NaKelly Kelly, World BEYOND War, May 27, 2023
Reflections on The Mercenary, rakanyorwa naJeffrey E. Stern
Salman Rushdie akambotsinhira kuti avo vakadzingwa nehondo ndivo zvidimbu zvinopenya zvinoratidza chokwadi. Nevanhu vazhinji vari kutiza hondo uye kuparara kwezvakatipoteredza munyika yedu nhasi, uye nezvimwe zvichauya, tinoda kutaura chokwadi chakakasharara kudzamisa kunzwisisa kwedu uye kuziva zvikanganiso zvakaipisisa zveavo vakonzera kutambura kwakawanda munyika yedu nhasi. The Mercenary akaita basa guru sezvo ndima yega yega ichivavarira kutaura chokwadi.
In The Mercenary, Jeffrey Stern anotora njodzi inotyisa yehondo muAfghanistan uye mukuita izvi anorumbidza akapfuma uye akaomesesa mikana yekuti hushamwari hunodzika hukure munzvimbo yakanyanyisa kudaro. Kuzviburitsa pachena kwaStern kunonetsa vaverengi kuti vabvume miganhu yedu patinovaka hushamwari hutsva, ukuwo tichiongorora mitengo inotyisa yehondo.
Stern inovandudza iwo maviri makuru mavara, Aimal, shamwari muKabul anova semukoma wake, uye iye, muchidimbu nekutaura nekudzokorora zvimwe zviitiko, kuti tidzidze zvakaitika kubva pamaonero ake uyezve, mukutarisa, kubva kuna Aimal zvakanyanya. maonero akasiyana.
Sezvaanotizivisa kuna Aimal, Stern anononoka, zvine hutsinye, pamusoro penzara isingaperi ichitambudza Aimal mumakore ake mudiki. Amai vaAimal vaiva chirikadzi, vakasungirirwa mari, vaivimba nevanakomana vavo vadiki kuti vaedze kudzivirira mhuri kuti isafe nenzara. Aimal anowana kusimbiswa kwakawanda kwekuve nehungwaru uye kuve mutambi ane tarenda. Anova muriritiri wemhuri yake asati asvika makore ake okuyaruka. Uye anobatsirwawo nedzidzo isina kujairika, iyo inobvisa kufinhwa kwekugara pasi pezvirambidzo zveTaliban, paanokwanisa kuwana dhishi resatellite uye kudzidza nezve rombo rakanaka vanhu vachena vanoratidzwa kumadokero TV, kusanganisira vana vane madzibaba anovagadzirira kudya kwemangwanani, mufananidzo usingamusiye.
Ndinoyeuka firimu pfupi, rakaonekwa nguva pfupi mushure mekubhomba kwa2003 Shock uye Awe, iyo yairatidza mukadzi wechidiki achidzidzisa vadzidzi vepuraimari muruwa rweAfghan. Vana vakagara pasi, uye mudzidzisi akanga asina zvokushandisa kunze kwechoko nebhodhi. Aifanira kuudza vana kuti chimwe chinhu chakanga chaitika kure, kune rumwe rutivi rwenyika, icho chakaparadza zvivako nokuuraya vanhu uye nokuda kwaikoku, nyika yavo yaizokanganisika zvikuru. Aitaura nezve9/11 kuvana vakavhiringidzika. Kuna Aimal, 9/11 zvaireva kuti airamba achiona chiratidziro chimwechete pachiratidziro chake chakabatikana. Sei showa imwe chete yakauya zvisinei kuti airidza chiteshi chipi? Nei vanhu vainetseka kwazvo nokuburuka kwamakore eguruva? Guta rake raigara rakazara neguruva nemarara.
Jeff Stern anopinda munyaya dzekutamba dzaanotaura mazviri The Mercenary cherechedzo yakakurumbira yaakanzwa ari muKabul, achiratidzira vatorwa muAfghanistan semamishinari, malcontents, kana mercenaries. Stern manotsi akange asiri kuedza kutendeudzira chero munhu kune chero chinhu, asi kunyora kwake kwakandichinja. Mukati menzendo dze30 kuenda kuAfghanistan mumakore gumi apfuura, ndakaona tsika sekunge ndakatarisa nepaburi rekiyi, ndashanyira nharaunda imwe chete muKabul, uye kunyanya ndichigara mumba semuenzi wevechidiki vane hunyanzvi uye vasina hanya vaida kugovera zviwanikwa, kuramba hondo. , uye itai kuenzana. Vakadzidza Martin Luther King naGandhi, vakadzidza zvekutanga zvepermaculture, vakadzidzisa kusava nechisimba uye kuverenga kune vana vemumigwagwa, vakaronga basa rekusona chirikadzi vachigadzira magumbeze anorema ayo akazogoverwa kuvanhu mumisasa yevapoteri, - mabasa. Vaenzi vavo vokune dzimwe nyika vakakura vachivaziva zvikuru, vachigoverana nzvimbo dzapedyo uye vachiedza zvakaoma kudzidza mitauro yomumwe nomumwe. Ndinoshuva sei kuti dai takashongedzerwa neruzivo rwaJeff Stern rwakabatikana uye kuburitsa pachena kwechokwadi mukati me "keyhole" zviitiko zvedu.
Kunyora kwacho kunokurumidza, kazhinji kusetsa, uye zvakadaro kunoreurura zvinoshamisa. Dzimwe nguva, ndaifanira kumbomira uye kurangarira fungidziro dzangu pamusoro pezvakaitika mumajeri nenzvimbo dzehondo apo ndakanga ndaona chokwadi chinonditsanangurira (nevamwe vandaishanda navo vaiva zvikwata zvezvikwata zverunyararo kana kuti vakave vasungwa nechinangwa), izvo zvataiva nazvo. yaizopedzisira yadzokera kuhupenyu hwakaropafadzwa, nekuda kwezvibatiso zvisina kukwana, zvine chekuita nemavara emapasipoti edu kana matehwe.
Sezvineiwo, kana Stern adzokera kumba haana iyo yakafanana psychic vimbiso yepasipoti kuenda kuchengetedzeka. Anouya pedyo nekupunzika kwepamoyo uye kwemuviri paanenge achinetseka, pamwe neboka rakatsunga revanhu, kubatsira vakasuwa veAfghan kutiza maTaliban. Ari mumba make, achibata nharembozha dzema zoom, matambudziko ekugadzirisa zvinhu, zvinodiwa zvekuunganidza mari, asi haakwanise kubatsira munhu wese anofanirwa kubatsirwa.
Mafungiro eStern epamba nemhuri anochinja, mubhuku rose.
Naiye nguva dzose, tinonzwa, achava Aimal. Ndinovimba nhamba yakafara uye yakasiyana-siyana yevaverengi ichadzidza kubva kuJeff's naAimal's inomanikidza hama.
Iyo Mercenary, Nyaya yeHama & Kutyisa muHondo yeAfghanistan naJeffrey E. Stern Publisher: Public Affairs
