Sally-Alice Thompson: Upenyu Hwakazvitsaurira KuRugare Uye Kururamisira Kwavose

NeJoline Gutierrez Krueger, June 19, 2019

From Albuquerque Journal

Sally-Alice Thompson akatungamirira hupenyu huzere nezvakawanda zvinoshamisa uye zviitiko zvekuti zvakaoma kuziva kwatinofanira kutanga.

Tinogona kutanga ne nguva iyo yaifamba 450 makiromita netsoka uye nebhasi neboka reAmerica uye vagari veSoviet mu1987 kubva panguva iyo yaive iyo Leningrad kuenda kuMoscow kunokurudzira rugare uye zvombo zvenyukireya.

"Kumaguta ose, takagamuchirwa nemufaro," Thompson, 95, akayeuka. "Vakatiunza maruva uye makuru, zvingwa zvakasara zvechingwa uye pfuma shoma yaireva chimwe chinhu kwavari. Vaifara kwazvo kuona vanhu vokuAmerica vaisavenga. "

Tinogona kutanga nekutarisa kwaakaita mune imwe nzira yekurwisa-nuke kufamba, inonzi Great Peace March, gore risati rapfuura, kutanga kuLos Angeles uye kuguma kuWashington, DC, mwedzi mapfumbamwe gare gare.

Zvichida tinotanga nekuti akanga ari mumwe wevakadzi vokutanga kushumira neDhipatimendi rePurisa reAlquerquerque. Kana kuti akashanda sei muNavy panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Kana kuti akadzidzisa sei chikoro chesekondari muAlbuquerque kwemakore 20.

Zvichida tinotanga nekuti iye nemurume wake, Donald Thompson, zvakare musungwa weNavy, mudzidzisi wechikoro uye aimbova mutongi wezvematongerwo enyika, vakagadzira chitsauko cheAlbuquerque cheVeterans for Rugare mushure mekunge vose vakafunga kuti mari yehondo yaive yakakwirira kwazvo uye kururamisira vakaratidza veterans zvakanyanya kwazvo.

Zvichida tinotanga nemamwe mafambiro akawanda aakabatanidzwa mukurwisana nehondo muVietnam, Iraq neAkistan, kuratidzira kwe2005 panguva iyoyo-Mutungamiri weGeorge W. Bush muCrawford, Texas. Kana kuti sei mu2014 pazera remakore 91, akafamba kwemazuva 13 kubva kuAlquerquerque kusvika Santa Fe mukutsigira MOP, kana Money Out of Politics.

Zvinogona kuita zvakanaka kutanga nekutaurirana pamusoro pekufamba kwake kumativi ose kubva kuTurkmenistan kuenda kuEl Salvador kudzidzisa nekudzidza, uye kuti kuziva kwenyika yose kwakamuita kuti azarurire Ridgecrest kumba kune vapoteri uye vapoteri.

Kana kuti tinogona kutanga nehukama hwake neVaduku Vanopisa, vakadzi vezera rimwe vanovenga uye vanopikisa hondo uye kusaruramisira.

Thompson aidzidzisa kutamba gitare uye akanyora dzimwe dzenzi dzaVaGrannies vachiimba pamakortidzi.

Tinogona kutanga nemabhuku maviri aakanyora-imwe memoir, imwe yeruzivo.

Kana kuti iye nemurume wake vakave sei nhengo dzechinyorwa zveAlbuquerque Center for Runyararo uye Ruramisiro uye vakabhadhara chikwereti kunzvimbo yayo paHarvard neSirivha SE.

"Akafuridzirwa vazhinji, kusanganisira ini," akadaro Samia Assed, purezidhendi wekambani yekubatanidza hurumende. "Anoshingaira kune iyi yechipiri."

Asi zvichida nhau inonyanya kukosha ndeye inotanga na Thompson semwana wekudengenyeka kukuru, wekare kudarika vana vashanu vanoberekwa nevabereki vakafambisa mhuri kubva kumunda wekurima purazi kusvika kune varimi muguta rose kuMiddlewest mukutsvaga hupenyu huri nani hwavasina kumboita akawanikwa.

"Mumwe nomumwe akanga ari murombo, uye isu taive varombo," akadaro.

Anoyeuka kuti vabereki vake vakanga vari vaviri vanorwisana nehondo, kuti baba vake vakanga varamba kupinda mune zvehana nekuda kwehana Hondo Yenyika I. Pasinei nekupikiswa kwevabereki vake, vakapinda muNavy.

"Ndakanga ndiri mupanduki kubva kune rimwe zuva," akadaro.

Masoja, akati, yaiva nzira yekubuda muurombo uye nzira yekuenda kuchikoro chepamusoro. Kwaari, yakaita seyo nzira chete. Izvozvo, iye akati, zvakanga zvatoita sezvisina kururama.

"Hatifanire kuenda kuhondo kuti tigoenda kukireji," akadaro. "Dzidzo inofanira kuwanika kune vose, zvisinei kuti vapfumi kana varombo sei."

Yaiva iyo pfungwa yekururamisira kune vose, iyo inoda kuita chimwe chinhu kubva pane chinhu, icho chakava chikonzero chekuita kwaakafamba, kuratidzira, kushanda nesimba nekuimba chokwadi chake.

"Ndagara ndichifunga nezvekururamisira," akadaro. "Handifungi kuti kuberekwa muAmerica kunokuita iwe. Hatisi kusarudza kwatinozvarwa. Vanhu, pose pavanozvarwa, vakakodzera kuva nekodzero, vanokodzera kuva neruramisiro nerunyararo. "

Thompson anofamba makiromita matanhatu zuva rega rega, asi ari kunonoka-kwete kunge akabudirira, sezvaanotaura. Mutumbi wake wakakotama uye wakaneta, kunzwa kwake kunopera, asi pfungwa yake uye chiyeuchidzo chake chakakunda sezvaimboita.

"Ndakanga ndisingachaperi munhu wose," akadaro, achitaura kumurume wake, vana vake vaviri nehanzvadzi dzake nevabereki. "Handizivi nei."

Anoramba achiimba uye anonyora nziyo dzeVakuru Vanopisa, vachiri kutumira mazita ezvinyorwa zveCentral for Peace and Justice, vachiri kutumira foni kuvatsvakurudzo uye zvinokonzera, vachiri kutarisira nyika inofunga kuti inofanirwa kurwisana.

Mazuva ano, anoona pendulum ichidzungira kune hurumende uye neropafadzo kune vashomanana.

Asi iyewo anoona kuwedzera kunonoka kwechizvarwa chitsva chinoda kuramba ichirwira rugare neruramisiro, kuratidzira, kufamba, kutarisira.

Zvinongotora nguva kuti vamuwane.