Ngu-Camillo Mac Bica, Septhemba 30, 2018
Kusukela Amaphupho ajwayelekile
Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, kuze kube yileso sikhathi impi eyachitha igazi eliningi necekela phansi kakhulu emlandweni wesintu, amazwe amaningi alwayo ayesekhungathekile anquma, okungenani okwesikhashana, ukuthi ukucekelwa phansi okunjalo nokulahlekelwa ukuphila okudabukisayo akumelwe kuphinde kwenzeke. E-United States, ngo-June 4, 1926, iCongress yaphasisa isinqumo esifanayo esasungula uNovemba 11.th, usuku ngo-1918 lapho ukulwa kuma, njengoSuku Lwezikhali, iholidi elingokomthetho, inhloso nenjongo yalo okwakuyoba “ukugubha ngokubonga nomthandazo nokuzivocavoca okuklanyelwe ukuqhubekisela phambili ukuthula ngentando enhle nokuqondana phakathi kwezizwe.”
Ngokuvumelana nalesi sinqumo, uMongameli Calvin Coolidge ukhiphe a Isimemezelo ngoNovemba 3rd 1926, “simema abantu base-United States ukuba bagubhe lolu suku ezikoleni nasemasontweni noma kwezinye izindawo, ngemikhosi efanelekayo ebonisa ukubonga kwethu ngokuthula nesifiso sethu sokuqhubekisela phambili ubuhlobo bobungane nazo zonke ezinye izizwe.”
Ngokudanisayo, naphezu kokubizwa kwayo ngokuthi "impi yokuqeda zonke izimpi," kanye nenhloso yoSuku lwe-Armistice ukwenza uNovemba 11.th usuku lokugubha ukuthula, ukuzimisela kwezizwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi “intando enhle nokuqondana phakathi kwezizwe” kuba khona, konke kushabalala ngokushesha. Ngemva kwenye “impi ebhubhisayo, ebhubhisayo, nefinyelela kude” ngokufanayo, iMpi Yezwe Yesibili, “nesenzo samaphoyisa” eKorea, uMongameli uDwight D. Eisenhower wakhipha Isimemezelo sokuthi washintsha igama ka-Novemba 11th kusukela osukwini lwe-Armistice kuya kuSuku Lomakadebona.
“Mina, Dwight D. Eisenhower, uMongameli wase-United States of America, ngalokhu nginxusa zonke izakhamuzi zakithi ukuba zigubhe uLwesine, Novemba 11, 1954, njengoSuku Lomakadebona. Ngalolo suku masikhumbule ukuzidela kwabo bonke abalwa ngamaqhawe, olwandle, emoyeni, naphesheya kwezilwandle, ukuze kugcinwe ifa lethu lenkululeko, futhi masizinikele kabusha emsebenzini wokukhuthaza ukuthula okuhlala njalo. ukuze imizamo yabo ingabi yize.”
Nakuba abanye beqhubeka nokungabaza isinqumo sika-Eisenhower sokushintsha igama, lapho kuhlaziywa, isisusa sakhe nokucabanga kwakhe kuyabonakala. Nakuba ekude nokuba umuntu olwela ukulwa, njengoMkhuzi Ophakeme we-Allied Expeditionary Force phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wayazi futhi ekwenyanya ukubhujiswa nokulahlekelwa okudabukisayo kokuphila okuhilela impi. Isimemezelo sika-Eisenhower, ngingaphikisa, siwukubonakaliswa kokudumala nokukhungatheka kwakhe ngokwehluleka kwezizwe ukuqhubeka nesinqumo sazo soSuku Lwezempi Lokuvikela impi nokufuna ezinye izindlela zokuxazulula izingxabano. Ekuguquleni igama, u-Eisenhower wayenethemba lokukhumbuza iMelika ngokusabeka kwempi nobuze, ukuzidela kwalabo ababezabalaza ngenxa yayo, kanye nesidingo sokuqinisekisa ukuzibophezela ekuthuleni okuhlala njalo. Nakuba leli gama lashintshwa, isithembiso sokuthuthukisa ubuhlobo bobungani phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe nabo bonke abantu bomhlaba asizange sishintshe.
Ukunemba kokuhlaziya kwami kufakazelwa yi-Eisenhower's Inkulumo yokuvalelisa esizweni. Kule nkulumo eyingqophamlando, uxwayise ngokucophelela ngosongo olwenziwa ngabakwa- I-Complex Industrial Complex kanye nokuthambekela kwayo kwezempi nezimpi ezingapheli ukuze kuzuze inzuzo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uphinde waqinisekisa isicelo sokuhlalisana ngokuthula asisho esimemezelweni sakhe soSuku Lomakadebona. “Kumelwe sifunde ukuxazulula ukungezwani, hhayi ngezikhali,” eseluleka, “kodwa ngokuhlakanipha nenjongo ehloniphekile.” Futhi ngomuzwa wokuphuthuma okukhulu, waxwayisa ngokuthi “Yisakhamuzi esiqaphile nenolwazi kuphela esingaphoqelela ukuhlanganiswa okufanele kwemishini emikhulu yokuzivikela yezimboni nezempi ngezindlela nemigomo yethu enokuthula.”
