirira kuti asitikali ateteza dziko ku zovuta za Hitler.
Britain ilibenso chonyadira. Chiyambireni nkhondo yaku Iraq dziko lathu lakhala likutsika pansi, pomwe maboma otsatizana asokoneza demokalase ndi chilungamo cha anthu, ndikuwononga boma movutikira, zomwe zidatifikitsa ku Brexit. Monga Trump, Brexit sangathe kuthetsedwa ndi kupatulika kwaufulu - ikhoza kusinthidwa ngati chitsanzo cha zachuma cha neoliberal chikuphwanyidwa, ngati chifaniziro cha wolamulira mwankhanza, ndi anthu omasulidwa.
Pambuyo pa zaka za ulamuliro wa Tory, Britain ilibe okonzeka kusintha mbiri kukhala yabwino monga momwe tinalili mu ulamuliro wa Neville Chamberlain, pamene chipani cha Nazi chinasangalatsidwa m’ma 1930. Ndipotu palibe dziko lililonse ku Ulaya kapena ku North America limene lili ndi vuto lililonse. Iliyonse yadzaza ndi kusalingana, kupewa misonkho kwakukulu kwamakampani - zomwe ndi ziphuphu zovomerezeka - ndi neoliberalism yomwe yawononga madera.
Chilimwe chiyenera kukhala chotonthoza koma si chaka chino. Kuyang'ana pa achichepere lero, pamene ine ndimawayang'ana iwo mu kumasuka kwawo; Ndimachita mantha ndi nkhope za achichepere a m’badwo wanga m’chilimwe cha 1939. Ndikakhala kunja kwa tauni, ndimamvetsera kuseka kwawo, ndimawayang’ana akusangalala ndi pinti kapena kunyengererana, ndipo ndimachita mantha nawo. .
August uno akufanana kwambiri ndi 1939; Chilimwe chomaliza chamtendere mpaka 1945. Kenako, ndili ndi zaka 16 ndipo ndikadali wonyowabe kuseri kwa makutu, ndinkapita kukajambula zithunzi ndi anzanga n’kumaseka nkhani za Hitler ndi zilombo zina zachifasisti zimene zinali kupitirira zimene tinkaganiza kuti n’zotheka. . Sitinadziŵe kuti mu August 1939, moyo wopanda mtendere, wopanda zipolowe, wopanda zipolowe za ndege, popanda mphepo yamkuntho, ukhoza kuyezedwa m’masiku angapo. Sindinamve kuyandikira kwa bingu kwa nkhondo, koma monga nkhalamba ndikuimva tsopano kwa mbadwo wa adzukulu anga. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikulakwitsa. Koma ine ndikuchita mantha chifukwa cha iwo.
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