Ndi David Swanson, Tiyeni Tiyesere Demokarase, June 21, 2021
Mexico idakhalapo ndi vuto ndi boma lakumaloko lomwe limalimbikitsa anthu osamukira ku United States kupita ku Mexico kuti achite ukapolo wosavomerezeka wa anthu obedwa mosavomerezeka. Malo okhudzidwa amatchedwa Texas. Kwa zaka zambiri, Mexico idalola Texas kuti ichoke pamilandu yake komanso zachiwerewere, kuphatikiza kukhoma misonkho, komanso kupha asitikali aku Mexico. Kenako idatumiza gulu lankhondo kuti likhazikitse lamulolo. Texans adachenjezana kuti asirikali akubwera "kudzapereka ufulu kwa akapolo athu, ndikudzipanga tokha kukhala akapolo" (kutanthauza kuthetsa ukapolo weniweni wa aliyense ndikufunanso kuti anthu azitsatira malamulo ndikulipira misonkho).
A Texans adalemba asirikali mosavomerezeka ndi ndalama zochokera ku United States, koma anali osagwirizana kwambiri, ogawanika chifukwa cha tsankho lowopsa la Anglos kulowera Latinos pakati pawo, ndikulephera chifukwa cha zidakwa, mtedza, ndi zigawenga omwe adathawira ku Texas kuchokera ku jams iwo anali atabwerera mmbuyo mu United States. Gulu lankhandweli, lokonzekera kumenyera ukapolo, phindu, zokonda zandale, komanso kusowa kwa china chilichonse choti achite, adadzaza linga laling'ono ku San Antonio lotchedwa Alamo ndi pafupifupi 200 mwa iwo, adagawanika kwambiri ngakhale pakati pa atsogoleri awiri mpaka m'modzi mwa iwo adamwa yekha.
Pomwe gulu lankhondo laku Mexico lophunzitsidwa bwino la masauzande angapo lidayandikira mosalekeza, oteteza ukapolo ndi ukulu wazungu adayesa kufunafuna anthu ambiri mbali yawo koma adalephera momvetsa chisoni chifukwa chosowa thandizo komanso kusakhulupirira kwa anthu omwe adadziwa ena Atsogoleri a gululi ngati onama komanso opanga zovuta. Omenyera ukapolo adalephera kuwononga kapena kusiya Alamo mpaka nthawi itatha. Anagwidwa opanda chiyembekezo. Adayesa kudzipereka ndikupulumutsidwa, koma pempholo lidakanidwa. Ena anafa akumenya nkhondo. Ena adadzipereka ndikuphedwa. Ena anathawa, anagwidwa, ndipo anaphedwa. Pafupifupi onse adatha kufa.
Kuchita bwino kumeneku ndichimodzi mwazinthu zonyaditsa kwambiri m'mbiri ya ma Texans ambiri komanso anthu ozungulira United States ndi kupitirira, makamaka chifukwa cha mabodza ambiri omwe adapangidwa kuti akonzetse zochitikazo patadutsa zaka zambiri, wamkulu mwa iwo zabodza zabodza za Walt Disney, John Wayne, ndi Lyndon Johnson. Mu nthano iyi, aliyense ku Alamo anali woyera ndipo akumenyera ufulu ku nkhanza zoyipa zamdima, ndipo munthu aliyense anasankha kumenya nkhondo ndi kufa atagonjetsedwa. Buku latsopano lotchedwa Iwalani Alamo lolembedwa ndi Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, ndi Jason Stanford.
Lamulo la Texas ndiye lokhalo padziko lapansi lotsimikizira ukapolo. Pamene Anglos adathawa gulu lankhondo laku Mexico, anthu omwe adawapanga ukapolo adathawira kunkhondo yaku Mexico ndikulonjeza ufulu. Uku kunali kudzipereka kwenikweni ndi boma la Mexico, koma panalibe chilichonse chokhudza gulu lankhondo laku Mexico, lomwe linapha asitikali ena 390 a Texan ku Goliad patangopita milungu ingapo kuphedwa ku Alamo. Kuti chimodzi mwazankhanza ziwirizi sichikudziwika ndipo inayo ndi malo opatulika kwambiri ndipo nkhani ndi ngozi yabodza yabodza pambuyo pake.
Koma ngakhale pazofalitsa pambuyo poti kuphedwa kumeneku, Alamo akuwoneka kuti anali nkhani yamphamvu kwambiri, ngakhale zonsezi zinagwiritsidwa ntchito. Monga zabodza zonse zankhondo yaku US kwazaka zambiri, zochepa ndizamphamvu kuposa kupha anthu aku America. Nkhani ya Alamo ndi kulira kwakukumbukira mwachangu kunatumiza anthu mazana atsopano ku US, kuphatikiza zida ndi ndalama, kusefukira ku Texas. Texans mwachangu idapambana chigonjetso chachikulu ndikudziyesa okha mtundu wodziyimira pawokha. Zaka zisanu ndi zinayi kuchokera ku Alamo, Texas anali boma la US.
