By David Swanson
Ndimakumbukira zaka zisanu zapitazo ndikumvetsera wogulitsa zida ku NPR poyankha funso loti angachite chiyani ngati nkhondo ya Afghanistan itatha. Anati akuyembekeza kuti pangakhale nkhondo yayikulu ku Libya. Ndipo adaseka. Ndipo "mtolankhani" adaseka. Zinali zida zoseketsa.
Kanema watsopano wa Hollywood Agalu Ankhondo ndi zamanyazi kapena mbiri yapaukadaulo nkhondo yapaukadaulo koma chimafotokozedwa nthawi zonse ngati nthabwala. Chithunzichi pamwambapa ndi malonda a filimu yomwe munthu akuyembekeza kuti idzapangidwa ngati yoseketsa, chifukwa mwinanso ikhoza kukhala yoipitsitsa kuposa momwe ili. Thewebusaiti ikukuwuzani kuti mukufuna kukhala oyambitsa momwe inunso mungakhalire olemera ngati wonenerera nkhondo. Kenako ikuwonetsa za Youtube za kanema, zomwe zimawoneka ngati zokhudzana ndi kugonana, nyimbo, chiwawa, nkhonya, ndi kugwirana manja.
Mukawonera kanema wokha, imayamba kunena kuti nkhondo ilibe chochita ndi zomwe zimafalitsa, monga zopangira zida zankhondo. Koma kanema wotsalawo samawonetsa chilichonse chankhondo. Sipangakhalepo munthu m'modzi mwa zida zonse zomwe zimagulidwa ndikugulitsidwa zomwe zikuwonetsedwa kapena kutchulidwa. M'malo mwake, tapatsidwa mtundu wa Mphindi Yaikulu or Nkhandwe ya Wall Street komwe mbiri yachuma ikugulitsa zida m'malo mobwezeretsa ngongole zanyumba.
Mwina zochitika zoyambirira za kanema zimakhudza kwakanthawi chinyengo chodzipindulira pankhondo ndikudzikana ngakhale kuti munthuyo samathandizira nkhondo. Koma zojambulazi zikuwonetsanso gulu lomwe njira yokhayo yomwe wachinyamata angakhalire ndi moyo wabwino ndikugulitsa zida. Ndi nkhani yodziwika bwino kuchokera ku nkhani zakugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo monga njira yokhayo yopezera chuma chambiri. Koma apa mankhwalawa ndi zida, ndipo osokoneza ndi boma la US.
Ndizowona kuti nkhani (yochokera pachowonadi) yojambulidwa mufilimuyi imathera pamavuto. Koma sitinawonepo konse lingaliro loti anthu akumenyera anthu kuti aphe anthu ambiri angavulaze aliyense, monganso momwe makanema apa Wall Street amakudziwitsani kwa anthu omwe alibe pokhala ndi zinyengo za Wall Street. Phunziro lamakhalidwe a Agalu Ankhondo zikuwoneka kuti: Tsatirani njira zoyenera zauboma, gulani zida zakufa kuchokera kumayiko ovomerezeka, khalani oyenera komanso osasunthika pazochita zakupha, mudzakhala olemera pang'ono pokha kuposa ma clown awa.
Phunziro lazikhalidwe, makamaka zotsatsa, zikuwoneka kuti nthabwala zonena zothandiza pa nkhondo ndizoseketsa, zosangalatsa komanso zovuta. Kusewera nthabwala za nkhanza kwa anthu omwe sianthu sikungakhale kovomerezeka pakukweza kwamakanema. Makampani opha anthu ambiri tsopano akhala phokoso m'nthawi yamanyazi. Nthabwala zonse pankhaniyi zimatchulidwa kuti ndizosangalatsa, koma choti ndi nkhani yoyenera kusewera nthabwala imanena zomwe zikuvutitsa chikhalidwe chathu.