NguWinslow Myers
Ngalezo zinsuku kwakukhona imidondoshiya emhlabeni . . . ( Genesise 6:4 )
Ukwesaba thina zakhamizi zase-United States esiyengwe kukho kusukela ngomhlaka-9/11 kubhebhetheka esizweni sakithi esilele njengenkungu, kuvimbela zonke ezinye izindlela zenqubomgomo ezingasekelwe ekuziphindiseleni okungaboni. Abakhethekile yilabo abanokubona okucacile ngokomoya nokuphikelela ekwenzeni ukuxhumana okugxile kubantu emhlabeni wonke okugwaza inkungu yokwesaba ngokukhanya kokungenzeka kombono.
Omunye umdondoshiya onjalo uDavid Hartsough, onenkumbulo ecacile, ekhulisa ngisho nezinwele, inkumbulo yempilo yakhe yonke yokulwela ukuthula, Ukuthula Ukuthula: I-Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist, esanda kushicilelwa ngabashicileli be-PM. Kufanele kudingeke ukuthi kufundwe kuso sonke isakhamuzi saseMelika esicasulwe ukuhlukana phakathi kwe-Islamic extremism kanye nodlame olulinganayo, olungasebenzi, kodwa olubonakala lungapheli lwezempi yaseNtshonalanga oluye lwalubangela.
Akubonakali kungenzeka ukuthi uHartsough ukwazile ukunqwabelana empilweni eyodwa yonke imisebenzi yakhe yokudala ukungabi nodlame. Wayelapho noMartin Luther King ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu eNingizimu. Wayekhona lapho isitimela esasigcwele izinhlamvu namabhomu sisendleleni eya eqenjini lababulali abaphiko lwesokudla eMelika Ephakathi sinqamula umlenze womngane wakhe uBrian Willson eCalifornia. Imizamo yakhe yokweseka ukunyakaza okungahambisani nobudlova kuthathe amashumi eminyaka kanye namazwekazi, kusukela emizamweni yokuthola usizo lwezokwelashwa eNyakatho yeVietnam, kuya ekubuyisaneni phakathi kwama-Israel namaPalestine, ukusekela abaphikisi baseRussia njengoba iSoviet Union yayisibhidlika, kuze kube ngukuphikiswa kukaMarcos. ePhilippines, njalo njalo. Ngakho-ke incwadi ka-Hartsough iba umlando ohlukile ohlanganisa ngokuphawulekayo ongamiswa ngokumelene “nendaba esemthethweni” yaseMelika—kanye nezinye izizwe eziningi’—imvamisa ukuthembela okunonya nokunephutha ekungeneleleni kwezempi.
UDavid Hartsough wazinika isiqalo ngokuzalelwa emndenini ofanele. Esengumfana wezwa ubaba wakhe ongumfundisi eshumayela ivangeli lokuthanda izitha zakho futhi wavele wathola ithuba lokuzama lapho iziqhwaga zimjikijela ngamabhola eqhwa. Kwasebenza, futhi uHartsough akazange abheke emuva. Ngemva kokunquma ukwenza ukuhlanganisa ngokuhlehla ngokuya eNyuvesi yaseHoward egcwele abantu abamnyama, ngokushesha wazithola ehlezi nabafundi abanesibindi base-Afrika-baseMelika ezindaweni zokudlela ezihlukene eVirginia. Umlungu owayehlanya ngenzondo wamsongela ngommese. U-Hartsough wakhuluma naye ngobumnene kangangokuthi le ndoda "yachithwa" ngokushaqeka okungalindelekile kwempendulo yothando futhi yahlehla yavula umlomo futhi yangakwazi ukukhuluma.
Iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha yemibhikisho engenakubalwa, ofakazi, kanye nemizamo yokuhlela kamuva, uHartsough uselapho njengoba esiza ukuqala inhlangano entsha yomhlaba wonke yokuqeda impi emhlabeni, ebizwa ngokuthi "World Beyond War.” Nakuba incwadi yakhe iyisikhumbuzo sangempela somuntu siqu esirekhoda izikhathi zokungabaza, zokuphelelwa ithemba, ukwesaba ukudutshulwa, kanye nokunqoba ngezikhathi ezithile, ngisho nangokwengeziwe iwubufakazi bomnyakazo womhlaba wonke ongenalo ubudlova osandiza ngokuphelele ngaphansi kwe-radar yemithombo yezindaba yaseMelika. Njengoba siphila ebhukwini lenkulumo-ze, asiqapheli ukuthi izisekelo zombuso wethu osekude zizwakala zixaka kangakanani. Asizizwa ukuthi zingaki izigidi emhlabeni wonke ezithatha i-US njengezwe eliphethe elinemiphumela engemihle ekuvikelekeni kwazo. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, sihlala singazi ngokwanele ukuthi kusetshenziswe kaningi kangakanani ukungabi nabudlova emhlabeni wonke ukuletha ushintsho oluhle lapho kubonakala kungenakwenzeka khona ngaphandle kokuchitheka kwegazi okukhulu. I-US iphendukela ebuthweni lamasosha ngokuziphendulela ukuze "ixazulule" izinkinga, ngakho-ke kube nzima ngempela, njengoba sibona impendulo yethu yesandla ku-ISIS kanye nezinxushunxushu eSyria, ukuze sifunde izifundo ezibuyela emuva. enhlekeleleni yokuziphatha yaseVietnam. Asikabhalisi ukuthi umhlaba ugula kangakanani umsangano wempi. Manje izifundo zezemfundo seziqala ukusekela ngobufakazi obuqinile bezibalo isiphakamiso sokuthi amaqhinga angenalo udlame asebenza kangcono kunempi yokuketula omashiqela kanye nokubuyisana kwezinhlanga noma izinkolo eziphikisanayo.
Ngokuqondana nje, incwadi engiyifunde ngaphambi nje kokuba i-Waging Peace ibe umphelelisi wayo ophelele: i-biography ka-Allen Dulles, umqondisi wokuqala we-CIA, nomfowabo uJohn Foster Dulles, uNobhala Wezwe osenesikhathi eside. Incwadi kaDulles ihamba ibanga elide ekuchazeni izisusa ezifihliwe zombhemu wezempi nezimboni uHartsough achithe impilo yakhe ngothando kodwa ephikelela ebhekana nazo—impela umdondoshiya onesimilo ogama lakhe linguDavid emelene noGoliyathi wempi yomshoshaphansi ethuthukisa izithakazelo zebhizinisi elincane. izindleko zamalungelo abantu ezigidi. Ngaso sonke isikhathi uDavide lo wayelokhu egcina enhliziyweni yakhe isimiso esisodwa esiyinhloko, sokuthi siwumkhaya owodwa wabantu futhi akukho bantwana besizwe ababaluleke ngaphezu kwanoma yisiphi esinye.
Izinganekwane zika-Hartsough zokuphikelela lapho sibhekene nezingqinamba ezingenathemba zisikhumbuza ukuthi singavumeli ukudangala, ukungabaza, ukwesaba noma ukuveza isitha, zonke izilingo lapho ukusolwa kwezombusazwe kuwuhlobo lwemali yosuku. UHartsough uyisibonelo esiphilayo samandla owodwa anamandla kunenzondo eyeqisayo, ukwesaba okunamandla, nezikhali, kuhlanganise namabhomu enuzi—amandla omuntu okungabi nangozi, awusizo futhi abe nomusa ngisho nakubantu okuthiwa bayizitha.
Uma—asisho ngethemba nini-ukuthula kuhamba okuvamile kanye nokuzenzisa okukhohlisayo kombuso akusabonwa njengendlela yasebukhosini eya ezokuphepha, lapho siphaphama ekungeneni kobugovu bethu nokuhluka kwethu, lapho siqala ukuhlobana nezinye izizwe njengamathuba okwabelana ngentando enhle nezinsiza kunokuba ukuqhumisa ibhomu, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yemizamo engakhathali yeziqhwaga ezimenyezelwe ngokunganele njengoDavid Hartsough.
UWinslow Myers, umbhali we "Living Beyond War: A Citizen's Guide," ukhonza ku-Advisory Board of the War Prevention Initiative futhi ubhalela i-Peacevoice.
