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Ngo-Winslow Myers, ngoJulayi 14, i-2019
UVasili Archipov wayengumphathi wemikhumbi yaseSoviet eduze neCuba phakathi nenhlekelele ka-Okthoba 1962. Imikhumbi yaseMelika yayilahla imayini yokufaka izimpawu kwi-sub, izama ukuyifinyelela. AmaSoviet atholakala ngokujulile kakhulu ukuxhumana noMoscow. Basola ukuthi impi kungenzeka ukuthi ivele ivele ivele. Amaphoyisa amabili angene e-advocate athi ukudubula kwe-torpedo yenuzi ezindizeni eziseduze zaseMelika, ezihlanganisa ababhubhisi abayishumi nabathwala izindiza.
Imithethonqubo yezempi yamaSoviet idinga isivumelwano esiphelele sabo bonke abaphathi abathathu ukuba bahambe nuclear. U-Archipov uthe cha. Ngakho-ke silapha, iminyaka engu-57 kamuva, mhlawumbe sikweleta ukuba khona kwethu emcimbini oweqile wokukhohlwa.
Kuleli phuzu ungase ufise sengathi ungimeme ukuba ngikhulume ngebhayisikili eToscany! Kodwa ngilapha ngesisekelo sencwadi encane engibhale ukuthi yashicilelwe emuva ku-2009. Le ncwadi ibhala izindlela zokusebenza zeqembu lamavolontiya azinikezele abambe iqhaza enhlanganweni engezona ezombusazwe okuthiwa i-Beyond War. Senza umsebenzi obalulekile e-United States, eCanada, nakwaseSoviet Union cishe iminyaka eyishumi, kusukela ekuqaleni kwe-1980s. Inhloso yethu kwakuwukufundisa abantu ekuthunjweni kwempi njengesixazululo sokungqubuzana nonyaka we nyukliya.
Ikhava lencwadi ibonisa ukuqhuma kwe-athomu ukuphenduka esihlahleni. Ngesikhathi sakha isembozo sasivele sicabanga ngebhomu njengokufa kanye nesihlahla njengompilo. Emashumini ambalwa eminyaka edlule izinkinga mayelana nempi yenuzi ziye zehla njengoba izingcindezi mayelana nemvelo zanda.
Ukuqhuma kwezikhali zenuzi ezishintsha zibe ngumuthi kusikisela ukuxhumana phakathi kwalezi zindaba ezimbili eziphezulu, ukuvimbela impi yomhlaba jikelele nokufezeka kokusimama kwemvelo.
Kungaba nomuzwa wokuthi i-skunk ephathidi engadini ukuvuselela futhi inkemba yenuzi elele phezu kwethu namanje. Ngenxa yokuthi ngifundisa izingane zakhe, ngangazi ukuthi umshicileli wephephandaba wanyathelisa ingxenye yami yokuqala yokulwa empini yenuzi ekuqaleni kwama-1980s. Watshela ukuthi uma abantu abanjengami bebengakhulumi, akukho muntu ongakhathazeka ngakho. Lolu hlobo olungenangqondo lutho-oluvela kumshicileli wephephandaba okungenalutho! -Ngenza ngifuna ukubhala futhi omunye umhleli, futhi angizange ngiyeke kusukela.
UJonas Salk uthe umthwalo wethu omkhulu kunazo zonke ukuba okhokho abalungile. Manje njengoba nginezingane ezinhlanu futhi ngisendleleni, baye baba yisisusa sami esijulile sokubhala nokukhuluma.
Izikhali zenuzi ziphuma futhi inkinga yesimo sezulu iye yahlanganiswa kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngisho nokuhlolwa kokuqala kwebhomu le nyukliya kwakukhona nesimo sezulu: ezinye ze-physicists zaseLos Alamos zazikhathazeka ngokuthi ukuhlolwa kokuqala kungahle kushaye yonke indawo yomhlaba. Noma kunjalo, baphikelela.
Khona-ke sinawo amathuba okushisa i-nyukliya, ukuqoqwa okuphelele kwezimpikiswano zenuzi nezesimo sezulu. Uma isizwe esisodwa se nyukliya sihlasele ukuhlasela okwanele ukudala ubusika benyukliya, njengezingcingo eziyikhulu ngamakhompiyutha, abahlaseli ngokwabo babezozibulala ngokuphumelelayo. Ukubuyiselwa kuzoba kabili imiphumela ebulalayo esevele idlala.
Ngisho nempi evamile ingozini enkulu. Isiqhumane somlilo singase siqale nge-brushfire encane-njengengxabano yaseKashmir emngceleni we-India ne-Pakistan, zombili izizwe zenuzi ezihlomile, noma izenzakalo zamuva eGulf of Oman.
I sub sub Trident iqukethe 24 multipleheadhead impi yamandla enyukliya nge firepower enkulu kunazo zonke yonke imiyalo yabonakala kuzo zonke izimpi zomhlaba. Kungabangela ubusika benyukliya ngokwakho.
Nganginomngane we-yachting, osomabhizinisi ophumelelayo ogama lakhe linguJack Lund, owayephethe i-Concordia yawl enezingubo eziphezulu. Lapho uJack eboniswa kwenye yezifundo zethu, wathi wayengakhathazeki ngempi yenuzi. Wayevele amane aye eSouth Dartmouth lapho ayegcina khona isikebhe sakhe, futhi uhambe ngomkhumbi. Emva kokumdabukisa ngokumangalela ukuthi angeke afinyelele ogwini ngoba kokubili yena nomkhumbi wakhe omuhle bekuzoba yisinkwa, wacabanga ngakho, futhi waba umsizi ophanayo wenhlangano yethu.
Uma impi yenuzi ingamantongomane, ukuvimbela, ngendlela ye-submarine ye-Trident, isibonelo, bekuyicebo lethu lokuzivikela. Abantu bathi ukuvinjelwa kuvimbele iMpi Yezwe 3. Kodwa kungase kube nenembile kakhulu ukusho ukuvimbela kuvimbele impi yezwe 3 kuze kube manje. Ukunciphisa Kubonakala ethembekile, kodwa kuyisabelo sikaDeveli, ngenxa yeziphambeko ezimbili ezinkulu. Owokuqala uyajwayele: umncintiswano wezandla unembile. Amaqembu ahlale ephikisana nomdlalo wengane we-catch-up. I-beat iyaqhubeka. Izizwe ezihlukahlukene zakha imicibisholo ye-hypersonic engakwazi ukuhamba phakathi kwezwe ngemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu, noma i-drones ekwazi ukulandela phansi nokubulala umuntu osebenzisa indawo yeseli yakhe.
Iphutha lesibili lokuvimbela ukuphikisana okubulalayo: ukuze lingalokothi lisetshenziswe, izikhali zomuntu wonke kumele zigcinwe zilungele ukusetshenziswa okusheshayo. Awekho amaphutha, ukuchazwa okungaqondakali, noma ama-computer hacks angakwazi ukubekezelela. Phakade.
Kufanele senze sengathi izenzakalo ezifana nokuhluleka kwe-Challenger, eChernobyl, ziphahlazeka njengezi-Boeing 737-max 8s ezimbili, noma inkinga ye-missile yama-Cube ngokwayo-ayizange kwenzeke futhi ayike ibe khona.
Futhi kungavamile ukuba kithi ukuthi ukuxhasana kwethu nokuvikeleka nemibuso yamanye enyukliya efana neRussia noma iPakistan noma iNyakatho Korea kusho ukuthi sivikelekile nje zabo ukuhlolwa kwezingqondo ze-psychopaths, ukuthembeka kwamadivayisi wokuphepha zabo izikhali, ukuzimisela zabo amasosha ukuba aqoqe impi ekubanjeni ngabalingisi abangezona zombuso.
Okwamanje ukuvinjelwa kwezikhali zenuzi akuvimbeli impi ejwayelekile noma izenzo zokwesaba. Ukuvinjelwa kwe-nyukliya akuzange kuvimbele i-9-11. Ama-nukes aseRashiya awazange avimbele i-NATO ekuthutheleni empumalanga futhi ezama ukuqoqa amazwe afana neGeorgia emkhakheni waseRussia onentshisekelo. Ama-nukes aseMelika awazange amvimbe uPutin ekuthutheleni eCrimea. Futhi abaholi abaningi baye bacabangela ngokungathí sina ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwezikhali zenuzi, njengoba kwenza uNixon lapho silahlekelwa eVietnam, noma ngisho naseBrithani ezimpini zeFalklands.
Igama elithi "ukuphepha" liqukethe ngaphakathi igama elithi "ukwelashwa," kodwa ayikho ikhambi lempi yenuzi. Nakhu kuphela ukuvimbela.
Okunye ukukholelwa okuqhubekayo okuqhubekayo ukukhubazeka kungumqondo wokuthi konke lokhu kubonakala kunzima kakhulu ukwenza lutho mayelana.
Ekuqaleni kwe-1980s, i-NATO kanye ne-Soviet bloc zombili zanikeza imikhosi yenyukliya emifushane nasezingeni eliphakathi eYurophu. Abasebenzi bezempi bazodinga ukwenza izinqumo eziyinkimbinkimbi ngezikhathi ezihlekisayo, isikhathi esiningi kakhulu.
Inhlangano yami yenqaba ukubekezelela lezi zimo zezinwele. Ukusebenzisana koMnyango WezoMbuso, safinyelela kubalingani eSoviet Union futhi sahlela i-seminar ochwepheshe bezesayensi ephakeme baseSoviet naseMelika.
I-Wall Street Journal yabhala i-scathing op-ed efakazela ukuthi i-Beyond War yayingumbimbi we-KGB ongathokozi. Noma kunjalo, saqhubeka. Abososayensi abavela kulezi zikhulu ezimbili baxosha uchungechunge lwamaphepha ndawonye ngempi yenuzi eyingozi eyaba "Ukuqhuma," incwadi yokuqala eyanyatheliswa ngesikhathi esisodwa e-US nase-USSR Ngenxa yokuthi omunye wabososayensi baseSoviet waba ngumeluleki waseGorbachev, uGrbachev yena ngokwakhe wayifunda le ncwadi.
UReagan noGrbachev basayina iSiphathimandla SaseNyakatho Nuclear Forces, ngokunciphisa kakhulu ukungezwani kwaseMpumalanga-West eYurophu-isivumelwano esifanayo lapho iWashington neMoscow sebebuhlungu manje ekuqedeni.
Ingabe i-"Breakthrough" iqhaza ekuqedeni impi ebandayo? Iningi labantu lizothola le ncwadi ngokwayo kunomile futhi iyamangalisa. Okwenza umehluko kwaba ubudlelwane obufudumele nobuhlala njalo phakathi kwalabo ososayensi baseSoviet naseMelika njengoba basebenza ndawonye ngenselele eyabelana ngayo.
E-1989 ngaphesheya kwempi yanikezela uReagan noGrbachev umklomelo wakhe waminyaka yonke odinga ukuthuthukisa ubuhlobo phakathi kwamandla amakhulu.
Kwakuwumklomelo owodwa wokuthula uReagan owakwamukela njalo, futhi wayezimisele ukuwuthola ebusweni behhovisi le-oval. Umklomelo weReagan izindleko Beyond War ukwesekwa okukhulu kwezezimali kusukela ekuqhubekeni kwesokunxele, kepha uReagan wayifanele.
Eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye i-Wall Street Journal ihleka udaba lwe-Beyond War, lanyathelisa i-ed-ed eyabhalwa ngu-Kissinger, uShultz, uNunn noPerry, hhayi ama-peacenik akho ajwayelekile, eqinisekisa ukungabi namsebenzi kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nokuqedwa kwabo ngokuphelele. Ku-2017, izizwe ze-122 zamukelwa isivumelwano se-UN sokubeka zonke izikhali zenuzi. Akukho namandla ayisishiyagalolunye asayine.
Inqubomgomo yomhlaba wonke ehlakaniphile ingabamba izikhulu kanye nezimbangi ezivela kulezi zizwe eziyisishiyagalolunye ukuqala izingxoxo ezihlala njalo, ngoba le ndaba ayiyona izikhali zenuzi zaseNyakatho yaseKorea ezihambisana nezikhali zenuzi zaseMelika.
Izikhali ngokwazo ziyisitha sangempela. Ubusika be-nyukliya buyokwenza ingxoxo enhle kakhulu-abaholi bezempi abahlangene.
Lowo owayenguNobhala wezokuPhepha u-Perry uphinde wafakazela ukuthi sizobe sesivikelekile uma siphume ngokuphelele umlenze wonke we-nuclear yethu yesithathu-imicibisholo yase-Midwest. Uma lokho kuzwakala kungenangqondo, bheka ukuthi ungakwazi ukuqagela ukuthi ubani ovela kulokhu okuvela ku:
"Njengoba iSoviet Union ixoshiwe, Uhlelo Lokunciphisa Amandla eNyukliya lunikeze izigidi zamaRandi aseMelika ukuze zivikele futhi ziqede izikhali zokubhujiswa okukhulu kanye nobuchwepheshe obuhlobene nabo abazuzwa yizizwe zangaphambili zaseSoviet, i-Belarus, i-Ukraine ne-Kazakhstan.
Ngaphezulu kwempi ye-nyukliya ye-7,500 ayimisiwe, futhi ngaphezu kweminye imicibisholo ye-1,400 engasungulwa ngomhlaba noma emanzini yamanzi yabhujiswa.
Lokhu kwanciphisa amathuba okuthi amaphekula ayengathenga noma aphinde aphange isikhali futhi anikeze imisebenzi yabososayensi basezikhali abasebenzela i-Iran noma omunye umbuso ofisa ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lwenyukliya. "
Lokhu kuvela kumbuthano weRichard Lugar, senenamankulu waseRepublican evela e-Indiana. U-Sam Nunn waxhasa uhlelo lweNunn-Lugar Yokunciphisa Inhlekelele. I-Nunn-Lugar yilokho ukuthula kwangempela kubonakala sengathi-ngokuzikhandla, ngokuzenzekelayo ukuphishekela ezinye izindlela ezingcono kunempi. URichard Lugar waboniswa ngamazwi asebenzayo kanzima ukuguqulwa komncintiswano wezikhali.
Isibonelo esiphezulu salolu hlobo lwezinto ezithandekayo ezikhanyisiwe yiloluhlelo lweMarshall lokubuyisela umnotho waseYurophu emva kokubhujiswa kweMpi Yezwe 2.
Ibhange elenza ukuthi kwenzeke ukuthi i-Jalimane namuhla ukuthi iguqule amandla ayo okuvuselela amandla avuselelwe kwi-Reinvestment Finance Corporation yakwa-FDR, eyanika amandla amaningi amaphrojekthi amakhulu eNew Deal. Ingqalasizinda yasebhange yaseJalimane yayixhaswe yi-Marshall Plan.
Kuthiwani uma i-US ibecabanga ku-Marshall Plan imigomo ngemuva kwe-9-11? Ake sithi sasigcinile amakhanda ethu-ngokuqinisekile, kunzima kakhulu ukwenza ngaphansi kwezimo ezinjalo ezimbi-futhi esikhundleni sokuzinikela ekuziphenduleleni okungenasici sokuphindiselela, sithembise ukwenza okuthile ekunciphiseni ngokuqondile ukuhlupheka nezinhlekelele eMiddle East?
