Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaSherman uqhotyoshela ikona esemazantsi yeCentral Park (noColumbus ebambelele kwintonga enye):
Incwadi entsha kaMatthew Carr, Sherman's Ghosts: Amajoni, Abahlali, kunye ne-American Way of War, iboniswa "njengembali yomkhosi echasene nomkhosi" - oko kukuthi, isiqingatha sayo yimbali yokuziphatha kukaGeneral William Tecumseh Sherman ngexesha leMfazwe yamakhaya yase-US, kwaye isiqingatha sayo yinzame yokulandelela i-echoes zikaSherman ngokusebenzisa iimfazwe ezinkulu zase-US ukuya kuthi ga kwimfazwe yaseMelika. okwangoku, kodwa ngaphandle kothando okanye uzuko lokubulala okanye nakuphi na ukuthabatheka kubuchwephesha okanye amaqhinga. Kanye njengoko iimbali zobukhoboka zibhaliwe namhlanje ngaphandle kothando oluthile lobukhoboka, iimbali zemfazwe kufuneka zibhalwe, njengale, kumbono oye wagqithisa, nokuba umgaqo-nkqubo woluntu wase-US awuqhutywa kulo mbono okwangoku.
Eyona nto indibetha kakhulu malunga nale mbali ixhomekeke kwinto engachazwanga: uMzantsi wangaphambili namhlanje ubonelela ngenkxaso eyomeleleyo ethandwayo kwiimfazwe zase-US. UMzantsi kudala ufuna kwaye usafuna ukwenziwa kumazwe angaphandle into eyenziwe - ngenqanaba elingaphantsi kakhulu - yenziwe kuwo nguNjengele Sherman.
Eyona nto indixakekisayo yindlela le mbali evezwa ngayo kukuba yonke inkohlakalo eyenziwa eMzantsi nguSherman yenziwa izihlandlo ezilishumi phambi nasemva kwabo bomthonyama baseMelika. UCarr ucebisa ngobuxoki ukuba uhlaselo lwembubhiso yayiluphawu lweemfazwe zaseMelika zaseMelika ngaphambi kokuba abantu baseYurophu bafike, ngelixa eneneni imfazwe epheleleyo nentshabalalo epheleleyo yayiyindalo yobukoloniyali. UCarr ulandelela iinkampu zoxinaniso kwiCuba yaseSpain, hayi i-US Southwest, kwaye uchaza imfazwe yasePhilippines njengemfazwe yokuqala yase-US emva kweMfazwe yamakhaya, kulandela indibano yokuba iimfazwe kumaMelika aseMelika azibali (singasathethi ngokubiza i-Antietam). “olona suku lwaluyintlekele kuzo zonke iimfazwe zase-US” kwincwadi equka iHiroshima). Kodwa, ndiyacinga, i-echo yaloo nkolelo yokuba abantu bomthonyama abayibali into ekhokelela ekugxininiseni kuhambo lukaSherman oluya elwandle, njengoko i-Iraq, i-Afghanistan, neGaza zitshatyalaliswa ngezixhobo ezibizwa ngokuba yizizwe zamaNdiya. USherman akazange ahlasele nje abantu ngokubanzi baseGeorgia kunye neCarolinas kwindlela yakhe eya eGoldsboro - indawo apho umkhosi wase-US wawuza kuthi kamva uwise iibhombu zenyukliya (leyo ngethamsanqa ayizange iqhume) - kodwa unike izizathu ezicacileyo ngokubhala, into eyayinayo. kulindeleke ukuba abantu abamhlophe bahlasele ngokubanzi.
