Tsiku lomwe ndidakhala wotsutsana ndi nkhondo

Ambiri aife omwe tinali ndi moyo ndiye timakumbukira komwe tinali m'mawa wa kuukira kwa 9/11. Pamene tikukumbukira zaka 18 za nkhondo ya Iraq mu Marichi, ndikudabwa kuti ndi angati omwe amakumbukiranso komwe tinali tsikulo.

Pa 9/11, ndinali sukulu yachikatolika ya sitandade XNUMX. Sindidzaiwala aphunzitsi anga, Mayi Anderson, kungoti: “Ndili ndi kanthu kena kakuti ndikuuzeni.” Anafotokoza chinthu choyipa chomwe chachitika ndikuyendetsa TV mchipindamo kuti tidziwonere tokha.

Madzulo a tsiku limenelo, anatitumiza ku tchalitchi chapafupi ndi tchalitchicho ndipo tinatumizidwa kunyumba molawirira, tonsefe tinali odabwa kwambiri moti sitinathe kuphunzitsa kapena kuphunzira kalikonse.

Chaka chimodzi ndi theka pambuyo pake, pamene ndinali wachinyamata kusukulu ya sekondale ya Chikatolika, ma TV anatulukanso.

M'zithunzi zowoneka bwino za usiku, mabomba anaphulika pa Baghdad. Panthawiyi, kunalibe chete kapena mapemphero. M'malo mwake, anthu ena kwenikweni anasangalala. Kenako belu linalira, makalasi anasintha, ndipo anthu amangopitiriza.

Ndinapita ku kalasi yotsatira, ndili ndi chisoni komanso wozunguzika.

Sitinali achichepere ndipo apa tinalinso, kuwonera kuphulika kumawononga anthu pa TV. Koma nthawi iyi, anthu anali kusangalala? Zikuyenda ndi moyo wawo ngati wamba? Ubongo wanga wachinyamata sunathe kuchitapo kanthu.

Ndili ndi zaka 15, sindinali wandale. Ndikanati ndimvetsere, ndikanatha kuona momwe anzanga akusukulu anali okonzeka kuyankha motere.

Ngakhale chaka kuphatikizirapo nkhondo ku Afghanistan, kukhala odana ndi nkhondo kunkawonekabe kosamveka m'masiku owopsa pambuyo pa 9/11 - ngakhale popanda kulumikizana kulikonse pakati pa Iraq ndi 9/11.

Pakhala pali ziwonetsero zazikulu zotsutsana ndi Nkhondo ya Iraq. Koma andale otchuka - a John McCain, a John Kerry, a Hillary Clinton, a Joe Biden - adakwera, nthawi zambiri mokondwera. Pakadali pano, pamene ziwawa zidayamba kulowa mkati, ziwawa zachidani kwa aliyense yemwe watengedwa kukhala Aluya kapena Asilamu zidakula.

"Zodabwitsa ndi zochititsa mantha" kampeni ya mabomba ku US yomwe inatsegula nkhondo ya Iraq anapha anthu wamba pafupifupi 7,200 - kupitilira kuwirikiza kawiri chiwerengero cha omwe adamwalira pa 9/11. Chotsatirachi chinkadziwika kwambiri ngati vuto lachibadwidwe. Yoyamba inali mawu a m’munsi.

M’zaka zotsatira. kuposa miliyoni Ma Iraqi adzafa. Koma chikhalidwe chathu chandale chidanyoza anthuwa kotero kuti kufa kwawo kunalibe kanthu - ndichifukwa chake zidachitika.

Mwamwayi, zinthu zina zasintha kuyambira pamenepo.

Nkhondo zathu zapambuyo pa 9/11 tsopano zimawoneka ngati zolakwa zodula. Zambiri, zamagulu awiri aku America tsopano akuthandizira kuthetsa nkhondo zathu, kubweretsa asitikali kunyumba, ndikuponya ndalama zochepa kunkhondo - ngakhale andale athu sanatsatire.

Koma chiwopsezo chochotsa umunthu chimakhalabe. Anthu aku America atha kutopa ndi nkhondo zathu ku Middle East, koma kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti akuwonetsa chidani chomwe chikukulirakulira ku China. Chodetsa nkhawa, milandu yodana ndi anthu aku Asia America - monga kupha anthu ambiri aposachedwa ku Atlanta - ikukwera m'mwamba.

Russell Jeung, yemwe amatsogolera gulu lomenyera ufulu wolimbana ndi tsankho lodana ndi Asia, adatero ndi Washington Post, "Nkhondo yozizira ya US-China - makamaka njira yaku Republican yopulumutsira ndikuukira China chifukwa cha [coronavirus] - idalimbikitsa tsankho komanso chidani kwa anthu aku Asia."

Scapegoating China chifukwa cha mfundo zathu zolephera zaumoyo zitha kukhala kumanja, koma Cold War rhetoric ndi bipartisan. Ngakhale andale omwe amatsutsa tsankho lodana ndi Asia adalimbikitsa malingaliro odana ndi China pazamalonda, kuipitsa, kapena ufulu wachibadwidwe - nkhani zenizeni, koma palibe chomwe chidzathe kuphana.

Tawona kumene kunyozetsa anthu kumatsogolera: chiwawa, nkhondo, ndi chisoni.

Sindidzaiwala anzanga a m'kalasi - mwachibadwa, kutanthauza ana - kusangalala ndi kuphulika kumeneko. Choncho lankhulani tsopano, nthawi isanathe. Ana anunso akumvetsera.