Ndinkakhala ku Iraq nthawi ya bomba la 2003 Shock ndi Awe. Pa Epulo 1st, patadusa milungu pafupifupi iwiri, dokotala wina wa amzanga omwe adandilimbikitsa adandilimbikitsa kuti ndipite naye kuchipatala cha Al Kindi ku Baghdad, komwe amadziwa kuti atha kumuthandiza. Popeza sindinaphunzitsidwe zachipatala, ndinayesa kukhala wopanda pake, mabanja atathamangira kuchipatala atanyamula okondedwa ovulala. Nthawi inayake, mayi wina yemwe anali pafupi ndi ine anayamba kulira mosasamala. "Ndimuuza bwanji?" Adafunsa, mwachingerezi chosweka. "Ndikunena chiyani?" Anali a Jamela Abbas, azakhali a bambo wachinyamata, dzina lake Ali. M'mawa kwambiri pa Marichi 31st, ndege zankhondo zaku US zidawombera kunyumba yabanja lake, pomwe iye yekha wa banja lake lonse anali kunja. Jamela analira uku akusaka mawu oti amuuze Ali kuti madokotala opaleshoni yamudula manja onse owonongeka, pafupi ndi mapewa ake. Kuphatikiza apo, amamuuza kuti tsopano ndi m'bale wake yekha amene atsala.
Posakhalitsa ndidamva momwe zokambirana zidayendera. Zinandiwuza kuti Ali, wazaka 12, atazindikira kuti manja ake onse anali atawonongeka, adayankha kuti: "Kodi ndidzakhala chonchi?"
Kubwerera ku hotelo ya Al Fanar, ndinabisala m'chipinda changa. Misozi idakwiya. Ndikukumbukira ndikupeta pilo yanga ndikufunsa "Kodi tidzakhala chonchi?"
David Swanson akundikumbutsa kuti ndiyang'ana pa zinthu zabwino zomwe anthu ali nazo pokana nkhondo, posankha njira zina zomwe sitinawonetse mphamvu zathu kuti tidziwe.
Zaka zana zapitazo, Eugene Debs adachita kampeni osatopa ku US kuti akhazikitse gulu labwino, momwe chilungamo ndi kufanana zidzakhalire ndipo anthu wamba sadzatumizidwanso kukamenya nkhondo m'malo mwa anthu ankhanza. Kuyambira 1900 mpaka 1920 Debs idakhala purezidenti pachisankho chilichonse. Adawombera kampeni yake ya 1920 kuchokera mkati mwa ndende ya Atlanta komwe adaweruzidwa chifukwa choukira boma chifukwa cholankhula mwamphamvu motsutsana ndi US kulowa Nkhondo Yadziko lonse. Nkumanena kuti nkhondo m'mbiri yonse zakhala zikumenyedwa nthawi zonse pofuna kugonjetsa ndi zofunkha, Debs adasiyanitsa pakati pa gulu la ambuye lomwe likulengeza za nkhondo ndi olanda omwe akumenya nkhondo. M'mawu omwe adamangidwa, a Debs, omwe adamangidwa, adatinso: "Gulu la Master lidayenera kupeza ndipo silitaya chilichonse," anatero a Debs pomwe adamangidwa. "
A Debs amayembekeza kuti apangitse malingaliro pazosankhidwa zonse zaku America zomwe zimagwirizana ndi mabodza komanso kukana nkhondo. Zinali zovuta. Monga wolemba mbiri yakale wogwirira ntchito akulemba, "Popalibe ma wailesi ndi wailesi yakanema, komanso popanda chidziwitso chochepa chotsogola, zoyambitsa zachitatu, palibenso njira ina koma kuyenda mosasintha, mzinda umodzi kapena kuyimbira muluzu panthawi, pakuwotcha kapena kutentha. ozizira, pamaso pa unyinji waukulu kapena wocheperako, mu holo iliyonse, paki kapena poyimira masitima kumene anthu anasonkhana. ”
Sanatilepheretse kulowa mu US World War, koma Swanson akutiuza mu buku lake la 2011, Pamene World Outlawed War, idafika mfundo m'mbiri ya US, mu 1928, pomwe olemera adaganiza kuti zinali zodziwunikira okha- chidwi chofuna kukambirana ndi Kellogg-Briand Pact, chomwe cholinga chake chinali kuthana ndi nkhondo zamtsogolo, ndikuletsa maboma aku US kuti asafune nkhondo. Swanson amatilimbikitsa kuti tiziwerenga ndikumanga pang'ono munthawi yomwe nkhondo idakanidwa, komanso kukana kudziuza kuti nkhondo sizitha.
