Nyob rau 70th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm D-Day tsaws, Brian Williams coj NBC Hmo Ntuj Xov Xwm li no: "Nyob rau ntawm peb tshaj tawm hmo no, ua kev zoo siab rau cov tub rog uas tau tawm tsam cov ntug hiav txwv dej ntawm Normandy ... " Nws yog ib qho chaw zoo li peb lub ntiaj teb Asmeskas, lo lus "cov tub rog" rau cov tub rog Asmeskas lossis, raws li tau hais ntau zaus, peb "cov tub rog raug mob" rau cov neeg raug mob hauv ib qho ntawm peb cov kev ua tsov rog ntau. Lub sijhawm no, txawm li cas los xij, vim tias nws tau thov rau vets ntawm Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II, kuv txiv txoj kev ua rog, nws tau tso tseg kuv hauv kuv txoj kev taug. Tsuas yog ib pliag xwb, kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog qhov kuv txiv yuav hais, puas muaj leej twg hu nws - lossis ib qho ntawm cov huab cua commandos hauv Burma uas nws yog "tus tub ceev xwm" - ib tug tub rog. Txawm hais tias tam sim no nws tau tuag rau peb xyoo lawm, kuv tsis muaj lub sijhawm tsis ntseeg tias nws yuav xav tias nws tsis zoo. Hauv Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog Zaum Ib, Asmeskas cov tub rog tau raug hu ua "doughboys." Hauv Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog Zaum II, lawv tsis tu ncua (thiab zoo siab) hu ua "dogfaces" lossis GI (rau "tsoomfwv qhov teeb meem") Joes, thiab lawv cov pej xeem-tub rog zoo li tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv cov tawv tab sis bedraggled cov duab ntawm Willy thiab Joe, Bill Mauldin's nyiam heev wartime cartoon ko taw tub rog ntawm qhov ntev slog rau Berlin.
Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov haum rau tub rog pej xeem, tub rog tub rog. Nws nqis los rau hauv av. Nws yog li cas koj tau piav qhia cov neeg uas tau ncaim pej xeem lub neej nrog txhua lub hom phiaj rov qab los sai li sai tau thaum tib neeg ua tau, leej twg xav tias cov tub rog yog qhov tsim nyog ntawm lub sijhawm txaus ntshai hauv keeb kwm thiab kev ua tsov ua rog ntawd, txoj kev txaus ntshai tab sis tsim nyog mus. Nyob rau hauv cov hnub, warriors yuav yog ib tug neeg txawv teb chaws lo lus, hom koj txuam nrog, hais, Prussians.
Kuv txiv tau tuaj yeem pab dawb tom qab qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm Pearl Harbor thiab tsis raug tshem tawm kom txog thaum kev ua tsov rog xaus, tab sis - Kuv nco qab nws zoo nyob rau xyoo tom qab - thaum nws txaus siab rau nws txoj haujlwm, nws tau tswj hwm tus neeg Amelikas uas tsis nyiam thiab noj qab nyob zoo (los muab nws hais lus zoo) rau qhov nws hu ua "cov tub rog tsis tu ncua" thiab George Washington yuav tau hu ua "cov tub rog sawv." Nws yuav xav tsis thoob los ntawm txoj kev ua tsov rog Asmeskas tam sim no thiab kev tshaj tawm ntug uas peb nyob tam sim no thaum nws los txog rau kev qhuas thiab txhawb nqa Asmeskas tub rog saum toj kawg nkaus hauv zej zog. Nws yuav pom tias nws tsis txaus ntseeg tias tus thawj tswj hwm tus poj niam yuav mus rau hauv TV nrov tshaj plaws - Kuv tab tom tham txog Michelle Obama ntawm "Nashville” - thiab sib xyaw nrog cov cim tsis tseeb los qhuas rau lub sijhawm umpteenth America cov tub rog thiab lawv cov kev pabcuam rau lub tebchaws.
