Sevechiri kuyaruka ndaifamba kungoseka panhau dzeHitler nevamwe vafascist. Ndinotarisira kuti chii chakazoitika hachina kuonekwa zvakare nezera revana vazukuru vangu
NeHarry Leslie Smith, 94, hondo yechipiri yenyika RAF veteran,
Nyamavhuvhu 15, 2017, The Guardian.
A chill chiyeuchidzo chauya pamusoro pangu munguva ino mwedzi waAugust. Inonzwa sokunge kuti 2017 mhepo yechando iri kuparadzirwa nemhepo yehondo inopararira kubva munyika yose kuenda kuBrithani, sekunge yaive mu1939.
MuMiddle East, Saudi Arabia inotsigira Yemen pamwe nechisimba chakafanana naMussolini akaita kuEthiopia pandakanga ndiri mwana mu1935. Unyengeri hwehurumende yeBritain uye kirasi yakakura inovimbisa kuti ropa risina mhaka richiri kuerera kuSiriya, Iraq neA Afghanistan. Hurumende yaTheresa May inomiririra kuti rugare runogona kuwanikwa kuburikidza nekupararira kwezvombo zvehondo munzvimbo dzinopesana. Vhenezwera inotarisana neanarchy uye kupindira kune dzimwe nyika achiri kuPhilippines, Rodrigo Duterte - akadzivirirwa nekubatana kwake neBritain neAmerica - anouraya avo vanotambura nekuda kwekuedza kupukunyuka urombo hwavo kuburikidza nemishonga inodhaka.
Nokuti ndakwegura, zvino 94, ndinoziva izvi zvese zvekuparadzwa. Chilling zviratidzo zviri kwose kwose, zvichida chikuru chikuru icho US inobvuma kutungamirirwa nayo Donald Trump, murume asina kukodzera kukudzwa, uchenjeri uye unyoro huri nyore hwevanhu. Izvo semapenzi kune veAmerica kuti vatende kuti vatungamiri vavo vanovaponesa kubva kuTrump sezvazvakanga zvakaita kuvasununguka veGermany kuti vatende kuti mauto aizodzivirira rudzi kubva pane zvakawandisa zvaHitler.
Britain hainawo chinhu chokuzvikudza nacho. Sezvo hondo yeIraq nyika yedu yave iri kuderera kuderera, sehurumende dzinotevera dzakaparadza demokarasi uye kururamisira kwevanhu, uye dzakaponesa hurumende yehurumende nechisimba, ichititungamirira muchikwata che sac de Brexit. Kufanana neTrump, Brexit haigone kuregererwa nekusunungurwa kwekutsvenesa - inogona kungoshandurwa chete kana iyo yehupfumi yemuenzaniso yepfumi inoputika, sekunge yakave mufananidzo wemudzvinyiriri, nevanhu vakasunungurwa.
Mushure memazana ehurumende yeTory, Britain haina kunyatsogadzirirwa kuchinja mararamiro ezvakanaka kune zvakanaka pane zvatakanga tiri pasi peNeville Chamberlain, apo Nazism yakafadzwa mu1930s. Kutaura zvazviri, hapana nyika muEurope kana North America ine chinhu chipi nechipi chokuchema. Chimwe nechimwe chinoputika nekusaenzana, hukuru hwekambani yekudzivirira mitero - iyo inongova uori hutsika - uye hutachiona hwakakonzera hurumende.
Zuva rinofanira kunyaradza asi harisi gore rino. Ndichitarisa vaduku nhasi, pandinovatarisa muzororo ravo; Ini ndinobata kufanana kunovhundutsa nezviso zvevechidiki kubva pachizvarwa changu muzhizha re 1939. Pandinenge ndiri kunze kweguta, ndinoteerera kuseka kwavo, ndinovatarisa vachifarira pint kana kuvhirana, uye ndinovatya.
Iyi August inofanana nezvakawanda zve1939; yekupedzisira zhizha rwerugare kusvikira 1945. Zvino, mukuru we16 uye ndichiri mumvura shure kwekunze, ndaienda kune mifananidzo nevarume vangu uye taiseka kusepanhau raHitler nemamwe madhimoni aifara kupfuura zvataifunga kuti taizosvika. Hatina kumboziva muAugust 1939, hupenyu husina rugare, pasina kuurayiwa, pasina kuputika kwemhepo, pasina bhizimusi, inogona kuyerwa mumazuva. Handina kunzwa nzira yekutinhira yehondo, asi semunhu mutana ndininzwa ikozvino nokuda kwezera revana vazukuru vangu. Ndinovimba kuti ndakanganisa. Asi ini ndakanyadziswa nokuda kwavo.
• Harry Leslie Smith's latest book Usarega Rega Yangu Yakave Yenyu Yenyu Yemberi rakaburitswa naConstable & Robinson musi wa14 Gunyana