Zachidziwikire tiyenera kulumikizana ndi Swanson kuvomereza zovuta zazikulu zomwe timakumana nazo polimbikitsa kuti tipewe nkhondo, kapena kuti zithetse. Adalemba kuti: "Kuphatikiza pakulowetsedwa kudziko lachiwerewere kuti likulephera nkhondo, anthu ku United States akupikisana ndi zisankho zachinyengo, atolankhani, maphunziro osawoneka bwino, nkhani zabodza, zoseketsa zabodza, komanso makina ankhondo osagwirizana ndi zigawenga zomwe zabwera ngati zabodza. dongosolo lazachuma lofunika lomwe silingathetsedwe. ”Swanson akukana kusokonekera ndi zovuta zazikulu. Moyo wamakhalidwe abwino ndizovuta zowonjezereka, ndipo umakhala ndi zovuta zochepa, monga democrat m'magulu athu. Gawo la zovuta ndikuvomereza moona zovuta zake: kuchitira umboni zooneka bwino zomwe zimapangitsa kuti nkhondo zikhalepo munthawi yathu ndi malo, koma Swanson imakana kugawa maguluwa ngati zopinga zomwe zingagonjetsedwe.
Zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndinamvanso za m'bale wa Jamela Abbas, Ali. Tsopano anali ndi zaka 16, amakhala ku London komwe mtolankhani wa BBC adamufunsa. Ali anali waluso, wogwiritsa ntchito zala zakumanja kuti azigwiritsa ntchito burashi ya utoto. Komanso anali ataphunzira kudzidyetsa pogwiritsa ntchito mapazi ake. "Ali," anafunsa wofunsayo, "kodi ungakonde kukhala wotani ukadzakula?" Mwa Chingerezi chabwino, Ali adayankha, "Sindikudziwa. Koma ndikufuna kugwirira ntchito mtendere. ”David Swanson akutikumbutsa kuti sitikhala chonchi nthawi zonse. Tidzayenda munjira zomwe sitingathe kuziyerekeza, kudzera pakukonzekera kukwera pamwamba pazovuta zathu ndikukwaniritsa zolinga zathu padziko lapansi. Mwachidziwikire, nkhani ya Ali si nkhani yosangalatsa. Umunthu wataya kwambiri nkhondo ndipo zomwe zimawoneka kuti ndizosatheka pamtendere zili ngati zopweteketsa mtima kwambiri. Sitikudziwa njira zomwe tidzifufuzira momwe tingagwiritsire ntchito mphamvuyi kuposa izi. Timaphunzira kuchokera m'mbuyomu, timayang'ana pa cholinga chathu, timamva chisoni ndi zomwe tataya, ndipo tikuyembekeza kudabwitsidwa ndi zipatso zakugwira ntchito molimbika komanso mtima wofunitsitsa kuti anthu akhale ndi moyo, komanso kuthandizanso kupanga.
Ngati David akunena zoona, ngati anthu apulumuka, nkhondo iyenda njira zakufa ndi zakumanda, kugwirira ntchito kwa ana ndi ukapolo wokhala m'malo. Mwinanso tsiku lina, kupitiriza kukhala zovomerezeka, zidzathetsedwa. Kulimbana kwathu kwachilungamo, ku nkhondo yapang'onopang'ono ya olemera kuchokera kwa osauka, kutsutsana ndi kudzipereka kwa anthu kwa chilango chachikulu, motsutsana ndi wankhanza kumene kuopa nkhondo kwalimbitsa, kumadutsa. Kusuntha kwathu komwe kumagwira ntchito izi ndi zifukwa zina zambiri nthawi zambiri zimakhala zitsanzo zamtendere, zogwirizanitsa, kuthetsa kwayekha ndi kusamvana mu chiyanjano chopanga, kutha kwa nkhondo komwe kumapangidwa, zigamba, zowoneka kale.
Ku Chicago, komwe ndimakhala, pachilumba cha chilimwe chamnyengo yachilimwe kwakhala kukuchitika kumtunda kwa nyanjayi kwa nthawi yayitali. Amatchedwa "chiwonetsero cha Mlengalenga ndi Madzi," idakula m'zaka khumi zapitazo kukhala gulu lalikulu la asirikali ndi chochitika chachikulu. Asanawonetse chiwonetsero chachikulu, a Air Force amayeseza zoyeserera zankhondo ndipo timamva boom son sabata yonse yokonzekera. Mwambowu ungakope anthu mamiliyoni ambiri, komanso pakati pachithunzithunzi chausirikali aku US kuti awononge ndikuwopseza anthu ena omwe adawonetsedwa ngati gulu lamphamvu, lopambana.
M'chilimwe cha 2013, mawu adandifikira ku Afghanistan kuti mpweya ndi madzi zachitika koma kuti gulu lankhondo ku US silinali "chiwonetsero."
