Taura Chokwadi: Zuva reVeterans Is National Day of Lying

NaDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War

Vamwe vanofarira kuziva kuti maTumpies ari kugara mune imwe nzvimbo yakasiyana umo kusagadzikana kwemamiriro ekunze kana zvombo zvenyukireya apocalypse kune hanya asi mhepo inotyisa yemasango eMuslim Hondurans iri kutamba uye kutamba munyika yeBaba ine zvigaro zvemagandanga, marombo anouraya, uye maitiro evanhu.

Vamwe vakasvinurira chokwadi chekuti izvo zvinonzi "mainstream" - maonero epro-status-quo, anti-kugadzirisa masisitimu - akagadzirwawo mufekitori inoshuvira. Sekuratidzira imwe, ini ndinopa: Veterans Day.

A National miziyamu ichiti inotaurira veterans 'nyaya uye kuchiva kuti uve "imba yekuchenesa mazwi emhare" uko "vagadziri kana vanyori kana podcasters mune ramangwana" vanouya "kune chaiwo mazwi kubva kune-e-veteran manzwi," achangobva kuvhurwa muColumbus, Ohio. Iyo $ 82 mamirioni ekushambadzira kushambadzira kubatsirwa kubva hurumende mari uye inomutsa mipiro nerurimi urwu: "Chipo chako chinobvisirwa mutero chinobatsira kukudza, kubatanidza, kukurudzira, uye kudzidzisa vese nezvenyaya yeavo vakashinga vakashandira nyika yedu." Hapana kana izwi rimwe chete pamusoro pechokwadi, kunyatsoita, kusiana kwemaonero, kana kuzvimiririra kwekufunga.

"Zvauri kuzoona uye heino nyaya - Sei mumwe munhu akasarudza kushandira? Zvakanga zvakaita sei kutora mhiko, kushanda muhondo? Kudzoka kumba kwanga kwakaita sei? ” mishumo rimwe pepanhau. Semuyenzaniso? tsime: "Semuenzaniso, pana Deborah Sampson, mukadzi wekuMassachusetts akazvishandura semurume kuti ashandire muhondo yeChimurenga (achitodhonza mabhora emhashu kubva muzvidya zvake kuti asaone chiremba, uyo angamuwane bonde chairo) . Kana kuti Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez, avo vakagamuchira Medal of Honor yekuchengetedza hupenyu hwevanhu vanosvika vasere panguva yeHondo yeVietnam muhondo yemaawa matanhatu, maakaramba aine maronda manomwe epfuti nemupendero mumuviri wake wese. ”

Vashanyi vanowana ruzivo, dzidzo, kupokana fungidziro? Zvichida, asi izvo munhu anogona kuverenga nezve ino miziyamu zvinoti iye anozove "akafuridzirwa," senge Guy ichi: "Kune changu chikamu, ndinowana kurudziro nemikana yekufungisisa mune 'yekupedzisira chibayiro' chiratidziro chinokudza vakawa; mukutinhira kwe'Taps 'ichiridza paimba yechipiri; mumakiti ekudya uye nezvimwe zvinhu zvezuva nezuva zvinotakurwa panguva yebasa uye tsamba dzakatumirwa kumba; mumawindo ane mitsara nemavara emauto maribhoni kuburikidza nenhoroondo; mune nyaya dzekuchinja kuenda kuhupenyu hwevanhu; muChirangaridzo Grove panze. ”

