By Rory Fanning, TomDispatch.com
Wokondedwa Wopanga Ranger,
Mwinamwake mwangomaliza kumene sukulu yasekondale ndipo mosakayikira mwasaina kale mgwirizano wa Option 40 wotsimikizira kuti mungawombere pulogalamu ya Ranger indoctrination (RIP). Ngati mutadutsa mu RIP mudzatumizidwa kukamenya nawo Nkhondo Yadziko Lonse Yoopsa. Ukhala m'gulu la zomwe ndimamva kawirikawiri zimatchedwa "nsonga ya mkondo."
Nkhondo yomwe mukulowera yakhala ikuchitika kwanthawi yayitali kwambiri. Tangoganizirani izi: mudali ndi zaka zisanu pomwe ndidatumizidwa ku Afghanistan koyamba mu 2002. Tsopano ndikumenya imvi pang'ono, kutayika pang'ono, ndipo ndili ndi banja. Ndikhulupirireni, zimapita mwachangu kuposa momwe mukuyembekezera.
Mukafika pamsinkhu winawake, simungathe kuganizira za zisankho zomwe munapanga (kapena kuti, mwanjira ina, zinapangidwira inu) muli mwana. Ndimachita izi ndipo tsiku lina inunso mudzachita. Poganizira zaka zanga ndekha mgulu la 75 Ranger, panthawi yomwe nkhondo yomwe mungadzamizidwe inali itangoyamba kumene, ndayesetsa kulemba zochepa mwazinthu zomwe samakuwuzani kuofesi yolembera anthu kapena m'makanema aku Hollywood okonda usirikali omwe mwina adakhudza chisankho chanu cholowa nawo. Mwina zondichitikira zitha kukupatsani malingaliro omwe simunaganizire.
Ndikulingalira kuti mukulowa usilikali chifukwa cha zomwezo pokhapokha ngati aliyense akudzipereka: izo zimamveka ngati njira yokhayo. Mwinamwake kunali ndalama, kapena woweruza, kapena kufunika kochita mwambo wopita, kapena kutha kwa masewera a masewera. Mwinamwake mukukhulupirirabe kuti US akulimbana ndi ufulu ndi demokarasi padziko lonse lapansi ndipo ali pangozi yochokera ku "zigawenga." Mwinamwake zikuwoneka ngati chinthu chokha choyenera kuchita: kuteteza dziko lathu kugawenga.
Zofalitsa zakhala zida zamphamvu zofalitsa zokhudzana ndi chithunzichi, ngakhale kuti, ngati munthu wamba, mumatha kuphedwa ndi wamng'ono kuposa chigawenga. Ndikukhulupirira kuti simukufuna kudandaula mukadzakula komanso kuti mukufuna kuchita chinthu chopindulitsa pamoyo wanu. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mukuyembekeza kudzakhala opambana pa chilichonse. Ndicho chifukwa chake munasaina kuti mukhale Ranger.
Musakhululuke: chirichonse chomwe nkhani inganene pa kusintha kwa malemba omwe US akukumenyana ndi kusintha komwe kumakhudza kusintha maina za "magwiridwe" athu ankhondo padziko lonse lapansi, iwe ndi ine tikhala tikumenya nawo nkhondo yomweyo. Ndizovuta kukhulupirira kuti mutitenga kuti tifike mchaka cha 14th cha Nkhondo Yapadziko Lonse Pazowopsa (zilizonse zomwe angakhale akuzitcha pano). Ndikudabwa kuti ndi iti mwa Zigulu za nkhondo za US 668 padziko lonse inu mudzatumizidwa ku.
Pazoyambira zake, nkhondo yathu yapadziko lonse lapansi ndiyosavuta kumvetsetsa kuposa momwe mungaganizire, ngakhale adani ovuta kukutumizirani - kaya al-Qaeda ("chapakati," al-Qaeda ku Arabia Peninsula, ku Magreb, etc.), kapena a Taliban, kapena al-Shabab ku Somalia, kapena ISIS (aka ISIL, kapena Islamic State), kapena Iran, kapena al-Nusra Front, kapena boma la Bashar al-Assad ku Syria. Zowonadi, ndizovuta pang'ono kukhala ndi makhadi oyenera. Kodi ma Shia kapena ma Sunni ndi ogwirizana nawo? Kodi ndichisilamu chomwe tikulimbana nacho? Kodi tikutsutsana ndi ISIS kapena boma la Assad kapena onse awiri?
