Iphrojekthi Yokucwaninga Yabenzi Bokuthula

“Ngokuvamile abantu abavamile abayifuni impi; hhayi eRussia, noma eNgilandi, noma eMelika, noma eJalimane. Kuyaqondwa lokho. Kodwa phela abaholi bezwe yibo abanquma inqubomgomo, futhi kuhlale kuwudaba olulula ukudonsa abantu, noma ngabe umbuso wentando yeningi, noma undlovukayiphikiswa, noma iphalamende, noma umbuso wamaKhomanisi. Iphimbo noma lingekho, abantu bangalethwa njalo uma kufunwa abaholi. Kulula lokho. Okufanele ukwenze nje ukubatshela ukuthi bayahlaselwa, futhi ugxeke ama-pacifist ngokuntula ukuthanda izwe nokubeka izwe engozini. Kusebenza ngendlela efanayo kunoma yiliphi izwe.”— UHermann Ukuhamba

“Ekuhambeni komlando, kufika isikhathi lapho isintu sibizwa ukuthi sishintshele ezingeni elisha lokuqaphela, sifinyelele izinga eliphezulu lokuziphatha. Isikhathi lapho kufanele silahle ukwesaba kwethu futhi sinikeze ithemba komunye nomunye. " – Kuvela Esifundweni SeNobel sikaWangari Maathai, esethulwa e-Oslo, ziyi-10 kuZibandlela wezi-2004.

Lapho izicebi zilwa impi, kubampofu abafayo. - Jean-Paul Sartre

Uma nje impi ibhekwa njengembi, iyohlale ihlaba umxhwele. Uma ibhekwa njengenhlamba, izoyeka ukuduma. -  Oscar Wilde, Umgxeki njengomculi (1891)

Ingqondo enokuthula, ingqondo egxile futhi engagxili ekulimazeni abanye, inamandla kunanoma yimaphi amandla abonakalayo endaweni yonke. – Wayne Dyer

Sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda izikhali zenuzi. Lesi akusona nje isikhundla esiphethwe amahippie abhema ibhodwe. UGeorge P. Shultz, uWilliam J. Perry, uHenry A. Kissinger noSam Nunn benza lesi sicelo kuyi-Wall Street Journal ngo-January 4, 2007. Ukubalwa kabi okukodwa kuzoholela empini yenuzi, ubusika benuzi kanye nokushabalala kokuphila emhlabeni. - U-Ed O'Rourke

Kungaba ubuwula ukucabanga ukuthi izinkinga ezikhungethe isintu namuhla zingaxazululwa ngezindlela nezindlela ezazisetshenziswa noma ezazibonakala zisebenza esikhathini esidlule. – Mikhail Gorbachev

Esikudingayo i-Star Peace hhayi i-Star Wars. – Mikhail Gorbachev

Ukuphanga, ukuhlaba, ukweba, lezi zinto baziqamba kabi umbuso; nalapho benza ihlane bakubiza ngokuthi ukuthula. -
I-Tacitus

Okumangazayo ukuthi kube nocwaningo oluningiliziwe oluyiziro olubonisa ukuthi inkimbinkimbi yezimboni yezempi idonsa kanjani ingxabano enkulu emlandweni: isitshela ukuthi impi iyakhazimula futhi iyadingeka.

I-Progressives kumele ibone umsebenzi omangalisayo wokuthengisa owenziwe inkulumo-ze kahulumeni yokuthi impi iyadingeka futhi iyakhazimula, njengomdlalo webhola. Umdlalo wezempi ufana nokuqwala izintaba noma ukutshuza emanzini ajulile, okuyingozi kakhulu kunokuphila kwansuku zonke. Njengasemdlalweni webhola, silwela ukuthi iqembu lethu linqobe ngoba ukuhlulwa kuzoletha imiphumela eyinhlekelele. EMpini Yezwe Yesibili, ukunqoba kwe-Axis Powers bekuyoletha ubugqila kubo bonke kanye nokuqothulwa kwabaningi.

Lapho ngisemusha (owazalwa ngo-1944), ngabona impi njengento ejabulisayo. Yiqiniso, umfo wayengabulawa. Ezincwadini zamahlaya, amamuvi namadokhumentari, angizange ngibone izisulu ezishile noma amasosha alimele alahlekelwe izitho zomzimba. Amasosha afile abukeka sengathi alele.

