Xa kuziwa kwimfazwe, uluntu lwaseMerika luyingozi kakhulu.

Iimpendulo zabantu baseMelika kwiimfazwe zaseIraq naseAfghanistan zibonelela ngemizekelo. Ngo-2003, ngokwe polls, Iipesenti ezingama-72 zabantu baseMelika babecinga ukuya emfazweni e-Iraq sisigqibo esifanelekileyo. Ekuqaleni kuka-2013, inkxaso yeso sigqibo yehlile yaya kwiipesenti ezingama-41. Ngokufanayo, ngo-Okthobha u-2001, xa umkhosi wase-US waqala e-Afghanistan, waxhaswa ngu 90 ekhulwini yoluntu lwaseMelika. NgoDisemba 2013, ukwamkelwa esidlangalaleni kwemfazwe yase-Afghanistan kwehle kwaya kuphela 17 ekhulwini.

Ngapha koko, oku kuwa kwenkxaso yoluntu kwiimfazwe ezazikade zisaziwa yinto ehlala ixesha elide. Nangona iMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala yandulela ukuvota kwezimvo zoluntu, ababukeleyo baxela umdla omkhulu wokungena kwe-US kolo ngquzulwano ngo-Epreli 1917. Kodwa, emva kwemfazwe, iinzondelelo zanyibilika. Ngomnyaka we-1937, xa i-pollsters ibuza amaMerika ukuba i-United States kufuneka ithathe inxaxheba kwenye imfazwe njengeMfazwe Yehlabathi, 95 ekhulwini abaphenduliweyo bathi "Hayi"

Kwaye ke yahamba. Xa uMongameli uTruman wathumela imikhosi yase-US eKorea ngoJuni 1950, 78 ekhulwini yabantu baseMelika abavotelweyo bavakalise ukuvuma kwabo. NgoFebruwari 1952, ngokokuvota, ama-50 epesenti yabantu baseMelika bakholelwa ukuba ukungena e-US kwiMfazwe yaseKorea bekuyimpazamo. Isenzeko esifanayo senzeka ngokunxulumene neMfazwe yaseVietnam. Ngo-Agasti 1965, xa abantu baseMelika babuzwa ukuba urhulumente wase-US wenze "impazamo ngokuthumela amajoni ayokulwa eVietnam," 61 ekhulwini ke bona bathi, Hayi. Kodwa ngoAgasti 1968, inkxaso emfazweni yayiwe kwiipesenti ezingama-35, kwaye ngoMeyi 1971 yayisele yehle yaya kutsho kuma-28 epesenti.

Kuzo zonke iimfazwe zaseMelika kule nkulungwane idlulileyo, kuphela yiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi egcine ukuvunywa kwabantu abaninzi. Kwaye le yayiyimfazwe engaqhelekanga kakhulu - enye ibandakanya uhlaselo lomkhosi olonakalisayo kumhlaba waseMelika, iintshaba ezinobutshaba ezimisele ukoyisa nokukhobokisa umhlaba, kunye noloyiso olucacileyo.

Phantse kuwo onke amatyala, nangona kunjalo, amaMelika ajika alwa iimfazwe ababekade bezixhasa. Umntu unokuyichaza njani le patheni yokuphoxeka?

Esona sizathu siphambili sibonakala njengexabiso elikhulu lemfazwe- kubomi nakwizixhobo. Ngexesha leemfazwe zaseKorea naseVietnam, njengoko iingxowa zomzimba kunye namagqala akhubazekileyo aqala ukubuyela eUnited States ngamanani amakhulu, inkxaso yoluntu kwiimfazwe yehla kakhulu. Nangona iimfazwe zase-Afghanistan nase-Iraq zivelise abantu abambalwa baseMelika, iindleko zoqoqosho bezinkulu. Izifundo ezibini zakutshanje zabafundi ziqikelele ukuba ezi mfazwe zimbini ziya kuthi ekugqibeleni zibize abarhafi baseMelika ukusuka $ 4 trillion kwi $ 6 trillion. Ngenxa yoko, uninzi lwenkcitho kurhulumente wase-US ayisayi kwimfundo, ukhathalelo lwempilo, iipaki, kunye neziseko zophuhliso, kodwa ukugubungela iindleko zemfazwe. Akumangalisi ukuba abantu abaninzi baseMelika baphethuke kwezi ngxabano.

Kodwa ukuba umthwalo onzima weemfazwe uthintekise abantu baseMerika abaninzi, kutheni banokungenwa lula ukuba baxhase abatsha?

Esona sizathu siphambili sibonakala ngathi amaziko anamandla, abumba izimvo-ezonxibelelwano ezimbaxa, urhulumente, amaqela ezopolitiko, kunye nemfundo-zilawulwa, ngaphezulu okanye kancinci, koko uMongameli u-Eisenhower wakubiza ngokuba "yindawo yezomkhosi." Kwaye ekuqaleni kwempixano, la maziko ahlala ekwazi ukufumana iiflegi ezitshangatshangiswayo, amaqela adlalayo, kunye nezihlwele zivuyela imfazwe.

Kuyinyani ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseMelika bayakhohlisa kwaye, ubuncinci ekuqaleni, bakulungele ukujikeleza iflegi. Ngokuqinisekileyo, abantu abaninzi baseMelika banobuzwe kwaye banomdla wokuzibhengeza. Eyona nto iphambili kwintetho yezopolitiko yase-US ibango elingcwele lokuba iMelika "lelona lizwe likhulu emhlabeni" -umkhuthazi oluncedo kakhulu kwezomkhosi wase-US ngokuchasene namanye amazwe. Kwaye oku kupheka kuyintloko kukhutshwa ngentlonelo enkulu ngemipu nakumajoni ase-US. ("Masive ukuqhwatywa kwentliziyo ngaMaqhawe ethu!")

Ewe kunjalo, kukho indawo ebalulekileyo yoxolo yaseMelika, neyenze imibutho yoxolo yexesha elide, kubandakanya ne-Peace Action, ooGqirha boXanduva lweNtlalontle, uManyano loXolelwaniso, uManyano lwaBasetyhini lwaMazwe ngaMazwe loXolo neNkululeko, kunye namanye amaqela emfazwe. Le ndawo yoxolo, ihlala iqhutywa yimigaqo yokuziphatha kunye nezopolitiko, ibonelela ngamandla aphambili kwimfazwe yase-US kwinqanaba labo lokuqala. Kodwa iyalinganiswa ngabantu abathanda umkhosi, bekulungele ukuqhayisa iimfazwe ukuya eMelika yokugqibela. Amandla aguqukayo kuluvo lukawonke-wonke lwase-US linani elikhulu labantu abajikeleza iflegi ekuqaleni kwemfazwe kwaye, ngokuthe ngcembe, batyiwa yingxabano.

Kwaye ke inkqubo yokujikeleza iyaqhubeka. UBenjamin Franklin wayiqonda kwangoko ngenkulungwane yeshumi elinesibhozo, xa wabhala umbongo omfutshane  I-Pocket Almanack yoNyaka 1744:

Imfazwe ivelisa Ubumpofu,

Uxolo;

Ukuthula kwenza uRhwebo luphume,

(Kuphela ukuphela kwexesha.)

Ubutyebi buvelisa ubuqaqawuli,

Ukuziqhenya yiGround War;

Imfazwe izala ubuhlwempu & c.

Ihlabathi liyajikeleza.

Ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kubakho ukuphazamiseka okuncinci, kunye nokugcinwa okukhulu kubomi kunye nezibonelelo, ukuba abaninzi baseMerika babona iindleko ezimbi zokulwa phambi kokuba bakhawuleza ukuyanga. Kodwa ukuqonda okucacileyo kwemfazwe kunye neziphumo zayo kuya kuba yimfuneko ukweyisela amaMelika ukuba aphume kumjikelo abonakala ngathi ubanjiwe.

Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.comnguNjingalwazi wezeMbali ovela eSUNY / Albany. Incwadi yakhe yamvanje yinoveli ehlekisayo malunga nokubumbana, Yintoni eqhubekayo kwi-UAardvark?