Ndi John LaForge
Zimakhala zovuta kukumbukira Nkhondo Yadziko Yonse, chifukwa cha nthawi ndi anthu omwe amavomereza, kapena kusayanjanitsika, chuma chenicheni cha nkhondo.
Ponena za wolemba Nkhondo Yaikulu ku Britain HG Wells analemba pa Ogasiti 14, 1914 kuti, "Iyi ndiye nkhondo yayikulu kwambiri m'mbiri yonse. … Chifukwa iyi tsopano ndi nkhondo yamtendere. Imayang'anitsitsa kuthana ndi zida. Cholinga chake ndi kukhazikika komwe kuyimitse izi mpaka muyaya. Msirikali aliyense yemwe amamenya nkhondo ndi Germany tsopano ndiwotsogolera nkhondo. Iyi, nkhondo yankhondo yayikulu kwambiri, siyili nkhondo ina yokha - ndiye nkhondo yomaliza! ”
Optimists adanena kuti idzakhala yoperewera, "Kunyumba ndi Khirisimasi!" M'malo mwake, ndikumayambiriro koopsa kwambiri komwe kunayambitsa magazi ndi 16 kwa 37 miliyoni zakufa. Kulimbana ndi nkhondo zina zinapha anthu osachepera asanu ndi awiri miliyoni komanso asilikali oposa 10 milioni, pamene matenda, njala, nkhanza komanso chiwembu chopha anthu anapha mamiliyoni ambiri. M'malo mo "nkhondo" nthawi yothetsa nkhondo, nthawi yankhondo yosalekeza yopindulitsa ndi kuponderezedwa kwa mphotho kubwezeretsa kubwezeretsa kunachititsa kuti nkhondo ya padziko lonse iwonongeke ndi 70 miliyoni, komanso kupha kwalamulo kosalekeza komwe kwapitirirabe. Chiwerengero chochepa ndi chakuti kuyambira "nkhondo yothetsa nkhondo zonse," anthu pafupifupi 100 amwalira m'madera amkhondo.
Tsiku la Armistice linakhazikitsidwa mu 1919 kuti lilemekeze mtendere, ndi kukumbukira ndi kukumbukira WW Ine ndikuvutika, mantha, mantha, ululu, ndi kutayika. Mu 1918, mutuwu unangomveka: "Kulemba Zokakamiza, Kutha kwa Nkhondo!" Ndi Tsiku la Armistice linakhazikitsidwa pafupi ndi chilengedwe chonse chotsutsana ndi nkhondo zoopsa, zopanda pake, zowonongeka, zopanda pake komanso makamaka zotsutsana ndi zofuna zapakati zandale nkhondoyo. Boma la US lero likuwononga mabiliyoni ambiri pa ntchito zopanga zida zomwe zida zankhondo zowonongeka ndi nkhondo zomwe zimapitirizabe. Pokhapokha ngati mabungwe a US akugulitsa mafuta ndi ndalama ku mfuti za US, ngakhale zovuta, zolamulira zandale zapakati monga Saudi Arabia (zomwe zadula mndende wa 600 kuyambira m'ndende kuyambira 2014) zimakhala zolembedwera, zogwiritsidwa ntchito, zogwiritsidwa ntchito komanso zogwiritsidwa ntchito mwachangu mu nkhondo yake yoopsa yowononga mliri komanso kusowa zakudya m'thupi kwa Yemen.
Mu Seputembara 2014, atapita kumanda akulu akulu ankhondo aku Italiya, Papa anachenjeza za "nkhondo" yayikulu yapadziko lonse lapansi yomwe mwina idayamba kale - ndi nkhondo zambiri, zosadziwika, milandu yaboma, ndege zankhondo zothandizidwa ndi boma komanso kuwukira kwa drone, ndipo ma commando apadera azunza padziko lonse lapansi. Mndandanda wafupipafupi wankhondo wapano ukuphatikizapo nkhondo zaku US ku Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, ndi Somalia; nkhondo zapachiweniweni ku Nigeria, Maghreb, Libya, ndi South Sudan; ndi nkhondo ya ku Mexico ya mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Papa Francis ponena za zonsezi, "Ngakhale lero, pambuyo pa kulephera kwachiwiri kwa nkhondo ina yapadziko lonse, mwina wina akhoza kuyankhula za nkhondo yachitatu, imodzi idamenyedwa modzaza, ndi milandu, kupha anthu, ndikuwononga."
Mu 1954, Tsiku la Armistice linalowetsedwa ndi Tsiku la Ankhondo, ndipo mwambo wathu wamtendere wamtendere ndi mapeto a nkhondo unakhala mgwirizano "wothandizira asilikali," tsiku la boma ndi boma, ndi malo ogwiritsira ntchito usilikali. Sikuti aliyense anasangalala. Wolemba mabuku wina wotchedwa Kurt Vonnegut, Wachiwiri Wadziko Lonse Wachiwiri ndi POW, analemba kuti, "Tsiku la Armistice lakhala Tsiku la Ankhondo. Tsiku la Armistice linali lopatulika. Tsiku la azimayi sali. Kotero ine ndikuponyera Tsiku la Otsutsa pa phewa langa. Tsiku la Armistice Ndidzasunga. Sindifuna kutaya zinthu zopatulika. "
Otsutsa awiri a nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse amabwera m'maganizo. Mkulu wa Montana Congress, Jeannette Rankin adati, "Simungathe kupambana nkhondo kusiyana ndi chivomezi," ndipo m'mawu ake mu Khoti la Martial ku 1918, Max Plowman anati: "Ndikusiya ntchito yanga chifukwa sindikhulupirira kuti nkhondoyo ikhoza kutha nkhondo. Nkhondo ndi matenda, ndipo matenda sangathe kupanga mtundu. Kuchita zoipa kuti ubwino ubwere ndikuwoneka mopusa. "
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John LaForge, wogwirizana ndi PeaceVoice, ndi Co-Director of Nukewatch, gulu la mtendere ndi zachilengedwe ku Wisconsin, ndipo ali mkonzi wa zokambirana ndi Arianne Peterson wa Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide ku Misasa ya 450 Land-Based United States.
