Ife anthu aku Canada timakonda kudziona ngati oyandikana nawo ochezeka, monga nzika zapadziko lonse lapansi zomwe zili ndi chidwi chofuna kusunga mtendere. Popeza nduna yayikulu Lester Pearson adapambana mphotho ya Nobel Peace mu 1957, tatsutsa nkhanza zapadziko lonse lapansi za US, mwachitsanzo ku Vietnam, ngakhale opanga zida zathu zidapitilizabe kupindula kwambiri. Zochita zamalonda, mwachinyengo, zinali zosiyana, koma utsogoleri wathu wandale, kuchokera kwa John Diefenbaker kupita ku Pierre Trudeau komanso ngakhale Jean Chretien, nthawi zambiri ankasamala, poyera, kuti atalikitse mbewa ya ku Canada, kuchokera kwa mnansi wake, njovu ya ku America.
Mu 1965 a Lester Pearson adalimbikitsa kukambirana kwa Nkhondo ya Vietnam, mukulankhula ku Temple University ku Philadelphia. Tsiku lotsatira atapita kukaonana ndi pulezidenti wa dziko la United States, Lyndon B. Johnson akuti anagwira Pearson ndi zipilalazo, nโkumugwedeza, nโkukuwa kuti: โDammit, Les, sindimakwiyira chiguduli chako, choncho usapse chipenera changa! โ
Kwa zaka zambiri, apaulendo aku Canada akhala akuvomerezedwa m'maiko padziko lonse lapansiรขโฌโadavala mosamalitsa mbendera zathu, kuti tisiyanitse tokha ndi mfundo zoyipa zakunja zaku America.
Mpaka zaka za Mulroney za m'ma 1980, pomwe Prime Minister wa Conservative a Brian Mulroney adalumikizana ndi Ronald Reagan ndikusaina pangano la malonda aulere, andale ochita bwino ku Canada amakonda kutsata malingaliro odziwika ndikukhala kutali ndi mfundo zaku US. Koma mgwirizano wina wamalonda waufulu unatsogolera ku wina, ndipo pamene chuma chathu chinayamba kugwirizana kwambiri, ndale zathu ndi malonda akunja zinatsatiranso chimodzimodzi. Ubale wapamtima ndi Fidel Castro ndi Cuba wazirala kwambiri. Mโzaka za mโma 1990, asilikali a ku Canada anachita nawo maulendo atatu ankhondo motsogozedwa ndi USโku Persian Gulf, Somalia ndi Balkan. Izi zinali ntchito zothandizira mwaluso, kuphatikiza zida, zida ndi zida. Kenako, World Trade Center ku New York itamenyedwa mu 2001, Prime Minister waku Liberal a Jean Chretien adadzipereka mwachangu ku Canada kuti ateteze US ku uchigawenga, zomwe zidapangitsa mgwirizano wathu pakuukira kosaloledwa kwa Afghanistan.
Zambiri zalembedwa, makamaka m'ma media ena, za momwe mantha a 9/11 adathandizira olamulira a George Bush kukulitsa kampeni yopondereza yapadziko lonse lapansi komanso yapakhomo. Zochepa kwambiri zalembedwa, ngakhale m'ma TV, za momwe izi ndi zochitika zina zasinthira mfundo zakunja za Canada, ndikuzipangitsa kuti zigwirizane kwambiri ndi za US.
Kutsutsa kwakukulu kwa anthu kunachititsa kuti dziko la Canada likane kulowa nawo nkhondo ya Iraq mu 2003. Koma maboma otsatizanatsatizana a Canada pansi pa Liberals Jean Chretien ndi Paul Martin, ndipo tsopano a Stephen Harper's Conservatives, atenga maudindo akuluakulu pa ntchito za Afghanistan ndi Haiti. Canada idathandizira kuchotsa purezidenti wakale Jean-Bertrand Aristide, mu 2004, ndipo idathandizira upondereza wamakasitomala wopondereza komanso wakupha wa Gerard LaTortue, yemwe kale anali wotsogolera zokambirana ku Miami. Ndiye-PM Paul Martin anapita ku Haiti paulendo wa boma mu 2005, kukapereka madalitso ake ndi mazana mamiliyoni a madola, ku boma la LaTortue.
Pofika Januwale, 2006, Prime Minister wosankhidwa watsopano Stephen Harper anali wokondwa kupereka asitikali aku Canada ku Afghanistan, atatopa ndi usilikali, kutengera George Bush.
Posachedwapa, Nduna ya Zachitetezo ku Harper, Gordon O'Connor, adafotokoza kuti "ntchito" yaku Canada ku Afghanistan idapangidwa kuti ichotse "Al-Qaeda ya Osama bin Laden," kutsatira ziwopsezo za 9/11. Boma la Taliban lidapereka chitetezo ku Al-Qaeda, adatero. Kachiwiri, O'Connor adati a Taliban amakakamiza akazi kuvala Burkas, ndikuwaletsa kugwira ntchito kunja kwa nyumba. Pomaliza, adati cholinga cha Canada ku Afghanistan ndi "kumanganso ndi chitukuko." (Dougherty, 2006).
Atolankhani aku Canada sanangonena zomwe O'Connor adanena, koma adazitenga ngati zawo kuyambira pachiyambi. Afghanistan, monga atolankhani ambiri amatiuza monyadira, ndi "Nkhondo, Mtundu waku Canada." Ndiko kuti, pamene sakubisa nkhondoyo poitcha kuti 'kulimbana' kapena 'mishoni.' Ndi nkhondo yoyamba ndi asitikali aku Canada omwe akhudzidwa, kuyambira ku Korea.
