NaMichael T. McPhearson
Izvi zvakaitika Mugovera mangwanani muSaint Louis, MO ndanga ndichifamba kuenda kumba pandakaona vanhu vakaungana uye zvikamu zvemugwagwa zvakavharwa. Ndiri kugara mudhorobha, saka zvinogona kunge kuri kumhanya, kufamba kana mutambo. Ndakabvunza mumwe munhu airatidzika semubatanidzwa uye akandiudza kuti yaive yeVeterans Day Parade. Ndakatoshamisika nekuti Veterans Day iri Chitatu. Akaenderera mberi achiti chikwata chakanga chiri kuitwa musi weMugovera nokuti varimi vakanga vasina chokwadi kana vaigona kuwana zvakakwana zvevaridzi vechirwere musi weChitatu. Handina chokwadi kana aive akarurama pamusoro pokuti nei zvakasarudzwa kuti zvive nechikwata musi weMugovera, asi inonzwisisika uye ihwohwo muenzaniso wevanhu vedu kuchengetedza veterans asi kwete kunyatsotarisira zvakanyanya pamusoro pedu.
Makore akawanda apfuura ndakapedzisira ndafadzwa nemapuranga ekutendai uye ndakamira kupemberera Veterans Day. Nhasi ndinosangana neVeterans For Peace mu danai kuna Reclaim November 11th seSuppistice Day - zuva rekufunga nezverunyararo uye nekutenda avo vakashanda nekushanda kupedza hondo. Ini ndaneta nesu maveti ari kushandiswa kuhondo uyezve vazhinji vedu tichiraswa zvakanyanya. Panzvimbo yekutitenda, chinja mabatirwo atinoitwa nekushandira kupedza hondo. Ndiwo mutero chaiwo.
Unoziva here kuti mavhareji evarwi vemazana e22 vanofa nokuzviuraya zuva rega rega? Izvozvo zvinoreva 22 yakafa Mugovera uye neNovember 11th, 88 vakawanda veterans vachafa. Mugovera parade uye November 11th hazvirevi chinhu kune ava 110 veterans. Kuenzanisira kuoma kwechirwere ichi, neNovember 11th gore rakatevera, varwi ve8,030 vachafa nekuzviuraya.
Kuzviuraya ndiro dambudziko rakaoma rinotarisana nevasungwa, asi pane vamwe vakawanda. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, mushure memazana emakore ekuwedzera kwehutano hwevashandi vehondo vakabatana neuto mushure meSeptember 11, 2001 kupfuura vasiri vavo vehurumende, veterans 'mitengo yakaderera pa 4.6% - kupfuura yevhareji yenyika ye5%, se yakashuma kuU.SA Today, November 10, 2015. Asi, veterans pakati pezera re 18 ne24 vanoramba vachitarisana nehuwandu hwemabasa ku10.4%, zvakangofanana zvakafanana nehuwandu hwe10.1% hwevanhu vasina hurumende mune bhati rimwechete. Zvisinei, nhamba idzi hadziudze nyaya yakazara. Pamusana pekugadzirisa kuderera mune zvehupfumi, vazhinji vakaora mwoyo vakaderera pamusika webasa. Mabasa akanaka ekubhadhara akaoma kuwana. Kunyatsobhadhara pasi vane unyanzvi hwemabasa kunenge kusipo. Veterans vanotaurirana nezvezvipingamupinyi izvochete panguva imwechete vachitarisana nemamwe matambudziko.
Kubata musha kunoramba iri dambudziko guru kune veterans. Maererano ne mashoko kubva kuNational Coalition for Homeless Veterans, isu vese tinotarisana nekusava nemusha nekuda kwe "chirwere chepfungwa, doro uye / kana kushandisa zvinodhaka, kana kusawirirana kunoitika. Panenge ne12% yevanhu vakura vasina musha vasiri veterans. "
Shanduro inoenderera mberi ichiti, "Zvichida 40% yevarwere vese vasina pokugara vaAfrica America kana Sapanese, pasinei nokuongororwa kwe10.4% uye 3.4% yevarwi vemuAmerica vemuhondo, maererano ... .Nhave hafu yevarwi vemauto vasina pokugara vakashanda munguva yeVietnam . Zvikamu zvitatu zvakashumira nyika yedu kwemakore matatu, uye chetatu chakanga chakamira munzvimbo yehondo. "
Kuwedzera kune chokwadi ichi chinonyadzisa, varwi vemazana emamiriyoni e1.4 vanoonekwa vari panjodzi yekushayiwa musha nekuda kweurombo, kusava nehutano hwemasangano, uye hupenyu hunosuruvarisa huri munzvimbo dzakapetwa kana dzisingatarisirwi.
