NguJohn LaForge
Kunzima ukukhumbula iMpi Yezwe I, ngenxa yesikhathi kanye nokuvuma komphakathi, noma ukunganakwa, umnotho wezomnotho unomphela.
Mayelana ne-Great War umbhali wamanoveli waseBrithani u-HG Wells wabhala ngo-Agasti 14, 1914, “Lena sekuyimpi enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni. … Ngoba lokhu sekuyimpi yokuthula. Iqonde ngqo ekupheliseni izikhali. Ihlose ukuhlala okuzomisa lolu hlobo lwento unomphela. Wonke amasosha alwa neJalimane manje angumbusi wempi. Le mpi enkulu kunazo zonke, akuyona nje enye impi - yimpi yokugcina! ”
Ama-Optimists athi kuzoba mfushane, "Ikhaya ngeKhisimusi!" Esikhundleni salokho, kwaba yisifo esibi kakhulu segazi kuze kube manje ne-16 esilinganiselwa ku-37 million efile. Ukulwa nezinye izenzo zempi zabulala okungenani izigidi eziyizigidi eziyisikhombisa zabantu kanye nabasebenzi abangaphezu kwezigidi ze-10, kanti izifo, indlala, ukuhlukumezeka kanye nokuhlaselwa okuhlosiwe kwabulala ezinye izigidi. Esikhundleni sokuthi "kuze kube nini nanini" imisa impi, isikhathi esingakaze sibe khona sempi sokuhlomula kanye nokubeka impindiselo yokuziphindiselela kwabeka isiteleka seMpi Yezwe II yokufa kwabantu abayizigidi ezingu-70, kanye nokucutshungulwa okuqhubekayo kokubulala imali okusemthethweni okuqhubekayo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Esinye isilinganiso esincane ukuthi kusukela "impi yokuqeda yonke impi," cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-100 bafa ezindaweni zokulwa.
Usuku lwe-Armistice lwasungulwa ku-1919 ukuhlonipha ukuthula, nokukhumbula nokukhumbula i-WW Ukuhlupheka, ukwesaba, ukwesaba, ubuhlungu nokulahlekelwa. Ku-1918, izingqungquthela zikhononda: "I-Armistice Isayinwe, Ukuphela Kwempi!" Kanye ne-Armistice Day yayisekelwe ekuvusweni kwezwe jikelele ngokumelene nezindleko ezesabekayo zempi, ukungabi namsebenzi, ukuhlanganiswa, ukungabi nalutho futhi ikakhulukazi ngokumelene nokulimala kanye nezinhloso ezibandayo zabezombangazwe abahlala isikhathi eside ingxabano. Uhulumeni wanamuhla wase-US uchitha amakhulu amabhiliyoni emisebenzini yokukhiqiza izikhali ukuthi ukucwaswa kwethu kokucwaswa kwabantu kanye nokulwa kwazo kuqhubeka. Uma nje ama-allies ase-US eqhubeka edayisa amafutha kanye nokheshi ngemali yezibhamu zase-United States, ngisho nobudlova, ubukhosi obuphakathi nesikhathi esifana ne-Saudi Arabia (okuye kwadula izintambo zasejele ze-600 kusukela ngo-2014) zifakwe emaceleni, zihambelana, ziqondiswa futhi zihlinzekwa ngempi empini yayo emangalisayo yezifo ezibangelwa ngamabomu kanye nokungondleki ngokumelene ne-Yemen.
NgoSepthemba 2014, ngesikhathi evakashele emathuneni amakhulu ezempi ase-Italy, uPapa waxwayisa ngempi “Yesikhashana” iMpi Yesithathu Yomhlaba okungenzeka ukuthi isivele iqalile - ngezimpi eziningi eziqhubekayo, ezingachazwanga, ubugebengu obusemthethweni, indiza yezempi exhaswe nguhulumeni kanye nokuhlaselwa kwe-drone, kanye ne-commando ekhethekile ihlasela umhlaba wonke. Uhlu olufushane lokulwa kwamanje lubandakanya impi yase-US e-Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, naseSomalia; izimpi zombango eNigeria, Maghreb, Libya naseSouth Sudan; nempi yezidakamizwa yaseMexico. UPapa Francis wathi ngakho konke lokhu, "Nanamuhla, ngemuva kokwehluleka okwesibili kwenye impi yezwe, mhlawumbe umuntu angakhuluma ngempi yesithathu, eyodwa yalwa ngocezu, ngobugebengu, ukubulawa kwabantu, nokubhujiswa."
Ku-1954, usuku lwe-Armistice lwathathelwa indawo yiSonto LamaVeterans, ngakho-ke umkhosi wethu wokuthula wokuthula kanye nokuphela kwempi waba umhlangano wokusekela "amasosha," usuku lwamazwe nolwesigungu, kanye nesiteji sokuqasha amasosha. Akuwona wonke umuntu owayejabule. I-novelist u-Kurt Vonnegut, uMpi wezwe weMpi Yezwe II no-POW, kamuva wabhala, "Usuku lwe-Armistice lube yiSuku LwaseVeterans. Usuku lwe-Armistice lwangcwele. Usuku lwezilwane alukho. Ngakho ngizophonsa uSuku lwe-Veterans phezu kwehlombe lami. Usuku lwe-Armistice Ngizoqhubeka. Angifuni ukulahla izinto ezingcwele. "
Abagxeka ababili beMpi Yezwe I beza engqondweni. I-Montana Congresswoman uJeannette Rankin uthe, "Ngeke usakwazi ukunqoba impi kunokunqoba ukuzamazama komhlaba," esitatimendeni sakhe ngesikhathi seNkantolo yakhe yeMartial ku-1918, uMax Plowman wathi: "Ngiyeka umsebenzi wami ngenxa yokuthi angisakholelwa ukuthi impi ingagcina impi. Impi kuyisifo, futhi ukuphazamiseka akukwazi ukukhiqiza i-oda. Ukwenza okubi okuhle kungase kubonakale kubuwula. "
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UJohn LaForge, ogunyazwe ngu PeaceVoice, ngu Co-director of Nukewatch, iqembu lokuthula kanye nezobulungiswa bezemvelo eWisconsin, futhi ungumhleli we-Arianne Peterson weNuclear Heartland, ebuyekeziwe: Umhlahlandlela we-450 Land-Based Missiles yase-United States.
