Ranar Tsohon Sojoji Ba Na Tsohon Sojoji ba ne

By David Swanson, don teleSUR

An sanya John Ketwig cikin Sojan Amurka a 1966 kuma an aika shi zuwa Vietnam na shekara guda. Na zauna da shi a wannan makon don tattaunawa game da shi.

"Na karanta game da duka," in ji shi, "idan kuka yi magana da mutanen da suka je Iraki da Afganistan kuma ku kalli ainihin abin da ya faru a Vietnam, kun shiga abin da na kira hanyar Amurka na yakin. Wani matashi ya shiga hidimar tare da tunanin za ku taimaki mutanen Vietnamese ko Afganistan ko kuma mutanen Iraqi. Kuna tashi daga jirgin sama da bas, kuma abu na farko da kuka lura shine layin waya a cikin tagogi don haka gurneti ba zai iya shiga ba. Nan da nan kun shiga cikin MGR (mere gook rule). Mutanen ba su ƙidaya. Ku kashe su duka, ku bar karnuka su warware su. Ba za ku taimaki matalauta ta kowace hanya ba. Ba ku da tabbacin abin da kuke wurin, amma ba don wannan ba. "

Ketwig ya yi magana game da tsofaffin sojoji da suka dawo daga Iraki suna korar yara da babbar mota, biyo bayan umarnin da aka ba su na kada su tsaya saboda tsoron IED (na'urori masu fashewa). "Ko ba dade ko ba jima," in ji shi, "za ku yi kasala, kuma za ku fara tambayar abin da kuke yi a can."

Ketwig bai mai da hankali kan yin magana ko zanga-zanga ba lokacin da ya dawo daga Vietnam. Yayi shiru kusan shekaru goma. Sa'an nan kuma lokaci ya zo, kuma a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, ya buga wani labari mai karfi game da kwarewar da ake kira Kuma Ruwan sama mai ƙarfi ya faɗi: Labarin Gaskiya na GI na Yaƙin Vietnam. "Na ga jakunkuna na gawa," in ji shi, "da akwatunan gawa a jibge kamar itacen igiya, na ga wasu Amurkawa suna rataye da rai a kan shingen waya, suna zube a gefen manyan motocin jujjuya, suna ja da APC a baya kamar gwangwani a bayan taron bikin aure. Na ga jinin marar kafa ya diga daga kan shimfidar wuri zuwa falon asibiti da kuma idanun wani yaro da aka yi masa nafila.”

Abokan aikin Ketwig, suna zaune a cikin tanti da beraye suka mamaye da laka da fashe-fashe, kusan a duk duniya ba su ga wani uzuri na abin da suke yi ba kuma suna son komawa gida da wuri. "FTA" (f-sojoji) an ɗora kan kayan aiki a ko'ina, kuma ana ta bazuwa (sojoji suna kashe jami'an).

Masu aiwatar da manufofin sanyaya iska a baya a Washington, DC, sun sami yaƙin ba shi da rauni ko rashin yarda, duk da haka a hanya mafi ban sha'awa. A cewar masana tarihi na Pentagon, a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1966, "dabara ta gama." don Vietnam, "kuma muhawarar tun daga lokacin ta ta'allaka ne kan irin karfi da kuma karshen." Zuwa menene karshen? Kyakkyawan tambaya. Wannan wani muhawara ta cikin gida wanda ya dauka yakin zai ci gaba kuma ya nemi a daidaita kan dalilin da ya sa. Zabar dalilin gaya wa jama'a wani mataki ne na daban da ya wuce wancan. A cikin Maris, 1965, wata sanarwa ta Mataimakin Sakatare na "Defence" John McNaughton ya riga ya kammala cewa kashi 70 cikin XNUMX na yunƙurin Amurka a bayan yakin shine "don guje wa cin kashin da Amurka ta yi."

Yana da wuya a ce wanne ya fi rashin hankali, duniyar waɗanda a zahiri suke yaƙi, ko tunanin waɗanda ke ƙirƙira da tsawaita yaƙin. Shugaba Bush Senior ya ce ya gundure bayan ya kawo karshen yakin Gulf har ya yi tunanin dainawa. Firayim Ministan Australia ya bayyana shugaba Franklin Roosevelt da kishin Winston Churchill har zuwa Pearl Harbor. Shugaba Kennedy ya gaya wa Gore Vidal cewa ba tare da yakin basasar Amurka ba, da Shugaba Lincoln ya kasance wani lauya ne kawai. Marubucin tarihin George W.Bush, da kuma kalaman da Bush ya yi a bainar jama'a a wata muhawara ta farko, sun bayyana karara cewa yana son yaki, ba kafin ranar 9 ga watan Satumba ba, amma kafin kotun koli ta zabe shi a fadar White House. Teddy Roosevelt ya taƙaita ruhun shugaban ƙasa, ruhun waɗanda Ranar Tsohon Sojoji ke hidima da gaske, lokacin da ya ce, "Ya kamata in yi maraba da kusan kowane yaƙi, domin ina ganin ƙasar nan tana buƙatar ɗaya."

Bayan yakin Koriya, gwamnatin Amurka ta canza ranar Armistice, wanda har yanzu ake kira ranar tunawa a wasu kasashe, zuwa ranar sojoji, kuma ta tashi daga rana don ƙarfafa ƙarshen yaƙi zuwa ranar ɗaukaka shiga yaƙi. Ketwig ya ce "Asali ranar bikin zaman lafiya ce. “Wannan ba ya wanzu kuma. Rikicin sojan Amurka shine yasa nake fushi da daci." Ketwig ya ce fushinsa na karuwa, baya raguwa.

A cikin littafinsa, Ketwig ya sake karanta yadda hirar aiki za ta kasance da zarar ya fita daga Soja: “Eh, yallabai, za mu iya cin nasara a yakin. Mutanen Vietnam ba sa gwagwarmaya don akidu ko ra'ayoyin siyasa; suna yaƙi don abinci, don tsira. Idan muka ɗora wa duk waɗannan masu fashewa da shinkafa, da burodi, da iri, da kayan aikin shuka, muka yi wa kowannensu fentin 'Daga abokanka a Amurka', za su koma gare mu. Viet Cong ba zai iya daidaita hakan ba. "

ISIS kuma ba zata iya ba.

Amma shugaba Barack Obama yana da wasu abubuwan da suka sa gaba. Yana da yi girman kai cewa shi, daga ofishinsa da aka nada, yana da “gwananta sosai wajen kashe mutane.” Ya kuma aika da "masu ba da shawara" 50 zuwa Siriya, kamar yadda Shugaba Eisenhower ya yi wa Vietnam.

Mataimakiyar Sakatariyar Harkokin Wajen Amurka Anne Patterson ta tambayi Mataimakiyar Sakatariyar Harkokin Wajen Amurka a wannan makon ta hanyar 'yar majalisa Karen Bass: "Mene ne manufa na sojojin musamman 50 da aka tura zuwa Siriya? Kuma shin wannan manufa za ta haifar da babban haɗin gwiwar Amurka? "

Patterson ya amsa da cewa: "Amsar takamamme ce."

* Lura: Yayin da na ji Ketwig yana cewa "karnuka" kuma ya ɗauka yana nufin haka, ya gaya mani ya faɗi kuma yana nufin "Allah" na gargajiya.