NguDavid Swanson, uDisemba 7, 2017, Masilinge iNdemokhrasi.
UDonald Trump uthumela i-tweeting ngendawo ethile eHawaii. Uyityelele mva nje esendleleni eya esoyikisela imfazwe eAsia. Luphawu olukhulu kule veki kwiimagazini ezininzi zase-US kunye namaphephandaba. Inegama elithandekayo elivakala njengokubulala negazi kuba iinqwelomoya zaseJapan zabandakanyeka ekubulaweni kwabantu abaninzi apho ngo-1941: iPearl Harbor.
Usuku lwePearl Harbor namhlanje lufana neColumbus Day iminyaka eyi-50 edlulileyo. Oko kukuthi: abaninzi abantu basakholelwa ukuhlaselwa. Iingcamango zihlala zigcinwa kwiimeko zabo ezingenakunxulunyaniswa. "Iiflebhu ezintsha zePearl" zifunwa ngabantu abenza imfazwe, bathiwa, kwaye baxhaphazwa. Nangona kunjalo i-Pearl Harbour yasekuqaleni ihlala ingxowankulu eyaziwayo e-United States yezinto zonke zempi, kuquka ukulungiswa kwexesha elide laseJapan - kungabikho ukukhankanywa kwe-WWII yamaJapan aseMerika njengomzekelo wokujolisa amanye amaqela namhlanje. Amakholwa ePearl Harbour acingisisa ngemicimbi yabo engqungquthela, ngokuchaseneyo nanamhlanje, unobungqina obuninzi base-US, ubundlobongela obuqhelekileyo, ukuchasana okulungileyo nokubi, kunye nesimo esiphezulu sokwenza imfazwe.
Iinyani azixhasi imfundiso. Urhulumente waseUnited States akafunekanga enza IJapan umlingane omncinci kwimperiyali, akufuneki ukuba aqhube umkhosi weengalo, ayifuni inkxaso I-Nazism kunye ne-fascism (njengokuba ezinye zeenkampani ezinkulu zase-US zenza ngokufanelekileyo kwimfazwe), kwakungadingeki ukuba iqhube iJapan, ayifuni ukujoyina imfazwe e-Asia okanye eYurophu, kwaye ayizange imangaliswe ukuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor. Ukuxhaswa nganye kwezi nkcazo, qhubeka ufunda.
IMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiBini imile ingachanekanga njengeyona nto imbi eluntwini ngokubanzi kunye norhulumente wase-US ngakumbi (kunye nabanye oorhulumente abaninzi) owakhe wayenza ngalo naliphi na ixesha elifutshane. Iimfazwe zakutshanje azisondeli. Kukwakho ukungqamana neMizuzu yesitalato iDowning.
Ngo-Agasti 18, i-1941, uNdunankulu uWinston Churchill wadibana nekhabhinethi yakhe kwi-10 Downing Street. Intlanganiso yayifana nokufana noJulayi 23, i-2002, intlanganiso kwidilesi enye, imizuzu eyayibizwa ngokuba yi-Downing Street Minutes. Zintlanganiso zombini zityhila iimfihlo ze-US zokuya kwimfazwe. Kwintlanganiso ye-1941, uChurchill watshela iikhabhinethi yakhe, ngokwemizuzu: "UMongameli wayethe uya kulwa kodwa akayi kuchaza." Ngaphezu koko, "Yonke into yayingenziwa ukunyanzelisa isiganeko."
Enyanisweni, yonke into yenziwe ukunyanzelisa isiganeko, kwaye eso siganeko yayiyiPearl Harbor.
