Ndi James Hornberger, Media ndi Chikumbumtima.
Tchaka cha 1989 chinachititsa mantha ku bungwe la chitetezo cha dziko la United States. Soviet Union mwadzidzidzi mwadzidzidzi anagwetsa Khoma la Berlin, anachotsa asilikali a Soviet ku East Germany ndi kum'mawa kwa Ulaya, ataphwanya Pangano la Warsaw, ataphwanya Ufumu wa Soviet, ndipo unilaterally anathetsa Cold War.
Pentagon, CIA, ndi NSA sanayembekezere kuti chinthu choterocho chichitike. Cold War inkayenera kupitilira kwamuyaya. Anthu a chikomyunizimu ankadziwika kuti ndi helo-lopambana pa kugonjetsedwa kwa dziko lonse lapansi, ndi chiwembu chomwe chinakhazikitsidwa ku Moscow.
Kwa miyezi, ngakhale zaka zitatha Bwalo la Berlin linagwera pansi, panali mapiko abwino omwe anali akuchenjeza kuti zonsezo zinali zankhanza kwambiri pa chikominisi, chomwe chinakonzedwa kuti chiwononge dziko la America. Mwamsanga pamene izo zinachitika, a communist amakhoza kukantha. Pambuyo pake, monga membala aliyense wa gulu loyang'anira ndi chitetezo cha dziko lonse adanena mu Cold War, wina sangathe kukhulupirira chikominisi.
Koma Pentagon, CIA, ndi NSA zinangodabwa kwambiri ndi kutha kwa Cold War. Iwo ankachitanso mantha. Iwo ankadziwa kuti kukhala kwawo komweko kunachokera ku Cold War ndi zomwe zimatchedwa mantha a chikominisi. Pokhala opanda Cold War ndipo palibe chiwembu cha chikomyunizimu padziko lonse cha Moscow, anthu amafunsa kuti: N'chifukwa chiyani tikufunikirabe dziko la chitetezo?
Kumbukirani, chifukwa chake, chifukwa chake boma la America linakhazikitsidwa kuchokera ku boma lokhazikika ku dziko la chitetezo pambuyo pa nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Akuluakulu a ku America adanena kuti kutembenuka kunali kofunikira pofuna kuteteza America ku Soviet Union, Red China, ndi Communism. Cold Warangamsanga atatha ndipo chikominisi chinagonjetsedwa, akuluakulu a ku United States adanena, anthu a ku America akanatha kubwezeretsa boma lawo laling'ono.
Koma zowonadi palibe amene adaganizapo kuti zingachitike. Aliyense ankakhulupirira kuti moyo wa chitetezo cha dziko wakhala gawo lachikhalire la anthu a ku America. Gulu lankhondo lomwe likukulirakulirabe. A CIA akupha anthu komanso ma coup amisiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kuyanjana ndi maboma opondereza kwambiri. Ntchito zosintha machitidwe. Zowukira. Nkhondo zakunja. Njira zoyang'anira mobisa. Imfa ndi chiwonongeko. Zonse zimawoneka kuti ndizofunikira, chimodzi mwazinthu zomvetsa chisoni zomwe zimachitika m'moyo.
Kenaka a Russia adachita zosayembekezereka: Anathetsa unilaterally Cold War. Palibe zokambirana. Palibe mgwirizano. Iwo anangomaliza chiwonongekocho pamapeto awo.
Mwadzidzidzi, a ku America anayamba kukamba za "gawo la mtendere," zomwe n'zosadabwitsa kuti zimagwirizana ndi kuchepa kwakukulu kwa ndalama zamagulu ndi zanzeru. Ngakhale kuti anthu okhawo omwe ali ndi libertarian akukambirana zokweza - mwachitsanzo, bwanji ife sitingakhale ndi boma laling'ono lobwezera boma? - bungwe la chitetezo cha dziko lonse linadziŵa kuti ena adzayamba kufunsa funsoli.
Iwo anali kumasuka kunja uko mu masiku amenewo. Iwo anali kunena zinthu monga: Ife tikhozabe kukhala ofunikira ndi othandizira. Titha kuthandizira kupambana nkhondo ya mankhwala. Titha kulimbikitsa malonda a ku America kunja. Titha kukhala mphamvu ya mtendere ndi mtendere padziko lapansi. Tikhoza kuganizira za kusintha kwa boma.
Ndi pamene iwo anapita ku Middle East ndipo anayamba kuseka ma nyanga ndi imfa ndi chiwonongeko. Pamene anthu adabwezera, adasewera anthu osalakwa: "Takhala tikuda chifukwa cha kudana ndi ufulu wathu ndi makhalidwe athu, osati chifukwa chakuti takhala tikuphwanya mapulaneti popha anthu mazana ambiri, kuphatikizapo ana, ku Middle East."
Umo ndi momwe ife tinapezera "nkhondo yauchigawenga," ndipo ma judicially anathandiza mphamvu zowonongeka monga pulezidenti, Pentagon, CIA, ndi NSA kupha Amereka kapena kuzungulira, kuwatsekera m'ndende, ndi kuwazunza, Kupititsa patsogolo ndondomeko yowonetsera chinsinsi, zonse popanda chifukwa chokhala ndi malamulo ndi mayesero pamilandu.
