Ndi David Swanson, October 11, 2017, Tiyeni Tiyesere Demokarase.
Nditawerenga ndikumva nkhani zotsutsana za Ken Burns & Lynn Novick's Vietnam War zolemba pa PBS, ndidaganiza kuti ndiyenera kuwonera. Ndikuvomereza ndi zina mwazodzudzulidwa komanso zamatamando ena.
Documentary imayamba ndi lingaliro lovuta kuti boma la US linali ndi zolinga zabwino. Zimatha ndi chiyamikiro cha chikumbutso cha DC ndi mndandanda wa mayina awo, osatchulidwa ndi asilikali ambiri a ku America omwe adafa chifukwa cha kudzipha, makamaka ochuluka kwambiri a Vietnamese omwe anaphedwa. Kukula kwa chikumbutso kwa onse akufa kungamveke khoma lamakono. Firimuyi imachitira "chigawenga cha nkhondo" ngati kunyozedwa koopsa chabe ndi adani kapena a peaceniks omwe amayamba kudandaula - koma samayankhula kwenikweni za ufulu wa nkhondo. Zoopsa zowonjezereka za kuphulika kwa Agent Orange zokhudzana ndi kubadwa kwapadera zimachotsedwa pambali potsutsana. Nkhondo yolimbana ndi asilikali imapatsidwa malo osalongosoka kwambiri poyerekeza ndi malipiro aakulu kwambiri pa anthu wamba. Mauthenga anzeru omwe amatsutsa nkhondo ndi makhalidwe abwino kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka kumapeto akusowa, motero kulola nkhani yomwe anthu amapanga zolakwika ndi kuphunzira kuchokera kwa iwo. Zofuna zapadera za zomwe zikanakhala zitachitidwa mmalo mwa nkhondo sizimawuka. Palibe opatsidwa chithandizo kwa omwe adalandira ndalama kuchokera ku nkhondo. Bodza la Mlembi wa "Defense" Robert McNamara ndi Purezidenti Lyndon Johnson pa nthawi yomwe Gulf of Tonkin sizinachitikire kuchepetsedwa. Ndipotu.
Zonsezi zikunenedwa, filimuyi inapindula ndi kuphatikizapo mawu ambiri omwe sindimatsutsana nawo kapena maganizo omwe ndimapeza kuti ndi olakwika - ndi nkhani ya mawonedwe a anthu, ndipo tikumva zambiri, ndipo timaphunzira mwakumva zambiri. Nyuzipepala ya 10 imalongosola momveka bwino momwe boma la United States linanamizira za zomwe zimalimbikitsa komanso zomwe zimawathandiza kuti apambane pa nkhondo - kuphatikizapo kusonyeza mafilimu a atolankhani a TV malipoti pazoipa za nkhondo mwa njira yomwe iwo sangathe kuchita lero ndi kusunga ntchito zawo (zovomerezeka, kawirikawiri, poyang'ana pa vuto la imfa za US, zomwe ziribe vuto limodzi la omvera a US akuyitanidwa kuti asamalire lero). Firimuyi imalongosola za imfa za Vietnamese, ngakhale kuti zimatsatira mwatsatanetsatane chizoloŵezi chachizoloŵezi cha kuwonetsa imfa yazing'ono za ku America koyamba. Icho chimapereka lipoti pa mazunzo ena komanso ngakhale kuti sizinali zovomerezeka. Zimakhazikitsa zochitika za Gulf of Tonkin monga zowawa ndi United States pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Vietnam. Mwachidule, imakhala ndi ntchito yokwanira kuti aliyense woonerera azifuna kuti sipadzakhalanso nkhondo ngati iyo. Komabe, kunyengerera kuti nkhondo ina ingakhale yolingamitsidwa bwino ndiyomwe yatsala.
Ndikufuna kutchula makamaka, ndikuthokoza, ndikuyang'anitsitsa chinthu chimodzi chimene filimu ya PBS ikuphatikiza, yomwe ndi Richard Nixon. Zaka zisanu zapitazo, nkhaniyi inalembedwa m'nkhani ina Ken Hughes, ndi ena mwa Robert Parry. Zaka zinayi zapitazo zinapangidwira The Smithsonian, pakati pa malo ena. Zaka zitatu zapitazo zinadziwika mu bukhu lovomerezeka ndi makampani Ken Hughes. Panthawi imeneyo, George Will adatchula chiwembu cha Nixon poyendetsa Washington Post, monga ngati aliyense amadziwa zonse za izo. M'ndandanda watsopano wa PBS, Burns ndi Novick kwenikweni amachoka ndikufotokoza bwino zomwe zinachitika, mwanjira yomwe Will sanatero. Chifukwa chake, anthu ambiri ambiri angamve zomwe zinachitika.
Chimene chinachitika chinali ichi. Ogwira ntchito a Pulezidenti Johnson anachita mgwirizano wamtendere ndi North Vietnam. Wovomerezeka wa pulezidenti Richard Nixon mwachinsinsi adauza kumpoto kwa Vietnam kuti angapezeko bwino ngati akudikira. Johnson adamva za izi ndipo adayitcha yekha chiwonongeko koma sananene kanthu pagulu. Nixon analengeza kuti adzathetsa nkhondoyo. Koma, mosiyana ndi Reagan amene adasokoneza mgwirizanowu kuti apite ku Iran, Nixon sanapereke zomwe adazibisa mseri. Mmalo mwake, monga pulezidenti wosankhidwa chifukwa cha chinyengo, adapitirizabe kupititsa patsogolo nkhondo (monga momwe Johnson adalili patsogolo pake). Iye adalimbikitsanso lonjezo loti adzathetsa nkhondoyo pamene adayimbenso kusankhidwa zaka zinayi pambuyo pake - anthu sakudziwa kuti nkhondoyo itatha kuthetsa msonkhanowo isanafike Nixon atasamukira ku White House ngati Nixon sanalepheretse mwachisawawa (kapena mwina watha nthawi iliyonse chiyambireni pomwe mwakumaliza).
Kuwona kuti mlanduwu unalipo ndipo Nixon ankafuna kuti izi zikhale zobisika zimatithandiza kuzindikira zolakwa zazing'ono zomwe zimapangidwa pansi pa mutu wakuti "Watergate." Phukusi la PBS limasonyeza kuti chikhumbo cha Nixon chofuna kulowa mu Brookings Institute chinali gawo la kuyesetsa kubisa chigamulo chake choyambirira. Burns ndi Novick alephera kutchula kuti Nixon thug Charles Colson anakonzeranso bomba Brookings Institution.
Sindingayankhe zomwe anthu a ku US akanachita ngati zida za Nixon zokhudzana mwamtendere zikudziwika panthawi yomwe zinachitika. Ndikhoza kuyankha zomwe anthu a ku United States akanachita ngati pulezidenti watsopano wa United States atapeputsa mtendere ndi North Korea, Mlembi wa boma amamutcha moron, ndipo anali ndi Pulezidenti wa Komiti ya Ubale Wachilendo ku United States adanena kuti adavulaza United States, anali kuopsa nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse, ndipo sankadziwa kwenikweni. Kwenikweni, anthu amatha kubwerera ndikuyang'ana - chabwino - filimu yokhudzana ndi Vietnam kuyambira kumbuyo tsiku limene panali zinthu zoti azidandaula nazo.
