Kuisa Bhutsu Pasi Pevhu Runyararo

PaZuva raSt Patrick gore rino, mauto maviri eUS veteran, Ken Mayers naTarak Kauff, vane makore 82 ne77 zvakateedzana, vakasungwa paShannon Airport vachipokana nekuenderera mberi kwayo kushandiswa neuto reAmerica.

Kupihwa mhosva yekukuvadza airport nekudarika, vakaiswa mutirongo yeLimerick mazuva e12 uye vakapasiswa mapasipoti. Vakamirira nyaya yavo kuti vauye kuzotongerwa mhosva, Ken naTarak vanga vachishandisa nguva yavo yekugara yeIreland kutora chikamu mukuratidzira kurwisa kurwisa kweAmerica uye kukwikwidza kusarerekera kuIreland.

Varume vaviri ava, vese vaimbove varwi mumauto eUS, uye zvino nhengo dzeVeterans for Peace, vatanga 'Walk for Freedom' iyo yakatanga muLimerick Mugovera wapfuura uye ichipera muMalin Head, Donegal, munaGunyana 27. Ivo vasati vasimuka, ndakasangana naKen naTarak kuLimerick uye vakarondedzera mafambiro avakaita kubva kuva masoja kuenda kune rugare uye nei vachitenda kutiIreland rinogona kuve izwi rakasimba kurwa muhondo.

"Baba vangu vaive muzvikepe zvehondo dzehondo muHondo yeNyika yechipiri uye Hondo yeKorea, saka ndakakura ndichimwa 'marines corps Kool Aid'," Ken anotanga. "Zvitunha zvakanyatso kubhadhara kuenda kukoreji uye pandakapedza ndakatora komisheni mariri." Panguva iyoyo ndakanga ndiri mutendi chaiye uye ndaifunga kuti America isimba rezvakanaka. Ndakashanda pabasa kwemakore masere nehafu, kuFar East, kuCaribbean, neVietnam, uye ndakawedzera kuona kuti America yaisava simba rekuita zvakanaka. ”

Ken anonyora zvimwe zvezvinhu zvakakanganisa kutenda kwake muhunhu hweUS. "Chiziviso chekutanga chaive muchirimo cha1960 apo tanga tichiita maekisheni muTaiwan - izvi zvaive zvisati zvave hupfumi hwengwe uye hwakanga hwakashata zvakanyanya. Tinenge tichidya maC-Rations edu uye paizove nevana vachikumbira kuti magaba asina chinhu abate matenga avo nawo. Izvo zvakaita kuti ndinetseke kuti nei mubatsiri wedu anga ari muhurombo hwakadai isu tichigona kunge taive tichivabatsira.

'Ndakatarisa zvaiitwa neAmerica muVietnam uye zvakandishamisa. Uku ndiko kutanga kwekushingairira kwangu uye radicalism. Vanhu pavakanditenda nekushandira kwandakaita nyika yangu ndakavaudza kuti sevhisi yangu chaiyo haina kutanga kudzamara ndabuda muchiuto '

“Mushure megore takange tave muVieques Island, Puerto Rico, iyo zvitunha zvaive nehafu yazvo uye yaishandiswa pakuita zvekupfura. Isu takarairwa kumisikidza tambo yemoto mhenyu pachitsuwa ichi uye kana mumwe munhu akaedza kupfuura isu taifanira kuvapfura - uye vagari vepachitsuwa vaive vagari veAmerica. Ndakazoziva gare gare kuti iyo US yaidzidzisa maCuba pachitsuwa cheBay of Nguruve kupinda. Chiitiko ichocho chaive chimwewo.