Koma nthawi zonse kumbuyo kwa nkhondo yauchigawenga kunali kotheka kubwezeretsanso Cold War ku makompyuta, omwe angapatse bungwe la chitetezo cha dziko lapansi awiri akuluakulu akuluakulu omwe angapangitse kuti likhalepobe ndi ndalama zomwe zikukula, mphamvu, ndi mphamvu: uchigawenga ndi chikominisi (omwe, mwachisawawa, anali adani awiri akuluakulu omwe Hitler anali atapeza ndime ya Act Enabling Act, yomwe inamupatsa mphamvu zodabwitsa).
Ndipo tsopano akuzipangitsa kuti ziwoneke ngati zigawenga zonse (zomwe zagonjetsedwa ndi Asilamu) ndi a Communist omwe akubwera kudzatipeza. Iitaneni Cold War II, ndi nkhondo yauchigawenga yoponyedwa mu kusakaniza.
Chitsanzo chabwino: Korea, kumene amuna ena a ku America a 50,000, ambiri mwa iwo anali atatumizidwa (mwachitsanzo, akapolo), adatumizidwa ku imfa yawo mwachisawawa komanso chosagwirizana ndi malamulo, popanda chifukwa chabwino, monga ena a 58,000 kapena amuna Ammerika adzatumizidwa ku imfa yawo mu nkhondo ina yosagwirizana ndi malamulo komanso yandale ku Vietnam popanda chifukwa chabwino.
Achikominisi sakanati abwere kudzatipeza ife. Panalibe gulu la chikomyunizimu padziko lonse lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ku Moscow lomwe lidzagonjetsa dziko lapansi. Zonsezi zinali balderdash, osati njira yowonjezera a ku America kuti aziwopsyeza nthawi zonse kuti apitirize kuthandizira kusintha kwa boma ku boma la chitetezo cha dziko.
Pakati pa nkhondo ya Vietnam, adatiuza kuti ngati Vietnam idafika kwa chikominisi, maulamulirowa adzapitirizabe kugwa pansi pa United States kuti athe kumapeto kwa ulamuliro wa chikomyunizimu. Icho chinali bodza kuyambira pachiyambi pomwe.
Panthawi ya Cold War, adatiuza kuti Cuba inali yoopsa kwambiri ku chitetezo cha dziko. Iwo adanena kuti chilumbachi chinali chigamba cha chikominisi chakukwera pa mmero wa America kuchoka ku 90 mailosi okha. Iwo anabweretsa dzikoli pamphepete mwa nkhondo zankhondo za nyukiliya, zokhulupilika za America kuti zida za Soviet zinayikidwa ku Cuba kotero kuti a Communist angayambe nkhondo ya nyukiliya ndi United States.
Icho chinali bodza lonse. Cuba sanaukire United States kapena kuopseza kuti achite zimenezo. Iwo sanayesere kupha Amereka. Sizinayambitse zochita zauchigawenga kapena chiwonongeko ku United States.
M'malo mwake, anali malo a chitetezo cha dziko la US omwe anachita zinthu zonse ku Cuba. Inali nthawi zonse boma la United States lomwe linali lolimbana ndi Cuba. Ndicho chimene Nyanja ya Nkhumba inali nayo. Ndi chimene Operation Northwoods chinali chonse. Ndicho chimene Crisis Crustical Missile inali pafupi.
Mipanduko ya Soviet inalembedwa ku Cuba chifukwa chimodzi ndi chifukwa chimodzi chokha: chifukwa cha North Korea masiku ano amafuna zida za nyukiliya: kulepheretsa chiwawa cha US ngati nkhondo ina ya Cuba chifukwa cha kusintha kwa boma.
Ndizo zomwe zikuchitika ku Korea lero. Popeza sitingalekerere ku Cold War ndikuchoka ku Korea kwa anthu a ku Koreya, bungwe la chitetezo cha dziko la United States silinayambe kuthawa kwa zaka makumi anayi ndi kusintha kwa boma ku North Korea.
North Korea si chopusa. Iwo amadziwa kuti njira yotsutsira nkhanza za US ndi zida za nyukiliya, monga Cuba idabwerera bwino mu 1962. Ndicho chifukwa chake wakhala akuyesetsa kuti apeze - osati kuyamba nkhondo koma kulepheretsa boma la US kuti lichite zomwe zachita ku Iran, Guatemala, Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba, Chili, Indonesia, Congo, Libya, Syria, ndi ena. Ndicho chifukwa chake bungwe la chitetezo cha dziko la US likufuna kuimitsa ndondomeko ya bomba la nyukiliya ku North Korea - kuti athetse kusintha kwa boma ku North Korea ndi nkhondo yachizolowezi osati nkhondo ya nyukiliya.
Kulakwitsa kwakukulu mu mbiriyakale ya US kunali pamene anthu Achimereka analola kutembenuka kwa boma lawo kuchokera ku boma lokhazikika-boma ku dziko la chitetezo. Achimereka ayenera kukhala ndi mfundo zawo zoyambirira. Kwa zaka zambiri, Achimerika ndi dziko lapansi adalipira mtengo waukulu wa kulakwitsa kumeneko. Ngati zinthu zikupitirizabe kuyenda kunja kwa Korea, mtengo ukhoza kutha msinkhu, osati kwa anthu a ku Korea ndi asilikali a US omwe amafera ponseponse komanso kwa zikwi zambiri za amuna ndi akazi a ku America omwe adzakonzekera kumenya nkhondo ina yapadziko lonse. Asia, osatchula okhomera msonkho ovuta ku America, omwe adzayembekezere kulipira imfa ndi chiwonongeko m'dzina la "kutiteteza" kuchokera kwa a Communist.
Jacob G. Hornberger ndi woyambitsa ndi pulezidenti wa The Future of Freedom Foundation.
