NaKathy Kelly, November 10, 2017, The Progressive.
Wilfred Owen, mudetembi wechiChirungu uyo akaurayiwa mukuita chiito kwevhiki rimwe chete pamberi peHighistice iyo pakupedzisira yakapedza Hondo Yenyika I yakasayinwa, yakanyora pamusoro pezvinotyisa zvekugara mumigero uye kugara kwenguva refu yehondo.
Mukungotaura uku chete, Abhurahama anoramba kuteerera mutumwa anokurudzira kuti mwanakomana arege kuponeswa. Murume akwegura "akauraya mwanakomana, uye hafu yembeu yeEurope, imwe chete."
Mamiriyoni makumi matatu ehondo akaurayiwa kana kukuvadzwa uye mamwe mamiriyoni manomwe akatapwa panguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Vamwe 50 kune 100 mamiriyoni vakaurayiwa nehosha yekurwara yakagadzirwa nehondo. "Handimboiti," akanyora munyori uye mushandi wezvakaitwa David Swanson, "vakaita kuti vanhu vapupurire kuurayiwa kwakawanda kwakadaro, uye makumi ezviuru achiwa nezuva kuti ashandise pfuti uye gasi rehupfu."
Nyika yakaderera uye yakaneta yakakokwa naNovember 11, 1918, zuva iro hondo yakasvika pakuguma, sekusunungurwa kwayo kubva kunotyisa.
Muna 1938, Congress Wapikisa Zuva rekuchengetedza mauto zuva rezororo rakatsaurirwa kune chinokonzera rugare rwepasi rose. Muna 1954 hovha yaiva zita rekare Veterans Day uye morphed mune imwe nguva yemureza wokumhanya uye zvehondo.
Zvino, nhengo dzeboka racho Veterans for Rugare vari kushanda kuUnited States kuti vadzore chinangwa chepakutanga cheMusi weArmistice. Vari kuishandisa kuti vashevedze zvakakwana kugutsikana kwepfungwa uye zvinhu zvenyama kune veterans, kuvabatsira kuti vatarisane nezvinotyisa izvo vakamanikidzwa kutsungirira. Pamusoro pezvose, vanoedza kubvisa hondo.
Gore rino musi waNovember 11, pa 11 am, Veterans for Peace zvitsauko muUnited States vachachera mabhero, vachiyeuka maminitsi aya mu1918 apo, saKurt Vonnegut akanyora, "Mamiriyoni pamusoro pemamiriyoni evanhu akamira achicheka."
"Chiitiko ichi hachisi kungoyeuka chiitiko," anodaro Ed Flaherty, nhengo yeIowa City Chapter yeVeterans for Peace. "Mazuva ano, pamusoro pekunyanya kuda kwedu kuderedza kusangana kwehondo-uye kutora mutoro unotapira wekusika rugare rusingagumi."
Kunyora nokuda kweboka reboka raTom Paine muAlbany, New York, John Amidon anotsanangura kuti veterans vachave "vachifamba nenzira inofadza" munharaunda yeVeterans day parade nokuti "hatisi kufambazve."
Imwe nharo yakashungurudzika ye "mukwegura" munhetembo yaOwen yakaramba kupindira kwengirozi kumumanikidza kusarudza upenyu pamusoro pekufa. Hatifaniri kuramba tichiita chikanganiso chakafanana.
Zuva rekuchengetedza mauto rinotipa mukana wekubvuma utsinye husina maturo ehondo dzakagadziriswa, kushatisa kwemari yedu yekushandisa mari, uye mutoro watinogovera kubvisa hondo dzose.
Kathy Kelly anobatanidza boka racho Voices for Creative Nonviolence.