Kutsenga nekupfira kunze: Chii Chinoitika kune Veterans Kana Vachaenda?

Muvhimi wehondo anorara padivi penzira mukadzi wake akagara akaputirwa mumagumbeze muWashington DC musi waChikunguru 29, 1932. Mufananidzo | AP
Muvhimi wehondo anorara padivi penzira mukadzi wake akagara akaputirwa mumagumbeze muWashington DC musi waChikunguru 29, 1932 panguva yeKudengenyeka kukuru. Vakawanikwa mushure mekudzingwa kwavo uye kukundikana kutora kwavo bhonasi bhiza. (AP Photo)

NaAlan Macleod, Kurume 30, 2020

From Mint Press Nhau

Tiye mutsara "mauto-maindasitiri ehupfumi" anokandirwa zvakatenderedza. Asi chokwadi chinoramba ndechekuti United States anoshandisa zvakada kufanana nezvehondo sezvo nyika dzese dzakasanganiswa. Mauto eAmerica akamiswa munyika dzinosvika zana nemaviri munzvimbo dzakapoterera mazana masere ezviuru zvigadziko; hapana anoita kunge anoziva nhamba chaiyo. Zvichienderana nedudziro yakashandiswa, United States yanga iri muhondo kwemakore anosvika makumi maviri nenomwe kubva muzana yemakumi maviri nenhatu.

Hondo isingaperi, hongu, inoda rwizi rusingaperi rwevarwi, vanopira rusununguko rwavo, chengetedzo neropa mukutsvaga humambo. Mauto aya anorumbidzwa semagamba, aine magaro nemhemberero dzese kuAmerica ku “kukudza” uye “kukwazisa” vasori. Asi kana wangonyoreswa, kune vakawanda, basa iri hariratidzike serine simba. Hutsinye hwebasa - kutumirwa pasi rese kunouraya - zvinotora. Chete 17 muzana yeanoshanda anoshanda emauto anonamira zvakaringana kuti awane pension chero. Uye kana vangoenda, kazhinji vaine mavanga anotyisa mumuviri nepfungwa, vanowanzove vari vega kuzita nazvo.

Mhedzisiro yehondo isingagumi idenda rinopfuurira mune veterans 'kuzviuraya. Maererano ne iyo Dhipatimendi reVeterans Affairs (VA), zviuru makumi matanhatu nevatanhatu veteran vekuAmerica vanozviuraya gore rega rega - chiyero chinenge chinenge awa imwe neimwe Varwi vazhinji vanofa nemaoko avo pane kurwisa. Kubva payakavambwa muna 6, iyo Veterans C dambudziko Line yakapindura zvakapotsa mamiriyoni 4.4 inoshevedza pamusoro penyaya.

Kuti unzwisise chiitiko ichi, MintPress akataura naDavid Swanson, Executive Director we World Beyond War.

"Veterans zvisizvo vanotambura nekukuvara mumuviri, zvinosanganisira kukuvara kwehuropi, uye kukuvara kwetsika, PTSD, uye kushaya tariro pabasa. Zvese zvinhu izvi zvinoparira kusagara munharaunda isina moyo capitalism. Zvese izvi zvinopa kupererwa uye kusuwa. Uye vanonyanya kukonzera kuzviuraya kana vakasanganiswa nechimwe chinhu veterans zvisinarwo vane: kuwana uye kujairana nepfuti, ”akadaro.

Kuzviuraya uine pfuti kuri zvakanyanya kubudirira pane dzimwe nzira senge muchetura kana kukwana. nenhamba kubva kuVA kuratidza kuti mashoma hafu yevasiri veteran ekuzviuraya ane pfuti, asi zvakapfuura zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvevakadzi veteran vanoshandisa pfuti kutora hupenyu hwavo pachavo.

"Izvo VA, uye zvimwe zvidzidzo nekutsvagisa zvakaratidza, kuti pane hukama hwakananga pakati pekurwa nekuzviuraya muvakadzi uye kuti nyaya dzechemhosva, kuzvidemba, kunyadziswa, nezvimwewo zvinoitika kakawanda muzvidzidzo izvi zvevavhoti. Zvinobvumirana zviripo pakati pekunetseka kwepfungwa kukuvara, PTSD nezvimwe zvine hutano hwepfungwa kuzviuraya muhondo veteran, asi chiratidzo chikuru chekuzviuraya muhondo veteran zvinoita sekukuvara kwetsika, kureva mhosva, kunyara uye kuzvidemba "akadaro Matthew Hoh, mutambi wekare zvose Afghanistan uye Iraq. Muna2009, akarega chinzvimbo chake neDhipatimendi reHurumende vachiratidzira pamusoro pekuwedzera kwemhirizhonga muAfghanistan. Hoh ave yakazaruka nezvekurwa nepfungwa dzekuda kuzviuraya kubvira wabva.

