Ndi Winslow Myers
Madzulo a Khirisimasi mu 1914, asilikali a ku Germany ndi a ku Britain anatuluka m’ngalande zawo, n’kuseŵera mpira pamodzi, kupatsana mphatso za chakudya, ndi kuimba nawo nyimbo zoimbidwa. Pochita mantha, akuluakulu a mbali zonse ziwiri anachenjeza za upandu “wogwirizana ndi adani” ndi kuyambika kwa nkhondo kwa zaka zina zinayi, osati kungopha anthu mamiliyoni ambiri komanso kuyambitsa nkhondo yapadziko lonse yotsatira zaka makumi aŵiri pambuyo pake.
Kuchokera pamalingaliro otetezeka azaka zana zatsopano, asitikali omwe amayesa kulumikizana mwamtendere amawoneka ngati anzeru komanso owona, pomwe kuyang'ana m'mbuyo kukuwonetsa kuti akazembe awo adadwala matenda amisala omwe amatsatira mosasunthika mopitilira muyeso ngati mbendera, dziko ndi chigonjetso chonse.
Zaka zana pambuyo pake zikuwoneka kuti tingakonde kutengera nkhani ya Khrisimasi m'malo moigwiritsa ntchito ngati muyezo wa thanzi lathu lamalingaliro. Momwe timaganizira za nkhondo, ambiri aife timavutika mofanana ndi gulu la schizophrenia, lomwe limakhala loopsa kwambiri chifukwa cha kukhalapo kwa zida za nyukiliya pamodzi ndi zinyengo zakale zachipambano.
Opita patsogolo amakonda kusangalatsa okonda nkhondo odziwikiratu pakati pathu, andale omwe atayika popanda adani oti awadzudzule kapena akatswiri omwe amatengera malingaliro olakwika a polarizing. Koma tiyenera kuvomereza mtengo umene uli m’diso lathu, monga mmene tikuonera kachitsotso m’diso lawo. N’zomvetsa chisoni kuti anthu amene amayesetsa kuti amvetse misala ya nkhondoyi akhoza kulowa nawo m’nkhondo. Opereka ndemanga, ngakhale omasuka, akufuna kuwoneka anzeru komanso owona mwa kuwonetsa chidziwitso chawo chokwanira cha magulu onse omwe ali mu ndewu zovuta monga zomwe zikuchitika pakali pano ku Syria ndi Iraq, amachoka pachowonadi chofunikira kuti nkhondo yapachiweniweni ilipo. Zopanda nzeru ngati nkhondo yapakati pa Britain ndi Germany zaka zana zapitazo. Kuvomereza modekha zosankha zoipa, timasankha patali amene tingamuphulitse ndi amene tingamugulitse zida, ndikungosonkhezera chipwirikiti.
Kukambitsirana kolimba m’maganizo ponena za nkhondo iriyonse yapadziko lapansi kumafuna nkhani yozikidwa m’mikhalidwe yolongosoledwa ndi kutsatiridwa ndi mizati yaukhondo monga Yesu, Gandhi, ndi Martin Luther King Jr. Atsogoleri ameneŵa ankadziŵa kuti kupha sikuthetsa kanthu ndi kuti mzimu wobwezera umayambitsa kuzungulira komwe kumangotsogolera kukupha kopitilira.
“Okhulupirira zenizeni” adzayankha kuti malingaliro a Yesu ndi abwenzi onse ndi abwino koma tikakankhidwa tiyenera kukankhira kumbuyo. Lingaliro lofunikira ili, losatheka kutsutsa komanso kubwereza nthawi zonse ku mlandu wa Hitler, limakhala lokayikitsa kwambiri tikayang'ana karma yopenga yakuyankha kwa America ku 9-11-01. Atsogoleri athu adatulutsa inki ya squid yomwe idayesa kuyimitsa Saddam ndi al-Qaeda pomwe ambiri omwe adachita zachipongwe anali Saudi movutikira komanso palibe waku Iraq. Zambiri mwa zisokonezo zomwe zidachitika ku Iraq ndi Syria, limodzi ndi kutsika kwathu kowopsa mumisala yachizunzo, zidatuluka mu bodza loyambali, lopanda chilango.
Kuunika kwa mbiriyakale kumavumbula kuti nkhondo kaŵirikaŵiri zimasonyeza choyambitsa chimene chimakhudza mbali zonse—monga momwe tikudziŵira popenda mmene chochitika cha Hitler chinali chotulukapo chachindunji cha maulamuliro ogwirizana akulephera kusonyeza mzimu waulemu ku Germany yogonjetsedwa pamene Nkhondo Yadziko 1 inatha. 1918. Mapulani a Marshall anasonyeza kutsimikiza mtima kwa ogwirizana kusabwereza kulakwa komweko mu 1945, ndipo chotulukapo chake chinali bata ku Ulaya kumene kulipobe mpaka lero.
Pali zifukwa zomveka zimene timapatulira maholide pambali kuti tilemekeze Yesu ndi Mfumu, chifukwa tikudziwa kuti amuna ameneŵa anaphunzitsa njira yokhayo yothekera kupitirira mliri wankhondo—kumvetsetsa kuti ndife banja limodzi la anthu. Asilikali akale aja omwe anali m'ngalande anali olimba mtima kudzuka ku misala ya "dziko langa cholondola kapena cholakwika" ndipo anayesa kulumikizana modzidzimutsa wina ndi mnzake pamlingo wamtima. Ngati atolankhani ndi otanthauzira atha kukhalabe ndi mfundo zomwe zimanena kuti kuphana konse ndi misala, kuti kugulitsa zida zomwe zimachulukitsa kupha koteroko ndizochititsa manyazi padziko lonse lapansi, kuti nkhondo nthawi zonse imakhala kulephera kwa magulu onse kukangana kuti asalowe mumisala yamalingaliro a adani, mwinamwake nyengo yatsopano ikapangidwa—mpangidwe wabwino wa kutentha kwa dziko.
Winslow Myers, wophatikizidwa ndi Peacevoice, ndi wolemba "Living Beyond War: A Citizen's Guide." Amagwira ntchito pa Advisory Board of the War Preventive Initiative.
