NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War
Emva kweminyaka engama-6 emva kokuhlaselwa kweBrithani eJamestown, kunye nabahlali bezama ukuhlala kwaye bengakwazi ukulawula ukutshabalalisa kwabo, aba baseVirgiya abatsha baqesha amajoni ukuba bahlasele i-Acadia kwaye (bahluleki) baqhube amaFrentshi kwizinto abaye bazijonga njengelizwekazi .
Iikholomu eza kuba yiUnited States zanquma ukuthatha iCanada kwi-1690 (kwaye yahluleka, kwakhona).
Baye baseBrithani ukuba bancede kwi-1711 (kwaye bahluleka, kwakhona).
Jikelele uBraddock noColonel Washington bazama kwakhona kwi-1755 (kwaye baqhubeka behlulekile, ngaphandle kokuhlanjululwa kohlanga kunye nokukhutshwa kwama-Acadians kunye namaMerika aseMelika).
AmaBritani kunye ne-US bahlaselwa kwi-1758 baza bathabatha inqaba yaseCanada, baqanjwa ngokuthi yiPittsburgh, kwaye ekugqibeleni bakha inkundla enkulu enkulu emfuleni ozinikele ekuzukisweni kwe-ketchup.
UGeorge Washington wathuma amabutho aholwa nguBenedict Arnold ukuhlasela iKhanada kwakhona kwi-1775.
Ukuqulunqwa kwangaphambili komgaqo-siseko wase-United States kunikezelwe ukufakwa kweKhanada, nangona kungabikho komdla kweCanada ekubandakanyiweyo.
UBenjamin Franklin ucele iBritane ukuba idlulisele iKhanada ngexesha lothethathethwano ngeSivumelwano saseParis ngo-1783. Khawufan 'ucinge nje ukuba inokuba yayiyintoni na loo nto kwimithetho yezempilo yaseKhanada nemithetho yemipu! Okanye ungacingi. IBritani yanikezela ngeMichigan, iWisconsin, iIllinois, iOhio neIndiana. (Ubuncinci bayazi ukuba bakhululekile!)
Ngo-1812 i-US yacebisa ukumatsha ingene eCanada kwaye yamkelwe njengabakhululi. Babengenjalo. Kodwa amaKhanadi akazange ayitshise iNdlu eNtshonalanga. Oko kwenziwa yimikhosi yase-Bhritane ebandakanya amadoda asandula ukubaleka kubukhoboka base-US. Ukubulala abanye babaleki kubhiyozelwa uMhobe weSizwe wase-US, njengoko kunjalo ngexesha ledabi apho abantu babesweleka, iflegi yasinda.
I-US isekela ukuhlaselwa kwe-Ireland eCanada kwi-1866.
Ngubani okhumbula le ngoma?
IsiGaba sokuqala wayeya kubeka phantsi
Ngokupheleleyo kunye ngonaphakade
Kwaye emva koko isithsaba saseBritani
IChanada iyakunqumla.
IYankee Doodle, yigcine,
Yankee Doodle dandy.
Cinga umculo kunye nesinyathelo
kwaye kunye namantombazana aya kusebenza!
I-Canada ine-heck kuninzi ekufuneka iphendule ngayo, kubandakanya nokusebenza njengendawo yokuhlala abantu ababaleka ubukhoboka okanye ukubhaliswa kwiimfazwe ezimbi, singasathethi ke ngokunika ubungqina obufanelekileyo obukhankanywe kwizigidi zeempikiswano ezingenamsebenzi ngokuchasene nabasekeli base-US ngokungakwazi ukubonelela ngononophelo lwempilo okanye ukuvala imipu okanye ukufezekisa inkululeko ngaphandle kwemfazwe enegazi okanye ukuphelisa ubukhoboka ngaphandle kwemfazwe enegazi okanye ukonwaba ngokwenyani ngaphandle kwemfazwe enegazi. Ke kukho yonke into yokuvalwa kwemigodi yomhlaba; yayingantoni leyo?
Ekukhuseleni iCanada, nangona kunjalo, kufanele kuqatshelwe ukuba iinkampani zaseCanada zijongana nezixhobo kwihlabathi liphela, iCanada ithenga izixhobo zase-US, iCanada ichitha i-20 yezigidigidi ngonyaka ukulungiselela iimfazwe, iCanada lilungu le-NATO elime kakuhle, iCanada ayijoyinanga Isivumelwano esitsha sokuthintela izixhobo zenyukliya, inkohlakalo yaseKhanada kwizizwe zayo zemveli ayazi ukuba isiphelo siyintoni, kwaye ukukhutshwa okukhohlakeleyo kweCanada kwamafutha ezinto eziphilayo kuyabazi abambalwa abachasayo, kwaye iKhanada iyinkuthazo eyintlekele yeentsomi zemfazwe yoluntu kunye nento ebizwa ngokuba luxanduva lokukhusela (ngokuqhushumisa ibhombu) . Ke lisekhona ithemba kubantu abasempuma, kwaye ukuba iCanada isilela ukufumana indlela njengenxalenye yesifo sobundlobongela obuhleliweyo, ndicinga ukuba iUnited States ingavuya ukuhlasela.
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UDavid Swanson ungumqondisi World BEYOND War oya kubamba nkomfa yonyaka eToronto ngoSeptemba 21-22.
