Nyumba ya Senate yaku US yada nkhawa kwambiri kuti isalole kuti mtendere ndi Iran ukhazikike mosavuta, ngakhale nkhondo yatsopano ku Iraq ndi Syria ikupitilira popanda kunamizira kuti Congress "ivomereza" kapena kukana.
Nyumba zonse ziwiri za Congress zili ndi chidwi chodutsa mu TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) mwachangu. Njira yofulumira yothamangitsira zinthu kudzera ku Congress kapena kuzipanga popanda Congress zikuwoneka kuti zasungidwa kumalingaliro omwe boma lathu limapanga.
Bwanji ngati, m'malo mwake, njira yofulumira itakhazikitsidwa pazinthu zomwe zimakondedwa ndi anthu ambiri, kapena zofunikila kuti dziko lapansi lizikhalamo m'tsogolo, koma zomwe zimatsutsana ndi opereka ndalama za kampeni, okopa alendo, ndi mabungwe ofalitsa nkhani?
Inde, ndikanakonda kukhala ndi zisankho zoyera komanso Congress yoyankha poyera ngati sitingakhale ndi zoyeserera zapagulu komanso demokalase yolunjika. Koma ngati palibe ma utopias oterowo, bwanji osagwiritsa ntchito njira zotsutsana ndi demokalase kuti tidutse zinthu zomwe anthu amafuna m'malo mochita ziwonetsero ngati titazidziwa? Bwanji osazembetsa wina kudutsa plutocrats m'malo mozembetsa wina kudutsa anthu? Bwanji osapita ndi mavoti a mawu, opanda mkangano, komanso opanda nthawi yowerengera tsatanetsatane wa njira zochepetsera nkhondo ndi kuteteza dziko lapansi m'malo mochita mapangano "zamalonda" omwe amapatsa mphamvu maloya amakampani kuti athetse malamulo?
Posachedwa ndidawerenga izi mukalata yochokera kwa woyimira mtendere Michael Nagler: "Tsiku lina ndidapita kukayesa galimoto yamagetsi. Titadutsa muukadaulo wina ndikudikirira kuwala kofiyira wogulitsa akubwera nane anati, 'Ndiye mutani?' Izi zikubwera, ndinaganiza kuti: 'Ndimagwira ntchito ndi bungwe lopanda phindu; (gulp, ndi) tikulimbikitsa kusachita zachiwawa.' Atapuma mosinkhasinkha anati mwakachetechete, ‘Zikomo.’”
Nthaŵi zambiri ndakhala ndi chokumana nacho chofananacho, koma mowonjezereka ndimayankha mwachidwi kuti: “Ndikuyesetsa kuthetsa nkhondo.” Ndi zomwe ndidayankha posachedwa mu shopu ya masangweji kuno ku Charlottesville yotchedwa Baggby's. Sindinapeze “zikomo,” koma ndinali ndi funso ngati ndinamudziwa Jack Kidd. Ndinali ndisanamvepo za Jack Kidd, koma Jack Kidd, mkulu wa asilikali a Air Force omwe anapuma pantchito yemwe ankakhala ku Charlottesville, anali ku Baggby m'mbuyomu akutsutsana ndi kufunikira kothetsa nkhondo ndi mkulu wina wamkulu yemwe ankakonda kuti nkhondo ndi zigawenga zipitirire. .
Chifukwa chake, ndidawerenga buku la Kidd, Pewani Nkhondo: Njira Yatsopano Yaku America. Inde, ndikuganiza kuti tikufunikira njira yapadziko lapansi, osati ya United States, ngati tikufuna kuthetsa nkhondo. Kidd, yemwe anamwalira mu 2013, ankakhulupirira mu 2000, pamene bukuli linasindikizidwa, kuti United States yokha ndi yomwe ingatsogolere njira yopita ku mtendere, kuti United States nthawi zonse imatanthauza bwino, kuti nkhondo ingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuthetsa nkhondo, ndi mitundu yonse. zinthu zomwe sindingathe kuzitenga mozama. Ndipo komabe, pokhulupirira zonse zomwe adakhulupirirabe, "atadzuka" kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, monga momwe akufotokozera, Kidd adazindikira misala yolephera kugwira ntchito yothetsa nkhondo.
Uyu anali mwamuna amene anaphulitsa mabomba mizinda ya Germany m’Nkhondo Yadziko II; amene amakhulupirira kuti anapulumuka ntchito yovuta kwambiri yomwe adawombera ndege zambiri za Germany, chifukwa adapemphera kwa Mulungu yemwe adayankha pemphero lake; amene adawulutsa mapulani achinsinsi anyukiliya kuchokera ku Washington kupita ku Korea pankhondo yaku Korea; yemwe "anatumikira" ngati Mtsogoleri wa nthambi ya Joint War Plans ndikugwira ntchito zokonzekera nkhondo yachitatu yapadziko lonse; omwe adakhulupirira kuukira kwa Gulf of Tonkin; amene anamvera malamulo oyendetsa ndege yake mwadala kudutsa mitambo ya nyukiliya mphindi pambuyo poyesa mabomba - monga kuyesa kwaumunthu; ndi pa. . . ndi pa! Ndipo komabe Jack Kidd adalinganiza akuluakulu ankhondo aku US ndi Soviet opuma pantchito kuti azigwira ntchito yochotsa zida pachimake cha Cold War.
Buku la Kidd lili ndi malingaliro ambiri otichotsa kunkhondo. Chimodzi mwa izo ndikuthamangitsa mapangano ochotsera zida. Kwa lingaliro limenelo lokha, bukhu lake ndiloyenera kuliwerenga. Ndikoyeneranso kupereka kwa omenyera nkhondo omwe ali ovuta kwambiri ngati njira yochepetsera. Ndikoyeneranso kufunsa, ndikuganiza, chifukwa chiyani Charlottesville alibe chikumbutso kwa General wakaleyu yemwe adakonza dongosolo lamtendere pomwe ali ndi ochuluka kwa iwo omwe kungochita kwawo kunali kutaya Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni yaku US.
