Ingabe Ukugubha Impi Kukhuthaza Ngempela Ukuthula?

Ama-Poppies aklelisa izindonga ze-Australian War Memorial Roll of Honor, eCanberra (Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

nguNed Dobos, Umhumushi, April 25, 2022

Inkulumo ethi "funa singakhohlwa" iveza isahlulelo sokuziphatha ukuthi akunasibopho - uma kungenacala - ukuvumela izimpi ezedlule ukuthi ziphele enkumbulweni ehlangene. Ukuphikisana okujwayelekile kwalo msebenzi okumele kukhunjulwe kuthathwe amazwi ahlekisayo athi “labo abakhohlwa umlando bamiselwe ukuwuphinda”. Kudingeka sizikhumbuze ngezikhathi ezesabekayo ngempi ukuze senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukuyigwema esikhathini esizayo.

Inkinga ukuthi ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi okuphambene kungase kube yiqiniso.

One ucwaningo lwamuva ihlole imiphumela yenkumbulo ye-sombre “enempilo” (hhayi uhlobo olugubha, olukhazimulisa, noma oluhlanza impi). Imiphumela yayiphikisa: ngisho nalolu hlobo lwesikhumbuzo lwenza abahlanganyeli bathanda impi, ngaphandle kwemizwa yokwethuka nokudabuka eyadalwa yimisebenzi yesikhumbuzo.

Ingxenye yencazelo iwukuthi ukuzindla ngokuhlupheka kwezisebenzi zamasosha kubenza bakuthande. Ngakho-ke ukudabuka kubangela ukuziqhenya, futhi ngalokhu imizwa ephikisayo eqalwa yisikhumbuzo isuswa yizimo ezithinta kahle ezikhuphula inani elicatshangwayo lempi kanye nokwamukelwa komphakathi njengethuluzi lenqubomgomo.

Kuthiwani ngombono wokuthi isikhumbuzo sivuselela ukwazisa kwabantu ukuthula okujatshulelwayo, kanye nezinhlaka zezikhungo ezikusekelayo? INdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II yakhombisa lokhu okuhlomula amasiko esikhumbuzo ngo-2004 lapho ukuphakanyiswa ukuthi “ekukhumbuleni ukuhlupheka okwesabekayo kwempi nhlangothi zombili, siyabona ukuthi kuyigugu kangakanani ukuthula esikwakhile eYurophu kusukela ngo-1945”.

Kulo mbono, ukukhumbula kufana nokusho umusa ngaphambi kokudla. “Ngiyabonga, Nkosi, ngalokhu kudla ezweni lapho abaningi bazi indlala kuphela.” Siphendulela izingqondo zethu ebumpofu nasekusweleni, kodwa ukuze sikwazise kangcono lokho esinakho phambi kwethu futhi siqinisekise ukuthi asikuthathi kalula.

Abukho ubufakazi bokuthi isikhumbuzo sempi senza lo msebenzi futhi.

Umcimbi woSuku lwe-Anzac eFlanders, eBelgium (Henk Deleu/Flickr)

Ngo-2012, i-European Union yaklonyeliswa ngendondo yeNobel Peace Prize ngeqhaza layo “ekuzuzweni kokuthula nokubuyisana, Iningi labantu baseMelika libheka ukusebenza kwamasosha abo kule minyaka engu-20 edlule njengokwehluleka okukhulu. intando yeningi namalungelo abantu eYurophu”. Kunzima ukucabanga ngomamukeli ofaneleka kakhulu wokuthola umklomelo. Ngokwenza lula ukubambisana nokuxazululwa kwezingxabano ezingenalo udlame phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu, i-EU ifanele ukutuswa okuningi ngokuthulisa lokho okwakukade kuyinkundla yezingxabano ezingapheli.

Ngakho-ke kungalindeleka ukuthi ukukhunjuzwa ngokwesabekayo kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili kungakhuphula ukwesekwa okudumile kwe-EU kanye nephrojekthi yokuhlanganiswa kweYurophu ngokujwayelekile. Kodwa akwenzekanga. Ucwaningo olushicilelwe ku Ijenali Yezifundo Ezijwayelekile Zemakethe kubonisa ukuthi ukukhumbuza abantu baseYurophu ngomonakalo weminyaka yempi kwenza okuncane kakhulu ekwandiseni ukusekela kwabo izikhungo eziye zalondoloza ukuthula kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

Ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu, manje kubukeka sengathi ukubonga - imizwa ebusayo ehlakulelwa umsebenzi wesikhumbuzo - kungavala ukulinganisa okungachemile kokuthi amabutho ethu ahlomile ayini futhi angakwazi ukukufeza. Cabangela lokhu okulandelayo.

Iningi labantu baseMelika libheka ukusebenza kwamasosha abo eminyakeni engama-20 edlule njengokwehluleka okukhulu. Nokho iningi labantu baseMelika liyaqhubeka nokuveza ukuzethemba okukhulu ekusebenzeni kwezempi kunanoma yisiphi esinye isikhungo senhlalo. Ukubikezela kokusebenza kwesikhathi esizayo kubonakala sengathi kunqanyuliwe ekuhloleni ukusebenza kwangaphambilini. UDavid Burbach yase-US Naval War College iphakamisa ukuthi izakhamuzi ziye zaba manqikanqika ukuvuma - ngisho nakuzo - ukuntula ukholo embuthweni ngenxa yokwesaba ukubukeka, kanye / noma ukuzizwa sengathi, i-ingrates. Ukubonga ngalokho okwenziwe ngamasosha kuholela ekulinganisweni okunenkani komphakathi
ngalokho abangakwenza.

Okwenza lokhu kukhathaze ukuthi ukuzethemba ngokweqile kuvame ukuzala ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile. Ngokwemvelo, izifunda ngeke zithande ukusebenzisa amandla ezempi, futhi izakhamizi zazo zizothambekela kancane ekukusekeleni, lapho ukwehluleka kuthathwa njengomphumela okungenzeka. Uma ukubonga kuvikela ukwethenjwa komphakathi embuthweni wezempi ekungaqiniseni ulwazi, nokho-ke, lokhu kuvinjelwa ekusetshenzisweni kwebutho lezempi kuba yimpumelelo.

Lokhu kusisiza siqonde ukuthi kungani uVladimir Putin ezocela “The Great Patriot War” ngokumelene neJalimane lamaNazi ukuze athole ukwesekwa okudumile ekuhlaseleni kwakhe i-Ukraine. Kunokuba kubangele abantu baseRussia ukuba bahlehle umcabango wenye impi, kubonakala sengathi ukukhunjulwa kwempi kuye kwasiza ukwandisa isifiso salokhu "kusebenza kwezempi okukhethekile". Lokhu akumangazi neze uma kubhekwa lokho osekwaziwa manje mayelana nemiphumela engokwengqondo yesikhumbuzo sempi.

Akukho kulokhu okuhloselwe ukwakha impikiswano ephoqelelayo ngokumelene nesikhumbuzo sempi, kodwa kubeka ukungabaza embonweni wokuthi abantu banesibopho sokuziphatha sokukwenza. Kuyajabulisa ukukholelwa ukuthi ngokukhumbula izimpi ezedlule sisiza ekunciphiseni ubungozi bokwenzeka kwekusasa. Ngeshwa, ubufakazi obutholakalayo bubonisa ukuthi lokhu kungase kube yindaba yokufisa.

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