Lokho Umsekeli Wokuthula Angakwazi Futhi Akwenze Ngosuku LweSikhumbuzo

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Ngo-Ephreli 21, i-2023

Amanye amazwe aneholide leSonto LamaKatolika nsuku zonke zonyaka. I-United States ineholide lempi nsuku zonke zonyaka. Ezinye zazo, njenge okuthiwa yi-Veterans Day, aqala njengamaholide okuthula okuthi - njengoSuku Lomama noma uSuku lukaMartin Luther King Jr. - aphucwa ngokucophelela noma yikuphi okuqukethwe kokuthula, futhi esikhundleni salokho aphendukela ekudunyisweni kwempi namalungiselelo empi. Amaholide amaningi okuthula kanye namaholide okuthula ngaphambilini kanye namaholide okuthula angaba khona angatholakala ku-Peace Almanac ku peacealmanac.org.

Uzoqaphela kusixhumanisi esithi "Usuku Lomakadebona" ​​ngenhla ukuthi lokho okwakuwusuku lwe-Armistice e-United States kwakuwuSuku Lwesikhumbuzo futhi kusasele kuwuSuku Lwesikhumbuzo kwamanye amazwe. Kulawo mazwe, kuguqukile ekuzileni abashonile kuya ekugubheni izikhungo ezihlela ukudala abanye abashonile. Umzila ofanayo ungashadi kwamanye amaholide amaningi e-US nasemhlabeni jikelele, njenge Usuku lwe-Anzac eNew Zealand nase-Australia. Isibonelo esihle uSuku lweSikhumbuzo e-United States, oluba ngoMsombuluko wokugcina ngoMeyi minyaka yonke. Nakhu esingakufunda ku-Peace Almanac:

May 30. Ngalolu suku ku-1868, iSikhumbuzo saqala ukubona lapho abesifazane ababili eColumbus, MS, zifakwe izimbali emathuneni amabili e-Confederate ne-Union. Le ndaba mayelana nabesifazane ehlonipha izimpilo ezihlatshelwe ohlangothini ngalunye ngenxa yeMpi Yombango ngokuvakashela amathuna ngezimbali ngezandla zabo empeleni zenzeka eminyakeni emibili ngaphambili, ngo-Ephreli 25, 1866. Ngokusho kwe- Isikhungo soPhiko Lwezempi Yomphakathi, kwakukhona abafazi abaningi, omama, namadodakazi amaningi asebenzisa isikhathi esithile emathuneni. Ngo-Ephreli ka-1862, umfundisi wesifundazwe waseMichigan wajoyina abanye besifazane abavela e-Arlington, VA ukuhlobisa amathuna eFredericksburg. NgoJulayi 4, 1864, owesifazane ovakashele ithuna likayise ehlangene nabaningi abalahlekelwe ngubaba, amadoda nabantwana bashiya izinsika emathuneni eBoalsburg, PA. Entwasahlobo ka-1865, udokotela ohlinzayo, owaba ngu-Surgeon General of the National Guard eWisconsin, wabona abesifazane bebeka izimbali emathuneni eduze kwaseKnoxville, TN njengoba edlula esitimeleni. "Amantombazane aseNingizimuland" enza okufanayo ngo-Ephreli 26, 1865 eJackson, MS, kanye nabesifazane baseKingston, GA, naseCharleston, SC. Ku-1866, abesifazane baseColumbus, MS bazi ukuthi usuku kufanele lunikezelwe ukukhumbula, okuholela enkondlweni ethi "The Blue and Grey" nguFrancis Miles Finch. Umfazi nendodakazi yomuntu oshonile waseColumbus, GA kanye nesinye isixuku esivela eMemphis, TN benza izikhalazo ezifanayo emiphakathini yabo, njengabanye baseCarbondale, IL, bobabili ePeterersburg naseRichmond, VA. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubani owokuqala ukukhulelwa ngosuku lokukhumbula abakwa-veterans, ekugcineni kwavunyelwa uhulumeni wase-US.

Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi bekumele sisebenzise igama elithi “omakadebona” lapho. Bekufanele okungenani sicacise kakhudlwana. ISikhumbuzo (esikade singuSuku Lomhlobiso) sasiwusuku, futhi siwukukhumbula, noma ukukhumbula, labo abashona ngenkathi bebambe iqhaza empini. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, sifunde ukuthi “ukukhonza” njengokungathi impi iyisevisi, futhi sandise iholide kuzo zonke izimpi zase-US. Kodwa, okubalulekile, sikufinyezile ekukhumbuleni okumangalisayo kwalabo abafa nhlangothi zombili zempi ukuze sikhumbule kuphela labo abafa ngasohlangothini lwase-US ezimpini eziningi. Futhi njengoba izimpi sezishintshile zisuka ezinhlekeleleni lapho abaningi abafile babengamasosha baba izinhlekelele lapho iningi labo ngokuvamile liyizakhamuzi, uSuku lweSikhumbuzo luye lwanciphisa ngokuzenzakalelayo amaphesenti abafileyo abakhunjulwayo. Mhlawumbe i-5% yabashonile kwezinye izimpi zakamuva zase-US bekungamasosha ase-US, kanti abanye iningi labo bekungabantu ababehlala lapho impi yaliwa khona, kanye nalabo abalwa nokuhlasela kwe-US. Akekho kulawo maqembu amabili okugcina okhunjulwayo. Noma ngabe kuyimbangela noma umphumela walokho, abantu abaningi e-United States abazi ukuthi ubani ofa ezimpini zase-US. Ngaphandle kwesikhumbuzo se-“Collateral Damage” e-Santa Cruz, Calif., Angazi noma yiziphi izikhumbuzo e-United States zeningi labashona ezimpini eziningi zase-US, ngaphandle uma ubala zonke izikole zase-darn namadolobhana nezitaladi eziqanjwe igama. kubahlali bokuqala baseNyakatho Melika.