Eyona nto ibangela umdla kum kukuba uMzantsi namhlanje unokuza ukuchasa imfazwe ngokuqaphela amaxhoba kaSherman kumaxhoba eemfazwe zase-US kunye nemisebenzi. KwakuseNyakatho yokuhlala eMzantsi apho umkhosi wase-US waqala ukufuna ukuphumelela iintliziyo neengqondo, kuqala ukujongana ne-IEDs ngendlela yemigodi engcwatywe ezindleleni, waqala wanikezela ekwahluleleni amadabi kubantu abangabajongi, okokuqala waqala ngokubanzi kwaye ngokusemthethweni (kwi- Lieber Code) ebanga ukuba inkohlakalo enkulu yayibububele ngokwenene njengoko yayiza kuphelisa imfazwe ngokukhawuleza, kwaye kuqala yazikhusela kwizityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe isebenzisa ulwimi olwathi (uMntla) lwafumanisa ukuba lukholisa ngokupheleleyo kodwa amaxhoba ayo (oMzantsi) afumanisa ukuba eyonakeleyo kunye nentlalontle. . USherman wasebenzisa isohlwayo esihlangeneyo kunye nohlaselo lokuziphatha esicinga ukuba "njengomothuko noloyiko." Iziqinisekiso zikaSherman kuSodolophu waseAtlanta ukuba wayethetha kakuhle kwaye wayethetheleleka kuko konke awakwenzayo waqinisekisa uMntla kodwa hayi eMzantsi. Iinkcazo zase-US zokutshatyalaliswa kwe-Iraq zikholisa abantu baseMelika kunye akekho omnye umntu.
USherman wayekholelwa ukuba ubugwenxa bakhe buya kuguqula uMzantsi kwimfazwe. Wathi: “Amawaka abantu asenokutshabalala, kodwa ngoku ayaqonda ukuba imfazwe ithetha enye into kunozuko olulambathayo nokuqhayisa. Ukuba uxolo lunokuwela kwiqashiso labo abasayi kuphinda bameme uMfazwe. ” Abanye bacinga ukuba le yimpembelelo yomkhosi wase-US kumazwe angaphandle namhlanje. Kodwa ngaba abantu baseIraqi baye baba seluxolweni ngakumbi? Ngaba uMzantsi wase-US ukhokela indlela yokulwela uxolo? Xa uSherman egqogqa amakhaya kunye nemikhosi yakhe yasebenzisa "imibuzo eyongeziweyo" - ngamanye amaxesha ukuya kwinqanaba lokufa, ngamanye amaxesha ukuyeka ukufutshane - amaxhoba yayingabantu abangasekho emhlabeni, kodwa abantu sinokukwazi "ukubabona" njengabantu. Ngaba loo nto mhlawumbi ingasinceda ukuba sifezekise isimo sengqondo esifanayo nabemi bangoku baseNtshona Asia? UMzantsi waseMelika uhlala ugcwele izikhumbuzo zamajoni e-Confederate. Ngaba i-Iraq ibhiyozela abachasi banamhlanje iminyaka eyi-150 ukusukela ngoku ukuba ubani ufuna ntoni?
Xa umkhosi wase-US wawutshisa izixeko zaseJapan phantsi, yayingumhleli we Umgaqo-siseko waseAtlanta owathi, ecatshulwe nguCarr, wabhala: “Noko ke, ukuba kuyimfuneko, ukuba izixeko zaseJapan, nganye nganye, zitshiswe zibe luthuthu olumnyama, oko sinako, yaye siya kukwenza.” URobert McNamara uthe uNjengele uCurtis LeMay wacinga ngale nto wayeyenza ngendlela efanayo noSherman. Ibango likaSherman lokuba imfazwe isihogo kwaye ayinakuphucuka yayikhona kwaye ukususela ngoko isetyenziselwa ukuthethelela inkohlakalo enkulu, nangona ifihla ngaphakathi kuyo inyaniso enzulu: ukuba isigqibo esiphucukileyo siya kuba. ukuphelisa imfazwe.
I-United States ngoku ibulala ngeedrones, kubandakanya ukubulala abemi baseMelika, kubandakanya nokubulala abantwana, kubandakanya nokubulala abantwana abangabemi baseMelika. Ayizange ihlasele abemi bayo ngale ndlela ukusukela kwimihla kaSherman. Ngaba lixesha mhlawumbi lokuba uMzantsi uvuke kwakhona, kungekhona ngokuziphindezela kodwa ekuqondeni, ukujoyina icala lamaxhoba kwaye uthi akukho nakuphi na ukuhlaselwa kweentsapho kumakhaya abo, kwaye akukho ke ngoko nayiphi na enye imfazwe eye yaba khona?
