NaRobert C. Koehler
"Kana mumwe munhu akabvunza kuti, 'Sei uchizviita kune gook, unoitirei izvi kuvanhu?' mhinduro yako ndeyekuti, 'Saka chii, ivo vanongova gooks, havasi vanhu. Hazviiti kuti pave nekusiyana kupi zvaunovaitira; havasi vanhu. '
"Uye chinhu ichi chakavakirwa mukati mako," Cpl. John Geymann akapupurira makore anenge 44 akapfuura paZuva reSold Soldier Investigation, rakaitirwa muDetroit, iro rakatsigirwa ne Vietnam Veterans Against the War. "Inokurudzirwa mumusoro wako kubva panguva yaunomuka mumusasa webhoti kusvika panguva yaunomuka kana iwe uri musarura."
Nheyo yekona yehondo inonyangadza. Ichi chaiva chidzidzo cheNam, kubva Operation Ranch Hand (kurasa kwemamiriyoni emamiriyoni ane gumi nemamiriyoni emamiriyoni emishonga inouraya, kusanganisira Agent Orange, pamasango eVietnam) kuenda kuMai yangu kushandiswa kwe napalm kune kuputika kweCambodia. Uye Winter Soldier Investigation yakatanga kuita kuti dhiyabhorosi ishandiswe nyaya yeruzivo rwevanhu.
Yaiva nguva inoshamisa uye inotyisa muhupenyu hwehondo. Asi-fungidzira chii? - kunzwa kwemazuva matatu, umo 109 Vietnam veterans nevarwi ve16 vakapupurira pamusoro pechokwadi chekuita kweAmerica muVietnam, hazviratidzi "interactive timeline"YeDhipatimendi reZviviriro rekuchengetedzwa kwebhuku rekuchengetedza, sezvakaitwa neMutungamiri weBaby Obama, yeChristmas-year anniversary of war.
Izvi hazvishamisi, hongu. Izvo zvisinganzwisisiki, zvisinganzwisisiki, chinotyisa chetsitsi, pamwe chete neshoko rehutungamiri wehurumende - "vakamanikidza mumasango uye mupunga wejunga, kupisa uye mhepo, kurwisana nesimba kuti vadzivirire zvinangwa zvatinoona sevaAmerica" -ku "zvakanaka-ify" iyo hondo inoparadza, inoparadza tsvina, kudzokera kugutsikana kwevanhu kune imwe nzvimbo yekunamatira kusinganzwisisiki kwemauto ese eUnited States uye kubvisa "Vietnam Syndrome" kubva mukuzivikanwa kwenyika.
Saka zvakadini kana pane imwe nzvimbo pakati pe2 ne3 mamiriyoni eVietnam, Laotians neCambodians vakaurawa mukati maro, pamwe nevarwi ve58,000 maAmerica (pamwe, nezvimwe zviyero, nhamba yakawanda kwazvo yezvipfeko zvaiita kuzvisungirira pashure)? Hondo yakaipa haisi chinhu asi zvinetso kune avo vanoda kugovera inotevera. Zvakatora chizvarwa chekudzorerazve mberi kwemauto emabhizimisi-yehupfumi yakakwanisa kutanga hondo yekutya, iyo iyo pachayo haisisinazve kutsigira kwevanhu vakawanda. Zvichida kudzorera Vietnam kunzvimbo yekubwinya kwenhema chikamu cherongwa hukuru hwekuita kuti vanhu veAmerica vazviratidze hondo dzavo dzose uye, nokudaro, zvinowirirana pamusoro pechirevo (uye chokwadi) chehondo dzisingagumi.
Hondo yeVietnam Yekuyeuchidza Hondo yeVietnam inokonzera kushungurudza kwakakomba, zvakadai seVeterans for Peace "kuzivisa zvizere"Kurwisa; uye a chikumbiro, yakasayirwa nevanonyadzisa varwi vehondo sezvakaita Tom Hayden naDaniel Ellsberg, vachitsvaga kuti mhirizhonga yekurwisana nehondo mu '60s uye' 70s inosanganiswa sechikamu chenhaka yehondo. Ndinobvumirana, hongu, asi kukurumidzira kuwedzera kuti pane zvakawanda zviri pangozi apa kupfuura kunyatsoitika kwezvakaitika kare.
Sezvo mutori wenhau kwenguva refu uye nyanzvi yekuMiddle East nyanzvi Phyllis Bennis akaudza New York Times, "Iwe haugone kuparadzanisa izvi nekururamisa hondo dzinotyisa dzeZ50 makore akapfuura kubva kuhondo dzinotyisa zvemazuva ano."
Ndinodzokorora: Nheyo yekona yehondo yose ndiko kusvibiswa, nzira inotyisa nehupenyu husingaperi uye husingagumi. Uye Hondo yeVietnam yakave iyo yekutanga umo kutyisa kwakakwana kweizvi, kubviswa kwekubwinya kose nekunyengera-zvakakosha, zvakasvika pakuzivikanwa kwevanhu vakawanda.
