Veterans Day Tsis yog rau Veterans

Los ntawm David Swanson, rau teleSUR

John Ketwig tau tsim los rau hauv US Army xyoo 1966 thiab xa mus rau Nyab Laj tau ib xyoos. Kuv zaum nrog nws lub lim tiam no los tham txog nws.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tau nyeem tag nrho," yog tias koj tham nrog cov neeg uas tau mus rau Iraq thiab Afghanistan thiab saib qhov tshwm sim tiag tiag hauv Nyab Laj, koj khiav mus rau qhov kuv hu ua Asmeskas txoj kev ua rog. Ib tug tub hluas mus rau hauv kev pabcuam nrog lub tswv yim koj yuav pab cov Nyab Laj lossis Afghan lossis Iraqi. Koj tawm ntawm lub dav hlau thiab lub tsheb npav, thiab thawj qhov uas koj pom yog xaim mesh hauv qhov rais kom cov grenades tuaj yeem tsis tuaj. Koj tam sim ntawd khiav mus rau hauv MGR (tsuas yog txoj cai gook). Cov neeg tsis suav. Tua tag nrho, cia cov dev cais lawv tawm.* Koj tsis nyob ntawd los pab cov neeg pluag txhua txoj kev. Koj tsis paub tseeb tias koj nyob qhov twg, tab sis nws tsis yog rau qhov ntawd. "

Ketwig tau tham txog cov qub tub rog rov qab los ntawm Iraq tau khiav cov menyuam yaus nrog lub tsheb thauj khoom, ua raws li kev txiav txim kom tsis txhob nres vim kev ntshai ntawm IEDs (cov khoom siv foob pob hluav taws ua haujlwm). Nws hais tias, "Tsis ntev los sis tom qab ntawd," nws hais tias, "koj yuav muaj sijhawm poob qis, thiab koj yuav pib nug seb koj ua dab tsi nyob ntawd."

Ketwig tsis tsom mus hais tawm lossis tawm tsam thaum nws rov qab los ntawm Nyab Laj. Nws nyob ntsiag to txog li kaum xyoo. Tom qab ntawd lub sijhawm los txog, thiab ntawm lwm yam, nws luam tawm ib zaj dab neeg muaj zog ntawm nws qhov kev paub hu ua Thiab Lub Caij Nplooj Ntoos Zeeg: A GI Zaj Dab Neeg Tseeb ntawm Tsov Rog Nyab Laj. Nws tau sau tias "Kuv tau pom lub cev lub hnab," thiab cov hleb uas tau sib sau ua ke zoo li cordwood, tau pom cov tub hluas Amelikas dai tsis muaj txoj sia nyob ntawm cov hlua khi, nchuav hla ob sab ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom pov tseg, rub rov qab APC zoo li cov kaus poom tom qab lub tshoob tog. Kuv tau pom ib tug txiv neej uas tsis muaj ceg tawv cov ntshav ntws los ntawm ib lub stretcher mus rau hauv pem teb hauv tsev kho mob thiab ib tug me nyuam napalmed lub qhov muag haunting. "

Ketwig cov phooj ywg cov tub rog, nyob hauv cov tsev pheeb suab ntaub uas nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm av nkos thiab tawg, yuav luag thoob plaws ntiaj teb pom tsis muaj kev zam txim rau qhov lawv tau ua thiab xav rov qab los tsev sai li sai tau. "FTA" (f - Tub Rog) tau nkag mus rau ntawm cov cuab yeej siv txhua qhov chaw, thiab fragging (cov tub rog tua tub ceev xwm) tau kis mus.

Cov neeg tsim cai tswjfwm huab cua rov qab rau hauv Washington, DC, pom kev ua tsov rog tsis tshua muaj kev puas tsuaj lossis tsis pom zoo, tseem nyob hauv txoj kev zoo siab dua. Raws li Pentagon historians, los ntawm Lub Rau Hli 26, 1966, "lub tswv yim tiav lawm," rau Nyab Laj, "thiab kev sib cav txij thaum ntawd los nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub zog npaum li cas thiab mus txog qhov kawg." mus txog qhov kawg? Ib lo lus nug zoo heev. Qhov no yog ib qho kev sib cav sab hauv uas xav tias kev tsov rog yuav mus tom ntej thiab nrhiav kev daws teeb meem ntawm qhov laj thawj vim li cas. Xaiv qhov laj thawj los qhia rau pej xeem yog ib kauj ruam cais dhau qhov ntawd. Thaum Lub Peb Hlis, 1965, ib tsab ntawv sau tseg los ntawm Assistant Secretary of "Defense" John McNaughton twb tau xaus lus tias 70% ntawm Asmeskas kev txhawb siab tom qab tsov rog yog "kom tsis txhob muaj kev txaj muag US swb."

