Nkhondo Sizinapitirire Kwa Ubwino Wa Asilikali

Nkhondo Siziteteza Kwa Asitikali: Chaputala 7 Cha "Nkhondo Ndi Bodza" Wolemba David Swanson

NKHONDO SIDZAKHALITSIDWA KWA AMBUYE OKWINO

Timaphunzira zambiri za zolinga zenizeni za nkhondo pamene oimba milomo akutha msinkhu misonkhano yamseri, kapena pamene makomiti ammabungwe amalembetsa zolemba zakale pambuyo pake. Okonza nkhondo amalemba mabuku. Amapanga mafilimu. Iwo amakumana ndi kufufuza. Potsirizira pake nyemba zimayamba kutayika. Koma sindinayambe ndamvapo, ngakhale kamodzi, ndinamva za msonkhano wapadera womwe opanga nkhondo wapamwamba akukambirana za kufunika koyendetsa nkhondo kuti apindule asilikali akumenyana nawo.

Chifukwa chake izi ndizodabwitsa kuti simukumva kuti akukonzekera nkhondo akuyankhula poyera za zifukwa zowonjezera nkhondo popanda kunena kuti ziyenera kuchitika kwa asilikali, kuthandiza asilikali, kuti asalole asilikali, kapena kuti asilikali omwe kale afa sadzafa pachabe. Inde, ngati anafa mwachiwerewere, chiwerewere, chiwonongeko, kapena chabe nkhondo yopanda chiyembekezo imene iyenera kutayika posachedwa, sizidziwika bwino momwe kuomba pamatupi ambiri kudzalemekeza kukumbukira kwawo. Koma izi sizikukhudzana ndi kulingalira.

Lingaliro ndilokuti amuna ndi akazi omwe amaika miyoyo yawo pachiswe, atero chifukwa cha ife, ayenera kukhala ndi chithandizo chathu nthawi zonse - ngakhale tiwona zomwe akuchita ngati kupha anthu ambiri. Otsutsa amtendere, mosiyana ndi okonza nkhondo, anene zomwezo payekha zomwe amanena poyera: tikufuna kuthandizira asilikaliwo mwa kusawapatsa malamulo osamaloledwa, osawaumiriza kuchita zoipa, osawasiya iwo mabanja kuti aziika moyo wawo pachiswe ndi matupi awo komanso kukhala ndi moyo wabwino.

Zokambirana zapadera za omanga nkhondo zokhudzana ndi cholinga chake chokhazikitsa nkhondo ndi zolinga zonse zomwe zafotokozedwa mu chaputala 6. Amangoganizira zokhudzana ndi asilikali pamene akuganizira kuti alipo angati kapena kuti angatenge nthawi yaitali bwanji asanayambe kupha akuluakulu awo. Poyera, ndi nkhani yosiyana kwambiri, yomwe nthawi zambiri imatchulidwa ndi ankhondo omwe ali ovala yunifolomu omwe amawoneka ngati ofanana. Nkhondo zonse zokhudzana ndi asilikali ndipo zowonjezera ziyenera kupitilizidwa kuti apindule ndi asilikali. Chilichonse chingakhumudwitse ndikukhumudwitsa asilikali omwe adzipereka pankhondo.

Nkhondo zathu zimagwiritsa ntchito makontrakitala ambiri ndi asilikali omwe tsopano akuposa asilikali. Pamene amwenye amaphedwa ndipo matupi awo akuwonetsedwa poyera, asilikali a ku America adzasakaza mzindawu mwa kubwezera, monga ku Fallujah, Iraq. Koma anthu otsutsa nkhondo samatchula konse makontrakitala kapena amilandu. Nthawi zonse asilikali, omwe amapha anthu, komanso omwe amachokera kwa anthu ambiri, ngakhale kuti asilikali akulipiridwa, monga momwe amachitira ndalamazo.

Chigawo: NCHIFUKWA CHIYANI ANTHU AMENE AMAKHALA OYERA?

Cholinga chopanga nkhondo chikhale cha anthu (kapena ena a anthu) kumenyana ndi kuwongolera anthu kuti akhulupirire kuti njira yokhayo yotsutsira nkhondo ndiyo kukhala ngati mdani wa anyamata ndi anyamata akulimbana ku dziko lathu. Inde, izi sizikupangitsa kumvetsa konse. Nkhondoyo ili ndi cholinga china osati kuchita (kapena, molondola, kugwiritsira ntchito molakwa) asilikali. Pamene anthu amatsutsana ndi nkhondo, iwo samatero mwa kutenga malo a mbali yina. Iwo amatsutsa nkhondo yonseyo. Koma zamatsenga sizinachedwetse wopanga nkhondo. Lyndon Johnson pa May 17, 1966 akuti, "Padzakhala nellies ena amanjenje, ndipo ena omwe adzakhumudwitsidwa ndi kukhumudwa ndi kusokonezeka. Ndipo ena adzatembenukira atsogoleri awo ndi dziko lawo komanso amuna athu akumenyana. "

Yesetsani kutsatira ndondomekoyi: Amagulu ndi olimbika mtima. Nkhondo ndi nkhondo. Choncho nkhondo ndi yolimba mtima. Kotero aliyense yemwe amatsutsana ndi nkhondo ndi wamantha ndi wofooka, Nelly wamantha. Aliyense amene amatsutsana ndi nkhondo ndi gulu loipa lomwe lasintha motsutsana ndi Mtsogoleri wawo, Mfumu, ndi asilikali ena - asilikali abwino. Musaganize ngati nkhondo ikuwononga dziko, kusokoneza chuma, kutisokoneza ife tonse, ndikudya moyo wa fukoli. Nkhondo ndi dziko, dziko lonse liri ndi mtsogoleri wa nthawi ya nkhondo, ndipo dziko lonse liyenera kumvera osati kuganiza. Pambuyo pake, iyi ndi nkhondo yofalitsa demokarasi.

