“Tamvetsa chinsinsi cha atomu ndi kukana Ulaliki wa pa Phiri. Lathu ndi dziko la zimphona za nyukiliya ndi makanda amakhalidwe abwino. Timadziwa zambiri za nkhondo kuposa momwe timadziwira za mtendere, zambiri zokhudza kupha kuposa momwe timadziwira za moyo. " General Omar Bradley, November 10, 1948
"Ndife dziko lomwe lili pankhondo, kwenikweni, nkhondo ziwiri," adatsimikiza Purezidenti Obama. "Chimodzi chomwe tiyenera kupambana motsutsana ndi akupha ankhanza omwe atiukira pa 9/11, motsutsana ndi al Qaeda ndi bin Laden, nkhondo yaku Afghanistan yomwe iyenera kupambana. Tilinso pankhondo ku Iraq yomwe simayenera kuloledwa ndikumenyedwa; nkhondo imene yapha anthu masauzande ambiri, madola mabiliyoni ambiri ndipo siinatiteteze.” (Detroit Press, Juni 24, 2010)
Kodi akupha ankhanza a 9/11 sanamwalire pomwe adagwetsa ma jeti awo owuluka munyumba, kapena ku Pennsylvania? Momwe mungamenyere nkhondo munthu m'modzi, bin Laden, kapena gulu lake lachigawenga (al Qaeda) lomwe limathawira asitikali, ndikulumikizana kudzera pa intaneti? Kodi nchifukwa ninji magulu ankhondo ndi asilikali apamlengalenga ayenera kukhala apolisi? Kodi Obama akutanthauza kufananiza nkhondo zamakono ndi fanizo lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito mu "nkhondo" zosatha zolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena umphawi kapena khansa?
Ku Gehena ndi nkhondo, ndinadziuza ndekha pa July 4, pamene anthu a Alameda, California (tawuni yanga) adakondwerera kuyambika kwa nkhondo yaufulu ndi ufulu wodzilamulira poyiwala nkhondo: parade, BBQs kumbuyo, mowa ndi zozimitsa moto. Inde, okamba amalemekeza amuna ndi akazi olemekezeka omwe akumenyera ufulu wathu ndi ufulu wathu kunja - osaganizira zomwe nkhondo imatanthauza kwa omwe akumenyana ndi kufa mbali zonse ziwiri. Zolankhulazo zidanyalanyazanso kutchula zosasangalatsa zatsiku ndi tsiku: zonyansa za Gulf goop.
Mafuta, taphunzira m'kalasi yophika, samasakanikirana bwino ndi madzi. Nsomba, nyama za m’nyanja ndi zomera zinali zitaphunzira kale phunziroli. Kuphulika kwakukulu kwa gasi ndi mafuta kunawononga mgwirizano wa moyo m'madzi. Tekinoloje - kapena kulakwitsa kwaumunthu pakugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo; ngati titha kuwasintha ndi ma robot angwiro - adayambitsa vutoli. Zowonadi, ukadaulo ukhoza kukonza. Liti? Palibe amene akudziwa.
Ma network media mavens amabweretsa tsoka la tsoka la Gulf, pomwe kusiyana pakati pa zenizeni ndi zolankhula kumakula moyenerera. Wailesi yakumanja ndi TV zimanena za tsoka lalikululi ngati kulakwitsa kochitika ndi kampani ina yamafuta. Kenako amadzudzula a Obama wobadwira ku Kenya chifukwa chofuna chilango kwa makampani onse amafuta "osalakwa". Tangolingalirani tsoka ngati akanasiya kubowola m’mphepete mwa nyanja, ndi kulipira gawo loyenerera la misonkho yawo! Izi ndi zomwe zimachokera ku mawailesi akumanja ndi ma TV omwe amatsimikizira omvera awo owawa, omwe American Dream yawathawa mopanda chilungamo, kuti boma lidatengadi ndalama zawo zamisonkho zomwe adazipeza movutikira kuti apereke mphotho kwa anthu achinyengo omwe amagula vodka ndi crack.
Barbara Simpson (KSFO June 14, 2010) adatchula mkulu wa asilikali kuti "BO," kutanthauza fungo la thupi komanso kufunikira kwa sopo wochotsa fungo kuti achotse fungo. Ndimaganiza izi nthawi iliyonse ndikaganizira za munthu yemwe ndi purezidenti. "
Pamene bajeti ya chitetezo ikukwera pamodzi ndi kuchepa, Republican Party ikuukira ndalama za ndondomeko ya zaumoyo ya Obama. Amakonda kugwiritsa ntchito bajeti yankhondo. Koma amadana ndi Rep. Barney Frank's (D-Mass) Sustainable Defense Task Force, yomwe ikufuna - nkhondo zitathetsedwa - kudula kwakukulu kwa zida zanyukiliya, zida zankhondo, ndi asitikali. (The Hill Juni 11). Ndalama zomwe zingasungidwe zikanatha kukagwira ntchito yomanga.
Poyankha, Barbara Simpson anadzifotokoza molondola kuti: “Wopusa ine, ndine wachikale kwambiri moti ndimakhulupirira kuti ngati sitingathe kudziteteza kwa adani amene akufuna kutiwononga, nyumba zatsopano ndi misewu ikuluikulu sizingakhale zodetsa nkhawa kwambiri. .”
Kodi akadatcha Purezidenti Dwight Eisenhower kukhala wovuta? “Mfuti iliyonse imene imapangidwa, zombo zonse zankhondo zikamaulutsidwa, roketi iliyonse ikawombera, imasonyeza kuti pamapeto pake, kuba anthu amene akumva njala ndi osadyetsedwa, amene akuzizira komanso osavala.” (“The Chance for Peace,” kulankhula kwa American Society of Newspaper Editors, Apr. 16, 1953)
Palibe wamkulu wa Republican kapena Democrat yemwe adayankhapo nkhawa ya Eisenhower, kapena adayankha funso: kodi zaka pafupifupi khumi zankhondo ku Afghanistan komanso pafupifupi ku Iraq zatiteteza bwanji? Kodi kukwiyitsa mabiliyoni a madola kuli kofanana ndi chitetezo? Kumbukirani mawu onenedwa ndi pingo Eisenhower ameneyu: “Vuto la chitetezo ndiloti mungapite kutali popanda kuwononga zomwe mukuyesera kuziteteza kunja.”
Purezidenti sanayankhepo za nkhaniyi, makamaka ma Republican akumanja ndi Blue Dog Democrats. Pamene kusiyana kochititsa chidwi pakati pa zenizeni ndi zolankhula zikukulirakulira, aphunzitsi amtendere atha kutengera mawu akuti: "Drill Baby Drill" - kutanthauza mabowo pamitu ya anthu 60 miliyoni aku America omwe adavotera McCain-Palin mu 2008 ndi ena mamiliyoni ambiri omwe amavomereza kukana. m'malo mokumana ndi zovuta zakuchita mdziko lawo.
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