Chiboliboli cha Sherman chimazika ngodya ina yakumwera kwa Central Park (ndi Columbus pa ndodo yozika ina):
Buku latsopano la Matthew Carr, Sherman's Ghosts: Asilikali, Anthu Wamba, ndi American Way of War, ikufotokozedwa ngati "mbiri yankhondo yolimbana ndi usilikali" - ndiko kuti, theka lake ndi mbiri ya machitidwe a General William Tecumseh Sherman pa nthawi ya nkhondo yapachiweniweni ya US, ndipo theka lake ndi kuyesa kufufuza zomwe Sherman anachita kupyolera mu nkhondo zazikulu za US mpaka. panopa, koma popanda chikondi kapena kulemekeza kupha kapena kutengeka ndi luso lamakono kapena machenjerero. Monga momwe mbiri yaukapolo imalembedwera masiku ano popanda chikondi chenicheni cha ukapolo, mbiri ya nkhondo iyenera kulembedwa, monga iyi, kuchokera kumalingaliro omwe apita patsogolo, ngakhale ngati ndondomeko ya boma ya US sikuchitika panobe.
Zomwe zimandikhudza kwambiri pa mbiriyi zimadalira mfundo yomwe imapita mosatchulidwa: South wakale lero amapereka chithandizo champhamvu kwambiri cha nkhondo za US. Kum'mwera kwa nthawi yayitali akufuna ndipo akufunabe kuchitidwa kumayiko akunja zomwe zidachitika - pang'ono - zidachitidwa ndi General Sherman.
Chimene chimandidetsa nkhaŵa kwambiri ponena za mmene mbiri imeneyi imasonyezedwera n’chakuti nkhanza zonse zimene Sherman anachitira Kum’mwera zinachitidwa kakhumi kwa Amwenye Achimereka ndi pambuyo pake. Carr akunena zabodza kuti zigawenga zowononga fuko zinali mbali ya nkhondo za Amwenye Achimereka Azungu asanafike, pomwe nkhondo yathunthu yowononga chiwonongeko chinali chilengedwe cha atsamunda. Carr amatsata ndende zozunzirako anthu ku Spain Cuba, osati US Kumwera chakumadzulo, ndipo akufotokoza nkhondo ya ku Philippines ngati nkhondo yoyamba ya US pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachibadwidwe, kutsatira msonkhano womwe nkhondo za Amwenye Achimereka sizimawerengera (osatchulapo kuitana Antietam). "tsiku limodzi lowopsa kwambiri pankhondo zonse zaku US" m'buku lomwe limaphatikizapo Hiroshima). Koma, ndikuganiza, kubwereza kwa chikhulupiriro chimenecho kuti mbadwa siziwerengera zomwe zimatifikitsa kuyang'ana pa ulendo wa Sherman kupita kunyanja, monga momwe Iraq, Afghanistan, ndi Gaza akuwonongedwa ndi zida zotchedwa mafuko a India. Sherman sanangowukira anthu wamba aku Georgia ndi a Carolinas paulendo wopita ku Goldsboro - malo pomwe asitikali aku US adzagwetsa mabomba a nyukiliya (omwe mwamwayi sanaphulike) - koma adapereka zifukwa zomveka bwino polemba, zomwe zidapangitsa. amayembekezeka kwa wamba akuukira azungu.
Chomwe chimandichititsa chidwi kwambiri ndichakuti Kumwera lero kutha kubwera kudzatsutsa nkhondo pozindikira omwe adazunzidwa ndi Sherman mwa omwe adazunzidwa ndi nkhondo zaku US ndi ntchito zawo. Kumpoto kunali ntchito ya Kummwera komwe asitikali aku US adafuna kuti apambane mitima ndi malingaliro, adakumana ndi ma IED munjira yamigodi yokwiriridwa m'misewu, adayamba kusiya kusiyanitsa omenyera nkhondo ndi omwe sali mgulu lankhondo, adayamba mokulira komanso mwalamulo (mu Lieber Code) ponena kuti nkhanza zazikulu zinalidi kukoma mtima chifukwa zidzathetsa nkhondoyo mofulumira, ndipo poyamba adadziteteza ku milandu ya nkhondo pogwiritsa ntchito chinenero chomwe (Kumpoto) chinapeza chotsimikizika koma ozunzidwa (kumwera) adapeza kuti anali onyansa komanso okhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu. . Sherman adagwiritsa ntchito zilango zophatikizika komanso zowukira zomwe timaganiza kuti ndi "zodabwitsa komanso zochititsa mantha." Zitsimikizo za Sherman kwa Meya wa Atlanta kuti amatanthawuza bwino ndipo anali olondola pazonse zomwe adachita adatsimikizira Kumpoto koma osati Kumwera. Mafotokozedwe a US onena za kuwonongedwa kwa Iraq amakopa anthu aku America komanso palibe wina.
Sherman ankakhulupirira kuti kunyansidwa kwake kungatembenuze Kumwera kumenyana ndi nkhondo. “Anthu zikwizikwi angawonongeke,” iye anatero, “koma tsopano azindikira kuti nkhondo imatanthauza china osati ulemerero wopanda pake ndi kudzitamandira. Ngati Mtendere udzakhalapo pa gawo lawo sadzayitananso Nkhondo. " Ena amaganiza kuti izi ndi momwe asitikali aku US akukhudzira mayiko akunja masiku ano. Koma kodi ma Iraqi ayamba kukhala mwamtendere? Kodi US South ikutsogolera njira yolimbikitsa mtendere? Pamene Sherman anaukira nyumba ndipo asilikali ake adagwiritsa ntchito "kufunsa mafunso" - nthawi zina mpaka imfa, nthawi zina kuyimitsa - ozunzidwawo anali anthu omwe adachoka kale padziko lapansi, koma anthu omwe titha "kuwazindikira" monga anthu. Kodi zimenezo mwina zingatithandize kukhala ndi maganizo ofanana ndi okhalamo amakono a Kumadzulo kwa Asia? Kumwera kwa US kumakhalabe kodzaza ndi zipilala za asitikali a Confederate. Kodi ndi Iraq yomwe imakondwerera masiku ano otsutsa zaka 150 kuchokera pano zomwe aliyense akufuna?
Pamene asitikali aku US amawotcha mizinda yaku Japan pansi anali mkonzi wa Atlanta Constitution amene, ogwidwa mawu ndi Carr, analemba kuti: “Ngati kuli koyenera, komabe, kuti mizinda ya Japani, mmodzimmodzi, atenthedwa kukhala phulusa lakuda, kuti tingathe, ndipo tidzatero.” Robert McNamara adati General Curtis LeMay adaganiza zomwe akuchita monga Sherman. Zomwe Sherman adanena kuti nkhondo ndi gehena chabe ndipo sizingakhale zotukuka zinalipo kale ndipo zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito kufotokozera nkhanza zazikulu, ngakhale kubisala mkati mwake choonadi chozama: kuti chisankho chotukuka chikanakhala. kuthetsa nkhondo.
United States tsopano ikupha ndi ma drones, kuphatikizapo kupha nzika zaku US, kuphatikizapo kupha ana, kuphatikizapo kupha ana a nzika za US. Mwina sichinawononge nzika zake mwanjira imeneyi kuyambira masiku a Sherman. Kodi ndi nthawi yoti mwina Kum'mwera kudzukenso, osati kubwezera koma kumvetsetsa, kuti agwirizane ndi ozunzidwa ndikunena kuti ayi kumenyananso ndi mabanja m'nyumba zawo, ndipo palibe chifukwa cha nkhondo yomwe yakhalapo?
