Kuyika Maboti Pampando Pamtendere

Pa Tsiku la St Patrick chaka chino, asitikali awiri ankhondo aku US, a Ken Mayers ndi a Tarak Kauff, a 82 ndi 77 motsatana, adamangidwa pa Shannon Airport chifukwa chotsutsa kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi asitikali aku America.

Adawopseza kuwononga chitetezo cha pa eyapoti ndi kuwachimwira, adakhala m'ndende ya Limerick masiku a 12 ndipo mapasipoti awo adatsekeredwa. Akudikirira kuti mlandu wawo udze kuzenga mlandu, a Ken ndi Tarak akhala akugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yawo yayitali kuti achite nawo ziwonetsero zina zotsutsana ndi nkhondo zaku America ndikulowerera ndale ku Ireland.

Amunawa, onsewa anali asirikali aku US, ndipo tsopano ndi mamembala a Veterans for Peace, ayamba 'Walk for Freedom' yomwe idayamba ku Limerick Loweruka lapitalo ndipo lidzatha ku Malin Head, Donegal, pa Seputembala 27. Asanayambe ulendo wawo ndinakumana ndi Ken ndi Tarak ku Limerick ndipo adafotokoza momwe adakhalira asirikali kupita kumtendere ndi chifukwa chomwe amakhulupirira kuti Ireland ikhoza kukhala mawu amphamvu pokana nkhondo padziko lapansi.

"Abambo anga anali m'misili yankhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse komanso nkhondo yankhondo yaku Korea, motero ndidakulira ndikumwa ma 'marine corps Kool Aid'," akuyamba Ken. “Mitembo inandilipira ku koleji ndipo nditamaliza ndinayamba kugwira ntchito. Panthawiyo ndinali wokhulupirira moona ndipo ndimaganiza kuti America inali njira yabwino. Ndinagwira ntchito yolimbitsa thupi kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu ndi theka, kum'mawa kwa Far East, Caribbean, ndi Vietnam, ndipo ndidawona kwambiri kuti America siyopanda phindu. ”

Ken adalemba zina mwazinthu zomwe zidasokoneza chikhulupiriro chake kuukoma waku US. "Chizindikiro choyamba chinali mchilimwe cha 1960 pomwe timachita masewera olimbitsa thupi ku Taiwan - izi zinali zisanakhale chuma cha kambuku ndipo sizinali bwino kwenikweni. Tikadakhala tikudya ma C-Ration athu ndipo pamakhala ana akupempha zitini zopanda kanthu kuti zigwirizane ndi madenga awo. Izi zidandipangitsa kudabwa chifukwa chomwe anzathu adali mu umphawi wadzaoneni pomwe tikadatha kuwathandiza.

Ndidayang'ana zomwe America ikuchita ku Vietnam ndipo zidandidabwitsa. Ichi chinali chiyambi cha kulimbikira kwanga komanso kuchita zinthu mopitilira muyeso. Anthu atandithokoza chifukwa chotumikira dziko langa ndinawauza kuti utumiki wanga weniweni sunayambe mpaka nditatuluka usirikali '

“Chaka chotsatira tinali ku Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, komwe matupi ake anali ndi theka lake ndipo ankagwiritsa ntchito mfuti. Tidalamulidwa kuti tikhazikitse chingwe chamoto chodutsa pachilumbacho ndipo ngati wina ayesa kudutsa tiyenera kuwombera - ndipo okhala pachilumbacho anali nzika zaku America. Ndidamva pambuyo pake kuti US ikuphunzitsa anthu aku Cuba pachilumbachi kuti alande Bay of Pigs. Chochitika chimenecho chinali china.

