Ndi David Swanson, September 13, 2019
Sindinadziwe mpaka posachedwapa kuti a Smedley Butler adapitako tawuni yanga. Kenako ndinamva kuti amalankhula ku University of Virginia kuno ku Charlottesville ku 1937. Yunivesite ya Virginia inali ndi mawu omata m'matumba ake ndipo anali wokoma mtima kuti adule. Yazikidwa pansipa.
Ngati simunamvepo za a Smedley Butler ndipo simukudziwa chifukwa chomwe iye ali ngwazi yayikulu kwa Ma Veterans for Peace and Peace advocates general (komanso kukhala a Major General), nditha kuyesa mwachidule moyo wake wodabwitsa m'mphindi zochepa ziganizo. Mwamunayo ayenera kukhala ngwazi kwa otsutsana ndi ma marcancist, omwe, panjira, afikiranso ku Charlottesville.
A Smedley Butler anali wokhulupirira moona mtima komanso wokonda zankhondo. Ananamiza zaka zake kuti adzalowa nawo Marine molawirira. Anadzipatula yekha ndi kulimba mtima kwamisala komanso luso la utsogoleri mu nkhondo ku China ndi Latin America. Adalamulira Haiti. Anali ngwazi ya World War I. Adayikidwa kuti aziyang'anira zoletsa ku Philadelphia kufikira atakhazikitsa lamulo loletsa olemera. Ndiye Marine wokongoletsedwa kwambiri kuposa onse amene adakhalako ndipo adakali m'modzi mwa anthu okongoletsa kwambiri asirikali aku US. Adathamangira ku Quantico ndipo adadzimanga yekha mundende ngati chilango chifukwa adalengeza kuti mnzake waku United States Benito Mussolini adathamangitsa kamtsikana kakang'ono ndi galimoto yake.
Butler anali ngwazi wokondedwa wa ankhondo komanso mtsogoleri wazovuta zawo kuti alipidwe ma bonasi awo pazinthu zina. Gulu la ena olemera kwambiri mdziko lino lidaphunzira za mayendedwe azungu ku Europe ndikuyesera kulemba ganyu Butler kuti athandizane ndi Purezidenti Franklin Roosevelt. Butler adavumbulutsa chiwembuchi, ndipo zokambirana za DRM zidatsimikizira mavumbulutso ake. Olemba mbiri yakale amakhulupirira kuti popanda kukana Butler, chiwembucho chikadatha.
Butler adatsutsa nkhondo pazokambirana zambiri pagulu ndipo adakana ntchito yake yakale monga womenyera ufulu wopha anthu ku Wall Street. Anali wokonda komanso wodzipereka komanso wopanda mantha pakutsutsa kwake kupha anthu ambiri monga momwe amamuthandizira kale. Monga umboni wa zomwezo, ndikupereka mawu otsatirawa, pamakalata a Butler omwe adalemba kale komanso olembedwa pamanja:
Pakadali pano, gulu lankhondo la US likukonzekera nkhondo ndi Japan mwachangu, ndipo magulu amtendere anali kuchita zionetsero zotsutsana ndi Japan - nkhondo yomwe sinabwere mpaka 1941.
Werengani funso lotsirizali. Mu 1937, limenelo linali funso lachinyengo. Yankho linali lodziwikiratu. M'nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse yapadziko lonse lapansi yankhondo yokhazikika, yankho silidziwika kwenikweni komanso lopotoza. Atsogoleri andale akhala akudzipereka kuti “akondwere” osati mwamakani, ngati sichoncho.
Propaganda kuyambira kale anazindikira kuti kumangoyendera bizinesi yakoyako ndi “kudzipatula” kochimwa, ngakhale kuti Butler, monga "odzipatula" ambiri amamveka bwino pakubweranso kwina kuti sakunena zodzipatula.
Panthawi yolankhula iyi, Ludlow Amendment inali kupeza mphamvu ku Congress. Zikadafunikira voti pagulu lililonse isanachitike. Purezidenti Roosevelt adatseka bwino nkhaniyi.
Chimodzi mwazomwe Smedley Butler adatayika pa mbiri ndiyakuti atolankhani ndi akatswiri azambiri zakale adayesetsa kuyesera ndikuyipitsa nkhani ya Wall Street Plot. Ndikuganiza kuti chifukwa china ndikuti Butler adatsutsa nkhondo isanachitike nkhondo yoyera kwambiri mu chikhalidwe cha US, Nkhondo Yadziko II. Pachifukwa chimenecho, ndikupereka mawu oyamba okonzanso malingaliro a nthano iyi:
