Amazwana eLincoln Memorial, ngoMeyi 30, 2017
NguDavid Swanson, Ake Sizame Intando yeningi.
IWashington, DC, nokuningi kwe-United States, igcwele izikhumbuzo zempi, kanti ezinye eziningi zakhiwa futhi zihleliwe. Iningi labo likhazimulisa izimpi. Eziningi zazo zazakhiwa phakathi nempi yamuva futhi zazama ukuthuthukisa izithombe zezimpi ezedlule ngezinjongo zamanje. Cishe akekho noyedwa wabo ofundisa noma yiziphi izifundo ezivela emaphutheni ezenziwe. Okuhle kunawo wonke ukulila ukulahlekelwa yingxenyana encane - ingxenye ye-US - yezisulu zezimpi.
Kodwa uma usesha lokhu kanye namanye amadolobha ase-US, uzoba nesikhathi esinzima ukuthola izinkumbulo zokuhlukunyezwa eNyakatho Melika noma ubugqila noma abantu ababulawa ePhilippines noma eLaos noma eCambodia noma eVietnam noma e-Iraq. Ngeke uthole izikhumbuzo eziningi ezungeze lapha kwi-Bonus Army noma emkhankasweni wabantu abampofu. Uphi umlando wezinkinga zama-sharecroppers noma izisebenzi zefektri noma ama-suffragettes noma izomvelo? Baphi abalobi bethu nabaculi? Kungani kungekho isithombe sikaMark Twain khona lapha ehleka imbongolo yakhe kithi? Uphi isikhumbuzo se-Three-Mile Island esisixwayisa kude namandla enyukliya? Ziphi izikhumbuzo kumuntu ngamunye waseSoviet noma wase-United States, njengoVasili Arkhipov, owagcina i-apocalypse yenuzi? Uphi isikhumbuzo esikhulu sokubamba ukukhunjulwa kohulumeni abaqothulwe kanye nokuzivikela nokuqeqeshwa kwababulali abashisekayo?
Ngenkathi amazwe amaningi akha izikhumbuzo kulokho abangefisa ukuphinda futhi abuyele kulokho afisa ukukwenza, i-United States igxile kakhulu ezimpi futhi ikhukhumeza ngokuzikhazimulisa. Futhi ubukhona be-Veterans for Peace bubiza lokho okushiwo futhi kubangela abanye abantu ukuba bacabange.
Ngaphezulu kwe-99.9% yomlando wethu ayikhishwe ngekhanda nge-marble. Futhi uma sicela ukuthi kube njalo, ngokuvamile sihleka. Kodwa uma uphakamisa ukususa isikhumbuzo ku-General Confederate edolobheni eliseningizimu ye-US, uyazi ukuthi impendulo evame kakhulu? Bayakuphikisa ngokumelene nomlando, wokufisa ukusula okudlule. Lokhu kuvela ekuqondeni okwedlule njengoba kuhlanganisa izimpi ngokuphelele.
E-New Orleans, sebevele badiliza izikhumbuzo zabo ze-Confederate zempi, okwakhiwe ukuze kuthuthukiswe ubukhosi obumhlophe. Edolobheni lakithi laseCharlottesville, eVirginia, idolobha livotele ukusika isithombe sikaRobert E. Lee. Kodwa siphumelele ngokumelene nomthetho waseVirginia ovimbela ukwehlisa noma yisiphi isikhumbuzo sempi. Akukho mthetho, njengoba ngiyazi, noma kuphi emhlabeni owenqabela ukwehlisa noma yisiphi isikhumbuzo sokuthula. Cishe kunzima njengokuthola umthetho onjalo kungathola izikhumbuzo zokuthula ezungeze lapha ukuze ucabange ukuthatha phansi. Angibaleki ukwakha abangani bethu abaseduze lapha eSitatimendeni Sokuthula sase-US, okuyinto uma imali ekhokhelwa kulo nyaka izobe iphile yonke yayo ngaphandle kokuphikisa impi yase-US.
Kodwa kungani singafanele sibe nezikhumbuzo zokuthula? Uma iRussia ne-United States behlanganyela ngokuhlanganyela ngokukhumbula ukuphela kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi eWashington naseMoscow, bekungeke yini kusize ukuvimbela iMpi Yomshoshaphansi? Uma besakha isikhumbuzo ekuvimbeleni, eminyakeni eminingi edlule, yokuhlaselwa kwe-United States e-Iran, ingabe ikusasa elinjalo lingase libe cishe noma cishe? Uma kwakukhona isikhumbuzo ku-Kellogg-Briand Pact kanye nokunyakaza kwe-Outlawry ku-Mall, ngeke yini ezinye izivakashi zifunde ngokukhona kwayo nokuthi yini ehlehlisiwe? Ingabe iMivumelwano YaseGeneva ingasuswa njengento eqondile uma abahleli bezempi bebona iSikhumbuzo seMigodi yaseGeneva ngaphandle kwefasitela labo?
Ngaphandle kokuntuleka kwezikhumbuzo zezivumelwano zokuthula kanye nokuphumelela kwezidakamizwa, ziphi izikhumbuzo empilweni yabantu bonke ngaphandle kwempi? Emphakathini onesizotha, izikhumbuzo zempi zizoba yisibonelo esisodwa sezinhlobo eziningi zezinkumbulo zomphakathi, futhi lapho zikhona khona ziyolila, hhayi ukukhazimulisa, nokulila bonke abahlukumezekile, hhayi ingxenye encane ebhekwa njengelungele ukudabuka kwethu.
Izinkemba Kuya Emihlanjeni I-Memorial Bell Tower yisibonelo salokho okufanele senze njengomphakathi. Ama-Veterans For Peace uyisibonelo salokho okufanele senze njengomphakathi. Yamukela amaphutha ethu. Vala zonke izimpilo. Thuthukisa imikhuba yethu. Hlonipha isibindi uma kuhlangene nokuziphatha. Futhi uqaphele ama-veteran ngokudala abashayeli bezilwane abaqhubeka phambili.