Kuremekedzwa kusingatauri hachisi chinhu chakafanana nekudzidza. Pasina mubvunzo, kunyanya kubatanidzwa muuto kunosanganisira kushinga uye zvakawanda zvakabatanidzwa nehutye. A Nyaya yakasimba zvikuru inogona kuitwa zvechiuto hazvina kunge zviri "sevhisi" mupfungwa yekushandira chero chinhu chinobatsira kana kubatsira vanhu kwete kuisa panjodzi, kuuraya, kuvashungurudza, nekuvaita varombo. Pasina mubvunzo, mamirioni haana "kusarudza" "kushanda" zvachose asi akamanikidzwa kutora chikamu, uye mamwe mamirioni "akasarudza" kusaina zvakanyanya nekuda kwekushaikwa kwechero iri nani sosi yemari. Pakati pevese veterans vandakataura navo, avo- neanopokana-nehondo, kwete iyo yandinorangarira yakambotaura nezvokutora mhiko sechikamu chikuru chechiitiko chehondo. Nyaya dzinofadza dzemukadzi anopinda muchiuto uye musoja achiponesa hupenyu muVietnam haakwanise kudzima nyaya hombe yemasoja akauraya mamirioni avanhu muVietnam uye makumi emamirioni kuzhinji pasirese. Ko vanhu vanonyatso "kuwira" mu "chibairo," kana ivo vakaurayiwa mumuchina wakapusa usina moyo? Ivo "vanochinja" kuenda kuhupenyu husiri hwevanhu, kana vanowira munzira inoshungurudza yekukuvara, mhosva, PTSD, uye kushamiswa kwetsika? Varwi veteran vanowanzo shungurudzwa nenyaya dzeapokirifa dzekupfirwa mate, kana nekutenda kusipo kwekuita hutsinye hwetsika?

Iyo musamuyemu yehondo iyo zvakare iri pachena chiyeuchidzo chehondo chakavakwa nechaunga chinogadzira hondo icho chakajairika permawar hachisi kuzopindura iyo mibvunzo. Asi vagara vachipindurwa nevarombo mamyuziyamu evarombo, anozivikanwawo semabhuku, uye kune imwe nyowani yeavo vari kunze kwandaizoisa pamusoro pechipfuwo chinopihwa chemyuziyamu nyowani. Bhuku iri Guys Like Me naMichael A. Messner.

Bhuku iri rinotaurira nyaya dzevashanu veteran vehondo shanu dzeUnited States: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, uye Iraq Parts I na II. Tinodzidza nyaya dzavo kubva nguva refu vasati vapinda muchiuto kuburefu kwenguva refu mushure mokunge vasiya. Nhau idzi dzakataurwa zvakanaka, nekunyengera uye kuoma, kwete museum-semashoko anoparadzira. Maitiro anooneka pasina bhuku richidzokorora. Munhu mumwe nomumwe akasiyana, asi mumwe nomumwe anosangana nemhuka imwe chete.

Dzazvino varwi nyaya 'dzega hadzaizokwana mukugadzira bhuku iri. Nyaya dzehondo dzakapfuura kare-kubvira dzakafukidzwa mungano dzinodiwa kana muverengi akatanga kubvunza nezvehondo pachayo. Nyaya dzakadai dzinonyanya kubatsira senge dzinowanzoitika nyaya dzehondo dzavaive chikamu chavo. Mune dzimwe hondo dzichangopfuura, nyaya dzevarwi vemuUS dzinosvika padiki muzana yezve nyaya dzakakonzerwa nehondo. Asi nyaya dzekare chete dzaisazokwana kana. Kuziva kutyisa kusingaperi kwehondo muzvimiro zvazvino uno kunopedzisa nyaya ine simba yakaratidzwa pano. Iri ibhuku rekupa kune vechidiki.

Nyaya yekutanga yebhuku inonzi "Hapana 'Hondo Yakanaka'" uye inotaurira nyaya yevakarwa Hondo Yenyika II Ernie "Indio" Sanchez. Usatore chirevo changu pamusoro pekuti hondo inosanganisira humbwende pamwe nehushingi hunobva kwandiri. Verenga nyaya yaSanchez uye utore kubva kwaari. Asi hurovha hwaisave hutyisidzira hwakavanda muuropi hwaSanchez kwemakumi emakore paakaramba akabatikana uye achidzivirira kusvikira asisagona kuzvidzivirira zvakare. Heino chidimbu:

"Zvese izvi - kutya kunotyisa mapfupa, mhosva, kunyadziswa kwetsika - zvakavanzwa mumutumbi waErnie Sanchez kwemakumi manomwe emakore akasara ehupenyu hwake, achimuvandira panguva yaaisambofungira, achimurova kunge chidimbu chechipfambi chakagara pedyo musana wake. Haangamboita kuti zviende, kwete zvachose. Pakupedzisira akazoziva kuti kutaura nezvazvo - achipupurira chero munhu aiteerera nyaya dzake dzeupenzi hwehondo, zvinorema zvekurwa nekuuraya, uye tariro yerunyararo - ndiyo yaive mushonga wakanaka kwazvo wemaronda ake. ”

Iri bhuku harisi chete muenzaniso wekutaura nyaya dzisingagamuchirwi mumamyuziyamu uye mabhuku eNPR uye veterans Day mapurisa, asiwo muenzaniso wekunyora nezvemaonero esangano. Messner akawana vatungamiri vake kuburikidza neVeterans For Peace, avo vane mazano evarandire ini ndinoshumira, uye vanonyatsotora upfumi hwehutsika uye hwemunhu hunovhiringidza basa reva veterans ava kubvisa nyika yezvigadziro zvekusika kune veterans vakawanda.

Nyaya yaSanchez inotanga neyakaoma, yakaoma, gang uye hupenyu hwemujeri. Asi hupenyu ihwohwo hauna chinhu chakafanana nekutyisa kwehondo. Anoyeuka kuti:

"Mumavhiki maviri nehafu, vaifanira kubvisa kunze kwe4th uye 28th Infantry Divisions, nokuti vakaderedzwa. Mumavhiki maviri nehafu, iyo Dhairiro yakarasikirwa nevarume ve9,500, vaurawa kana kukuvadzwa. Mavhiki maviri nehafu ndiri kutaura pamusoro. Muhondo iyi isu tine [ikozvino] muIraq, hatina kuuraya 6,000 vanhu zvakadaro. Makore mangani tave tasi uko? "

Munyori haapinde munyaya kuti agadzirise pfungwa yekuti vanopfuura miriyoni vakafa muIraq havasi "vanhu," asi inzira yekufunga kuti vazhinji vanotora chikamu muhondo vanoshanda kuti vazive uye vakunde. Sanchez, pachokwadi, akapedza makore mazhinji achizviudza kuti zvirinani kuti iye haana kuuraya vanhu pachezvake nekuti akapfura pamberi pemigero kuitira kuti "vavengi" varege kunamatira misoro nepfuti pamusoro pavo. Hupenyu hwake pahunotanga kushomeka, akatanga kufunga nezve izvo zvaakange anyatsoita makumi emakore apfuura:

“Pandakanga ndisina zvese izvi zvimwe zvinhu zvandaifanira kufunga nezvazvo, zvakadzoka kwandiri ndikazozviziva. Mwari, chiremba wepfungwa akandiudza kuti ndakauraya pakati pemakumi mashanu nezana maGerman. Asi ini handina kupfura kuti ndiuraye. Ini ndinopfura kuti vachengetedze vakomana pasi kubva kupfura kumashure. Basa rangu kwaive kupfura pamberi pemigero saka guruva nematombo uye zvese zvaive pamusoro-musoro saka maGerman [havasi] kuzoburitsa misoro yavo kuti vapfure. Ndiro raive basa rangu, kuvachengeta pasi, uye kuramba 'em kubva vachirwira. Ndiwo aive mafungiro angu. Ini ndanga ndisiri kuuraya chero munhu. Uye ndizvo zvandaitaura makore ese aya. Asi Hondo yeIraq yakashata yakandiyeuchidza kuti ndakanga ndiri SOB yakasviba sei. ”

Nhau dzinova dzakaoma, kwete nyore, kubva ipapo. Nyaya yehondo muKorea inosanganisira murwi weUnited States akakumbira ruregerero mukati-munhu kumukadzi ndiye oga akapona mumusha wake wekuuraya.