Mufananidzo waMateu Hoh, kurudyi, nemukuru wemauto muHaditha, Iraq, Zvita 2006. Mufananidzo | Matthew Hoh
Mufananidzo waMateu Hoh, kurudyi, nemukuru wemauto muHaditha, Iraq, Zvita 2006. Mufananidzo | Matthew Hoh

Kuuraya hakuuyi kwomuzvarirwo kuvanhu venyama. Kunyangwe kushanda munzvimbo yekubaya, uko vashandi vanouraya mitsara yemhuka zvisingagumi, inotora kurasikirwa kwepfungwa zvakanyanya, basa riripo yakabatana kusvika kumawere zvakanyanya ePTSD, kushungurudzwa mudzimba uye zvinodhaka nedoro. Asi hapana huwandu hwerovedzo yemauto anogona kunyatso tora vanhu kubva mukutya kuuraya vamwe vanhu. Dhata inoratidza kwenguva yakareba yaunoshandisa muchiuto uye yakawanda nguva munzvimbo dzehondo, yakanyanya mukana wekuti pakupedzisira uchazvitorera hupenyu hwako. Kufanana nehutachiona, iwe ukareba kurwa muhondo, ndipo paunonyanya kukonzera kurwara nekuora mwoyo, PTSD uye kuzviuraya. Iko kunoratidzika kunge pasina mushonga wechokwadi, chete kudzivirira munzvimbo yekutanga.

Nepo veteran vechirume vari makumi mashanu muzana mukana wekuti vatore hupenyu hwavo kupfuura varume vasina kumbobvira vashanda, veteran vechikadzi vanopfuura kakapetwa kashanu mukana wekuzviuraya paavhareji (kusiyana pakati peveterani nevasiri veterani kwaiwanzo kunge kuri kukuru, asi danho kusimuka kwekuzviuraya muAmerica kwese kwaderedza zviyero). Hoh anoratidza chinokonzera chinogona kunge chiri huwandu hwakanyanya hwekubatwa chibharo uye kubatwa chibharo muchiuto. Nhamba idzi dzinokatyamadza: kudzidza kwePentagon akawanikwa kuti gumi muzana yevakadzi vanobata basa vanobatwa chibharo, uyezve gumi muzana vakatarisana nekumwe kubatwa kwepabonde kusingadiwe. Nhamba idzodzo dzinoenderana nekuongororwa kweDhipatimendi reDziviriro ra10 kuti akawana dzinoda kusvika kotani rebasa ravakadzi vakabatwa chibharo kamwe chete pabasa.

Vafi vanofamba

The asina pekugara vet chave chinhu chinoshamisa muhupenyu hweAmerica uye nzanga kwerinopfuura zana zana. Kunyangwe VA vachiti nhamba yavo iri kuderera, vanofungidzira 37,085 veterans vachiri kuona kushaikwa kwekugara muna Ndira 2019, iyo yekupedzisira nguva iyo nhamba yakaverengerwa. "Ini ndinofunga nyaya dzakafanana dzinounza kuzviuraya mune veteria dzinopawo kushaya pekugara," akadaro Hoh, achikurudzira kuti vazhinji vanobudirira munzvimbo yakarerukirwa, yakabatana, inofambiswa timu semauto vanosangana nematambudziko akakura ekuita vega uye kushomeka. yezvakaumbwa kamwe dhobilised. Uye kusangana nematambudziko kazhinji-asina kuvonekwa ega kune kunogona kurwadza. Hoh akangoonekwa aine dambudziko rekukuvara kwehuropi uye chirwere chepfungwa-chekuziva mu 2016, makore mazhinji mushure mekusiya mauto ane mauto.

"Vemauto vanokudza kunwa doro, izvo zvinogona kutungamira nekushandisa zvisizvo zvinodhaka, uye, kunyangwe vachiparidza nhema, vanoita basa rakashata rekupa vanhu vazhinji vanopinda muchiuto nehunyanzvi kana kutengeserana kunogona kushandiswa kana vasiya muchiuto," akadaro. kuudzwa MintPress. “Vanhu vari makanika kana kuti mutyairi muchiuto vanoona kuti kana vasiya muchiuto hunhu hwavo nekudzidziswa muchiuto hazvichinji kuita zvitupa zvehurumende, marezinesi kana zvikwanisiro. Izvi zvinogona kukanganisa kana kuwana basa, ”akadaro, achipomera mauto nemaune nechinangwa chekuti zviome kune vekare mauto kushandurudza hunyanzvi hwehurumende kuti vabatsire kuramba.

Urema hunowedzerawo mukushaikwa kwemikana yemabasa, zvichiwedzera kuwedzera panjodzi yekushaya pekugara. Pakazara, Hoh anoti, mauto anoita basa rakakura rekuumba uye kuranga vechidiki vemadzinza ese, achivadzidzisa hunyanzvi uye basa. "Asi mhedzisiro yacho zvese kuuraya vanhu." Nechikonzero ichocho, anokurudzira vanhu vadiki nenyota yekuzviratidza ivo uye shungu yekuda kushanyira dhipatimendi remoto kana kuti zvimwe kuve shasha yekununura yeCoast Guard.