Pa August 31, 2010, Purezidenti Obama adanena kuyankhula kwa Oval Office:

"Madzulo ano, ndinayankhula ndi Pulezidenti wakale George W. Bush. Zidziwika bwino kuti iye ndi ine tinatsutsa za nkhondo [ku Iraq] kuyambira pachiyambi. Komabe palibe amene angakayikire Purezidenti kuti athandize asilikali athu, kapena chikondi chake cha dziko komanso kudzipereka kwathu ku chitetezo chathu. "

Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani? Musaganize kuti Obama anavota mobwerezabwereza kuti athandize nkhondo monga senenayi ndipo adakakamiza kuti apitirize kukhala purezidenti. Musaganize kuti, muchinenero chomwecho, adalandira zida zambiri zomwe zabodza zomwe zinayambitsa ndi kupitiriza nkhondoyo, ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito mabodza omwewo kuti athetse nkhondo yowonjezereka ku Afghanistan. Tiyerekeze kuti Obama "sanavomereze za nkhondo" ndi Bush. Ayenera kuti amaganiza kuti nkhondoyi ndi yoyipa kwa dziko lathu komanso chitetezo chathu ndi asilikali. Ngati angaganize kuti nkhondoyo ndi yabwino kwa zinthu zimenezo, ndiye kuti anayenera kugwirizana ndi Bush. Kotero, chabwino, Obama akunena kuti ngakhale kuti amamukonda (musamamulemekeze kapena kumudera nkhawa) ndi asilikali omwe nthawi zonse amakonda) kwa asilikali ndi zina zotero, Bush anazichita ndipo tonsefe timalakwitsa popanda cholinga. Nkhondo inali kulakwitsa kwakukulu koopsa kwa zaka zana. Koma palibe zambiri. Zinthu izi zimachitika.

Chifukwa chakuti nkhani ya Obama inali yokhudza nkhondo, adagwiritsa ntchito chunk, monga momwe akufunira, kutamanda asilikali:

"[O] magulu a nkhondo amamenyana ndi block kuti athandize Iraq kukatenga tsogolo labwino. Iwo anasintha njira kuti ateteze anthu a Iraq, "ndi zina zotero.

Anthu enieni. Ndipo mosakayikira zidzakhala phindu lawo kuti Nkhondo ku Afghanistan ndi nkhondo zina zidzakumbukire mtsogolomu, ngati sitimathetsa nkhanza za nkhondo.

Gawo: INU NDICHITE KUGWIRANA NTHAWI KAPENA KUGWIRIRA NTCHITO

Gulu la alonda la Zolemba Zowona ndi Kulondola mu Reporting (FAIR) linazindikira mu March, 2003, pamene Nkhondo ya ku Iraq inayamba, kuti zofalitsa zamasewero zikuchita chinachake chosiyana ndi chinenero cha Chingerezi. The Associated Press ndi maofesi ena anali kugwiritsa ntchito "pro-nkhondo" ndi "pro-asilikali" mofanana. Tinali kupatsidwa chisankho chokhala ankhondo kapena otsutsana ndi nkhondo, ndipo omalizawo akufuna kuti ifenso tikhale otsutsa:

"Mwachitsanzo, tsiku lomwe bomba linayamba ku Baghdad linayamba, AP inatulutsa nkhani (3 / 20 / 03) pansi pa mutu wakuti Anti-War, Pro-Troops Rallies Tengani ku Mipata monga Nkhanza za Nkhondo. Nkhani ina (3 / 22 / 03), yokhudza ntchito zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, yomwe idatchulidwa Lamlungu limabweretsa Zisonyezero Zambiri - Nkhondo Yotsutsana, Nkhondo Zothandizira. Chodziwikiratu ndi chakuti iwo omwe akuyitanitsa kutha kwa nkhondo ya Iraq akutsutsana ndi asilikali a US, monga m'nthano Atsutsa Otsutsana ndi Nkhondo; Zina Zothandizira Zida (3 / 24 / 03). "

Njirayi sizitchula mbali imodzi yotsutsana ndi "anti-troop," koma imatchulidwanso kuti "nkhondo yowonjezera," ngakhale kuti mbali yomweyi ndi cholinga cholimbikitsa nkhondo. Monga omwe akutsutsa ufulu wochotsa mimba samafuna kutchedwa kubweretsa mimba, othandizira nkhondo sakufuna kutchedwa kuti pro-nkhondo. Nkhondo ndi chofunikira chosapeŵeka, amaganiza, ndi njira yopezera mtendere; udindo wathu mmenemo ndikuthamangitsa asilikali. Koma otsutsa nkhondo sakulimbana ndi mtundu wawo wokonzekera nkhondo ngati pakufunikira, zomwe zingakhale kufanana bwino ndi ufulu wochotsa mimba. Iwo akusangalala chifukwa cha nkhondo yapadera, ndipo nkhondo yeniyeniyo nthawi zonse imakhala chinyengo ndi chinyengo. Mfundo ziwirizi ziyenera kulepheretsa anthu omwe amamenyana nawo nkhondo kubisala kumbuyo kwa liwu lakuti "pro-asilikali" ndikuligwiritsa ntchito pochitira miseche adani otsutsa, ngakhale ngati akufuna kuyamba kugwiritsa ntchito chizindikiro choti "anti-peace" sindikutsutsa.

