Ndi Kathy Kelly, November 10, 2017, The Progressive.
Wilfred Owen, wolemba ndakatulo wa Chingerezi amene anaphedwa mwatsatanetsatane sabata imodzi isanafike gulu la asilikali lomwe linathetsa nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse, linalemba za zoopsya za mitsinje ndi kupirira nkhondo ya gazi.
Pokhapokha, Abrahamu akukana kumvera mngelo amene akulangiza kuti mwanayo apulumutsidwe. Mwamuna wachikulire "anapha mwanayo, ndipo theka la mbewu ya ku Europe, imodzi mwa imodzi."
Asilikali mamiliyoni makumi atatu anaphedwa kapena anavulala ndipo ena asanu ndi awiri anagwidwa ukapolo pa nthawi ya nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse. Ena a 50 kwa 100 miliyoni anafa ndi mliri wa chimfine womwe unayambitsidwa ndi nkhondo. "Kuyambira kale," akulemba Wolemba mabuku komanso wolemba milandu, David Swanson, anati: "Anthu ambiri ankapha anthu oopsa kwambiri, ndipo anthu masauzande ambiri ankagwera mfuti ndi gasi."
West Wodabwitsa ndi wofooka adapereka moni kwa November 11, 1918, tsiku lomwe nkhondoyo inathera, pamene ikuchokera ku mantha.
Mu 1938, Congress analengeza Tsiku la Armistice ndilo tchuthi lovomerezeka chifukwa cha mtendere wamtendere. Mu 1954 holideyi inali atchulidwanso Tsiku la Veterans ndipo linasokoneza nthawi yowomba mbendera ndi asilikali.
Tsopano, mamembala a gululi Ankhondo a Mtendere akugwira ntchito kudutsa US kuti ayambitsenso cholinga choyambirira cha tsiku la nkhondo. Akuligwiritsa ntchito kuti ayitanitse kuthandizira kokwanira kwapakati pazinthu zankhondo, kuti awathandize kuthana ndi zoopsa zomwe amakakamizika kupirira. Koposa zonse, amagwira ntchito kuthetsa nkhondo.
Chaka chino pa Nov. 11, pa 11 am, Mitu ya Veterans for Peace m'madera onse a United States adzamveka mabelu, akumbukira miniti imeneyi mu 1918 pamene, monga Kurt Vonnegut analemba, "Mamiliyoni pa mamiliyoni a anthu adasiya kuphaokha."
"Chochitika ichi sichitha kukumbutsa mbiri," akutero Ed Flaherty, membala wa Iowa City Chapter of Veterans for Peace. "Ndili lero, ponena za kufunika kwathu koti tithetseretu nkhondoyi ndi kutenga katundu wovuta wokhala ndi mtendere wosatha."
Polembera mutu wa Tom Paine ku Albany, ku New York, John Amidon akufotokoza kuti asilikali amkhondowa adzakhala "akuyenda mwachidwi" m'masewera a tsiku lachilendo chifukwa chakuti "sitikuyendanso."
"Wokalamba" wopwetekedwa mtima mu ndakatulo ya Owen anakana kuti mngeloyo athandizire kuti asankhe moyo pa imfa. Sitiyenera kuchita zolakwika zomwezo.
Tsiku la Armistice limatipatsa mpata wovomereza kuti nkhanza za nkhondo, kupasula kwa ndalama zathu, ndi udindo umene timagawana nawo kuthetseratu nkhondo zonse.
Kathy Kelly amagwirizanitsa gululo Mauthenga a Zopanda Chilengedwe.