Ibhalwe nguMathewu Hoh, I-Counter Punch, Januwari 16, 2023
Unyaka kuze kube usuku ngaphambi kokubulawa kwakhe, uMartin Luther King obala futhi wagxeka hhayi kuphela impi yase-US eVietnam kodwa impi eyavumela impi futhi yacekela phansi umphakathi waseMelika. Eyenkosi Ngaphandle kweVietnam intshumayelo, eyanikezwa ngo-April 4, 1967, e-New York's Riverside Church, yayibikezela njengoba yayinamandla futhi iyisiprofetho. Incazelo yayo nokubaluleka kwayo kusekhona namuhla njengoba kwakunjalo eminyakeni engaba ngu-55 edlule.
Inkosi yahlanganisa ngokufanelekile impi yezempi yase-US egcwele futhi elawulayo namademoni ezomnotho, ezenhlalo namasiko ahlupha iMelika. Okuningi njengoba uMongameli uDwight Eisenhower akwenzile kweyakhe ukubingelela Inkulumo yakhe eminyakeni eyisithupha ngaphambili, iNkosi yaqala ukucacisa ubuqiniso bobuqili balelo butho ngempi yaphesheya kwezilwandle kanye nenkimbinkimbi elawulayo yezempi nezimboni kodwa nemiphumela eyehlisa isithunzi neyancipha eyayinayo kubantu baseMelika. INkosi yaqonda futhi yakhuluma ngempi yaseVietnam ngokuthi "isifo esijule kakhulu emoyeni waseMelika." Ukufa okuyihlazo nokuhlasimulisayo okwakuletha phesheya kwezilwandle kwakuyingqikithi yenhlekelele yaseMelika. Wafingqa izinjongo zakhe ekuphikisaneni nempi yaseVietnam njengomzamo wokusindisa umphefumulo waseMelika.
Ngokusobala, kwakukhona ukubhujiswa ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo kwamaVietnam, kanye nokubhujiswa kwemindeni yaseMelika esebenzayo. Ngo-April 1967, abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwe-100, abaningi babo esingabachaza ngokunembile njengabafana, hhayi amadoda, babulawa masonto onke eVietnam. Njengoba sasishisa abantu baseVietnam nge-napalm, “sasigcwalisa amakhaya aseMelika ngezintandane nabafelokazi.” Labo ababebuya “ezinkundleni zempi ezimnyama nezigcwele igazi [babe]khubazekile ngokomzimba futhi bedidekile ngokwengqondo.” Umthelela we-metastatic walolu dlame lwaphesheya emphakathini waseMelika wawubonakala kusengaphambili njengoba ubonakale uzilimaza wona. Inkosi yaxwayisa:
Ngeke sisakwazi ukukhulekela unkulunkulu wenzondo noma ukukhothamela i-altare lokuziphindiselela. Izilwandle zomlando zinyakaziswa amagagasi enzondo alokhu ekhuphuka. Futhi umlando ugcwele ukonakala kwezizwe nabantu ngabanye ababephishekela le ndlela yokuzinqoba yenzondo.
U-King waqonda ukuthi udlame lwaseMelika phesheya nasekhaya lwalungagcini nje ngokubonisana kodwa lwaluncikene futhi luqinisana. Entshumayelweni yakhe ngalolo suku, uNkosi wayengakhulumi ngezimo zamanje zaleyo mpi yaseVietnam kuphela kodwa wayechaza ubuhlanya obuphakathi kwezombusazwe zaseMelika, ezomnotho kanye namasiko angenamkhawulo wesikhathi noma ukubambelela esizukulwaneni. Eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu nanhlanu kamuva, izimpi ziye zaqhubeka kokubili ekhaya naphesheya. Kusukela ngo-1991, i-US iqhubekile Ngaphezu kwe-250 imisebenzi yezempi phesheya. Kulokho kubulala kanye nencithakalo, sibona e-US amashumi ezinkulungwane kubulawa minyaka yonke kanye nomhlaba ngobukhulu abantu basejele.
U-King uphawule ukuthi lolu dlame luvumele kanjani ukunganakwa kwemikhuba yobuhlanga e-US, njengoba zonke izinto ziba ngaphansi kwenhloso yodlame. Abesilisa abasebasha abamnyama nabamhlophe, ababengeke bavunyelwe ukuhlala endaweni efanayo noma baye ezikoleni ezifanayo e-US, base-Vietnam, bakwazi ukushisa izindlu zabampofu baseVietnam "ngobumbano olunonya." Uhulumeni wakhe “wawungumsunguli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni.” Ekuphishekeleni kukahulumeni lolo dlame, zonke ezinye izinto kumele zenziwe ngaphansi, kuhlanganisa nenhlalakahle yabantu bakhona.
