By David Swanson, February 14, 2018
Buku lodabwitsa la Anna Baltzer Umboni ku Palestina: Mkazi Wachiyuda Wachimereka ku Madera Ogwirira Ntchito yasinthidwa pazaka zonsezi, ndipo ndayiwerenga koyamba. M'malo molakwika, ndipo - momwe zimachitikira - molakwika, kuyankha kwanga koyamba nditatsegula masamba oyamba ndikuti: Kodi timafunikiranso ina ya izi? Wachiyuda amakhulupirira mulu wa nthano. Munthu wachiyuda amachita izi. Munthu wachiyuda amayesera kutsegula maso a ena. Zakhala zodziwika bwino ngati "Kuluma kwa Agalu." Sitingangogawana buku limodzi m'malo modzilemba zake, kenako kuyika ndalama zathu mpaka titha kukhala ndi malo owonera kanema kuti anthu athe kudzutsidwa kuchuluka?
Koma nayi chinthu. Ngakhale ndidazolowera kufotokoza buku lililonse labwino kwambiri kapena labwino koposa, silofanana. Chimodzi mwazabwino zambiri za ichi ndichakuti chimapangidwa - ndipo ndikhulupilira chimapanga ngati sichikhala kale - buku labwino kwambiri m'masukulu. Ndipo anthu ambiri ndi kudzuka, wopanda TV, komanso mwina mwa magawo chifukwa cha mabuku onse, kuphatikiza zoyankhulana ndi zochitika zomwe zimatsatana ndi mabuku. Kuyenda ku US kulimbana ndi nkhondo za Israeli (ndi malo okhala ndi tsankho) zikuwonetsa kuti gulu likuyenda ku nkhondo zonse, ndikuti motsutsana ndi nkhondo zaku US, kuti zinthu zotere ndizotheka. Zitha kuwonetseranso olemba kuti kuyesetsa kwawo kuli kopindulitsa pang'ono kuposa kuwonongera nthawi yawo ndikuthandizira Fox News imakhala ndi masamba obisika pazithunzi za Purezidenti.
Posachedwa anakambirana pulofesa waku West Point wonena ngati nkhondo itha kukhala yoyenera, ndipo ndidayesa kuti amutchule nkhondo zenizeni zomwe zili zomveka (motsutsana ndi nkhondo zakale). Adanenanso kuti Nkhondo ya Masiku Asanu ndi Iwiri ya Nkhondo inali "yomaliza". Chifukwa chake kutsutsana kwachiwiri, Ndidamuwerengera kuchokera ku Los Angeles Times mzere wolemba Miko Peled akuwonetsa kuti iwo omwe adayambitsa nkhondoyi adachita izi chifukwa adawona mwayi wodana ndi nkhondo. Zomwe Peled adawululira zikanafalikira paliponse ndikudziwika ponseponse ngati atatsimikizira kuti United States idalengedwa ndi Mulungu kuti ipereke chitsanzo kwa anthu oyala padziko lapansi. Zambiri zimadziwika ngati ndizofunikira. Koma bwanji sizowona kuti nkhondo iliyonse yomwe sinakhalepo yolakalakika kwambiri, popeza imalola dziko kuchita china chothandiza ndi $ 2 trillion pachaka?
Mnzanga yemwe ndimachita naye zokambirana anali munthu yemwe adachita nawo zankhondo zaku US ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan koma adakana mobwerezabwereza kunena ngati ndi nkhondo kapena chilungamo. Pakutsutsana kwathu kwachiwiri adanena kuti anthu okhawo amene adzalembetsedwe ndi omwe angamenyedwe chifukwa chokana nawo nawo nkhondozi, koma asitikali odziwa ntchito ayenera kuti amadziwa bwino. Komabe, adati china chake chikuwoneka ngati chosemphana ndi chimenecho, pomwe, atatha kutsutsana, ndidamfunsanso ngati Iraq 2003-on inali nkhondo yoyenera, inde kapena ayi? Ananenanso kuti zinali zopanda pake pambuyo pazochitikazo chifukwa chidziwitso chatsopano. Ndipo komabe anali atalimbikitsa ndi kutenga nawo mbali mu nkhondoyi kalekale zidziwitso zatsopano ngati izi (kutanthauza kuti kusowa kwa ma WMD) zidadziwika kwambiri komanso kuti mabodza ake anali atazindikira kale zolembedwa, ndipo iwo omwe adanenanso zabodza zoyambazo adatsimikiziridwa kuti nzowona.
Wanga wosokonezeka wokonda kukambirana amakonda kukambirana za ma analogue kwa Asamariya abwino ndi madotolo ndi maguwa kuposa nkhondo zenizeni, chifukwa chake ndidamuwuza kuti nkhawa ya Israeli mu 1967 kuti mu 18 miyezi Egypt ingathe kuukira sizikhala zofanana ndi zomwe zikuchitika mwachangu komanso kufunikira kwa wogwidwa. Popereka ndemanga iyi ndidanenanso za “kupha anthu ambiri” omwe adachita nkhondo. Pambuyo pake wina adandiimba mlandu wogwiritsa ntchito molakwika mawu oti kupha mtundu wathunthu. Chifukwa chake ndidaloza poyera kulengeza kuphedwa kwa fuko la Israel. Buku la Baltzer likuwonetsera poyera kuti anthu achifwamba ndi asitikali akuchokerako. Koma ndinadziwitsidwa kuti upandu wa "kupha anthu amtundu wina" siwofanana ndi kuphedwa kwa fuko. Chifukwa chake, zikuwoneka ngati zabodza kunena kuti Israeli ndi "kupha anthu amtundu wathunthu" koma osachitapo mtundu wina aliyense. Sindikudziwa lingaliro la a Baltzer ndipo sindikufuna kuwonjezera funso lakupusa la kugwiritsa ntchito liwu linalake, koma ndimalimbikitsa kuti awerenge bukulo.
Bukuli limasinthiratu kufukizika kwapang'onopang'ono pang'onopang'ono, komwe m'nthawi yake kumakhala ngati chida chogulitsira m'mibadwo yatsopano ya zida zankhondo. Ma ambulansi amaimitsidwa posankha mpaka wodwala atamwalira. Ana amawomberedwa chifukwa chasokonekera kwambiri pafupi ndi mpanda potsatira mpira. Zowonjezera zimatsekedwa. Kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi kumapangidwa mwadala komanso mwanzeru. Usodzi umaletsedwa. Mudzi wadzadza ndi madziwongo osaphwa ndipo anthu asanu amira m'mudzimo. Njirazi ndi mazana ena a njira zina zimathandizira kukhazikitsa tsankho kumbuyo kwa tsankho, ndikupanga china chake m'njira yachilendo kwambiri kuposa kupululutsa mwachangu: kuletsa zoyipa. Itchuleni chilichonse chomwe chimatchedwa kuti gehena yamagazi. Koma tisalole kusakondwa kwake kutilepheretse kuyesetsa kuti tiime.