"Udzu womaliza ndi pomwe ndidabwerera ku Asia mu 1964. Ndinkagwira ntchito yowononga ndi sitima zapamadzi m'mbali mwa gombe la Vietnam pomwe chochitika cha Tonkin Gulf chidachitika. Zinali zowonekeratu kwa ine kuti chinali chinyengo chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokozera nkhondo yayikulu kwa anthu aku America. Tinkaphwanya madzi achi Vietnamese nthawi zonse, ndikumatumiza mabwato pafupi ndi gombe kuti atipangitse kuyankha. Ndipamene ndidaganiza kuti sindingathenso kukhala chida chamtundu wakunja ndipo mu 1966 ndidasiya ntchito. ”

Tarak adachita zaka zitatu mu 105th Airborne Division, kuchokera ku 1959 mpaka 1962, ndipo akuvomera mosavuta kuti adatuluka posakhalitsa gawo lake asanatumizidwe ku Vietnam. Kutengeka mwamphamvu pamafunde a 1960s adakhala wolimbirana mwamtendere. "Ndidali mmodzi wa azikhalidwe makumi asanu ndi limodzi aja ndipo zidali zochuluka kwa ine," akutero. "Ndidayang'ana zomwe America idachita ku Vietnam ndipo idandidabwitsa ndipo ndimalingaliro anga oyambira kuchita zachiwawa. Anthu atandithokoza chifukwa chogwira ntchito kudziko langa ndinawauza kuti ntchito yanga siyinayambe mpaka nditatuluka m'gulu lankhondo. ”

Pakufunsidwa, Ken amalankhula modekha pomwe Tarak akuyenera kukhala wolimba mtima, akumenyetsa pamwamba pa tebulo ndi chala chake kuti agogomeze - ngakhale akumwetulira podzizindikira komanso nthabwala za momwe kusiyanasiyana kumawapangira awiriwo kuchita bwino kawiri. Onsewa ndi mamembala anthawi yayitali a Veterans for Peace, omwe adakhazikitsidwa ku Maine ku 1985 ndipo tsopano ali ndi machaputala mmaiko onse aku US ndi mayiko ena angapo, kuphatikiza Ireland.

Anali Ed Horgan, woyambitsa wa Veterans for Peace Ireland, yemwe anachenjeza Ken ndi Tarak za Shannon. "Tinakumana ndi Ed zaka zingapo zapitazo ndipo timaganiza kuti dziko la Ireland ndi dziko losaganizira ena koma anatiuza za ndege zonse zaku US, ndi ndege zoyendera, kudzera mu Shannon. Mwa kuthandizira izi, dziko la Ireland likudzipangitsa kukhala lofananira ndi nkhondo za America. ”

Tarak akuwonetsa kuwonongeka koopsa kwa asitikali aku America, omwe akuphatikizapo kuwonongeka kwa nyengo. “Lero, America ikuchita nkhondo m'maiko 14 pomwe mdzikolo muli kuwomberana mfuti tsiku lililonse. Ziwawa zomwe timatumiza kunja zikubwera kwathu, ”akutero. "Ma vets ambiri ku Vietnam adadzipha kuposa omwe adaphedwa pankhondo yonse. Ndipo ana achichepere omwe abwera kuchokera kunkhondo ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan akutenganso miyoyo yawo. Chifukwa chiyani izi zikuchitika? Ndikubwezera, ndikulakwa!

"Ndipo lero sikuti tikungopha anthu ndikuwononga maiko monga tidachitira ku Vietnam ndi Iraq, tikuwononganso chilengedwe. Asitikali aku US ndiye akuwononga chilengedwe chachikulu padziko lapansi; ndiwogwiritsa ntchito mafuta akulu kwambiri, ndiwo akuwononga poizoni wamkulu okhala ndi mabowo opitilira XNUMX padziko lonse lapansi. Nthawi zambiri anthu samalumikiza gulu lankhondo ndi kuwononga nyengo koma limalumikizidwa kwambiri. ”

Ken ndi Tarak m'mbuyomu adamangidwa pachiwonetsero kufikira kutali ndi Palestine, Okinawa, ndi Standing ku US. "Mukamachita ziwonetserozi ndikusemphana ndi malamulo aboma sakonda izi ndipo mumafuna kumangidwa," Tarak anachenjeza motero.