Chimodzi mwa zinthu zovuta kwambiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale ndondomeko yowonjezera nkhondo kuti "zithandizire asilikali" zirizonse zomwe zimatiuza zomwe asilikali omwe akuchita nawo nkhondo panopa amaganizira. Bwanji ngati ife tikanati tiwathandize "asilikali" pochita zimene asilikali ankafuna? Imeneyi ndi lingaliro loopsa kwambiri kuyamba kuyamba kuyandama. Magulu sakuyenera kukhala ndi malingaliro. Ayenera kumvera malamulo. Choncho kuthandizira zomwe akuchita kwenikweni kumatanthauza kuthandizira zomwe purezidenti kapena akuluakulu adawalamula kuti achite. Kuchita chidwi kwambiri ndi zomwe asilikali enieniwo akuganiza kuti zingakhale zoopsa kwambiri kuti tsogolo la nyumbayi likhale lolimba.

Wofufuza milandu waku US, monga tidawonera m'mutu wachisanu, adatha kufufuza asitikali aku US ku Iraq ku 2006, ndipo adapeza kuti 72 peresenti ya omwe adafunsidwa akufuna kuti nkhondo ithe mu 2006. Kwa omwe ali Asitikali, 70 peresenti amafuna 2006 tsiku lomaliza, koma mu Marines ndi 58% yokha omwe adatero. M'malo osungira ndi National Guard, komabe, chiwerengerocho chinali 89 ndi 82% motsatana. Popeza nkhondo zimamenyedwera kuti "zithandizire asitikali" kodi nkhondoyo sikuyenera kutha? Ndipo kodi asitikali, omwe awululidwa pachisankhocho sanadziwitsidwe bwino, sanadziwitsidwe zenizeni zomwe nkhondo inali komanso sanachite?

Inde sichoncho. Udindo wawo unali kumvera malamulo, ndipo ngati kunama kwa iwo kunawathandiza kuti azitsatira malamulo, ndiye kuti zonsezi zinali zabwino kwa ife tonse. Sitinanene kuti timadalira kapena kuwalemekeza, kokha kuti tinkawakonda. Mwina zikhoza kukhala zolondola kuti anthu adzinenere kuti amakonda magulu a asilikali kunja komwe akufuna kupha ndi kufa chifukwa cha umbombo kapena mphamvu ya munthu wina, osati ena onse. Bwino kuposa ine. Chikondi cha! Ciao!

Chinthu chodabwitsa pa chikondi chathu kwa ankhondo ndi momwe angatulukemo pang'ono. Iwo safuna zofuna zawo zokhudza ndondomeko ya usilikali. Iwo samatenga nkomwe zida zomwe zingawateteze mu nkhondo pokhapokha pali otsogolera otsogolera nkhondo omwe amafunikira ndalama kwambiri. Ndipo samalembetsa mgwirizano wogwirizana ndi boma lomwe liri ndi mawu omwe asilikali angagwiritse ntchito. Pamene nthawi ya nkhondo ikuchitika, ngati asilikali akufuna kuti akhalebe nthawi yayitali, izo "zimawasiya" ndi kuzibwezeretsanso ku nkhondo, mosasamala kanthu za mgwirizano. N_ndipo izi zidzadabwitsa kwa wina aliyense amene amawonera zokambirana zapakati pa nkhondo - pamene aboma athu amavotera madola mabiliyoni zana kuti "athandize asilikali," asilikali sapeza ndalama. Kawirikawiri ndalamazo ndi pafupifupi madola milioni pa gulu. Ngati boma lidapereka ndalama zothandizira ndalamazo ndikuwapatsa mwayi wopereka magawo awo ku nkhondo ndikukhalabe pankhondo, ngati atasankha, kodi mukuganiza kuti zida zankhondo zikhoza kuchepa pang'ono nambala?

Gawo: TIZILITANI ZAMBIRI ZAWO

Zoona zake n'zakuti anthu omaliza nkhondo amatha kusamala - ngakhale chinthu choyamba chimene akukamba - ndi asilikali. Palibe wandale wamoyo ku United States yemwe sananene kuti "kuthandizira asilikali." Ena amatsutsa lingaliro lakufuna kupha asilikali ambiri, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito asilikali popha anthu ambiri omwe si a ku America . Pamene makolo ndi okondedwa awo omwe ali kale kale akufa amatsutsa nkhondo yomwe yawavulaza ndipo akuyitanitsa kutha kwake, ochirikiza nkhondo amatsutsa iwo chifukwa cholephera kulemekeza kukumbukira akufa awo. Ngati akufa kale anafa chifukwa chabwino, ndiye kuti ziyenera kukhala zowonjezera kuti zitha kutchula chifukwa chabwino. Komabe, pamene Cindy Sheehan anafunsa George W. Bush chifukwa chake mwana wake wamwalira, Bush Bush kapena wina aliyense sanathe kupereka yankho. M'malo mwake, zonse zomwe tinamva ndizofunikira kuti ena afa chifukwa ena anali kale.