Momwe magulu awa alili nkhani, koma pali mfundo yaikulu yomwe yakhala yosavuta kuiwala m'zaka zaposachedwa: kuyambira dziko loyamba la Afghanistani ku 1980s (zomwe zinalimbikitsa mapangidwe a al-Qaeda), alendo athu ndondomeko zakhala ndi mbali yofunikira kwambiri popanga zomwe mudzatumizidwa kuti mumenyane nazo. Mukakhala m'gulu la nkhondo zitatu za 75th Ranger, mndandanda wa malamulo udzayesetsa kuthetsa ndale zadziko lonse ndi zabwino zapadziko lonse lapansi mpaka pazing'ono kwambiri ndi kuzibwezera zazikulu kwambiri Ntchito: Boot polishing, yopangidwa bwino mabedi, zovuta kuwombera magulu pa kuwombera zosiyanasiyana, ndi zomangira zanu ndi Rangers kudzanja lanu lamanja ndi lamanzere.
Zikatero, ndizovuta - ndimadziwa bwino - koma sizosatheka kukumbukira kuti zochita zanu zankhondo zimakhudza zambiri kuposa zomwe zili patsogolo panu kapena pakuwona mfuti yanu nthawi iliyonse. Ntchito zathu zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi - ndipo posakhalitsa zikutanthauza kuti inu - tapanga mitundu yonse ya ma blowback. Ndikuganiza za njira ina, ndinali kutumizidwa ku 2002 kuti ndikayankhe ku blowback yomwe idapangidwa ndi nkhondo yoyamba yaku Afghanistan ndipo mwatsala pang'ono kutumizidwa kukakumana ndi blowback yomwe idapangidwa ndi mtundu wachiwiri wanga.
Ndikulembera kalata iyi ndikuyembekeza kuti ndikukupatsani nkhani yaing'ono yanga kungakuthandizeni chithunzi chachikulu.
Ndiloleni ndiyambe ndi tsiku langa loyamba "pantchito." Ndikukumbukira ndikuponya thumba langa lansalu pansi pa bedi langa ku Charlie Company, ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndinayitanidwa muofesi yanga ya a platoon. Ndidatsika panjira yothamangitsidwa bwino, yotchingidwa ndi "mascot" a platoon: chithunzi cha Grim-Reaper chokhala ndi mpukutu wofiira ndi wakuda wa battalion pansi pake. Zinkawoneka ngati china chomwe mungachiwone mnyumba yolumikizidwa ndi khoma lomwe limalumikizana ndi ofesi ya sergeant. Zikuwoneka kuti zimandiyang'ana pomwe ndimayang'ana pakhomo pake, mikanda ya thukuta pamphumi panga. "Mosatekeseka… Chifukwa chiyani ubwera kuno, Fanning? Chifukwa chiyani ukuganiza kuti uyenera kukhala Ranger? ” Zonsezi adanena ndi mpweya wokayikira.
Ndagwedezeka, nditakuwa m'basi ndi zida zanga zonse, ndikudutsa kapinga kutsogolo kwa nyumba ya kampaniyo, ndikukwera masitepe atatu opita kunyumba yanga yatsopano, ndinayankha mosadandaula, "Umm, ndikufuna kuthandiza kupewa wina 9 / 11, Woyamba Sajeni. ” Iyenera kuti inamveka ngati funso.
“Pali yankho limodzi lokha pazomwe ndakufunsani mwana wanga. Ndiye kuti: mukufuna kuti magazi ofiira ofiira a mdani wanu akuthamangitse mpeni wanu. ”
Pogwiritsa ntchito zikondwerero zake za usilikali, mapepala akuluakulu a ma manila pa tebulo lake, ndi zithunzi za zomwe zidakakhala ku Afghanistan, ndinanena mokweza mawu, "Roger, Msilikali Woyamba! "
Anagwetsa mutu wake ndikuyamba kudzaza mawonekedwe. "Tatha kale," adatero osadandaula kuti ayang'anenso.