M'magulu atolankhani m'zaka za m'ma 1970, mawu akuti 'Afghanistanism' amatanthauza kuti mutha kulemba chilichonse chokhudza malo akutali, chifukwa ndi anthu ochepa omwe amadziwa chilichonse poyambira. (Pali kutsutsana kwina pa tanthauzo la mawuwa: ena amaganiza kuti amatanthauza kunyalanyaza nyumba yanu). Mulimonsemo, mawuwa sagwiritsidwanso ntchito kuyambira kuukira kwa Soviet, komanso thandizo la boma la America kwa Osama bin Laden ndi Mujahideen.
Ngakhale kuti mawuwa atha, malingaliro akale akugwirabe ntchito. Kufotokozera kwamasiku ano ku Afghanistan pafupifupi kumangoganiza kuti nkhondo zaku Canada ndizabwino komanso zolimbikitsa. Mu ichi, tatengera zomwe wotsutsa wa ku America Norman Solomon amachitcha kuti 'American uniqueism' kapena 'chikhulupiriro chakuti mosiyana ndi maulamuliro ena akuluakulu, United States imalimbikitsidwa osati ndi zodzikonda za gulu lina la osankhika koma ndi ubwino - zomwe zimalola. opanga malamulo kuti agulitse nkhondo zomwe zapangidwa kuti ziwonjezere ndi kukulitsa mphamvu za US monga mtundu wa ntchito zapadziko lonse lapansi.' (Solomon, 2005).
Kumbali yakumanzere ya ndale zaku Canada, mtsogoleri wa New Democratic Party a Jack Layton adapempha kuti asitikali aku Canada achoke ku Afghanistan, koma chifukwa nkhondoyo siyingapambane kuposa chifukwa ndi yachiwerewere komanso yosaloledwa. Layton analemba mu nyuzipepala ya Toronto Star kuti ntchitoyo 'n'njosalongosoka, ndi yosalinganizika' komanso 'ilibe njira yotulukira.' (Layton, 2006). Monga mtolankhani wina waku Canada Linda McQuaig adalemba posachedwa, pankhani yankhondo yaku Iraq, vuto si kulephera kwa magulu oukirawo. Vuto lenileni nlakuti n'kosaloleka kuti dziko lina liukire dziko lina.' (McQuaig, 2006). Liwu lokha la McQuaig pambali, malingaliro awa ndiwopitilira atolankhani aku Canada, ndipo ngakhale ziwonetsero za Jack Layton zidanyozedwa ndi atolankhani. Mwachitsanzo, The Vancouver Sun, inalemba mkonzi kuti pamene 'Layton akufuna kuti Canada ichoke ku Afghanistan, akupereka chipambano kwa zigawenga [zamankhwala] ndi a Taliban.'
Chifukwa cha zovuta zazikulu, komanso chifukwa chowonadi ndi imfa yoyamba, mu nthawi ya nkhondo atolankhani ayenera kukhala okayikira kwambiri, otsutsa kwambiri: savomereza chilichonse ndikufunsa chilichonse. M'malo mwake, monga anzawo aku America, atolankhani aku Canada ambiri atenga udindo wa akatswiri ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi, komanso okondwerera gulu lankhondo. Ngakhale kuti ntchitoyi yathandiza kukhazikitsidwa bwino, ndizovuta kwa anthu, asitikali, komanso omwe akuzunzidwa ku Afghanistan.
Mawailesi aku Canada, monganso utsogoleri wathu wandale, zatichititsa manyazi. Polowa nawo bungwe la US Administration mu kampeni yake yazaka XNUMX yopatsa ufumu ndi phindu paufulu ndi miyoyo ya anthu, kugwirizana kwa ndale ndi nkhani zabodza kwatisiya ndi magazi a anthu osalakwa m'manja mwathu. Kuonjezera apo, ngakhale amatsutsa kuti akupulumutsa dziko ku uchigawenga, aika moyo wathu pachiswe ku Canada, potiululira zigawenga zobwezera.
James Winter ndi wolemba komanso Pulofesa ku yunivesite ya Windsor, Ontario Canada. Ndemanga iyi idasindikizidwa koyamba mu nyuzipepala yaku Britain yotsutsa kwambiri zofalitsa nkhani, The Fifth-Estate-Online (www.fifth-estate-online.co.uk)
Zothandizira
Dougherty, Kevin. "PR Boost Yofunafuna Ntchito ya Afghan," The Edmonton Journal, November 18, 2006.
Zolemba. "Kumasula anthu aku Afghan kwa otengeka ndi ntchito yayitali, koma yofunikira," The Vancouver Sun, September 27, 2006.
Layton, Jack. "Chifukwa Chake Canada Iyenera Kuwunikanso Ntchito," The Toronto Star, September 26, 2006.
McQuaig, Linda. โVuto lenileni ndilakuti sikuloledwa kuti Dziko Limodzi Liukire Dziko Lina,โ The Toronto Star, October 29, 2006.
Potter, Mitch. "War Canadian Style," The Toronto Star, (8-part series), March 12, 2006.
Solomon, Norman. Nkhondo Inakhala Yosavuta: Momwe Atsogoleri ndi Mapurezidenti Amapitirizira Kutithamangitsira Ku Imfa , John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2005. Atchulidwa mu ndemanga ya Robert Jensen, "Ndi Ufumu, Wopusa," ZNet Commentary, July 29, 2005.
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