Usapa mhosva veterans, isu tinowanzo kutaurwa. Asi iyi hunhu hwekupopota umo kupomera mumwe munhu kukukonesa kubva kupomera mumwe munhu (senge hurumende yepamusoro nevatungamiriri vemauto nevagadziri vezvombo). Ichokwadi ndechekuti veterans vazhinji vanozvishora uye vangangodaro zvisinei nekuti isu vamwe takaita sei; uye vazhinji vanoenda mukudzoserwa nekutarisana nemhosva yavo uye nekushandira kuenzanisa pamwe nebasa rerunyararo neruramisiro.

Messner anotsanangura maonero ake nenhoroondo yekukurukura na sekuru vake, Hondo yeHondo Yenyika I:

"Mangwanani ezuva reVeterans muna 1980, Gramps akagara nechikafu chake chamangwanani - kapu yekofi yemvura, chimedu chechigunwe chakatsva chakazara nemarmalade, uye chidimbu chimwechete chechiropa chinotonhorera. Mudzidzi ane makore makumi maviri nemasere akapedza kudzidza, ini ndanga ndichangobva kunogara naambuya nasekuru muOakland, California, kumba. Ndakaedza kucheka Grampy's cranky mood nekumushuvira zuva rinofara reVeterans. Huge Mistake. 'Zuva reVeterans!' akandihukura nezwi rine hunyanzvi hwekusvuta kweupenyu hwese. 'Haisi maVeterans Day! Izuva reArmistice. Vaya gawd. . . akatukwa. . . vezvematongerwo enyika. . . akachinja icho kuva Zuva reVeterans. Uye ivo vari kuramba vachitiwedzera mune dzimwe hondo. ' Sekuru vangu vanga vava kuwedzera mweya manje, chiropa chavo chakakanganwika. 'Buncha makoronyera! Ivo havarwe hondo, ya ziva. Vakomana vakaita seni vanorwa hondo. Takazvidaidza kuti “Hondo Kupedza Hondo Dzese,” uye takazvitenda. ' Akavhara hurukuro neharrumph: 'Veterans Day!'

“Armistice Day yakaratidzira kuGramps kwete chete kupera kwehondo yake, asi kupera kwehondo dzese, kutanga kwerunyararo rusingaperi. Uku kwaive kusiri kurota zvisina basa. Muchokwadi, kufamba kwakawanda kwerunyararo kwakadzvinyirira hurumende yeUS, muna 1928, kusaina Kellogg-Briand Pact, chibvumirano chepasi rose cheChinamato cheHondo, chakatsigirwa neUnited States neFrance uye chakazosainwa nenyika zhinji dze nyika. Kana Mutungamiri Dwight D. Eisenhower akasaina mutemo unoshandura zita rezororo kuita Zuva reVeterans, kusanganisira veterans veHondo Yenyika II, yaive mbama kumeso kwasekuru vangu. Tariro yakanyangarika, yakatsiviwa nechokwadi chakashata chekuti vezvematongerwo enyika vaizoramba vachiwana zvikonzero zvekutumira vakomana veAmerica - 'vakomana seni' — kunorwa nekufira muhondo. ”

Saka vanozoita kusvikira tavaregedza. Guys Like Me chishandiso chikuru chechikonzero ichocho - uye cheiyo Kudzorerwa kweZuva reZviviri. Kanganiso imwe yandinotarisira kuti ichagadziriswa chirevo ichi: "Obama akadzora hondo muIraq neAfghanistan." Mutungamiri Obama muchokwadi akapeta zvakapetwa neU.S.Afghanistan uye akazviita nezviyero zvese (kufa, kuparadzwa, kuwanda kwemauto, madhora) hondo yake kupfuura yehondo yaBush kana Trump kana ivo vaviri vakasanganiswa.

Veteran Gregory Ross akaverenga imwe yetsamba dzake pa 2016 Veterans For Peace Convention. Inotsanangurwa mukati Guys Like Me:

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