Ndi David Swanson, November 12, 2020
Buku latsopano labwino kwambiri la Chris Lombardi limatchedwa kuti Sindikuyendanso: Otsutsa, Otsutsa, ndi Otsutsa Nkhondo za America. Ndi mbiri yabwino kwambiri yankhondo zaku US, ndipo onse akuwathandizira komanso kuwatsutsa, akuyang'ana kwambiri asitikali ndi omenyera nkhondo, kuyambira 1754 mpaka pano.
Mphamvu yayikulu kwambiri ya bukuli ndikuzama kwake mwatsatanetsatane, nkhani zomwe sizimamveka kawirikawiri za ochirikiza nkhondo, otsutsa, oyimba mluzu, ochita ziwonetsero, ndi zovuta zonse zomwe zimagwira anthu ambiri m'magulu angapo. Pali chinthu chokhumudwitsa kwa ine, chifukwa munthu amadana ndi kuwerenga za mibadwomibadwo ikukula imakhulupirira kuti nkhondo ndi yabwino komanso yabwino, ndiyeno kuphunzira kuti si njira yovuta. Koma palinso njira yabwino yodziwikiratu kwazaka zambiri, kuzindikira komwe kukukulirakulira kuti nkhondo si yaulemerero - ngati si nzeru zomwe zimakana nkhondo zonse, lingaliro lakuti nkhondo iyenera kukhala yolungamitsidwa mwanjira ina yodabwitsa.
Panthawi ya zigawenga za ku United States, asilikali ena ananyadira kwambiri kuti akuluakulu awo ankakonda maganizo akuti akumenyera ufulu wa nzika zofanana. Iwo ankafuna ufulu umenewo ngakhale monga asilikali, ndipo anaukira ndi kuika pachiswe kuphedwa kuti awatenge. Kusagwirizanaku sikunathepo pakati pa zonena kuti asilikali akupha pofuna ufulu ndi zonena kuti asilikali alibe ufulu.
Chikalata cha Bill of Rights chinali ndi ufulu wokana kulowa usilikali chifukwa cha zimene amakhulupirira. Mtundu womaliza sunatero, ndipo sunawonjezedwe ku Constitution. Koma zakula monga ufulu kumlingo wakutiwakuti. Munthu atha kupeza zinthu zabwino zotere pamodzi ndi zoyipa monga chitukuko cha njira zokopa, ndikuphatikizana ngati kutsika ndikuyenda kwa milingo yowunika.
Omenyera nkhondo adayambitsa mabungwe oyamba amtendere koyambirira kwa zaka za 19th, ndipo akhala gawo lalikulu lakulimbikitsa mtendere kuyambira pamenepo. Veterans For Peace, bungwe lomwe lili m'mitu yotsatira ya bukhuli, sabata ino lakhala likuyesera kubwezeretsa Tsiku la Armistice patchuthi chomwe ambiri amachitcha kuti Veterans Day.
Omenyera nkhondo omwe amatsutsa nkhondo amakhala pafupifupi anthu omwe malingaliro awo pankhondo adasintha. Koma anthu osawerengeka apita kunkhondo ndi usilikali pamene akunena kuti amatsutsa kale. Ndipo magulu ankhondo osawerengeka amatsutsana ndi magawo osiyanasiyana. Buku la Lombardi limaphatikizapo mitundu yonse ya maakaunti enieni, kuchokera ku Ulysses Grant kupita kunkhondo ku Mexico akukhulupirira kuti zinali zachiwerewere komanso zachiwembu, kwa omwe atenga nawo gawo posachedwa pankhondo zomwe sizikugwirizana ndi zomwe akuchita.
Chofala kwambiri kuposa kukana kutumizidwa kwakhala kuthawa. Zocheperapo kuposa zomwezo, koma modabwitsa pafupipafupi, akhala akunyamuka kukalowa mbali ina - china chake chomwe chikuwoneka pankhondo zaku Mexico, Philippines, ndi kwina. Chofala kwambiri kuposa kukana kumvera kulikonse kwakhala kunena pambuyo pake. M'bukuli timapezamo nkhani za asitikali ankhondo aku US komanso omenyera nkhondo m'zaka mazana ambiri akulankhula kudzera m'makalata komanso pazochitika zapagulu. Tikuwona, mwachitsanzo, kuti makalata ochokera kwa asitikali aku US ku Russia adathandizira kuthetsa kupanga nkhondo ku US komweko mu 1919-1920.
Timapezanso pano mbiri yaukadaulo wotsutsana ndi nkhondo ndi zolemba zochokera kuzomwe adakumana nazo pambuyo pa nkhondo zosiyanasiyana - koma zambiri (kapena kuwunika pang'ono) kutsatira nkhondo zina kuposa zina. Makamaka, WWII ikuwoneka kuti idakali kumbuyo kwa nkhondo zina zolimbana ndi nkhondo ndi mabuku ndi mafilimu.
Ndi mitu yamtsogolo ya bukhuli, tikufika ku nkhani za anthu ambiri odziwika bwino masiku ano komanso zaka zaposachedwa mugulu lamtendere. Komabe, ngakhale pano timaphunzira zatsopano za anzathu ndi anzathu. Ndipo timawerenga za njira zomwe ziyenera kuyesedwanso, monga kugwetsa ndege zankhondo za 1968 pamabwalo ankhondo aku US.
Lombardi amatchera khutu m'masamba awa momwe asitikali amasinthira malingaliro awo. Nthawi zambiri gawo lofunikira kwambiri ndi munthu amene amawapatsa buku loyenera. Bukuli likhoza kukhala ndi gawo lomwelo lokha.
Sindikuyendanso zimatipatsanso mbiri yakale yamagulu amtendere ndi zina, monga ufulu wachibadwidwe. Gulu lamtendere lidasokoneza kwambiri ku United States pomwe Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni idamangidwa pazifukwa zabwino (ngakhale kuti dziko lonse lapansi linathetsa ukapolo popanda nkhondo yotere - dziko lonse lapansi silinawerengere malingaliro a US, kapena mu izi. buku pankhaniyi). Koma kukana kwa WWII kunalimbikitsa kwambiri gulu la Civil Rights.
Ngati ndili ndi nkhawa ndi akaunti yolembedwa bwino ngati imeneyi, ndikuti powerenga masamba oyambilira ndi nkhani ya omwe adazunzidwa pankhondo zambiri, pomwe masamba omalizawo amakhala nkhani za omwe adazunzidwa kwambiri pankhondo. Kuyambira Nkhondo Yadziko II kupita m’tsogolo, anthu ambiri ovutika pankhondoyo akhala anthu wamba, osati asilikali. Chifukwa chake, ili ndi buku lomwe limasankha kukhala la asitikali ndipo zimangochitika monga momwe zimabwerera m'mbuyomu kuti likhale buku lonena za kuwonongeka kwankhondo konse.