Mzanga Sean anali atapanga malo okonzera ziwonetsero zaka zingapo zapitazi pachiwonetsero chawokha, akulimbikitsa opita ku mwambowu kuti "asangalale ndi chiwonetserochi" chifukwa cha mtengo wake wankhanza kwa ndalama zamisonkho, m'miyoyo yadziko ndi bata dziko lonse ndi ufulu wandale otayika kunkhondo zachifumu. Kufunitsitsa kuzindikira chidwi cha anthu kuti achite chidwi ndi chidwi ndi luso lapamwamba lomwe liwonetsedwa, anali kukakamira ndegezi, komanso mokweza mawu momwe angathere, "Amawoneka bwino kwambiri pamene sakumenya!" chaka chomwe amayembekeza makamu ang'onoang'ono, atamva (ngakhale kuti anali otanganidwa kwambiri kusonkhanitsa mazana ake kuti akafufuze mwatsatanetsatane zomwe zinachitika chaka chino) kuti zochitika zingapo zankhondo zinali zitaletsa. "Otsitsa mazana awiri pambuyo pake, ndidazindikira kuti izi zidachitika chifukwa MILITARY ANABWERETSA!" Adandilembera patsikulo kuti: "Adalibe m'matenti okha omwe adandipeza ndikuyenda njinga kudzera kufunafuna malo olemba anthu ntchito. Mwadzidzidzi ndinamvetsetsa chifukwa chomwe sindinamvepo mawu opita ku sabata. "(Ndakhala ndikudandaula kwa Sean wazaka zakumvera za chaka chilichonse pomvetsera mafayilo awo pokonzekera chiwonetsero)" Tikusangalatsidwa kwambiri kukhala ndi chiphunzitso chabodza , Ndidatulutsa zoyeserera zanga ndikuyenda mwachisangalalo pamwambowu. Linali m'mawa wabwino, ndipo thambo la ku Chicago linali litachiritsidwa! ”
Kulephera kwathu sikuti nkhani yonse; kupambana kwathu kumabwera m'njira zazing'ono zomwe zimatidabwitsa. Kuyenda kwa mamiliyoni kukuwonetsa nkhondo, yomwe kuchedwa kwake kuchedwa, mphamvu zake zimachepetsedwa, ndi miyezi ingapo kapena zaka, ndi miyoyo ingati yomwe sinatayike, ndi miyendo ingati yomwe sinadulidwepo konse pamatupi a ana? Malingaliro ankhanza omwe opanga nkhondo asokonekera kwathunthu poti ateteze mapulani awo owopsa, angati okwiyitsawa, chifukwa cha kukana kwathu, kodi sadzakhalanso ndi malingaliro motere? Ndi zochuluka zingati m'zaka zikubwerazi zomwe ziwonetsero zathu zotsutsana ndi nkhondo zipitilizabe, ndi zopinga, kukula? Kodi umunthu wa anansi athu udzutsidwa motani, kuzindikira kwawo kudzakwezedwa pamlingo wanji, kwambiri momwe angadziphunzirire kukhala m'gululo pogawana nawo ntchito yotsutsa komanso kukana nkhondo? Zachidziwikire kuti sitingadziwe.
Zomwe tikudziwa ndikuti sitikhala motere nthawi zonse. Nkhondo ikhoza kutifafaniza kotheratu, ndipo ngati sichingasunthidwe, osaphatikizidwa, imawonetsa kuthekera konse kotereku. Koma Nkhondo Ya David Swanson Palibenso nthawi ina yomwe a Ali Abbases adziko lapansi awonetse kulimba mtima kwawo mdziko lomwe lathetsa nkhondo, pomwe palibe amene ayenera kufotokozera mavuto awo m'manja mwa mayiko omwe akuchita zipolowe, komwe timakondwerera kuwonongedwa nkhondo. Kupitilira izi zikuwoneka kuti nthawi yomwe anthu apeza cholinga chenicheni, tanthauzo, komanso dera loyitanitsa kuti athetse nkhondo limodzi, kukhala moyo wovuta womwe ukusintha nkhondo ndi mtendere, kupeza moyo wotsutsana, komanso ntchito zenizeni za anthu. M'malo molemekeza asitikali ankhondo ngati ngwazi, tiyeni tithokoze mwana yemwe alibe mkono ndi bomba la ku US yemwe ayenera kudziwa kuti zolephera zochepa ndi chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito, kuti zomwe zisintha kapena zomwe sizingatheke, ndi ndani, ngakhale zonse zomwe tachita kwa iye, akadali otsimikiza mtima kuyesetsa kukhazikitsa mtendere.
—Kathy Kelly