Nws yog ib qho nyuaj hais tias qhov twg yog qhov tsis sib haum xeeb, lub ntiaj teb ntawm cov neeg sib ntaus sib tua tiag tiag, lossis kev xav ntawm cov tsim thiab ua rau kev tsov rog. Thawj Tswj Hwm Bush Senior hais tias nws dhuav heev tom qab xaus Tsov Rog Gulf uas nws txiav txim siab tso tseg. Thawj Tswj Hwm Franklin Roosevelt tau piav qhia los ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Australia li khib ntawm Winston Churchill mus txog rau Pearl Harbor. Thawj Tswj Hwm Kennedy hais rau Gore Vidal tias yog tsis muaj US Civil War, Thawj Tswj Hwm Lincoln yuav tsuas yog lwm tus kws lij choj txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau. George W. Bush tus kws sau keeb kwm keeb kwm, thiab Bush tus kheej cov lus tshaj tawm hauv kev sib cav thawj zaug, qhia meej tias nws xav ua tsov rog, tsis yog ua ntej 9/11, tab sis ua ntej nws raug xaiv rau Tsev Dawb los ntawm Tsev Hais Plaub Siab. Teddy Roosevelt tau hais txog tus thawj tswj hwm tus ntsuj plig, tus ntsuj plig ntawm cov Veterans Day ua haujlwm tiag tiag, thaum nws hais tias, "Kuv yuav tsum txais tos yuav luag txhua qhov kev ua tsov rog, vim kuv xav tias lub tebchaws no xav tau ib qho."

Tom qab Tsov Rog Kaus Lim Kauslim, tsoomfwv Meskas tau hloov Hnub Ua Tsov Rog, tseem hu ua Hnub Nco Txog hauv qee lub tebchaws, mus rau Hnub Qub Tub Rog, thiab nws tau hloov los ntawm ib hnub los txhawb kev ua tsov rog xaus rau hauv ib hnub kom qhuas txog kev koom tes ua tsov rog. Ketwig hais tias, "Nws yog thawj hnub ua kev zoo siab rau kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb," Ketwig hais. “Qhov ntawd tsis muaj lawm. Kev ua tub rog ntawm Asmeskas yog vim li cas kuv npau taws thiab iab." Ketwig hais tias nws txoj kev npau taws loj tuaj, tsis ploj mus.

Hauv nws phau ntawv, Ketwig tau rov hais dua tias kev xam phaj haujlwm yuav mus li cas thaum nws tawm ntawm Tub Rog: "Yog lawm, tus tswv, peb tuaj yeem yeej tsov rog. Cov neeg Nyab Laj tsis sib ntaus sib tua rau ideology los yog nom tswv tswv yim; lawv sib ntaus sib tua noj, kom ciaj sia. Yog tias peb thauj tag nrho cov foob pob tawg nrog mov, thiab khob cij, thiab noob, thiab cog cov cuab yeej, thiab pleev xim 'Los ntawm koj cov phooj ywg hauv Tebchaws Meskas' ntawm txhua tus, lawv yuav tig los rau peb. Viet Cong tsis tuaj yeem ua qhov ntawd. "

Tsis tuaj yeem ISIS.

Tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Barack Obama muaj lwm yam tseem ceeb. Nws muaj khav theeb tias nws, los ntawm nws qhov chaw ua haujlwm zoo, yog "zoo heev ntawm kev tua neeg." Nws tseem nyuam qhuav xa 50 "tus kws pab tswv yim" rau Syria, raws nraim li Thawj Tswj Hwm Eisenhower tau ua rau Nyab Laj.

Assistant Secretary of State Anne Patterson tau nug lub lim tiam no los ntawm Congresswoman Karen Bass: "Dab tsi yog lub luag haujlwm ntawm 50 tus tub rog tshwj xeeb raug xa mus rau Syria? Thiab lub luag haujlwm no puas yuav ua rau muaj kev koom tes ntau dua hauv Asmeskas?

Patterson teb tias: "Cov lus teb tseeb yog cais tawm."

* Ceeb Toom: Thaum kuv hnov ​​Ketwig hais tias "dub" thiab xav tias nws txhais tau li ntawd, nws qhia kuv tias nws hais thiab txhais tau tias "Vajtswv."