Mitengo yemashure-kunetseka mupfungwa zviri, zvechokwadi, zvakakwirira kune veterans kupfuura vanhu vemazuva ose, hazvishamisi ikoko. Kune izvozvo tinowedzera izvo vamwe vanodanidza chigadziko chetsva chehondo kuAffghan neIraq, kukuvadzwa kwehupfungwa kana TBI, zvikurukuru inokonzerwa nekuvandudzwa kwezvigadzirwa. A December 2014 Washington Post chinyorwa vakashuma kuti, "Pamapurisa anopfuura 50,000 maAmerica akakuvadzwa mukuita muIraq neAngland, 2.6 muzana vakatambudzwa nhengo huru, iyo yakawanda nekuda kwechigadzirwa chisina kunaka."
Mushure mokunge takuvara muhondo, chii chinoitika patinodzoka kumusha? Nhasi tine veterans kubva kuWWII kuburikidza nemakakatanwa anhasi ari kuedza kuwana Veteran Affairs healthcare. Ndiyo makore 74 evanhu vemauto vanobva mumakakatanwa akawanda, hondo uye mauto ehondo kuti aongorore. Tose takanzwa nezveveterans kumirira mwedzi uye dzimwe nguva makore ekutarisira. Zvichida wakanzwa nhau dzinotyisa dzevakuru vemauto vanogamuchira kusava nehanya nekutarisira seWalter Reed Army Medical Center yakashuma munaFebruary ye2007 na Washington Post.
Tinoramba tichinzwa kuti zvibvumirano zvichave zviri nani uye tinotsigira varwi vedu nemauto. Asi an October, 2015 Military Times nyaya inoshuma, “Mwedzi gumi nemasere mushure mekunyongana pamusoro penguva yekumirira kuchengetwa kweVeterans Affairs, iro dhipatimendi richiri kunetsekana kuronga zvirongwa zvevarwere. anoti. ” Izvi zvingave nechekuita nehuwandu hwekuzviuraya?
Uku kuregeredza hachisi chinhu chitsva. Zvave zvakadaro kubvira Shays Kupandukira muna 1786 ichitungamirwa nemavetera vasina kubatwa zvakanaka mushure meRevolutionary War kuenda kuBonus Army yeHondo Yenyika I apo varwi vehondo nemhuri dzavo vakaungana muWashington muchirimo nemuzhizha ra1932 kuda muripo wakavimbiswa kuti waida pakati peKushungurudzika. Kwemakumi emakore veVietnam Veterans vairambidzwa kucherechedzwa kwezvirwere zvinokonzerwa neakanyanya makemikari dioxin muAgent Orange. Gulf Hondo veterans vari kunetseka neGulf War Syndrome. Uye ikozvino matambudziko atarisana neanodzoka mauto nhasi. Kupenga nekutambura hazvingagumi kusvika vanhuwo zvavo vakumbira imwe nzira. Pamwe nekuti haufanire kurwa hondo, iwe hauna hanya. Handizivi. Asi nezvose zvataurwa pamusoro zvandataura, ndinodzokorora, usatitendazve. Chinja izvo zviri pamusoro uye shanda kupedza hondo. Ndizvozvo chaizvo.
Michael McPhearson ndiye director director weVeterans For Peace uye murwi wePersian Gulf War inozivikanwa zvakare seyekutanga Hondo yeIraq. Basa raMichael remauto rinosanganisira makore matanhatu ekuchengeterwa uye mashanu emakore basa rekushandira. Akaparadzaniswa nebasa rinoshanda muna 6 saCaptain. Iye inhengo yeMasoja Mhuri Taura kunze uye Co-Sachigaro weSaint Louis Usapfura Mubatanidzwa wakaumbwa mumashure memapurisa kuurawa kwaMichael Brown Jr.
@mtmcphearson veteransforaceace.org
Yakabatana post
Gore rino, World Beyond War yakabatana neVeterans for Peace nemasangano pasi rese kuti vabvunze, "Ko kana vanhu pasi rese vakazvipira mwedzi waMbudzi ku #NOwar?"
