nguMateyu Hoh, Isikhonkwane sePunch, UJanuwari 16, 2023
Kunyaka ukuya kutsho kusuku olungaphambi kokubulawa kwakhe, uMartin Luther King esidlangalaleni nangokucacileyo akazange agwebe kuphela imfazwe yase-US eVietnam kodwa nomkhosi owavumela imfazwe kwaye wajongela phantsi uluntu lwaseMelika. Yenkosi Ngaphandle kweVietnam intshumayelo, eyanikelwa ngoAprili 4, 1967, kwiCawe yaseRiverside yaseNew York, yayixela kwangaphambili njengoko yayinamandla kwaye iprofeta. Intsingiselo nokuxabiseka kwayo kusekho namhlanje njengoko kwakunjalo kwiminyaka emalunga nama-55 eyadlulayo.
UKumkani ubophe ngokufanelekileyo kunye nomkhosi omkhulu kunye nomyalelo we-US kunye needemoni zoqoqosho, intlalontle kunye nenkcubeko ehlasela iMelika. Kakhulu njengoko uMongameli uDwight Eisenhower wayenzile kweyakhe ndlelantle Intetho kwiminyaka emithandathu ngaphambili, uKumkani wayezimisele ukucacisa ubunyani bobunyani baloo mfazwe kungekuphela nje umlo waphesheya kunye nolawulo lomkhosi wemizi-mveliso kodwa iziphumo ezijongelwa phantsi nezicuthayo ezibe nazo kubantu baseMelika. UKumkani waqonda kwaye wathetha ngemfazwe yaseVietnam "njengesifo esinzulu kakhulu kumoya waseMelika." Ukufa okulihlazo nokumanyumnyezi okwakuzisa phesheya kwaba yinkxwaleko yaseMelika. Washwankathela iinjongo zakhe ekuchaseni imfazwe yaseVietnam njengelinge lokusindisa umphefumlo waseMelika.
Ngokucacileyo, kwakukho ukutshatyalaliswa ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo kweVietnam, kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kweentsapho zaseMelika ezisebenzayo. NgoAprili we-1967, ngaphezu kwe-100 yaseMelika, ininzi yabo esinokuyichaza ngokuchanekileyo njengamakhwenkwe, kungekhona amadoda, abulawa ngeveki eVietnam. Njengoko sasitshisa abantu baseVietnam ngenapalm, “sasizalisa amakhaya aseMerika ngeenkedama nabahlolokazi.” Abo babuya “kwithafa ledabi elimnyama neliphalaza igazi [babe]ngumlwelwe ngokwasemzimbeni yaye bephazamisekile ngokwasengqondweni.” Impembelelo ye-metastatic yolu bundlobongela baphesheya kuluntu lwaseMelika yayibonwa kwangaphambili njengoko ibonakalise ukuba iyazitshabalalisa. UKumkani walumkisa:
Asisenakukwazi ukunqula uthixo wentiyo okanye ukuqubuda phambi kwesibingelelo sempindezelo. Iilwandle zembali zenziwa ziziphithiphithi yintiyo ehlala isanda. Ibe imbali izele yintshabalalo yezizwe nabantu abasukela le ndlela yokuzoyisa yentiyo.
UKumkani wayeqonda ukuba ubundlobongela baseMelika phesheya nasekhaya babungeyonto nje yokubonisa omnye komnye kodwa babexhomekeke kwaye besomelezana. Kwintshumayelo yakhe ngaloo mini, uKumkani wayengathethi kuphela ngeemeko zangoku zaloo mfazwe yaseVietnam kodwa wayechaza impambano phakathi kwezopolitiko zaseMelika, ezoqoqosho kunye nenkcubeko ezazingenamda wexesha okanye ukubambelela kwisizukulwana. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu anesihlanu kamva, iimfazwe ziye zaqhubeka ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe. Ukususela ngo-1991, i-US iqhube Ngaphezu kwe250 imisebenzi yomkhosi phesheya. Kuloo kubulala kunye nokutshabalalisa, sibona e-US amashumi amawaka kubulawa ngonyaka kunye nehlabathi enkulu abantu basentolongweni.
UKumkani waphawula ukuba olu bundlobongela luvumele njani ukungahoywa kwezithethe zobuhlanga e-US, njengoko zonke izinto zithobela injongo yobundlobongela. Amadoda aselula amnyama namhlophe, awayengavunyelwa ukuba ahlale kwindawo enye okanye aye kwizikolo ezifanayo e-US, aye, eVietnam, akwazi ukutshisa izindlu zamahlwempu aseVietnam “ngomanyano olukhohlakeleyo.” Urhulumente wakhe “wayengoyena nobangela wogonyamelo ehlabathini.” Kwiphulo likarhulumente waseUnited States kolo gonyamelo, zonke ezinye izinto zimele zenziwe zangaphantsi, kuquka intlalo-ntle yabantu bakhe.
