Ndi Michael T. McPhearson
Izi zapita Loweruka m'mawa ku Saint Louis, MO Ndikupita kunyumba ndidaona anthu akusonkhana ndipo mbali zina za msewu zatsekedwa. Ndimakhala mtawuni, chifukwa chake ndikadakhala kuthamanga, kuyenda kapena chikondwerero china. Ndidafunsa wina yemwe amawoneka ngati nawo ndipo anandiuza kuti zinali za Veterans Day Parade. Ndinadabwa chifukwa Tsiku la Veterans ndilo Lachitatu. Anapitiriza kunena kuti chiwonetserochi chikuchitika lachiwelu chifukwa okonza mapulani sankadziwa ngati angapeze owonerera zokwanira lachitatu. Sindikudziwa ngati adalondola chifukwa chake adasankha kukhala nawo lachiwelu, koma ndizomveka ndipo ndi chitsanzo cha gulu lathu kukondwerera ankhondo koma osasamala kwambiri za ife.
Zaka zambiri zapitazo ndinadyamika ndikuthokoza ndikumakondwerera Tsiku la Azimayi. Lero ndimayanjana ndi Veterans For Peace mu pitani ku Reclaim November 11th monga Tsiku la Armistice - tsiku loganiza zamtendere ndikuthokoza omwe adatumikira pogwira ntchito yothetsa nkhondo. Ndatopa ndi ma vet omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kunkhondo ndipo ambiri a ife timatayidwa kwambiri. M'malo motithokoza, sinthani momwe amatichitira ndi kuyesetsa kuthetsa nkhondo. Umenewu ndi msonkho weniweni.
Kodi mukudziwa kuti pafupifupi asilikali a 22 amadzipha tsiku ndi tsiku? Izi zikutanthauza kuti 22 anamwalira Loweruka ndipo kudzera mwa November 11th, 88 ambiri azamwali adzafa. Loweruka zokhazikika ndi November 11th Sichikutanthauza kanthu kwa ankhondo akale a 110. Kuwonetsa kukula kwa mliriwu, ndi November 11th Chaka chotsatira, asilikali a 8,030 adzafa ndi kudzipha.
Kudzipha ndi vuto lalikulu lomwe akukumana nawo akulimbana nawo, koma pali ena ambiri. Posachedwa, patapita zaka zambiri za umphawi wadzaza anthu omwe adalowa usilikali pambuyo pa September 11, 2001 kusiyana ndi anzawo omwe anali ankhondo, ziŵerengero za asilikali akuchepa pa 4.6% - kusiyana ndi chiwerengero cha anthu a 5%, monga analengeza ku USA Today, November 10, 2015. Komabe, asilikali akale pakati pa zaka za 18 ndi 24 akupitirizabe kuthana ndi ntchito yochuluka ya 10.4%, pafupifupi zofanana ndi chiwerengero cha 10.1% cha anthu osauka ntchito. Komabe, manambalawa sanena nkhani yonse. Chifukwa cha kuchepa kwachuma pang'onopang'ono, anthu ambiri okhumudwa achoka pantchito. Ntchito yolipira bwino ndi yovuta kupeza. Ntchito zothandizira kwambiri zapafupi sizipezeka. Ankhondo akale amakumana ndi zovuta zomwezo panthawi yomweyo akukumana ndi mavuto ena.
Kusabereka kumakhalabe vuto lalikulu kwa ankhondo akale. Malinga ndi Nkhani kuchokera ku National Coalition for Veterans Homeless, ife amkhondo tikukumana ndi kusowa pokhala chifukwa cha "matenda a m'maganizo, mowa ndi / kapena kugwiritsa ntchito mowa mwauchidakwa, kapena zovuta zomwe zimachitika. Pafupifupi 12% ya anthu osowa pokhala ndi anthu amkhondo. "
Webusaitiyi ikupitiriza kunena kuti, "Pafupifupi 40% mwa anthu onse omwe alibe akapolo okhala ndi African American kapena Hispanic, ngakhale kuti amawerengera a 10.4% ndi 3.4% a anthu a ku America omwe ali ndi nkhondo, motero .... . Awiri pa atatu aliwonse adatumikira dziko lathu kwa zaka zosachepera zitatu, ndipo gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu alionse adakhala m'dera la nkhondo. "
Zowonjezera pa zochitika zowononga izi, asilikali a 1.4 miliyoni amaonedwa kuti ali pangozi yopanda pokhala chifukwa cha umphaŵi, kusowa thandizo la chithandizo, ndi malo osokoneza moyo okhala m'nyumba zowonjezereka kapena zosawerengeka.
