Los ntawm Robert C. Koehler
"Thaum muaj ib tug twg nug nws tias," Vim li cas koj ua li ntawd rau ib qho chaw, vim li cas koj ua li no rau tib neeg? ' koj cov lus teb yog, 'Yog li, lawv tsuas yog gooks, lawv tsis yog neeg. Nws tsis ua qhov txawv ntawm qhov koj ua rau lawv; lawv tsis yog neeg. '
"Thiab qhov no yog tsim rau hauv koj," Cpl. John Geymann tau ua tim khawv yuav luag 44 xyoo dhau los ntawm Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Tub Ntxhais Lub Caij Ntuj Sov, nyob rau hauv Detroit, uas tau txhawb nqa los ntawm Nyab laj Veterans tiv thaiv tsov rog. "Nws yog ntsawj rau hauv koj lub taub hau txij lub caij koj sawv hauv khau khiab camp rau lub sijhawm koj sawv los thaum koj yog neeg pej xeem."
Lub pob zeb ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog yog kev tsis ncaj ncees. Qhov no yog qhov qhia ntawm Nam, los ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Ranch Tes (tus dumping ntawm 18 lab gallons ntawm herbicides, nrog rau Cov Neeg Kho Mob Txiv Kab Ntxwv, ntawm cov hav zoov ntawm Nyab Laj) rau Kuv Lai rau kev siv tus napalm rau kev cuam tshuam ntawm Cambodia. Thiab Lub Caij Ntuj Sov Tus Tub Rog Kev Tshawb Nrhiav pib ua kev dehumanization txheej txheem ntawm kev paub txog pej xeem.
Nws yog ib lub sijhawm zoo kawg nkaus thiab kev ua neej nyob hauv kev ua tsov rog. Tsis tau - kwv yees li cas? - lub rooj sib tham peb hnub, uas 109 cov tub rog Veterans thiab 16 civilians tau ua tim khawv hais txog qhov tseeb ntawm Asmeskas kev khiav hauj lwm nyob rau Nyab Laj, tsis tshwm rau "cov sijhawm sib tham sib"Ntawm lub Department of Defense-txhawb nqa lub website lub txim commemorating, raws li ib tus President Obama zaj lus tshaj tawm, 50 xyoo kev ua tsov ua rog.
Qhov no tsis muaj surprise, ntawm chav kawm. Lub suab hais lus tsis txaus ntseeg, lub suab cowardly ntawm lub vev xaib, nrog rau kev tshajtawm thawjcoj - "lawv thawb mus txog jungles thiab nplej paddies, cua sov thiab monsoon, sib ntaus sib tua heroically los tiv thaiv cov hom phiaj peb tuav zoo li Americans" - yog "zoo-ify" kev ua tsov rog ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, rov qab qhib lub suab, rov qab los rau sawvdaws kom paub txog kev ua haujlwm ntawm txhua tus tub rog Asmeskas cov haujlwm thiab thau tawm ntawm "Vietnam Syndrome" los ntawm lub teb chaws tus kheej.
Thiaj li yog tias qhov chaw ntawm 2 thiab 3 lab lus Nyab laj, Laotians thiab Cambodians raug tua nyob rau hauv, nrog rau 58,000 Asmeskas cov tub rog (nrog, los ntawm qee qhov kev ntsuas, ntau dua vets ua haujlwm yus tua yus tom qab ntawd)? Ib qho kev ua tsov rog tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis muaj teeb meem rau cov neeg uas xav kom them nyiaj ntxiv rau tom ntej. Nws coj ib tiam ntawm kev rov qab ua ntej ua tub rog-kev khwv nyiaj txiag tau tawm tsam kev ua tsov rog ntawm kev ntshai, uas nws tus kheej tsis muaj kev txhawb pej xeem huab hwm. Tej zaum ntshe yuav rov ua kom Nyablaj rov qab mus rau lub tebchaws uas muaj kev ntseeg cuav yog ib feem ntawm txoj kev npaj loj tshaj plaws los ua kom pej xeem Amelikas txaus siab txog txhua yam kev tsov kev rog thiab, yog li, ntau txoj kev xav ntawm lub tswv yim (thiab qhov tseeb) ntawm kev ua tsov rog mus tas li.
Lub vev xaib ua tsov rog hauv Nyab Laj teb yog ua rau muaj kev thawb loj heev, xws li Veterans for Peace "tag nrho qhia tawm"Kev sib tw; thiab a daim ntawv thov, kos npe los ntawm xws li iconic antiwar activists li Tom Hayden thiab Daniel Ellsberg, demanding tias tidal yoj ntawm tawm tsam tiv thaiv tsov rog hauv lub 60s thiab '70s yuav suav nrog ua ib feem ntawm tsov rog' s legacy. Kuv pom zoo, ntawm chav kawm, tab sis hasten ntxiv hais tias muaj ntau dua nyob ntawm ceg txheem ntseeg no dua li qhov tseeb ntawm cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm.
Raws li tus neeg sau xov xwm ntev thiab tus kws tshawb fawb Middle East Phyllis Bennis hais New York Times, "Koj tsis tuaj yeem cais qhov kev sib tw no kom pom tseeb cov kev tsov kev txaus ntshai ntawm 50 xyoo dhau los los ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog rau hnub no."
Kuv rov hais dua: Lub pob zeb ntawm txhua qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua yog kev dehumanization, ib txoj kev ntshai nrog kev kav ntev thiab tsis txawj kawg uas tsis muaj txim. Thiab Nyab Laj Tebchaws Nyab Laj yog thawj qhov uas muaj kev ntshai heev ntawm txoj haujlwm no, raug kev tsimtxom tagnrho txhua yam kev khavtheej thiab kev xav tau, ua rau muaj kev tshajtawm.
