NaDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War
Makore matanhatu-shure kwekuenda kweBritish kuJamestown, pamwe nevatorwa vachiedza kurarama uye vasingagoni kutarisira kuparadzwa kwavo kwese, vaVirini vatsva vakapa mauto ehondo kuti varwise Acadia uye (vakakundikana) kutora vaFrance kubva pane zvavanofunga kuti nyika yavo .
Makoroni aizova United States akasarudza kutora Canada mu1690 (uye akakundikana, zvakare).
Vakatora vaBritish kuvabatsira mu 1711 (uye vakakundikana, zvakare zvakare).
Gavhuna Braddock naColonel Washington vakaedza zvakare mu 1755 (uye vakaramba vachikundikana, kunze kwekucheneswa kwemadzinza kwakaitwa uye kubuda kunze kweAcadians neVaAmerica).
VaBritain neUnited States vakarova mu1758 ndokutora renhare yeCanada, vakaitumidza kuti Pittsburgh, uye pakupedzisira vakavaka nhandare huru kune rimwe rwizi rwakatsaurirwa kukudzwa kwe ketchup.
George Washington akatumira mauto akatungamirirwa naBenedict Arnold kurwisa Canada zvakare mu 1775.
Kushandurwa kwekutanga kweMutemo weUnited States kwakapa kuti kuve neCanada, pasinei nekushayikwa kweCanada kwekuda kuiswa.
Benjamin Franklin akakumbira maBritish kuti vape Canada panguva yekutaurirana kweChibvumirano cheParis muna 1783. Chimbofungidzira kuti izvo zvingave zvakaitirei veCanada nezvehutano nemitemo yepfuti! Kana usazvifungidzire. Britain yakapa Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, neIndiana. (Zvirinani ivo vanoziva kuti vakasununguka!)
Muna 1812 veUS vakafunga kufora kuenda kuCanada uye kutambirwa sevasununguri. Vakanga vasina. Asi maCanada havana kupisa iyo White House. Izvo zvakaitwa nemauto eBritish aisanganisira varume vachangotiza kubva kuuranda hweUS. Kuuraya vamwe vevakapukunyuka kunopembererwa muU.S. National Anthem, sezvazviri panguva yehondo pakafa vanhu, mureza wakapona.
IU.S. yakatsigira kurwisa kweIrish kuCanada mu1866.
Ndiani anoyeuka rwiyo urwu?
Chikamu chokutanga aizoisa pasi
Wholly and forever,
Uye mushure mekubva korona yeBritain
Iye Canada aizotsaura.
Yankee Doodle, chengetedza,
Yankee Doodle dandy.
Fungisisa mimhanzi uye danho
uye nevanasikana vacho vabatsire!
Canada ine heck yakawanda yekupindura nezvayo, kusanganisira kuve wakashanda senzvimbo tsvene yevanhu vari kutiza nhapwa kana kunyoreswa muhondo dzakaipa, tisingatauri kupa humbowo hunowanikwa mumamiriyoni emakakatanwa asina maturo pamusoro pevatsigiri veUS zvekusagona kupa hutano kana kurambidza pfuti. kana kuwana rusununguko pasina hondo yeropa kana kupedza uranda pasina hondo ine ropa kana kunyatsofara pasina hondo zhinji dzine ropa. Uyezve pane icho chose chinorambidza zvimbambaira chinhu; ndezvei izvozvo?
Mukudzivirira Canada, zvisinei, zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti makambani eCanada anotengesa zvombo pasi rese, Canada inotenga zvombo zveUS, Canada inoshandisa $ 20 bhiriyoni pagore kugadzirira hondo, Canada inhengo yeNATO yakamira zvakanaka, Canada haina kubatana ne chibvumirano chitsva chinorambidza zvombo zvenyukireya, hutsinye hweCanada kune nyika dzenyika iyi hahuna magumo, kubviswa kwakaipisisa kweCanada kwefossil kunoziva vashoma vakwikwidzi, uye Canada inotsigira zvine njodzi ingano dzehondo dzevanhu uye anonzi mutoro wekudzivirira (nekubhomba) . Nekudaro, kuchine tariro kune vakadaro vekuchamhembe, uye kana Canada ikakundikana kuwana nzira yayo sechikamu chedenda repasi rose rechisimba chakarongeka, ndinofungidzira United States yaizofara kupinda.
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David Swanson ndiye mutungamiriri we World BEYOND War iyo inobata iyo musangano wegore negore muToronto munaSeptember 21-22.
