Cov lus hais ntawm Lincoln Memorial, May 30, 2017
Los ntawm David Swanson, Cia Sim Yeeb Yam Muaj Teeb Meem.
Washington, DC, thiab ntau tus neeg sab nrauv ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas, yog tag nrho ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, nrog ntau yam ntxiv hauv kev tsim kho thiab npaj. Lawv feem ntau qhuas yeeb koob. Ntau tus tau raug tsa tom qab kev tsov kev rog thiab nrhiav kev txhim kho cov duab ntawm kev ua tsov rog yav dhau los rau lub hom phiaj tam sim no. Yuav luag tsis qhia lawv cov lus qhia ntawm kev ua yuam kev. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lawv nyuaj siab heev ntawm ib feem me me ntawm feem me me - Teb Chaws Asmeskas feem - ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog 'neeg raug tsim txom.
Tab sis yog tias koj nrhiav qhov no thiab lwm lub zos hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, koj yuav muaj sij hawm ntev zog nrhiav kev nco rau North American genocide lossis kev ua qhev los yog cov neeg tua tsiaj nyob rau hauv Philippines los yog Nplog Teb los yog Cambodia los yog Nyab Laj lossis Iraq. Koj yuav tsis pom ntau ntawm cov duab nyob ib puag ncig ntawm no mus rau Pab Pawg Txuj Laus los yog Cov Poj Neeg Tib Neeg Lub Phiaj Xwm. Qhov keeb kwm ntawm qhov kev nyuaj ntawm cov neeg sib tw los yog cov koomhaum ua haujlwm los yog cov neeg laus los yog lwm tus neeg nyob qhov twg? Peb cov neeg sau ntawv thiab cov neeg txawj ntse nyob qhov twg? Vim li cas nws tsis muaj ib tug pej thuam ntawm Mark Twain txoj kev nov luag nws lub nroog Yeiuxalees ntawm peb? Qhov twg yog Lub Ncauj Lus Peb-Mile memorial ceeb toom peb ntawm nuclear zog nyob qhov twg? Qhov twg yog cov monuments rau txhua tus Soviet los yog US neeg, xws li Vasili Arkhipov, leej twg tuav tawm nuclear apocalypse? Qhov twg yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws blowback memorial mourning tsoom fwv overthrown thiab lub arming thiab kev kawm ntawm fanatical killers?
Txawm hais tias ntau haiv neeg txhim kho cov duab los rau lawv qhov lawv tsis xav rov ua zoo dua li qhov lawv nyiam ua, Tebchaws Asmeskas tsom ntsoov rau kev tsov kev rog thiab ua kom luag qhuas lawv. Thiab tus heev hav zoov ntawm Veterans rau Peace jams tias narrative thiab qee cov neeg xav.
Zoo tshaj 99.9% ntawm peb keeb kwm tsis yog memorialized hauv marble. Thiab thaum peb nug tias nws yog, peb feem ntau luag ntawm. Tsis tau yog tias koj tshaj tawm ib qho pov thawj rau lub Koom Txoos Confederate hauv nroog Asmeskas hauv nroog, koj puas paub qhov feem ntau li cas? Lawv liam tias koj yog tawm tsam keeb kwm, uas xav rho tawm yav dhau los. Qhov no los ntawm ib qho kev nkag siab ntawm yav dhau los raws li muaj tag nrho ntawm kev tsov kev rog.
Nyob rau hauv New Orleans, lawv tau cia li coj lawv cov Confederate tsov rog monuments, uas tau raug tsa los ua kom dawb supremacy. Nyob rau hauv kuv lub nroog ntawm Charlottesville, Virginia, lub nroog tau pov ntawv tawm tsam coj Robert E. Lee tus pej thuam. Tab sis peb tau khiav tawm tsam Virginia txoj cai uas forbids noj cia tej tsov rog monument. Yog tsis muaj txoj cai lij choj, raws li kuv paub, qhov twg hauv lub ntiaj teb uas txwv tsis pub muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. Yuav luag li txoj kev nrhiav txoj cai lij choj yuav nrhiav kev sib haum xeeb ntawm thaj chaw nyob ntawm no kom xav txog kev noj kev haus. Kuv tsis suav lub tsev ntawm peb cov phooj ywg nyob ze ntawm no nyob rau hauv lub US Institute of Peace, uas yog defanded xyoo no yuav muaj sia nyob tag nrho lub neej tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas.
Tab sis vim li cas peb yuav tsum tsis txhob muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb? Yog hais tias teb chaws Asmiskas thiab Asmesliskas tau koom ua ke nrog kev sib tw rau Kev Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb hauv Washington thiab Moscow, puas yuav pab tsis tau tus Khaub thuas Tshiab? Yog hais tias peb tau tsim ib lub teeb rau txoj kev tiv thaiv, dhau xyoo ob peb xyoos, ntawm ib tug tuaj Asmeskas nres rau Iran, puas yuav zoo li yav tom ntej xws li qhov yuav raug lossis ntau dua? Yog tias muaj ib lub xwm txheej rau lub Kellogg-Briand Pact thiab qhov chaw ua si tawm ntawm lub khw, yuav tsis tuaj yeem tuaj ncig xyuas cov neeg hauv nws lub neej thiab qhov nws tau txiav tawm? Lub Geneva Conventions yuav raug muab tso tawm ua quaint yog hais tias tsov rog kev tshaj tawm pom lub Geneva Conventions Monument tawm lawv qhov rais?
Tshaj li qhov tsis muaj kev thaj yeeb rau kev sib haum xeeb kev sib haum xeeb thiab kev ua lag luam kev puas tsuaj, qhov twg yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm tib neeg lub neej dhau ntawm tsov rog? Nyob rau hauv ib haiv neeg, lub memorials yuav ua ib qho piv txwv me me ntawm ntau hom memorials, thiab lawv nyob qhov twg lawv yuav quaj ntsuag, tsis glorify, thiab mourn tag nrho cov neeg raug, tsis muaj me me feem pom nyog tsim nyog ntawm peb cov kev tu siab.
Cov Swords rau Plowshares Memorial Tswb ntauwd yog ib qho piv txwv ntawm peb yuav tsum tau ua dab tsi ua ib haiv neeg. Veterans For Peace yog ib qho piv txwv ntawm peb yuav tsum ua dab tsi ua ib haiv neeg. Cia peb cov kev ua yuam kev. Tus nqi tag nrho lub neej. Txhim kho peb cov kev coj ua. Ua siab loj thaum nws nrog kev coj ncaj ncees. Thiab pom cov tub rog los ntawm kev tsim kom tsis muaj cov tub rog ntxiv mus.
