By Uhlu lwezifiso zami (UDavid Swanson)
NgoLwesihlanu eMoscow Mina neqembu elivela e-United States bahlangana nomengameli wangaphambili weSoviet Union uMikhail Gorbachev. Uthe ubudlelwane obukhona phakathi kukaWashington noMoscow buyethusa. Kodwa, wathi, kungenzeka ukuvuselela nokwethemba. "Sasibe nesimo esibi nakakhulu, kodwa sikwazi ukwakha kabusha ithemba. Futhi oxhumana nabo kubantu-kuya-abantu basize ukwakha kabusha ukwethemba. "
Ngesikhathi uMongameli waseGrbachev noMelika uRonald Reagan behlangana, abaholi bamazwe amabili babengazange bahlangane iminyaka eyisithupha. Amalungu eKhabhinethi kaReagan ayiphikisa umhlangano. U-Gorbachev waphuma emhlanganweni wathi ngoReagan "Akayena uhlanga, uyinhlangano ye-dinosaur." UReagan uphikisa uGorbachev ngokuthi "umakominisi onzima."
Kodwa baqhubeka behlangana. U-Reagan wabuyela ekugcineni wabuza ukuthi amaSoviets angenzani uma ama-US ehlaselwa yi-meteor noma abafokazi. Laba bobabili bathi amazwe azo azosiza. Kodwa-ke, uReagan wayengumdlali we-Star Wars, kokubili izikhali ze-ziondon kanye ne-movie-okungenzeka ukuthi wayelokhu ehluke komunye nomunye engqondweni yakhe. I-Gorbachev noReagan bafezekisa kakhulu izidakamizwa, kungasisho ukuthi uGorbachev ufezekisa ukungabikho komthetho. Kodwa azikwazanga ukulahla zonke izikhali zenuzi, futhi abakwazanga ukuthatha ezinye izinyathelo ezinkulu kulezo zindlela, ngoba uReagan wayengathandi, futhi uhulumeni wase-US akavumanga.
Njengoba nje isimo sezulu sosuku, njengoba sakhiwe izishoshovu, izintatheli, izithunywa zezakhamuzi kanye namakhulu eminye impi, kungenzeka ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ekusebenziseni imizamo yokulwa nokulwa nezidakamizwa kunamazwi noma ubuntu obuqondile ekamelweni lokuxoxisana, elisungulwe izintshisekelo zempi eWashington kungenzeka zithole ukuhluleka ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye.
"Ngesikhathi iSoviet Union ihlukana," kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa eGorbachev ngoLwesihlanu, "abaningi eNtshonalanga babethinta izandla. Lokho kwakungukuziphatha okubi. Izwe lethu lalinenkinga enkulu, futhi laphathwa njengezitha. "
NgoLwesihlanu, uGorbachev uphoqa amandla afanayo emaceleni omabili. "Sobabili sinenkinga yezimboni," esho. "Bafuna impi, kodwa sifuna ukuthula." Wabe esecaphuna uMongameli waseMelika John F. Kennedy ethi ukuthula esikudingayo akuyona "i-Pax Americana ephoqelelwe emhlabeni ngezikhali zempi zaseMelika." UGorbachev ulandisa ngokutshela uReagan into efanayo uNgqongqoshe waseRussia uNgqongqoshe wezoLimo uSergey Lavrov kubika njengoba esho kuleli sonto: "Inkathi yobuhlobo bomfundi-mfundi ubude isikhathi eside." Abantu baseRussia bafuna ukuthula, kodwa bafuna ukuthula phakathi kwabalinganayo, hhayi ukuthula ngaphansi kwesithende somuntu othile.
I-Gorbachev yazama ukuthula, futhi yayenza ukuba i-United States ivuselele ngokugcwele, kungacabanga ukuthi namuhla izikhali zempi ziyovinjelwa emhlabeni. Ngenxa yalowo mzamo, i-Gorbachev ayihlonishwa ezweni lakubo cishe emhlabeni jikelele. Futhi ukwenqaba kwe-US ukwamukela ukuthula nobungane kubonakala futhi kuzisola okungenani e-United States - kakhulu ukuhlazeka kwethu.
