Mashoko kuLincoln Memorial, May 30, 2017
NaDavid Swanson, Ngatiedzei Democracy.
Washington, DC, uye zvizhinji zveUnited States, izere nezvigaro zvehondo, pamwe nevakawanda zvakare vari kuvakwa uye vari kurongwa. Vazhinji vavo vanokudza hondo. Vazhinji vavo vakavakwa munguva dzehondo dzakazotevera uye vakatsvaka kuvandudza mifananidzo yehondo dzekare kune zvinangwa zvezvino. Hazvina kana mumwe wavo anodzidzisa chero zvidzidzo kubva pane zvikanganiso zvakaitwa. Vakanakisisa vavo vanochema kurasikirwa kwechikamu chiduku-chikamu cheUnited States - chehondo dzevarwi.
Asi kana iwe uchitarisisa izvi nemamwe maguta eU.S., iwe uchava nenguva yakaoma yekuwana memorials kuNorth America kuurawa kana varanda kana vanhu vakaurayiwa muPhilippines kana Laos kana Cambodia kana Vietnam kana Iraq. Iwe haugoni kuwana zvivigiro zvakawanda zvakapoteredza pano kuBonus Army kana kuti Pambori Pevanhu Yevarombo. Ndeipi iyo nhoroondo yekutambudzwa kwemaharacroppers kana vashandi vekufekitari kana vashandi kana vatsigiri vezvakatipoteredza? Varipi vanyori vedu uye vanyori? Sei pasina chifananidzo chaMark Twain chaipo pano kuseka mbongoro yake pedu? Ndepi iri chiyeuchidzo cheTatu-Mile Island chinotinyevera kubva kune enyukireya? Ndezvipi zviyeuchidzo kune mumwe munhu weSoviet kana weUnited States, akadai saVasili Arkhipov, uyo akabvisa nyukliya apocalypse? Ndepi iri chiyeuchidzo chikuru chekurova bhururu kuchema hurumende dzakaparadzwa uye kuve nekudzivirira nekudzidziswa kwevaurayi vane utsinye?
Kunyange zvazvo nyika dzakawanda dzichiisa chiyeuchidzo kune zvavasingadi kudzokorora pamwe chete nezvavanoda kutevedzera, United States inotarisa zvakanyanya kuhondo uye nekudzvinyirira pakukukudza. Uye humwe huripo hweVeterans for Rugare inoratidzira uye inoita kuti vamwe vanhu vafunge.
Zvakanaka kupfuura 99.9% yenyaya yedu haisi kuyeukwa mumarble. Uye patinokumbira kuti zvive, tinowanzoseka. Asi kana iwe ukasarudza kubvisa chikumbaridzo kune mukuru weConstederate mumuganhu wekumaodzanyemba kweU.S., unoziva here zvinonyanya kupindura? Vanokupomera mhosva yekupikisa nhoroondo, yekuda kubvisa kare. Izvi zvinobva pakunzwisiswa kwekare zvakasanganisira zvizere zvehondo.
MuNew Orleans, vachangobva kutora zvigaro zvavo zveChitederate zvehondo, izvo zvakange zvagadzirwa kuti zvifambise hukuru hwekuchena. Mutaundi rangu reCharlottesville, Virginia, guta racho rakabvumira kutora Robert E. Lee mifananidzo. Asi isu takapikisana nemutemo weVirginia unorega kutora pasi chero chipi nechipi chehondo. Hapana mutemo, sezvandinoziva, chero kupi zvako pasi pano inorambidza kubvisa chero chipi nechipi chekuyemura chikumbaridzo. Kakaoma zvakaoma sekuwana mutemo wakadaro ungadai uchiwana chero zvivako zvekuchengetedza rugare pano kuzotarisa kutora. Handiverengi chivako chehama dzedu dziri pedyo pano kuU.S. Institute of Peace, iyo iyo inobhadharwa gore rino ichave yakararama zvachose iripo isina kumbopikisa hondo yeUnited States.
Asi nei tisingafaniri kuva nerunyararo rwekugara? Kana Russia neUnited States zvichishanda pamwe chete muchiyeuchidza kuguma kweCold War muWashington neMoscow, izvo hazvingabatsiri kubvisa Hondo yeCold itsva here? Dai takanga tichivaka chivako kune kudzivirira, pamusoro pemakore akawanda apfuura, zvekurwisa kweUnited States kuIran, inguva yemberi kurwisa kwakadaro kungave kwakanyanya here kana kuti zvishoma? Kana paiva nechikumbaridzo kuKellogg-Briand Pact uye neHarare Outlawry paMall, hazvizoiti here kuti vamwe vatashanyi vazive nezvekuvapo kwayo uye chii chakatemwa? Dai magungano eGeneva aizodzingwa sechinhu chiduku kana varwi vehondo vachiona Geneva Kokorodzano Chikumbaridzo kunze kwewindo ravo?
Kunze kwekushaiwa kwezvigumbuso zvezvibvumirano zvorugare uye kubudirira kwezvisikwa, kune zvipi zvinyorwa zvehupenyu hwose hwevanhu kupfuura hondo? Mune nzara yevanhu, mhemberero dzehondo ingadai iri muenzaniso muduku wemarudzi akawanda evanhu vanoyeuka, uye pavaripo ivo vaizochema, kwete kukudza, uye kuchema vose vakaurayiwa, kwete chikamu chiduku chakaonekwa sechikanaka chekushungurudzika kwedu.
Mapakatwa Kurima Chirangaridzo Bell Tower muenzaniso wezvatinofanira kuita sevanhu. Veterans For Peace muenzaniso wezvatinofanira kuita sevanhu. Bvuma zvikanganiso zvedu. Kukoshesa hupenyu hwose. Kuvandudza mararamiro edu. Kudza ushingi kana yakabatanidzwa nemitemo. Uye kuziva veterans kuburikidza nekusika hakuna veterans vanoenda mberi.