Kawirikawiri timauzidwa kuti nkhondo iyenera kupitilizidwa chifukwa chakuti pali asilikali omwe akulimbana nawo panopa. Izi zikumveka ngati zonyansa poyamba. Tikudziwa kuti nkhondo imapha anthu ambiri mwachangu. Kodi ndizomveka kupitiriza nkhondo chifukwa pali asilikali mu nkhondo? Kodi pasakhale chifukwa china? Ndipo komabe ndi zomwe zimachitika. Nkhondo zikupitirira pamene Congress ikugulitsa iwo. Ndipo ngakhale ambiri omwe amati ndi "otsutsa" a nkhondo ku Congress amapereka ndalama kuti "athandize asilikali," motero amalimbikitsa zomwe amati amatsutsa. Mu 1968, Pulezidenti wa Komiti Yopereka Nyumba, George Mahon (D., Texas) adanena kuti kuvota kulipira Nkhondo ku Vietnam sikunali koyendera ngati palibe mmodzi amene anathandizira nkhondo ku Vietnam. Vota yotero, iye anati,

". . . sikumaphatikizapo mayeso malinga ndi malingaliro oyambirira a munthu pankhani ya nkhondo ku Vietnam. Funso ili ndilo kuti alipo, mosasamala kanthu malingaliro athu mosiyana. "

Tsopano, "iwo ali apo, mosasamala" kukangana, komwe kumawoneka kuti sikunakule konseko ndi kosamvetseka, kunena mochepa, chifukwa ngati nkhondo siidaperekedwa ndalamazo zikanati zibweretsedwe kunyumba, ndiyeno sizikanakhala Apo. Kuti atuluke mu ndondomekoyi, ochirikiza nkhondo amapanga zochitika zomwe Congress ikuletsa ndalama zowonjezera nkhondo, koma nkhondo ikupitirira, pokhapokha nthawi ino popanda zida kapena zina. Kapena, mwachiyanjano china, mwa kufunafuna nkhondo ya Congress ikukana kuti Pentagon ikuthandizira kuti asiye asilikaliwo, ndipo amasiyidwa kumalo alionse omwe akuwopsyeza.

Palibe zofanana ndi zochitika izi zomwe zachitika mu dziko lenileni. Mtengo wotumizira asilikali ndi zipangizo kunyumba kapena kufupi ndi nyumba ya mfumu ndizosavomerezeka ku Pentagon, zomwe nthawi zonse zimakhala "zopanda malipiro" ndalama zambiri. Koma, poyendayenda mopanda pake, mamembala odana ndi nkhondo kuphatikizapo Barbara Lee (D., Calif.), Pa Nkhondo za Iraq ndi Afghanistan, adayamba kuyambitsa ngongole kuti awononge nkhondo ndi kupereka ndalama zatsopano kuti achoke. Nkhondo zothandizira nkhondo zinatsutsa malingaliro amenewa monga. . . ingoganizani? . . . zolephera kuthandiza asilikali.

Wachiwiri wa Komiti Yopereka Zopangira Nyumba kuchokera ku 2007 kupyolera mu 2010 anali David Obey (D., Wisc.). Mayi wa msilikali atatumizidwa ku Iraq kachiwiri ndipo adakana thandizo lachipatala adamuuza kuti asiye kupereka ndalama ku 2007 ndi ndalama zowonjezera ndalama, Congressman Obey adamufuula, nati:

"Tikuyesera kugwiritsa ntchito supplemental kuti tithetse nkhondo, koma simungathe kuthetsa nkhondo potsutsana ndi supplemental. Ndi nthawi yomwe ufulu wotsutsa awa umvetsa zimenezo. Pali kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa ndalama za asilikali ndi kuthetsa nkhondo. Sindimakana zida zankhondo. Sindikufuna kuti ndalama zachipatala, zipatala zothandizira chitetezo, zisamalire, kuti muthe kuthandiza anthu omwe ali ndi mavuto azachipatala, ndicho chimene mungachite ngati mukulimbana ndi ndalamazo. "

Congress inalimbikitsa Nkhondo ku Iraq zaka zambiri popanda kupereka asilikali okhala ndi zida zokwanira za thupi. Koma ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito zida zankhondo tsopano zinali mu bili kuti lipitirize nkhondo. Ndipo ndalama zothandizira akale, zomwe zingaperekedwe mu ndalama zosiyana, zidaphatikizidwa mu izi. Chifukwa chiyani? Mwachindunji kuti anthu ngati Kumvera anganene mosavuta kuti nkhondo ya nkhondo inali yopindulitsa asilikali. Ndipotu izi zikutanthawuza momveka bwino kuti simungathe kuthetsa nkhondo mwa kusiya kulipira. Ndipo ngati asilikali abwera kunyumba, sakanafuna zida zankhondo. Koma Obey anali atalowa m'ndondomeko yonyenga ya nkhondo. Iye ankawoneka kuti akukhulupirira kuti njira yokhayo yothetsera nkhondo ndiyo kudutsa bilo kuti lilipereke ndalamazo koma kuphatikizapo mu ngongole zazing'ono zotsutsana ndi nkhondo.

Pa July 27, 2010, alephera kwa zaka zitatu ndi theka kuthetsa nkhondo mwa kuwathandiza, Obey adabweretsa nyumbayo pakhomopo kuti adziwe kuchuluka kwa nkhondo ku Afghanistan, makamaka kutumiza asilikali a 30,000 kuphatikizapo makampani ovomerezeka kulowa mu gehena. Kumvera kunalengeza kuti chikumbumtima chake chimamuwuza kuti asankhe Zokakamiza chifukwa chinali bilo yomwe ingathandize kuthandiza anthu omwe akufuna kukantha Amwenye. Koma, Obey adanena, inali ntchito yake ngati mpando wa komiti (mwachiwonekere udindo wapamwamba kusiyana ndi umodzi ndi chikumbumtima chake) kubweretsa ndalamazo pansi. Ngakhale kuti zingalimbikitse ku America? Kodi sichoncho?