KuKumkani, amahlwempu aseMelika ayeziintshaba ezininzi zorhulumente waseMelika njengeVietnam. Nangona kunjalo, imfazwe yaseMelika kunye nemfazwe yayinabalingane njengoko benzayo iintshaba. Kwinxalenye yentshumayelo yakhe esenokuba yeyona idumileyo, uKumkani uchaza owona mgaqo wobungendawo: “Xa oomatshini neekhompyutha, iintshukumisa zengeniso namalungelo okuba nezinto, zigqalwa njengezona zibalulekileyo kunabantu, iingxilimbela ezintathu zobuhlanga, ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo ngokugqithiseleyo nokuthanda imfazwe. abanakoyiswa.”
Loo bathathu emnye ungengcwele wocalucalulo, ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo, kunye nokuthanda ukulwa namhlanje uyachaza kwaye uyalulawula uluntu lwethu. Intiyo esasazwa ngumbutho ohambela phambili kwezopolitiko wokufuna ukongamela kwabamhlophe ifikelela kwizithuba zangaphambili kwimithombo yeendaba zoluntu kunye nezenzo zokoyika umntu ukuya kumaphulo ezopolitiko anempumelelo kunye nomthetho osebenza ngenkohlakalo. Sibona kwaye siva ububi obuthathu kwizihloko zethu, ubumelwane, kunye nosapho. Uloyiso olufunyenwe nzima kunyulo kunye nenkundla yenkululeko luyalungiswa. Intlupheko isachaza abantu abantsundu, abantsundu kunye nemveli; abona bangamahlwempu phakathi kwethu ngamaxesha amaninzi oomama abangenamaqabane. Ubundlobongela, nokuba ngaba amapolisa abulala abantu abamnyama nabamdaka, ubundlobongela basekhaya kwabasetyhini, okanye ubundlobongela esitratweni kubantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabo kunye nabadlulayo, buyaqhubeka ngaphandle kwenceba okanye ubulungisa.
Siyibona kwizinto eziphambili kurhulumente wethu. Kwakhona, zonke izinto kufuneka zibe ngaphantsi kokusukela ubundlobongela. Isigwebo esaziwayo sikaKing saloo ntshumayelo ka-Aprili 4, esithi, “Isizwe esiqhubeka unyaka nonyaka sichitha imali eninzi ekukhuseleni umkhosi kuneenkqubo zokuphucula uluntu sisondela ekufeni ngokomoya,” asinakuphikiswa. Kangangeminyaka, urhulumente wase-US uchithe ngaphezulu kwebhajethi yakhe yokubona emfazweni nasemkhosini kunakwintlalontle yabantu bakhe. Kwi-1.7 yetriliyoni yeedola yiCongress yase-US eyabiwe kanye ngaphambi kweKrisimesi edlulileyo, phantse 2/3, I-$ 1.1 yezigidigidi, iya kwi-Pentagon kunye nokunyanzeliswa komthetho. Kuyo yonke le nkulungwane, ingqiqo enganxulumananga nokhuselo inkcitho ngurhulumente weFederale ubukhulu becala iye yahlala ithe tyaba okanye yehla, nanjengoko inani labemi base-US likhule ngezigidi ezingama-50.
Iziphumo zoku kubekwa phambili kobundlobongela azinakuphepheka njengoko zingcolile. Amakhulu amawaka Abantu baseMelika basweleke kubhubhani we-COVID ngenxa yokungakwazi ukuhlawulela ukhathalelo lwempilo. Njengoko iCongress ivume ukonyuka kwe $ 80 billion kwiPentagon ngoDisemba, yasika isidlo sasemini sesikolo iinkqubo. 63% abantu baseMelika bahlala behlawula umvuzo, kunye nokunyuka kwamanani amaninzi ngonyaka kwiindleko eziphezulu ezifana nezempilo, izindlu, izinto eziluncedo kunye nemfundo; iikomishini yenza bhala iingeniso kwaye uhlawula kancinci irhafu. Ubomi obulindelekileyo kubantu baseMelika behlile 2 ½ iminyaka kwiminyaka emibini, njengeyokuqala neyesithathu enkulu ababulali kubantwana bethu yimipu kunye ne-overdose ...
Ndiyichaze intshumayelo kaKumkani njengenamandla, isiprofeto kwaye ixela kwangaphambili. Ibiyinto ebukhali kwaye ivuselela. UKumkani wabiza "inguqu yokwenyani yemilinganiselo" yokunyusa, ukugxotha kunye nokubuyisela ububi bobuhlanga, ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo kunye nomkhosi olawula urhulumente waseMelika kunye noluntu. Wabeka amanyathelo okwenyani kwaye achaza amanyathelo okuphelisa imfazwe eVietnam kanye njengoko wayemisele unyango lwesifo somoya waseMelika. Asizange sizilandele.
UKumkani wayeqonda apho iMelika yayiza kuya ngaphaya kweVietnam. Waqaphela kwaye wavakalisa iinyani zobubi obuthathu, ukufa kokomoya kwesizwe kunye nemfazwe echasene namahlwempu. Wayeyiqonda indlela ezo nyaniso ezazilukhetho luluntu nendlela ezaziya kuba mbi ngayo, yaye wathetha njalo. UMartin Luther King wabulawa unyaka ukuya kumhla ngenxa yentetho enjalo.