Yankho la wapolisi wamkuluyo linali ndi lingaliro losiyana la chilakolako koma, atazunguliridwa ndi mafoda onsewo, amandiyang'ananso ngati bureaucrat. Zachidziwikire kuti funso lotere limayeneranso china kuposa masekondi ochepa omwe ndimakhala nawo pakhomo.
Komabe, ndinayendayenda ndikubwerera kumabedi kuti ndikawombere, osati kungopanga ndalama zanga komanso yankho lake loopsya la funso lake ndi nkhosa zanga, "Roger, First Sergeant!" Anayankha. Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, sindinaganize za kupha mwa njira yochepetsera. Ndinalembapo ndi lingaliro loletsa wina 9 / 11. Kupha kunalibe lingaliro lodziwika kwa ine, chinachake chimene sindinali kuyembekezera. Mosakayikira adadziwa izi. Kotero kodi iye anali kuchita chiani?
Pamene mukulowa mu moyo wanu watsopano, ndiroleni ndikuyeseni kumasula yankho lake ndi zomwe ndikukumana nazo ngati Ranger kwa inu.
Tiyeni tiyambe kukonza njirayi ndi tsankho: Imeneyo inali nthawi yoyamba komanso yomaliza yomva mawu oti "mdani" m'gulu lankhondo. Mawu wamba m'chipinda changa anali "Hajji." Tsopano, Hajji ndi mawu olemekezeka pakati pa Asilamu, akunena za munthu amene wakwanitsa bwino ulendo wopita ku Holy Holy Mecca ku Saudi Arabia. Ku asitikali aku US, ichi chinali chipongwe chomwe chimatanthauza china chachikulu kwambiri.
Asitikali omwe anali mgulu langa amangoganiza kuti ntchito ya kagulu kakang'ono ka anthu omwe adatsitsa Nyumba Zachiwiri ndikupanga dzenje ku Pentagon itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa munthu aliyense wachipembedzo pakati pa Asilamu opitilira 1.6 biliyoni pano. Posachedwa msilikali wapamtunda adzandithandizira kuti ndiyambe kuimba mlandu gulu limodzi ndi "mdani" ameneyo. Ndinayenera kuphunzitsidwa zida zankhanza. Kupweteka komwe kunayambitsidwa ndi 9/11 kunayenera kumangirizidwa ku magulu am'magulu azomwe timachita. Umu ndi m'mene angapangire kuti ndimenye bwino. Ndinatsala pang'ono kuchotsedwa m'moyo wanga wakale ndipo kusokonekera kwamalingaliro kwamtundu wanji kukanakhudzidwa. Izi ndizomwe muyenera kukonzekera.
Mukayamba kumva mtundu womwewo wa chinenero kuchokera ku mndandanda wanu wa chiyeso pofuna kuyesa anthu omwe mukulimbana nawo, kumbukirani kuti 93% ya Asilamu onse adatsutsa kuwukira kwa 9/11. Ndipo iwo omwe amamvera chisoni adati akuwopa kulandidwa ndi US ndipo adatchulapo zifukwa zandale osati zachipembedzo zowathandizira.
Koma, kukhala womveka, monga George W. Bush anati kumayambiriro (kenako osabwerezabwereza), nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga idaganiziridwa m'malo apamwamba ngati "nkhondo yamtanda." Pamene ndinali mu Ranger, adapatsidwa. Fomuyi inali yosavuta mokwanira: al-Qaeda ndi a Taliban amayimira Asilamu onse, omwe anali mdani wathu. Tsopano, pamasewera olimbana ndi gululi, ISIS, yomwe ili ndi zigawenga zochepa ku Iraq ndi Syria, yatenga udindowu. Onaninso momveka bwino kuti pafupifupi Asilamu onse kukana machenjerero ake. Ngakhale Sunni m'deralo kumene ISIS ikugwira ntchito kwambiri kukana gululo. Ndipo iwo ndi Sunni omwe angatenge pansi ISIS pamene nthawi ikulondola.