Yebo, ngifuna ukukhalela zonke izisulu zempi, kuhlanganise nabahlanganyeli, kodwa ukuze ngigweme ukudala okwengeziwe, hhayi ukuze ngisize ukudala okwengeziwe. Yini engenziwa ngoSuku LweSikhumbuzo ukuze kufundiswe futhi kuvuswe ukulilela ukuthula esikhundleni sokukhazimulisa ngokugebenga okwengeziwe?

Okokuqala, funda I-US Army: 0 - Inthanethi: i-1

Okwesibili, funda Sidinga Usuku LweSikhumbuzo Ukufihla Iqiniso Elingabekezeleleki Ngempi

Ngolunye usuku lweSikhumbuzo oludlule, Ngibhalile - ulimi-esihlathini - mayelana nesidingo sokuthola indlela yokukhumbula ababambe iqhaza empini yenuzi ezayo engeke ishiye abasindile. Futhi muva nje ngicabange ukuthi mhlawumbe okufanele sikwenze ukuveza ukuzwelana kwethu esidlangalaleni kuwo wonke lawo mazwe adabukisayo angazange abe nezimpi zakamuva ngakho-ke angazitholi injabulo yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo - amazwe amancane angaziwa afana, uyazi, China. Kodwa - naphezu kokuphawula okuhle ngaphansi kwaleyo ndatshana exhunywe ngenhla - nginesiqiniseko sokuthi abathandi bokuthula kanye nabathanda impi bahlangana ngokuphikisana nalokho ngokuvamile abavumelana ngakho ukuthi isitha sabo sangempela, okungukuthi ukubhuqa. Ngakho-ke, mhlawumbe kufanele sizame okunye.

Enye into engiyenzile zama ukubala amanga enkulumweni yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo yelungu leCongress. Kodwa umusho owodwa ungakuthatha kuze kube isikhathi eside ngemva kokuba iziqhumane seziphelile futhi yonke inyama efile ku-grill ishiswe yaba mnyama kunomuntu ohlosiwe onesithakazelo.

Omunye umbono enginawo ukuthi, njengezisulu zokubulawa kwamaphoyisa ngokucwasa ngokwebala, singakhumbula BONKE abafile bempi ngokusho amagama abo ngokuzwakalayo - noma amaningi alawo magama ngendlela esingawaqoqa ngayo. Ngiyazi ukuthi u-Ed Horgan ubelokhu enza uhlu lwamagama ezisulu zempi nje zezingane. Ngizongeza isixhumanisi lapha uma ngingathola eyodwa. Kodwa kungaba mangaki amagama, futhi kwakuyothatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuwafunda? Bekungeke kuthathe isikhathi eside kunokusho, ukucula i-Star Spangled Banner, akunjalo?

Nokho, nali icala lokufa kwezigidi ezingu-6 ezimpini zakamuva zase-US, ngingabala ngisho neminyaka emi-5 edlule. Ngamagama ayizigidi eziyi-12 (amagama okuqala ayizigidi eziyi-6 nezibongo eziyizigidi eziyi-6) I bala Imizuzu engu-9,2307.7 noma amahora ayi-153,845 noma ngaphezulu kwezinsuku ezingama-64. Bathi kunezinhlobo ezintathu zabantu, labo abenza izibalo nabangenazo. Nginjalo. Kodwa ngisaqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kuzothatha isikhathi esihle ukukwenza. Kodwa-ke, umuntu angenza okuthile okukumelayo.

Umsebenzi ongabalulekile kangako kungase kube ukubingelela abathengi boSuku lweSikhumbuzo ngamabhanela, amahembe, amaflaya, njll., ukubuza imibuzo engakhululekile njengokuthi: “Ingabe impi engapheli ifanele izaphulelo? Ingabe abantu bafela isaphulelo sakho esingu-30%? Yikuphi ukukhangisa okungathembeki kangako, okwezimpi noma lokho okudayiswa koSuku lweSikhumbuzo?”

Kodwa uSuku lweSikhumbuzo lungaba umcimbi wanoma yimuphi umcimbi wokuthula noma umsebenzi, ngoba isizathu sokuqala sokuqeda impi ukuthi impi ibulala abantu.

Eminye imibono yamahembe ongawagqoka emicimbini yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo:

• Hlonipha abafile bempi ngokudala abangasekho abafile.
• Kakade ngimelene nempi elandelayo.
• Ingozi yokuqala yempi yiqiniso. Abanye iningi labo izakhamuzi.
• Inkululeko ayikhululekile. Kuzodinga umnyakazo ongenalo udlame ukuvala inxanxathela yezimboni zamasosha.
• Ukuthanda izwe kuncane kakhulu emndenini wami.

Futhi izikhafu:

• Izikhafu eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ezisho ukuthi sonke siphila ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esifanayo futhi kufanele siqede impi.

Futhi izimpawu zasegcekeni:

• Hlonipha abafile bempi ngokudala abangasekho abafile.
• Kakade ngimelene nempi elandelayo.
• World BEYOND War.

Futhi izibhengezo:

• World BEYOND War.

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