NaDavid Swanson, October 11, 2017, Ngatitangei Democracy.
Mushure mekuverenga nekunzwa nhoroondo dzinopokana dzeKen Burns & Lynn Novick's Vietnam War documentary paPBS, ndakafunga kuti ndaifanira kuona chinhu ichi. Ini ndinobvumirana nekumwe kushoropodzwa uye kumwe kurumbidzwa.
Iyo documentary inotanga nepfungwa inosekesa yekuti hurumende yeUS yaive nevavariro dzakanaka. Inopera nerumbidzo yechirangaridzo muDC uye runyoro rwayo runosiririsa rwemazita, pasina kutaura nezvehuwandu hwevarwi vehondo yeUS kubva pakufa nekuzviuraya, ndoda kuwanda kwenhamba yeVietnamese vakaurayiwa. Ukuru hwechirangaridzo chevakafa vose hwaizodukupisa rusvingo rwazvino. Iyi firimu inobata "tsotsi rehondo" sekutuka kwakashata kunotaurwa nevavengi chete kana mapeaceniks anouya kuzozvidemba - asi haambotauri mubvunzo wemutemo wehondo. Izvo zvinotyisa zviri kuitika zveAgent Orange kuzvarwa hurema hunenge hwakaraswa parutivi semakakatanwa. Huwandu hwehondo yemasoja hunopihwa nzvimbo isina kuenzana kana ichienzaniswa nehuwandu hwehuwandu hwevagari vemo. Manzwi akachenjera zvamazvirokwazvo aishora hondo pazvikonzero zvetsika nemutemo kubvira pakutanga kusvikira pakupedzisira haapo, nokudaro achibvumira rondedzero umo vanhu vanoita zvikanganiso ndokudzidza mazviri. Mamwe mazano ezvingave zvakaitwa panzvimbo yehondo hazvimuke. Hapana chifukidziro chinopiwa kune avo vakawana mari kubva muhondo. Kunyepa kweMunyori we "Kudzivirirwa" Robert McNamara uye Mutungamiri Lyndon Johnson panguva iyo Gulf yeTonkin chiitiko haina kuitika inoderedzwa. Etc.
Zvese zviri kutaurwa, bhaisikopo rakabatsirwa nekubatanidza manzwi mazhinji andisingabvumirani nawo kana maonero andinoona achishoreka - inhoroondo yemaonero evanhu, uye tinofanira kunzwa akawanda awo, uye tinodzidza kubva mukunzwa kwakawanda. Iyo 10-chikamu bhaisikopo zvakare inoshuma pachena uye zvakajeka kuti yakawanda sei iyo hurumende yeUS yakanyepa pamusoro pekukurudzira kwayo uye tarisiro yayo ye "kubudirira" mukati mehondo - kusanganisira nekuratidza mifananidzo yevatapi venhau veTV. kubika pamusoro pehuipi hwehondo nenzira yavaisakwanisa kuita nhasi uye kuchengeta mabasa avo (zvinobvumwa, kazhinji nekutarisa dambudziko rekufa kweUS, rinosara riri dambudziko rimwe chete revateereri veUS vachiri kuudzwa kuti vatarisire nhasi). Iyi firimu inoshuma nezverufu rweVietnamese, kunyangwe nekuomerera kune tsika yechinyakare yekugara ichitaura huwandu hudiki hwekufa kweUS kutanga. Inoshuma pamusoro pehuipi hwakati uye kunyangwe nekusatenderwa kwemutemo. Iyo inoronga Gulf yeTonkin zviitiko sekutsamwiswa neUnited States kubva kumahombekombe eVietnam. Muchidimbu, inoita basa rakakwana kuitira kuti chero muoni ane njere angada kuti pasavezve nehondo yakadai. Zvisinei, kunyepedzera kuti imwe hondo inogona kururamiswa zvachose inosiiwa yakamira.
Ndinoda kudaidza, uye nekutenda, kutarisa kune chimwe chinhu icho firimu rePBS rinosanganisira, kureva kupandukira kwaRichard Nixon. Makore mashanu apfuura, nyaya iyi yakaratidza mune imwe chinyorwa na Ken Hughes, uye vamwe kubudikidza Robert Parry. Makore mana apfuura yakapinda VaSmith, pakati pedzimwe nzvimbo. Makore matatu apfuura yakawana chiziviso mubhuku rekambani-media-yakatenderwa na Ken Hughes. Panguva iyoyo, George Will akataura kupandukira kwaNixon mukupfuura mu Washington Post, sekunge munhu wese aiziva nezvazvo. Mugwaro idzva rePBS, Burns naNovick vanobuda votaura zvakajeka zvakaitika, nenzira isina kuita Will. Somugumisiro, vanhu vakawanda zvikuru vanganzwa chaizvoizvo zvakaitika.
Zvakaitika ndezvekuti. Vashandi veMutungamiri Johnson vakaita nhaurirano dzerunyararo neNorth Vietnamese. Mumiriri wePresident Richard Nixon akaudza muchivande vekuNorth Vietnam kuti vaizowana dhiri iri nani kana vakamirira. Johnson akaziva nezve izvi uye akazvidaidza pachivande kuti kupandukira asi hapana chaakataura pachena. Nixon akaita mushandirapamwe achivimbisa kuti anogona kupedza hondo. Asi, kusiyana naReagan uyo akazoparadza nhaurirano kuti asunungure nhapwa kubva kuIran, Nixon haana kunyatso buritsa zvaakanga anonoka pachivande. Pane kudaro, semutungamiri akasarudzwa pamusana pekubiridzira, akaenderera mberi uye akawedzera hondo (sezvakanga zvakaita Johnson pamberi pake). Akakurudzira zvakare nezvechivimbiso chekupedza hondo paakatsvaga kusarudzwa patsva makore mana gare gare - veruzhinji vachiri vasina ruzivo rwekuti hondo inogona kunge yakapera patafura yekutaurirana Nixon asati ambopinda muWhite House kana chete. Nixon akanga asina kupindira zvisiri pamutemo (kana kuti angave akapera chero nguva kubva pakutanga kwayo nekungoipedza).
Iyo nyaya yekuti mhosva iyi yaivepo uye kuti Nixon aida kuti ichengetedzwe inojekesa mhosva diki dzinowanzoiswa pasi pemusoro wekuti "Watergate." Gwaro rePBS rinoratidza kuti chishuwo chaNixon chekuda kupinda munzvimbo yakachengeteka muBrookings Institution chingangove chikamu chekuyedza kuvhara kupandukira kwake kwepakutanga. Burns naNovick vanotadza kutaura kuti Nixon thug Charles Colson akarongawo bhomba iyo Brookings Institution.
Ini handikwanise kupindura izvo ruzhinji rweUS rungadai rwakaita dai kukanganisa kwaNixon kwenhaurirano dzerunyararo kwakazivikanwa panguva yazvakaitika. Ndinogona kupindura zvingaitwe neruzhinji rweUS kana mutungamiri weUS aripo akakanganisa nhaurirano dzerunyararo neNorth Korea, akaita kuti Secretary of State amudeedza, uye akaita kuti Sachigaro weSenate Foreign Relations Committee ataure kuti akarwadzisa United States, yakanga ichiisa pangozi Hondo Yenyika III, uye yakanga isinganzwisisi chokwadi. Chaizvoizvo, vanhu vaidzokera kumashure voona - zvakanyanya - bhaisikopo pamusoro peVietnam kubva kare muzuva apo pakanga paine zvinhu zvekunetseka nazvo.
