Lamlungu lapitali usiku pa "60 Minutes" John Miller wa CBS News anati, "Ndayankhula ndi akatswiri anzeru omwe anena chinthu chosasangalatsa chomwe chili ndi chowonadi, chomwe ndi: nkhondoyi ikapitirira ku Syria, m'lingaliro lina timakhala bwino."
Tsopano, chifukwa chiyani izi zingakhale zosasangalatsa, mukuganiza? Kodi zingakhale chifukwa kulimbikitsa kuchuluka kwa imfa zachiwawa za anthu kumawoneka ngati chikhalidwe cha anthu?
Kusasangalatsa komwe Miller amati akumva ndiko kuwunika momwe tikupita patsogolo pamakhalidwe athu, ndikuganiza, kuyambira pa June 23, 1941, pamene Harry Truman adati, "Ngati tiwona kuti Germany ikupambana, tiyenera kuthandiza Russia, ndipo ngati Russia ipambana. Kupambana tikuyenera kuthandiza Germany, ndipo mwanjira imeneyi aphe ambiri momwe angathere. "
Pa Lolemba, Time magazini ya Aryn Baker inafalitsa nkhani pansi pa mutu wakuti โOpanduka a ku Siriya Atembenukirana, Ndipo Icho Sichinthu Choipa.โ Mfundo ya Baker sinali yoti ambiri adzafa motere, koma kuti izi zidzalola kuti US iwonjezere nkhondoyi (zomwe zingatanthauze kufa kwambiri).
Kumbukirani kuti Purezidenti Obama chifukwa chifukwa chofuna kuukira Syria ndi "kukumana ndi zochita zomwe zikuphwanya umunthu wathu wamba." Zimakhala bwanji kuti kuthandizira kupha anthu ambiri sikukuwoneka kuti kumaphwanya umunthu wathu wamba ngati 96 peresenti ya anthu amaphedwa, makamaka ngati ndi 4 peresenti akuchita izi? Chifukwa chiyani chifukwa chopha anthu ambiri nthawi zonse chimakhala kuti anthu akuphedwa, pomwe sitifera anthu ndi njala kuti asafe ndi njala kapena kugwiririra anthu kuti atetezedwe kugwiriridwa?
Wofunsayo wosamasuka wa "60 Mphindi" adalankhula mawu ake kwa wapolisi wakale wa CIA yemwe adayankha motsutsa. Ananena kuti akufuna kuti nkhondoyo ithe. Koma kodi akanathetsa bwanji? Pokhala ndi zida ndikuthandizira mbali imodzi, yokwanira osati mochulukira - zomwe zingapangitse kuti pakhale zokambirana zamtendere, ngakhale pali chiopsezo chokwera kwambiri. Ngakhale kuti palibe amene amayesetsa kukulitsa mtendere kuti ayambitse nkhondo, anthu akuika ndalama zambiri pankhondo m'dzina la mtendere.
Monga munthu uyu akudziwa bwino lomwe, kutenga zida mbali imodzi pankhondoyi kumalimbikitsa nkhanza za mbaliyo ndikulimbikitsanso mbali inayo kuti nayonso ipange zida. Koma tiyerekeze kuti zinali zoona kuti mungathe kuthetsa nkhondo mwa kukulitsa nkhondo. Nโchifukwa chiyani anthu ambiri amene anaphedwa pa nthawiyi nโngosayenera kuwaganizira?
Tawonapo maloya akuuza makomiti a Congression kuti kupha anthu ndi ma drones mwina kupha kapena kuli bwino, kutengera ngati zolemba zachinsinsi za Obama zimati kuphako ndi gawo lankhondo. Koma nโchifukwa chiyani kupha anthu nโkovomerezeka pankhondo? Tangowonapo kukakamizidwa kwa anthu kukana kugunda kwa zida za Obama ku Syria. Kunyanyalako kumeneko kunali kosankha. Zikadachitika kuti kukanakhala kusankha, osati kusapeลตeka. Nanga bwanji za chiwerewere?
Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti tayamba kukhala osamasuka.
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