Hauv Nyab Laj, tau kawg, lo lus tseem tsis yog tub rog, nws yog "grunt." Kev nce siab ntawm cov tub rog Asmeskas mus rau saum ntuj ceeb tsheej ntawm kev qhuas thiab kev foob pob tuaj yeem tshwm sim tom qab qhov kawg ntawm cov tub rog pej xeem, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov tub rog tub rog tub rog laus laus laus thiab TomDispatch tsis tu ncua William Astore hu tus tshiab Fortress America lub siab xav ntawm lub xyoo tom qab 9/11 thiab lub ntiaj teb ua tub rog ntau dua ntawm kev ua tsov rog tsis tu ncua uas mus nrog nws.
Yog tias kuv tsuas tuaj yeem nqa lub xov tooj, hu rau kuv txiv, thiab hnov cov lus xaiv uas nws yuav muaj rau nws qhov kev nce qib tshiab raws li Asmeskas "tus tub rog," xya xyoo caum tom qab Normandy. Tab sis tsis muaj peev xwm, nyob rau hnub tseem ceeb D-Hnub kuv tau ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws tom ntej thiab hu rau ib tug phooj ywg 90 xyoo, uas tau nyob rau hauv lub nkoj tawm ntawm ib qho ntawm cov ntug hiav txwv dej uas muaj ntshav thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam pib. Xav txog cov 70 xyoo no nrog kev khav theeb, nws nco qab tias yam uas cov tub rog ko taw ntawm Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II tsis txaus siab feem ntau yog saluting lossis hais "tus tswv" rau cov tub ceev xwm. Tsis muaj tub rog lawv - thiab tsis muaj kev hlub rau lub sijhawm ua tsov rog nyob mus ib txhis. Muab lwm txoj hau kev, qhov deb dua peb tau los ntawm peb qhov kawg kev ua tub rog yeej, cim los ntawm cov xwm txheej ntawm Lub Rau Hli 6, 1944, qhov siab dua cov lus piav qhia, lossis tej zaum kev ntxuav dawb, txoj kev ua tsov rog Asmeskas tshiab uas, rau tsis ua haujlwm dawb huv, tej zaum yuav muaj ob peb qhov sib tw. Tom
Txiv ntxawm Sam Tsis Xav Tau Koj - Nws Twb Muaj Koj
Cov tub rog kev muaj tiag ntawm Fortress America
By William J. Astore
Kuv tau siv plaub xyoos kawm ntawv qib siab hauv Reserve Officers ' Training Corps (ROTC) thiab tom qab ntawd ua haujlwm 20 xyoo hauv US Air Force. Hauv kev ua tub rog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hauv kev cob qhia, koj tsis muaj kev ceev ntiag tug. Tsoom fwv muaj koj. Koj yog "tsoomfwv qhov teeb meem," tsuas yog lwm qhov GI, tus lej ntawm tus dogtag uas muaj koj hom ntshav thiab kev ntseeg yog tias koj xav tau kev tso ntshav lossis kev ua koob tsheej kawg. Koj tau siv rau nws. Qhov kev txi ntawm tus kheej ntiag tug thiab kev ywj pheej ntawm tus kheej yog tus nqi uas koj them rau kev koom ua tub rog. Heck, Kuv tau txais txoj haujlwm zoo thiab nyiaj laus tawm ntawm nws, yog li tsis txhob quaj rau kuv, Asmeskas.
Tab sis lub teb chaws no tau hloov pauv ntau heev txij li thaum kuv tau koom nrog ROTC xyoo 1981, tau ntiv tes, ntaus rau ntshav, thiab lwm yam poked thiab prodded. (Kuv xav tau kev zam kev kho mob rau myopia.) Niaj hnub no, hauv Fortress America, peb txhua tus yog, ntawm qee qhov kev txiav txim siab, qhov teeb meem tseem ceeb hauv tsoomfwv. keb soj ntsuam lub xeev mus mad.
