Phakathi kwemfazwe yethu yangoku, engapheliyo ngokuchasene nobubi, iMelika iphinda ijonge "imfazwe elungileyo." Ukuba uClint Eastwood uvumelekile ukuba aphinde asebenzise loo mifanekiso kwi-โFlags of Our Fathersโ, njengombhali wenye imbali ye-WWII, kutheni ndingaphinda ndilichaze ityala lam kwakhona?
I-US yalwa loo mfazwe ngokuchasene nobuhlanga kunye nomkhosi owahlukileyo.
Yayilwa loo mfazwe ukuze kupheliswe izenzo ezimanyumnyezi ngokuthatha inxaxheba ekudutyulweni kwamajoni anikezelayo, ukulamba kwee-POWs, ukuqhushumbiswa kwabantu ngamabhombu ngabom, ukutshabalalisa izibhedlele, ukutyhutyha amaphenyane okusindisa ubomi, kunye nePasifiki ebilayo inyama ephuma kukhakhayi lweentshaba ukwenza imihombiso yetafile kwizithandwa.
I-FDR, inkokeli yale mikhosi ichasene nobuhlanga, i-anti-atrocity, yatyikitya i-Executive Order 9066, ibandakanya abantu abangaphezu kwe-100,000 baseJapan baseMelika ngaphandle kwenkqubo efanelekileyo. Ngaloo ndlela, egameni lokuthatha abakhi beenkampu zentolongo yaseJamani baba ngumyili weenkampu zentolongo zaseMelika.
Ngaphambi, ngexesha, nangemva kweMfazwe eLungileyo, iklasi yeshishini laseMelika lalirhweba notshaba. Phakathi kwemibutho yaseUnited States eyatyala imali kumaNazi yayiyiFord, GE, Standard Oil, Texaco, ITT, IBM, kunye neGM (indoda ephezulu uWilliam Knudsen wayibiza ngokuba yiJamani yamaNazi โummangaliso wenkulungwane yama-20โ).
Kwaye ngelixa i-US ihlala ijikisa ababaleki abangamaYuda ukuba bajongane nokufa okuthile eYurophu, elinye iqela leembacu lamkelwa ngeengalo ezivulekileyo emva kwemfazwe: ukubaleka izigebenga zemfazwe zamaNazi ezazisetyenziselwa ukunceda ukudala iCIA kunye nokuqhubela phambili inkqubo yenyukliya yaseMelika.
Intsomi engapheliyo yeMfazwe eLungileyo ihamba kakuhle ngaphaya kweebarbecues zoSuku lweSikhumbuzo kunye neemuvi ezikhanyayo ezimnyama-namhlophe kwiTV yasebusuku. IWWII yeyona mfazwe idumileyo eMelika. Ngokutsho kwembali eyamkelekileyo, yayiyimfazwe engenakuphepheka eyanyanzeliswa kubantu abaseluxolweni ngenxa yokuhlaselwa ngequbuliso lutshaba olungenabuqhophololo. Le mfazwe, ngoko kwaye ngoku, ithengiswe ngononophelo kwaye ngononophelo njengedabi lobomi nokufa ngokuchasene nobubi obumsulwa. Kwabaninzi baseMelika, iWWII yayingeyonto ingaphantsi kokulungileyo nokubi ukuya kwinzwane-to-toe kwi-khaki fatigues.
Kodwa, iHollywood ecaleni, akukho noRyan Phillippe okanye uJohn Wayne owake wabeka unyawo ku-Iwo Jima. Ngaphandle kweenkumbulo ezimfiliba zowayesakuba ngumongameli, uRonald Reagan akazange akhulule naziphi na iinkampu zoxinaniso. Kwaye, ngokuchasene nenkolelo eqhelekileyo, i-FDR ayizange ijikeleze ukuthumela amakhwenkwe ethu "ngaphaya" ukuba athathe iJamani kaHitler de kube emva kokuba amaNazi sele ebhengeze imfazwe e-US kuqala.
Iifilimu ezifana ne "Flags of Our Fathers" kunye noSteven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" zisifundisa ukuba nokuba imfazwe isihogo kwaye abafana abalungileyo ngamanye amaxesha bayalahleka, akusekho sizathu sokubuza enoba imilinganiselo yobuthunywa okanye ubume bobuthunywa. eso sizukulwana sithile.
Umzabalazo wokulwa nomzabalazo uA.J. UMuste uthe ngo-1941, โIngxaki emva kwemfazwe ikunye nophumeleleyo. Ucinga ukuba usandulโ ukungqina ukuba imfazwe nogonyamelo luyahlawula. Ngubani oza kumfundisa ngoku?โ Akwaziwa ngokuchanekileyo ukuba njani kwaye nini eso sifundo, kodwa kunokucingelwa ngokukhuselekileyo ukuba esi sifundo asinakuze sifundwe kwincwadi eqhelekileyo yasekholejini, kumthengisi ongekho ngqiqweni, okanye kwi-ofisi yebhokisi ekhohlisayo. Le minyaka ingamashumi amathandathu idlulileyo ikwabonisile ukuba ngaphandle kwesifundo esinjalo, kuya kubakho iimfazwe ezininzi ngakumbi kwaye kuxelwe ubuxoki obuninzi ukuze kufihlwe inyaniso ngazo.
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