Kumvera kunayankhula motsutsana ndi bilo yomwe iye anali kubweretsa pansi. Podziwa kuti idzadutsa bwinobwino, adavomereza. Munthu angaganize, ndi zaka zingapo zowuka, David Obey akufika poyesa kuletsa ndalama zomwe amatsutsana nazo, kupatulapo kuti Obey adalengeza kale cholinga chake chothawira ntchito kumapeto kwa 2010. Anatsiriza ntchito yake ku Congress pa chinsinsi chachikulu cha chinyengo chifukwa ziphunzitso za nkhondo, zambiri za asilikali, zakhutiritsa mabungwe a malamulo kuti athe kukhala "otsutsa" ndi "otsutsa" a nkhondo pamene akulipirira.

Gawo: MUNGAYANKHE KUTI MUKHALE NTHAWI YONSE IMENE MUNGAKHALA, KOMA MUNGACHITE KUTI MUDZIWA

Mutha kuyesa kuchokera ku khama la Congress likupewera ndikupeweratu mwatsutsano poyambitsa ndewu kuti kuyambitsa nkhondo kuti zisankho zoterezi n'zosafunikira kwenikweni, kuti nkhondo ingathe kutha nthawi iliyonse yomwe yayamba. Koma lingaliro la nkhondo zopitirirabe malinga ngati pali asilikali omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito mwa iwo amatanthawuza kuti nkhondo silingathe konse, mpaka mpaka Mtsogoleri Wamkulu akuwona zoyenera. Izi siziri zatsopano, ndipo zimabwerera kumbuyo nkhondo zambirimbiri, makamaka mpaka pamene dziko la United States linkaukira ku Philippines. Olemba a Harpers Weekly anatsutsa zimenezi.

"Potsutsa pulezidenti, komabe iwo anatsimikiza kuti dzikoli likayamba nkhondo, aliyense ayenera kukoka pamodzi kuti athandize asilikali."

Lingaliro lodziwikiratu lodziwikiratu lalowa mu US kuganiza mozama, ndipotu, ngakhale owonetsa ufulu wotsutsa akuganiza mwachidwi kuti iwo awona izo zikutsatiridwa mu Constitution ya US. Apa pali Ralph Stavins, akuyankhula za Nkhondo ku Vietnam:

"Pomwe magazi a msilikali mmodzi wa ku America atatayika, Purezidenti adzalandira udindo wa Mtsogoleri Wamkulu ndipo adzakwaniritsa udindo wake wa malamulo kuti ateteze asilikali kumunda. Cholinga ichi sichinali chotheka kuti asilikali adzachotsedwa ndipo zikhoza kukhala kuti asilikali ena adzatumizidwa. "

Vuto ndi ichi sikuti njira yabwino yowatetezera asilikali ndi kuwabweretsa kunyumba, komanso kuti pulezidenti wotsogoleredwa ndi malamulo oyendetsera asilikali kumunda alibe malamulo.

"Kuthandiza asilikali" nthawi zambiri kumatanthauzidwa kuti tifunika kumenyana ndi asilikali kumapeto kwa nkhondo kuti tifunikire kulankhulana nawo kuyamikira kwathu nkhondoyo, ngakhale ngati tikutsutsa. Izi zikhoza kutanthawuza kuti palibe chifukwa chotsutsa nkhanza, poyerekezera kuti nkhanzazo ndizosiyana kwambiri, ndikudziyesa kuti nkhondo yapambana kapena kukwaniritsa zolinga zake kapena kuti zimakhala ndi zosiyana zosiyana, kapena kutumiza makalata ndi mphatso kwa asilikali ndikuwathokoza chifukwa cha " utumiki. "

"Nkhondo ikayamba, ngati nkhondo iyamba," atero a John Kerry (D., Mass.) Kutatsala pang'ono kuukira Iraq ku 2003, "ndimathandizira asitikali ndipo ndikuthandizira United States of America kupambana mwachangu momwe angathere. Asitikali ali kumunda ndikumenya nkhondo - ngati ali kumunda ndikumenya - kukumbukira momwe zimakhalira kukhala asirikali - ndikuganiza akufuna America yolumikizana yomwe yakonzeka kupambana. ” Oimira mnzake wa Kerry a Howard Dean adatcha mfundo zakunja kwa a Bush "zowopsa" komanso "zowopsa" ndipo mokweza mawu, ngati sizikutsutsana, adatsutsa kuukira Iraq, koma adanenetsa kuti ngati a Bush ayambitsa nkhondo, "Zachidziwikire ndithandizira asitikali." Ndikukhulupirira kuti asirikali akufuna kukhulupirira kuti aliyense kwawo amathandizira zomwe akuchita, koma alibe zinthu zina zomwe azidandaula nazo pankhondo? Ndipo ena a iwo sangakonde kudziwa kuti enafe tikufufuza ngati tatumizidwa kuti tiike miyoyo yawo pachiswe pazifukwa zomveka kapena ayi? Kodi sangamve kukhala otetezeka kwambiri pantchito yawo, podziwa kuti cheke chosintha mosasamala kukhala chakudya chamavuto chinali chamoyo komanso champhamvu?

