Odysseus Akanagwirira Ntchito Lockheed Martin

Ndi David Swanson, Tiyeni Tiyesere Demokarase, July 17, 2022

Ine ndi mwana wanga wamwamuna wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu tangowerenga buku lachidule la The Odyssey. Mwachikhalidwe imaganiziridwa ngati nkhani ya ngwazi yomwe ikupita kudutsa zilombo zosiyanasiyana. Komabe, ndi nkhani ya chilombo chomwe chikudutsa ngwazi zosiyanasiyana.

Odysseus, ndithudi, nkhaniyi isanachitike, adasiya banja lake kuti akamenyane ndi kupha gulu la anthu omwe sankawadziwa pamodzi ndi gulu la anthu omwe sankawadziwa chifukwa gulu la anthu ena adapikisana nawo. mkazi ngati katundu ndipo adapanga mgwirizano wankhondo kuti alowe nawo mugulu lakupha anthu ambiri ngati wina atabera katunduyo.

Odysseus anali ndi lingaliro lodziwika bwino lobisa gulu la akupha mkati mwa kavalo wamatabwa ndikulitcha kuti mphatso, kenako kudumpha kuchokera pahatchi usiku ndikupha mabanja ogona. Izi zidadabwitsa kwambiri gawo la diplomacy kwa millennia. Pamene George Washington adawoloka mtsinje usiku wa Khrisimasi kuti aphe gulu la anthu osauka oledzera m'malaya awo ausiku, chinthu chokhacho chomwe chidasowa chinali kavalo wamatabwa, ngakhale kuti kubwerezanso kwazaka mazana ambiri kumamveka ngati kavalo. kudutsa.

Atachoka ku ulemerero wonse wa Troy, Odysseus ndi amuna omwe amawalamulira adafika ku Ismarus. M’malo mopereka moni, iye anaganiza kuti chinthu chabwino koposa kuchita chikakhala kuyesa kupha, kuwononga, ndi kutenga malowo. Odysseus adapha gulu la amuna ake ndipo adanyamuka mwachangu momwe angathere. A, ulemerero.

Kenako Odysseus ndi asilikali ake anadutsa dziko la Cyclopes ndipo anaganiza kuti asadutse koma kuyesa kuyambitsa mavuto. Anabweretsa mankhwala ogona omwe ankagwiritsa ntchito pa Cyclops ndipo kenako anamuchititsa khungu ndi mkondo m'diso. Odysseus adadya gulu la amuna ake ndipo adafuulanso za ntchito zake zaulemerero kotero kuti mulungu wa nyanja ndi atate wa Cyclops ovulala adamva ndipo adalumbira kuti adzabweretsa kuzunzika kwa gehena kwa Odysseus kapena aliyense amene adamuthandiza.

Odysseus ndiye anali ndi vuto lofika kunyumba kotero kuti anakafika ku dziko la mulungu wa dzuŵa, kumene amuna ake anaba katundu waumulungu, zomwe zinapangitsa Zeus kuwononga ngalawa yawo. Pomaliza, Odysseus adapha gulu lake lonse ndipo ndiye yekhayo amene adapulumuka.

Anapeza gulu lonse la anthu owolowa manja kuti apite naye kunyumba, koma pobwerera kuchokera ku Ithaca, Poseidon anatembenuza ngalawa yawo ku miyala ndi kuimiza, kuwapha onse chifukwa chothandiza Odysseus, yemwe anapitiriza mosangalala mosadziwa koma akukonza chiwembu. chiwawa chochuluka.

Odysseus adadabwitsa gulu la anthu achiwembu achiwembu a mkazi wake omwe akukhala mnyumba mwake kwa nthawi yayitali. Iwo adadzipereka kuti apepese komanso kubwezera zomwe adawononga kapena kuwononga - mfundo yomwe imayiwalika mosavuta monga momwe anthu ambiri amafunira kuti akhazikitse ndikukhazikitsa mtendere zomwe zidachitika Nkhondo ya Gulf kapena nkhondo ya Afghanistan isanachitike.

Odysseus, monga tate wa miyambo yayitali yomwe yatipangitsa ife kukana kuperekedwa kwa Spain kuti tiphulike. Maine kufufuzidwa kukana zopempha zamtendere ku Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, ndi zina zotero, adakana pempho la omwe akupikisana nawo. Iye anali atawatsekera kale m’chipinda chimene iye yekha ndi anzake anali ndi zida, kuphatikizapo thandizo la Mulungu. Anapha abwenzi. Ndi milungu kumbali yake.

Pambuyo pa chochitika chokhetsa magazi chimenecho, mabanja a zigawenga zophedwawo asanabwere kudzabwezera, mulungu wamkazi analodza zamatsenga za chikhululukiro ndi mtendere pa Ithaca. Pomwe mwana wanga adafunsa nthawi yomweyo, "Chifukwa chiyani sanachite izi pachiyambi?"

Nthawi zambiri munthu ayenera kuyankha funso lamtunduwu lero potengera kuchuluka kwa masheya a Raytheon. Ngati pali mgwirizano wa Minsk 3 sichidzakhala chosiyana kwambiri ndi Minsk 2. Koma Odysseus sanali mu malipiro a Military Industrial Complex. Iye ankangodziwa chilichonse koma kupha. Zinali zimenezo kapena ayi. Panalibe njira zina. Mamiliyoni a zosankha zina, ndithudi, anayenera kupeŵedwa mosamala, koma mmodzi anachita zimenezo mwa kunamizira kuti panalibe njira zina, monga momwe anthu mamiliyoni ambiri lerolino amene samalipidwa kakobiri kaamba ka izo amalingalira m’malo mwa Russian kapena Chiyukireniya. boma.

Ku Charlottesville, Virginia, adagwetsa zipilala zinayi zonyansa kwambiri mtawuniyi, zonse zikulemekeza nkhondo, zonse zidatengedwa chifukwa cha tsankho. Koma chiboliboli cha Homer ku yunivesite ya Virginia chikuyimilirabe, kulemekeza zaluso, chikhalidwe, ndi zaka masauzande ambiri akupha anthu ambiri. Palibe chipilala chimodzi chomwe chakwera kulemekeza mtendere, chilungamo, kusachita zachiwawa, zokambirana, maphunziro, luso, ubwenzi, kusunga chilengedwe, kapena chirichonse choyenera kukhumba.