Hans Zinnser encwadini yakhe, Amagundane, Izintwala kanye Nomlando, icaphuna isithukuthezi sesikhathi sokuthula njengesizathu sokuba amadoda asekele impi. Wenze isibonelo esicatshangelwayo esibonisa indoda eyasebenza iminyaka engu-10 emsebenzini ofanayo wokudayisa izicathulo. Yayingekho into ayeyibheke ngabomvu. Impi ingasho ukuphumula esimisweni, ukuzijabulisa kanye nenkazimulo. Amasosha ahamba phambili awatholakali kwenye indawo empilweni. Uma ubulawa, izwe lizohlonipha umndeni wakho ngezinzuzo ezithile.

Labo abenza amafilimu, izingoma nezinkondlo benza umsebenzi osezingeni eliphezulu okhombisa impi njengomncintiswano phakathi kokuhle nokubi. Lokhu kunawo wonke amadrama abandakanyeka kumcimbi wezemidlalo oseduze. Ngikhumbula isizini ka-1991 i-Houston Oilers ifunda into efana nale njalo ngeSonto ekuseni ku-Houston Post:

Umdlalo wanamuhla ntambama namaJets uzokuba yizinja. Ukuhola kuzoshintsha izikhathi ezinhlanu. Iqembu elizowina yilona elizothola amaphuzu ekugcineni, mhlawumbe ngomzuzu wokugcina.

Umbhali wezemidlalo wayeqinisile. Ngokudlala okuhle kakhulu kwecala nokuvikela nhlangothi zombili, abalandeli babona umdlalo wokuluma izinzipho. Emizuzwini emithathu yokugcina namasekhondi angu-22 engxenyeni yesine, ama-Oilers ehle ngamahlanu emgqeni wawo wamayadi angama-23. Kulesi sigaba, umgomo wenkundla ngeke usize. Inkundla yonke inezindawo ezine ezansi. Kumelwe bamashe behle enkundleni futhi bamashe benza kanjalo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ewashini, akudingeki baphonse phansi. Njengoba sekusele imizuzwana eyisikhombisa ukuthi kuphele iwashi, ama-Oilers awela umugqa wegoli ngokuthinta okokugcina komdlalo.

Inkulumo-ze yempi engcono kakhulu eyake yenziwa kwakunguchungechunge lwe-NBC lwango-1952 lwe-Victory at Sea. Abahleli babuyekeze ifilimu engamamayela angu-11,000, balungiselela amaphuzu omculo ashukumisayo nokulandisa okwenza iziqephu ezingu-26 ezithatha cishe imizuzu engu-26 ngasinye. Ababuyekezi bethelevishini bazibuze ukuthi ngubani ongafuna ukubuka amafilimu ezimpi ngeSonto ntambama. Ngesonto lesibili, bathola impendulo yabo: cishe wonke umuntu.

Ku-YouTube bheka isiphetho sesiqephu esithi, Beneath the Southern Cross, esichaze imizamo eyimpumelelo yamasosha asolwandle aseMelika nawaseBrazil ukuvikela imikhumbi eseNingizimu ye-Atlantic. Lokhu ukulandisa kokugcina:

Futhi ama-convoys ayadlula,

Ephethe ingcebo ye-Southern Hemisphere,

Ukwenqaba ukukhokha isenti elilodwa ukuze uthole inkokhiso kodwa uzimisele ukusebenzisa izigidi ukuze uvikeleke,

Amariphabhuliki aseMelika ashanele esuka emigwaqweni emikhulu yasolwandle yaseNingizimu Atlantic isitha sawo esivamile.

Sabalalisa ulwandle

Ukugadwa ngamandla ezizwe ezikwazi ukulwa ngokubambisana ngoba zifunde ukuhlala ndawonye.

Imikhumbi igeleza ibheke emgomweni wayo - ukunqoba kwe-Allied.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku-uLV7Qups&feature=related

I-Progressives kumele inikeze umbono wokuthula ngezingoma, izinkondlo, izindaba ezimfushane, amamuvi nemidlalo. Nikeza imincintiswano ngemali ethile yemiklomelo nokuqashelwa okuningi. Umbono wami engiwuthandayo wokuthula uvela kuhithi yango-1967, i-Crystal Blue Persuasion ka-Tommy James kanye ne-Shondells:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXz4gZQSfYQ

Izigigaba zika-Snoppy njengomshayeli wendiza kanye ne-Sopwith Camel yakhe zaziwa kakhulu. Njengoba ingekho imidwebo ebonisa abafileyo noma abalimele, abantu babona impi njengento ejabulisayo, ikhefu empilweni yansuku zonke ye-humdrum. Ngicela abadwebi bamakhathuni, umbhali wethelevishini kanye nabadidiyeli bonyaka ukuthi babonise i-peacenik, usonhlalakahle, umuntu ongenakhaya, uthisha, enye isikhulu samandla, umhleli wendawo, umfundisi kanye nesishoshovu semvelo.

