Wojambula amene adafotokoza za nkhondo ku Iraq akuyamikira momwe ziwopsezo zitha kuwonekera ngati zachizolowezi.
Ndi Ashley Gilbertson, July 21, 2017, ProPublica.
COLFAX, Louisiana - Tsiku lina m'mawa, ndinapita kukathamanga. Ndidatenga njira yodutsa pafupi ndi Nyanja ya Iatt, ndikudutsa maekala pambuyo pa maekala angapo a malo odula mitengo, nyumba zama kalavani ndi minda yobiriwira yobiriwira. Kunali kosavuta kutuluka ndi kubwerera, koma m'mene ndimazungulira ngodya yotsiriza, ndinachita mantha ndi mitambo ya utsi wakuda yomwe imawomba ine. Kuphulika kunasokonekera patali. Phokoso lija lidandibwezera ku Iraq, komwe ndimakhala ndimakonda kujambula, kumvetsera nkhondo zankhondo zomwe zimamenyedwa m'matawuni oyandikira kapena oyandikana nawo.
Zowonongekazo zinali kubwera kuchokera ku malo opsereza zamalonda kunja kwa chidutswa cha tawuniyi. Msilikali wa ku United States ali ndi mapaundi ambirimbiri a mapaundi ndi zinyalala zomwe zimayikidwa pamoto chaka chilichonse. Ndipo wakhala kwa zaka zambiri.
Anthu a Colfax, motero, kale kalekale anaima akudabwa momwe ine ndinaliri. Kuphulika - "Monga nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse kapena yachinayi cha July," adatero munthu wina wokhalamo - ndizo zomveka zokhudzana ndi moyo m'tawuni yothetsa nzeru, umphaŵi wambiri ndi kudzipatulira zambiri.
Mu mazira ozizira a m'mawa, mukhoza kuona anthu, makamaka African-American, kuwoloka misewu ya sitimayi kupita ku Dixie pharmacy yomwe imakhala ngati shopu la khofi.
Pakati pa masana, Colfax onse ndi mzinda wamoyo, kupatulapo malo odyera a Darrell, wodyera yekhayo adachoka kumzinda wina atatsekedwa pamene mwini wake anafa ndi khansa miyezi ingapo mmbuyo. Ndi madzulo, pamabwera mpumulo kuchokera kutentha.
Anthu akutha.
Alipo amuna akuyenda ndi mowera wa udzu akuyembekezera kugwira ntchito. Pansi pa msewu wakufa, ndinapeza anyamata awiri akuswa kavalo pamalo opanda kanthu, pakati pa matayala. Anawo anali kuyesa kuimitsa kavalo kuti asadzutse, ngakhale nthawi iliyonse ikadumphira pamilendo yake yamphongo, kumwetulira kwa anyamatawo kunapereka chisangalalo chawo.
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Panali anthu akuwedza, komanso, kuphatikizapo banja linalake ku Lake Iatt. Ndinapempha za booms ndi utsi wa poizoni, koma Caroline Harrell, yemwe anali mkulu wa mibadwo itatu yomwe anali ndi ndodo m'manja mwake, sanadandaule kapena kupsa mtima. Anthu samaoneka ngati sakuzindikira. Kuphatikizanso, mpikisano wa usodzi unayambira.
Ndinamvanso kulira kwa Colfax, ndipo kamodzinso ndinabwereranso ku Baghdad, 7,000 mailosi ndi nthawi zingapo zapitazo. Kumeneko, ndimayesetsa kuti ndikhale wosangalala, ndimamwa mowa komanso ndikusuta utsi ku America kapena ku ofesi ya bungwe la nkhani. Nkhondo za mfuti zikanasokonekera pafupi, koma sizinalembedwe ngati zochititsa chidwi. Iwo anali gawo la moyo pamenepo panthawiyo. Vuto silinali kukanikiza mwamsanga; panali, zinkawoneka, palibe chifukwa chodandaulira.
Nkhaniyi ndi mbali ya mndandanda wa ma Pentagon woyang'anira malo ambiri oopsa pa nthaka ya ku America, ndipo zaka za utsogoleri zikuwonetsedwa ndi kutsutsa ndi kuchedwa. Werengani zambiri.
