NguWinslow Myers
Ngobusuku Bangaphambi kukaKhisimusi ngo-1914, amasosha aseJalimane nawaseBrithani aphuma emiseleni yawo, adlala ibhola ndawonye, ephana izipho, futhi ehlanganyela ekuculeni izingoma. Bethukile, abaphathi nhlangothi zombili baxwayisa ngobugebengu “bokusebenzelana nesitha” kanye nokuqhubeka kwempi iminyaka emine eyengeziwe, kungagcini nje ngokubulala izigidi kodwa nokubeka inkundla yempi yezwe elandelayo emashumini amabili eminyaka kamuva.
Ngokombono ophephile wekhulu leminyaka elisha, lawo masosha azame ukufinyelela omunye komunye ngokuthula abonakala ephilile futhi engokoqobo, kuyilapho ukubuka emuva kukhombisa ojenene bawo ukuthi bake bahlushwa uhlobo lokugula ngengqondo okusekelwe ekubambeleleni ngokweqile ezintweni ezifana nefulegi, izwe kanye nokunqoba okuphelele.
Eminyakeni eyikhulu kamuva kubonakala singathanda ukuyiphatha kabi indaba kaKhisimusi emiseleni kunokuyisebenzisa njengesilinganiso sempilo yethu yengqondo. Ngendlela esicabanga ngayo ngempi, iningi lethu lihlushwa ngokulinganayo yi-group schizophrenia, eyenziwe yaba yingozi kakhulu ngokuba khona kwezikhali zenuzi kuhlanganiswe nokukhohlisa kwakudala kokunqoba.
Abaholi benqubekela phambili bathanda ukujabulisa abathandi bempi abasobala phakathi kwethu, osopolitiki abadukile ngaphandle kwezitha okufanele basolwe noma osolwazi abashushumbisela imibono engahluziwe ehlukanisayo. Kodwa kufanele sivume ugongolo osesweni lethu njengoba sikhomba ucezwana kwelabo. Ngokudabukisayo, labo abazama kanzima ukwenza umqondo wobuhlanya bempi bangangena ekuhlanganyeleni empini. Abahlaziyi, ngisho nabakhululekile, abafuna ukubonakala benengqondo futhi bengokoqobo ngokubonisa ulwazi lwabo oluphelele lwazo zonke izinhlangothi ezimpini eziyinkimbinkimbi njengalena esaqhubeka eSyria nase-Iraq, bayaqhela eqinisweni elibalulekile lokuthi impi yombango ikhona nje. okungenangqondo njengempi yomsele phakathi kwamaNgisi namaJalimane eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Ukwamukela ngokuzolile izinketho ezingezinhle kangako, sikhetha ukusuka ebangeni eliphephile ukuthi sizoqhumisa bani futhi sidayisele bani izikhali, sibhebhezela amalangabi esiphithiphithi.
Inkulumo enempilo engokwengqondo nganoma iyiphi impi esemhlabeni idinga umongo osekelwe ezimisweni zombili ezishiwo futhi zaphilwa yizinsika zengqondo njengoJesu, uGandhi, noMartin Luther King Jr. Laba baholi babazi ukuthi ukubulala akuxazululi lutho nokuthi umoya wempindiselo uqala. umjikelezo oholela kuphela ekubulaleni okwengeziwe.
“Amaqiniso” azophendula athi umbono kaJesu nabangane kuhle kakhulu kodwa lapho sidudulwa kufanele sihlehlele emuva. Lokhu kucabanga okuyisisekelo, ngokusobala okungenakwenzeka ukuphikiswa futhi kuhlale kubhekiselwa emuva ecaleni likaHitler, kuba nokungabazekayo uma ubheka i-karma ephambene yempendulo yaseMelika ku-9-11-01. Abaholi bethu bethule uhide lukayinki we-squid owazama ukufiphalisa i-Saddam nge-al-Qaeda ngenkathi iningi labenzi bobubi lalingama-Saudi futhi lingekho ama-Iraqi. Eziningi zezinxushunxushu ezalandela e-Iraq naseSyria, kanye nokwehla kwethu okwesabekayo ekuhlanyeni kokuhlukunyezwa, kwaphuma kulamanga okuqala, angakajeziswa.
Ukukhanya komlando kwembula ukuthi izimpi ngokuvamile ziveza imbangela ehilela wonke amaqembu—njengoba sazi ngokuhlola indlela okwenzeka ngayo uHitler kwaba umphumela oqondile wemibuso ehlangene yokwehluleka ukubonisa umoya wobukhazikhazi eJalimane elinqotshiwe lapho iMpi Yezwe Yokuqala iphela ngo. 1. Uhlelo lukaMarshall lwabonisa ukuzimisela okuhlangene ukuba lingaphindi iphutha elifanayo ngo-1918, futhi umphumela waba ukuzinza eYurophu okukhona nanamuhla.
Kunezizathu ezingokoqobo zokubekela eceleni amaholide okudumisa uJesu neNkosi, ngoba siyazi ukuthi la madoda afundisa okuwukuphela kwendlela engenzeka ngale kwenhlupho yempi—ukuqonda ukuthi siwumkhaya owodwa wesintu. Lawo masosha akudala emiseleni aba nesibindi sokuvuka ekuhlanyeni kokuthi "izwe lami lilungile noma lingalungile" futhi azama ukuxhumana ngokuzenzakalelayo komunye nomunye ezingeni lenhliziyo. Uma izintatheli nabatoliki bengase bahlale nomongo wezindinganiso ogomela ukuthi konke ukubulala kuwubuhlanya, ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwezikhali okwandisa ukubulawa okunjalo kuyihlazo emhlabeni wonke, leyo mpi ihlale iwukwehluleka kwazo zonke izinhlangothi ukungqubuzana ukuze zigweme ukungena ebuhlanyani benkolelo-mbono yesitha, mhlawumbe bekungadaleka isimo sezulu esisha—uhlobo oluhle lokufudumala kwembulunga yonke.
Winslow Myers, ehlanganiswe ngu- I-Peacevoice, umbhali we "Living Beyond War: A Citizen's Guide." Usebenza ku-Advisory Board ye-War Preventive Initiative.
