Buku latsopano la Nan Levinson limatchedwa Nkhondo Si Masewera: Gulu Lankhondo Latsopano la Antiwar ndi Kusunthika Kwomwe Akumanga, koma zidandisiya ndikulakalaka pakadakhala mutu wa "Kodi Ali Kuti Tsopano", chifukwa umatha cha m'ma 2008. Bukuli likuyang'ana kwambiri pa Omenyera Nkhondo ku Iraq, koma akuphatikizanso Omenyera Mtendere, Mabanja Asitikali Akulankhula, Cindy Sheehan, ndi ena . Ndi nkhani yomwe yakhala ikunenedwapo kambiri mzaka zingapo zapitazi, koma mtunduwu ukuwoneka kuti wachita bwino kwambiri; mwina mtunda umathandiza.
Zachidziwikire kuti ndakumanapo ndi anthu ambiri pamasom'pamaso ndipo ndakhala ndikuchita nawo zochitika zambiri, kuwonjezera powerenga maakaunti ambiri. Komabe, ndidaphunzira zinthu zatsopano zomwe sindinadziwepo ndipo ndidaziwona zikufotokozedwa mwachidule m'njira zatsopano. Komabe ndikupitilizabe kukhulupirira kuti aliyense, kuphatikiza a Levinson, ali ndi zinthu zina zoyipa zomwe sizili bwino.
Iye akulemba kuti omenyerawo "adabweretsa gulu lankhondo lomwe palibe gulu lina lingafanane," ndikuti IVAW ndi gulu lonse lamtendere adalephera kuthetsa nkhondo, zomwe akuti mabungwe amtendere samachita bwino. Amawonekeranso kuti akukokomeza zomwe IVAW zidabweretsa mgululi ndikukokomeza kutha kwake.
Tiyeni tiyambe ndi funso lazamakhalidwe abwino. Posachedwapa ndalemba nkhani yofanizira gulu lolimbana ndi nkhondo zaku US ndi zomwe zikuchitika ku US pomenya nkhondo yaku Israeli ku Palestine. Omalizawa, ndidazindikira, akukumana ndi chitsutso chankhanza komanso milandu yodana ndi Semitism koma osawaneneza kuti akuchita chiwembu. Kukhazikitsidwa kwake ku United States komanso kutalikirana kwake ndi gulu lachi Israeli mwina kuphatikizana ndikupanga gulu lomwe sindinamvepo likulumbira kukhulupilira kwawo "kuthandizira" asitikali aku Israeli. Ndamva kusangalatsidwa ndi ma refusenik, koma osati ankhondo achi Israeli. Mwana wamwamuna wa General yemwe amalankhula motsutsana ndi ntchitoyi amapindula ndi mbadwa zake, koma samapereka mawu ake ndi kudzipereka "kuthandizira" asitikali aku Israeli.
Gulu lolimbana ndi nkhondo zaku US ku US ndilosiyana kwambiri pankhaniyi, nthawi zambiri limalengeza mawu monga "Thandizani Asitikali, Abweretseni Kwawo." Chifukwa chake gulu lankhondo lililonse, ndi gulu lankhondo lililonse lakale, kuphatikiza omwe akutsutsana ndi nkhondo, amapatsidwa ulamuliro winawake popeza tonsefe tiyenera "kuwathandiza". Ndipo msirikali wakale yemwe adamenya nawo nkhondo ali ndi mphamvu zouza ena zomwe adaziwona kumeneko. Ulamulirowu ndiwothandiza kwambiri pagulu lamtendere. Momwemonso ndi unyamata womwe IVAW wabweretsa m'gulu lomwe ndi lakale kwambiri. Chomwechonso chilakolako chomwe chimadza ndi unyamata kapena ukatswiri kapena zina mwazinthu. Koma makhalidwe abwino ulamuliro?
Levinson akufotokoza nkhani ya yemwe kale anali msilikali yemwe ndimamudziwa kuti ndi womenyera ufulu komanso wodzipereka pantchito zamtendere, komanso amene ena amunena kuti ndi "ngwazi yeniyeni" mosiyana ndi wachisoni yemwe akuwonetsedwa mufilimuyi American Sniper, koma pofotokoza nkhani yake yotsutsa mosapita m'mbali nkhondo, zomwe zimaphatikizapo kulemba mabulogu motsutsana nayo ali pantchito, a Levinson amamuwuza kuti "Sindinatope konse pantchito yanga. Ngakhale zitaphetsa anthu osalakwa, ndimatulukirabe tsiku lililonse ndikugwira ntchito yanga momwe ndingathere. ” Izi zimasiya makhalidwe pang'ono pang'ono, kungonena zochepa. Ndipo zitha kusiya zionetsero momwemo. Kodi kufunafuna zida zankhondo yankhondo ngati njira yabwino ngati kufuna kuti abweretsedwe kunyumba, ngakhale zitapangitsa ndalama zambiri zankhondo? Palibe chifukwa choganiza kuti winawake amene nthawi zonse amatsutsa nkhondo ali ndi mphamvu zambiri kuposa munthu amene wayamba kuukana. Koma panthawi yakusintha, zikhalidwe zamipikisano zimawoneka zokayikitsa komanso zoyenera kufotokoza zomwe Levinson samapereka.
Zofunikira zazikulu za IVAW zakhala zowona: kubweretsa asitikali kunyumba, kuwapatsa zabwino zomwe adalonjezedwa, ndikuwona kuti Iraq imamangidwanso ndikubwerera kwa anthu ake. Izi, komabe, ndizofunikanso pagulu lamtendere.
