Njira Yapadziko Lonse: Kupitilira Nkhondo

Wolemba Robert C. Koehler, Zodabwitsa Zowonongeka, September 16, 2021

A posachedwapa New York Times op-ed mwina anali chitetezo chodabwitsa kwambiri, chovuta komanso chovuta kwambiri pamakampani azankhondo - ndikhululukireni, kuyesera demokalase yotchedwa America - ndidakumana nayo, ndikupempha kuti ndiyankhidwe.

Wolembayo, Andrew Exum, anali Army Ranger yemwe adatumizidwa koyambirira kwa 2000s ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan, ndipo patatha zaka XNUMX adakhala zaka zingapo ngati wachiwiri kwa mlembi wothandizira zandale ku Middle East.

Mfundo yomwe akunena ndi iyi: Zaka makumi awiri zapitazi zankhondo zakhala tsoka, ndikutuluka kwathu ku Afghanistan kusindikiza chigamulo chomaliza cha mbiriyakale: Tidataya. Ndipo timayenera kutaya. Koma ndizopweteka bwanji kwa amuna ndi akazi omwe adatumikira molimba mtima, inde, omwe adapereka miyoyo yawo chifukwa cha dziko lawo.

Iye akulemba kuti: “Kukhala mbali ya ntchito yofuna kutchuka ya America ndiko kukhala mbali ya chinthu chachikulu kwambiri ndi chachikulu kwambiri kuposa iwe. Ndikudziwa tsopano, m'njira yomwe sindinayamikire zaka makumi awiri zapitazo, kuti opanga malingaliro olakwika kapena owopsa atenga ntchito yanga ndikuisandutsa kukhala yopanda phindu kapena yankhanza.

“Komabe ndikadachitanso. Chifukwa dziko lathu lino ndilofunika.

Ndikukhulupirira kuti tsiku lina ana anga adzamvanso chimodzimodzi. ”

Zolondola kapena zolakwika, mwanjira ina: Mulungu adalitse America. Kukonda dziko kusakanikirana ndi usitikali kumakhudza chipembedzo, ndipo ntchito imafunika ngakhale kumapeto kwake, kuziyankhula mwaulemu, zokayikitsa. Uku ndiye kutsutsana kolakwika, kunena zowona, koma ndili ndi mawu achisoni pamfundo ya Exum: Kusintha kukhala munthu wamkulu kumafunikira miyambo, kulimba mtima, kudzipereka, inde, ntchito, mpaka kumapeto kwakukulu kuposa iwe .

Koma choyamba, ikani mfutiyo pansi. Kudzipereka kuti mutumize bodza sikuti ndi njira yongopita, ndi cholinga cholemba anthu ntchito. Kwa ambiri, ndikupita kugehena. Utumiki weniweni siwopusitsa, ndipo umangotengera kumvera kopanda malire kwa wamkulu wapamwamba wokhala ndi mendulo; koposa zonse, ntchito yeniyeni siyidalira kupezeka kwa mdani, koma m'malo mwake. . . imayamikira moyo wonse.

"Tikungopeza chithunzi chomveka bwino chazovuta zankhondo," a Exum alemba. "Tinagwiritsa ntchito madola mabilioni - madola omwe tikanatha kuwotcha" maenje owotcha "ambiri omwe kale adasakaza Afghanistan ndi Iraq. Tinapereka miyoyo masauzande ambiri. . . ”

Ndipo akupitilizabe kudandaula anthu masauzande ambiri aku America omwe adaphedwa ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq, komanso miyoyo ya anzathu omwe adaphedwa, kenako, pomaliza "zikwi zambiri za Afghans osalakwa ndi ma Iraqi omwe adawonongeka m'mizere yathu."

Sindingachitire mwina koma kuzindikira dongosolo lofunikira pano: Amereka amakhala koyamba, "osalakwa" aku Iraq ndi aku Afghanistan amakhala omalizira. Ndipo pali gulu limodzi lomwalira pankhondo lomwe amalephera kutchula: kudzipha kwa vet.

Komabe, malinga ndi Brown University's Ndalama za Nkhondo Pulojekiti, anthu pafupifupi 30,177 omwe amagwira ntchito molimbika komanso omenyera nkhondo zankhondo zaposachedwa 9/11 afa chifukwa chodzipha, kanayi kuchuluka kwa omwe adamwalira pankhondo zenizeni.

Kuphatikiza apo, kukulitsa mantha a izi ngakhale, monga Kelly Denton-Borhaug imati: “. . . magulu enanso 500,000 a pambuyo pa 9/11 apezeka ndi matenda ofooketsa, osamvetsetsa bwino zomwe zimapangitsa miyoyo yawo kukhala yosadabwitsa. ”

Mawu oti izi ndi kuvulaza kwamakhalidwe - chilonda kumzimu, "kumangidwa kosawoneka ngati kosatha ku gehena yankhondo," yomwe, malinga ndi omwe akuteteza komanso opindula nawo pazankhondo, ndilo vuto la ma vet ndi iwo okha. Osativutitsa tonsefe ndipo, motsimikizika, musasokoneze zikondwerero zathu zakudzitamandira nawo.

Kuvulala kwamakhalidwe sikuti ndi PTSD chabe. Ndikuphwanya malingaliro amunthu ndani pazabwino pazabwino ndi zoipa: bala kwa moyo. Ndipo njira yokhayo yopezera msampha uwu kumoto wa gehena ndikulankhula za izi: kugawana nawo, kuwululira. Kuvulala kwamakhalidwe a munthu aliyense ndi kwathu tonsefe.

Denton-Borhaug akulongosola kumva dotolo wotchedwa Andy akuyankhula koyamba za gehena yake ku Crescenz VA Hospital ku Philadelphia. "Atatumizidwa ku Iraq," akutero, "adatengapo gawo pakuyimbira ndege yomwe idaphetsa amuna, akazi, ndi ana aku Iraq.

“. . . Ndikumva kuwawa, adauza m'mene, atakwera ndege, malamulo ake adayenera kulowa mgululi. Amayenera kupepeta matupiwo kuti apeze omwe akuyesa kunyanyala. M'malo mwake, adakumana ndi matupi opanda moyo, monga adawatchulira, 'aku Iraq odzitama,' kuphatikiza kamtsikana kakang'ono kokhala ndi chidole cha Minnie Mouse. Anatiuza kuti, zowona ndi kununkhira kwaimfa zinali, 'zokhala kumbuyo kwa zikope zake kwamuyaya.'

"Tsiku lomenyera, adati, adamva kuti mzimu wake uchoka mthupi lake."

Iyi ndi nkhondo, ndipo chikhalidwe chake - chowonadi chake - ziyenera kumvedwa. Ndizofunikira za chowonadi commission, yomwe ndidati ndiye gawo lotsatira loti dzikolo litenge atatulutsa asitikali ku Afghanistan.

Ntchito yoona ngati imeneyi idzawononga nthano yankhondo ndiulemerero wokonda dziko lako, tiyeni tiyembekezere, kupangitsa dzikolo - komanso dziko - kutali ndi nkhondo. Kumvera malamulo, kutenga nawo mbali pakupha "adani" athu, kuphatikiza ana, ndi njira yothandizira.

Dziko lonselo - "USA! USA!" - amafunika kutsatira.