Ukulinganisela okulindelekile kokuthi ama-US angase asetshenzisile asetshenziselwa kanjani izikhali zethu ezingenangqondo e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan yi-5.5 isigidintathu amadola.
AmaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu kakhulu kunokwanele ukuxazulula zonke izidingo zomuntu eziyisisekelo emhlabeni. Singakwazi ukondla, ukufundisa, nokuhlinzeka ngamanzi ahlanzekile nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kubo bonke, ngokuningi okwesokunxele ukwakha uhlelo lwe-100% lwe-carbon-neutral energy emhlabeni jikelele.
E-Rotary Club yami, sihlale sizwa izindaba eziphefumulayo ezivela emaqenjini amancane amavolontiya azinikezele enza imizamo yobuqhawe yokuqoqa imali eyanele yokwakha izintandane eCambodia, noma amanzi ahlanzekile ahlanzekile esibhedlela saseHaiti. Cabanga ukuthi i-Rotary, neqembu le-30,000 emazweni e-190, lingenza kanjani ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu.
Izikhali zenuzi azenzi lutho ukuxazulula inkinga yababaleki, noma isimo sezulu esiphuthumayo sezulu, okuyinto ndawonye ezoba yizimbangela eziyinhloko zokungqubuzana kwekusasa. Esikhundleni sokulimala kwethu ekuqashweni kwezempi okuphunyukayo kanye nezinyathelo ezingasetshenziselwa ezempi, kuthiwani uma sicabanga ukuthi singenza kanjani iMarshall Plans ngenkathi siqeda impi evame ukufika kuqala?
Kusho ukuthini ukuba yizimbangi eplanethi encane engengozini yokuzibhubhisa yimpi noma inhlekelele yendawo yemvelo? Indlela kuphela yokuphulukana nochungechunge lwezinhlanga ezingapheli ukuyibuyisela ngokuphelele njengeSenator Lugar futhi sisebenzise izinsiza zethu eziningi ukuze sisebenze futhi senze okuhle kubaphikisi bethu. Iliphi izwe elizoqala lokhu uma kungenjalo?
Impi namuhla izwa sengathi abantu ababili balwa esakhiweni esiphezulu-noma ngaphansi kwengxenye yamanzi. I-Iran yahlaselwa yizikhukhula ezishaqisayo emhlabeni wonke kulo nyaka.
Kungani ungazisebenzisi amandla enamandla okuthola ulwazi lwezempi zase-US ukunikeza usizo, ukuphazamisa abaxhumene nabo eTehran? Sicela ungasho ukuthi asikwazi ukuwukhokhela. Siye sahlola ukujula komsele waseMariana kanye nezinyanga zangaphandle zeJupiter, kodwa isabelomali sePentagon sihlala singenakunqotshwa.
Izizwe zivame ukufaka izitha ukuze zizijabulele ngokwabo-sizibonakalisa silungile futhi zihlukile, ngokungafani nenye "ehlukile" elula, ehlukumeza futhi ehlambulukile, ekugcineni ekulungiseni impi. Ama-hard-liners emazweni aphikisanayo akhipha okubi kakhulu komunye nomunye, ekamelweni elivaliwe lokusongela nokusongela.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu nge-Beyond War kuqinisekisile ukuthi ukulwa nokudla okukahle kunabo bonke kithi-futhi-kubo ukuthambekela kusebenza nabanye, kufaka phakathi abaphikisi-ikakhulukazi abaphikisanayo-ekubhekiseni imigomo eyabelwe. Umama wazo zonke izinhloso ezihlanganyelwe ukubuyisela nokugcina impilo yemvelo yeplanethi yethu encane.
Isazi sezinkanyezi uFred Hoyle sathi uma isithombe sezwe lonke esivela ngaphandle sitholakala, umqondo omusha onamandla kunanoma imuphi umlando uzokhululeka. Umqondo kaHoyle wawuyindlela yokubuyisela emibhalweni yonke jikelele isimiso sokusebenza esasilandela uMarshall Plan-ithuba lokukhulisa umqondo wethu wokuzibonela okuyiqiniso okucacile kuze kube sezingeni leplanethi.
