NguDavid Hartsough
Ohulumeni baseMelika nabaseRussia baphishekela izinqubomgomo eziyingozi zokuphehla amandla enuzi. Abantu abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi sisondele empini yenuzi kunanoma isiphi isikhathi selokhu kwaba khona inhlekelele yokuqothuka kweCuba e1962.
Amasosha ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nanye avela emazweni ase-US naseNATO enza amasosha ezempi emngceleni waseRussia ePoland - kanye namathangi, izindiza zamasosha nemicibisholo. I-US isanda kuvula indawo yokulwa nemicibisholo elwa neRomania abantu baseRussia abayibona njengengxenye yenqubomgomo yokuqala yesiteleka yaseMelika. Manje i-US ingadubula imicibisholo ngezikhali zenuzi eRussia, bese kuthi imicibisholo elwa ne-ballistic idubule imicibisholo yaseRussia idutshulwe ngasentshonalanga lapho iphendula, kucatshangwa ukuthi ngabantu baseRussia kuphela abazohlushwa impi yenuzi.
Owayengumphathi jikelele we-NATO uthe ukholelwa ukuthi kuzoba nempi yenuzi eYurophu kungakapheli nonyaka. I-Russia isabisa nangokusebenzisa imicibisholo yayo kanye nezikhali zenuzi eYurophu nase-US uma ihlaselwa.
Emuva e1962 ngesikhathi ngihlangana noMongameli uJohn Kennedy eWhite House, wasitshela ukuthi wayefunda Izibhamu zika-Agasti bechaza ukuthi wonke umuntu wayehloma kanjani emazinyweni ukukhombisa "ezinye izizwe" ukuthi zinamandla futhi zigwema ukuzibandakanya eMpini Yezwe I. Kodwa, uJFK uqhubeke, ukuhloma amazinyo yilokho kanye okwasusa "olunye uhlangothi" futhi kwafaka wonke umuntu kuleyo mpi esabekayo. UJFK wathi kithi ngoMeyi 1962, ”Kuyethusa ukuthi isimo sasifana kanjani ngo-1914 nalesi esiyiso manje” (1962). Ngiyesaba ukuthi sibuyele endaweni efanayo futhi ngo-2016. Bobabili i-US neNATO kanye neRussia bayahloma futhi bahlanganyela empini yezempi ngapha nangapha kwemingcele yaseRussia - emazweni aseBaltic, ePoland, eRomania, e-Ukraine nasolwandle iBaltic khombisa "okunye" ukuthi ababuthakathaka lapho bebhekene nolaka. Kepha leyo misebenzi yamasosha nezinsongo zivusa "olunye uhlangothi" ukukhombisa ukuthi ababuthakathaka futhi bayilungele impi - noma impi yenuzi.
Esikhundleni sokuba ne-brinkmanship yenuzi, masizifake ezicathulweni zaseRussia. Kwakuthiwani uma iRussia ibinobudlelwano bezempi neCanada neMexico futhi inamabutho amasosha, amathangi, izindiza zempi, imicibisholo nezikhali zenuzi emingceleni yethu? Besingeke sikubone lokho kuziphatha okunolaka kakhulu futhi kusongele okuyingozi kakhulu ekuphepheni kwe-United States?
Ukuphepha kwethu kwangempela "ukuphepha okwabiwe" kithina sonke - hhayi abanye bethu okulimaza ukuphepha "komunye".
Esikhundleni sokuthumela amabutho emingceleni yeRussia, masithumele izithunywa eziningi zezithunywa zemibhalo ezinjengezethu eRussia ukuze zazi abantu baseRussia futhi sifunde ukuthi sonke siwumndeni owodwa wabantu. Singakha ukuthula nokuqonda phakathi kwabantu bakithi.
UMongameli uDwight Eisenhower wake wathi, "Ngingathanda ukukholelwa ukuthi abantu emhlabeni bafuna ukuthula kakhulu kangangokuba ohulumeni kufanele basuke endleleni babanikeze lokho." Abantu baseMelika, abantu baseRussia, abantu baseYurophu - bonke abantu bomhlaba - abanalutho abangaluthola nakho konke abazokulahla ngempi, ikakhulukazi impi yenuzi.
Ngiyethemba ukuthi izigidi zethu zizocela ohulumeni bethu ukuthi babuye enkingeni yempi yenuzi futhi esikhundleni salokho, benze ukuthula ngezindlela ezinokuthula esikhundleni sokwenza izinsongo zempi.
Ukube i-US namanye amazwe bebezosebenzisa ngisho uhhafu wemali esiyichitha ezimpini nasekulungiseleleni izimpi nokwenza isiminyaminya sezikhali zethu zenuzi, besingadala impilo engcono kakhulu hhayi kuwo wonke amaMelika, kepha kuwo wonke umuntu emhlabeni wethu omuhle futhi senze ushintsho ezweni lamandla avuselelekayo. Ukube i-US ibisiza wonke umuntu emhlabeni ukuthi abe nemfundo engcono, izindlu ezihloniphekile nokunakekelwa kwezempilo, lokhu kungaba utshalomali olungcono kakhulu kwezokuphepha - hhayi kubantu baseMelika kuphela, kodwa nakubo bonke abantu emhlabeni esingabacabanga. .
UDavid Hartsough unguMlobi Wokuthula Ukuhamba: I-Global Adventures ye-Lifelong Activist; UMqondisi wabasebenza ngokuthula; Umsunguli we-Nonviolent Peaceforce kanye World Beyond War; futhi obambe iqhaza kwithimba leCitizen Diplomacy eliya eRussia ngoJuni 15-30 exhaswe yiCentre for Citizen Initiatives: bheka www.cconc.org ngemibiko evela kunxusa nolwazi olungaphezulu lwasemuva.
