NguWinslow Myers
Phakathi nesikhathi eside sokungezwani phakathi kwe-United States nezwe elaliyiSoviet Union, ubuze bomncintiswano wezikhali zenuzi onamandla amakhulu kwacaca kwabaningi emazweni womabili. Isitatimende sika-Albert Einstein sango-1946 sabonakala siyisiphrofetho nakakhulu: “Amandla akhiqizwayo e-athomu aseshintshe konke asindisa izindlela zethu zokucabanga, futhi ngaleyo ndlela siqhubekela enhlekeleleni engenakuqhathaniswa.” UMongameli Reagan kanye noNobhala Jikelele uGorbachev babona ukuthi babhekene nenselelo efanayo, leyo engaxazululwa kuphela "yindlela yokucabanga" entsha. Lokhu kucabanga okusha kwavumela iminyaka engamashumi amahlanu yempi ebandayo ukuthi ifike esiphethweni esisheshayo ngokumangazayo.
Inhlangano engivolontile kuyo iminyaka engu-30 iphumelele kakhulu ekushintsheni okuphawulekayo ngokwenza ukucabanga kwayo okusha. Sahlela ukuba ososayensi abaphakeme kakhulu baseSoviet naseMelika bahlangane futhi basebenze ndawonye ukuze babhale iqoqo lamaphepha empi yengozi. Le nqubo yayingelula ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa umphumela waba incwadi yokuqala enyatheliswa kanyekanye e-US nase-USSR, ebizwa impumelelo. UGorbachev ufunde le ncwadi futhi wabonisa ukuzimisela ukuyivumela.
Yimuphi uhlobo lokucabanga oluvumela laba ososayensi ukuba badilize izindonga ezinzima zokuzihlukanisa kanye nesitha-ukucabanga? Kuyothatha ukuthini ngempela ukuqeda impi kule planethi? Ukuphila Ngaphandle Kwempi ihlola le mibuzo ngokujula. Iselwa ngokuhlanganyela, ngezihloko zenkulumo-mpikiswano ekupheleni kwesahluko ngasinye. Lokhu kwenza amaqembu nezinhlangano ezincane ukuba bacabange ndawonye mayelana nenselelo yokuqeda impi.
Isisekelo sencwadi sinethemba: abantu banakho ngaphakathi kwabo amandla okudlulela ngaphesheya kwempi kuwo wonke amazinga kusuka komuntu kuya emhlabeni wonke. Wenziwa kanjani lo mandla? Ngolwazi, isinqumo, kanye nokwenza.
Ucezu lwolwazi, olunezinxenye zokuqala zencwadi, luchaza ukuthi kungani impi yanamuhla isiphelile-ingapheli, kodwa ayinakwenzeka. Lokhu kusobala ezingeni le nyukliya- "ukunqoba" kuyinkolelo. Kodwa ukubheka okusheshayo eSiriya noma e-Iraq ku-2014 kubonisa ukungabi nalutho kwemvelo kanye nempi yenuzi njengendlela enamandla yokuxazulula izingxabano.
Ukuqwashisa okwesibili okubalulekile kuye kwavezwa futhi kugcizelelwa yinselele yokungazinzi kwesimo sezulu esibhekene neplanethi: sonke siphila ndawonye njengezinhlobo zabantu, futhi kufanele sifunde ukubambisana ezingeni elisha noma izingane zethu nabazukulu ngeke bahlume.
Kudingeka isinqumo somuntu siqu (“de” - “cision,” ukusika kude), esisusa ekuboneni impi njengesixazululo sokugcina esingathandeki, esidabukisayo kodwa esidingekayo, futhi usibona siyileso: isixazululo esingabambeki izingxabano abantu abangaphelele abayohlale belwa nazo. Kuphela lapho sithi cha ngokungangabazeki kunketho yempi lapho amathuba amasha obuciko azovuleka-futhi maningi. Ukuxazululwa kwezingxabano ezingenabo ubudlova kuyinkambu esezingeni eliphakeme yocwaningo kanye nokwenza okulindele ukusetshenziswa. Umbuzo uwukuthi, ingabe sizoyisebenzisa kuzo zonke izimo?