“Mashanga ekupedzisira ndipo pandakadzokera kuAsia muna 1964. Ini ndaive ndiri kupa basa rekuparadza uye yepasi pegungwa mumahombekombe eVietnam pakaitika chiitiko cheTonkin Gulf. Zvaive pachena kwandiri kuti kwaive kubiridzira kwaishandiswa kururamisa hondo huru kuvanhu veAmerica. Isu takange tichityora mvura yeVietnamese nguva dzose, tichitumira zvikepe padyo nemahombekombe kumutsa kuita. Ndipo pandakafunga kuti handichakwanise kuramba ndiri mudziyo wemhando iyi uye muna 1966 ndakasiya basa. ”

Tarak akaita makore matatu mu105th Airborne Division, kubva ku1959 kuenda ku1962, uye anobvuma nekukurumidza kunzwa achifara kuti akabuda nguva refu vasati vatumirwa unit yake kuVietnam. Kunyudzwa mune yehusimbe mafungu e1960s iye akazova akasimba runyararo anorwira. "Ini ndaive chikamu cheiyo makumi matanhatu tsika uye yaive chikamu chikuru kwandiri," anodaro. "Ndakatarisa izvo zvakaitwa neAmerican kuVietnam uye zvakandishamisa uye ndiko kwanga kuri kutanga kwekuratidzira kwangu uye nekufungidzira. Vanhu pavakanditenda nekushandira nyika yangu ndakavaudza kuti basa rangu chairo harina kutanga kusvika ndabuda muchiuto. "

Munguva yekubvunzurudzwa Ken akataura akadzikama nepo Tarak achikwanisa kuve anoshinga, achirova pamusoro petafura nemunwe wake kusimbisa - kunyangwe achinyemwerera mukuziva-kwake uye majee nezvekuti musiyano unovaita sei vaviri vacho chiito chakanaka chechipiri. Ivo vaviri vagara-kwenguva nhengo dzeVeterans for Peace, iyo yakavambwa muMaine mu1985 uye ikozvino ine zvitsauko mumatunhu ese eUS uye nedzimwe nyika dzinoverengeka, kusanganisira Ireland.

Aive Ed Horgan, muvambi weVeterans for Peace Ireland, iye akanyevera Ken naTarak nezve Shannon. "Takasangana naEd makore mashoma apfuura uye taifunga kuti nyika yeIreland haina kwayakarerekera asi akatiudza nezve ndege dzose dzemauto eU.S., uye ndege dzekushandura, dzichiuya naShannon. Nekufambisa izvo, Ireland iri kuzviita yakakwana muhondo dzeAmerica. ”

Tarak inosimbisa kukuvara kwakanyanya kwemauto eAmerica, ayo anosanganisira kuparadza mamiriro ekunze. “Nhasi, America iri kurwa hondo munyika gumi nenhatu apo mukati menyika mune kupfura kukuru zuva nezuva. Mhirizhonga yatinotengesa kunze kwenyika iri kuuya kumba, ”anodaro. “Vheti veVietnam vazhinji vatora hupenyu hwavo kupfuura vakauraiwa muhondo yese. Uye vana vadiki vari kudzoka kubva kuhondo muIraq neAfghanistan vari kutora hupenyu hwavo futi. Nei izvozvo zvichiitika? Iko kurova-kudzoka, imhosva!

“Uye nhasi hatisi kungouraya vanhu nekuparadza nyika sezvatakaita kuVietnam neIraq, tiri kuparadza zvakatipoteredza. Mauto eUS ndiye muparadzi mukuru wezvakatipoteredza pasi pano; ndivo vanonyanya kushandisa petroleum, vasvibisi vakuru vane chepfu ine mabhesi anopfuura chiuru pasi rose. Vanhu havawanzo kubatanidza mauto nekuparadzwa kwemamiriro ekunze asi zvine hukama zvakanyanya. "

Ken naTarak vakambosungwa mukuratidzira kusvika kure sePalestine, Okinawa, uye Standing Rock kuUS. "Paunoita izvi kuratidzira nekupikisa hurumende hurumende havadi izvozvo uye unowanzoita kusungwa," Tarak anonyora achidaro.

