U-Odysseus ngewayesebenzele i-Lockheed Martin

NguDavid Swanson, Masilinge iNdemokhrasi, Julayi 17, 2022

Unyana wam oneminyaka esibhozo ubudala kunye nam sisanda kufunda inguqulelo emfutshane Odyssey. Ngokwemveli kucingwa njengebali leqhawe elenza indlela yalo lidlula izilo ezahlukahlukeneyo. Nangona kunjalo ngenene ngokucacileyo ibali le-monster eyenza indlela yayo idlula amagorha awohlukeneyo.

U-Odysseus, ewe, ngaphambi kweli bali, wayishiya intsapho yakhe ukuba iye kulwa kwaye ibulale iqela labantu angabaziyo kunye neqela labanye abantu angabaziyo ngenxa yokuba iqela labanye abantu liye lakhuphisana. umfazi njengesiqwenga sepropathi kwaye wenza isivumelwano semfazwe ukujoyina ukubulawa kwabantu abaninzi ukuba nabani na ongomnye wayiba loo propati.

U-Odysseus wayenombono ohloniphekileyo wokufihla iqela lababulali ngaphakathi kwehashe leplanga kwaye libiza ngokuba sisipho, emva koko litsibe ngaphandle kwehashe ebusuku kwaye lixhele iintsapho ezilele. Oku kwenze imimangaliso kwinkalo yezozakuzo kwimillennia. Xa uGeorge Washington wayewela umlambo ngobusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi ukuze abulale iqela lamahlwempu anxilileyo kwiihempe zabo zasebusuku, ekuphela kwento eyayilahlekile yayilihashe leplanga, nangona ukuphindaphinda kwiinkulungwane kuye kwanuka ngakumbi ngokungathi ihashe linayo. wadlula.

Emva kokuhamba ngesikhephe kulo lonke uzuko lwaseTroy, uOdysseus namadoda awayewayalela kwenzeka ukuba amise eIsmarus. Kunokuba athi molo, wagqiba kwelokuba eyona nto ilungileyo anokuyenza yayikukuzama ukubulala, ukutshabalalisa, nokuthatha indawo. U-Odysseus wabulala iqela lamadoda akhe waza wahamba ngomkhumbi ngokukhawuleza njengoko wayenako. Hayi, uzuko.

Emva koko u-Odysseus kunye namajoni akhe badlula ilizwe le-Cyclopes baza bagqiba ekubeni bangahambi ngomkhumbi kodwa bazame ukubangela ingxaki. Beza neyeza lokulala abalisebenzisa kwiCyclops emva koko bamfamekisa ngomkhonto esweni. U-Odysseus wafumana iqela lamadoda akhe adliwe kwaye wakhwaza ngezenzo zakhe ezizukileyo ukuze uthixo wolwandle kunye noyise weCyclops owenzakeleyo weva kwaye wafunga ukuba abangele ukubandezeleka kwesihogo ku-Odysseus okanye nabani na owamncedayo.

Emva koko u-Odysseus waba nengxaki yokubuyela ekhaya kangangokuba waphelela kwilizwe lothixo welanga, apho amadoda akhe eba izinto zobuthixo, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba uZeus atshabalalise inqanawa yabo. Ekugqibeleni, u-Odysseus wayebabulele bonke abasebenzi bakhe kwaye nguye yedwa owasindayo.

Wafumana iqela elitsha labantu abanesisa ukuba bamkhwelise ekhaya, kodwa ekubuyeni kwabo besuka bemshiye e-Ithaca, uPoseidon wajikela inqanawa yabo ngamatye waza wayitshonisa, ebabulala bonke ngenxa yokunceda u-Odysseus, owaqhubeka evuya engazi kodwa esenza iyelenqe. ubundlobongela obungakumbi.

U-Odysseus wothuse igquba lamasela amaqhinga enkosikazi yakhe egxwala endlwini yakhe ngexesha elide engekho. Baye bathembisa ukucela uxolo kunye nokungaphezulu kokubuyisela oko bamonakalisileyo okanye abakutyisileyo-inyani elityelweyo ngokulula njengoko uninzi lwezibonelelo zokuzinzisa kunye nokugcina uxolo olwenziwe ngaphambi kweMfazwe yeGulf okanye imfazwe yase-Afghanistan.

U-Odysseus, njengoyise wesithethe eside esiye wasithwala ngokukhatywa kwesicelo saseSpain sokuba nokudubula kwenqanawa. Maine Iphandwe ngokwaliwa kwezithembiso zoxolo eVietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, njalo njalo, yasichitha isindululo sabamangali. Wayesele ebatshixile kwigumbi ekwakukho kulo kuphela yena namahlakani akhe ababenezixhobo—kuquka noncedo olukhulu lobuthixo. Waxhela abakhweli. Ekunye noothixo ecaleni kwakhe.

Emva kwaloo mboniso uphalaza igazi, ngaphambi kokuba iintsapho zabarhanelwa babulewe zibe nokuza kuziphindezela, uthixokazi othile wenza amakhubalo omlingo wokuxolela noxolo eIthaca. Apho unyana wam wabuza ngokukhawuleza ukuba “Kutheni engazange ayenze nje kwasekuqaleni?”

Ngokwesiqhelo umntu kufuneka aphendule olu hlobo lombuzo namhlanje ngokubhekiselele kwisitokhwe enyukayo saseRaytheon. Ukuba kukho isivumelwano se-Minsk 3 asiyi kuhluka ngokuphawulekayo kwi-Minsk 2. Kodwa i-Odysseus yayingekho kwintlawulo ye-Military Industrial Complex. Wayengazi nto ngaphandle kokubulala. Kwakunjalo okanye akukho nto. Zazingekho ezinye iindlela. Izigidi zezinye iinketho, ewe, kwafuneka ziphetshwe ngononophelo, kodwa omnye wakwenza oko ngokuzenza ngathi azikho ezinye iindlela, kanye njengokuba izigidi zabantu namhlanje ezingahlawulwanga dime ngenxa yoko zithatha egameni leRussia okanye iUkraine. urhulumente.

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