NguKathy Kelly, ngoNovemba 10, 2017, Inkqubela.
UWilfred Owen, umbongi waseNgesi owabulawa ngokunyanzela kwiveki enye ngaphambi kokuba i-Armistice yagqitywa ekugqibeleni iMfazwe Yehlabathi I isayinwe, yabhala malunga neengxaki zokuhlala kwiindawo zokuhlala kunye nokunyamezela imfazwe yegesi.
Kule nto kuphela, uAbraham wenqaba ukuphulaphula ingelosi ekhuthaza ukuba unyana angasindiswa. Umdala "wambulala unyana, kunye nengxenye yembewu yaseYurophu, enye ngenye."
Amashumi amabini anamajoni abulawa okanye axhatshazwa kwaye ezinye izigidi ezisixhenxe zithinjelwe ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Ezinye i-50 kwi-100 yezigidi zabhubha ngenxa yesifo somkhuhlane esadalwa yimfazwe. "Akuzange nanini," ubhala umbhali kunye nomgqugquzeli uDavid Swanson, "ukuba abantu babone ukuxhelwa okunjalo kwezoqoqosho, ngamashumi amawaka awela ngosuku ukutshiza izibhamu kunye negesi yetyhefu."
I-West eyakhawulezileyo neyikhatheleyo yabingelela ngoNovemba 11, i-1918, ngomhla wokulwa kwemfazwe, njengoko ukuhanjiswa kwayo kuvela kwixhala.
Kwi 1938, Congress wathi Usuku lwe-Armistice usuku lweeholide lomthetho olunikezelwe ngumbono woxolo lwehlabathi. Kwi-1954 iholide wabizwa kwakhona Usuku loMkhosi weeMfazwe kwaye luye lwaba lixesha lokuba kufakwe iiflegi zokugada kunye nezempi.
Ngoku, amalungu eqela Amapolisa Oxolo basebenza ngaphesheya kwe-US ukuba babuyisele injongo yokuqala yosuku lwe-Armistice. Bawusebenzisa ukubiza ukufumana inkxaso eyaneleyo yengqondo kunye nezinto eziphathekayo kubalindi bezilwanyana, ukubanceda bajamelane neengxaki ezityhotyelwe ukuba zinyamezele. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, basebenzela ukuqeda iimfazwe.
Kulo nyaka ngomhla kaNovemba 11, kwi-11, ama-Veterans for Peace chapters kwi-United States azakubethela iintsimbi, bekhumbula loo mzuzu kwi-1918 xa, njengo-Kurt Vonnegut wabhala, "Izigidi zabantu kwizigidi zabantu ziye zatshitshana."
"Esi siganeko singaphezu nje kokukhunjulwa kwimbali," kusho u-Ed Flaherty, ilungu leSixeko se-Iowa City Chapter of Veterans for Peace. "Kwangoku namhlanje, malunga nesidingo sethu esinzima sokuguqula umxhasi wemfazwe kunye nokuthatha umthwalo omnandi wokudala uxolo ngonaphakade."
Ukubhala egameni leSahluko seTom Paine eAlbany, eNew York, uJohn Amidon uchaza ukuba abadlali bezilwanyana "baya kuhamba ngenjongo" kwimihla ngemihla yaseVeterans ngenxa yokuba "asihambanga."
Umntu oneminyaka enzima "endala" kwimbongo ka-Owen wenqaba ukungenelela kweengelosi kumnxusa ukuba akhethe ubomi ngaphezu kokufa. Asimele senze loo mpazamo.
Usuku lwe-Armistice lusinika ithuba lokuvuma ukungabikho kobuqhetseba obunobundlobongela bempi, ukuchithwa kwemali yethu yemali, kunye noxanduva esilubelana ngalo ekupheliseni zonke iimfazwe.
Kathy Kelly unxibelelanisa iqela Iimvo ze-Creative Unviolence.