(Ona World Beyond War Mbudzi 2015 Yemagariro Media Campaign: #NOwar)
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Kwemakore akawanda ndakakunda pane pfungwa yekuonga veterans nekuda kwebasa ravo muhondo. Ndakanzwa nezveshoko rokuti "Rusununguko harisi rusununguko!" Ndasvika pakufunga kuti kubhururuka mureza kwakapiwa zvinoreva kuti handibvumirani nazvo.
Ndiri kubvumirana zvakakwana nemashoko Michael McPhearson anotipa pano.
Ndinokutendai kuburikidza kutaura zvandinonzwa semunhu wenyika iyo vazhinji vedu takarambana kubva muhupenyu hwehondo uye tinoshandisa zviyeuchidzo, mapfupa uye hafu nguva inoratidza kuratidza mhosva yedu kune avo vanoshumira mukati, uye vanotambura nemigumisiro kubva, hondo iyo haifaniri kunge yakarwa.
Izvi, zvirokwazvo, "kutengesa kuvimba" sekutaura kwaAndrew Bacevich mubhuku rake remutsara mumwe chete.
Sezvo veteran for peace ini ndichagovera izvi zvakakwana.
Ndinoziva vanhu vakati wandei avo "Vanotsigira Mauto edu" uye vakavhunduka, vakakatyamadzwa nerwodzi rweWBW pakurwisa kuisa mifananidzo yemasoja emabhokisi emabhokisi ezviyo zvinozivikanwa zvemangwanani, izvo zvinonyanya kudiwa nevana. Ndokumbirawo kuti muverenge chinyorwa.
Kana mumwe munhu wezera rangu kana mudiki "Ndatenda nebasa rangu" ndinonzwa kunyara pandinofunga, haureve here kuti "Ndinofara wanga uri iwe kwete ini". Uye ndezvekutenda nekungorwira hondo uye kuratidza simba kune vane hasha kana ndezvese zvatakaita. Ndiri nhengo yeNavy kwemakore anodarika makumi maviri ini ndaive muOperations Desert Shield, Desert Storm neSouthern Watch asiwo panguva iyoyo takabatsira kuburitsa tekinoroji senge makomputa, nharembozha, GPS kufamba, kutaurirana kwedhijitari uye kutora mafoto, kutaurirana pasina waya ese anoshandiswa zvakanyanya uye zvimwe anotorwa seasina basa uye ese epamberi nekutenda kumauto.
Utsinye hutsinye hwekudzvinyiriri hweAmerica huri mune bhizimisi rehondo nekuda kwebatsiro chete, kwete kuitika nokukurumidza uye kwakagadzirisa. Pentagon sellouts inoshanda kwavari haina kana kuti haichafariri nezveVeterans! Ndeupi humwe uchapupu hunoda iwe? Zvinotaridzika sechinhu chisina kunaka kumhanho yemari uye chete apo maVets anobatana muhukuru uye achida kuchinja kukuru iyo yose yakashata inoshanduka.
Pfungwa yakanaka kune veterans haisi kuzoitazve. VaVV vanofanirwa kubhadharwa mari pasi peHurumende yeHondo kuitira kuti Congress inzwisise mari yakazara yehondo. Masoja akavhuna murume kana mukadzi uye vanofanira kuigadzirisa kuti vasapfuurire kune imwe sangano uye vashambidze maoko avo emhepo. Rugare Hama
Ndokutendai nokuda kweshoko renyu rorudo rukuru.
Joan Brannigan, Sachigaro, WILPF St. Louis
Vanodiwa Veteran:
Ndapota ita kuti mharidzo yako iongororwe ne statistician. Kushandisa kwako kusakanganiswa kwezviverengero kunogona kusakanganiswa kubva pakubudirira kweshoko rako rinokosha. Kugadzirisa zvikanganiso izvi kuchaita kuti shoko rako riwedzere.
Mukubatana,
Gordon Poole
Mhoro Gordon,
Ndinotenda nekuda kwekushandisa kwako. Iwe unogona here kunyanya kutaura pamusoro pehuwandu hwandinenge ndisina kunaka? Ndakaedza kureva zvitubu. Ndatenda
Nditende nekubuda kweka 9/11 chivharo chakavharwa. Ndiani akaridza WTC & Pentagon UYE anthraxed congress & the press muna Sept we2001? Mira nhema mureza kutyisa, http://www.rethink911.org