Ngeshwa, njengoba kwakunjalo ngoSuku Lwe-Armistice, Isimemezelo Sosuku Lomakadebona Bakwa-Eisenhower kanye Nekheli Lokuvalelisa akuzange kunakwe. Kusukela eshiye isikhundla sakhe, i-United States isaqhubeka cishe izisekelo zezempi ezingama-800 emazweni angaphezu kuka-70 nasezifundeni zaphesheya; isebenzisa u-$716 billion kwezokuVikela, ngaphezu kwamazwe ayisikhombisa alandelayo ahlangene okuhlanganisa iRussia, iChina, i-United Kingdom kanye neSaudi Arabia; isibe yi umthengisi wezikhali omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-9.9; futhi kwaba abahileleke ezimpini eVietnam, Panama, Nicaragua, Haiti, Lebanon, Granada, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, naseSyria.
Ngokudabukisayo, akuzona nje kuphela izixwayiso zika-Eisenhower ezishaywa indiva, kodwa ukushintsha ukuqokwa koSuku lwe-Armistice kuSuku Lwama-Veterans, kunikeze amasosha kanye nabazuzi bempi izindlela nethuba, hhayi "ukuzinikezela kabusha emsebenzini wokukhuthaza ukuthula okuhlala njalo" njengoba kwakunjalo. ekuqaleni wayehloselwe kusiMemezelo sakhe, kodwa ukugubha nokukhuthaza impi nempi, ukusungula nokuqhubekisela phambili inganekwane yayo yokuhlonipha nokuhlonipha, ukumelela kabi amalungu ezempi namaqhawe angomakadebona njengamaqhawe, futhi kukhuthaze ukubhaliswa kwefolishi yenganono ngezimpi ezizayo ukuze kuzuze inzuzo. Ngakho-ke, ngikhuthaza ukubuyiselwa kukaNovemba 11th ekuqanjweni kwayo kwasekuqaleni kanye nokuqinisekisa inhloso yayo yasekuqaleni. Kufanele "Sibuyise Usuku Lwezikhali."
Angikwenzi lokhu kugomela kalula, njengoba ngiwumakadebona weMpi yaseVietnam futhi ngishisekela izwe. Ubufakazi bokushisekela izwe lami, uthando lwami lwezwe, abubonakali ngokusebenza kwami kwezempi, kodwa ngokwamukela kwami umthwalo wemfanelo wokuphila impilo yami, nokuqinisekisa ukuthi labo abaphathiswe ubuholi bezwe lami baphila okwabo futhi bayabusa, ngokuhambisana nomthetho. umthetho nokuziphatha.
Njengomakadebona, ngeke ngiphinde ngidukiswe futhi ngihlukunyezwe ngamasosha nabazuzi bempi. Njengomthandi wezwe, ngizobeka uthando lwami lwezwe ngaphambi kokuvuma okungamanga kwenhlonipho nokubonga ngomsebenzi wami. Njengoba sigubha i-100th isikhumbuzo sokumiswa kobutha “empini yokuqeda zonke izimpi,” ngizolwela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iMelika engiyithandayo ihlukile, njengoba kuvame ukubizwa kanjalo, kodwa hhayi ngamandla ayo aphakeme ezempi noma ukuzimisela ukuyisebenzisela ukwesabisa, ukubulala, ukuxhaphaza, noma ukuthobisa ezinye izizwe nabantu ukuze kuzuze ezombangazwe, amasu, noma umnotho. Kunalokho, njengomakadebona nomshisekeli wezwe, ngiyaqonda ukuthi ubukhulu beMelika buncike ekuhlakanipheni kwayo, ekubekezeleni kwayo, ekuzweleni kwayo, ekuziphatheni okuhle nasekuzimiseleni kwayo ukuxazulula izingxabano nokungaboni ngaso linye ngokuhluzekayo, ngokungenzeleli, nangokungenalo udlame. Lezi zimiso zaseMelika engiziqhenya ngazo, futhi ngephutha ngacabanga ukuthi ngivikela eVietnam, akukhona nje ukuzenzisa amandla nenzuzo, kodwa iziqondiso zokuziphatha okuvame ukuba nenhlalakahle yalesi sizwe, umhlaba, kanye NONKE izakhamuzi.
Thina esiyaziyo impi siyaphoqeleka ukuthi sisebenzele ukuthula. Ayikho indlela engcono, ezuzisa kakhulu yokwamukela nokuhlonipha ukuzinikela komakadebona kanye nokubonisa uthando lweMelika kunokuthi "siqhubekisele phambili ukuthula ngentando enhle nokuqondana phakathi kwezizwe." Ake siqale ngokubuyisela uSuku lwe-Armistice.
