By World BEYOND War, Kaum Ib Hlis 19, 2020
Teb Chaws Asmeskas tsov rog ntawm Afghanistan yog nyob rau hauv nws 19th xyoo. Txaus yog txaus!
Ann Wright yog tus tswj. Cov pawg ntseeg yog Kathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Rory Fanning, Danny Sjursen, thiab Arash Azizzada.
Ann Wright yog ib tug tub rog laus laus uas tau los ua US diplomat rau 16 xyoo nyob rau hauv US Embassies nyob rau hauv Grenada, Nicaragua, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia thiab Mongolia. Nws tau nyob hauv pab pawg uas rov qhib Tebchaws Meskas hauv Kabul thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2001 thiab tseem nyob tsib lub hlis. Thaum Lub Peb Hlis 13, 2003, Wright tau xa tsab ntawv tawm mus rau tus Secretary of State Colin Powell. Txij li hnub ntawd, nws tau ua haujlwm rau kev thaj yeeb, sau ntawv thiab hais lus thoob plaws ntiaj teb thiab tau rov qab peb zaug rau Afghanistan. Wright yog tus sau ntawm Dissent: Voices of Conscience.
Kathy Kelly tau yog tus tsim ntawm Voices in the Wilderness, tus tswj hwm ntawm Voices for Creative Nonviolence, thiab tus tswv cuab ntawm World BEYOND War's Advisory Board. Thaum txhua qhov ntawm 20 mus rau Afghanistan, Kathy, uas yog ib tus qhua caw, tau nyob nrog cov neeg Afghan zoo tib yam hauv ib cheeb tsam ua haujlwm hauv Kabul.
Matthew Hoh muaj ze li ntawm 12 xyoo kev paub nrog Tebchaws Meskas ua tsov rog txawv teb chaws nrog Marine Corps, Department of Defense, thiab State Department. Nws tau ua ib tug Senior Fellow nrog lub Center For International Policy txij thaum 2010. Nyob rau hauv 2009, Hoh resigned nyob rau hauv kev tawm tsam los ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm nyob rau hauv Afghanistan nrog lub State Department tshaj US escalation ntawm tsov rog. Thaum tsis xa mus, nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm Afghanistan thiab Iraq txoj cai ua tsov rog thiab teeb meem kev ua haujlwm ntawm Pentagon thiab State Department los ntawm 2002-8. Hoh yog ib tug tswvcuab ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees, Pawg Neeg Tawm Tswv Yim rau Kev Tshaj Tawm Txog Qhov Tseeb, North Carolina Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev tsim txom, Cov qub tub rog rau kev thaj yeeb, thiab World BEYOND War.
Rory Fanning tau dhau los ntawm ob qhov kev xa mus rau Afghanistan nrog 2nd Army Ranger Battalion, thiab tau dhau los ua ib tus thawj tub rog Rangers los tawm tsam Iraq tsov rog thiab Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum Ob. Hauv 2008-2009 nws taug kev hla Tebchaws Meskas rau Pat Tillman lub hauv paus. Rory yog tus kws sau ntawv Tsim Nyog Sib Ntaus Rau: Ib Tug Tub Rog Ranger's Journey Tawm ntawm Tub Rog thiab hla Tebchaws Asmeskas. Hauv 2015 nws tau txais nyiaj pab los ntawm Chicago Teachers Union los hais rau CPS cov tub ntxhais kawm txog lub tebchaws United States 'kev tsov kev rog tsis kawg thiab ua rau qee qhov kev ua tub rog nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm feem ntau tsis quav ntsej.
Danny Sjursen yog ib tug tub ceev xwm hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov tub rog so haujlwm, pab kho tus kws kho mob ntawm Antiwar.com, tus khub laus ntawm Lub Chaw rau Txoj Cai Thoob Ntiaj Teb, thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Eisenhower Media Network. Nws tau ua kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Iraq thiab Afghanistan thiab tom qab ntawd qhia keeb kwm ntawm West Point. Nws yog tus sau phau ntawv memoir thiab kev tshuaj xyuas tseem ceeb ntawm Iraq Tsov Rog, Ghostriders ntawm Baghdad: Cov Tub Rog, Cov Neeg Pej Xeem, thiab Cov Dab Neeg ntawm Kev Tshaj Tawm thiab Kev Tsis Txaus Siab: Tebchaws Asmeskas hauv Hnub Nyoog Kawg. Nrog rau cov phooj ywg vet Chris "Henri" Henriksen, nws cohosts podcast Fortress on a Hill.
Arash Azizzada yog ib tug kws tsim yeeb yaj kiab, neeg sau xov xwm, thiab cov koom haum hauv zej zog tam sim no nyob hauv Washington, DC Tus tub ntawm Afghan cov neeg tawg rog uas tau khiav tawm hauv Afghanistan tom qab kev tawm tsam Soviet, Azizzada tau koom tes nrog kev koom tes thiab txhawb nqa Afghan-Asmeskas zej zog, koom tes tsim. Afghan Diaspora for Equity and Progress (ADEP) nyob rau xyoo 2016. ADEP, thawj lub koom haum ntawm nws hom tau tshwm sim hauv Afghan American zej zog, lub hom phiaj los txhawb kev paub txog kev tsis ncaj ncees hauv zej zog thiab cob qhia thiab txhawb cov neeg hloov pauv kom daws teeb meem xws li kev ntxub ntxaug lwm tus. nkag mus rau kev pov npav. Txij li xyoo tas los, Arash tau tsom mus rau kev txhawb nqa kev xaus kev ua tsov rog hauv Afghanistan thiab txhawb nqa lub suab ntawm cov poj niam thiab lwm tus neeg nyob hauv Afghanistan raws li kev sib tham txog kev sib haum xeeb thiab kev sib haum xeeb txuas ntxiv mus.
Qhov kev tshwm sim no tau txhawb nqa los ntawm World BEYOND War, RootsAction.org, NYC Veterans For Peace, thiab Middle East Crisis Response.
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Ib qho ntawm koj qhov kev siv zog zoo tshaj plaws puas tau. Qhov kev pab cuam ci ntsa iab. Txhua tus hais lus tau zoo heev. Tau, ntseeg nws los yog tsis, "tsis tau txiav txim siab" yuav ua li cas rau Afghanistan. Tau nyeem ntau phau ntawv thiab mus rau ntau lub rooj sib tham (nco ntsoov nug Admr. James Stavridis ntawm Perry World House, Phila.). Thiab ib qho ntawm cov phau ntawv cuam tshuam feem ntau yog Kev Ntsuas Daim iav, los ntawm Matthew Hoh. Hoh zoo heev re congressional lub rooj sib hais. Danny Sjursen ob peb zaug luag-tawm-nrov-nplaum-koj-tes funny. Qhov kev pab cuam stupendous. Thaum kawg hloov kuv lub siab. Yuav (yuav ua li cas) ua raws.
Zoo heev mloog!
Kuv tsis tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hmo ntuj ntawm webinar, tab sis kuv tau saib hnub no. Nej txhua tus yeej paub zoo heev thiab qhov kev txhawj xeeb loj uas kuv muaj yog yuav ua li cas rau cov poj niam yog tias lawv tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm lawv? Kuv xav tias cov pab pawg tsis sib ntaus sib tua nrog kev txawj ntse ntawm txhua yam yuav tsum raug coj mus rau hauv lub tebchaws los pab Afghanistan mus rau pem hauv ntej yam tsis muaj kev sib koom ua ke. Kuv xav tias Kathy lub tswv yim yog txoj hauv kev rau pem hauv ntej. Ua tsaug rau koj muab qhov no ua ke Tarak.