by David Swanson, Kaum Ib Hlis 8, 2017
Raws nraim ntawm 11th teev ntawm 11th hnub ntawm 11th lub hlis, 99 xyoo dhau los, cov neeg thoob plaws teb chaws Europe tsis kam nres cov phom tua ntawm ib leeg. Txij txog thaum lub sij hawm ntawd, lawv tua thiab noj muas, ntog thiab qw, moaning thiab tuag. Tom qab ntawd lawv tau nres, nyob rau lub sijhawm. Nws tsis yog hais tias lawv tau txais nkees los yog tuaj rau lawv qhov kev xav. Ob qho tag nrho ua ntej thiab tom qab 11 o'clock lawv tsuas yog txiav txim tom qab. Daim ntawv cog lus ntawm Armistice uas tau xaus rau Lub Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog Thoob Plaws I tau teem caij 11 thaum lub sij hawm txiav tawm.
Thiab ces lub ntiaj teb tau muaj ib tog neeg, yam uas peb tsis tau pom lossis ua npau suav ntawm - ib tog neeg tam sim no hauv kev xav tau ntawm kev ua tiav.
Txhua xyoo, tau ntau xyoo, muaj kev nco txog lub Kaum Ib Hlis 11th. Lub koomhaum Asmeskas Congress hu ua "Armistice Day" yog ib lub sijhawm rau "kev ywjpheej kev sib haum xeeb ntawm kev sib haum xeeb thiab kev sib nkag siab ntawm cov tebchaws," ib hnub "ua rau lub ntiajteb raug kev kaj siab." Thaum pawg ntseeg ua lawv cov tswb nrov ntawm 11: 00, qhov ntawd yog qhov lawv hais. Thiab lawv meant nws mus txog rau thaum tsov rog nyob rau Kauslim, ib qho ntawm North Koreans tag nrho tseem nco ntsoov nrog shudders ntawm ntshai heev. Thiab ces Congress muab Armistice Hnub rau hauv Veterans Hnub, thiab qub tub rog rau hauv khoom rau kev lag luam ntau dua kev ua tsov ua rog thiab ib qho chaw ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog.
Qhov peb xav tau tam sim no yog ib qho brand tshiab armistice. Mus nqa ib hnub thiab ib lub sijhawm, Kuv tsis tu thaum twg. Xaiv 11-11-11 dua - vim li cas ho tsis? - thiab npaj ib tog zoo ib yam li nws tus Armistice 99.
Kuv loj heev. Yuav ua li cas yog tias, thaum teev ntawd, Tebchaws Asmeskas thiab Saudi Arabia tau tso tseg rau cov neeg tawg rog? Yuav ua li cas yog hais tias lub chaw nres nkoj qhib thiab cov zaub mov thiab cov kws kho mob thiab cov neeg sau xov xwm tau khiav mus rau hauv qhov ntuj raug txim kom pib qhov kev puas tsuaj? Dab tsi yuav ua mob rau qhov ntawd?
Yuav ua li cas yog tias thaum lub sij hawm ntawd, cov phom tsis muaj hluav taws, tsis siv cov pob zeb, thiab cov phosphorus dawb tsis tas thoob ntiaj teb, hauv Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan, Philippines, Niger, Congo, Sudan , Mexico, Kenya, Qaib ntxhw? Dab tsi yuav ua rau raug mob? Leej twg yuav nco lub carnage? Leej twg xav tawm tsam lub zog loj tshaj plaws rau kev tuag thiab kab mob thiab kev tshaib kev nqhis thiab kev puas tsuaj ntawm kev puas tsuaj? Leej twg yuav tawm tsam xaus rau lub hauv paus tseem ceeb rau kev tso cai thiab authoritarian tsoom fwv?
Hnub Xaus Ntoo 99 txhais tau tias yog ib qho txuj ci tseem ceeb hauv ntau lub neej ntawm cov neeg dhau los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm kev tsov kev rog uas peb tsis hnov txog, thiab qhov kawg ntawm tag nrho cov kev hem ntawm kev tsov kev rog tshiab uas peb tau hnov txog. Kev tsov kev rog tshiab tsis tuaj yeem raug tsim txom hauv Era. Es tsis txhob, lub hauv paus thiab pab tub rog thiab kev siv riam phom thiab kev tsis txaus siab uas yuav muaj kev tsov kev rog tshiab yuav tsum raug kaw, coj mus tsev, thiab hloov mus ua cov haujlwm zoo thiab cov lag luam.
Siv Veterans Rau Kev Sib Koom rau Kev Sib Tham Cov neeg ntiav neeg ua haujlwm ntiav cov kws lijchoj los mus sib ceg rau lawv txoj cai koom nrog Veterans Day parades - ib feem ntawm cov kab ke txhua xyoo rau ntau xyoo - lawv ntiav cov kws suab paj nruas rau kev ua koob tsheej!
Kurt Vonnegut, tus tub rog rog hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tsov Rog II, tau sau rau hauv 1973: "Hnub Ua Ntej Hnub Ua Tau Qub Hnub Veterans. Hnub Cuam Tshaj Hnub Caiv. Veterans 'Day tsis yog. Yog li ntawd, kuv yuav muab pov tseg Cov Veterans 'Hnub dhau kuv lub xub pwg. Hnub Ua Ntiaj Teb Kuv yuav khaws cia. Kuv tsis xav muab tej yam dawb ceev tseg. "
Cia peb tsim tej yam zoo li no.