Mu August 2010, ndinapanga mndandanda wa otsutsa a 100, kuchokera ku chipani chilichonse, omwe anandilumbirira kuti sadzavotera nkhondo ku Iraq kapena Afghanistan. Wokondedwa wina wa chipani cha Green Party ku Virginia anakana kusaina, akundiuza kuti ngati atatero, mdani wake wa Republican angamunene kuti sakuwathandiza. Ndinamuuza kuti ambiri mwavoti m'derali akufuna kuti nkhondoyo ithake komanso kuti amatha kutsutsa omenyera nkhondo kuti apereke asilikali ku malamulo oletsedwa ndi kuika miyoyo yawo pangozi popanda chifukwa chabwino. Ngakhale kuti wolembayo sanayambe kulembapo, akusankha kuimira womenyana naye m'malo mwa anthu a chigawo chake, adadabwa ndi kuvomereza zomwe ndinamuuza, zomwe zinali zatsopano kwa iye.

Ndizomenezo. Atypical ndi mamembala monga Alan Grayson (D., Fla.). Mu 2010 mwina anali wotsutsana kwambiri ndi Nkhondo ku Afghanistan, akulimbikitsa anthu kuti apemphe anzake kuti azivotera ndalama. Izi zinapangitsa kuti adani ake adziwonongeke mosavuta pa chisankho chomwe chikubwera - kuphatikizapo ndalama zambiri zogwirizana ndi iye kuposa wina aliyense. Pa August 17, 2010, Grayson anatumiza Email:

"Ndakhala ndikukuuzani kwa adani anga. Lachisanu, anali Dan Fanelli, wachabechabe. Dzulo, ndi Bruce O'Donoghue, msonkho wabodza. Ndipo lero, ndi Kurt Kelly, wachifundo.

"Mu Congress, ine ndine mmodzi wa otsutsa kwambiri omwe amatsutsa nkhondo ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan. Ndisanayambe kusankhidwa, ndakhala zaka zambiri ndikuwombera nkhondo. Kotero ine ndikudziwa zomwe ine ndikuzikamba.

"Mosiyana ndi nkhuku Kurt Kelly. Pa Fox News (paliponse?) Kelly ananena izi ponena za ine: 'Iye anaika asilikali athu, ndi amuna ndi akazi athu ku usilikali, ndipo mwina akufuna kuti afe.'

"Inde, Kurt. Ndikufuna kuti afe: akalamba, ali pabedi, atazungulira ndi okondedwa awo, atakhala ndi zikondwerero zambiri za zikathokozo pakati pa nthawi ndi nthawi. Ndipo mumafuna kuti afere: m'chipululu chowotcha, 8000 mailosi kuchokera kunyumba, okha, akufuula thandizo, mwendo wathyola ndipo mimba yawo imatuluka m'mimba, imagazi mpaka kufa. "

Grayson ali ndi mfundo. Anthu omwe amalephera "kuthandizira asilikali" sangathe kutsutsidwa kuti aike asilikaliwo pangozi, chifukwa "kuthandiza asilikali" kumangokhala kusiya asilikali omwe ali pangozi. Koma okonda kumasulira amakonda kukhulupirira kuti nkhondo yolimbana ndi nkhondo ndi yofanana ndi kumenyana ndi mdani.

Gawo: KODI MDANI AMASANKHA NKHONDO?

Tangoganizani kuti munthu amene sakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu amatsutsana pazokangana pa nkhani yoti Mulungu ndi wopatulidwa woyera kapena munthu mmodzi yekha. Ngati munthu amene sakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu amatsutsana ndi udindo wautatu, amamunamizira kuti amuthandiza, komanso mosiyana ndi iwo omwe sangathe kuika maganizo awo pazowona moona mtima kuti sakufuna kutenga mbali imodzi kapena ina. Kwa iwo omwe akutsutsana ndi kulimbana kwa nkhondo ndizosamvetsetseka, kulephera kusangalala ndi zofiira, zoyera, ndi za buluu ziyenera kufanana ndi kuyimba kwa mbendera ina. Ndipo kwa iwo omwe amalengeza nkhondo kwa anthu awa, kukweza mbendera ya ku America ndikwanira kuwanyengerera iwo kumapeto.

Mu 1990, Chris Wallace wa ABC News adafunsa mkulu wa nkhondo ku Vietnam William Westmoreland funso ili:

"Zangokhala zonyansa tsopano kuti simunatayike nkhondo ya Vietnam mu nkhalango kumeneko monga momwe munachitira m'misewu ku United States. Kodi purezidenti ndi Pentagon akuyenera kukhala ndi nkhawa bwanji pa gulu latsopano la mtendere? "

Ndi funso limenelo, ndani akufunikira mayankho? Nkhondo yagulitsidwa kale musanatsegule kamwa yanu.

Pomwe a Congressman Jim McDermott (D., Wa.) Ndi David Bonior (D., Mich.) Adakayikira za nkhondo yaku Iraq mu 2002, wolemba nkhani ku Washington Post a George Will adalemba kuti "Saddam Hussein akupeza omwe akuchita nawo ku America pakati pa akuluakulu achi demokalase." Miphika yankhondoyi ikufanana podzudzula nkhondo pomenya nkhondo - mbali ya mdani! Kuthetsa nkhondo chifukwa anthufe tikutsutsana ndizofanana ndi kutaya nkhondo kwa mdani. Nkhondo sizingatayike kapena kutha. Ayenera kupitilizidwa kwamuyaya kuti athandize asirikali.