Ngati mukufuna kukhala woona kwa inu nokha, musazengereze chifukwa cha tsankho. Ntchito yanu iyenera kukhala kuthetsa nkhondo, osati kupititsa patsogolo. Musaiwale zimenezo.
Wachiwiri kuima mu ndondomeko yotereyi ikhale umphawi: Pambuyo pa miyezi ingapo, ananditumiza ku Afghanistan. Tinafika pakati pausiku. Pamene zitseko za C-5 yathu zimatseguka, kununkhira kwa fumbi, dothi, ndi zipatso zakale kudakulowera m'mimba mwa ndege yoyendera ija. Ndimayembekezera kuti zipolopolo ziyamba kugwedezeka ndikamachoka, koma tinali ku Bagram Air Base, malo otetezeka kwambiri ku 2002.
Kupita patsogolo masabata awiri ndi ulendo wa maora atatu ma helikopta ndipo tinali kumbuyo kwathu. Tsiku lotsatira titafika, ndinazindikira mkazi wina wa ku Afghanistani akudumpha dothi lolimba lachikasu ndi fosholo, akuyesa kukumba gaunt pang'ono shrub kunja kwa makoma a miyala. Kupyolera mu mawonekedwe a maso ake, ine ndimakhoza kungojambula chovala cha nkhope yake yakale. Chigawo changa chinachoka kumbaliyi, ndikuyenda pamsewu, ndikuyembekeza (ndikuganiza) kuti ndikuyambitsa mavuto pang'ono. Ife tinali kudzipereka tokha monga nyambo, koma panalibe kulira.
Tidabwerako maola ochepa pambuyo pake, mayiyo adali akufunabe ndikutola nkhuni, mosakayikira kuphika chakudya chamadzulo cha banja lake usiku womwewo. Tidali ndi zida zathu zankhondo za grenade, mfuti zathu za M242 zomwe zimawombera maulendo 200 pamphindi, zikopa zathu zowonera usiku, ndi chakudya chochuluka - zonse zotsekedwa ndi zingwe ndipo zonse zimalawa chimodzimodzi. Tidali okonzeka bwino kuthana ndi mapiri aku Afghanistan kuposa mayiyu - kapena zimawoneka ngati ife nthawiyo. Koma linali, inde, dziko lake, osati lathu, ndipo umphawi wake, monga wamalo ambiri omwe mungadzipezeko, ndikukutsimikizirani, sudzakhala chilichonse chomwe mudawonapo. Udzakhala m'gulu la asitikali apamwamba kwambiri padziko lapansi ndipo udzalandiridwa ndi osauka kwambiri. Zida zanu m'dera losauka lidzamva zonyansa m'magulu ambiri. Inemwini, ndimamva ngati wopezerera nthawi yanga yambiri ku Afghanistan.
Tsopano, ndi mphindi yakuvula "mdani": Nthawi zambiri ku Afghanistan kunali chete komanso bata. Inde, maroketi nthawi zina ankakhala m'mabwalo athu, koma ambiri a a Taliban anali atadzipereka nthawi yomwe ndimalowa mdzikolo. Sindinadziwe panthawiyo, koma monga Anand Gopal adadziwira inanena mu bukhu lake lolemetsa, Palibe Amuna Abwino Pakati pa Amoyo, nkhondo yathu yolimbana ndi zigawenga sinakhutire ndi malipoti a kudzipereka kopanda tanthauzo kwa a Taliban. Chifukwa chake mayunitsi ngati anga adatumizidwa kukafunafuna "mdani." Ntchito yathu inali kukopa a Taliban - kapena aliyense - kubwerera kunkhondo.
Ndikhulupirireni, zinali zoyipa. Nthawi zambiri tinkangolembera anthu osalakwa kutengera nzeru zoyipa ndipo nthawi zina ngakhale kulanda anthu aku Afghanistan omwe adalonjeza kukhulupirika kuumishonale waku US. Kwa ambiri omwe kale anali mamembala a Taliban, zidakhala chisankho chodziwikiratu: kumenya nkhondo kapena kufa ndi njala, kumenyananso kapena kumenyedwa mwachisawawa mwina kuphedwa. Pambuyo pake a Taliban adadzipanganso ndipo lero ali kubwezeretsedwa. Ndikudziwa tsopano kuti utsogoleri wadziko lathu ukadakhala ndi mtendere m'maganizo mwake, zikadatha ku Afghanistan kumayambiriro kwa 2002.