Chaka chotsatira, US ndi Mexico anali pankhondo, kutengera mabodza a Purezidenti Polk, ndipo asitikali aku US akufuula "Kumbukirani Alamo!" Pamene United States, mkati mwa nkhondoyi, idakakamiza Mexico kuti ipereke madera ake onse akumpoto, kazembe waku US a Nicholas Trist adakambirana motsimikiza kwambiri pa mfundo imodzi. Iye analembera mlembi wa boma wa United States kuti: “Ndinawatsimikizira [a ku Mexico] kuti ngati angathe kuti andipatse gawo lonse lofotokozedwa mu ntchitoyi, liwonjezeke kuwirikiza katatu, ndipo kuwonjezera pamenepo, phazi lokwera ponse ponse ndi golide woyenga bwino, pokhapokha ngati ukapolo ukanachotsedwamo, sindingalandire mwayiwu kwakanthawi. ”
"Kumbukirani Alamo" yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mfuu yankhondo yankhondo yaku US kwazaka zambiri tsopano, idagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokozera nkhondo yoopsa ku Vietnam, Laos, ndi Cambodia, yakhala ikuteteza kuphedwa kwa anthu aku Mexico ndi Latinos ndi Texas "oyang'anira zigawenga , ”Inali nkhani yabodza pakati pa Cold War motsutsana ndi Soviet Union, ufulu wa anthu ogwira ntchito, komanso zachitukuko, ndipo mpaka pano zikuwonjezera nkhondo ku San Antonio komanso madera akutali.
Olemba a Iwalani Alamo agwira ntchito yayikulu, koma ndikukhumba akadakhala kuti sanatsatire mawu abodza a Alamo polemba kuti, "Maganizo amtunduwu atha kunenedwa kuti ndiwosavomerezeka ngati sichikanatsimikizira kuti ndi chowononga mtundu . . . watsala pang'ono kukhala nzika zambiri zaku Texas: Latinos. ”
Zowonongekazo ndi zenizeni. Sikuti Latinos omwe adamwalira ku Alamo limodzi ndi a Anglos adafufutidwa pazofalitsa, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zinthu zopanda pake zomwe Latinos zifune kuzindikira kuti Latinos wakale adakhalapo pachiwopsezo choterechi (kudzilemekeza kwa ana aku Spain omwe akuti amadalira powerenga mokweza mayina a a Tejanos omwe adamwalira pamalo oyera). Ndi nkhani zosatha zomwe olemba adapeza a Latinos ku Texas adakumana ndi tsankho pomwe aphunzitsi awo kusukulu adauza makalasi awo kuti ndi anthu awo omwe adapha Davey Crockett - pafupifupi aku Texas akuimba mlandu Ayuda kupha Yesu Khristu. Koma sipangakhale chowopsa chilichonse pofalitsa nkhani zankhondo zomwe sizingayambitse tsankho, ngati chinthu choterocho chilipo.
David Crockett anali wachinyengo wotchuka yemwe adalephera pomwe adafika ku Alamo. Chowonadi kuti anali m'modzi mwa omwe adadzipereka ndikuphedwa, kwazaka zambiri adakhala umboni wotsutsana ndi wamkulu waku Mexico Santa Anna. Koma Walt Disney adaganiza mzaka za m'ma 1950 kuti Davey Crockett sakanadzipereka kwa anthu aku Mexico (kapena achikominisi!) Zomwe zikutanthauza kuti udindo wake wonga wa Khristu udadalira kunyengerera kuti - mosiyana ndi Khristu - adapita kunkhondo.
George W. Bush adakankhira Alamoloney kwambiri ngati LBJ, ndipo sichitha posachedwa. Ufulu Wachipembedzo ku United States umafikira ku chipembedzo chaboma chazikhulupiriro zankhondo. Kuwafunsa si ntchito yoti ingogwirizana ndi zowona, ngati nkhanza zoyipa zomwe ziyenera kupepesa chifukwa chakusazindikira. Kugwiritsa ntchito mawu achipembedzo ndikofala pofotokozera Alamo, komanso pamikangano yokhudza zomwe mungachite ndi tsambalo kapena zomwe mungaphunzitse ana za izi. Zikhulupiriro zodabwitsa zomwe zaikidwapo zikuphatikiza chikhulupiriro cha woimba rock waku Britain Phil Collins kuti adathetsa moyo wakale ku Alamo (komanso kuti ali ndi zithunzi za Alamo zomwe zimajambula ma orbs owoneka bwino). Ndingagulitse chikhulupiriro chakuti Pentagon ikulimbana molimba mtima ndi ziwopsezo zakunja zomwe zikuwononga "ufulu" wazonse zomwe Phil Collins akuganiza tsiku lililonse.
