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Kufanele ngithande ukuthi abezindaba base-US minyaka yonke baphuma kanjani "ngempi ngoKhisimusi" okusho ukuthi into engahlangene nhlobo nanoma yiziphi izimpi, kuyilapho amasosha ase-US ehlala enezimpi ezimbalwa zangempela ezenzeka ngoKhisimusi, njengazo zonke ezinye izinsuku. Mhlawumbe ikakhulukazi ngoKhisimusi, njengoba ukubulawa kukaGeorge Washington amasosha aseBrithani aphuzile nalele ngoKhisimusi 1776 kuye kwahunyushwa ngokuthi "okukhethekile" kangangokuthi kuthiwa okokuqala ochungechungeni lwezigidi zezenzo ezikhazimulayo "zamandla akhethekile", kanye nezimpi manje ngokuvamile. zihlanganisa oh-so-special izenzo.
Lapho New York Times kubika eminyakeni emibili kamuva ekuqhumeni kwebhomu ngo-2019 kwesixuku sezakhamuzi eSyria, yakuhlela, njengoba nje kwakunjalo ukubulawa kwe-drone-missile e-Kabul okwalandela iminyaka engu-20 yokubulawa okunjalo e-Afghanistan, njengendlela yokuphambuka. Kodwa i Times kamuva wazizwa ebophekile Ukubika ukuthi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu eSyria kulandele indlela yokubulawa kwethimba eliyisipesheli eliyimfihlo elalibusa impi. Kwabonakala kungenzeka ukuthi ezinye ze Izikhathi' Imithombo, abantu abanecala lokubulala, banxuse ukuthi Times ukuba kancane okuzayo. Vele, uma kukhulunywa ngokubulawa komndeni ongenacala eKabul, amasosha aseMelika "aziphenye" futhi. kunqunywe ukuthi akukho muntu owenze okubi - hhayi nje isiphetho esingabazisayo, kodwa umuntu afika kuso ngenxa yelungelo elanikezwa abanye ababulali eMhlabeni.
Uhulumeni wase-US uhlomisa futhi ubambe iqhaza empini ye-Yemen, *USAYONA* ukugcina amasosha angafunwa e-Iraq, futhi uqhumisa ngamabhomu futhi uthi unelungelo lokuqhubeka nokuqhumisa ngamabhomu iSyria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, njll. Uhulumeni wase-US uyekile ukubika mayelana ukuqhunyiswa kwayo ngamabhomu wawuyini umthombo izintatheli ezizimisele. Ngakho-ke, kunzima ukwazi ukuthi yimalini umfanekiso kokuphela okubonakalayo kukho konke ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kungenxa yokuncipha kokuqhuma kwamabhomu kanye nokuthi kwehle kangakanani ukubika. Siyazi ukuthi, ngezinga elithile, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kanye nezinsongo zokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu, kanye nokuthunyelwa kwamandla "akhethekile" konke kuyaqhubeka emazweni amaningi. Siyazi ukuthi uBiden wayefuna isabelomali sezempi esikhulu kunoTrump, nokuthi iCongress yamnikeza enkulu kakhulu kunalokho abeyifuna. Siyazi ukuthi cishe yonke into engenziwa ukukhulisa ubungozi bempi enkulu e-Ukraine, eTaiwan, nase-Iran kuyenziwa, kuyilapho i-US isenesikhathi sokuqhubeka nokuvimbela ukuthula eKorea. Siyazi ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali kuwo wonke ukunambitheka kukahulumeni omubi emhlabeni wonke kugeleza kuphuma emachwebeni ase-US njengobovu buphuma ekuthelelekeni kombuso.
UNobhala-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe unesikhathi eside ehlongoze isivumelwano sobhubhane. Woza ngoFebhuwari kungase kube namanye ama-Olympics, anesivumelwane sama-Olympic noma ngaphandle kwawo okunesandulela. Amaqembu okuthula akhuluma ngokucela iCongress ngo-2022 ukuthi iqede ukuhlanganyela kwe-US empini yaseYemen. (Phela, uZibandlela ungowokuthenga nokuxosha abantu abafumbathisa imikhankaso.) Kodwa kuthiwani ngokuthile maduze nje? Kuthiwani ngoKhisimusi noma i-Hanukkah noma i-Kwanzaa noma i-Solstice truce? (Ngizizwe sengathi kufanele ngijoyine “impi ngoKhisimusi” kulowo musho wokugcina ukuze kucace ukuthi ngihlongoza ukuqeda izimpi zangempela.) Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isivumelwano sikaKhisimusi singaba nzima kakhulu. Umphakathi awunalwazi, futhi uKhongolose wathenga futhi waba nawo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, emaqhaweni ane-air-conditioner okumele avele ethule isixazululo samandla empi futhi avotele "Yay," sicela kancane kakhulu. Izingxabano zikaKhisimusi zeMpi Yezwe I zadalwa abantu ababeka izimpilo zabo engozini futhi banqoba ukudla okuqinile kwenkulumo-ze ukuze benze ubungane nezitha zabo - hhayi nge-Zoom. Amasosha anamandla, kepha angeke abe namalungu e-jack-kennedy 535 Congress uma wonke echitha imizuzu eyi-7 noma eyi-8 kude nemisebenzi yawo ebalulekile ukuqeda zonke izimpi zamanje zase-US.
Ngicabanga ukuthi okungenani ngonyaka uma kungenjalo kaningi kufanele sizame ukukhumbula okwenzeka phakathi neMpi Enkulu (imbongolo yami enkulu):
Nawa amarekhodi alokho okwenzeka:
Incwadi yesikhuni sikaKhisimusi lapha.
Nanku umbhalo oguqula le ncwadi engenhla ibe ngumdlalo ongenziwa ngoKhisimusi yinoma ngubani othanda: PDF.
Nayi i-akhawunti evela kothile owayekhona: Izinhlamvu namaBillets.
I-akhawunti yokuzibonela UFrank Richards.
Nakhu Belleau Izinkuni amazwi nguJoe Henry noGarth Brooks.
Nakhu UKhisimusi emaTrenches amazwi nguJohn McCutcheon, namavidiyo angezansi.
Kukhona ne-movie:
Isithombe:
Amasosha aseJalimane nawaseBrithani ahlanganyela - ngoKhisimusi ka-1914
Isithombe esivela ngenhla sisuka lokhu kuqoqwa kolwazi kwi-Christmas Truce.
Owasinda ekugcineni webhola le-1914 no-man's-land wafa ngoJulayi 22nd, 2001, oneminyaka engu-106: U-Bertie Felstead.
Kukhona futhi Amakhanda kaKhisimusi ku-1915 naku-1916.
Inkondlo: I-Christmas Truce ye-1914 Kubonwe ku-2014.
Ungayihlabelela kanjani Ubusuku obumnyama ngokuhlukahlukene izilimi.
Ukhisimusi kaSnoopy amazwi.
Yisiphi i-Christmas Owes kubalobi be-Abolitionists.
Imithombo eminingi yeKhisimusi imithombo evela ku-Veterans for Peace.
Impendulo eyodwa
AKE simemezele iQiniso likaKhisimusi bese siliqhuba unomphela. Lokho kungaba yindlela ebaluleke kakhulu yokugubha uKhisimusi ngempela futhi kube yisipho kuzo zonke izingane zomhlaba!