Ndi Brian Trautman.
Dziko la United States ndilo dziko la militized ndi jingoistic padziko lapansi. Malamulo ake akunja akutsogoleredwa ndi zida zankhondo, zipolopolo zamilandu komanso zachiwawa. Kwa zaka zoposa khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi tsopano, maulamuliro atatu a pulezidenti apanga zomwe zimatchedwa "Nkhondo pazoopsa" (GWOT), nkhondo yamuyaya yomwe ikuchitika padziko lonse, pansi pa malingaliro olakwika akuti "dziko lapansi ndilo nkhondo," wolemba nyuzipepala wotchuka Jeremy Scahill. Monga momwe kuwonetseredwa kwa Iraq ndi Afghanistan, GWOT imayendetsedwa kudzera mu nkhondo zachilendo. Kawirikawiri, imayesedwa kupyolera mu chivundikiro kapena nkhondo "zonyansa", motsutsana ndi magulu ndi anthu m'mitundu yambiri. A US ali ndi ndalama ndi zomangamanga kuti agwire nkhondo zopanda malamulo. Ndalama zake zowonongeka za usilikali ndi zazikulu kuposa mayiko asanu ndi awiri otsatirawa. Ndilo njira yaikulu kwambiri yosungira asilikali kumayiko ena, kusunga pafupifupi zigawo za 800 m'mayiko ozungulira 70. Pulojekiti yomwe ikuwonjezeka nthawi zonse, yomwe Purezidenti Eisenhower anachenjeza ponena za kuyankhulana kwake, ikuyendera mbali iliyonse ya anthu athu - kuchokera ku chuma chomwe chimadalira kwambiri ntchito zamagulu, kumalo osungira usilikali m'masukulu athu onse, kupita ku apolisi. Chikhalidwe choopsa cha nkhondoyi chimatsimikiziridwa pa maholide osiyanasiyana a dziko, makamaka Tsiku la Chikumbutso.
Tsiku la Chikumbutso - tsiku lochokera ku 1868 (Tsiku Lokongoletsera), pomwe amanda a Nkhondo Yachimuna anafa anali okongoletsedwa ndi maluwa - adasokonezeka tsiku lomwe limakumbukira kukumbukira asilikali ophedwa ndi kulemekeza nkhondo. Kuyankhula kwa mbendera kosathera, kuyankhula kwachisawawa, kumayendetsa misika, kuwonetsera kwa tsiku la Chikumbutso sikulemekeza anyamatawa. Zingakhale zotani, komabe, zikugwira ntchito kuti zisawononge nkhondo zamtsogolo ndi kukhazikitsa mtendere - kulemekeza kukumbukira kwawo posawatumizira amuna ndi akazi ambiri kuti awonongeke ndi kupha ndi kulemberana nkhondo chifukwa cha mabodza. Kuti akhale ndi mwayi wogwira ntchitoyi, ntchitoyi iyenera kuphatikizapo kuyesetsa kuti anthu adziŵe zambiri zokhudza zomwe zimayambitsa ndi ndondomeko za nkhondo.
Nthawi yayitali woimira malonda, lawula, ndi wolemba Ralph Nader akutsimikizira m'nkhaniyi, "Kulimbitsa Tsiku la Chikumbutso," kulemekeza nkhondo yathu ya nkhondo iyenera kukhala yoposa kuwonongeka kwawo. Malinga ndi Nader, "Kuyika njira zamphamvu za mtendere ndi njira yowakumbukira anthu, asilikali ndi anthu, omwe sanabwerere kunyumba kwawo. "Sipadzakhalanso" ayenera kukhala msonkho wathu ndi lonjezo kwa iwo. "
Ponena za kulandidwa kwa 9 / 11, mu "Kumbukirani Izi pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso: Sanagwe, Anakankhidwa, ” Ray McGovern, wapolisi wakale wa asilikali ndi katswiri wamkulu wa CIA, akupereka funso lachithunzithunzi: nchiyani chomwe chimasonyeza ulemu wa asitikali aku US adaphedwa pankhondo izi komanso za abale awo pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso? Pomwe McGovern akuyankha, "Zosavuta: Pewani zonena zabodza ngati" amene agwa "ndikuwulula zabodza zakuti zinali lingaliro labwino kuyambitsa nkhondozo kenako" kukweza "magulu masauzande ambirimbiri m'malo opusa amenewo."