"Asi uku ndiko kureba kwatakambochengetwa munzvimbo imwechete nekuda kwepasipoti yedu yakatorwa mwedzi mitanhatu yadarika," Ken anowedzera. "Tave kunze kweDáil nemabhanhire anotsigira kusarerekera kuIreland uye anopikisa hondo dzeUS, tichitaura pamisangano, takabvunzurudzwa pawairesi neterevhizheni, uye takafunga kuti pamwe tinofanira kubuda mumugwagwa tofamba tichitaura nekusangana nevanhu, kuisa bhutsu pasi runyararo. Tiri kufara nezvazvo uye tichafamba munzvimbo dzakasiyana dzeIreland kusvika musi wa27 wemwedzi uno. Tichave tichitaurawo pa World Beyond War musangano muLimerick muna Gumiguru 5/6 iyo iwe yaunogona kuverenga nezvayo pa www.worldbeyondwar.org "

'Haasi uyu mumwe murume anofamba-famba aine chikwangwani chakanzi' magumo ave pedyo 'ava ndivo masayendisiti edu akanakisa achiti hatina nguva yakawanda. Vana vako havazove nenyika yekukura mairi, izvi ndizvo zviri kuyedzwa nevechidiki neExpinction Rebelli, nezvimwe, uye Ireland inogona kutora chinzvimbo chakasimba mune izvi '

Varume vaviri ava vane humbowo mudare gare gare mwedzi uno apo vachazokumbira kuti nyaya yavo ishandiswe kuDublin, kunyange zvichiri mamwe makore maviri nyaya yavo isati yamanzwika. Mapasipoti avo akasungwa nekuti vakanzi vaive nenjodzi yekubhururuka, sarudzo inovanyima kodzero yavo yevagari uye iyo inodavirwa naKen inosimudzirwa mune zvematongerwo enyika.

"Hazvina musoro kufunga kuti hatizodzoka kubva kuAmerica kuzotongwa kana tiine mapasipoti uye tikakwanisa kuenda kumba," anodaro. “Muedzo chikamu chechiito; ndizvo zvatinoita kufumura nyaya nezviri kuitika. Isu tinoona mukana wakakura wezvakanaka unogona kuuya kana vanhu veIreland - vanopfuura makumi masere muzana avo vanotsigira kusarerekera - vakaida uye vakamanikidza hurumende yavo kuona kuti yashandiswa nemazvo. Izvi zvinogona kutumira meseji pasi rese. ”

Vaviri Ken naTarak vanasekuru uye varume vazhinji vezera ravo vangadai vachipfuura mazuva avo munzira dzakatetepa pane kuratidzira kuratidzira, kusungwa, nematare edzimhosva. Ko ivo vana nevazukuru vavo vanoita nezvekuratidzira kwavo? "Ndosaka tichizviita, nekuti tinoda kuti vana ava vawane nyika yekugara mairi," Tarak anotsikisa moyo. "Vanhu vanofanirwa kunzwisisa kuvapo kwehupenyu hwepasi pano kuri kutyisidzirwa." Izvi hazvisi vamwe vakomana vanofamba famba neplacard vachiti 'kuguma kwaswedera' ava ndivo masayenzi edu akanaka kwazvo anoti isu hatina nguva yakawanda.

"Vana vako havazove nenyika yekukura mairi, izvi ndizvo zviri kuyedza kuitwa nevechidiki neExtinction Rebellion, nezvimwe, uye Ireland inogona kutora chinzvimbo chakasimba mune izvi. Kubva zvandiri pano, ndasvika pakuda nyika ino nevanhu vayo. Handifunge kuti imi mese munoziva kuremekedzwa kweIreland pasi rese uye mhedzisiro yainogona kuve nayo pasirese, kunyanya kana zvichitora danho rakasimba senyika isina kwayakarerekera uye ichiita chinzvimbo icho. Kuita chinhu chakanakira hupenyu pasi pano kunoreva chinhu, uye maIrish anogona kuzviita uye ndizvo zvandiri kuda kuona zvichiitika ndosaka tichitenderera tichitaura nevanhu. ”

Kufamba kwaKen naTarak kunotarisirwa kusvika paGalway Crystal Factory pa12.30pm neMuvhuro Gunyana 16. Vanoda kujoinha navo kune chimwe chikamu chekufamba kana kupa rutsigiro vanogona kuwana ruzivo kuGalway Alliance Kupesana neHondo Facebook peji: https://www.facebook.com/groups/312442090965.