The Oxymoron of Peace

NaRobert C. Koehler

"Panguva imwe chete, tsika uye pfungwa dzaifungidzirwa pasi rose, dzakadai sekubatana, kubatana pamwe, kururamisirwa kwenyika dzakasiyana-siyana uye runyararo separadigm yakazara iri kuve isingabatsiri."

Zvichida uku kuona kwekuroora Roberto Savio, nheyo yezvepanhau reIntern Press Service, ndiyo yakaipa kupfuura yose. Kunyanya kutaura, tariro - rudzi rwemutemo, rwakamiririrwa, runoti, neUnited Nations mu1945 - inonzwa fungidziro kupfuura zvandinogona kuyeuka. "Isu vanhu ve United Nations, yakatsunga kuponesa zvizvarwa zvinotevera kubva mukurwisana kwehondo. . . "

Ndinoreva, yakanga isina kumboitika. Mazana mashanu emakore ekuEurope nekukoloniyasi uye nyika-tsika, nekudzorera kwenyika mune zvekurima kwemakwikwi emakwikwi, hazvikwanisi kusarudzwa nedzimwe sangano uye musango wezvinangwa zvakakwirira.

Sezvakataurwa naSavio mune imwe nyanzvi inonzi "Wamboshamisika Sei Nyika Iri Mumiriri ?,": "Nyika, sezvairi ikozvino, yakave yakaumbwa nemasimba emakoloni, ayo akaparadzanisa nyika pakati pavo, kuveza kunze zvisingambofungi nokuda kwemadzinza emadzinza, echitendero kana emitambo. "

Uye mushure mokunge nguva yekoloni yakakoromoka, izvozvi zvakavezwa-zvematongerwe enyika, zvichitsanangura kushambadzira kwenharaunda pasina nhoroondo yekuzivikanwa kwenyika, kamwe-kamwe yakava yeTatu yepasi uye yakasvibiswa mukuparara. ". . . zvakanga zvisingabvumirwi kuti kuchengetedza nyika idzi dzekuvaka dzirambe dziripo, uye kudzivisa kuparadzana kwavo, vane simba vaizodiwa kuti vafukidze chisarudzo chakasara nehurumende dzekoloni. Mitemo ye demokrasi yakashandiswa chete kuti iwane simba, ine zvishoma zvishoma. "

Chero chipi nechipi chakanaka chekuedza kubvisa hondo masimba anoitwa mushure meHondo Yenyika II - Europe iri pedyo nekuzviparadza-haina kuchera zvakadzika zvakadzika. Aya maitiro haana kuisa pamusoro pekugadzirisa mazana mashanu emakore ekukunda kukunda uye kuparadza. Havana kuchera zvakadzama kupfuura kufarira nyika.

Uye runyararo rwenyika yose rakavakirwa pane nheyo dzemarudzi-nyika ndeye oxymoron. Sezvakaitika kare munyori wenhoroondo Michael Howard mubhuku rake Zvidzidzo zveNhoroondo (yakataurwa naBarbara Ehrenreich in Ropa Rites): "Kubvira pakutanga, mutemo wekurudzirana kwemarudzi wakanga uine zvisizvo zvakasanganiswa, zvose mukufungidzira uye tsika, pamwe nepfungwa yehondo."

Zvose izvi zvinonditungamirira kune $ 400 mabhiriyoni F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, yehondo yakaipisisa yakambovakwa, kana kuti kwete yakavakwa. Ndege, yakaitwa naCheheheed, yava nemakore manomwe mushure mekupedzisira, asi Pentagon yakanga yaronga kuratidza mwana wayo mutsva vhiki ino kuRoyal International Air Tattoo uye Farnborough International Airshow muUnited States Iri dhiyabhorosi rave rave rabudiswa nokuti injini weimwe yemapurisa akabatwa moto mumugwagwa muFlorida munaJune, uye vakuru vakuru vakatya kuti dambudziko racho raive sangano.

Mune mamwe mazwi, zvinogona kuitika zvakare. Zvinogona kuitika pamhepo, uye jet inotarisira vatengi - Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan nevamwe vasere vemuUnited States - varipo. Kunyoresa kwaiva kwechisarudzo chebhizimisi. Zvechokwadi, chaive chisarudzo chakaitwa pamusangano wakaoma webhizimisi nehondo.

"Zvipingamupinyi zvinotevera matambudziko akawanda ekugadzirisa uye kukurumidza kunonoka kwekugadzirisa zvakakonzera F-35, imwe yenyika dzakagadzirisa zvirongwa zvezvombo, uye inofungidzirwa kuti inotengeswa yemadhora anodarika $ 400," Nicola Clark naChristopher Drew vakanyora vhiki ino mu New YorkTimes. "Vatsvakurudzi vakati nguva yechirwere, sezvo Lockheed Martin aitarisira kuratidza ndege kune vanotarisira kutengesa kunze kuno, hazvingambove zvakanyanya kuipa."

Zvandakawana zvinonakidza - zvakanaka, zvakanyanyisa kuora mwoyo, chaizvoizvo - ndezvekuti nyaya iyi yakabuda muChepanhau re Times rokuti International. Apo Savio anonyora, "Kuedza kuumba zvibvumirano zvemuganhu kana kune dzimwe nyika kuunza kugadzikana zvakagara zvichitaridzirwa nezvinodiwa nenyika," izvi zvingava izvo zvaari kutaura nezvazvo. Nharaunda dzeZimbabwe ndezvebhizimisi. Muzvinyorwa zvese, izvi zvinongowanikwa.

Uye zvipingamupinyi zvinoenderera mberi uye mari inowedzera hazvibatsiri. Basa re F-35 richiri mberi mberi, kunyange zvazvo, saKate Brannen akanyora munguva ichangopfuura Foreign Policy, "Pamusoro pemakore e-aircrafts ', mararamiro emabasa anotarisirwa kudarika $ 1 trillion."

Hondo yehondo yebhaplane yemari inogara isingagumi, zviri pachena. Congress iri shure kwayo yose. Uye haisi nyaya. "Lockheed akanyatsogadzirira vatengesi uye vashandi vehurumende munharaunda dzose kuti vaone kuti vese senenare uye nhengo dzeCongress dzine danda mukuchengeta purogiramu - uye mabasa ayo akasika-panzvimbo," akadaro Brannen.

Austerity ndeyekurasikirwa. Kune nguva dzose mari yekurwa hondo uye kuvaka zvombo, zvirokwazvo, kuramba ichidziridza zvombo, chizvarwa shure kwezera shure kwezera. Vachikonzi vanoziva kutamba mutambo. Jobs link maoko nekutya nekuda nyika uye hondo inotevera inogara ichidzivirirwa. Uye nguva dzose inodikanwa, nokuti takasimbisa nyika yekusingaperi-uye yakagadzirirwa-kusagadzikana.

Dambudziko reUnited Nations nderokuti kubatana kwezvikamu zvinorondedzerwa nekuvenga kwavo kune mumwe uye nekuzvipira kuenderera mberi kwe "denda rehondo." Hatisi kutanga kutanga rugare rwepasi pose kusvikira tadzidza kupfurikidza nekusarura nyika uye chisina kubvumirana, chibvumirano chisina kubvumirana chinosunga nyika-nyika kune umwe neumwe: kusagadzikana kwehondo.

Robert Koehler mubayiro wekukomborera, Chicago-based journist uye munyori wehurumende akabatanidzwa. Bhuku rake, Kushinga Kunowedzera Simba Pakuvadzwa (Xenos Press), ichiripo. Mutaurire naye koehlercw@gmail.com kana kushanyira webhusaiti yake pa commonwonders.com.

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