Bill Quigley, pulofesa walamulo ku yunivesite ya Loyola ku New Orleans, akulemba mu "Tsiku la Chikumbutso: Kupempherera Mtendere Pamene Akupita Nkhondo Yamuyaya?" "Tsiku la Chikumbutso, malinga ndi lamulo la feduro, ndi tsiku lopempherera mtendere wosatha. ” Izi ndizotsutsana, ngakhale - kutengera momwe boma lathu likuyendera. Quigley akufunsa kuti: "kodi ndizotheka kupempherera mtendere moona mtima pomwe dziko lathu lili kutali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi pomenya nkhondo, kupezeka kunkhondo, kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zankhondo komanso kugulitsa zida padziko lonse lapansi?" Akupereka malingaliro asanu momwe tingasinthire izi, awiri oyamba kukhala, "phunzirani zowona ndikukumana ndi zowona kuti US ndiyeopanga nkhondo padziko lonse lapansi" komanso "kudzipereka tokha ndikukonzekera ena ku kusintha kweniyeni kwa miyambo ndikukumana ndi makampani ndi ndale omwe akupitiriza kukakamiza dziko lathu ku nkhondo ndikukwaniritsa bajeti ya nkhondo ndi kutentha kwa mantha osatha. "Quigley akugogomezera kuti, "Ndipokha pamene tigwira ntchito tsiku limene US sakhala wotsogolera dziko lonse, tidzakhala ndi ufulu wopempherera mtendere pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso."
M'nkhani yomwe inalembedwa mu The Boston Globe (1976), mlembi wa mbiri yakale, dzina lake Howard Zinn, analimbikitsa owerenga kuti aganizirenso tsiku la Chikumbutso, omwe timalemekeza tsikuli, komanso zomwe tikuziika patsogolo. Dr. Zinn analemba kuti: "Tsiku la Chikumbutso lidzakondweretsedwa ... mwa kusakhulupirika kwapakati pa akufa, mwachinyengo cha kukonda dziko la ndale ndi makontrakitala akukonzekera nkhondo zambiri, manda ambiri kuti alandire maluwa ambiri pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso. Kukumbukira akufa kumayenera kudzipatulira mosiyana. Kukhala mwamtendere, kutsutsa maboma. "... "MTsiku lomaliza liyenera kukhala tsiku loyika maluwa pamanda ndi kubzala mitengo. Komanso, powononga zida za imfa zomwe zimatiika pangozi kuposa momwe amatitetezera, zomwe zimataya zinthu zathu ndi kuopseza ana athu ndi zidzukulu zathu. "
Tsiku lililonse la Chikumbutso, mamembala a Ma Veterans for Peace (VFP), bungwe lopanda phindu lapadziko lonse lomwe amagwira ntchito kuthetsa nkhondo ndi kulimbikitsa mtendere, amagwira nawo ntchito mu zochitika zambiri zosavomerezeka zopanda chilungamo m'midzi ndi m'mizinda yonse. Chaka chino sichikusiyana. Cholinga chachikulu cha VFP chidzachitika ku Washington, DC, kupyolera mu zochitika zambiri zotchedwa "Ankhondo Akale Pa March! Imani Nkhondo Yosatha, Pangani Mtendere, "May 29 ndi 30, 2017. VFP asilikali ankhondo, asilikali achibale komanso ogwirizana adzasintha mu DC mogwirizana kuti athetse nkhondo monga chida cha ndondomeko ya dziko; kumanga chikhalidwe cha mtendere; kuwonetsa ndalama zenizeni za nkhondo; ndi kuchiritsa mabala a nkhondo.
Pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso, VFP ndi abwenzi ake adzasonkhana pamwambo wapaderawu komanso waulemu wopereka makalata ku Wall Memorial Memorial, cholinga chake kuti chikhale chikumbutso cha amkhondo onse ndi anthu omwe anafa ku Vietnam ndi nkhondo zonse. VFP idzadandaula imfa yowopsya ndi yotetezeka, ndikuyitanitsa anthu kuti ayesetse kuthetsa nkhondo, chifukwa cha iwo amene anamwalira komanso chifukwa cha onse omwe akukhala lero. Chikumbutso cha "Letters pa Wall" ndi ntchito ya Vietnam Yodziwika Kwambiri kampeni, polojekiti ya VFP. M'nkhani yake, "Kukonzekera Tsiku Lachikumbutso Lotsatira," CODEPINK Co-founder, Medea Benjamin, akufotokozera nkhani ya msilikali wina yemwe akugwira nawo ntchitoyi: "Monga momwe vesi la Vietnam, Dan Shea, adayankhulira, pa Chikumbutso cha Vietnam, kuphatikizapo mayina omwe akusowa a Vietnamese ndi onse omwe anaphedwa ndi Agent Orange, kuphatikizapo mwana wake wamwamuna: "Chifukwa chiyani Vietnam? Nchifukwa chiyani Afghanistan? Nchifukwa chiyani Iraq? Nchifukwa chiyani nkhondo iliyonse? ... ... Phokoso lamphamvu la anthu omwe amachitira nkhanzazi likhale chete. "
Lachiwiri, May 30, VFP idzalandira misa Mgwirizano pa Chikumbutso cha Lincoln, pomwe olankhula molimba mtima komanso mwamphamvu adzaitanitsa kuti nkhondo ithe, kuzunza dziko lathu lapansi, kuzunza ndi kupondereza anthu onse. Kuyitanidwanso kuti anthu ayimire mtendere ndi chilungamo, kunyumba ndi kunja. Kutsatira msonkhanowo, ophunzira atenga nawo mbali ku White House kuti akapereke mndandanda wa amafuna Pulezidenti akunena kuti chiwawa chomwe chimalepheretsa moyo wamtendere, wamtendere ndi wodalirika kwa mibadwo yamakono komanso yam'tsogolo iyenera kuyima nthawi yomweyo. Kukonzekera msonkhanowu / kuguba kudayamba poyang'ana kukulira kwa VFP mawu Zokhudza Bajeti ya Gulu Lankhondo la Trump komanso kufunitsitsa ndi udindo waomwe ankhondo akale, nzika zawo komanso anthu awonetsa kuti akukana mwamphamvu mfundo zotsutsana ndi tsankho za a Trump ndikudzipereka kuti apeze njira yabwinoko yamtendere.
Kuwonjezera pa zochitikazi, VFP idzakwaniritsanso mwayi pa malo a Chikumbutso cha Nyuzipepala powapatsa anthu mwayi wochitira umboni pa chikumbutso chokwera pazomwe zimayendera nkhondo kumbali zonse. Sikuti timangokhala ndi chikumbutso kumenyana kwa America ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan ndi nkhondo zina za pambuyo pa Vietnam, koma sitimakhala ndi chikumbutso kwa anthu ambiri omwe amadzipha komanso mabanja omwe amatha kufa chifukwa cha nkhondo. Malupanga Omwe Ayenera Kulima Chikumbutso Chingwe, nsanja yayitali mamita 24 yokutidwa ndi 'njerwa' zasiliva zophulitsidwa ndi zitini zobwezerezedwanso, imapereka mwayi wopereka msonkho kwa omwe adazunzidwa pankhondoyo. Yoyambitsidwa ndi Chaputala cha Eisenhower cha VFP, Bell tower ladzipereka kuyimitsa nkhondo ndi ziwawa, kuchiritsa mabala a nkhondo omwe amachitika mbali zonse ziwiri za mikangano, ndikupereka mwayi kwa onse omwe achitiridwa nkhanza kuti ayambe kuchiritsa komwe kumayambitsidwa ndi nkhondo.
Gwiritsani ntchito VFP ku Washington, DC pa May 29 ndi 30 kuti musamangoganizira zamagulu, ndikuchotsani magulu akuluakulu a nkhondo, ndikufunitseni kusintha kwa dziko lonse ku imfa ndi chiwonongeko kuti chikhazikitse mtendere ndi mtendere. Zolinga zomwe zimagwirizanitsa zikhoza kupindula ngati anthu okwanira asonkhana pamodzi ndikupanga kusintha kosasunthika kwa anthu kuti akhale bwino mawa.
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Brian Trautman ndi msilikali wa asilikali a US Army, membala wa bungwe la Veterans For Peace, ndi wophunzitsa mtendere / wolimbikitsana. Mumutsatire pa Twitter: @BrianJTrautman.
