Kupitilira Vietnam ndi Masiku Ano

Wolemba Matthew Hoh, Punch, January 16, 2023

Chaka chimodzi kufikira tsiku loti aphedwe, a Martin Luther King adadzudzula poyera komanso mwamphamvu osati nkhondo ya US ku Vietnam komanso zankhondo zomwe zidathandizira nkhondoyo ndikuwononga anthu aku America. Za King Pambuyo pa Vietnam ulaliki, womwe unaperekedwa pa Epulo 4, 1967, ku New York's Riverside Church, unali wolosera zamphamvu komanso ulosi. Tanthauzo lake ndi kufunika kwake kulipo lerolino monga momwe zinalili zaka pafupifupi 55 zapitazo.

King moyenerera adamanga pamodzi gulu lankhondo lalikulu komanso lolamulira la US ndi ziwanda zazachuma, zachikhalidwe komanso zachikhalidwe zomwe zikuvutitsa America. Zomwe Purezidenti Dwight Eisenhower adachita m'mabuku ake kutsanzikana zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi m'mbuyomo, a King adatsala pang'ono kufotokoza momveka bwino za zenizeni za nkhondoyi kudzera munkhondo zakunja kokha komanso kuwongolera magulu ankhondo ndi mafakitale koma zonyozetsa ndi zochepetsera zomwe zidabweretsa kwa anthu aku America. King adamvetsetsa ndikudziwitsa za nkhondo yaku Vietnam ngati "vuto lozama kwambiri mumzimu waku America." Imfa zochititsa manyazi ndi zomvetsa chisoni zomwe zinabweretsa kunja kwa nyanja zinali zowononga za America. Anafotokoza mwachidule zolinga zake potsutsa nkhondo ku Vietnam monga kuyesa kupulumutsa moyo wa America.

Mwachiwonekere, panali chiwonongeko chakuthupi ndi chamaganizo cha Vietnamese, komanso kuwonongedwa kwa mabanja ogwira ntchito ku America. Pofika mu April 1967, anthu a ku America oposa 100, omwe ambiri mwa iwo tingawafotokoze molondola monga anyamata, osati amuna, ankaphedwa mlungu uliwonse ku Vietnam. Pamene tinkawotcha anthu a ku Vietnam ndi napalm, tinali “kudzaza nyumba za ku United States ndi ana amasiye ndi akazi amasiye.” Amene ankabwerera kuchokera ku “mabwalo ankhondo akuda ndi amagazi [anali] olumala ndi osokonezeka m’maganizo.” Zotsatira za nkhanza zapanyanja zakunja kwa anthu aku America zinali zodziwikiratu monga zidadziwononga zokha. King anachenjeza kuti:

Sitingathenso kukwanitsa kulambira mulungu wa chidani kapena kugwadira guwa lansembe lobwezera. Mbiri yakale yachititsa chipwirikiti chifukwa cha udani womwe ukukula nthaŵi zonse. Ndipo mbiri yadzaza ndi kuonongeka kwa mitundu ndi anthu amene analondola njira yodzigonjetsera ya chidani imeneyi.

King adamvetsetsa kuti ziwawa zaku America kutsidya lina komanso kunyumba sizinangowonetsana koma zinali zodalirana komanso kulimbikitsana. Mu ulaliki wake tsiku lomwelo, King sanali kungolankhula za zomwe zikuchitika pankhondoyi ku Vietnam koma anali kufotokoza misala mkati mwa ndale za ku America, zachuma ndi chikhalidwe zomwe zinalibe malire a nthawi kapena kutsata mibadwo. Zaka makumi asanu ndi zisanu pambuyo pake, nkhondo zapitirizabe kunyumba ndi kunja. Kuyambira 1991, US yachita Kuposa 250 ntchito zankhondo kunja. Pakupha ndi kuwonongeka kumeneko, tikuwona ku US makumi masauzande kuphedwa chaka ndi chaka komanso padziko lonse lapansi yaikulu chiwerengero cha ndende.

King adawona momwe ziwawazi zidaloleza kunyalanyaza miyambo yamtundu ku US, popeza zinthu zonse zimatsatira cholinga cha chiwawa. Amuna achichepere akuda ndi oyera, omwe sakanaloledwa kukhala m'madera omwewo kapena kupita kusukulu zomwezo ku US, anali, ku Vietnam, okhoza kuwotcha nyumba za anthu osauka a ku Vietnam mu "mgwirizano wankhanza." Boma lake linali “lomwe linayambitsa chiwawa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.” Pofuna kuti boma la US lichite zachiwawazi, zinthu zina zonse ziyenera kukhala pansi, kuphatikizapo ubwino wa anthu ake.

