Ndi Norman Solomon, World BEYOND War, September 18, 2023
Pamene Joe Biden adachoka ku Hanoi sabata yatha, amachoka kudziko lomwe nkhondo zaku US zidayambitsa nkhondo. miliyoni 3.8 Imfa zaku Vietnamese. Koma, monga purezidenti wina aliyense kuyambira Nkhondo ya Vietnam, sanapereke chizindikiro chodzimvera chisoni. M'malo mwake, a Biden adatsogolera ulendo wake potsogolera mwambo wa White House womwe udalemekeza nkhondoyi ngati ntchito yabwino.
Popereka Mendulo ya Ulemu kwa woyendetsa ndege wakale Larry L. Taylor chifukwa cha kulimba mtima pankhondo, Biden. adatamandidwa Msilikaliyo akuyamikira mopanda pake chifukwa choika moyo wake pachiswe ku Vietnam kuti apulumutse asilikali anzake kwa "mdani". Koma kulimba mtima kumeneko kunali zaka 55 zapitazo. Chifukwa chiyani perekani mendulo pa wailesi yakanema ya dziko lonse masiku angapo tisanapite ku Vietnam?
Nthawiyi idatsimikiziranso kunyada kopanda manyazi pankhondo yaku US ku Vietnam yomwe pulezidenti m'modzi adayesa kufotokoza ngati mbiri. Mutha kuganiza kuti - atapha anthu ochuluka chotere pankhondo ya chiwawa chozikidwa pa chinyengo chosalekeza - kudzichepetsa kwina ngakhale kulapa kungakhale koyenera.
Koma ayi. Monga George Orwell ananenera, "Ndani amalamulira zam'mbuyo amayang'anira zam'tsogolo: ndani amalamulira zam'mbuyo." Ndipo boma lomwe likufuna kupitiliza kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zankhondo moyenera likufuna atsogoleri omwe amayesetsa kupotoza mbiri yakale ndi zolankhula zachifunga komanso zosiya zolinga. Mabodza ndi kuzemba za nkhondo zakale ndi zophiphiritsira za nkhondo zamtsogolo.
Ndipo kotero, a zokambirana ku Hanoi, Biden wapafupi kwambiri adavomereza kuphedwa ndi chiwonongeko chomwe chidachitika ku Vietnam ndi asitikali aku US chinali chiganizo ichi: "Ndine wonyadira kwambiri momwe mayiko athu ndi anthu athu adapangira chikhulupiriro ndi kumvetsetsa kwazaka zambiri ndikugwira ntchito yokonzanso cholowa chowawa chomwe nkhondo idasiyira mayiko athu onse awiri. ”
M'menemo, a Biden anali kuyerekeza kufanana kwa kuzunzika ndi kulakwa kwa maiko onse awiri - kunamizira kodziwika kwa akuluakulu akuluakulu kuyambira woyamba watsopano nkhondo ya Vietnam itatha.
Miyezi iŵiri yakukhala pulezidenti wake kuchiyambi kwa 1977, Jimmy Carter anafunsidwa pamsonkhano wa atolankhani ngati anaona “thayo lililonse lothandiza kumanganso dzikolo.” Carter Anayankha molimba mtima: “Chabwino, chiwonongeko chinali chogwirizana. Mukudziwa, tidapita ku Vietnam popanda kufuna kulanda gawo kapena kukakamira zofuna zaku America kwa anthu ena. Tinapita kumeneko kukateteza ufulu wa South Vietnamese. Ndipo sindikuona kuti tiyenera kupepesa kapena kudziimba mlandu kapena kuganiza kuti ndife olakwa.”
Ndipo, Carter anawonjezera kuti, "Sindikuona kuti tili ndi ngongole, kapena kuti tiyenera kukakamizidwa kubweza chilichonse."
M’mawu ena, mosasamala kanthu za mabodza angati kapena kupha anthu angati, kukhala boma la United States kumatanthauza kusanena kuti pepani.
Purezidenti George HW Bush atakondwerera kupambana kwa US mu 1991 Gulf War, iye Ankalalikira: “Ndi Mulungu, tathetsa matenda a Vietnam kwamuyaya.” Bush amatanthauza kuti kupha kopambana kwa anthu aku Iraq - pafupifupi 100,000 m'masabata asanu ndi limodzi - adayambitsa chisangalalo cha America pazankhondo zomwe zidalonjeza kuti zithetsa kukayikira kuyambitsa nkhondo zamtsogolo.
Kuchokera ku Carter kupita ku Biden, apurezidenti sanabwerepo pafupi ndikupereka nkhani yowona za Nkhondo yaku Vietnam. Palibe amene angalingalire kuchita zinthu moona mtima ngati mluzu wa Pentagon Papers Daniel Ellsberg operekedwa pamene anati: “Sikuti tinali on mbali yolakwika. Ife anali mbali yolakwika.”
Kukambitsirana kwa ndale sikunapereke chidwi kwenikweni pa imfa ndi kuvulala anthu aku Vietnamese. Momwemonso a kuwonongeka koopsa kwa chilengedwe ndi zotsatira za ziphe kuchokera ku zida zankhondo za Pentagon zasokonekera pang'ono pazankhani ndi ndale zaku US.
Kodi mbiri yotereyi ndi yofunikadi panopa? Mwamtheradi. Kuyesera kufotokoza zochita za boma la US ngati zolinga zabwino ndi zabwino sikuleka. Zonamizira zomwe zimanamizira zakale zikuyimira zifukwa zankhondo zamtsogolo.
Kunena zoona zenizeni za Nkhondo ya Vietnam ndikuwopseza makina ankhondo aku US. Nzosadabwitsa kuti atsogoleri a dziko lankhondo angakonde kupitiriza kunamizira.
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Norman Solomon ndi director of RootsAction.org komanso director wamkulu wa Institute for Public Accuracy. Iye ndi mlembi wa mabuku khumi ndi awiri kuphatikizapo Nkhondo Yosavuta. Buku lake laposachedwa, Nkhondo Idapangidwa Kuti Isawonekere: Momwe America Imabisira Chiwopsezo cha Anthu Pamakina Ake Ankhondo, idasindikizidwa mchaka cha 2023 ndi The New Press.