Tsis zoo li cov daim ntawv tshaj tawm nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm ntawm qub, txiv ntxawm Sam tsis xav tau koj lawm - nws twb muaj koj lawm. Koj tau raug sau tseg rau hauv lub xeev Asmeskas kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws. Qhov ntau yog pov thawj los ntawm Edward Snowden's kev tshwm sim. Koj tus email? Nws tuaj yeem nyeem tau. Koj hu xovtooj? metadata txog lawv tab tom sau. Koj lub smartphone? Nws yog ib tug zoo meej nrhiav twj yog tsoom fwv xav nrhiav koj. Koj lub computer? Hackable thiab trackable. Koj lub server? Nws yog ntawm lawv qhov kev pabcuam, tsis yog koj li.
Ntau tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib siab uas kuv tau qhia tsis ntev los no coj li no poob ntawm kev ceev ntiag tug rau kev tso cai. Lawv tsis muaj lub tswv yim dab tsi ploj mus hauv lawv lub neej thiab yog li tsis muaj nuj nqis rau qhov lawv tau ploj los yog, yog tias lawv ntxhov siab rau txhua qhov, nplij lawv tus kheej nrog kev xav tej yam yees siv - incantations zoo li "Kuv tau ua. tsis muaj dab tsi lawm, yog li kuv tsis muaj dab tsi zais. " Lawv tsis muaj kev nkag siab me ntsis ntawm cov nom tswv capricious yuav ua li cas txog lub ntsiab lus ntawm "tsis ncaj ncees lawm."
Xav txog peb txhua tus neeg nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm, ntau dua lossis tsawg dua, hauv qhov tshiab ntawm Fortress America, ntawm ib lub tebchaws puas tau muaj tub rog, muaj kev nyab xeeb dua. xauj movie? Vim li cas ho tsis xaiv thawj Tus tauj ncov loj America thiab saib nws vanquish cov Nazis dua, nco ntsoov txog kev tsov rog zaum kawg peb yeej yeej? Koj puas tau mus rau qhov chaw ua si baseball hnub Memorial? Dab tsi tuaj yeem yog Asmeskas lossis ntau dua dawb huv? Yog li kuv vam tias koj tsis tau saib xyuas txhua tus camouflaged kaus mom thiab khaub ncaws koj cov neeg nyiam tshaj plaws tau hnav hauv ib qho ntawm cov kwj tsis kawg ntawm kev qhuas rau peb cov tub rog thiab cov qub tub rog.
Wb hnov tsis hais lus li militarized khaub ncaws ntawm America lub chaw ua si. Tom qab tag nrho, koj tsis paub tias Amelikas txoj kev ua si tiag tiag cov xyoo tas los no tau ua tsov rog thiab ntau npaum li cas?
Ua ib tug zoo Trooper
Xav txog qhov irony. Kev Tsov Rog Nyab Laj tau tsim ib pab tub rog uas tsis ncaj ncees uas qhia txog kev ua neeg tsis ncaj ncees thiab ua rau neeg ntxeev siab. Qhov ntawd tau ua pov thawj ntau dua li Asmeskas cov tub rog thiab peb cov neeg tseem ceeb tswj hwm tau. Yog li Thawj Tswj Hwm Nixon tau xaus daim ntawv sau tseg nyob rau hauv 1973 thiab ua rau Amelikas cov pej xeem-tub rog zoo tagnrho, ib qho zoo tagnrho uas tau ua rau ob puas xyoo dhau los, yog ib yam ntawm yav dhau los. Cov "tag nrho cov tub rog ua haujlwm pab dawb," cov kws tshaj lij, raug xaiv los yog lwm yam ntxias kom ua txoj haujlwm rau peb. Tsis muaj muss, tsis muaj fuss, thiab nws tau ua li ntawd txij thaum ntawd los. Muaj tsov rog, tab sis tsis tas yuav yog "tub rog,” tshwj tsis yog tias koj kos npe rau ntawm kab dotted. Nws yog txoj kev tshiab Asmeskas.
Tab sis nws tau pom tias muaj qhov ncaj ncees ntawm cov ntawv sau zoo hauv daim ntawv cog lus uas tso cov neeg Amelikas los ntawm cov kev lav phib xaub uas tsis ua tub rog. Ib feem ntawm qhov kev sib tham yog "txhawb nqa cov txiaj ntsig" (lossis "peb cov tub rog") tsis muaj zog thiab lwm tus koom nrog kev ua kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, ua kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, ua tub rog zoo siab hauv lub xeev kev ruaj ntseg tshiab uas, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum 9/ 11, loj hlob mus rau loj proportions ntawm tus them se duas. Txawm hais tias koj nyiam nws lossis tsis nyiam, koj tau raug tsim los rau hauv lub luag haujlwm ntawd, yog li koom nrog cov neeg nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm thiab coj koj qhov chaw nyob hauv lub xeev garrison.
