Wolemba Brian Trautman, Ogasiti 10, 2020
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Omenyera ufulu wankhondo kuyambira kalekale akukana nkhondo, kulimbikitsa mtendere wabwino, komanso kuteteza ufulu wa anthu ndi boma motsutsana ndi ziwawa za boma ndi mitundu ina yotsendereza. Athandizanso kwambiri pantchito zankhondo komanso mtendere ndi chilungamo pazaka zambiri.
Kutenga nawo mbali pa kayendedwe ka Black Lives Matter (BLM) sikunali kosiyana. Ma Veterans akhala akuwoneka kwambiri akuthandizira zofuna zamtundu wa anthu amtundu wakuda, amodzi, ndi People of Col (BIPOC). Choonadi chosokoneza, chomwe ambiri mwa ankhondo amazindikira, ndi chakuti ukulu Woyera, kusankhana mwachilengedwe ndi nkhanza zapolisi kunyumba ndizolumikizana kwambiri ndikukulimbikitsidwa ndi ankhondo / nkhondo zankhondo zaku America.
Ndi chidziwitso ichi, ankhondo atenga nawo mbali ngati ankhondo osavomerezeka kuphunzitsa za malumikizidwe awa komanso kuthandiza anthu omwe ali m'mabungwe omwe si ogwirizana ndipo amalimbana ndi chisalungamo. Chimodzi mwazomwe zawonetsedwa posachedwa apa ndi 'Wall of Vets' ku Portland, OR, gulu la asitikali omwe anasonkhana poyankha kutumizidwa kwa magawo a boma kumzindawu ndi kuzunza mwankhanza komwe anakuchita motsutsana ndi otsutsa tsankho.
Asanakhazikitsidwe a Miyoyo Yakuda, omenyera nkhondo, kuphatikizapo omenyera nkhondowo, adachita nawo zosinthika zazomwe zimachitika m'njira zosiyanasiyana komanso pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1967, Veteran ku Vietnam (VVAW) adapangidwa kuti atsutse ndikufuna kuthetsa zoletsedwa Vietnam Nkhondo.
Kuyesetsa kwawo kotsutsa kunapitilira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970 pamadongosolo ambiri omenyera nkhondo. Chimodzi mwazofunikira kwambiri chinali chiwonetsero chazaka za Meyi1971 cha XNUMX, kusachita kwakukulu kosagwirizana ndi nkhondo komwe cholinga chake chinali kutseka maofesi aboma ku Capitol Hill.
M'zaka za m'ma 1980, omenyera ufulu wawo wogwirira ntchito analankhula motsutsana ndi kulowererapo kwa US.
Pa Seputembara 1, 1986, ma vetera atatu, kuphatikiza omwe adalandiridwa a Medal of Honor Charles Liteki (kulimba mtima pamoto, kupulumutsa asitikali 20 aku America omwe ali pansi pankhondo yoopsa ku Vietnam), adatenga "Vets Fast for Life" yokha pamiyeso ya Capitol, kupempha America kuti isalole kuukira ku Nicaragua.
Mu 1987, kukhala mndende miyezi itatu kunamangidwa kunja kwa milandu yokhudza kutsutsana ndi kuloleza kosaloledwa ndi boma kwa boma la Reagan komanso kosagwirizana ndi boma ku Central America. Pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho ku Concord, CA, ankhondo anamenyera nkhondo komanso nyumba zamtokoma zamtendere zonyamula zida zopangidwa ku Nicaragua ndi El Salvador.
Pa nthawi ya chiwonetserochi, S. Brian Willson, a Vietnam msirikali wakale komanso m'modzi mwa atatu omwe adachita Vets Fast for Life, adadulidwa miyendo ndi sitima yomwe idakana kuyima.
Mu 1990s, omenyera ufulu wawo anali akhama pantchito yoletsa kukula ndi kufalikira kwa mphamvu za US, kuphatikiza Nkhondo ya Persian Gulf, malonda aku Cuban, komanso zigawenga zachuma motsutsana ndi Iraq.
Veterans akhala akugwira ntchito kwambiri pambuyo pa 9/11 nthawi, komanso zoyesayesa zachangu zomwe zimayang'ana kutsutsana ndi zomwe zimadziwika kuti "Nkhondo pa Zowopsa," makamaka USA PATRIOT Act ndi nkhondo zomwe zatsogozedwa ndi US ku Middle East . Mu 2002-03, omenyera ufulu wambiri anali kuchita zionetsero zankhondo m'dziko lonselo, kuyesa kuyimitsa kuukira kwa Iraq, komwe ma veteran ambiri anazindikira kuti si nzeru ndipo amachokera mabodza.
Mu 2005, omenyera ufulu wawo adalumikizana ndi a Cindy Sheehan, amayi a msilikali wophedwa Casey Sheehan, ndi omenyera ufulu wina ku "Camp Casey" ku Texas kuti apangitse chowonadi kwa Purezidenti Bush za Nkhondo yovomerezeka komanso yosautsa ya Iraq.