"Koma aka ndiye kotalika kwambiri komwe takhala m'malo amodzi chifukwa mapasipoti athu adatengedwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayo," akuwonjezera Ken. "Takhala kunja kwa Dáil tili ndi zikwangwani zolimbikitsa kusalowerera ndale ku Ireland komanso zotsutsana ndi nkhondo zaku US, tikulankhula pamisonkhano, tafunsidwa pawailesi komanso kanema wawayilesi, ndipo timaganiza kuti mwina tiziyenda mumsewu ndikuyenda ndikulankhula ndikukumana ndi anthu, kuvala nsapato pansi pa mtendere. Ndife okondwa nazo ndipo tidzayenda m'malo osiyanasiyana ku Ireland mpaka pa 27 mwezi uno. Tilankhulanso ku World Beyond War msonkhano ku Limerick pa Okutobala 5/6 womwe mutha kuwerenga nawo www.worldbeyondwar.org "

'Uyu si mnyamata wina akuyenda ndi chikwangwani chonena kuti' mapeto ali pafupi 'awa ndi asayansi athu abwino akuti tilibe nthawi yambiri. Ana anu sadzakhala ndi dziko lomwe angakuliremo, izi ndi zomwe achinyamata akuyesera kuchita ndi Kupanduka Kwachinyengo, ndi zina zambiri, ndipo Ireland itha kutenga gawo lalikulu pa izi '

Amuna awiriwa ali ndi khothi lawa mwezi wamawa pomwe apempha kuti mlandu wawo usunthire ku Dublin, ngakhale kuti zitha zaka zina ziwiri kuti mlandu wawo usanachitike. Mapasipoti awo adakhudzidwa chifukwa amawonedwa ngati chiwopsezo chothawa, lingaliro lomwe limawalemekeza ufulu wawo wachibadwidwe womwe Ken akukhulupirira kuti adalimbikitsa.

"Sizingakhale zomveka kuganiza kuti tikabwerako ku America kuti tidzayesedwe tikadakhala ndi mapasipoti athu ndikubwerera kwathu," akutero. “Kuyesedwa ndi gawo la ntchito; ndizomwe timachita kuti tiwonetse zovuta ndi zomwe zikuchitika. Tikuzindikira kuthekera kwakukulu kwakubwino komwe kungachitike ngati anthu aku Ireland - opitilira 80% omwe amathandizira kusalowerera ndale - adafunsa izi ndikukakamiza boma lawo kuti liziwonetsetsa kuti likugwiritsidwa ntchito moyenera. Izi zitha kutumiza uthenga kudziko lonse lapansi. ”

Onse a Ken ndi Tarak ndi agogo ndipo amuna ambiri azaka zawo akadakhala akudutsa masiku awo munjira yolimba kuposa kuwonetsa kotsutsa, kumangidwa, ndi makhothi. Kodi ana awo ndi adzukulu awo amapanga chiyani? "Ndiye chifukwa chake timachita izi, chifukwa tikufuna ana awa kuti akhale ndi dziko lokhalamo," Tarak akutsimikiza mtima. "Anthu ayenera kudziwa kuti moyo padziko lapansi pano ukuopsezedwa. Uyu si munthu wina yemwe amayenda mozungulira ndi chikhomo akuti 'kutha kwayandikira' awa ndi asayansi athu abwino akuti tilibe nthawi yambiri.

"Ana anu sadzakhala ndi dziko lomwe angakuliremo, izi ndi zomwe achinyamata akuyesera kuchita ndi Extinction Rebellion, ndi zina zotero, ndipo dziko la Ireland lingatenge gawo lalikulu pankhaniyi. Chiyambire kukhala kuno, ndayamba kukonda dziko lino ndi anthu ake. Sindikuganiza kuti nonse mukudziwa momwe dziko la Ireland limalemekezedwera padziko lonse lapansi komanso momwe zingakhudzire dziko lonse lapansi, makamaka ngati zingakhazikike ngati dziko losalowerera ndale ndikuchita izi. Kuchita chinthu choyenera pamoyo wapadziko lapansi kumatanthauza kanthu, ndipo aku Ireland amatha kuchita izi ndipo ndizomwe ndikufuna kuti zichitike ndichifukwa chake timayenda tikulankhula ndi anthu. ”

Kuyenda kwa Ken ndi Tarak akuyembekezeka kufika ku Galway Crystal Factory ku 12.30pm Lolemba Seputembara 16. Iwo omwe akufuna kulowa nawo gawo la kuyenda kapena kuwathandiza akhoza kupeza zambiri patsamba la Facebook la Galway Alliance Against War: https://www.facebook.com/groups/312442090965.