Malingana ndi buku la George Williston Fuko ili Langa: Nkhani ya Anglo Saxon Viking Culture ku America, United States imenya nkhondo yamuyaya chifukwa cha miyambo yake m'mitundu yaku Germany yomwe idalanda, kugonjetsa, kuyeretsa mafuko, kapena - ngati mukufuna - kumasulidwa England asanayambe kupita ku kuphedwa kwa Amwenye Achimerika ndiyeno Afilipino ndi Vietnamese ndi mpaka ku Iraq. Woweruza milandu, yemwe anali pulezidenti wadziko, komanso wotsalira za pulezidenti Jim Webb mwiniwakeyo akudzudzula chikhalidwe cha Scots-Irish American.
Koma ambiri a zaka zamakedzana ndi akale a ku Ulaya ankachita nawo nkhondo. Kodi Ulaya adathera bwanji zachiwawa kuposa malo omwe anachita zachiwawa ku Ulaya? Williston akunena kuti England sagwiritsa ntchito msilikali wochepa kwambiri pa nkhondo kusiyana ndi United States, komabe amatsutsa kuti dziko la US limatentha pamidzi. Ndipo, ndithudi, Scotland ndi Ireland zikuwonjezereka kwambiri ku nkhondo ya ku America ngakhale kuti ali pafupi ndi England ndipo mwachionekere ku Scots-Irishness.
Williston analemba kuti: “Timaona dzikoli ndi a Viking, tikamaona zikhalidwe zomwe sizikundikira chuma mofananamo kapena kupanga zida zachitsulo zabwino ngati za ana komanso zapsa kuti zingagwiritsidwe ntchito.” Williston akulongosola kudutsa kwachikhalidwe ichi kwa ife kudzera mwa amwendamnjira, omwe adabwera ku Massachusetts ndikuyamba kupha - ndipo, pafupipafupi, kuwadula - omwe sanachite zachiwawa, osafuna kugula zinthu, kapena ampikisano kuposa iwo.
Ajeremani ndi French anaonetsa ulemu waukulu kwa mbadwa, Williston akuti. Koma kodi zimenezo ndi zoona? Kuphatikiza ku Africa? Kuphatikiza ku Auschwitz? Williston akupitiriza kufotokozera United States kutenga ulamuliro wa chikomyunizimu ku Philippines ndi ku France ku chikomyunizimu ku Vietnam, popanda kudandaula zambiri za momwe Spain ndi France anafikira kumeneko.
Ndikukhulupirira kuti chikhalidwe chomwe chimalimbikitsa nkhondo ndichofunikira koma sichokwanira kuti anthu akhale ankhondo ngati United States tsopano. Zochitika zamtundu uliwonse ndi mwayi ndizofunikanso. Ndipo chikhalidwe chimasinthasintha. Mwina Williston angagwirizane nane. Bukhu lake silimapanga kutsutsana komveka ndipo akadasinthidwa kukhala nkhani ngati akadasiya chipembedzo, zofanizira za biology, zoyeserera zowerengera kapena pemphero, mawu amtali a ena, ndi zina zambiri. ndikofunikira kudziwa kuti sitinganene kuti chikhalidwe chathu ndi chofanana ndi momwe ena amasankhira majini athu. Tiyenera kuimba mlandu boma la US, kudzizindikiritsa tokha ndi anthu osati fuko, ndipo yesetsani kuthetsa kutentha.
Pankhaniyi, zitha kungothandiza kuti anthu ngati Williston ndi Webb afunse zomwe zili vuto ndi chikhalidwe cha US. Zingakhale zodabwitsa kwa Israeli kudziwa kuti tsiku lawo lodziyimira pawokha limatchulidwa ndi aku Palestine monga The Catastrophe (Nakba), ndikudziwa chifukwa chake. Momwemonso, ana ambiri aku sukulu yaku US atha kudabwa kudziwa kuti mbadwa zina zaku America zimamutcha George Washington ngati Wowononga Midzi (Caunotaucarius). Kungakhale kovuta kuzindikira momwe amwenye aku America anali amtendere, ndi mafuko angati sanachite nkhondo, ndi angati adachita nkhondo m'njira yoyenera kuti ndi "masewera ankhondo" poganizira kupha kochepa. Monga a Williston anenera, kunalibe chilichonse ku America poyerekeza ndi zaka zana limodzi kapena zaka makumi atatu kapena zilizonse zankhondo ku Europe - zomwe ndizomwe zimachotsedwa pamilandu yakupha kunkhondo zaposachedwa zaka.
Williston akufotokoza zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana zothandizana komanso zamtendere: a Hopi, a Kogi, a Amish, a Ladakh. Zowonadi, tiyenera kuyang'ana kudzoza kulikonse komwe tingapeze. Koma sitiyenera kulingalira kuti kusintha miyambo yathu m'nyumba zathu kuyimitsa Pentagon kukhala Pentagon. Telepathy ndi pemphero ndizotheka kugwira ntchito ngati kuchititsa Pentagon kutsutsa. Chimene tikusowa ndi chikhalidwe choperekedwa kuchitetezo champhamvu chofuna kuthetsa nkhondo.
