“Ingozi enkulu empucukweni yabantu nasemhlabeni ukungakwazi ukukholelwa ukuthi ikusasa lingahluka . . .”
Ubhala kanjalo UDerek Johnson we-Global Zero movement, inhlangano ezibophezele emhlabeni ongenazo izikhali zenuzi. Ake sikubeke ngale ndlela: Uma singabambisana ekuzibulaleni kwethu ndawonye - aka, impi yenuzi - ngokuqinisekile, ngokuqinisekile singabambisana ekudaleni umhlaba oweqa lokho okungenzeka. Noma ingabe ukugxeka, impi kanye nenzuzo kusetshenzwa kahle kakhulu esakhiweni senhlalo yabantu kangangokuthi ngiyadlala? Awukwazi ukubuyisela i-genie ebhodleleni, abantu bathi, ngokukholelwa ezeni (kubonakala) bezilahla bona, noma okungenani izingane zabo, ekuzibhubhiseni okungenakugwenywa.
Siwenza kanjani uSepthemba 26 — umenyezelwe yiZizwe Ezihlangene ukuthi (angikuboni) Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Ukuqedwa Kwaphelele Kwezikhali Zenuzi - ibe ngokoqobo? Noma ingabe ikusasa lomuntu alihlangene “nathi”? Siyizibukeli nje zezimpilo zethu, sibambeke emhlabeni abaholi bethu basaqhubeka nokusinika ifa - izwe lapho "ukuthula" kugcinwa khona kuhloswe ngezibhamu futhi amabutho amile yilokho uNkulunkulu asekwenzile?
Ingabe ukwehliswa kwezikhali - okwenuzi nokunye - kungenzeka kuphela endaweni yonke efanayo?
Iphuzu engifinyelela kulo yileli: Ukweqa impi akunakwenzeka nje kuphela, kodwa sesisondele kakhulu ekwenzeni lokho kunalokho esikuqaphelayo, futhi ngokuthi “thina” ngiqonde ukwazi okujwayelekile, amakholwa ku-genie isayensi eyasikhulula. ibhodlela. Abakholelwa kulokho ongakubiza ngokuthi “i-apula lenuzi.”
UJohnson, ebhala ngalokho kuqhuma kwe-athomu okuphumelelayo kokuqala, ogwadule olusha lwaseMexico ngo-July 16,1945, XNUMX, ukuchaza kanje: “. . . isikhathi sokwesaba nokwesabeka: amandla okuzimisela komuntu edlula imingcele ebesiyicabangele ngaphambili, umnyango ebesingahloselwe ukuwuvula ngokushwibeka.”
Angikwazanga ukuzibamba ngeso lengqondo isintu sihlezi simsulwa ensimini yase-Edene. Hmmm. Ake sibone ukuthi lesi sihlahla sinikezani. Isayensi, esebenzela uNkulunkulu Wezempi, ithatha kancane i-apula lenuzi futhi manje sesazi ngaphezu kwalokho obekufanele sikwazi. Phakathi nesizukulwane, asizange nje siphonse amabhomu amabili e-athomu ahlekisayo (umfana omncane noFat Man) emadolobheni amabili angempela aseJapane, kodwa sethula lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi iMpi Yomshoshaphansi futhi saqala ukuhlola nokwakha izinkulungwane eziningi zezikhali zenuzi ezinamandla kakhulu. izikhali. Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa nesishiyagalombili kamuva, iPlanethi Yomhlaba isabambekile - hhayi nje ngolwazi lwayo lwezikhali zenuzi, kodwa engxabanweni yokuncintisana phakathi kwamandla enuzi nabasekeli bayo. Nakuba cishe ingxenye yeplanethi ifuna ukuqedwa kwezikhali, imibuso yenuzi iyagoqa futhi ithi lokho akunakwenzeka.
Amanga lawo!
Ngempela, kusasa kungaba okuhlukile. Okushodayo, ngokwazi kwami, wukuhlanganisa okungokomoya - okungokwenkolo? - inkolelo yokuthi lokhu kunjalo. Yebo, sadla i-apula lenuzi, kodwa masingakhohlwa: Iminyaka eyinkulungwane engenakubalwa yomlando womuntu we-bellicose kanye ne-prehistory yakha umongo lapho lokho kwenzeka. Naphezu kwenani elingapheli lokuqwashisa komuntu ukuthi impi iyisiphukuphuku futhi ayinangqondo, ukuthi ayifezi lutho ngaphandle kokuqhubeka kwayo, isintu siye saqhubeka sizihlela ngempi njengomgogodla wezombangazwe. Lokhu kusho amandla amakhulu anamabutho amile. Lokhu kusho ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kwezikhali zenuzi emhlabeni wonke - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kukhona okuzohamba kabi futhi . . . awu. Boom! Ukubhujiswa kuqinisekiswa ngokufanayo.
