Inyaniso yeKrisimesi iza kuluncedo kakhulu ngoku

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, UDisemba 14, 2021

Ufanele athande indlela amajelo eendaba ase-US minyaka le aphuma ngayo malunga “nemfazwe yeKrisimesi” nto leyo ethetha into enganxulumananga kwaphela nazo naziphi na iimfazwe, ngelixa umkhosi wase-US uhlala uneemfazwe zokwenyani eziqhubekayo ngeKrisimesi, ngokufanayo neminye imini. Mhlawumbi ngakumbi ngeKrisimesi, njengoko ukubulawa kukaGeorge Washington kwamajoni aseBritane anxilileyo naleleyo ngeKrisimesi yowe-1776 kuye kwaguqulelwa “njengeyona nto ikhethekileyo” kangangokuba kuthiwa yeyokuqala kumtya wezigidi zezenzo ezizukileyo “zemikhosi ekhethekileyo,” kunye neemfazwe ngoku ngokubanzi. zibandakanya izenzo ezikhethekileyo.

xa ENew York Times umbiko Kwiminyaka emibini kamva kwibhombu ka-2019 yesihlwele sabemi baseSyria, yayibeka, kanye njengokuba kwakunjalo Ukubulawa kwe-drone-missile eKabul okwalandela iminyaka engama-20 yokubulawa kwabantu e-Afghanistan, njengohlobo lokuphambuka. Kodwa ke Maxesha kamva waziva enyanzelekile ukunika ingxelo ukuba ukuqhushumba kwebhombu eSyria kulandele indlela yokubulawa liqela eliyimfihlo elikhethekileyo elalilawula imfazwe. Kwakubonakala nje ukuba ezinye ze Amaxesha ' Imithombo, abantu abajongene nokubulawa kwabantu, babongoze i Maxesha ukuba kancinci ezayo. Ewe, xa kufikwa ekubulaweni kweKabul yosapho olumsulwa, umkhosi wase-US "waziphanda" kwaye. misele ukuba akukho mntu wenze into engalunganga - hayi nje isiphelo esingathandabuzekiyo, kodwa omnye wafika ngenxa yenyhweba engazange inikwe abanye ababulali emhlabeni.

Urhulumente wase-US uxhobile kwaye uthatha inxaxheba kumlo waseYemen, *USISE* ukugcina amajoni angafunwayo e-Iraq, kwaye uqhushumbisa kwaye ubanga ilungelo lokuqhubeka nokuqhubhisa iSyria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, njalo njalo. Urhulumente wase-US uyekile ukunika ingxelo iibhombu zayo zidlula wawuyintoni umthombo kwiintatheli ezizimiseleyo. Ke, kunzima ukwazi ukuba yimalini umfanekiso yesiphelo senyani kuzo zonke iziqhushumbisi ngenxa yokuncipha kweziqhushumbisi kunye nokuba kuhla kangakanani na ekunikezeni ingxelo. Siyazi ukuba, kwinqanaba elithile, iziqhushumbisi kunye nezoyikiso zokuqhunyiswa kweebhombu, kunye nokuthunyelwa kwemikhosi "ekhethekileyo" yonke iyaqhubeka kumazwe amaninzi. Siyazi ukuba uBiden wafuna uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi omkhulu kunoTrump, kwaye iCongress yamnika enye enkulu ngakumbi kunokuba wayeyifuna. Siyazi ukuba phantse yonke into enokwenziwa ukunyusa umngcipheko wemfazwe enkulu e-Ukraine, eTaiwan, nase-Iran iyenziwa, ngelixa i-US isenalo ixesha lokuthintela uxolo eKorea. Siyazi ukuba izixhobo ezithunyelwayo kuyo yonke incasa yorhulumente ombi kwihlabathi liphela ziphuma kumazibuko ase-US njengobovu buphuma kusulelo lobukumkani.

UNobhala Jikelele weZizwe eziManyeneyo kudala ecebise ubhubhane. Yiza ngoFebruwari kunokubakho ezinye iiOlimpiki, kunye okanye ngaphandle kwesivumelwano seOlimpiki apho kukho umzekelo. Amaqela oxolo athetha ngokucela iCongress ngo-2022 ukuba incede iphelise ukuthatha inxaxheba kwe-US kwimfazwe yaseYemen. (Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uDisemba ngowokuthenga nokuthengisa kunye nabanyoba bephulo.) Kodwa kuthekani ngento ekhawulezileyo? Kuthekani ngeKrisimesi okanye iHanukkah okanye iKwanzaa okanye i-Solstice truce? (Ndizive ngathi ndingangenela “imfazwe yeKrisimesi” kweso sivakalisi sokugqibela ukuze kucace nje ukuba ndicebisa ukuphelisa iimfazwe zokwenyani.) Kwelinye icala, isivumelwano seKrisimesi sinokuba nzima kakhulu. Uluntu alunalwazi, kwaye iCongress yathenga kwaye yabanini.

Kwelinye icala, kumajoni anomoya opholileyo ekufuneka nje azise isisombululo samagunya emfazwe kwaye avotele “Yay,” sibuza kancinci kakhulu. Iimfazwe zeKrisimesi zeMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala zenziwe ngabantu ababeka ubomi babo emngciphekweni kwaye boyisa ukutya okuzingileyo kwepropaganda ukuze babe ngumhlobo weentshaba zabo - hayi ngaphezulu kweZoom. Umkhosi unamandla, kodwa awuyi ku-jack-kennedy 535 Amalungu eCongress ukuba bonke bachitha i-7 okanye i-8 imizuzu kude nemisebenzi yabo ebalulekileyo ukuphelisa zonke iimfazwe zase-US zangoku.

Ndicinga ukuba ubuncinci ngonyaka ukuba akunjalo rhoqo kufuneka sizame ukukhumbula okwenzeka ngexesha leMfazwe eNkulu (enkulu iesile lam):

Nazi ezinye iirekhodi zokuqhubeka:

Ileta yeKrismesi itekisi Apha.

Nasi iskripthi esiguqula le leta ingentla ukuba ibe ngumdlalo onokwenziwa ngeKrisimesi nangubani na othanda: PDF.

Nantsi iakhawunti evela kumntu owayelapho: Iibhola kunye neeBillets.

Akhawunti yokuzibonela UFrank Richards.

Nantsi Belleau Wood Amazwi nguJoe Henry noGarth Brooks.

Nantsi IKrismesi kwiiTrenches Amazwi nguJohn McCutcheon, kunye namavidiyo angezantsi.

Kukho imovie nayo:

Ifoto:

Amajoni aseJamani nawaseBritane abambisene-iKrisimesi ka-1914

Ifoto engentla ivela le ngqokelela yolwazi kwiKrismesi iTruce.

Umdlali wokugqibela owaziwayo webhola ye-1914 nomntu-umhlaba wafa ngoJulayi 22nd, 2001, oneminyaka eyi-106: UBertie Felstead.

Kukho kwakhona Iikrismesi kwi-1915 kunye ne-1916.

Umbongo: I-Christmas Truce ye-1914 ibonakala kwi-2014.

Njani ukucula Ngobusuku busuku ezahlukeneyo iilwimi.

Cinga.

IKrisimesi kaSnoopy Amazwi.

The Vula iNcwadi yeKrisimesi.

Yiyiphi iKrisimesi i-Owes ku-Abolitionists.

Iintlobo ezininzi zeeKrismesi izibonelelo ezivela kwiiVeterans for Peace.