Mu 2010, omenyera ufulu, kuphatikiza whapleblower wa ku Pentagon, a Daniel, adachita zosemphana ndi boma kunja kwa White House kutsutsa nkhondo za US ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq.
Munthawi ya 2011 Occupy Wall Street (OWS) yolimbana ndi kusalingana kwachuma, omenyera ufulu wawo adalowererapo pakufuna chilungamo pazachuma. Amatetezeranso ochita ziwonetsero ku nkhanza za apolisi komanso amapereka upangiri kwa omwe akukonzekera mayendedwe.
Ma Veterans adathandizira kampeni ya Native-Standing Rock motsogozedwa mu 2016-17. Zikwi zambiri vetera operekedwa kupita ku North Dakota kuthandizira kukana kwa Native American ku ziwawa za boma ndi mabungwe kumayiko opangano.
Poyankha zomwe mzungu wachizungu wa Donald Trump, woganiza wosamukira kudziko lina komanso njira yake yoletsa Asilamu komanso kusankhana mitundu, malingaliro a xenophobic, omenyera ufulu adakhazikitsa #VetsVsHate ndi Veterans Challenge Islamophobia (VCI) mu 2016.
Pa ziwonetsero zaposachedwa za BLM ku Portland, zomwe zidangokulirapo pamene olamulira a Trump atumiza olamulira kuti akathane nawo. Mike Hastie, wakale wakale waku Vietnam komanso membala wa Veterans For Peace (VFP), adayesetsa kuchenjeza akuluakuluwo za nkhanza zomwe zimachitika kunkhondo. Mwa kuyesayesa uku, adamuwazidwa tsabola ndipo adakankhidwa.
Wouziridwa ndi Chris David, Navy Veteran yemwe adamenyedwa ndi apolisi mwezi watha kunja kwa bwalo lamilandu ku Portland, 'Wall of Vets' idakula ngati gulu lamtendere losagwirizana lomwe lidayika matupi awo ngati zishango poteteza ufulu wa anthu kusonkhana mwamtendere ndi kutsutsa. Omenyerawo akuti akupitiliza kukwaniritsa malumbiro awo ku Constitution komanso kwa anthu aku USA poteteza ufulu wawo woyamba.
Monga ankhondo akale omwe adawatsogolera poyenda kale komanso kumenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi ziwawa m'boma, 'Wall of Vets' akugwiritsa ntchito mwayi wawo wokhala ankhondo akale kukulitsa mawu a omwe akuponderezedwa. 'Wall of Vets' ndi imodzi mwazitsanzo zatsopano za omenyera nkhondo omwe amabwera palimodzi ndikugwiritsa ntchito nsanja yawo kuti awunikire kuzunza kopanda chilungamo kwa madera omwe alibe ndalama zambiri. Agwirizana ndi 'makoma' ena aanthu (mwachitsanzo, 'Wall of Moms') omwe apanga poyankha machitidwe ankhanza a Trump.
A veterans tsopano akupanga mwachangu mitu ina m'mizinda ina, zomwe zithandizira kudzipereka kwakukulu kuti aletse ndikuletsa ziwonetsero zankhanza kwa otsutsa mwamtendere ndi magulu ankhondo a Trump.
Kuletsa ndi kupondereza kusagwirizana pazandale komanso kusamvera boma ndi njira yomwe maboma amakonda komanso kuwongolera. Omenyera nkhondo amakumbukira milandu yomwe boma lovomerezeka komanso gulu lankhondo limatha. Amadziwa kuti tili ndiudindo wokomera anthu pazowopseza izi ku demokalase, ufulu ndi ufulu.
Veterans amalowa nawo nkhondo yolimbana ndi chilungamo pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Kwa ena, ndichinthu chofunikira kwambiri kuti munthu akhale ndi mtendere wamkati ndi machiritso. Kwa ena ndi mayitanidwe oteteza ndi kuthandiza anthu osatetezeka ku gulu lozunza kapena boma. Kwa ena komabe, zatsala pang'ono kuphimba lamulo la boma lawo ngati chida chomangirira ufumu ndi kupangira nkhondo. Kwa ena, ndikupitilira kuteteza kwawo anthu aku US ndi malamulo athu.
Kwa omenyera nkhondo ambiri, ndizosakanikirana ndizomwe zimapangitsa izi komanso zina. Koma chilichonse chomwe chimawakakamiza kuti ateteze ufulu waumunthu ndi wamba ndikumenyera mtendere, amatero mwamphamvu zamakhalidwe ndi potumikiradi ena. 'Wall of Vets' yawonetsa kuti akupitilizabe cholowa chachitali ndi chofunikira pantchito yawo yamtendere.
Brian Trautman ndi wankhondo wakale, wankhondo wolimbikitsa zachiwawa, komanso mphunzitsi wochokera ku Albany, NY. Pa Twitter ndi Instagram @brianjtrautman.