Lub vev xaib txoj kev rau siab ntso ua qhov kev paub no yog kev ntshaw. Cov neeg pej xeem pom zoo yuam kom lub website mus quab quab yuam thiab lees tias, thaum lub Peb Hlis 16, 1968 cov npe: "Lub Chaw Teb Chaws Qes pua pua ntawm Nyab Laj civilians ntawm kuv Lai. "
Ho hum. Nws tseem yog ib tug zoo ua tsov ua rog, txoj cai? Kuv Lai yog ib qho aberration xwb. Tus neeg raug txhom nyem raug ntes, raug sim, raug txim. . .
Tab sis raws li cov tsiaj txhu 'Cov Neeg Sawv Cev Rau Lub Caij Ntuj Sov thiab cov ntawv thiab cov khoom ua tau meej heev, Kuv Lai tsis yog aberration tab sis qhov teeb meem zoo li: "Lawv tsuas yog gooks, lawv tsis yog neeg."
Raws li Nick Turse thiab Deborah Nelson qhia nyob rau hauv ib tsab xov xwm 2006 hauv Los Angeles Times ("Lub Chaw Kauslim Killings Went Unpunished"), raws li kev soj ntsuam ntawm cov tub rog cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug cais: "Kev tsim txom tsis raug rau ob peb yam tsis ncaj ncees, Lub sijhawm saib xyuas cov ntaub ntawv pom. Lawv tau raug ntes nyob rau txhua pab tub rog uas ua haujlwm nyob rau Nyab Laj. "Cov ntaub ntawv hais txog 320 cov teeb meem kev tsim txom, kev tsim txom los sis tua neeg tua neeg ntawm cov neeg pej xeem Nyab Laj, nrog ntau pua pua tshaj tawm tiam sis tsis muaj tseeb.
Tsab xov xwm piav qhia txog ntau yam xwm txheej ntawm kev tua neeg ntawm cov neeg Nyab Laj thiab suav nrog ib tsab ntawv tsis meej npe xa mus rau Gen. William Westmoreland hauv 1970, uas "tau nthuav tawm, tsis qhia txog kev tua neeg los ntawm cov tswv cuab ntawm 9th Infantry Division hauv Mekong Delta - thiab raug thab plaub ntawm lub siab xav ua kom muaj siab lub cev. "
Tsab ntawv tau hais tias: "Ib qho kev sib cav [yuam] yuav tua tau 15 rau 20 [civilians] ib hnub. Nrog 4 batalions hauv pawg pab pawg uas yuav muaj 40 rau 50 ib hnub los 1200 rau 1500 ib lub hlis, yooj yim. Yog hais tias kuv tsuas yog 10% txoj cai, thiab ntseeg kuv nws ntau ntau, ces kuv sim qhia rau koj txog 120-150 murders, los yog ib qho kuv [Txawj] txhua lub hlis rau ntau tshaj ib xyoo. "
Thiab muaj ntau yam ntxiv. Ib txhia lus tim khawv muaj kev ntxhov siab, xws li Sgt. Joe Bangert tus zaj lus tim khawv nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav cov tub rog tshawb xyuas:
"Koj tuaj yeem tshawb xyuas nrog cov Marines uas tau tuaj rau Nyab Laj - koj hnub kawg hauv tebchaws Meskas tom lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Camp Pendleton koj tau tshuav me ntsis thiab nws hu ua cov lus qhia tav, qhov twg cov neeg ua haujlwm NCO tsis tuaj yeem thiab nws muaj tus luav thiab nws nrog koj tham txog txoj kev khiav dim thiab kev tawm tsam thiab kev ciaj sia nyob hauv hav zoov. Nws muaj qhov luav thiab tom qab ntawd ces ob peb seconds tom qab ntawm txhua tus neeg ntog hauv kev hlub nrog nws - tsis ntog hauv kev hlub nrog nws, tab sis, koj paub, lawv yog tib neeg muaj - nws tawg nws nyob hauv lub caj dab, tawv nws, disembowels nws. nws ua li no mus rau tus luav - thiab tom qab ntawd lawv muab pov tawm kom nkag mus rau hauv cov neeg tuaj saib. Koj tuaj yeem tau txais txhua yam tawm ntawm qhov koj xav tau, tab sis qhov no yog koj qhov kawg kawm hauv Tebchaws Meskas uantej koj tawm mus rau Tebchaws Nyab Laj uas lawv coj cov luav thiab lawv tua, thiab lawv cov tawv nqaij, thiab lawv ua si nrog nws lub cev yog tias nws khib nyiab thiab lawv pov rau lub plab hnyuv siab raum thoob plaws qhov chaw thiab tom qab ntawd ces cov menyuam no muab tso rau saum dav hlau hnub tom qab thiab xa mus rau Nyab Laj Tebchaws. "
Qhov no muaj tseeb meej: Cov tub rog Amelikas raug ntaus los ntawm saum toj no, qhov tseeb, cob qhia thiab txiav txim siab, los kho cov "yeeb ncuab" - nrog rau cov pej xeem, nrog rau cov menyuam yaus - raws li qis. Tag nrho cov carnage ua raws li tau paub tseeb. Thiab zoo li cov neeg raug mob los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Iraq thiab Afghanistan cia peb paub, nws tseem yog txoj kev peb mus ua rog.
Robert Koehler yog ib tus tau txais txiaj ntsim, Chicago neeg tshaj lij tus neeg sau xov xwm thiab ib tus neeg sau ntawv hauv teb chaws. Nws phau ntawv, Kev Ua Siab Loj hlob zoo rau ntawm Lub Tuam Txhab (Xenos Xovxwm), tseem muaj. Hu rau nws ntawm koehlercw@gmail.com lossis mus xyuas nws lub vev xaib ntawm commonwonders.com.
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