Ndemanga ku Lincoln Memorial, May 30, 2017
Wolemba David Swanson, Tiyeni Tiyese Demokalase.
Washington, DC, ndi madera ena onse a United States, ali ndi zipilala zankhondo, ndipo zina zambiri zikumangidwa ndikukonzekera. Ambiri a iwo amalemekeza nkhondo. Ambiri aiwo adamangidwa panthawi yankhondo zapambuyo pake ndipo adayesetsa kukonza zithunzi zankhondo zam'mbuyomu pazolinga zamasiku ano. Pafupifupi palibe aliyense wa iwo amene amaphunzirapo kanthu pa zolakwa zimene anachita. Opambana kwambiri a iwo amalira kutayika kwa kachigawo kakang'ono - kachigawo kakang'ono ka US - kwa omwe adazunzidwa pankhondo.
Koma ngati mungafufuze izi ndi mizinda ina yaku US, mudzakhala ndi nthawi yovuta kupeza zikumbutso za kupha anthu ku North America kapena ukapolo kapena anthu ophedwa ku Philippines kapena Laos kapena Cambodia kapena Vietnam kapena Iraq. Simupeza zipilala zambiri kuzungulira pano za Gulu Lankhondo la Bonasi kapena Kampeni ya Anthu Osauka. Ili kuti mbiri ya zovuta za olima kapena ogwira ntchito m'mafakitale kapena osowa kapena osamalira zachilengedwe? Kodi olemba ndi ojambula athu ali kuti? Chifukwa chiyani palibe fano la Mark Twain pomwe pano akuseka bulu wake pa ife? Kodi chikumbutso cha Three-Mile Island chili kuti kutichenjeza kuti tisakhale ndi mphamvu zanyukiliya? Kodi zipilala za munthu aliyense waku Soviet kapena US, monga Vasili Arkhipov, yemwe adaletsa kuphulika kwa nyukiliya zili kuti? Chili kuti chikumbutso chachikulu cha blowback kulira maboma omwe adagonjetsedwa ndi kutenga zida ndi kuphunzitsa akupha otengeka?
Ngakhale kuti mayiko ambiri amaika zikumbutso za zomwe sakufuna kubwereza komanso zomwe akufuna kutengera, United States imayang'ana kwambiri zankhondo komanso kuzilemekeza. Ndipo kukhalapo komwe kwa Veterans For Peace kumangokamba nkhani ndikukakamiza anthu ena kuganiza.
Kuposa 99.9% ya mbiri yathu siikumbukiridwa mu marble. Ndipo tikapempha kuti zikhale choncho, timasekedwa. Komabe ngati mukufuna kuchotsa chipilala kwa mkulu wa bungwe la Confederate mumzinda wakumwera kwa US, kodi mukudziwa zomwe anthu ambiri amayankha? Amakutsutsani kuti mukutsutsana ndi mbiri yakale, kufuna kufafaniza zakale. Izi zimachokera pakumvetsetsa zakale monga zida zonse zankhondo.
Ku New Orleans, angotsitsa kumene zipilala zawo zankhondo za Confederate, zomwe zidamangidwa kuti zipititse patsogolo utsogoleri wa azungu. M'tawuni yanga ya Charlottesville, Virginia, mzindawu wavota kuti ugwetse chiboliboli cha Robert E. Lee. Koma talimbana ndi lamulo la Virginia lomwe limaletsa kutsitsa chipilala chilichonse chankhondo. Palibe lamulo, monga momwe ndikudziwira, kulikonse padziko lapansi lomwe limaletsa kuchotsa chipilala chilichonse chamtendere. Zovuta ngati kupeza lamulo lotere kungakhale kupeza zipilala zamtendere kuzungulira pano kuti muganizire kuchotsa. Sindimawerengera zomanga za anzathu omwe ali pafupi pano ku US Institute of Peace, yomwe ngati itaperekedwa ndalama chaka chino ikhala ndi moyo wonse popanda kutsutsa nkhondo yaku US.
Koma n’chifukwa chiyani sitiyenera kukhala ndi zipilala zamtendere? Ngati dziko la Russia ndi United States likadachita nawo mwambo wokumbukira kutha kwa Cold War ku Washington ndi Moscow, kodi sizikanathandiza kuyimitsa Cold War yatsopano? Tikadakhala kuti tikumanga chipilala choletsa, zaka zingapo zapitazi, kuukira kwa US ku Iran, kodi tsogolo lotereli lingakhale lotheka kapena lochepera? Ngati pakanakhala chipilala cha Kellogg-Briand Pact ndi gulu la Outlawry pa Mall, kodi alendo ena sakanadziwa za kukhalapo kwake komanso zomwe adaletsa? Kodi Misonkhano Yachigawo ya Geneva ingatayidwe ngati yachilendo ngati okonzekera nkhondo awona Chipilala cha Misonkhano ya Geneva pawindo lawo?
Kupatula kusowa kwa zipilala za mapangano amtendere ndi kupambana kuponya zida, zili kuti zipilala za moyo wonse wamunthu kupitilira nkhondo? Pagulu la anthu oganiza bwino, zikumbutso za nkhondo zikanakhala chitsanzo chimodzi chaching'ono cha mitundu yambiri ya zikumbutso za anthu onse, ndipo kumene iwo analipo iwo amalira, osati kulemekeza, ndi kulira onse ozunzidwa, osati kachigawo kakang'ono kamene kamaonedwa kuti ndi koyenera ndi chisoni chathu.
The Swords to Plowshares Memorial Bell Tower ndi chitsanzo cha zomwe tiyenera kuchita ngati gulu. Veterans For Peace ndi chitsanzo cha zomwe tiyenera kuchita ngati gulu. Vomerezani zolakwa zathu. Mtengo moyo wonse. Sinthani machitidwe athu. Lemekezani kulimba mtima pamene kuphatikizidwa ndi makhalidwe abwino. Ndipo zindikirani omenyera nkhondo popanga osakhalanso omenyera nkhondo kupita patsogolo.