Miyeso yachisokonezo chotsatira ali, ndithudi, apamwamba kwa ankhondo kuposa anthu, osadabwa pamenepo. Kuwonjezera apo, tikuwonjezera zomwe ena amatcha chilonda chatsopano cha nkhondo ku Afghanistan ndi ku Iraq, kuvulala kwa ubongo kapena TBI, chifukwa cha zipangizo zowonongeka. A December 2014 Washington Post nkhani adanena kuti, "Pa asilikali oposa a 50,000 a ku America omwe adavulazidwa ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan, a 2.6 peresenti adathamangitsidwa kwambiri, ambiri chifukwa cha chipangizo chosokoneza bongo."
Tikavulazidwa ku nkhondo, chimachitika ndi chiyani tikabwerera kwathu? Lero tili ndi zigawenga kuchokera ku WWII kupyolera mu mikangano yomwe ikuyesa kuti tipeze chithandizo cha Veteran Affairs. Izi ndi zaka 74 za ankhondo akale omwe ali ndi mikangano yambiri, nkhondo ndi zankhondo kuti alembe. Tonse tazimva za anthu othawa nkhondo omwe akudikira miyezi ndipo nthawi zina amatha kusamalira. Mwinamwake mwawamvapo nkhani zochititsa mantha za ankhondo akale omwe amalandira chisamaliro chosasamalira ngati Walter Reed Army Medical Center monga inanenedwa mu February wa 2007 ndi Washington Post.
Timapitiriza kumvetsera kuti misonkhano imakhala bwino ndipo timathandizira asilikali athu komanso asilikali. Koma October, 2015 Military Times nkhani, "Miyezi khumi ndi isanu ndi itatu chitachitika chisokonezo chodikirira nthawi yazaumoyo ya Veterans Affairs, dipatimentiyi ikuvutikirabe kuyang'anira ndandanda ya odwala, makamaka m'malo azisamaliro amisala komwe omenyera nkhondo ena adikirira miyezi isanu ndi inayi kuti awunikidwe, lipoti la boma latsopano akuti. ” Kodi izi zingakhudzana ndi kudzipha?
Kunyalanyaza uku si kwachilendo. Zakhala choncho kuyambira pomwe Shays Rebellion mu 1786 motsogozedwa ndi omenyera nkhondo sanachite bwino pambuyo pa Revolutionary War kupita ku Bonus Army of World War I pomwe omenyera nkhondo ndi mabanja awo adasonkhana ku Washington mchaka ndi chilimwe cha 1932 kufunsa malipiro omwe adawalonjeza pakati pa Kukhumudwa. Kwa zaka makumi angapo Omenyera ufulu waku Vietnam adakanidwa kuzindikira matenda omwe amayambitsidwa ndi mankhwala owopsa kwambiri a dioxin ku Agent Orange. Omenyera nkhondo ku Gulf War akulimbana ndi Gulf War Syndrome. Ndipo tsopano zovuta zomwe akukumana nawo kubwerera masiku ano. Misala ndi kuzunzika sizidzatha mpaka anthu wamba atafuna njira ina. Mwina chifukwa simukuyenera kumenya nkhondo, simusamala. Sindikudziwa. Koma ndi zonse zomwe tafotokozazi, ndikubwereza, osatithokozanso. Sinthani pamwambapa ndipo yesetsani kuthetsa nkhondo. Ndikuthokoza kwenikweni.
Michael McPhearson ndi director director wa Veterans For Peace komanso msirikali wakale wa Persian Gulf War yemwe amadziwika kuti Nkhondo Yoyamba ya Iraq. Ntchito yankhondo ya Michael imaphatikizapo zaka 6 zosungidwa ndi zaka 5 zakugwira ntchito mokangalika. Adadzipatula ku 1992 ngati Captain. Ndi membala wa Military Families Speak Out komanso Co-Chairman wa Saint Louis Do not Shoot Coalition yomwe idapangidwa apolisi atapha a Michael Brown Jr.
@mtmcphearson veteransforpeace.org
Zotsatira zofanana
Chaka chino, World Beyond War mogwirizana ndi Veterans for Peace ndi mabungwe padziko lonse lapansi kufunsa, "Bwanji ngati anthu padziko lonse lapansi apereka mwezi wa Novembala ku #NOwar?"
