Tsiku lenileni la Veterans

Wolemba John Miksad, Mtendere wa Mawu, November 10, 2021

ena 30,000 positi 9/11 mamembala ndi omenyera nkhondo akhala akufunitsitsa kudzipha. Tsiku lenileni la omenyera nkhondo lingapereke chithandizo chamaganizo ndi thupi chomwe chingafune kuchepetsa kapena kuthetsa kuvulala kodzivulaza kumeneku.

Pali Asitikali 40,000 osowa pokhala m’dziko muno. Tsiku lenileni la omenyera nkhondo lingakwaniritse zosowa zawo zakuthupi ndi zamalingaliro ndikuwathandiza kupeza nyumba zokhazikika.

Mmodzi mwa omenyera nkhondo 10 aliwonse a 9/11 wapezeka ndi vuto logwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Tsiku lenileni la omenyera nkhondo lingawathandize kupeza chithandizo popanda kusalidwa kapena manyazi.

9 peresenti ya omenyera nkhondo a 11/XNUMX amadwala PTSD. Tsiku lenileni la omenyera nkhondo lingawapatse chithandizo chamankhwala chomwe amafunikira kuti athe kuthana ndi zovuta zowononga moyo zomwe adakumana nazo.

Zoonadi, njira yokhayo yothetsera vutoli ndiyo kupeŵa tsoka loipali pa asilikali athu ankhondowo mwa kuletsa anyamata ndi atsikana athu kuti asamavutike ndi kuwateteza ku masoka amene amawagwera chifukwa cha kuvulala kwakuthupi ndi m’maganizo kwa nkhondo. Iyi ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yotetezera ndikuthandizira tonsefe. Chowonadi ndi chakuti zoopseza zenizeni pachitetezo chathu ndi chitetezo sizingathetsedwe ndi zochita zankhondo.

Choyamba, mliri wa COVID wapha miyoyo ya nzika 757,000 zaku US pazaka ziwiri zapitazi. Tiyenera kuyesetsa kuthana ndi mliriwu ndikutenga maphunziro omwe taphunzira kukonzekera miliri yamtsogolo. Izi zidzatenga nthawi, mphamvu, ndi chuma.

Chachiwiri, kusintha kwanyengo kukukhudza kwambiri nzika zaku US komanso anthu padziko lonse lapansi. Tsopano tikuwona; choyamba; kusefukira kwa madzi, moto wolusa, mvula yamkuntho, mafunde otentha, chilala, kutha kwa mitundu yofulumira, komanso othawa kwawo oyamba nyengo. Akatswiri amalosera kuti zochitika zonsezi zidzapitiriza kukula pafupipafupi komanso kukula kwake.

Chachitatu, kuwopseza kwa kuwonongedwa kwa nyukiliya Lakhala likulendewera pamitu yathu ngati lupanga la Damocles kwa zaka zopitilira 70. Pakhala pali mafoni apafupi komanso osowa pafupi kwazaka zambiri koma tikupitiliza kulola atsogoleri athu kusewera nkhuku za nyukiliya, kuyika pachiwopsezo chitukuko ndi moyo wonse padziko lapansi.

Ziwopsezo zonsezi ndizowopseza padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zikuwopseza anthu onse amitundu yonse ndipo zitha kuthetsedwa ndi kuyankha padziko lonse lapansi. Zilibe kanthu kuti ndani ali ndi ukulu padziko lapansi ngati kuli phulusa. Panopa, tikumenyana ndi mipando ya sitima ya Titanic pamene sitimayo ikutsika. Ndi zopusa, zowononga, komanso zodzipha.

Njira yatsopano ndiyofunikira. Njira zakale za Cold War sizikutitumikiranso. Tikufuna paradigm yatsopano yomwe imalowa m'malo mwa mpikisano wosalekeza m'dzina la zokonda zadziko la myopic zachuma ndi nkhawa zapadziko lonse lapansi. Ndizothandiza anthu onse ndi mayiko onse kuthana ndi ziwopsezo zapadziko lonse lapansi. Nkhondo ndi mikangano zimachulukitsa mantha, udani, ndi kukayikirana. Tiyenera kuthetsa zopinga zomwe zilipo pakati pa mayiko ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito pamodzi pazinthu zomwe zingatipweteke ndikuwononga chitetezo chathu ndi chitetezo.

Pakadali pano, Congress yaku US yakhala ikutsutsana (ndi mtsutso wapagulu wofananira) zoyenerera zamalamulo akulu akulu awiri omwe afika pafupifupi $3 thililiyoni zakugwiritsa ntchito zaka 10. Mkanganowu wakhala ukupitirira kwa miyezi ingapo. Komabe, nthawi yomweyo, Congress ikukankhira zomwe zikufanana ndi $ 10 thililiyoni dongosolo la Pentagon panthawi yomweyi ndi zokambirana zochepa ku Washington DC komanso zokambirana zochepa zapagulu. Tiyenera kuzindikira kuti asilikali sangathe kuthetsa mavuto athu omwe alipo kapena amtsogolo; ndithudi, kuyikanso patsogolo kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka ndalama zathu tsopano kungathetse zambiri za izo. Kuthetsa imfa, kuzunzika, ndi chiwonongeko chobwera chifukwa cha mpikisano wa zida ndi nkhondo ndi sitepe yoyamba yomanga chikhulupiliro chofunikira pa mgwirizano wa mayiko ndi mgwirizano. Chifukwa chokhacho chinkhoswe, zokambirana, mapangano, ndi kuyesetsa mosalekeza mtendere wokhalitsa sizinagwire ntchito chifukwa sizinayesedwe.

Kuthetsa nkhondo ndi zankhondo kungatilole kuyang'ana kwambiri kuchepetsa kapena kupewa kuvulaza komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha ziwopsezo zomwe zilipo. Tidzapindulanso zopindulitsa zina. Kuchepetsa mantha ndi kukayikira "zina," kuchepetsa nkhawa, nkhawa, ndi nkhawa, malo oyera, demokalase yotukuka, ufulu wochuluka, ndi kuvutika kochepa kwa anthu kungatsatire kusintha kwachuma kuchoka ku nkhondo kupita ku zosowa zenizeni za moyo. Tikhoza kupititsa patsogolo maphunziro, kuyeretsa madzi athu, kuchepetsa chiwawa m'dera lathu, kukonza zomangamanga, kumanga nyumba zabwino, ndi kupanga chuma chokhazikika chomwe tinganyadire kupereka kwa adzukulu athu. Titha kuthandiza asitikali athu apano ndi akale akale pantchitoyi. M’mawu ena, tingayesetse kumanga dziko labwinopo m’malo mowononga mitundu ina ndi yathu mwa nkhondo zosatha.

Dziko loganiza bwino lidzawona mbiri ya kulephera kwakukulu kwa nkhondo pazaka zapitazi za 70 ndikutsimikiza kuti nkhondo sithetsa mavuto athu; kwenikweni zimawakulitsa. Dziko loganiza bwino lomwe likuyembekezera silingasankhe kuchulukirachulukira zankhondo komanso kusathetsa nkhondo pomwe miliri, kusintha kwanyengo, komanso chiwopsezo cha nkhondo ya nyukiliya chikuyika anthu onse pachiwopsezo.

Tsiku la Veterans ili liyenera kukhala kudzipereka kwakukulu pantchito yowona dziko, kusankha mtendere, kusankha malo athu, kusankha tsogolo labwino la adzukulu athu.

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John Miksad ndi Chapter Coördinator with World BEYOND War ndi agogo atsopano.

Zambiri pa Tsiku la Armistice / Chikumbutso Pano.