By John LaForge
Masu horar da sojoji dole ne su ji kamar Hansel da Gretel na “mugayen mayu”, suna masu wasun yaran su ci su. Tare da tashin hankali na jima'i, yaƙe-yaƙe na mamayewa, mace-mace, rauni na kwakwalwa, nakasassu na dindindin da kuma annobar kisan kai, abin da suke siyar da kwanakin nan suna kama da mummunan mummunan abin da ya faru.
Tare da damar da za a tura su cikin rudani a cikin Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, da dai sauransu, a gefe guda, da alama za a iya yin luwadi a ɗayan - kuma mai kallon kansa ya kashe kansa a tsakanin mayaƙa kowane irin abin da ya faru. sami kowa a ƙofar. Sabbin yara ba za su karanta takardu ba; duk ayyukan sabis na aiki huɗu da biyar daga kayan ajiyar shida sun cika burin su na daukar ma'aikata a 2014, a cewar Pentagon.
Duk da haka a Dept. na Veterans Affairs binciken saki Feb. 1, 2013 sun sami tsoffin sojoji suna kashe kansu a cikin adadin 22 a rana. Bayan tattaunawa da Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Babban Hafsan Rundunar Sojojin Sama, Taurari da Rikici sun yi wannan jita-jita mai launi Dec. 15: "Yan kunar bakin waken ba su yi watsi da radar ba, duk da kara mayar da hankali kan yakar ta'addanci." Janar Ray Odierno, shugaban hafsin sojojin, ya gaya wa Washington Post 7 na ƙarshe, "Ba na tsammanin mun buga saman tukuna game da kashe kansa."
Daga cikin mambobi na Reserve da National Guard, masu kisan kai sun hau da kashi takwas tsakanin 2012 da 2013. Tun da 2001, ƙarin sojojin Amurka masu aiki da kansu sun kashe kansu fiye da waɗanda aka kashe a Afghanistan, in ji Washington Post. A watan Afrilun da ya gabata, AP ta ba da rahoton cewa kisan kai a cikin Tsaro da Tsaro na Sojoji a cikin 2013 "ya zarce yawan sojojin da ke aiki da kansu wanda ya ce a cikin Sojojin."
Taurari da Stripes sun ce yawan kisan kai a tsakanin Marines da sojoji yana da girma sosai, tare da waɗanda ke kan azaba na wucin gadi game da mutuwar 23 a cikin membobin sabis na 100,000 a cikin 2013, idan aka kwatanta da 12.5 kisan kai ga 100,000 gaba ɗaya a cikin jama'a na Amurka a cikin 2012¾as da aka lissafa ta Cibiyoyin don Ikon Cutar. Yawan 'yan kunar-bakin-wake tsakanin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa ya karu a wannan shekarar, in da CDC ta gano.
Ko da ba ka taɓa ganin yaƙi ba
An Nazarin soja kusan sojoji miliyan guda da aka buga a watan Maris da ya gabata ba kawai suka ba da rahoton cewa kisan kai a tsakanin sojojin da suka tura zuwa Iraki ko Afghanistan ya ninka ninki biyu tsakanin 2004 da 2009 ba, amma adadin waɗanda ba su taɓa yin lokaci a cikin wuraren yaƙi kusan ninki uku ba a cikin shekaru biyar ɗin. Yayinda da yawa daga cikin wadanda ake kyautata zaton kisan soji za su ragu bayan an katse tura sojoji zuwa Iraki da Afghanistan, amma hakan bai faru ba, in ji jaridar Washington Post.
Harin jima'i har yanzu yana ƙaruwa
A halin yanzu, “an kara maida hankali wajen yaƙar cin zarafin jima'i” an bayyana gazawa na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Rahoton Pentagon mai lamba 1,100 wanda aka saki a watan Dec. 4 ya gano cewa rahotannin cin zarafin jima'i a cikin sojoji sun karu da kashi takwas cikin 2014, kuma Sanata Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ya amsa labarai yana cewa, "Ina tsammanin wannan rahoto ya nuna gazawa ta hanyar sashi na umarni. ”Sen. Gillibrand ya yi gwagwarmaya don cire hukunci a shari’ar da ta shafi fyade daga hannun kwamandan.
Inasƙantar binciken da aka samu kamar ƙara rahotannin hari ba gaskiya ba ne, Sec. na tsaro Chuck Hagel ya samu matsala gano kalmomin. Ya ce, "Bayan karuwar 50 bisa dari ba ta karuwa a rahoton cin zarafin jima'i, adadin ya ci gaba da hauhawa. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, ya ce sakamakon ya nuna "babban ci gaba," amma ya ce, "Har yanzu muna da aikin da za mu yi don magance daukar fansa a kan wadanda abin ya shafa."
Binciken ya gano kashi 62 bisa dari na mata da suka tsira sun ce za su sha azaba, akasari daga abokan aikin soja ko kuma takwarorinsu. Anu Bhagwati, tsohon Kyaftin din Sojan Ruwa kuma darekta na Kungiyar Mata Masu Yada Labarai, ya fada wa jaridar New York Times cewa, "yanayin da ke tsakanin sojoji har yanzu ya kasance mai hadarin gaske ga wadanda aka samu da aikata laifin fyade." SWAN.org ta ce, " Al'adar tuhumce-tuhumce, rashin aiwatar da gaskiya, da guguwa mai dauke da abubuwa masu guba, sun cika yawa a cikin sojojin Amurka, suna hana wadanda suka tsira daga rahoton abin da ya faru da wadanda suka aikata ba daidai ba.
Ɗaya daga cikin misali shine hasken kulawa da aka ba Brig. Janar Jeffrey Sinclair ne a watan Yunin da ya gabata bayan da ya nemi afuwa da zina. Kamar yadda mafi yawan lokuta suka shafi fyade, Lauyoyin Sinclair sun kwashe watanni suna ramawa, sake cin zarafinsu da kuma kai hari ga amincin wanda ake zargi, kyaftin din Soja. An yanke wa Sinclair hukuncin rage daraja, cikakken fa'idodin ritaya da tarar $ 20,000, kodayake ya fuskanci hukuncin rai da yiwuwar yin rajista a matsayin mai aikata laifin jima'i. Kyaftin din ya yi zargin cewa Sinclair ya yi barazanar kashe ta idan ta bayyana alakar su.
Don taimako game da cin zarafin jima'i ko tashin hankali na soja, tuntuɓi Kare Masu Kare mu ainfo@protectourdefenders.com>; SWAN, a 646-569-5200; ko Veteran's C rikicin Line, a 1-800-273-8255. Neman taimako game da cutar da kai ko kashe kansa kira National Tashe rigakafin Lifeline, a 1-800-273-8255.
- John LaForge yana aiki ne don Nukewatch, kungiyar dake sa ido kan makaman nukiliya a Wisconsin, yana gyara jaridar ta Quarterly, kuma ana hada shi ta hanyar PeaceVoice.