Ndipo pamene opanga nkhondo akufuna kukulitsa nkhondo, amamanga lingaliro ngati njira yothetsera nkhondo, monga momwe tidzaonera mu chaputala chisanu ndi chinayi. Koma ikadzafika nthawi yopempha ndalama ndikukakamiza Congressman Obey kukana chikumbumtima chake, ndiye kuti kukula kwake kukusokonezedwa ngati kupitiriza. Zili zosavuta kusonkhanitsa nkhondo m'malo mwa asilikali kunja uko mwa njira ngati palibe amene akudziwa kuti zomwe mumapereka ndizo kutumiza kwa asilikali ena a 30,000 kuti alowe nawo omwe atumizidwa kale. Gulu lililonse la asilikali popanda zipolopolo; izo zikanangotanthauza kuti sikutumiza amithenga ochulukirapo kuti ayanjane nawo.

Kumapeto kwa 2009 ndi kuyambika kwa 2010, tinakhala ndi zokambirana zabwino za demokarasi potsutsa nkhondo ku Afghanistan, kukangana pakati pa mkulu wa asilikali ndi akuluakulu ake. Congress ndi anthu ambiri adasiyidwa. Mu President wa 2009 Obama anali atayambanso kufanana komweko popanda kutsutsana konse. Pamsonkhano wachiwiri uwu, mutsogoleli wadziko atadzipereka kwa akuluakulu a boma, mmodzi mwa iwo amatha kuwombera zochitika zazing'ono zosavomerezeka, atolankhani anamaliza nkhaniyo, sanayambe kuwonanso, ndipo adawona kuti chiwerengerochi chachitika. Ndipotu Pulezidenti adapitabe patsogolo ndikuyamba kutumiza asilikali. Ndipo mamembala omwe adalumbirira iwo akutsutsa kuwonjezereka kwawo adayamba kunena za kufunika kokweza ndalama "asilikali akumunda." Panthawi yomwe miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapita, zinali zotheka kuti voti ikugwiritse ntchito ndalama zambiri popanda kunena kuti izo zinali zowonjezereka nkomwe.

Monga momwe kuchulukira kungatanthauzidwe kuti ndizopitirizabe zothandizira, nkhondo zopitiliza nkhondo zingasokonezedwe ngati zotsalira. Pa May 1, 2003, ndi August 31, 2010, Pulezidenti Bush ndi Obama adalengeza Nkhondo pa Iraq, kapena "nkhondo yolimbana," yoposa. Pazochitika zonse, nkhondo inapitirira. Koma nkhondoyo inayamba kumveka bwino za asilikali pamene idayesa zowonjezereka zokhala ndi cholinga china osati kupitiriza kukhalapo kwake.

Gawo: KUGWIRITSA NTCHITO KUVETERANS?

Monga momwe taonera mu chaputala 5, ngakhale kuti akuluakulu a boma akuyankhula za asilikali chifukwa chofuna kuchita kanthu, iwo amalephera kuchitapo kanthu kuti asamalire antchito akale omwe atumizidwa kale. Ankhondo omenyera nkhondo amasiyidwa m'malo mothandizidwa. Ayenera kuchitidwa ulemu ndi kulemekezedwa mwaulemu kuti sitingagwirizane ndi zomwe adachita, ndipo akuyenera kupatsidwa chithandizo chaumoyo ndi maphunziro. Mpaka titha kuchita izi kwa wamoyo wamoyo aliyense, kodi tachita zinthu zambiri ziti? Cholinga chathu, pakuyenera, chiyenera kukhala kuyika Maulamuliro a Veterans kuti asagwire ntchito mwa kusiya kupanga zida zankhondo.

Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, anyamata ndi atsikana ayenera kuuzidwa kuti nkhondo siyendetsa ntchito yabwino. Nthano zamakono ndi zolankhula sizidzalipira ngongole zanu kapena kupangitsa moyo wanu kukwaniritsa. Monga taonera mu chaputala 5, nkhondo si njira yabwino yodzikweza. Bwanji osatumikira monga membala wopulumutsidwa, wopanga moto, wogwirizira ntchito, wosatsutsika? Pali njira zambiri zodzikakamizira komanso kutenga zoopsa popanda kupha mabanja. Ganizilani za ogwira ntchito ya mafuta a ku Iraqi omwe anasiya kusungidwa padera ndi kukhazikitsa mgwirizano wa anthu kuntchito pamaso pa nkhondo za US ku 2003. Onetsetsani kuti akutsuka malaya awo ndikumuuza kuti, "Pita ndikuwombera." Iwo anali kuika moyo wawo pachiswe. Kodi sichoncho?