Ngati mutumizidwa ku Iraq chifukwa cha nkhondo yathu yatsopano, kumbukirani kuti anthu a Sunni omwe mukukhala nawo akutsutsana ndi boma la Shia la ku United States ku Baghdad lomwe lakhala lopanda zaka zambiri. ISIS ilipo pachifukwa chokwanira chifukwa mamembala akuluakulu a chipani cha Saddam Hussein a Ba'ath adatchedwa mdani pamene adayesa kudzipereka pambuyo poti dziko la United States likuukira 2003. Ambiri a iwo anali ndi chidwi cholowetsedwanso kukhala gulu logwira ntchito, koma palibe mwayi wotero; ndipo, ndithudi, mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Bush Bush anatumiza ku Baghdad anangosweka Ankhondo a Saddam Hussein ndipo adakantha 400,000 asilikali akuyenda m'misewu pa nthawi ya kusowa ntchito.
Unali njira yodabwitsa yopangira kukana kudziko lina komwe kudzipereka sikunali kokwanira. Anthu aku America a nthawiyo amafuna kuwongolera Iraq (ndi nkhokwe zake zamafuta). Kuti izi zitheke, mu 2006, adathandizira Shia autocrat Nouri al-Maliki ngati nduna yayikulu pomwe asitikali a Shia anali ofunitsitsa kuyeretsa anthu aku Sunni a likulu la Iraq.
Pozindikira za ulamuliro wa mantha Zotsatira zake, n'zosadabwitsa kupeza mabungwe omwe kale anali a Baathist malo apamwamba mu ISIS ndi Sunni kusankha chovalacho choyipa ngati chocheperako zoyipa ziwiri mdziko lake. Apanso, mdani yemwe akutumizidwa kukamenya nkhondo, mwa gawo limodzi, ndi mankhwala wa mndandanda wa mndandanda wanu wa dziko lapansi. Ndipo kumbukirani kuti, zilizonse zoyipa zake, mdani uyu sapereka chiopsezo ku chitetezo cha America, mwina choncho limati Vice Wapurezidenti Joe Biden. Lolani izo zilowe mkati kwa kanthawi ndikudzifunsa nokha ngati mutha kutengadi malamulo anu oyendetsa mozama.
Kenaka, mu ndondomeko yotereyi, ganizirani zosagwirizana: Anthu aku Africa osadziwika akawombera m'mahema athu ndi zida zankhondo zaku Russia zakale, titha kuyerekezera komwe maroketi adachokera ndikuyitanitsa ziwombankhanga. Mukulankhula mabomba okwana mapaundi 500. Ndipo anthu wamba amwalira. Ndikhulupirireni, ndizomwe zili pamtima pankhondo yathu yomwe ikupitilira. Munthu aliyense waku America ngati inu yemwe akupita kumalo ankhondo m'zaka zilizonsezi amatha kuwona zomwe timazitcha "kuwonongeka kwa ndalama." Ndiwo anthu wamba akufa.
Chiwerengero cha anthu omwe sali msilikali anaphedwa kuyambira 9 / 11 kudera la Great Middle East mu nkhondo yathu yomwe yakhala ikukhala yodabwitsa komanso yoopsa. Khalani wokonzeka, mukamenyana, kuti mutenge anthu wamba kusiyana ndi kuwombera mfuti kapena kuwombera mabomba. Anthu a 174,000 adafa imfa zachiwawa chifukwa cha nkhondo za US ku Iraq, Afghanistan, ndi Pakistan pakati pa 2001 ndi April 2014. Mu Iraq, kupitirira 70% a iwo amene anamwalira akuyesedwa kuti anali anthu wamba. Kotero khalani okonzeka kulimbana ndi imfa zopanda pake ndikuganiza za onse omwe ataya abwenzi ndi mamembala awo mu nkhondo, ndipo iwowo tsopano akusowa moyo. Anthu ambiri omwe kale sankaganizapo polimbana ndi mtundu uliwonse wa nkhondo kapena kuzunza anthu a ku America tsopano akulandira lingaliro. Mwa kuyankhula kwina, iwe udzakhala kupitiliza nkhondo, kuupereka kwa mtsogolo.
