Ndi John Stanton | Juni 1, 2017.
Inayambitsanso June 1, 2017 kuchokera The Smirking Chimp.
"Akuluakulu a US CENTCOM alengeza lero kuti akufuna kukhalabe ku [Afghanistan, Iraq ndi Qatar] mpaka dzuwa litatulutsa haidrojeni, motero apereka US ku nthawi yayitali kwambiri m'mbiri ya anthu. Atafunsidwa momwe adakonzera kukhalapo m'maiko atatuwa kwa zaka 4 mpaka 5 biliyoni, okonza mapulani adati 'tikupanga dongosolo la izi. Sitinakhalepobe, koma kusakhala ndi dongosolo kapena chifukwa chanzeru chochitira zinazake sikunakhale chopinga chachikulu kwa ife m'mbuyomu; sitikuwoneratu kukhala koyimitsa chiwonetsero chachikulu kwa ifenso mtsogolo.' Zina mwazosankha zomwe zikukambidwa zinali pulogalamu yatsopano "yophatikizana" ogwira ntchito omwe atumizidwa. "Tilimbikitsa asilikali m'mayikowa kuti akwatire ndi kulera ana omwe adzalowe m'malo mwawo mtsogolomu. Zachidziwikire, zitha kukhala zovutirapo kwa ena mwa mamembala athu achikazi, popeza pakadali pano pali amuna pafupifupi 8 kwa mkazi aliyense kumeneko, koma tikuyembekeza kuti Kugonjetsedwa ndi Zochitika (OBE) chifukwa ma ratios ogonana adzatuluka mu m'badwo kapena ziwiri. Mulimonsemo, chinsinsi cha dongosololi ndi kupanga magawowa osati okhazikika, koma olowa ndi cholowa. Mwachitsanzo, ngati panopa mukugwira ntchito ku Joint Operations Center (JOC) desk ya nyengo, momwemonso ana anu, ana awo, ndi ana awo, ad infinitum. Timakonda kuziona ngati chitetezo pantchito. ” Captain (Combined Joint Task Force-180)
Zomwe Pentagon idapempha kuti asitikali ena masauzande aku US atumizidwe ku Afghanistan pakubwera kuukira kwa VBID ku Kabul komwe kwapha pafupifupi 100 ndikuvulaza ena 400. Ena mwa ovulala akuti ndi nzika pafupifupi khumi ndi ziwiri zaku US zomwe mwina ndi oteteza komanso othandizira. A Taliban adatsutsa mwamphamvu kuti akuchita nawo ziwonetserozi. Islamic State, kapena gulu logwirizana, ndilomwe likukayikira.
Chifukwa chake dziko lapansi likupitanso kumapikisano ndi nkhani zomwe zimawonetsa anthu omwe akuzunzidwa nthawi zonse, zoyankhulana pamwambo, kusanthula akatswiri, ndi mawu ochokera kwa atsogoleri padziko lonse lapansi akudzudzula chiwembuchi ndikulonjeza kuti adzamenya nkhondo kwa ochita zoyipa. Nkhondo yamtanda ya zaka biliyoni imodzi!
Anthu aku America amawonera zakupha pa TV kapena pa intaneti ndikumvera chisoni, mwina, mphindi 10. Kenako, pachiwopsezo chawo, ndikubwereranso kumasewera a sopo, masewera apakanema, zochitika zamasewera, foni yam'manja ndi kanema wawayilesi wa Game of Thrones: Zikuwoneka ngati dziko lapansi limachita zomwezo. Tili m'gulu la anthu wamba pawailesi yakanema, kapena intaneti, pomwe msirikali waku US adaphedwa mwa apo ndi apo. Izi sizosiyana ndi kuwonera kuchuluka kwa matupi pankhondo ya Vietnam ndi anthu wamba okha omwe amatsogolera zowopsa.
Mini-Tet Offensives
Pakadali pano, kuukira kwa Kabul kumakhala kuthandizira pempho la Pentagon la asitikali aku US kuti athandizire Afghanistan, Iraq komanso nkhondo yamuyaya yapadziko lonse lapansi yolimbana ndi uchigawenga. Koma kodi asitikali masauzande angapo aku US akutumizidwa uku ndi uku kuti akagwetse a Taliban kapena kuletsa zigawenga kuti zisachitike kulikonse padziko lapansi? Ngakhale kuti boma la Islamic likuphwanyidwa ku Iraq ndi Syria, amatha kubweretsa chisokonezo ku Baghdad, Kabul, Philippines ndi Manchester, UK.
Kodi sitikufuna asitikali 500,000 kuphatikiza monga momwe tidachitira ku Vietnam kuti tiphwanye adani? Chifukwa chiyani kuchuluka kumawonjezeka? Bwanji osafunafuna ntchito za nzika za 1 miliyoni zaku America kudzera pakukonzekera kuti mupite kukagwira ntchito ku Afghanistan, Iraq ndi Syria?