Nzira yekutsvaga webhusaiti yekugadzirisa uku kuziva inotyisa. Muchikamu chekutanga chemuganhu, panguva iyo, kuurawa kweMai kwakadzingwa se "chiitiko." Kurwisana kwevoruzhinji kunomanikidza webhusaiti kuti irambe iyo bullet uye kubvuma, muna March 16, nhamba ye1968: "Americal Division inouraya mazana eVietnam vagari veMai. "
Ho hum. Yakanga ichiri hondo yakanaka, chaiko? My Lai akanga achingova kurega. A scapegoat akasungwa, akaedzwa, akatongerwa. . .
Asi sezvo vetsiti 'Winter Soldier kupupurira uye mabhuku akawanda uye zvinyorwa zvinonyadzisa zvakajeka, My Lai akanga asiri kurega asi mamiriro ezvinhu akajeka: "Vangova gooks, havasi vanhu."
Sezvo Nick Turse naDeborah Nelson vakataura mune imwe nyaya ye2006 mu Los Angeles Times ("Kuurayiwa Kwevanhu Vasina Kurangwa"), zvichibva pakuongororwa kwemafisi ekudzivirira mauto: "Kushungurudzwa kwakanga kusingatauri kune zvikamu zvishomanana zvebasa, Times rinodzokorora mafaira akawanikwa. Vakanga vakafukurwa mumapoka ose eEquipi ayo aishanda muVietnam. "Zvinyorwa izvi zvakatsigira zviitiko zve320 zvekutambudzwa, kushungurudzwa kana kuurayiwa kwevanhu vemuVietnamese, uye mazana emamwe akawanda akaparidzirwa asi asina kusimbiswa, vakanyora.
Nyaya yacho inotsanangura muchidimbu nhamba dzezviitiko zvekushaya kuurayiwa kwevanhu vemuVietnamese uye inosanganisira tsamba ine zita risingazivikanwi sergeant yakatumirwa kuGennie William Westmoreland mu1970, iyo "yakatsanangura kuparadzirwa kwakawanda, kunourawa kwevagari vevanhu nehengo dze 9th Infantry Division muMeong Delta - uye vanopomerwa mhosva kubva kuvakuru vakuru kuti vaite muviri wakakura. "
Tsamba yacho yakati: "Bhitali [sic] inouraya zvichida 15 ku20 [vagari vevanhu] pazuva. Ne 4 batalions mu brigade iyo inogona kunge iri 40 kusvika 50 pazuva kana 1200 kusvika 1500 mwedzi, nyore. Kana ini ndiine 10% chete, uye nditende ini zvizere zvakawanda, zvino ndiri kuedza kukuudza nezvekuuraya 120-150, kana kuti My Lay [mw] mwedzi wega wega kwegore. "
Uye kune zvakawanda zvakawanda. Zvimwe zvehupupuriro zvinopesana zvinotyisa, zvakadai seSgt. Joe Bangert's uchapupu paZvino Soldier Investigation:
"Iwe unogona kutarisa neVaMarines vave vari kuVietnam - zuva renyu rokupedzisira muAmerica pakurwisa hondo muCamp Pendleton mune zvidzidzo zvishoma uye inonzi svondo chidzidzo, uko vashandi NCO vanobuda uye vane rabbit uye kutaura newe pamusoro pokupukunyuka uye kupukunyuka uye kupona mugwenga. Ane ruvara uye mushure memaawa mashomanana mushure mekunge munhu wose achidanana naro - kwete kuurawa naro, asi, munoziva, ivo vari vanhu varipo-vanouputira mumutsipa, zvikanda zvayo, zvipfeko it. anoita izvi kumhute - uye zvino vanokanda zvikwereti kune vateereri. Iwe unogona kuwana chinhu kubva pane chaunoda, asi ndicho chidzidzo chako chekupedzisira chaunobata muUnited States usati wasimuka kuVietnam uko vanotora rabbit iyo uye vanoiuraya, uye vanoikuya, uye vanotamba nhengo dzayo sekunge tsvina uye ivo vanokanda nhengo munzvimbo yose uye zvino varume ava vanoiswa ndege munhizha uye vanotumira kuVietnam. "
Izvi zvakanyatsojeka: Masoja eAmerica akamanikidzwa kubva kumusoro, zvirokwazvo, akadzidziswa uye akarayirwa, kubata "muvengi" - kusanganisira vanhu vese, kusanganisira vana - sevanhu vasina simba. Zvose izvi zvakaurayiwa zvaiitika. Uye sezvo vet vakuvara vemaitiro avo vanobva kuIraq neAngland vachiramba vachitizivisa, ichiri nzira yatinoenda nayo kuhondo.
Robert Koehler mubayiro wekukomborera, Chicago-based journist uye munyori wehurumende akabatanidzwa. Bhuku rake, Kushinga Kunowedzera Simba Pakuvadzwa (Xenos Press), ichiripo. Mutaurire naye koehlercw@gmail.com kana kushanyira webhusaiti yake pa commonwonders.com.
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