Pomalizira, pali ufulu ndi demokarasi kuti tisawonongeke, ngati titi tisawonongepo thumba: Apa pali mfundo yosangalatsa yomwe mungaganizire, ngati kufalitsa ufulu ndi demokarasi padziko lonse lapansi zinali m'maganizo mwanu. Ngakhale kuti zolemba sizingatheke pa nkhaniyo, apolisi apha chinachake chonga 5,000 anthu mdziko muno kuyambira 9/11 - ambiri, mwanjira ina, kuposa kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku America omwe adaphedwa ndi "zigawenga" munthawi yomweyo. M'zaka zomwezi, zovala ngati Ranger ndi gulu lonse lankhondo laku US zapha anthu osawerengeka padziko lonse lapansi, kulunjika anthu osauka kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ndipo pali zigawenga zochepa pozungulira? Kodi zonsezi ndizomveka kwa inu?
Nditalembetsa usilikali, ndinali ndi chiyembekezo chodzapanga dziko labwino. M'malo mwake ndidathandizira kuti zikhale zowopsa. Ndinali nditangomaliza kumene maphunziro awo kukoleji. Ndimayembekezeranso kuti, ndikadzipereka, ndikalandila ngongole za ophunzira anga. Monga inu, ndimafuna thandizo lenileni, komanso tanthauzo. Ndinkafuna kuchita bwino ndi banja langa komanso dziko langa. Ndikayang'ana m'mbuyomu, zikuwonekeratu kuti kusowa kwanga chidziwitso chokhudzana ndi ntchito yomwe tidachita kwandipanditsa - ndipo inu ndi ife.
Ndikukulemberani makamaka chifukwa ndikungofuna kuti mudziwe kuti sikuchedwa kuti musinthe malingaliro. Ndinatero. Ndinakhala wotsutsa nkhondo nditatumizidwa kachiwiri ku Afghanistan pazifukwa zonse zomwe ndatchula pamwambapa. Kenako ndinamasula, titero kunena kwake. Kusiya usilikali chinali chimodzi mwa zinthu zovuta kwambiri koma zopindulitsa pamoyo wanga. Cholinga changa ndikutenga zomwe ndidaphunzira kunkhondo ndikubweretsa ku sekondale komanso kwa ophunzira aku koleji ngati mtundu wina wotsutsa. Pali ntchito yambiri yoti ichitike, kupatsidwa 10,000 asilikali olemba usilikali ku US ogwira ntchito pafupifupi $ Miliyoni 700 malonda bajeti. Ndipotu, ana amafunikira kumva mbali zonse ziwiri.
Ndikukhulupirira kuti kalatayi ndi yolumphira kwa inu. Ndipo ngati, mwanjira iliyonse, simunasaine mgwirizano wa Option 40 pano, simuyenera kutero. Mutha kukhala wolemba anzawo ntchito popanda kukhala msirikali wakale. Achinyamata m'dziko lonseli amafunikira kwambiri mphamvu zanu, kufunitsitsa kwanu kukhala opambana, kufunafuna tanthauzo. Osamawononga ku Iraq kapena Afghanistan kapena Yemen kapena Somalia kapena kwina kulikonse Nkhondo Yapadziko Lonse Lapansi ikuyenera kukutumizirani.
Monga tinkakonda kunena ku Rangers ...
Yendetsani Njira,
Rory Fanning
Rory Fanning, a TomDispatch zonse, anadutsa ku United States ku Pat Tillman Foundation ku 2008-2009, potsatira zigawo ziwiri ku Afghanistan ndi asilikali a 2nd Army Ranger Battalion. Fanning anayamba kulowa usilikali chifukwa cha zimene amakhulupirira. Iye ndi mlembi wa Kulimbana Kwakufunika Kwambiri: Ulendo Wokonzekera Kumenyana ndi Asilikali Kuchokera Msilikali ndi ku America (Haymarket, 2014).
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