Ibhalwe nguRichard Jackson, I-Newsroom, Ephreli 25, 2022
Amazwana ka-Richard Milne & Gray Southon
Amasosha awasasebenzi, abiza kakhulu futhi adala umonakalo omkhulu kunokuhle.
Amazwana: Njengoba sihlangana ukuze sikhumbule impi yezempi efile ngalolu suku lwe-Anzac, kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ngokushesha ngemva kweMpi Yezwe I kwakwethenjwa kabanzi ukuthi kuyoba "impi yokuqeda zonke izimpi". Abaningi balabo abaqala ukuhlangana ukuze bakhumbule obala abashona empini - okuhlanganisa omama, odadewabo kanye nezingane zezinsizwa ezawela emasimini aseYurophu - bakhala kakhulu "Ngeke ngiphinde!" indikimba yezehlakalo zabo zesikhumbuzo.
Kusukela lapho, ukugxila ekukhumbuleni abafile bempi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi akekho ozophinde ahlupheke empini sekuphenduke umsebenzi onqenqemeni, olinganiselwe kumafa we-Peace Pledge Union kanye Upopi Omhlophe abalandeli. Kunalokho, izimpi ziye zaqhubeka ngendlela evamile ebulalayo futhi ukukhunjulwa kwempi kuye kwaba, ngamanye amehlo, uhlobo lwenkolo yomphakathi nendlela yokulungiselela umphakathi izimpi ezengeziwe kanye nokusetshenziswa kwemali okukhulu kwezempi.
Lo nyaka unikeza isikhathi esibuhlungu kakhulu sokubheka kabusha indawo yempi, impi kanye nenjongo yokukhumbula impi emphakathini wethu, hhayi okungenani ngenxa yezehlakalo zeminyaka embalwa edlule. Umqedazwe we-Covid ubulale abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha emhlabeni jikelele futhi wabangela ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwezomnotho nezenhlalo kuwo wonke amazwe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, inkinga yesimo sezulu iye yaholela ekwenyukeni okushaqisayo komlilo wamahlathi obhubhisayo, izikhukhula nezinye izimo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu, ezibangele ukufa kwezinkulungwane zabantu futhi kubiza izigidigidi. Akukhona nje okungenalusizo ekubhekaneni nalezi zinsongo zokuphepha, amasosha omhlaba angomunye wabanegalelo elikhulu ekukhishweni kwekhabhoni: amasosha adala ukungavikeleki ngeqhaza lawo ekufudumaleni kwesimo sezulu.
Mhlawumbe okubaluleke nakakhulu, indikimba ekhulayo yocwaningo lwezemfundo ibonise ukuthi amandla ezempi abonakala engasebenzi kahle njengethuluzi lobuciko bombuso. Amabutho ezempi awasasebenzi ngempela. Amandla ezempi anamandla emhlabeni aya ngokuya encipha ukunqoba izimpi, ngisho nalapho emelene nabaphikisi ababuthaka kakhulu. Ukuhoxiswa okuyihlazo kwe-United States e-Afghanistan ngonyaka odlule mhlawumbe kuwumfanekiso ocacile futhi osobala kakhulu wale nto, nakuba kufanele futhi sikhumbule ukwehluleka kwezempi yase-US eVietnam, eLebanon, eSomalia nase-Iraq. E-Afghanistan, amandla ezempi amakhulu kunawo wonke owake wawazi umhlaba awakwazanga ukunqoba ibutho lamavukela-mbuso ngezibhamu namaloli agibele izibhamu agibele izibhamu naphezu komzamo weminyaka engu-20.
Eqinisweni, yonke “impi yobushokobezi” emhlabeni wonke ibonakale iwukwehluleka okukhulu kwezempi eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, yamosha izigidigidi zamadola futhi yadla izimpilo ezingaphezu kwesigidi kule nqubo. Akukho lapho amasosha aseMelika aye khona kule minyaka engu-20 edlule ukulwa nobuphekula abone ukuthuthuka kwezokuphepha, uzinzo noma intando yeningi. INew Zealand iphinde yathwala izindleko zokungaphumeleli kwezempi muva nje, nezimpilo ezilahlekile kanye nesithunzi sayo sonakaliswa emagqumeni ase-Afghanistan.