Ziwopsezo zodzipha ndi Mini-Tet Offensives: Zimakumbutsa atsogoleri apadziko lonse lapansi ndi okonzekera zankhondo kuti alibe chochita kuti athetse zigawenga. Ziwerengero zochepa zolimbikitsira zomwe Pentagon idafunsidwa ndizodabwitsa. Ngati US idafuna kuwononga a Taliban ndi Islamic State, ipangitsa gulu lonse la American Society kuti lichite nawo ntchitoyi. Anthu ambiri aku America sasamala zankhondo zaku US ku Afghanistan, Iraq kapena Syria.
The Haunting
“M’nkhani ya New York Times ya August 7, 1967, akazembe ankhondo aŵiri osadziŵika anagwidwa mawu amene ananena kuti anawononga gulu limodzi la ku North Vietnam maulendo atatu: "'Ndathamangitsa magulu ankhondo m'dziko lonselo ndipo zotsatira zake zidali bwino. Izo sizinatanthauze kanthu kwa anthu. Pokhapokha ngati pali nkhani yabwino ndi yochititsa chidwi kwambiri kuposa yotsutsa chikomyunizimu, nkhondoyo ikuwoneka kuti ipitirira mpaka wina atatopa ndi kusiya, zomwe zingatenge mibadwomibadwo.’”
Mawu a mkulu winayo anali 'Nthawi zonse a Westmorland akalankhula za momwe gulu lankhondo la South Vietnam lilili labwino, ndimafuna kumufunsa chifukwa chake amapitiliza kuyitanira anthu aku America ambiri. Kufuna kwake kulimbikitsidwa ndi chizindikiro cha kulephera kwathu ndi a Vietnamese.'
Sinthani "anti-communism ndi Vietnamese" ndi a Taliban, Islamic State kapena gulu lililonse la zigawenga ndipo malingaliro a 1967 ndi ofunikira mu 2017.
Munjira zambiri, anthu aku America amagawika m'magulu atatu: Kumanzere, kumanja ndi pakati. Izi sizikusiyana ndi kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Aggressive Alt-Righter's atenga chovala cha Neo-White Nationalism, lingaliro lomwe limapeza abwenzi mu Republican White House ndi Justice Department General Jefferson Sessions.
A Democrat Kumanzere akudandaulabe kuti Hillary Clinton adatayika kwa Trump mu 2016 ndipo, pakadali pano, palibe nsanja yolimbana ndi Alt Right kapena kukopa otsatira ake otayika. The Independent Center imayang'ana Kumanzere ndi Kumanja ndipo imanyoza malingaliro okhwima, osasunthika omwe ali nawo. Ngati ma stovepipe amatseguka moyipa kwambiri, m'misewu ndi komwe zilakolako zidzamenyedwa monga momwe zidalili munthawi ya Vietnam.
Vietnam
Palinso zofananira zina zomwe zidachitika ku Vietnam. Ulamuliro wa Purezidenti Donald Trump wasokonekera ndipo akufufuzidwa ndi Unduna wa Zachilungamo ku US. CNN ikuti mkulu wakale wa FBI James Comey adzachitira umboni ku Senate ya US kuti a Trump adamukakamiza kuti ayimitse kafukufuku wokhudza zikoka zaku Russia pa mpikisano wapurezidenti wa 2016. Dzikoli ndi dziko lomwe lili pankhondo ndipo likukopeka ndi nkhondo yolimbana ndi North Korea. Ulamuliro wa Trump ndiwokhazikika komanso wowopsa.
Ndizovuta kufananiza ndi zomwe zidachitika pa Nkhondo yaku Vietnam. Kulumikizana kwamagulu odana ndi nkhondo ndi kusankhana mitundu, kufufuza zaupandu kwa Purezidenti Richard Nixon, komanso kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha nyanja komwe kumatsutsa dongosolo lokhazikitsidwa kunalibe. Mizukwa yake ikuwoneka kuti ikuvutitsa American Republic panthawiyi.
Malinga ndi History.com: "Ngakhale magulu ankhondo aku US ndi South Vietnamese adatha kuyimitsa zigawenga za Tet Offensive Communist, nkhani zowawitsa (kuphatikiza nkhondo yayitali ya Hue) zidadabwitsa komanso kukhumudwitsa anthu aku America ndikuchepetsanso thandizo lankhondo. Ngakhale kuti anthu avulala kwambiri, North Vietnam idapambana bwino ndi Tet Offensive, pomwe kuukiraku kudasintha kwambiri pankhondo ya Vietnam komanso kuyamba kwapang'onopang'ono, kowawa kwa America kuchoka m'derali.
Mbiri imadzibwereza yokha chifukwa chakuti anthu ndi zolengedwa zobwerezabwereza.
Ndipo katangale wawononga dziko. Apolisi akuyang'ana anthu ndipo anthu sakumvetsa. Ife sitikudziwa momwe tingasamalire nkhani zathu zathu, chifukwa dziko lonse liyenera kukhala monga ife basi. Tsopano tikumenya nkhondo kumeneko koma kaya wapambana ndani sitingathe kulipira ndalama zake.” Steppenwolf Monster, 1969.
John Stanton ndi wolemba waku Virginia yemwe amagwira ntchito pazandale komanso zachitetezo cha dziko. Iye analemba Diso la Raptor, ndipo buku lake laposachedwapa ndi US Army Human Terrain System. Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa jstantonarchangel@gmail.com.
