NaMateu Hoh, Kubvumbi 21, 2020
From Counterpunch
Kuunza Hondo Yemuvengi Emusha; Iwo Makomo Anoimba naNguyen Phan Que Mai
Ini ndakazvarwa pedyo neNew York City muna 1973, gore iro United States yakagumisa zvaro hondo yaro muVietnam ndokuunza kumusha yekupedzisira mauto ehondo Hondo yeVietnam, inozivikanwa kune yeVietnamese seAmerican Hondo, yaigara iri chimwe chinhu chakabviswa kubva kwandiri, kunyangwe pandaiverenga nhoroondo mumashure memakore, ndakatarisa zvinyorwa uye, semukuru wemaMarine Corps, akatsvaga makopi ehondo zvehondo Marine Corps. Zvisinei, iyo hondo yakamirira mamwe makore mashoma mushure mekuzvarwa kwangu vanhu veVietnam, kuti vanhu veCambodia neLaos vakatambura kuurayiwa nehutsinye ndichiri mukomana, uye nanhasi, sezvo ndiri munhu vanonoka kusvika makumi maviri, vese vekuVietnam nevekuAmerican mhuri, mune mamirioni, vanotambura kufa uye vakaremara kubva kune chepfu uye nekusingaperi mhedzisiro yeAgent Orange, tisingatauri nezvezviuru zvinourawa uye zvinokuvadzwa gore rimwe nerimwe nekuda kwemari isingawanikwe yemamiriyoni ematani. mabhomba akadonha paCambodia, Laos neVietnam, iyo hondo yakange isina zvishoma zvaindibata pandiri. Kunyangwe nekubatana kwangu ikozvino kune vazhinji vetera veVietnam uye ruzivo rwangu rwekusangana dzakawanda dzemhuri dzakarasikirwa nevarume, vanababa uye hama kuAgent Orange, hukama hwehondo muVietnam kuhupenyu hwangu hwangu uye zvandakamboona muhondo muAfghanistan neIraq. raingova rezvedzidzo kana rechitendero.
Gore rimwe chete randakazvarwa Nguyen Phan Que Mai akazvarwa kuchamhembe kweVietnam. Kunge vese veVietnamese, Que Mai vaizosangana neAmerican Hondo, iyo kure kure genesis, kuurayiwa kwayo kuurayiwa uye nepo kwakasarudzika, mumashure. Kuna Que Mai iyo hondo yaizove yakananga uye zvisina kunanga pamidzi yezvinhu zvese, hapana chinhu chaigona kuve chakaumbwa kana kuratidzwa pasina chinhu chehondo chinopinda. Hondo muzvinhu zvese, kuve yechokwadi kune vese veVietnamese, yaive yechokwadi chete kune avo maAmerican, uye mhuri dzavo, vakatumirwa kuuraya uye kuurayiwa munhandare yehondo yekupedzisira colonialism uye Cold War hysteria. Que Mai vaizoshanda kuti vararame sevarimi uye mutengesi wemumigwagwa kwemakore mazhinji kudzamara chirongwa chehunyanzvi chakamutumira kuAustralia kunodzidza. Kubva kuAustralia iye aizotanga basa rekuvandudza basa rekuvandudza hupenyu hwevanhu kwete muVietnam chete, asi muAsia yose. Que Mai vaizotangawo chirongwa chekunyora icho chaizobatsira zvakafanana pakurapa uye kupora kubva muhondo, sekunge iro basa rekuvandudza raakatora nekutora.
Iwo Makomo Anoimba ibhuku repfumbamwe raQue Mai nebhuku rekutanga muChirungu. Icho chinyorwa cheimwe mhuri ichiedza kurarama kuchamhembe kweVietnam kubva kuHondo yechipiri yeHondo kuburikidza nemakore akatevera kukundwa kwehurumende yeSouth Vietnamese neNorth. Iri ibhuku rakawana rave kuongororwa nevasori akasiyana siyana vanotsoropodza senge New York Times, vaparidzi Weekly, uye BhukuPeji, uye ane 4.5 ne4.9 zvikore pane Mabhuku akanaka uye Amazon, saka zvandinotaura hazviratidze hunhu hwakanyanya uye hwakanaka hwakaitwa naQue Mai kana maitiro ekushandura uye peji-rekushandura kwake nyaya. Asi ini, ini ndinongoda kuti nditi vanhu muUS vanofanirwa kuverenga bhuku iri kuti vanzwisise izvo isu muUS zvatakaita kune vakawanda kunze kweUS.