Kodwa-ke, ukwehluleka kokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine kuwumfanekiso ochaza kakhulu ukwehluleka nezindleko zamasosha njengethuluzi lamandla kazwelonke. UPutin kuze kube manje wehlulekile ukufeza noma yiziphi izinhloso zakhe zamasu noma zezepolitiki, naphezu kokuphakama okukhulu kwebutho laseRussia. Ngobuchule, iRussia yehlulekile cishe kuzo zonke izinhloso zayo zokuqala futhi iye yaphoqeleka ukuba ibe namaqhinga ahlala ephelelwa yithemba. Ngokwepolitiki, lokhu kuhlasela kuzuze okuphambene nalokho uPutin ayekulindele: kude nokuvimba iNato, inhlangano iphinde ibe namandla futhi nomakhelwane baseRussia bazama ukuyijoyina.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, imizamo yamazwe ngamazwe yokujezisa nokucindezela iRussia ukuthi iqede ukuhlasela iveze ukuthi umnotho womhlaba uhlanganiswe ngokujule kangakanani, nokuthi impi ilimaza kanjani wonke umuntu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi useduze kangakanani nendawo yokulwa. Namuhla, cishe akunakwenzeka ukulwa izimpi ngaphandle kokubangela ukulimala okusabalele kuwo wonke umnotho womhlaba.
Uma besingase futhi sicabangele imiphumela yesikhathi eside yempi kubantu abalwayo, izakhamuzi ezihlupheka ngenxa yomonakalo wesibambiso, nalabo abazibonela mathupha izinto ezisabekayo, lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi incwadi ibhekane nempi nakakhulu. Amasosha kanye nezakhamuzi ngokufanayo eziye zahlanganyela empini zihlushwa ukucindezeleka kwangemva kokuhlukumezeka kanye nalokho izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo ezikubiza ngokuthi "ukulimala kokuziphatha" isikhathi eside ngemva kokuphela kwakho, ngokuvamile okudinga ukusekelwa okuqhubekayo kwengqondo. Ukuhlukumezeka kwempi kulimaza abantu ngabanye, imindeni kanye nemiphakathi yonke ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Ezimweni eziningi kuholela enzondweni ejulile phakathi kwezizukulwane, ukungqubuzana nobudlova obengeziwe phakathi kwezinhlangothi ezilwayo.
Ngalolu suku lwe-Anzac, njengoba sithule sihlonipha impi yezempi efile, mhlawumbe kufanele sicabangele ukuthi singazibophezela kanjani ekusebenzeni ukuqeda isishayo sempi kanye nezindleko zempi. Ezingeni eliyisisekelo, ibutho lezempi alisebenzi futhi kuwubuwula obusobala ukuqhubeka nokuphikelela ngokuthile okuye kwahluleka kaningi. Amasosha ngeke esakwazi ukusivikela ezinsongweni ezikhulayo zezifo nesimo sezulu. Ibiza kakhulu futhi futhi idala umonakalo omkhulu kunanoma yikuphi okuhle ekuzuzayo. Okubaluleke kakhulu, kunezinye izindlela esikhundleni sempi: izinhlobo zokuphepha nokuvikela ezingancikile ekugcineni amabutho; izindlela zokumelana nokucindezelwa noma ukuhlasela ngaphandle kwebutho lezempi; izindlela zokuxazulula izingxabano ngaphandle kokusebenzisa udlame; izinhlobo zokugcina ukuthula ezisekelwe emphakathini ngaphandle kwezikhali. Lo nyaka ubukeka njengesikhathi esifanele sokucabanga kabusha ngokulutha kwethu impi futhi sihloniphe abafileyo ngokuqeda impi.