Nanga bwanji kupambana kapena kulephera pothana ndi nkhondo? Palinso mutu womwe ungafanane nawo. Pomwe a Levinson amaliza kufotokoza nkhani yawo, koma osanenedwa ndi iwo, a Purezidenti Bush ndi Maliki adasaina pangano loti nkhondo yaku US ku Iraq ithe patatha zaka zitatu. Zaka zitatu zija zitatha, ndipo Purezidenti Obama sanathe kutenga mgwirizano waku Iraq wopewa chitetezo kwa asitikali aku US atatsalira, nkhondoyi inatha mwachidule. Iraq idakhalabe gehena padziko lapansi, zachidziwikire, ndipo pa mwayi woyamba Obama adatumizanso asitikali. Koma adatero pang'ono pang'ono, motsutsana ndi kukayikira kwakukulu, ndikuyembekeza pang'ono kuti athe kukoka kapena kupititsa patsogolo nkhondoyo. Kulimbikitsa kukana kwa anthu ndikuti mu 2013, chaka chimodzi Obama asanayambirenso nkhondoyi, ndipo patadutsa zaka ziwiri atakakamizidwa kuti ayimalize, pempholo lake loti atumize zida ku Syria - nkhondo yayikulu malinga ndi malingaliro omwe anafukula ndi Seymour Hersh - adamwalira ali mwana. Kutsutsa pagulu, komwe kudachitika zaka khumi zachitetezo, kunali kofunikira pakukana nkhondo yatsopano, pomwe mamembala a Congress amvedwa akuwopa kuti akhale "munthu amene adavotera Iraq ina." Ngati kuvotera Iraq kunali baji yaulemu, mkangano waku Syria udawoneka wosiyana kwambiri. Kuvotera Iraq kunakhala badge ya manyazi, osati chabe chifukwa chosasinthika, koma chifukwa chachitetezo chambiri ndi maphunziro - omwe akulephera ngati thandizo lobwezeretsa kunkhondo yoyipa ija yakhala ikubwerera mmbuyo.
Chowonadi ndi chakuti IVAW ndi gulu lina lililonse komanso munthu aliyense wotchulidwa m'bukuli wachita zabwino zambiri. Koma IVAW sinabereke kapena kusintha kayendetsedwe ka mtendere, kapena kuyibwezeretsa modabwitsa panthawi yomwe IVAW inali, mwa lingaliro la Levinson, ikufika pachimake. Kugawanika kwakhungu ndi monarchism zidachita izi. Unali gulu lotsutsana ndi nkhondo za George W. Bush zomwe zidafota ngati gulu lolimbana ndi nkhondo za Barack Obama. Panalibe chilichonse chomwe IVAW ikadatha kuchita pakukula kulikonse. Koma idawonjezeranso modabwitsa ku mayendedwe omwe anali, ndipo akuwonjezera modabwitsa ku mayendedwe omwe alipo lero.
Si zachilendo kwa ine kutsogolera omenyera ufulu ku IVAW kapena VFP, chifukwa ambiri akuwoneka kuti sanamvepo za magulu oterewa. Ntchito yawo ikufunika kwambiri tsopano. Koma zowonadi ziyenera kuwongoleredwa kunkhondo iliyonse, makamaka motsutsana ndi makina ankhondo. A Levinson anena za nthawi yomwe kotala miliyoni miliyoni pamphindi anali kuponyedwa kunkhondo yaku Iraq. Koma ndalama wamba zankhondo ku United States ndi $ 1.9 miliyoni / mphindi, ndipo zimayambitsa nkhondo monga Eisenhower ananenera. "Oyendetsa ndege" a drone omwe akutuluka ndikulankhula motsutsana ndi zomwe akhala akuyenera kukhala mbali ya gulu lamtendere. Ogwira ntchito mwakhama ayenera kudziwa kuti pali magulu omwe amathandizira kukana kwawo m'njira iliyonse yomwe sangachite.
"Zinthu zomwe omenyera ufulu wawo omwe amamvana wina ndi mnzake amatha kupeza kuti akumenyanazo ndizodabwitsa," a Levinson alemba ndi nzeru zopitilira momwe ndimaganizira poyamba, popeza ndangomaliza kumene kupeza mfundo zomwe sindingagwirizane nazo mu buku lofunika kwambiri. Koma ndikutanthauza malingaliro anga monga kutsutsa komangirira komanso matamando, ndipo monga zitsanzo za kulingalira komwe bukuli lingalimbikitse. Komanso m'bukuli muli zisonyezo zakuthekera kwakukulu. Ingoganizirani ngati tikadakhala ndi njira yolumikizirana nthawi zonse momwe makanema apawailesi yakanema adaganiza zobisa Cindy pafamu ya Bush:
"'Simunadziwe kuti ndi ndani ati abwere,' anatero [Ann] Wright, akuwongoka pamene amalankhula za msasawo zaka zisanu pambuyo pake. 'Pakati pausiku, timatha kuwona nyali zikubwera mumsewu wawutali, wopanda anthu. Pano pali galimoto yodzaza ndi agogo aakazi ochokera ku San Diego. Mutha kufunsa chifukwa chomwe anali komweko ndipo amati, “Tidamva pawailesi kapena pa TV kuti Cindy ali pano. Ndipo tidayenera kukhala pano. ”'” Msasawo ndi zina zonse sizikanakhala chimodzimodzi popanda Iraq ndi Afghanistan komanso omenyera nkhondo ena. Amabweretsa nzeru, kudzipereka, kulimba mtima, komanso nthabwala pagulu lomwe tikufunikira tsopano kuposa kale lonse. Ndikuyembekezera kudzawaona Msika uwu mkati mwa ufumu.
