Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War
Zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi pambuyo pofika ku Britain ku Jamestown, pamodzi ndi anthu othawa kwawo omwe akuyesetsa kuti apulumuke komanso kuti asathenso kudzipha okha, a Virgini atsopanowa adayang'anira magulu a asilikali kuti amenyane ndi Acadia ndipo (akulephera) kuthamangitsa French kuchoka ku zomwe akuganiza kuti chigawo chawo .
Madera omwe angakhale United States adasankha kutenga Canada ku 1690 (ndipo alephera, kachiwiri).
Iwo ali ndi Achibritani kuwathandiza mu 1711 (ndipo alephera, kachiwiri).
General Braddock ndi Colonel Washington adayesanso ku 1755 (ndipo adalephera, kupatulapo kuyeretsedwa kwa mafuko ndi kutuluka kwa Acadians ndi Achimereka).
A British ndi a US anagonjetsa ku 1758 ndipo adatenga nsanja ya ku Canada, adatchedwanso Pittsburgh, ndipo potsiriza anamanga stadium yayikulu kudutsa mtsinje woperekedwa ku ulemerero wa ketchup.
George Washington anatumiza asilikali omwe amatsogoleredwa ndi Benedict Arnold kuti akaukire Canada kachiwiri ku 1775.
Kulemba koyambirira kwa malamulo a US kunapatsa kuti Canada, kuphatikizapo kusowa chidwi kwa Canada kuphatikizidwa.
A Benjamin Franklin adapempha aku Britain kuti apereke Canada ku zokambirana za Pangano la Paris mu 1783. Tangoganizirani zomwe izi zikadachita pamalamulo azaumoyo aku Canada komanso mfuti! Kapena musaganize. Britain idapereka Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, ndi Indiana. (Osachepera amadziwa kuti ali mfulu!)
Mu 1812 a US akufuna kupita ku Canada ndikulandilidwa ngati omasula. Sanali. Koma aku Canada sanawotche White House. Izi zidachitika ndi asitikali aku Britain omwe adaphatikiza amuna omwe apulumuka kumene kuukapolo waku US. Kupha ena mwa omwe apulumukawo kumakondwerera mu Nyimbo Yadziko Lonse ku US, monganso kuti pankhondo yomwe anthu amwalira, mbendera idapulumuka.
A US adathandizira ku Iraq ku Canada ku 1866.
Ndani akukumbukira nyimbo iyi?
Gawo loyamba iye akanakhoza kuika pansi
Yemwe ndi kwanthawizonse,
Ndipo kenako kuchokera korona wa Britain
Iye Canada akanatha.
Yankee Doodle, ikani izo,
Yankee Doodle dandy.
Ganizirani nyimbo ndi sitepe
ndipo ndi atsikana akhale okonzeka!
Canada ili ndi zambiri zoti ayankhe, kuphatikizapo kukhala malo opatulika kwa anthu omwe akuthawa ukapolo kapena kukakamizidwa kulowa nawo nkhondo zoyipa, osatchulapo umboni wopezeka m'mamiliyoni amitsutso yopanda pake motsutsana ndi omwe aku US kuti sizotheka kupereka chithandizo chamankhwala kapena kuletsa mfuti kapena kupeza ufulu wopanda nkhondo yamagazi kapena kuthetsa ukapolo wopanda nkhondo yamagazi kapena kukhala osangalala kwenikweni popanda nkhondo zamagazi zambiri. Ndiye pali chinthu chonse choletsa mabomba okwirira; zinali za chiyani?
Poteteza Canada, ziyenera kudziwika kuti makampani aku Canada amachita zida padziko lonse lapansi, Canada imagula zida zaku US, Canada imagwiritsa ntchito $ 20 biliyoni pachaka kukonzekera nkhondo, Canada ndi membala wa NATO woyimilira, Canada sinajowine nawo Pangano latsopano loletsa zida za nyukiliya, nkhanza zaku Canada kumayiko achilengedwe sizikutha, kutulutsa koopsa kwa mafuta ku Canada kumadziwa otsutsana nawo ochepa, ndipo Canada ndiyomwe idalimbikitsa zonena zabodza zankhondo yantchito ndi omwe amatchedwa udindo woteteza (pakuphulitsa bomba) . Chifukwa chake, akuyembekezerabe anthu akumpoto oterowo, ndipo ngati Canada yalephera kupeza njira yake ngati gawo limodzi la mliri wapadziko lonse wachiwawa, ndikuganiza United States ikadakhala yosangalala kuwukira.
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David Swanson ndi mtsogoleri wa World BEYOND War zomwe zidzasunga msonkhano wapachaka ku Toronto pa September 21-22.