Ngakho-ke ngakho konke lokhu okushiwo, isihogo singahluka kanjani kusasa? Umcabango wami ngale ndaba ufana nalokhu: Isintu sisendleleni yokweqa i-apula yenuzi, yokufunda ukucabanga ngale kwempi nokubusa, ukunqoba nokulahlekelwa. Sisezinhlelweni zokufunda ukuthi singakwazisa kanjani ukungqubuzana nokusebenzisana nakho, kunokuba nje sikwesabe futhi sizame ukukuqeda. Akulona ushintsho oluncane lolu. Sisezinhlelweni zokwakha uhlaka lwenkolelo kamoya olukhulu kunempi. Sonke sihileleke kukho, futhi kuyoba ukuphila kwethu konke.
Impi enothando ibilokhu izwakala ilula futhi ingokwemvelo: “evamile.” Ngikhumbula ngisengumfana, phakathi nawo-'50s, ngihambele umbukiso wezempi nomndeni wami epaki lendawo elaziwa ngeFord Field. Imindeni yayihlezi egqumeni nasezansi, kwagingqika amathangi angokoqobo, kwaqhunyiswa izibhamu, kwagcwala intuthu nomsindo. Ngemuva kombukiso, njengoba amasosha ehoxa, abafana esixukwini (mhlawumbe namantombazane nawo) bagcwala endaweni yokudubula befuna izinto eziyisikhumbuzo. Ngathola igobolondo lenhlamvu eliyisicaba, elaphenduka intelezi yami yenhlanhla eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela. Ngayiphatha ephaketheni. Esontweni - phakathi nenkonzo eyisicefe - ngibambe inhlamvu buthule, njengokungathi ekukhulekeleni kwabafana (yikes).
Iphuzu lami liwukuthi impi ingena ekujuleni kwengqondo yomuntu futhi, naphezu kwesihogo esidalayo, ingane yethu engaphakathi ngokuvamile iyenqaba ukulahla inkolelo yayo kuyo. Ubuntu abuzange beqe ngokugcwele umgomo wokuhlela umphakathi wempi - hhayi lapho uphonsa inzuzo yebhizinisi ehambisana nakho, noma ukuba wusizo kwezepolitiki kwesitha esihle.
Kodwa njengoba ngisho, abaningi, abantu abaningi abanesibindi bayabandakanyeka ekuqhubekiseni isintu ukuba sidlule impi. Usongo lwempi yenuzi lwenza lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo komuntu kusobala. Kufanele sithole ukuthula emiphefumulweni yethu - emphefumulweni wethu sonke. Ngizoqhubeka nokubhala ngokuthuthuka kwethu, kodwa okwamanje ake ngivale ngokubungaza i-Veterans for Peace and the Golden Rule Project.
Ngo-1958 iqembu lamaQuaker lahamba ngomkhumbi laya e- Marshall Islands, esikebheni esibizwa ngokuthi uMthetho Wegolide, lapho babehlose ukuzifaka khona endleleni yokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi e-Bikini Atoll. Bavinjwa Unogada Basogwini, ababoshwe e-Honolulu - kodwa intukuthelo yomhlaba wonke yabamba, okwagcina kuholele kuSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Okulinganiselwe Kwesivivinyo sika-1963.
Amalungu Vets for Peace walulama futhi wakha kabusha umkhumbi. Baphawula kuwebhusayithi yabo: "Umthetho Wegolide ophinde wazalwa usuphinda futhi, ukukhombisa ukuthi ukuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi kungenzeka, nokuthi isibindi nokuqina kunganqoba impi."
Uthando nesibindi, bakwethu! Lokhu kuyingxenye yakho - ukuziphendukela kwemvelo ngesenzo.
URobert Koehler ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]), ihlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, ungumlobi nomhleli we-award winner waseChicago. Nguye umsunguli we Isibindi Sakhula Esiqhingini.
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