Ngihlangabezane nesizindalwazi esisodwa sokuthula okwamanje esifinyelela kulabo abangaphandle kwenhlangano ( http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/ ). Lokhu kuzosho ukuqasha amafemu aseMadison Avenue ukuze bathole izincomo. Phela, banekhono lokuheha imizwa ukuze benze abantu bathenge izinto abangazitholi kalula. Ukuqhamuka nezikhalazo kuzoba yinselelo kubona ngoba lokhu kuzosho ukuthi abantu bazobe bethenga izimpahla ezimbalwa kumakhasimende abo ajwayelekile.

Abadali bokuthula kufanele banikeze imininingwane ethile. Kungenjalo, izigebengu zempi ezinjengoGeorge W. Bush noBarack Obama zizokhuluma ngokuthula kuze kufike izinkomo ekhaya. Nansi eminye imininingwane:

1) ukunciphisa isabelomali sezempi sase-US esikhukhumele ngo-90%,

2) intela yokuthengiswa kwezikhali kwamanye amazwe,
3) qala ukumisa ucwaningo lwezikhali,
4) qala uhlelo lokulwa nobumpofu emhlabeni wonke,
5) qeqesha amasosha ethu ukuze asize ezinhlekeleleni,
6) ukusungula izinga leKhabhinethi uMnyango Wokuthula,
7) ukunciphisa izikhali zenuzi zibe zero, futhi,
8) xoxisana ngokususa zonke izikhali zenuzi emhlabeni ekuqaphelweni kwezinwele.

Qaphela ukuthi isiphakamiso ngasinye singaba isitika sebhampa. Ngimema abathuthukayo ukuthi bakopishe amakhono amahle kakhulu okuxhumana aboniswe abangani bethu abawine kwesokudla, abenze kahle ngeziqubulo ezilula. Abantu bangaqonda ngokushesha ukuthi abaphiko lwesokudla bafuna ini.

Ungalenzi iphutha. Abantu kumelwe baqede impi noma impi iyosiqeda kanye nakho konke ukuphila emhlabeni wethu. Lokhu akuwona nje umbono ovela kuma-hippie namaQuaker. Bheka lesi sicelo sikaGeneral Douglas MacArthur ngenkathi ekhuluma neCongress yaseMelika ngo-Ephreli 19, 1951:

“Impi ngiyayazi njengoba ambalwa amadoda aphilayo manje eyazi, futhi akukho okungihlukumeza kakhulu. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngikhuthaza ukuqedwa kwayo ngokuphelele, njengoba ukonakala kwayo kubo bobabili umngane nesitha kukwenze kwaba yize njengendlela yokuxazulula izingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe...

Abezemvelo bangase babe yiqembu lokuqala elikhulu ukwamukela ukuqedwa kwempi nakuba, kuze kube manje, bengenandaba nokusetshenziswa kwezempi. Ngithemba ukuthi bavuka ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili: i-1) impi yenuzi izoqeda impucuko yethu ntambama kanye ne-2) izinsiza ezinikezelwe ezempi zisho imvuthuluka etafuleni kukho konke okunye. Sonke sifuna amandla ahlanzekile kanye nokuhlehlisa ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kodwa yonke le mizamo izuza okuncane inqobo nje uma amasosha eqhubeka ngesivinini esigcwele.

Njengoba uLloyd George aphawula eNgqungqutheleni Yokuthula YaseParis ngo-1919 ukuthi ukwenza ukuthula kwakunzima kakhulu kunokulwa, ukulungisa lo mkhuba omubi ngeke kube lula. Nokho, kufanele kwenziwe. Ngesibindi nangombono, abantu bangalandela u-Isaya ngokuphendula izinkemba zibe amakhuba ukuze sizisindise thina nakho konke ukuphila okusemhlabeni wethu.

Izinto zokucwaninga eziwusizo:

U-Kurlansky, u-Mark (ohamba phambili ngo-His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Ukungabi Nodlame: Izifundo Ezingamashumi Amabili Nanhlanu Kumlando Wombono Oyingozi.

Regan, Geoffrey. Ukukha Okwedlule: Ukubuyisela Okwedlule Kosopolitiki. Isihloko solimi lwesiSpanishi singcono: Guerras, Politicos kanye Mentiras: Como nos engan manipulando el pasado y el presente (Izimpi, Osopolitiki Namanga: Indlela Abakhohlisa Ngayo Ngokukhohlisa Inkathi Esedlule Neyamanje).

U-Ed O'Rourke ungumcwaningi mabhuku osemthethweni osethathe umhlalaphansi ohlala e-Medellin, e-Colombia. Njengamanje ubhala incwadi, Ukuthula Komhlaba, Imephu Yomgwaqo: Ungafika Lapho usuka Lapha.