Kwa Mfumu, osauka aku America anali adani ambiri a boma la America monga aku Vietnamese. Komabe, nkhondo ya ku America ndi zankhondo zinali ndi ogwirizana monga adachitira adani. M’ndime imene ingakhale yodziŵika koposa ya ulaliki wake, Mfumu ikulongosola mkhalidwe weniweni wa kuipa: “Pamene makina ndi makompyuta, zolinga za phindu ndi ufulu wa katundu, ziwonedwa kukhala zofunika koposa anthu, mipatuko itatu yaikulu ya tsankho, kukonda chuma monyanyira, ndi nkhondo. sangagonjetsedwe.”

Utatu wosayera umenewo wa kusankhana mitundu, kukonda chuma, ndi zankhondo lerolino umatanthauzira ndi kulamulira dziko lathu. Chidani chomwe chimafalitsidwa ndi gulu lofuna kuti azungu apite patsogolo pa ndale chimafika pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti komanso zochita zauchigawenga zomwe zimachititsa kuti anthu azichita bwino pa ndale komanso amakhazikitsa malamulo ankhanza kwambiri. Timawona ndi kumva zowawa zitatu m'mitu yathu, madera, ndi mabanja. Kupambana kopambana pamasankho ndi milandu yaufulu wa anthu kukuthetsedwa. Umphawi umatanthawuzabe anthu akuda, a bulauni ndi amtundu wamba; osauka kwambiri pakati pathu amakhala nthawi zambiri amayi osakwatiwa. Chiwawa, kaya ndi kupha apolisi kwa anthu akuda ndi a bulauni opanda zida, nkhanza zapakhomo kwa amayi, kapena nkhanza za m'misewu kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, zimapitirira popanda chifundo kapena chilungamo.

Timaziwona muzofunikira za boma lathu. Apanso, zinthu zonse ziyenera kukhala pansi pa kufunafuna chiwawa. Chigamulo chodziŵika bwino cha King cha ulaliki umenewo wa April 4 wakuti, “Mtundu umene umapitiriza chaka ndi chaka kuwononga ndalama zambiri pa chitetezo chankhondo kusiyana ndi maprogramu olimbikitsa anthu akuyandikira imfa yauzimu,” nzosatsutsika. Kwa zaka zambiri, boma la US lakhala likugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zake zambiri pankhondo ndi zankhondo kuposa pazaumoyo wa anthu. Pa ndalama zokwana $1.7 thililiyoni zomwe bungwe la US Congress lidapereka Khrisimasi yapitayi isanachitike, pafupifupi 2/3, $ 1.1 thililiyoni, amapita ku Pentagon ndi malamulo. M'zaka zonsezi, chisankho chosagwirizana ndi chitetezo ndalama zomwe boma la Federal limagwiritsa ntchito nthawi zambiri zakhala zotsika kapena kutsika, ngakhale kuchuluka kwa anthu aku US kukukula ndi 50 miliyoni.

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Ndinafotokoza kuti ulaliki wa Mfumu unali wamphamvu, waulosi komanso wolosera. Zinalinso zachipongwe komanso zokopa. King adapempha "kusintha kwenikweni kwa makhalidwe" kuti apititse patsogolo, kuthetsa ndi kuchotsa zoipa za kusankhana mitundu, kukonda chuma ndi zankhondo zomwe zimalamulira boma la America ndi anthu. Adapereka njira zenizeni komanso zofotokozera kuti athetse nkhondo ku Vietnam monga momwe adanenera zochizira matenda a mzimu waku America. Sitinawatsatire.

King adamvetsetsa komwe America angapite kupyola Vietnam. Iye anazindikira ndi kutchula zenizeni za utatu wa zoipa, imfa yauzimu ya dziko ndi nkhondo yolimbana ndi osauka. Iye anamvetsa mmene zinthu zenizenizo zinaliri zosankha za anthu ndi mmene zikanaipitsira, ndipo analankhula motero. Martin Luther King anaphedwa chaka chimodzi mpaka tsiku chifukwa cha mawu otere.

Mateyu Hoh ndi membala wa ma board alangizi a Expose Facts, Veterans For Peace ndi World Beyond War. Mu 2009 adasiya udindo wake ndi Dipatimenti ya Boma ku Afghanistan posonyeza kuti nkhondo ya Afghanistan ikukula. M'mbuyomu adakhala ku Iraq ndi timu ya State department komanso ndi US Marines. Ndiwogwirizana ndi Center for International Policy.