Enkosini, abampofu baseMelika babeyizitha eziningi zikahulumeni waseMelika njengamaVietnam. Kodwa-ke, impi yaseMelika kanye nezempi yayinabambisene njengoba benza nezitha. Kulokho okungenzeka kube ingxenye edume kakhulu yentshumayelo yakhe, iNkosi ibikezela ingqikithi yobubi yangempela: “Lapho imishini nama-computer, izisusa zenzuzo namalungelo empahla, kubhekwa njengokubaluleke kakhulu kunabantu, imidondoshiya emithathu yobandlululo, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okweqisayo, nempi. abakwazi ukunqotshwa.”
Lowo ziqu-zintathu ongengcwele wokucwasa ngokwebala, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, nokulwela impi namuhla uchaza futhi ubusa umphakathi wethu. Inzondo esakazwa inhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu abamhlophe ethuthukayo ifinyelela ezingosini zezokuxhumana kanye nezenzo zokwesaba ngabanye emikhankasweni yezepolitiki kanye nemithetho esebenza ngonya. Sibona futhi sizwa ububi obuthathu ezihlokweni zethu, ezindaweni esihlala kuzo, kanye nasemindenini yethu. Ukunqoba okhethweni nokwahlulela okutholwe kanzima kwenkululeko yomphakathi kuyahlehliswa. Ubumpofu lusachaza imiphakathi yabantu abamnyama, abansundu kanye nabomdabu; abampofu kakhulu phakathi kwethu ngokuvamile omama abangabodwa. Udlame, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukubulawa kwamaphoyisa kwabantu abamnyama nabansundu abangahlomile, udlame lwasekhaya olubhekiswe kwabesifazane, noma udlame lwasemgwaqweni olubhekiswe kongqingili kanye nabantu abashintshashintshayo, luyaqhubeka ngaphandle kwesihe noma ubulungisa.
Sikubona ezintweni ezibalulekile kuhulumeni wethu. Futhi, zonke izinto kufanele zibe ngaphansi kokuphishekela ubudlova. Isigwebo seNkosi esaziwayo saleyo ntshumayelo yango-April 4, “Isizwe esiqhubeka unyaka nonyaka sichitha imali eningi ekuvikelweni kwezempi kunezinhlelo zokuthuthukisa umphakathi sisondela ekufeni ngokomoya,” asinakuphikiswa. Sekuyiminyaka uhulumeni wase-US echitha imali eningi yesabelomali sakhe sokuzikhethela ezimpini nakwezempi kunasenhlalakahleni yabantu. Ku-$1.7 trillion iCongress yaseMelika eyabiwe ngaphambi kwalo Khisimusi odlule, cishe 2/3, $1.1 trillion, iya ePentagon kanye nabezomthetho. Kulo lonke leli khulu leminyaka, ukukhetha okungahlobene nokuzivikela ukusetshenziswa kwemali nguhulumeni Wombuso kuhlale kuphansi noma kwehlile, njengoba inani labantu base-US likhule ngezigidi ezingama-50.
Imiphumela yalokhu kubekwa phambili kodlame ayinakugwenywa njengoba ingcolile. Amakhulu ezinkulungwane Abantu baseMelika babulawa ubhubhane lwe-COVID ngenxa yokungakwazi ukukhokhela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo. Njengoba iCongress igunyaze ukwanda kwe $ 80 billion yePentagon ngoDisemba, yasika ukudla kwasemini kwesikole izinhlelo. 63% abantu baseMelika baphila isheke ukuze bakhokhe, ngokukhuphuka kwamadijithi amaningi ngonyaka ngezindleko eziphezulu njengokunakekelwa kwezempilo, izindlu, izinsiza kanye nemfundo; izinkampani zenza qopha inzuzo futhi ukhokha kancane izintela. Ubude besikhathi sokuphila kwabantu baseMelika sehlile 2 ½ iminyaka eminyakeni emibili, njengeyokuqala neyesithathu ngobukhulu ababulali izingane zethu ziyizibhamu kanye nezidakamizwa...
Intshumayelo yeNkosi ngiyichaze njengenamandla, iyisiprofetho futhi iyabikezela. Kwakubuye kube okuqinile futhi okuvusa amadlingozi. U-King ucele “uguquko lwangempela lwezindinganiso” ukuze kuthuthukiswe, kuqedwe futhi kuthathelwe indawo ububi bokucwasa, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo kanye nezempi okulawula uhulumeni waseMelika nomphakathi. Wabeka izinyathelo zangempela nezichazayo zokuqeda impi eVietnam njengoba nje abeka amakhambi esifo somoya waseMelika. Asizange sibalandele.
Inkosi yaqonda lapho iMelika izodlulela khona ngale kweVietnam. Wabona futhi washo amaqiniso obubi obuphindwe kathathu, ukufa okungokomoya kwezwe kanye nempi ngokumelene nabampofu. Wayeqonda ukuthi lawo maqiniso ayeyisinqumo somphakathi kanjani nokuthi ayezoba sibi kangakanani, futhi wakhuluma kanjalo. UMartin Luther King wabulawa unyaka kuze kube usuku ngenxa yokukhuluma okunjalo.
