Ndi Thomas Ewell
Ndagwiritsira ntchito gawo labwino la sabata ino kusindikiza a Dziko Lopanda Nkhondo msonkhano wokhudza kuthetsa nkhondo kuchitikira ku Washington, DC. (Kwa omwe akufuna, msonkhanowo udzakhalabe adabwereranso ndi mavidiyo ali pa intaneti.)
Tidamva wokamba nkhani pambuyo pa wokamba nkhani pofotokoza zakusokonekera kwakukulu kwa nkhondo padziko lathu lapansi - kuvutika kwa anthu omwe adaphedwa ndi kuvulala, othawa kwawo mazana mazana, ndalama zachuma komanso zachilengedwe zokonzekera nkhondo, zachiwerewere malonda, kulephera kwa US Congress kuyang'anira ndikuwongolera bajeti ya Pentagon, misala yonse yokonzekera nkhondo ya zida za nyukiliya, kulephera kwa US kutsatira malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi monga misonkhano ya ku Geneva ndi UN Declaration of Human Rights - mndandandawo ukupita pa - koma maakauntiwa anali olongosoka polimbikitsa njira zina zopanda chiwawa zothetsera mikangano ndi nkhondo, pempho labwino lofunika kwambiri mwambowu.
Chidwi changa pamsonkhano uno, ndi kudzipereka kwanga kuthetsa nkhondo, ndili ndi chiyambi chaumwini, epiphany, ngati mukufuna, zomwe zasintha moyo wanga.
Zaka zingapo zapitazo ndinapita ku kanema Chisomo chodabwitsa za chaka cha 20 kulimbana ndi kuthetsa malonda a ukapolo ku Great Britain. Ngakhale kuti kuzunzidwa koopsa kunkaperekedwa kwa akapolo, kuyesa kuthetsa ukapolo kunagonjetsedwa kawirikawiri ndi kuthandizana kothandizidwa kwa Nyumba yamalamulo ndi zofuna zachuma zomwe zinkadalira ntchito za akapolo m'madera a ku America ndi ku Caribbean. Pomaliza mu 1807, ndi khama la William Wilberforce ndi ena, malonda a akapolo adathetsedwa. Pamapeto omaliza a filimuyo ndinadzipeza ndikudzidzimutsa kulira kwambiri sindingachoke pampando wanga. Nditazindikira kuti ndakhala ndikudandaula ndikuzindikira kuti ngati ukapolo ukanatha kuthetsa mavutowa, tikhoza kuthetsa nkhondo. Ndipo ine ndinakhulupirira izo mozama. Kuyambira usiku umenewo, ndakhala ndikuika patsogolo pa moyo wanga kugwira ntchito yothetsa nkhondo.
Ndikulumpha kwakukulu kuchoka kuukapolo mpaka kumapeto kwa nkhondo, koma m'malingaliro mwanga kuvutika kosaneneka komwe kumayambitsidwa ndi nkhondo ndikowopsa kwambiri kuposa kuzunzika kwakukulu kwamalonda akapolo. Nkhondo ikamathandizidwa ndi mphamvu yankhondo-yandale-andale omwe amathandizira kwambiri ndikupeza phindu - monganso kuphatikizika kwa ndale ndi zachuma ku Great Britain zomwe zimathandizira ukapolo - kuthetsedwa kwa nkhondo ndichachidziwikire kuti ndi vuto lalikulu. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti ndizotheka, ngakhale ndili moyo.
Ambiri angaganize kuti chifukwa cha kuthetsa nkhondo kwakukulu kwambiri kuti asayese, ndikudziwa. Njirayi ikutanthauza kuti sitiyenera kungoletsa zoipa ndi kusalungama kwa nkhondo, tikuyenera kupereka njira zina zowonjezera kuyesetsa kwathu. Mwamwayi, maphunziro ochuluka amtendere amagwiritsa ntchito mawuwo "Sayansi ya mtendere" chifukwa kafukufukuyo akuwonetseratu momveka bwino kuti njira yothetsera nkhondo yolimbana ndi chiwawa idawathandiza.
Ndikukulimbikitsani kwambiri. Masabata awiri apitawo ndinalemba za mamiliyoni ndi mamiliyoni a anthu padziko lonse lapansi omwe anapita kumsewu tsiku lomwelo la February 15, 2003, kukana nkhondo ya Iraq, ndiyeno ku 2012, atapatsidwa mpata wolimbana ndi Obama cholinga cha boma kuti achite "mgwirizano wa opaleshoni" motsutsana ndi Suria, anthu zikwizikwi a ku America adatsutsa kuti ayi, ndipo mabomba anaitanidwa (mothandizidwa ndi maulendo ena a panthaŵi yake).