Hondo Dzemberi

Hondo inotevera yeAmerica ichaitika kupi? Kana iwe uchigona kubheja pazvinhu zvakadaro, Iran inogona kunge iri yekufarirwa. Pane imwe nguva ichangopfuura kurwa muhondo muLos Angeles, aimbove murwi wemauto eU.S. Mike Prysner akayambira chaunga nezvezvakaitika kwaari:

Chizvarwa changu chakaenderera neHondo yeIraq. Chii chavakatidzidzisa icho chaunofanira kuziva ikozvino? Nhamba yekutanga iyoyo: Vachareva nhema. Vachareva nhema nezve chikonzero nei tichifanira kuenda kuhondo, sezvavaingoita panguva iyoyo. Ivo vachakureva nhema. Uye fungidzira chii? Hondo iyoyo painotanga kuvaitira zvakaipa, sezvingazoitika, uye vazhinji vedu vakatanga kufa, vanozoitei? Ivo vacharamba vachinyepa uye vachatumira vamwe vako kuti vafe, nekuti havadi kutora basa. Asi havasi kuita kuti makumbo adimburwe kana kuve nevana pavarwi, saka havana basa. ”

Akayambirawo avo vateerera kune vakamirira vetera senge ivo pavanodzoka:

Kana iwe uchisvika kumba wakakuvadzwa, wakuvara, warwadziwa, vachati chii, ivo vari kuzokubatsira? Kwete. Ivo vachakuranga, vachakuseka, vachikurovera padanho. Nyanzvi idzi dzezvematongerwo enyika dzakaratidza kuti hadzive nehanya kana ukazvisungirira mumachira ako kana wadzoka. Ivo havana basa kana iwe uchienda musango uye kupfura iwe. Hazvina basa kana iwe ukazopera mumigwagwa chaimo muno mu Skid Row. "Vakaratidza kuti havana hanya nehupenyu hwedu uye havana kodzero yekuraira hutongi hwehupenyu hwedu."

MuIraq war veteran Mike Prysner anosungwa pakuratidzira kwekurwa muhondo muDecember, 15 2017. Mufananidzo | Danny Hammontree
MuIraq war veteran Mike Prysner anosungwa pakuratidzira kwekurwa muhondo muDecember, 15 2017. Mufananidzo | Danny Hammontree

Musi wa3 Ndira, Trump akarayira kuurayiwa Wemukuru weIran uye mukuru Qassem Soleimani kuburikidza nekurova kurova. Iran yakapindura nekupfura zvombo zvakati wandei zvakaputika kumauto eUS kuIraq. Kunyangwe paramende yeIraq ichipfuura sarudzo isina kubvumirana inodaidzira mauto ese eAmerica kuti aende, anotsigirwa nechiratidziro cha mamiriyoni 2.5 vanhu muBaghdad, iyo US yakazivisa kuti ichazotumira zviuru zvemauto kudunhu, kuvaka zvitsva zvitatu zvitsva pamuganho weIraq / Iran. Mukati meCOVID-19 denda rinodzika Islamic Republic, Trump anayo zvakaziviswa zvisaruro zvitsva izvo zvinovharira Iran kutenga mishonga inoponesa hupenyu uye zvekuchipatara zvekushandisa.

"IU.S., inotsigirwa neUK, Israel, Saudis nemamwe maGulf monarchies, vachashandisa chero chikonzero kuita kurwisa Iran," Hoh akadaro. “Chinhu chakanakisa chingaitwe nemaIrania kumirira November. "Musape Trump neRepublican hondo yavanogona kushandisa kuti vatsause kubva kuCOVID-19." Swanson aishorawo zvakafanana zvakaitwa nehurumende yake. "United States iri kuita senge muvakidzani akaipa kwazvo munharaunda yepasi rose," akadaro. "Zvichida ruzhinji rweUS, vachicherekedza kutengeserana kwenhengo dzeSenatorial, uye vatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika, vachawana mukana wekuipa kwezvakaipa zviri muUnited States."

Makuru mamirioni makumi maviri nevaviri vekuAmerica vakashandira mumauto ane zvombo. Ipo mauto achigara achipenyedzwa muhupenyu hweveruzhinji, zviripo kune vakawanda ndezvekuti, kana vasisashandiswe kune vemauto-maindasitiri-akaoma, ivo vanodzingwa sekurasa marara. Ne rutsigiro rudiki, kana vangoenda, vazhinji, vasingakwanise kubata neizvo chaizvo zveizvo zvavanofanira kutsungirira, vanopedzisira vatora hupenyu hwavo, vheyiwa uye vapfirwa nemuchina usingadzoreki wehondo, vane nzara yeropa rakawanda, hondo zhinji, uye purofiti yakawanda.

 

Alan MacLeod Munyori weVashandi veMintPress News. Mushure mekupedza PhD yake mu2017 akaburitsa mabhuku maviri: Nhau Dzakashata Kubva kuVenezuela: Makore Makumi Makumi enhema Nhau uye Misreporting uye Propaganda muzera Reruzivo: Zvichiri Kugadzirwa Kwemvumo. Akapinzirawo Kururama uye Kururamisira MukuNyoreraThe GuardianratidzaIyo GreyzoneJacobin MagaziniNharo Dzose ari American Herald Tribune uye Iyo Canary.

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