Yog tias koj ua siab tawv, ntsia mus thoob plaws qhov nce ntxiv fortified thiab saib xyuas ciam teb peb koom nrog Canada thiab Mexico. (Nco ntsoov thaum twg koj tuaj yeem hla cov ciam teb no tsis muaj teeb meem, txawm tias tsis muaj daim ntawv hla tebchaws lossis daim npav ID? Kuv ua.) Saib rau cov drones, tsev los ntawm kev tsov kev rog thiab twb hovering nyob rau hauv los yog sai sai mus txog rau hauv koj lub zos skies - ostensibly mus tua kev ua phem. Them nqi rau koj nce ntxiv up-armored tub ceev xwm rog nrog lawv cov riam phom tsis siv neeg, lawv pab pawg SWAT tshwj xeeb, thiab lawv hloov MRAPs (mine-resistant ambush tiv thaiv tsheb). Cov vintage Iraqi Freedom tsheb tam sim no yog cov tub rog tshaj tawm los yog muag ntawm pheej yig rau tub ceev xwm hauv zos. Ua tib zoo saib xyuas lawv cov lus txib draconian rau tsev loj cuj zoo li "xauv khaub ncaws” ntawm koj lub zej zog lossis lub nroog, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj tawm ib ntus ntawm txoj cai lij choj, tag nrho rau koj txoj kev nyab xeeb thiab kev nyab xeeb.
Ua ib tug tub rog zoo thiab ua raws li koj tau hais. Nyob twj ywm tawm ntawm thaj chaw pej xeem thaum koj raug yuam kom ua li ntawd. Kawm kom ua siab zoo. (Nws yog ib qho ntawm thawj zaj lus qhia uas kuv tau qhia ua tub rog nrhiav neeg ua tub rog.) Tsis yog, tsis yog tus ntiv tes nruab nrab hais lus, koj cov neeg laus laus. Muab ib qho tsim nyog rau cov uas muaj cai. Koj tau kawm tau zoo tshaj plaws.
Los yog tej zaum koj tsis tas yuav, vim ntau yam uas peb tam sim no ua tau raug tsim los ua qhov kev qhuas rau peb. Rov qab hu nkauj ntawm "Vajtswv Foom Koob Hmoov rau Asmeskas" ntawm kev sib tw ncaws pob. Rov qab saib cov yeeb yaj kiab uas qhuas cov tub rog. (Cov Kev Ua Haujlwm Tshwj Xeeb yog lub ntsiab lus kub hauv Asmeskas cov khoom siv niaj hnub no los ntawm Ua ntawm Valor rau Lone Survivor.) Vim li cas ho tsis teb qhov hu ua lub luag hauj lwm los ntawm kev ua si militarized video games nyiam Hu rau cov plaub ntug? Tseeb tiag, thaum koj xav txog kev ua tsov ua rog, nco ntsoov kho nws li ib qho kev ua si nawv, movie, game.
