Ukubona Indlela Yethu Yokuthula

Ngu-Brad Wolf, i-Peace Voice, Julayi 18, 2023

Ngo-1918 umdwebi uJohn Singer Sargent wathunywa yiKomidi Lezikhumbuzo Zempi YaseBrithani ukuba avakashele amasimu aseFrance ukuze athwebule ngeseyili isigameko esibonisa iMpi Yezwe ngaleso sikhathi eyayigubuzela izwekazi. Umdwebi ubengaqiniseki ukuthi angasithola isigcawu esisodwa esizokwenza lo msebenzi omkhulu kangaka.

Kodwa ngesinye isikhathi eduze kwaseWestern Front, wazithela phezu kwesiteshi sezokwelapha lapho uhide lwamasosha aphuphuthekiswe isisi lwesinaphi emi nengalo eyodwa ebambe ihlombe lendoda ephambi kwakhe, indoda ngayinye ngokungaboni iholele enye phambili. Amanye amasosha ayelele phansi phambi kwawo, engaboni noma efile. Kube nenkungu engathi igesi ibisahlala phansi.

Kungenzeka yini kube nesinqumo esibi kakhulu ngokusangana nobuwula bempi ukwedlula lo mdwebo lohide lwezinsizwa eziphuphuthekiswe igesi ebambelele endodeni ephambi kwazo, ziqhubekela phambili zinethemba lokuthola uhlobo oluthile lokwelapha?

Ngokuthakazelisayo, indoda ngayinye engaboni emehlweni emgqeni isaphethe isibhamu sayo. Wayezohloseni? Akaboni ukudubula. Enye yala madoda yenza isinyathelo esiphakeme ngokungavamile ngomlenze wayo wesokudla, njengokungathi ilindele isethi yezitebhisi kulesi siqephu sokufa esiyisicaba. Baphumputha ebumnyameni obungapheli.

Yiqiniso, okuphazamisa umbukeli ukungaboni. Kuye kwenziwa ngonya, igesi efuthwe kwabaningi. Ukuthi uwagcine yini amehlo akho kuya ngokuthi umoya uphephetha ngayiphi indlela. Umphumela uba izimpumputhe ezihola izimpumputhe impilo yazo yonke.

Kodwa ngandlela-thile, ukulahlekelwa kwabo ukubona okubuyisela okwethu. Noma okungenani kufanele. Isosha elivamile eliphansi lilahlekelwa umbono walo empeleni. Thina sonke sikude nemigqa, kuhle, singamane siyishaye indiva impi. Futhi ngokuqondene nalabo abahlale bakhela impi, abamemezela futhi balwe impi, balahlekelwe umbono wabo ngokuphelele kangangokuthi akukho khampasi yokuziphatha ehlala ibonakala.

Ngakho-ke, ngemva kwekhulu leminyaka ngemva kwaleMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, isakhamuzi esozelayo siqhubeka nohambo olufanayo oluyimpumputhe sibambe isandla esisodwa ehlombe lomuntu ophambi kwaso, sinethemba ngobumpumputhe, ebumnyameni, ukuthi ngandlela-thile siphokophele endleleni efanele. mayelana nohlobo oluthile lwesinqumo, izwe eliyolungiswa ngempi. Impi eyodwa nje.

Ububi buye bachazwa njengokuphucwa kokuhle okufanele ngabe kukhona. Ububi abukho futhi ngokwabo, kodwa kunalokho bukhona njengokungabikho. Okungelona ibhizinisi. Umuntu ongeyena. Empini, okuhle kusekhona. Kodwa kukhona ukungabikho kothando nozwelo, ukuziphatha. Isintu sethu siyantula empini.

Kakade, sikuchaza kanjani ukufa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-200,000 1 onyakeni owodwa wempi e-Ukraine? Siyichaza kanjani i- $ XNUMX trillion ngonyaka echithwa e-United States ezikhalini zokucekela phansi okukhulu? Noma izigidi ezinhlanu zifile e-US Wars on Terror? Sizichaza kanjani izindleko ezingenakucatshangwa kanye nokumoshakala kwezisetshenziswa zobuhlakani eziya nsuku zonke ekudaleni amathuluzi amasha nabulalayo ongabulala ngawo?