Izimboni ezivela ezizweni eziningi ziye zakhulelwa ngokuzithandela ngokweqile ngokubuka umhlaba endaweni. Kunezindlela ezimbalwa thina sonke singaziphindaphinda isipiliyoni esithuthukisiwe sazimboni.
Omunye kungaba njalo uma sifunde ukuthi i-asteroid enkulu yayisekolweni yokushayisana nomhlaba. Ngaso leso sikhathi sizokuqonda lokho okuye kwaba yiqiniso-ukuthi sonke sonke kule ndawo ndawonye. Izikhali zenuzi zingase zibe usizo ekulahlekeleni umzimba onjalo. Indlela yesibili yokwandisa ngokushesha umbono wethu wokuzibambela kungaba uma izilwane ezidalwa zixhumana nathi. Njengase-asteroid, besizozi ukuthi siyizinhlobo zabantu.
Esikhundleni seShia neSunni, i-Arabhu neyamaJuda, kungaba ukuthanda izwe ngokushesha.
Kodwa kunendlela yesithathu esingaba izakhamuzi zeplanethi, futhi yilokho okwenzeka empeleni okwamanje. Akusiyo izindaba ukuthi sibhekene neqembu lezinselelo ezingenakukwazi ukubhekana nanoma yisiphi isizwe esisodwa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sinamandla kangakanani. Ngamunye wethu angenza uhlu lwethu lwe-coral lufa, amanzi olwandle aphakama futhi ashisa, iGulf of Maine iyashisa ngokusheshisa ngaphezu kwanoma yikuphi okunye emhlabeni, amahlathi emvula ashisayo, imizi yonke igcwele amanzi noma amadolobha wonke ashiswa phansi, amagciwane abamba ukuhamba phakathi kwamazwekazi ezindizeni, ama-plastiki amancane adliwa yizinhlanzi futhi athuthukisa uketshezi lokudla.
Eziningi zalezi zinselelo zihlobene kakhulu kangangokuthi i-ecophilosopher Thomas Berry wathi iplanethi ayikwazi ukulondolozwa ngezicucu. Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukufakazela. Okwakamuva kulokhu phambili i-UN ibika ngezinsongo zokuphila kwezinhlobonhlobo, eziyingozi nakakhulu emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukuqothulwa okuqhubekayo kwezinhlobo eziningi zezinyoni, izinambuzane namaxoxo ziwumsebenzi wezinguquko zomhlaba wonke futhi kufanele zibhekiswe ngokuphendula okuphelele komhlaba.
Iplanethi ayikwazi ukulondolozwa ngezicucu. I-moribund, okwamanje ingase ibaluleke kakhulu, iZizwe Ezihlangene zihlezi lapho, zilinde ukuguqulwa futhi zivuselelwe amazinga angaphezu kwezinga lokubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba okuzodingeka.
Abasebenzi baseNdiya babhekene nokushisa okukhulu ngokuhlala ngaphandle ngaphandle kwamahora ambalwa emazingeni okushisa ngaphezu kwama-125 degrees. Ukuze usinde, isisebenzi eMumbai kumele siphephe endaweni esikhishwe emoyeni, futhi izimo ze-air conditioners ziphonsa isikhutha emkhathini okuzophakamisa izinga lokushisa eS Scottsdale, e-Arizona.
Yini eqala kithi njengezinhlobo ukuthi yilowo nalowo kithi unomthwalo wemfanelo kulo lonke, hhayi nje yonke iplanethi, kodwa yonke iplanethi kuyo yonke isikhathi esizayo. Ayikho indlela yokwenza umehluko. Njengoba nje sikhona senza umehluko. Umbuzo wangempela uwuhlobo luni umehluko esifuna ukuwenza?