Tshaj tawm hauv Asmeskas
Kuv tau tawm ntawm tub rog tau ze li kaum xyoo, thiab tseem kuv xav tias muaj kev ua tub rog niaj hnub no ntau dua li thaum kuv hnav khaub ncaws. Qhov kev xav ntawd tau tshwm sim thawj zaug rau kuv xyoo 2007, thaum lub sijhawm hu ua "Iraqi surge" - xa lwm 30,000 US cov tub rog mus rau hauv lub quagmire uas yog peb txoj haujlwm ntawm lub tebchaws ntawd. Nws tau ceeb toom kuv thawj tsab xov xwm rau TomDispatch. Kuv poob siab los ntawm txoj kev uas peb tus thawj coj pej xeem, George W. Bush, nkaum tom qab beribboned hauv siab ntawm nws tus thawj tswj hwm surge, General David Petraeus, los ua pov thawj nws txoj kev tswj hwm txoj kev ua tsov rog ntawm kev xaiv hauv Iraq. Nws zoo li qhov pom kev zoo nkauj sib npaug ntawm kev hloov cov kev sib raug zoo ntawm Asmeskas tub rog-cov pej xeem kev sib raug zoo, ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm uas tau mus ua tub rog. Thiab nws ua haujlwm. Cowed Congress maj mam xa mus rau "Vajntxwv Davi"Petraeus thiab maj nrawm los txhawb nws cov lus tim khawv hauv kev txhawb nqa kev nce qib Asmeskas ntxiv hauv Iraq.
Txij thaum ntawd los, nws tau dhau los ua qhov tsim nyog rau peb cov thawj tswj hwm ua cov tub rog caij dav hlau thaum twg lawv hais rau peb "cov tub rog"raws li ib qho kev kos npe ntawm ob qho tib si ntawm lawv "kev txhawb nqa" thiab ntawm militarization ntawm imperial pawg thawj tswj hwm. (Rau kev sib piv, sim xav txog Matthew Brady thaij duab "ncaj ncees Abe” nyob rau hauv Civil War sib npaug ntawm lub tsho ya davhlau!) Nws yog tam sim no de rigueur rau cov thawj tswj hwm kom qhuas cov tub rog Asmeskas ua "tus zoo tshaj tub rog hauv keeb kwm ntiaj teb "los yog, raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm Obama feem ntau hais rau NBC's Brian Williams hauv ib qho kev sib tham los ntawm Normandy lub lim tiam dhau los, "cov tub rog loj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb." Txawm tias muaj ntau dua, cov tub rog tib yam no tau ua kev zoo siab thoob plaws lub tebchaws hauv txoj kev hais lus tshaj plaws uas ua tau zoo "cov tub rog" thiab kev ywj pheej zoo-nco, ib txhij qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab qhov phem tshaj plaws ntawm ib tus neeg hauv ntiaj teb - thiab tag nrho tsis suav nrog ib qho ntawm qhov phem, xws li kev ua phem ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog thiab tua. Tej zaum qhov no piav qhia tias yog vim li cas kuv thiaj li pom cov tub rog nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm vans (kev ua si video game consoles) ntawm Little League World Series hauv Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Muab hais tias kev ua tub rog tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo, vim li cas ho tsis tau txais lub teb chaws 12-xyoo-laus lub zeem muag vam rau kev cia siab tias yuav koom nrog pawg?
Ntau tus neeg Asmeskas pom muaj teeb meem hauv ib qho ntawm qhov no, uas yuav tsum tsis txhob ua rau peb xav tsis thoob. Tom qab tag nrho, lawv twb recruits lawv tus kheej. Thiab yog tias qhov kev cia siab ntawm tag nrho cov no ua rau koj poob siab, koj tsis tuaj yeem hlawv koj daim npav daim ntawv tawm tsam, yog li zoo dua rau kev hais lus zoo thiab ua raws. Ib qho khoom plig zoo tshaj plaws yuav tsis muaj tseeb yuav los sai sai no.
Nws yeej tsis yog li ntawd. Kuv nco qab taug txoj kev ntawm Worcester, Massachusetts, hauv kuv cov khaub ncaws ROTC tshiab hauv xyoo 1981. Nws tsuas yog rau xyoo tom qab Tsov Rog Nyab Laj xaus rau kev swb thiab kev tawm tsam cov yeeb yaj kiab zoo li Rov Tom Tsev, Tus Deer Hunter, Thiab Tshaj Tawm no tseem tshiab nyob rau hauv tib neeg lub siab. (thawj ntshav thiab Rambo "stab-nyob-tus-rov qab” lus dab neeg yuav tsis tuaj nrog rau lwm xyoo.) Kuv tau paub txog cov neeg saib kuv tsis yog nrog kev ua siab phem, tab sis nrog qee qhov tsis quav ntsej sib xyaw qee zaus nrog kev tsis pom kev tsis pom kev. Nws thab kuv me ntsis, tab sis txawm tias tom qab ntawd kuv paub tias kev tsis ntseeg siab ntawm cov tub rog loj nyob hauv Asmeskas cov nplej.