Ndikumvetsetsa chikhumbo chothandizira anthu odzipereka omwe amatipatsa ife, ndi omwe adzipanga "nsembe yopambana," koma njira zathu sizikukondwera ndi nkhondo yambiri kapena kugwirizana ndi mdani, kulenga zida zambiri kapena kugwiritsa ntchito molakwa zomwe tili nazo. Pali zina zomwe mungachite. Kuti sitikuganiza choncho ndi zotsatira zake zowonongeka kwa televizioni ndifupipafupi kwa nthawi yayitali zimayamba kununkhira bwino. Wosakanizidwa Bill Maher anafotokoza kukhumudwa kwake motere:

"Kwa nthawi yayitali kwambiri, chisankho chilichonse cha Republican chakhala chikugwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zina zotere: mbendera, kapena mbendera, kapena Pledge, kapena, 'Ndi m'mawa ku America.' Bill Clinton ali ndi chikhomo mu Office Oval. Ndipo Dixie Chicks ananyoza Pulezidenti Bush kudziko lachilendo. Ndipo pamene izi zichitika, zimapweteka maganizo a asilikali athu. Ndiyeno kuwala kwa Tinkerbell kumatuluka ndikufa. Inde, inde, chikondi cha magulu athu, chomwe chimapangitsa kuti anthu azikonda dziko lawo. Mukunena zowona? Asilikaliwa, timawalipira ngati nsalu, timawatsamira ndikuwanyengerera, timakhala ndi nickel ndipo timawaika kuchipatala akafika kunyumba, osatchula nkhondo zopusa zomwe timawatumizira. Eya, timakonda asilikali momwe Michael Vick amakondera agalu. Mukudziwa mmene ndingamverere ngati ndikukhala kunja kwa dziko? Ngati anthu abwerera kunyumba ankangokhalira kufuula kuti anditulutseni pazinthu zopanda pake. Ndimo momwe ndimamvera kuti ndikuthandizidwa. Koma, mukudziwa, musapume mpweya wanu pa fellas chifukwa, mukudziwa, pamene America imalowa m'dziko, timakukondani nthawi yaitali. Ndithudi, sitimachoka, timachoka monga achibale achi Irish: osati konse. "

Tikadziyeretsa tokha, monga Maher aliri, zachinyengo "zothandizira-a-asilikali," sitiyenera kunena "Thandizani Apolisi, Abweretseni Kunyumba." Titha kudumpha theka la izo ndikudumphira patsogolo " kunyumba kwawo ndi kuzunza milandu omwe adawatumizira. "Ziyenera kupita popanda kunena kuti tikufuna kuti asilikaliwo azitha bwino. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu zomwe sitikufuna kuti azipha komanso kufa!

Koma sitikuvomereza zomwe akuchita. Tikuyamikila asilikali omwe amakana malamulo osamaloledwa komanso osatsutsana. Ndipo timavomereza ntchito yomwe ikuchitidwa molimbika mtima ndi kudzipatulira kwakukulu kwa Amerika mu ntchito zambiri osati nkhondo. Tiyenera kunena kuti timawathandiza kamodzi kanthawi. Tonsefe timalephera kuchita zimenezo, ndipo mwatsoka sitimatsutsana wina ndi mzake pofuna kuti anthu onse afa, momwe timachitira ngati wina satha kunena "Ndikuthandiza asilikali."

Gawo: THANDIZANI MASS MURDER?

Blogger John Caruso anapeza mndandanda wa zinthu zomwe zimalankhula zinthu zomwe iye sankamuthandiza, zomwe zimasokonezeka ngati tikudzipusitsa kuti tigonane kuti nkhondo zimamenyera nkhondo m'malo mwa asilikali omwe akumenyana nawo. Pano pali gawo la mndandanda:

Kuchokera ku New York Times:

"Tinali ndi tsiku lalikulu," adatero Sergeant Schrumpf. "Tidapha anthu ambiri."

Koma kangapo kamodzi, Sergeant Schrumpf adati, adasankha chinthu chimodzi: Msilikali mmodzi wa Iraq yemwe ali pakati pa anthu awiri kapena atatu. Iye anakumbukira chochitika chimodzi chotere, chomwe iye ndi amuna ena mu unit yake anatsegula moto. Iye anakumbukira akuyang'ana mmodzi wa akazi ataimirira pafupi ndi msilikali wa Iraq.

"Ndikupepesa," adatero Sergeant. "Koma nkhuku inali panjira."

Kuyambira pa Newsday:

"Mutu wamphongo, wamphongo, sungakhoze kuwona? Nkhondo yakale iyi si ine, "anaimba Lance Cpl. Christopher Akins, 21, wa Louisville, Ky., Thukuta limathamangira pansi pamaso mwake pamene iye anakumba ngalande yam'madzi madzulo masana pansi pa dzuwa lotentha.

Atafunsidwa ndi omwe ankawaona kuti ndi aphungu, akins anati: "Aliyense amene amatsutsa njira ya United States of America. . . Ngati mwana wamng'ono amatsutsa njira yanga ya moyo, ndingamuyitane kuti, "."

Kuchokera ku Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Msilikali wazaka za 20 wa Marine Corps adati adapeza msilikali atakhala mdima mkati mwa nyumba yoyandikana nayo ndi grenade launcher pafupi naye. Covarrubias adati adalamula munthuyo kuti ayime ndi kutembenuka.

"Ine ndinapita kumbuyo kwake ndipo ndinamuwombera iye kumbuyo kwa mutu," Covarrubias adanena. "Kawiri."

Kodi anamva chisoni chifukwa chopha munthu amene adadzipereka kwa iye? Ayi; Ndipotu, amatha kutenga khadi la munthu wa thupi lake kuti likhale chikumbutso.

Kuchokera ku Los Angeles Times:

"Ndimasangalala kupha Iraq," anatero Staff Sgt. William Deaton, 30, yemwe adapha nkhanza usiku womwewo. Deaton wataya mzanga wabwino ku Iraq. "Ndikumangokwiya, kudana ndikapita kunja. Ndimamva ngati ndikunyamula nthawi zonse. Ife timayankhula za izo. Tonsefe timamva chimodzimodzi. "

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