Izixazululo zobuchwepheshe ezibhekene nezinselelo zomhlaba wonke ziyatholakala futhi zilungele ukukhuphula, kuhlanganise nokubanjwa kwekhabhoni emkhathini.
Yebo bayodla imali yokuhamba ngesikebhe-kodwa mhlawumbe ngaphansi kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu.
Mina noPatti siqhubekele kule nkulumo ku-Chevrolet yonke kagesi ngebanga le-300-mile. Sifaka kabusha ngamapaneli elanga phezu kophahla lendlu yethu. Abakhiqizi bezenzekelayo benza ukwenza isithandwa kwizimoto zikagesi. Ngaphandle kokungqubuzana, ukusimama nokuhweba okunamandla kulindeleke ukuthi kwenziwe ubukhulu obuningi embusweni wezwe, omoya, ubhethri, ukuphuza kwezolimo zokunisela, noma ukuvuselelwa kwezitimela zethu. Kodwa ushintsho umongo wokuzuzisa lujulile: asikwazi ukufeza umnotho onempilo eplanethi ehlalayo.
Umthethosisekelo wase-Ecuadorean unikeza amalungelo ngaphambilini abekelwe abantu kubantu emifuleni nasezintabeni nasezilwaneni zasendle, ngoba uma bengaphumeleli ngeke nathi. Uma izinkampani zingaba ngabantu, kungani imifula ingenakukwazi?
I-Costa Rica izosebenzisa amandla we-100% avuselelwe eminyakeni embalwa. Izifunda zaseCalifornia naseNew York zihamba ngendlela efanayo. Amazwe afana neBhutan naseBelize abeke eceleni ingxenye yesigamu somhlaba njengoba kulondolozwa kwemvelo. Iqembu eliluhlaza eJalimane, elilodwa ngomphetho, manje the iqembu eliphakeme lapho.
Yikuphi okuzwayo kwezombusazwe, ezomnotho kanye nezokubukeka kahle namuhla ukuthi kuzoguquka ngokushesha kube ukungenakwenzeka kwekusasa-kusasa lapho kungabi khona kuphela amashadi ezinkampani, kepha zonke izabelo kwiphothifoliyo yethu yokulingana ziyoba nesici esibanzi esakhiwe khona njengoba okuyisisekelo isilinganiso samanani.
Ngake ngabuza umphathi-sikhungo esikoleni samabanga aphakeme lapho ngifundisa khona uma ngingakunika izifundo kwi-cosmology. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva wangitshela ngokungathandeki-futhi ngesibindi-ngiyaxolisa kakhulu kepha ngiyabuyawahlanganai-ology nje ayihambisani kahle nesithombe sesikole sethu.
I-Cosmology yigama le-hifalutin lokubuka umhlaba. Umthengi nokuncintisana i-cosmology kwezwe elithuthukile liyingozi kakhulu, ngoba imishini yamakethe yenza kahle kakhulu, yandisa ukuchuma nokunciphisa indlala nobuphofu. Futhi abantu abaningi abafinyelela ekilasini eliphakathi baholela emthonjeni wezwe omhlaba ofanelekayo wemindeni enezingane ezincane.
Ukuphazamiseka ukuthi i-cosmology yomthengi eyenza ukwanda kwamanani amaningi ngokwemikhiqizo yomkhiqizo wasekhaya, iholela ekudambisweni kwemvelo, futhi ekugcineni Ngaphansi ukuchuma jikelele-ngaphandle uma incazelo yethu yokuchuma iqhutshwa ngokujulile.
Manje ukuthi amandla okushaya izinto uphelile, izizwe zizokwazi ukulinganisa ukuphepha nokunethezeka kwazo ngezinga lempumelelo yazo ekugcineni kwenhlalakahle yenqubo yomhlaba. Yilokho uThomas Berry abize ngokuthi uMsebenzi Omkhulu, isinyathelo esilandelayo esilandelayo. Lokhu the umbono obaluleke kakhulu wefilosofi we-21st Ikhulu leminyaka, ngoba limelela kokubili indlela yethu yokusinda futhi ukuchaza kabusha okusemandleni komsebenzi wethu wobuntu emlandweni we-5 oneminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyinkulungwane ubudala.