Ngakhale anthu ambiri aku America avomereza kuti nkhondo yanthawi zonse isintha, anthu ayamba kuzindikira kuti mabodza omwe adagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokozera nkhondo yaku Iraq - komanso nkhondo zambiri zisanachitike komanso kuyambira - komanso kulephera kwawo kukwaniritsa zabwino zilizonse zotsatira - masoka okha pa tsoka - zonse zimapangitsa kuti nkhondo zisakhale zomveka kulungamitsa ndikuthandizira. Monga wakale Marine Smedley Butler analemba mu 1933, "Nkhondo imangothamanga. Chikwama chabwino chikufotokozedwa, ndikukhulupirira, ngati chinthu chomwe sichikuwoneka kwa anthu ambiri. Gulu lochepa la mkati limadziwa chomwe chiri. Amachitidwa kuti apindule ndi owerengeka pokhapokha phindu la misala. "Ndizoonetseratu zoopsa ndi zoona zenizeni za nkhondoyi!
Nkhondo ndi chimodzi mwazowopsa zomwe zikuwopseza dziko lathu lapansi, ndipo mayankho ake siosavuta, koma tiyenera kuthana nawo. Mwina tikufunika kuyambitsa ntchitoyi ndikuzindikira kuti zovuta zomwe tikubwera zachilengedwe komanso nkhondo zimachitika makamaka chifukwa chovulala kwadyera komanso kuzunza moyo wa anthu komanso chilengedwe. M'munda wa chilungamo chobwezeretsa sitifunsa kuti ndi lamulo liti lomwe laphwanyidwa koma zovulaza zomwe zachitika, ndipo tingachiritse bwanji zovutazo ndikukonzanso ubale. Njira yochiritsira nthawi zambiri imaphatikizapo kuzindikira kuvomereza udindo, kudzimvera chisoni, kufunitsitsa kubweza, ndikudzipereka kuti musapitilize zovutazo.
Nkhondo ndiye chiwonetsero chazovulaza komanso kulephera kwa anthu kupanga njira zina zothanirana ndi mikangano mosagwirizana. Vuto lomwe tikukumana nalo pankhani yankhondo ndikuti ngati tili ndi kulimba mtima kuyang'anizana ndi chowonadi chazovuta zomwe sizingachitike chifukwa cha nkhondo komanso mavuto azikhulupiriro zabodza, zomangidwa pagulu kuti nkhondo ndi ziwawa ndizo njira zothandiza kwambiri kuthana ndi mikangano - zomwe wasayansi wamaphunziro aumulungu a Walter Wink amatcha "nthano yowombolera mwankhanza."
Tsopano tikudziwa njira zosiyanasiyana zomwe zingathetsere kusamvana komanso kupewa mikangano yoopsa, ponseponse pa mayiko ndi mayiko komanso m'midzi yathu ndi miyoyo yathu. Chisangalalo pamsonkhanowu chinali chakuti tsopano tili ndi "sayansi yamtendere" yokhudza momwe tingagwirire ndi mikangano ndi nkhanza mu kulenga, zosasinthika, ndi moyo. Ndizomveka kukhulupirira kuti kuthetsa nkhondo ndi kotheka ngati tikhoza kugwiritsa ntchito njira zimenezi, ndithudi, isanathe. Momentum ili kumbali ya kuthekera kokhazikika. Chifukwa cha chidwi cha "sayansi yamtendere" tåhere tsopano akuposa maphunziro a 600 padziko lonse lapansi ndi maphunziro a mtendere, ndipo ambiri a ife timadziwa achinyamata omwe akulonjeza omwe akugwira ntchito kapena omwe apindula maphunzirowa. Kodi tingapeze bwanji izi zikulimbikitsa?
Tonsefe tifunikira kufufuza kumvetsa kwathu za nkhondo ya dziko lino lapansi. Kodi nkhondo yakhala yolondola, makamaka nkhondo ya nyukiliya? Kodi njira zina ndi ziti? Kodi ndife okonzeka kuchita chiyani kuti tithe kumenyana ndi nkhondo? Ndiloleni ine ndikukhulupirira kuti kuthetsa nkhondo ndi kotheka ndikuthandizira onse ogwira ntchito zambiri, njira zambiri zopangira ndi kukhazikitsa njira zina zowononga ndi nkhondo, ngakhale, komanso pakati pa dziko lapansili. Titha kuthetsa nkhondo. Tiyenera kuthetsa nkhondo.
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