Tsis muaj lawm. Niaj hnub no, cov neeg ua haujlwm pabcuam, thaum tshwm sim hauv cov khaub ncaws, tau txais kev qhuas thoob ntiaj teb thiab rov qab qhuas zoo li heroes.
Kuv tsis tau hais tias peb yuav tsum saib xyuas peb cov tub rog nrog kev saib tsis taus, tab sis raws li peb keeb kwm tau qhia peb, genuflecting ua ntej lawv tsis yog ib qho kev noj qab haus huv ntawm kev hwm. Xav tias nws yog ib qho kos npe thiab tias peb yeej yog tsoomfwv qhov teeb meem tam sim no.
Ua ib tug Militarized Mindset
Yog tias koj xav tias qhov no yog qhov ua kom dhau, xav txog ib tus tub rog qub phau ntawv uas kuv tseem muaj nyob rau hauv kuv muaj. Nws yog vintage 1950, pom zoo los ntawm tus neeg Asmeskas zoo, General George C. Marshall, Jr., tus txiv neej tshaj lub luag hauj lwm rau peb lub teb chaws yeej nyob rau hauv Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II. Nws pib nrog qhov kev ceeb toom no rau tus thawj coj tshiab: "[O]n los ua tub ceev xwm ib tug txiv neej tsis tso tseg ib feem ntawm nws tus cwj pwm tseem ceeb uas yog pej xeem Asmeskas. Nws tsuas yog kos npe rau hauv chav kawm tom qab kawm tiav uas ib tus kawm yuav ua li cas siv txoj cai raws li lub siab ntawm kev ywj pheej. " Qhov ntawd yuav tsis yog ib qho yooj yim ua, tab sis phau ntawv qhia lub hom phiaj yog los qhia txog kev sib haum xeeb ntawm kev ua tub rog thiab kev ywj pheej ntawm tus kheej uas yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov qub tub rog.
Nws kuj tau ceeb toom cov tub ceev xwm tshiab tias lawv yog cov neeg ntseeg siab ntawm Asmeskas txoj kev ywj pheej, hais cov lus tsis muaj npe ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm cov ntsiab lus: "Lub tswv yim Asmeskas muab tus neeg siab tshaj lub xeev. Nws distrusts tus kheej lub hwj chim thiab quab yuam. Nws tsis lees paub lub neej ntawm cov txiv neej indispensable. Nws lees paub qhov tseem ceeb ntawm txoj cai. "
Cov lus no yog ib qho tshuaj tiv thaiv zoo rau tsoomfwv-tseem ceeb kev tswj hwm thiab kev ua tub rog - thiab lawv tseem yog. Ua ke peb txhua tus yuav tsum ua peb qhov me me, tsis yog GI Joes thiab Janes, tab sis raws li Citizen Joes thiab Janes, kom tso tus kheej txoj kev ywj pheej thiab kev cai lij choj ua ntej. Nyob rau hauv tus ntsuj plig ntawm Ronald Reagan, leej twg hais rau Soviet thawj coj Mikhail Gorbachev kom " rhuav tshem phab ntsa [Berlin]," tsis yog lub sijhawm los pib rhuav tshem cov phab ntsa ntawm Fortress America thiab ua rau peb lub siab xav ua tub rog? Cov pej xeem yav tom ntej yuav ua tsaug rau peb, yog tias peb muaj lub siab tawv ua li ntawd.
William J. Astore, tus tub rog laus laus laus (USAF) thiab TomDispatch tsis tu ncua, kho cov blog Txoj Kev Pom Zoo.
Ua raws li TomDispatch hauv Twitter thiab koom nrog peb Facebook thiab TumblrCov. Mus saib phau Dispatch, Cov Ntawv Tshiab, Rebecca Solnit's Cov Neeg Qhia Txog Yam Ntxim Saib Ntxim Ua rau Kuv.
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