Iintetha kwiSikhumbuzo saseLincoln, ngoMeyi 30, 2017
NguDavid Swanson, Masizame iDemokhrasi.
IWashington, DC, kunye nenxalenye enkulu ye-United States, igcwele izikhumbuzo zemfazwe, kunye nezinye ezininzi zisakhiwa kwaye zicwangciswa. Uninzi lwazo luzukisa iimfazwe. Uninzi lwazo lwakhiwa ngexesha leemfazwe zamva kwaye zafuna ukuphucula imifanekiso yeemfazwe ezidlulileyo ngeenjongo zangoku. Phantse akukho namnye kubo ofundisa isifundo kwiimpazamo ezenziweyo. Abona bangcono kakhulu kubo balila ngokuphulukana neqhekeza elincinci - iqhezu lase-US - lamaxhoba eemfazwe.
Kodwa ukuba ukhangela oku kunye nezinye izixeko zase-US, uya kuba nexesha elinzima lokufumana izikhumbuzo zembubhiso yaseMntla Melika okanye ubukhoboka okanye abantu ababulewe kwiiPhilippines okanye eLaos okanye eKhambodiya okanye eVietnam okanye eIraq. Awuyi kufumana izikhumbuzo ezininzi apha kuMkhosi weBhonasi okanye iPhulo labantu abahluphekayo. Iphi imbali yemizabalazo yabarhwebi bezabelo okanye abasebenzi basefektri okanye abo basweleyo okanye abajongene nokusingqongileyo? Baphi ababhali namagcisa ethu? Kutheni kungekho mfanekiso uqingqiweyo kaMark Twain kanye apha ohleka iesile lakhe kuthi? Siphi iThree-Mile Island isikhumbuzo esisilumkisayo ukuba sisuke kumandla enyukliya? Ziphi izikhumbuzo zomntu ngamnye waseSoviet okanye wase-US, njengoVasili Arkhipov, owayebambe i-apocalypse yenyukliya? Siphi isikhumbuzo esikhulu sokuzila oorhulumente ababhukuqwayo kunye nokuxhotyiswa nokuqeqeshwa kwababulali abanenzondelelo yempambano?
Ngelixa amazwe amaninzi esakha izikhumbuzo kwinto anganqweneli ukuyiphinda kunye noko anqwenela ukukuxelisa, iUnited States igxile kakhulu kwiimfazwe kwaye kakhulu ukuzizukisa. Kwaye nobukho beVeterans For Peace jams ebalisayo kwaye inyanzela abanye abantu ukuba bacinge.
Ngaphezulu kwe-99.9% yembali yethu ayikhunjulwa ngebhastile. Kwaye xa sicela ukuba kube njalo, siyahlekwa ngokubanzi. Kodwa ukuba uceba ukususa ilitye lesikhumbuzo kwi-General Confederate kwisixeko esisemazantsi e-US, ngaba uyazi ukuba yeyiphi eyona mpendulo ixhaphakileyo? Bakutyhola ngokuchasene nembali, ngokunqwenela ukucima ixesha elidlulileyo. Oku kuphuma ekuqondeni ixesha elidlulileyo njengoko liquka iimfazwe ngokupheleleyo.
ENew Orleans, basandula ukuwisa amatye esikhumbuzo emfazwe eManyeneyo, awayemiselwe ukuqhubela phambili ukongama kwabamhlophe. Kwidolophu yam yaseCharlottesville, eVirginia, isixeko sivotele ukuwisa umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaRobert E. Lee. Kodwa siye sadibana nomthetho waseVirginia owalela ukuthoba nasiphi na isikhumbuzo semfazwe. Akukho mthetho, ngokokwazi kwam, naphi na emhlabeni, owalela ukuthotywa kwelitye lesikhumbuzo loxolo. Kuphantse kube nzima njengokufumana umthetho onjalo kukufumana naziphi na izikhumbuzo zoxolo apha ukuze ucinge ngokuthatha phantsi. Andisibali ulwakhiwo lwabahlobo bethu kufutshane apha kwiZiko loXolo lase-US, eliya kuthi ukuba lixhaswe ngemali kulo nyaka libuphile ubomi balo lonke ngaphandle kokuchasa imfazwe yase-US.
Kodwa kutheni singafanele sibe nezikhumbuzo zoxolo? Ukuba iRussia kunye ne-United States bezibandakanyeke kwisikhumbuzo sokuhlangana kokuphela kweMfazwe yoMlomo eWashington naseMoscow, ngaba loo nto ibingayi kunceda ukubamba iMfazwe entsha yoMlo? Ukuba besisakha isikhumbuzo sokuthintela, kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, yohlaselo lwase-US e-Iran, ngaba uhlaselo olunjalo lunokwenzeka okanye luncinci? Ukuba bekukho ilitye lesikhumbuzo leSivumelwano seKellogg-Briand kunye nentshukumo yeOutlawry kwiMall, ngaba abanye abakhenkethi bebengayi kufunda ngobukho baso kunye nokuba yintoni echaseneyo nomthetho? Ngaba iiNdibano zaseGeneva ziya kugxothwa njengento engaqhelekanga ukuba abacwangcisi bemfazwe babone iSikhumbuzo seNgqungquthela yaseGeneva ngaphandle kwefestile yabo?
Ngaphandle kokungabikho kwezikhumbuzo zezivumelwano zoxolo kunye nempumelelo yokuthotywa kwezixhobo, aphi amatye ezikhumbuzo kubo bonke ubomi boluntu ngaphaya kwemfazwe? Kuluntu oluphilileyo, izikhumbuzo zemfazwe ziya kuba ngumzekelo omncinci weentlobo ezininzi zezikhumbuzo zoluntu, kwaye apho zikhoyo zaziza kulila, zingazukisi, kwaye zililele onke amaxhoba, kungekhona iqhezu elincinci elithathwa njengelifanele usizi lwethu.
I-Swords to Plowshares Memorial Bell Tower ngumzekelo wento esifanele siyenze njengoluntu. Amagqala oXolo ngumzekelo wento esifanele ukuba siyayenza njengoluntu. Zivume iimpazamo zethu. Xabiso bonke ubomi. Phucula izenzo zethu. Yibeke inkalipho xa idibene nokuziphatha kakuhle. Kwaye wamkele amagqala ngokudala kungabikho magqala ukuya phambili.