(Onani World Beyond War Novembala 2015 Social Media Campaign: #NOwar)
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Kwa zaka zambiri ndapambana pa chiyamiko choyamika anthu othawa nkhondo chifukwa cha utumiki wawo kunkhondo. Ndinamva za mawu akuti "Ufulu siufulu!" Ndakhala ndikuganiza kuti kuthawa mbendera kwapatsidwa tanthauzo lomwe sindikugwirizana nalo.
Ine ndikugwirizana kwathunthu ndi uthenga Michael McPhearson akutipatsa ife kuno.
Zikomo chifukwa chofotokozera zomwe ndikukumva ngati nzika ya dziko lomwe ambiri a ife tasiyana ndi zenizeni za nkhondo ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zipilala, ziwonetsero ndi nthawi ya theka kuti tiwatsutse mlandu wathu kwa iwo omwe akutumikira, ndikumva zowawa chifukwa cha nkhondo zomwe sakanamenyedwa konse.
Izi ndiye, "kusakhulupirika" monga Andrew Bacevich akufotokozera m'buku lake mawu omwewo.
Monga msilikali wamtendere wa mtendere ine ndigawana izi mozama.
Ndikudziwa anthu angapo omwe "Amathandizira Magulu Athu" ndipo adadabwitsidwa, kudabwitsidwa ndi zomwe WBW adachita poyika zithunzi za asitikali omenyera m'mabokosi a chimanga chodziwika bwino cham'mawa, chomwe ana amakonda. Chonde werengani nkhaniyi.
Munthu wina wa msinkhu wanga kapena wocheperapo "Zikomo chifukwa chonditumikira" Ndimachita manyazi ndikaganiza, simukutanthauza kuti "Wokondwa anali inu osati ine". Ndipo kodi ndikuthokoza chifukwa chongomenya nkhondo ndikuwonetsa mphamvu kwa ozunza kapena ndizo zonse zomwe tachita. Monga membala wa Navy kwazaka zopitilira makumi awiri ndidakhala nawo mu Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm ndi Southern Watch komanso nthawi imeneyo tidathandizira kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo monga makompyuta, kulumikizana kwama cellular, GPS navigation, kulumikizana kwa digito ndi kujambula, kulumikizana opanda zingwe onse omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndipo ena amangotengeka chabe komanso zonse zikuthokoza chifukwa chankhondo.
Ulamuliro wankhanza wa chigwirizano wa America uli mu bizinesi ya nkhondo yopindula phindu, osati zotsatira zowonongeka komanso zovuta. Zogulitsa za Pentagon zomwe zimawagwirira ntchito sizichita kapena sizikusamala za azamwali! Mukufunikira umboni wotani? Iwo amaonedwa kuti ndi olakwika kuti azitha kuthamanga ndipo pokhapokha ngati Zojambulazo zimagwirizanitsa palimodzi ndipo zimafuna kusintha kwakukulu padzakhala kusintha koipa konse.
Lingaliro lopambana la azitetezi sikuti lidzapangenso. A VA ayenera kupatsidwa ndalama zowonjezera ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito panthawi ya nkhondo. Asilikari anathyola mwamuna kapena mkazi ndipo ayenera kuwakonza kuti asawapereke ku bungwe lina ndikusamba manja awo. Mtendere wa Abale
Zikomo chifukwa cha uthenga wanu wachikondi wamtendere.
Joan Brannigan, Wachiwiri, WILPF St. Louis
Wokondedwa Wachiwembu:
Chonde lolani uthenga wanu uwonereredwe ndi olemba masewera. Kugwiritsa ntchito kwanu molakwitsa sikukanatha kusokoneza kufunika kwa mawu anu ofunikira. Kukonza zolakwa izi kumapangitsa uthenga wanu kukhala wamphamvu.
Mgwirizano,
Gordon Poole
Hi Gordon,
Zikomo chifukwa chazolowera. Kodi mungakhale owona bwino za ziwerengero zomwe ndalakwitsa? Ndayesera kutchula zochokera. Zikomo
Ndithokozeni potuluka mu chipinda chotsekera cha 9/11. Ndani adaphulitsa WTC & Pentagon NDI msonkhano wa anthraxed & atolankhani mu Sep of 2001? Siyani mbendera zabodza, http://www.rethink911.org