Umsebenzi wethu oyinhloko njengabantu kuyoba ukuphatha futhi ukugubha ubuhle nokuhlakanipha okungavamile kwesimiso semvelo esivela kuso. Njengoba sifunda indlela yokubuyisela iplanethi, kulula ukukhombisa umoya ohlanzekile nolwandle oluzinzile. Kodwa kunzima ukubona ukuthi thina ngokwethu singaziphendukela kanjani uma siphumelele. Ngeke yini lokhu kuqiniswa kwesimiso sokuphila kuqiniseke nabaqinisi? Ngeke yini inike izingane zethu amandla engeziwe okubhekana nanoma iyiphi inselele ndawonye? Siphila ngaphansi kwesigwebo sokufa iminyaka engu-75, kuqala ngengozi yokuphila yezikhali ze-athomu futhi manje ngokusongelwa kancane kancane kwezinhlekelele zesimo sezulu. Sinomqondo ongathandeki kakhulu kunoma yiziphi izinselele ezithintayo eziye zaphazamisa ingqondo yethu ngabanye kanye neqoqo, futhi injabulo engayifaka ekuphileni kwabantwana bethu uma lezo zinkathazo zinciphisa.
Ukufunda ukulinganisa ingcebo yethu yangempela ngokwempikiswano yethu empilweni yesimiso sokuphila kufana nebaba abayisigqila esisekela isigqila abakwazi ukusho ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi "bonke abantu badalwa bilingana." Babengazi ukuthi yikuphi okude kakhulu okushiwo yilokho okushiwo.
Ngokufanayo nale ndlela entsha yokulinganisa ingcebo namandla ethu. Sizokwenza nje ukuthi sihambe kuwo futhi sibone ukuthi izimpendulo zayo zivela kanjani kuzo zonke izikhungo zethu, amasonto ethu, ezombusazwe, amanyuvesi ethu, izinkampani zethu.
Ngizoqeda enye indaba encane yasolwandle.
Emsebenzini wami neBeyond War, ngaba nelungelo lokuba umngane ne-Yankee aristocrat omnene okuthiwa u-Albert Bigelow. U-Bert wayengumqeqeshi we-Harvard, umkhumbi wamanzi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nomuntu owayengumlawuli we-Naval Commander wase-United States. Ku-1958, uBert namanye amadoda amane azama ukuhamba ngomkhumbi wabo, abizwa ngokufanele Umthetho Wegolide, emaceleni aseSain Pacific eZimbabwe eMarshall Islands, ukufakaza ngokumelene nokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi.
Bamiswa olwandle ekude noHlonolulu futhi bakhonza izinsuku ezingamashumi ayisithupha ejele ngenxa yesenzo sabo sokungalaleli kwabantu.
Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva uMengameli uKennedy, uNdunankulu Khrushchev noNdunankulu Macmillan basayina isivumelwano sokuvimbela ukuhlolwa kwesibhakabhaka, njengoba kuqinisekiswe yizizwe ze-123. Ngikhuluma ngoBert ukuze senze ukuxhumana kokugcina phakathi kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nezimo eziphuthumayo zesimo sezulu. I-Marshall Islands yahunyushwa cishe engahlali muntu ngokuhlolwa kwe-athomu ukuthi uBert wayezama ukuyeka emuva kuma-1950. Manje lezi zindawo zaseMarshall ezifanayo zisengozini yokunyamalala ngokuphelele njengoba iPacific isuka kancane kancane. Abantu babo baye baletha cishe ekubhujisweni kuqala, bese kuthi omunye, ngezinselelo ezimbili ezinkulu esizicabangayo.
Ingabe thina-thina njengamaMelika, futhi we njengezilwane ezilodwa eplanethi eyodwa-ukuphakama kuzo zombili izinselelo?
