by UDavid Swanson, November 8, 2017
Ngokuqondile ngehora le-11 losuku lwe-11 lwenyanga ye-11, eminyakeni engu-99 edlule, abantu kulo lonke elaseYurophu bayeka ngokuzumayo ukudubulana komunye nomunye. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, babebulala futhi bethatha izinhlamvu, bewa futhi beklabalasa, bebubula futhi befa. Base bema, ngohlelo. Kwakungekhona ukuthi base bekhathele noma babuyela ezingqondweni. Ngaphambi nangemva kwehora le-11 babemane belandela imiyalo. Isivumelwano se-Armistice esaqeda iMpi Yezwe I sasibeke ihora le-11 njengesikhathi sokuyeka.
Futhi-ke umhlaba waba nephathi, okufana nalokhu esingazange sikubone noma sikuphuphe - iphathi manje edinga i-sequel embi.
Unyaka ngamunye, iminyaka eminingi, kwakukhona isikhumbuzo ngoNovemba 11. I-US Congress ibize uSuku Lwezempi njengeholide “lokuqhubekisela phambili ukuthula ngokuthanda okuhle nokuqondana phakathi kwezizwe,” usuku “olunikezelwe ngenjongo yokuthula emhlabeni.” Lapho amasonto eshaya izinsimbi zawo ngo-11:00, yilokho ayekusho. Futhi babeqonde kuze kube yimpi yaseKorea, leyo abaseNyakatho Korea bonke abasayikhumbula ngokuqhaqhazela okwesabekayo. Futhi-ke iCongress yaguqula uSuku lwe-Armistice lwaba uSuku Lwama-Veterans, kanye nama-veteran baba yizinsiza zokuthengisa izimpi eziningi kanye nesimo saphakade samalungiselelo empi.
Esikudingayo manje i-armistice entsha sha. Khetha usuku nesikhathi, anginandaba nokuthi nini. Khetha u-11-11-11 futhi - kungani kungenjalo? - futhi uhlele iphathi efana ne-Armistice 99.
Ngiqinisile. Kuzokwenzekani uma, ngalelo hora, i-United States neSaudi Arabia ziyeka ukuqhumisa amabhomu eYemen? Kuthiwani uma amachweba evuleka futhi ukudla nodokotela nezintatheli baphuthuma kuleso sihogo ukuze baqale ukulungisa umonakalo? Kungaba yini umonakalo kulokho?
Kuthiwani uma, ngalo kanye lelo hora, izibhamu ziyeka ukudubula, ama-drones ayeka ukuduma, amabhomu kanye ne-phosphorus emhlophe yaphela emhlabeni wonke, e-Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan, Philippines, Niger, Congo, Sudan , Mexico, Kenya, Turkey? Kungaba yini umonakalo? Ubani ongaphuthelwa yizibhicongo? Ubani ongamelana namandla amakhulu okufa nezifo kanye nendlala nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo kuthathe isikhashana? Ubani ongabhikishela ukuphela kwesizathu esiyinhloko sohulumeni oyimfihlo nonegunya?
I-Armistice Day 99 ingasho uguquko oluyisimangaliso ezimpilweni zezigidi eziningi zabantu ngokuphela kwezimpi esingezwa neze ngazo, kanye nokuphela kwazo zonke izinsongo zezimpi ezintsha esizizwa ngazo. Izimpi ezintsha azikwazi ukusongelwa nge-Armistice Era. Esikhundleni salokho, izisekelo namasosha kanye nezikhali kanye nezingxabano ezibeka engcupheni izimpi ezintsha kufanele zivalwe, zilethwe ekhaya, futhi ziguqulwe zibe amabhizinisi anenzuzo futhi asimeme.
Esikhundleni sokuthi amaqembu amaVeterans For Peace aqashe abameli ukuthi baphikisele ilungelo labo lokubamba iqhaza kuma-Veterans Day - okuyingxenye yesiko laminyaka yonke leminyaka eminingi manje - bangaqasha abaculi kulo mgubho!
UKurt Vonnegut, umakadebona weMpi Yezwe II yase-US, wabhala ngo-1973: “Usuku Lwezempi seluphenduke uSuku Lomakadebona. Usuku lwe-Armistice lwalungcwele. Usuku Lomakadebona alukho. Ngakho-ke ngizophonsa uSuku Lomakadebona ehlombe lami. I-Armistice Day ngizoyigcina. angifuni ukulahla noma yiziphi izinto ezingcwele.”