Kwemakore mazhinji ikozvino, pandakabvunzwa kuti ndeapi mabhuku anofanirwa kuverenga kuti anzwisise iyo yazvino hondo dzeUS munyika dzechiMuslim, ini ndakurudzira mabhuku maviri, kunyangwe nezvehondo dzazvino uye nezveVietnam: David's Halberstam's Akanyanya kunaka uye anopenya naNeil Sheehan Nhema Kupenya. Verenga mabhuku iwayo andino taura kuvanhu uye iwe unzwisise kuti nei US iri muhondo idzi uye neiko hondo idzi dzisingazoperi. Nekudaro, iwo mabhuku anotaurira zvishoma nezvevanhu vehondo: zvavakaona, matambudziko, kukunda uye kuvapo. Sezvakaitwa naHalberstam naShehan kuti vanzwisise US muhondo idzi, saka Que Mai vanoitira kuti vanzwisise vanhu vakadzvanywa pasi, vakabatirirwa, vakarova uye vakaumbwa navo.
Pakanga paine zvinoverengeka nguva apo kuverenga Iwo Makomo Anoimba Ndakafunga kumira. Nusea uye kutya kwekutya bhuku rakafungidzirwa mandiri pandakaverenga mazwi aQu Mai nezvemhuri yake (kunyangwe iri riinhi rinogona kunzwisiswa kuti rakatorwa muchikamu chikuru kubva munhoroondo yemhuri yake) ramutsa ndangariro dzevaIraq vazhinji nemaAfghans Ndakaziva, vazhinji vachiri kudzimba dzekumba kwavo, vazhinji vavo vachiri kurarama uye vachirarama kuburikidza nehondo inoenderera mberi kana pamwe imwe yadzo kumbomira. Mhosva pamusoro pehondo, izvo zvandakatora chikamu, uye nezvatakaita senyika kumamirioni mazhinji evasina mhosva, anotyaira kuzviuraya, sezvazvinoita vamwe vazhinji vetera veUS. Saka sezvazvinofanira kuve…
chii Iwo Makomo Anoimba Rondedzero uye tsanangudzo nezvehondo, kwete iwo ega nhoroondo yekusuwa, kutyisa, kusava nematuro, miedzo uye kukosha kwayo, asi yemigumisiro yayo inogara muzvizvarwa, nezvezvinogara zvichidikanwa zvechibairo, uye nekuzvara kwayo kwezvematongerwo enyika, tsika nemagariro. , haina kuganhurirwa kune iyo Vietnamese chiitiko, asi inotambanukira kune vese vanobatwa nesimba uye nemanzwi ehondo. Chokwadi pane zvinhu uye zvikamu zve Iwo Makomo Anoimba izvo zvakanangana neruzivo rweVietnamese, sezvakangoita zvinhu nezvimiro zvehondo muAfghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria uye Yemen zvakasarudzika kune nyika imwe neimwe. Asi kunyange mumusiyano uyo, pane sameness, sechikonzero chehondo, chikonzero chezvinhu zvakadaro, ndewedu, US.
Que Mai vakanyora bhuku risingaperi rekusuwa nekurasikirwa, uye rekuwana nekukunda. Kunyangwe kuziva kana kusaziva Que Mai vataura kwezvizvarwa kunze kweVietnam, mamirioni pamamirioni avanhu vakaputika kunze, vakaiswa pasi pevhu, vakamanikidzwa kutiza uye kushuva kurarama; vanhu vanopenga asi vakaremara mukushuva kwavo kuti vasangopukunyuka uye vapukunyuke asi kuti pakupedzisira vabudise uye vatakure mauto ehondo eAmerican. Iri bhuku kuvaAmerican zvakare. Kwete girazi kwatiri nemhando ipi neipi, asi hwindo, maonero mune zvatakaita uye kuramba tichizviita kune vakawanda pasi rese, kubva pakutanga pandakanga ndiri mudiki uye kusvikira zvino pazera rangu.
