By Дэвид Суонсон (David Swanson)
Lachisanu ku Moscow ine ndi gulu lochokera ku United States tinakumana ndi pulezidenti wakale wa Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Anati ubale womwe ulipo pakati pa Washington ndi Moscow unamudetsa nkhawa. Koma, iye anati, n’zotheka kuyambiranso kukhulupirirana. Zinthu zinafika poipa kwambiri, koma tinayambanso kukhulupirirana. Ndipo kucheza ndi anthu kunathandiza kuti anthu ayambenso kukhulupirirana.”
Gorbachev ndi Purezidenti wa United States Ronald Reagan atakumana koyamba, atsogoleri a mayiko awiriwa anali asanakumane kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi. Mamembala a nduna ya Reagan adatsutsa msonkhanowo. Gorbachev adatuluka pamsonkhanowo ponena za Reagan "Iye si kabawi, ndi dinosaur." Reagan adatuluka akudzudzula Gorbachev ngati "chikominisi cholimba."
Koma anapitiriza kukumana. Pamapeto pake Reagan adafunsa zomwe Soviet angachite ngati US idaukiridwa ndi meteor kapena alendo. Amuna onsewa adati mayiko awo azithandizana. Komabe, Reagan anali wokonda Star Wars, zida za boondoggle ndi kanema - zomwe mwina adazisunga mosiyana m'maganizo mwake. Gorbachev ndi Reagan adakwaniritsa zida zambiri, osatchulapo zomwe Gorbachev adakwaniritsa kutha kwa ufumu wopanda chiwawa. Koma sakanatha kuchotsa zida zonse za nyukiliya, ndipo sakanatha kuchitapo kanthu pazifukwa zina, chifukwa Reagan sankafuna, ndipo boma la US silinalole.
Monga momwe nyengo ya chikhalidwe chamasiku ano, yopangidwa ndi omenyera ufulu wa anthu, atolankhani, akazembe a nzika, ndi mazana amphamvu zina, zitha kukhala zofunikira kwambiri pakupambana kwa zida zankhondo kuposa mawu enieni kapena umunthu mu chipinda chokambirana, chokhazikitsidwa. zokonda zankhondo ku Washington mwina zidatsimikiza zolephera kuposa china chilichonse.
“Pamene Soviet Union inatha,” anatero Gorbachev Lachisanu, “ambiri Kumadzulo anali kusisita manja awo pamodzi. Zimenezo zinali zachiwerewere. Dziko lathu linali pavuto lalikulu, ndipo linkawonedwa ngati mdani.”
Lachisanu, Gorbachev adasokoneza mphamvu zomwezo mbali zonse ziwiri. "Tonse tili ndi zida zankhondo," adatero. "Akufuna nkhondo, koma tikufuna mtendere." Kenako adagwira mawu Purezidenti wa US John F. Kennedy kunena kuti mtendere womwe tikufunikira si "Pax Americana yokakamizidwa padziko lonse lapansi ndi zida zankhondo zaku America." Gorbachev adafotokozeranso Reagan zomwezo zomwe nduna yakunja yaku Russia Sergey Lavrov ali. inanena monga momwe ananenera sabata ino kuti: “Nthaŵi ya ubale wapasukulu ndi wophunzira yatha kalekale.” Anthu aku Russia amafuna mtendere, koma amafuna mtendere pakati pa anthu ofanana, osati mtendere pansi pa chidendene cha munthu wina.
Gorbachev anayesa mtendere, ndipo kuti United States ibwezerenso mokwanira, n’zosakayikitsa kuti lero zida zankhondo zidzaletsedwa padziko lapansi. Chifukwa cha khama limenelo, Gorbachev sakulemekezedwa kudziko lakwawo monga padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo kukana kwa US kuvomera mtendere ndi ubwenzi kumadziwika ndikunong'oneza bondo ku United States - zomwe zimachititsa manyazi athu.