Kunemithelela ejulile yomuntu eqinisweni lokuthi kule mpi yeplanethi encane egcwele abantu ayisasebenzi futhi siyinhlobo eyodwa yabantu. Njengoba sesithathe isinqumo sokuthi cha empini, kufanele sizibophezele ekuhlaleni indlela entsha yokucabanga, ebeka umgoqo ophakeme kodwa ongenakwenzeka: Ngizoxazulula zonke izingxabano. Ngeke ngisebenzise udlame. Ngeke ngizixakekise ngezitha. Esikhundleni salokho, ngizohlala nginomqondo ofanayo wenhloso enhle. Ngizosebenza nabanye ukwakha ifayili le- world beyond war.
Lokho kungenye impendulo yomuntu siqu. Iyini impikiswano yomphakathi? Iyini isenzo? Senzani? Sifundisa-ngezinga lomgomo. Kunezindlela eziningi zokuletha ushintsho lomphakathi oluhle, kodwa imfundo iyona enenjongo kakhulu, ngezinye izindlela kunzima kunazo zonke, kodwa ekugcineni indlela ephumelela kunazo zonke yokondla ushintsho langempela. Izimiso zinamandla. Impi ingasebenzi. Sineyodwa: lezo yizimiso eziyisisekelo, ezingeni elithi "Bonke abantu badalwe ngokulinganayo." Izimiso ezinjalo, zisakaze ngokujulile, zinamandla okuletha ushintsho "isimo sezulu" somhlaba jikelele mayelana nempi.
Impi uhlelo lokuzicabangela oluqhutshwa ukungazi, ukwesaba nokuhaha. Ithuba lokuthatha isinqumo sokuphuma kuleso simiso ungene kwimodi yokudala yokucinga. Ngale ndlela yokudala ngokwengeziwe, singafunda ukweqa uhlobo lokucabanga okubili olutholakala emabintweni anjengokuthi “unathi noma umelene nathi.” Esikhundleni salokho singaba yisibonelo sendlela yesithathu ekhuthaza ukulalela ukuqonda nokuxoxisana. Le ndlela ayisho inkolelo-mbono futhi ayinaki ngesaba “isitha” sakamuva esikahle. "Ukucabanga okudala" okunjalo kwabangela ukusabela ngokweqile ngokweqile kohlangothi lwe-United States ezenzakalweni ezibuhlungu zango-9-11.
Izinhlobo zethu bezilokhu zihamba uhambo olude kakhulu ziqonde lapho isibonakaliso sethu esiyinhloko singasekho esizweni sakithi, noma emzaneni omncane, noma esizweni sakithi, yize umuzwa kazwelonke useyingxenye enamandla kakhulu yezinganekwane zempi. Esikhundleni salokho, ngenkathi sisazicabanga njengamaJuda noma amaRiphabhulikhi noma amaSulumane noma ama-Asiya noma yini, ukuhlonza kwethu okuyinhloko kumele kube noMhlaba nakho konke ukuphila emhlabeni, okungabantu nokwabantu. Yilokho esivumelana ngakho sonke. Ngalesi sihlonzi ngakho konke, ubuhlakani obumangazayo bungaphuma. Imicabango emibi yokuhlukaniswa nokuhlukaniswa okuholela empini ingahlakazeka ibe ukuxhumana okuyiqiniso.
U-Winslow Myers ubelokhu ehola izinkomfa ekuguqulweni komuntu siqu kanye nomhlaba wonke iminyaka engu-30. Wasebenza eBhodini leBeyond War futhi manje useBhodi Elulekayo ye-War Prevention Initiative. Amakholomu akhe abhalwe ngokubheka "indlela entsha yokucabanga" agcinwe kwi-winslowmyersopeds.blogspot.com.
