Ukraine ndi Nthano ya Nkhondo

Wolemba Brad Wolf, World BEYOND War, February 26, 2022

Seputembara 21 yatha, pokumbukira chaka cha 40 cha Tsiku la Mtendere Padziko Lonse, pomwe asitikali aku US adachoka ku Afghanistan, bungwe lathu lamtendere la komweko lidatsindika kuti tikhala osasiya kunena kuti ayi kuyitanira nkhondo, kuti kuyitanira nkhondo kubwere. kachiwiri, ndipo posachedwa.

Sizinatenge nthawi.

Kukhazikitsidwa kwa asitikali aku America komanso chikhalidwe chathu chankhondo zapakhomo nthawi zonse ziyenera kukhala ndi munthu wamba, chifukwa, nkhondo. Ndalama zambiri ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito, zida zimatumizidwa mwachangu, anthu aphedwa, mizinda iwonongekeratu.

Tsopano, Ukraine ndiye gwero.

Ena amanjenjemera ndi kunena kuti nkhondo ili m’mafupa athu. Ngakhale chiwawa chingakhale gawo la DNA yathu, kupha mwadongosolo nkhondo zokonzekera si. Limenelo ndi khalidwe lophunziridwa. Maboma anaupanga, kuupanga kukhala wangwiro kuti upititse patsogolo maufumu awo, ndipo sakanatha kuuchirikiza popanda chichirikizo cha nzika zake.

Ndipo kotero, ife nzika tiyenera kupusitsidwa, kudyetsedwa nkhani, nthano zachinyengo ndi zifukwa zolungama. Nthano yankhondo. Ndife “anthu abwino,” sitilakwa, kupha n’kwabwino, choipa chiyenera kuthetsedwa. Nkhaniyi imakhala yofanana nthawi zonse. Ndi malo ankhondo okha ndi “oipa” amene amasintha. Nthawi zina, monga momwe zinalili ku Russia, "zoyipa" zimangobwezeredwa ndikugwiritsidwanso ntchito. America yaphulitsa dziko lodzilamulira tsiku lililonse kwa zaka makumi awiri zapitazi, ku Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, ndi Yemen. Komabe imeneyo si mbali ya nkhani imene timadziuza tokha.

Kuyambira kugwa kwa Soviet Union, tagwiritsa ntchito NATO kuzungulira Russia. Asitikali athu ndi a NATO Allies athu - akasinja ndi zida zanyukiliya ndi ndege zankhondo - zapita kumalire a Russia m'njira yodzutsa chidwi komanso yosokoneza. Ngakhale zitsimikizo za NATO sizingakule kuti ziphatikizepo mayiko omwe kale anali a Soviet bloc, tachita zomwezo. Tidapanga zida ku Ukraine, tidachepetsa mayankho azamalamulo monga Minsk Protocol, tidachita nawo chipwirikiti cha 2014 chomwe chidachotsa boma kumeneko ndikukhazikitsa pro-Western.

Kodi tingatani ngati anthu a ku Russia atatsekeredwa m’malire a dziko la Canada ochuluka kwambiri? Ngati aku China adachita zoyeserera zozimitsa moto pagombe la California? Mu 1962 pamene a Soviet anaika zida zoponya ku Cuba, mkwiyo wathu unali waukulu kwambiri moti dziko lonse lapansi linali pafupi ndi nkhondo ya nyukiliya.

Mbiri yathu yayitali yotengera maiko ena kukhala athu, kulowerera zisankho zakunja, kugwetsa maboma, kuwukira maiko ena, kuzunza, kumatisiya tilibe mpata wolankhula ena akaphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Koma sizikuwoneka kuti zikulepheretsa boma lathu, atolankhani athu, ife tokha kubwereza nthano zankhondo zaku America ngati anyamata abwino ndi wina aliyense woyipa. Yakhala nkhani yathu yoti tigone, imene imativutitsa.

Tafika pa nthawi yovutayi ku Eastern Europe chifukwa tataya mphamvu yowona dziko kudzera m'maso mwa wina. Timawona ndi maso a msilikali, msilikali wa ku America, osati nzika. Talola kuti machitidwe ankhondo afotokoze khalidwe lathu laumunthu, kotero kuti maganizo athu amakhala odana, kuganiza kwathu kumenyana, dziko lathu lodzaza ndi adani. Koma muulamuliro wa demokalase, nzika ndizo ziyenera kulamulira, osati asilikali.

Ndipo komabe mabodza osasunthika, kunenera kolakwika kwa mbiri yathu, ndi kulemekezedwa kwa nkhondo, kumapanga malingaliro ankhondo mwa ambiri aife. Choncho zimakhala zosatheka kumvetsa khalidwe la mitundu ina, kumvetsa mantha awo, nkhawa zawo. Timadziwa nkhani yathu yokha yomwe tinalengedwa, nthano zathu, timangoganizira zofuna zathu zokha, ndipo timakhala pankhondo kosatha. Timakhala oputa m’malo mochita mtendere.

Ziwawa zankhondo ziyenera kuyimitsidwa, kusayeruzika kwa mayiko kutsutsidwa, malire amadera akulemekezedwa, kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu kutsutsidwa. Kuti tichite zimenezi tiyenera kutsanzira khalidwe limene timati timalilemekeza, tichite m’njira yoti lidzaphunziridwe mwa aliyense wa ife komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Pokhapokha pamene olakwa adzakhala ochepa ndi odzipatula moona mtima, osatha kugwira ntchito m'mabwalo a mayiko, potero adzalepheretsa kukwaniritsa zolinga zawo zosaloledwa.

Ukraine sayenera kuzunzidwa ndi Russia. Ndipo Russia sichiyenera kukhala ndi chitetezo ndi chitetezo chake chiwopsezedwa ndi kukula kwa NATO ndi zida. Kodi sitingathedi kuthetsa nkhawazi popanda kuphana? Kodi nzeru zathu zili ndi malire, chipiriro chathu chachifupi chotero, umunthu wathu ndi wopindika kotero kuti tiyenera mobwerezabwereza kufikira lupanga? Nkhondo sinayambike m'mafupa athu, ndipo mavuto amenewa sanalengedwe ndi Mulungu. Ife tidawapanga iwo ndi nthano zowazinga, ndipo titha kuwamasula. Tiyenera kukhulupirira zimenezi kuti tipulumuke.

Brad Wolf ndi loya wakale, pulofesa, komanso Dean wa Community College. Ndiwoyambitsa nawo Peace Action ya Lancaster, wogwirizana ndi Peace Action.org.