By Sam Husseini
Hapana utiziro hwaigona kuponesa mushandirwi nenhapwa
Kubva pakutya kutiza kana kusviba kweguva,
Nyeredzi yakapetwa kaviri mukukunda kwayo
O'er nyika yevakasununguka uye musha wevakashinga.
Kunyangwe zvisinganyanyi kunyatsoziva, rwiyo rwunobva mumuridzi wevaranda Francis Scott Key's "Kana Murwi Adzoka” — iyo yakarongwa kuti iite zvakafanana.
SaAlex Cockburn, mushakabvu uye akashaya co-mupepeti we CounterPunch, akacherechedza zvichitevera kero yakaitwa neMutungamiri Obama muna 2009 muCairo:
Imwe vhezheni yekutanga ye "Star Spangled Banner" naFrancis Scott Key, yakanyorwa muna 1805 pakati pemafambisirwo ematunhu eBarbary, yakapa maonero eIslam akasiyana zvakanyanya nemanzwiro aObama anosimudzira muCairo:
Mukukonana kutsungirira kushanda kwega kwega kwavakatsungirira,
Kusvikira vavengi vavo vapera simba nokuparadzwa kwehondo.
Uye kucheneruka kwakapenya Krescent, kubwinya kwayo kwakadzikama
Nechiedza chemureza werudzi rwedu.
Apo imwe neimwe nyeredzi inopfuta yaipenya meteor yehondo,
Uye musoro wengowani wakakotamira kune kupenya kunotyisa.
Ipapo muorivhi wobva wavhenganisa nomuorivhi
Uye gadzira wreath inopenya pahuma yevakashinga.
Muna 1814 Kiyi yakadzoreredza iyi doggerel muStar Spangled Banner. Saka rwiyo rwenyika rweAmerica rwakatanga semafaro ekurwisana nemaMahommedans. Uye zvechokwadi nhengo yese yeUS Marine Corps inogara ichiridza rwiyo rweUSMC, kutanga "Kubva kuhoro dzeMontezuma kusvika kumahombekombe eTripoli."
Muchidimbu, kufora kweAmerica kuenda kuHumambo kwakagadzirwa mukukonzeresa kwekupokana neIslam. (Mumwe anoyemura ichi chitsauko chokutanga mukurwisana kweumambo hweAmerica neIslam ndeuyo ane shungu dzeCrusader, C. Hitchens anotaura nezvenyaya yaJoshua London. Kukunda muTripoli: Hondo yeAmerica neBarbary Pirates Yakagadzira US Navy uye Yakagadzira Nyika, pamabviro eNyeredzi Spangled Banner.)
Cherechedza kumufananidzo uri mberi kwebhachi: Muna Nyamavhuvhu 1814, bato reBritish raitungamirirwa naAdmiral Sir George Cockburn rakatanga kurwisa Washington. Vakatungidza moto kuCapitol, ndokunanga kuWhite House uye, vasati vatungidza moto, vakadya chikafu chakaiswa naDolly Madison icho chakange chasiiwa neMutungamiriri wekutiza nemhuri yake. Cockburn akazoenda kumahofisi e Iyo National Intelligence kuti azvitsivire pamapepanhau akanga amushungurudza. Akarayira vanhu vake kuti vaparadze mhando dzemapepa ekudhinda, achiti 'Ivai nechokwadi chokuti maC ose aparadzwa kuitira kuti nhubu dzirege kuzoshandisa zita rangu'. Cockburn akabva akomba Baltimore, iyo fusillades isina kubudirira ichikurudzira kuumbwa kwe 'The Star Spangled Banner', iyo inoreva 'mushandi nemuranda' muuto reBritish, sekureva kunoita Robin Blackburn mu. Kukurirwa kweuranda hwevakoloni, kuchokwadi chokuti Cockburn akanga apa rusununguko kuvaranda vose vaizobatana naye mukurwisa kwake muna 1813 na 1814. Maererano nomushumo weBritish varanda ava vakazvibata zvakanaka kwazvo uye 'vaiva vazvipiri vakafanana kuChiteshi kwavaizotarisira kusangana navo. vatenzi vekare.' Vamwe vevatema ava vaive mubato rakapisa White House”
Izvi zvinoratidzira moyo wakasviba zvakanyanya weUnited States, unoda kurwisa vanhu veko - vangave vemuAfrica kana zvizvarwa zvetinodaidza kuti "America" kana maBerber kana Arab kana ani zvake. MaNative Americanans, avo vanofungidzirwa kuti vakakundwa, vanogona ikozvino kuve nerudo kusvika pamwero, nepo maArabu nemaMuslim avo vasingadi kutenderedza simba rekugadza US vanobatwa nedhimoni. Zvinoratidzawo kuti rusaruraganda uye kuzivikanwa kwemhirizhonga yenyika zvakabatana uye kuedza kupatsanura vaviri ava kungangove chifukidziro kune vese vari vaviri.