Ubumpumputhe. UJose Saramago wabhala incwadi enesihloko esithi Ukuphuphuthekisa, inganekwane engokomfanekiso yokuwohloka kokuziphatha kwethu nokungakwazi ukubona. UWilfred Owen wabhala inkondlo mayelana nokuphuphuthekiswa yigesi, mayelana nobuwula bempi, mayelana namanga amadala U-Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori (“Kumnandi futhi kufanelekile ukufela izwe lomuntu”).

Ngisho noSherlock Holmes wasitshela ukuthi nakuba singabona, asibheki. Ukwehluleka ukubona, ukwehluleka ukubuka okusibulalayo. Ukuntuleka kwe-vison. Yilokho okushodayo. Ukungabikho lokho. Yilokho okubi.

Umdwebo womculi ungamafidi angu-20 ubude namafidi angu-7 ukuphakama. Kubizwa I-Gassed futhi ishiye abantu bengawuvali umlomo iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu. Njengoba kufanele.

Singakwazi yini ukuqoqa ndawonye bonke abaholi be-NATO, abaholi baseRussia kanye neChina ne-India kanye ne-Israel, bonke abaholi nososayensi kanye nabaphathi bezikhali zezinkampani futhi sibabeke ekamelweni ukuze bagqolozele lo mdwebo? Singawavula amajwabu amehlo abo ukuze abone? Ngakho-ke kufanele baqaphele? Ingabe lesi isenzo esinonya kakhulu ezweni elinonya lwansuku zonke?

UJohn Singer Sargent waya emgqeni wangaphambili wabona, futhi waqaphela, futhi wanikeza ngombala umzuzu womlando wesintu ngendlela edabukisayo kangangokuthi kwakungafanele siphinde siyicabange impi. Nokho kwakusele iminyaka engu-21 ngaphambi kwempi elandelayo. Futhi okulandelayo. Sikhohlwe kanjalo? Noma ingabe sihlala sibeka amandla abantu abangaboni kahle ngokungavamile?

Kuzothathani? Kufanele siyigobe kude kangakanani i-arc yempilo yomuntu ngaphambi kokuba yephule? Singakwazi yini esikhundleni sosopolitiki bethu sifake abadwebi nezimbongi, sifake abantu ababonayo nababonayo, abantu abakhathalela abantu abangabazi, inqwaba yamasosha agcwele igazi naphuphuthekile aginqa odakeni?

Noma ngabe oMongameli u-Biden noma u-Putin noma u-Xi, imibono yabo isontekile, umbono wabo mncane kangangokuthi bangasebenza kuphela ngaphakathi kwemingcele yemidlalo ye-geopolitical lapho ukuwina komuntu kuwukulahlekelwa komunye. Futhi ukunqoba kusho ukubulala abantu. Abantu abaningi.

Kungenziwa, lokhu kushintshwa kombono. Indwangu yokuvala amehlo ingasuswa kangangokuthi okwakungacatshangwa ngaphambili manje kungenzeka. Isakhamuzi esifuna abaholi abazokwabelana ngezinsiza, sihloniphe izizwe nabantu, siphile ngokwamandla ethu, abaholi abazobeka phansi inkemba bese belula isandla, kungenzeka lokhu. Eqinisweni, kuwumsebenzi wethu ukukufuna.

Kuphakathi kokuthi sizibophezele ekwakheni umphakathi othandekayo ongatholakali kalula kodwa ongafinyeleleki noma siyabhubha. Abaholi bethu ngeke bakwenze ngaphandle kwezimfuno zethu, ngaphandle kokuthi senze obala, sibonakale.

Akufanele sesabe ukukucela konke, ukufuna ukuthula nokuthakazelelwa. Ingabe lokho kuyacasula? Izinyathelo eziyingxenye ngeke zenze. Hhayi manje. Ngeke sidukiswe. Ngeke sigezwe ngegesi. Abaholi bethu bayizimpumputhe futhi kufanele sibenze babone.

UBrad Wolf, ohlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, ungumphathi wangaphambili wekolishi lomphakathi, ummeli, kanye nomqondisi omkhulu wamanje we-Peace Action Network yaseLancaster kanye noMhleli Wethimba LeNkantolo Yamacala Obugebengu Bezimpi Zokufa.