Odysseus Angadai Akashandira Lockheed Martin

NaDavid Swanson, Ngatitangei Democracy, July 17, 2022

Ini nemwanakomana wangu ane makore masere takangoverenga bhuku rakapfupikiswa re The Odyssey. Nechinyakare inofungidzirwa senyaya yegamba rinopfuura nemamonya akasiyana siyana. Zvakadaro inyaya yakanyatsojeka nyaya yechikara ichipfuura nemagamba akasiyana.

Odysseus aive, chokwadi, pamberi penyaya iyi, akasiya mhuri yake kuti aende kunorwa uye kuuraya boka revanhu vaaisaziva pamwe neboka revamwe vanhu vaaisaziva nekuti boka revamwe vanhu rakanga rakwikwidza. mukadzi sechidimbu chepfuma uye akaita chibvumirano chehondo chekubatana mukuponda kukuru kana paine mumwe munhu akamboba icho chinhu.

Odysseus aive nepfungwa yakanaka yekuvanza boka remhondi mukati mebhiza rehuni ndokuridaidza kuti chipo, obva asvetuka kubva mubhiza husiku achiuraya mhuri dzakarara. Izvi zvakaita zvinoshamisa kumunda wediplomacy kwemireniyamu. George Washington paakanyura achiyambuka rwizi pahusiku hweKisimusi kuti auraye boka revarombo vakadhakwa vakadhakwa muhembe dzavo dzehusiku, chinhu chega chaishaikwa raive bhiza remuti, kunyangwe kudzokorora kwemazana emakore kwakawedzera kunhuwa sekunge bhiza rine akapfuura.

Mushure mekufamba nechikepe kubva pakubwinya kweTroy, Odysseus nevarume vaairaira zvakaitika vakamhara muIsmarus. Panzvimbo pokuti mhoro, akasarudza chinhu chakanakisisa chokuita chaizova kuedza kuuraya, kuparadza, uye kutora nzvimbo yacho. Odysseus akawana boka revarume vake vakaurayiwa ndokuenda nechikepe nekukurumidza sezvaaigona. Ah, kubwinya.

Ipapo Odysseus nevarwi vake vakapfuura nyika yeCyclopes uye vakasarudza kusafamba nechikepe asi kuedza kukonzera dambudziko. Vakauya nemushonga wekurarisa wavaishandisa paCyclops vachibva vamupofomadza nepfumo muziso. Odysseus akawana boka revarume vake vakadya uye akadanidzirawo pamusoro pemabasa ake ane mbiri kuitira kuti mwari wegungwa uye baba veCyclops vakakuvara vanzwe uye vakapikira kukonzera kutambura kwegehena kuna Odysseus kana ani zvake akamubatsira.

Odysseus ipapo akava nechinetso chakadaro chokusvika kumusha zvokuti akaguma apinda munyika yamwari wezuva, uko varume vake vakaba zvinhu zvoumwari, kuchiguma naZeus kuparadza ngarava yavo. Pakupedzisira, Odysseus akanga auraya vamwe vose veboka rake uye ndiye ega akapona.

Akawana boka idzva revanhu vane rupo kuti vamufambise nechikepe kumusha, asi pavakanga vachidzoka kubva kunomusiya kuIthaca, Poseidon akatendeudzira ngarava yavo kumatombo ndokuinyudza, achivauraya vose nokuda kwokubatsira Odysseus, uyo akapfuurira nomufaro asingazivi asi achironga kurangana. mhirizhonga yakawanda.

Odysseus akashamisa boka revanobira mbavha dzemukadzi wake vachigwara mumba make panguva yaakange asipo kwenguva refu. Vakazvipira kukumbira ruregerero uye kupfuura kudzoreredza izvo zvavakakuvadza kana kudya - chokwadi chinokanganwika nyore sekupihwa kwakawanda kugadzirisa nekuchengetedza runyararo Hondo yeGulf isati yatanga kana hondo yeAfghanistan.

Odysseus, sababa vetsika refu iyo yakatitakura kuburikidza nekuramba kweSpanish kupa kuti kuve nekuputika kweiyo. Maine akaferefeta kurambwa kwezvipo zverunyararo muVietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, nezvimwewo, akarasa chikumbiro chevakwikwidzi chisisashande. Akanga atovavharira muimba umo iye oga nevaaitsigira vakanga vaine zvombo—kusanganisira rubatsiro rukuru rwaMwari. Akauraya vatengesi. Aina vamwari parutivi rwake.

Mushure mechiitiko ichi chine ropa, mhuri dzevanopondwa vasati vauya kuzotsiva, mwarikadzi akaita mashiripiti ekuregerera uye rugare paIthaca. Ipapo mwanakomana wangu akabva angobvunza kuti “Nei asina kungoita izvozvo pakutanga?”

Kazhinji munhu anofanira kupindura rudzi urwu rwemubvunzo nhasi achireva kukwira kwemasheya eRaytheon. Kana pane imwe nguva chibvumirano cheMinsk 3 hachizove chakasiyana zvakasiyana kubva kuMinsk 2. Asi Odysseus akanga asiri mubhadharo weMilitary Industrial Complex. Hapana chaaiziva kunze kwekuponda chete. Zvaiva izvo kana kuti hapana. Pakanga pasina dzimwe sarudzo. Mamirioni edzimwe sarudzo, hongu, aifanira kudzivirirwa, asi mumwe akazviita nekunyepedzera kuti pakanga pasina dzimwe sarudzo, semamirioni avanhu nhasi asingabhadharwe kana dime rekuti afungire pachinzvimbo chemuRussia kana muUkraine. hurumende.

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