Pamusi we 70th wemwaka weD-Day kuitika, Brian Williams akatungamirira NBC Nightly News nenzira iyi: "Panhepfenyuro yedu manheru ano, sarupu kune varwi vakapinda mumahombekombe muno muNormandy…" Inzvimbo yakajairika yenyika yedu yeAmerica, iro izwi rekuti "varwi" kune avo vari muchiuto cheUS kana, sekutaurwa kwazvinoitwa, vedu "vakakuvadzwa varwi" kune avo vakakuvadzwa mune imwe yehondo dzedu zhinji. Ino nguva, zvakadaro, nekuti yakashandiswa kune vets zveHondo Yenyika II, yehondo yababa vangu, yakandimisa munzira dzangu. Kwechinguva chidiki, handina kukwanisa kufungidzira zvaizotaurwa nababa vangu, dai paine munhu akavadaidza - kana chero mukuru wemauto muBurma uyo waaive "oparesheni mukuru" - murwi. Kunyangwe anga ave akafa izvozvi kwemakumi matatu emakore, ini handina kana nguva yekukahadzika kuti angadai akafunga zvisina musoro. MuHondo Yenyika I, masoja eAmerica akange achizivikanwa se “vafudzi.” MuHondo Yenyika II, ivo vaigara (uye vachizvikudza) vachidaidzwa kuti "imbwa" kana GI (ye "nyaya yehurumende") Joes, uye zvavo mugari-musoja fananidzo dzakaratidzirwa mune dzakaomarara asi dzakagomara pamifananidzo yaWilly naJoe, Bill Mauldin's nguva yakawanda yekuda hondo cartoon foot soldiers pamashoko akareba kuBerlin.
Uye izvo zvaive zvakafanirwa nemauto evagari, runyorwa rwemauto. Yakanga iri pasi pasi. Ndiwo marondedzero aunoita vanhu avo vakasiya hupenyu hwechivanhu nechinangwa chese chekudzokera kwairi nekukurumidza sezvingaite sevanhu, vaifunga kuti mauto chinodikanwa chakashata chenguva inotyisa munhoroondo uye nehondo iyoyo, inotyisa asi nzira inodikanwa yekuenda. Mumazuva iwayo, varwi vangadai vakave izwi revatorwa, iro rudzi iwe rawaibatanidza naro, toti, maPrussia.
Baba vangu vakazvipira mushure mekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor uye havana kudzikiswa kusvikira hondo yapera, asi - ndinozvirangarira zvakanaka mumakore akatevera - apo vaidada nebasa ravo, vakaramba vaine hutano uye husina tsarukano muAmerica (kuisa zvine hunhu) kune izvo zvaakadana "mauto akajairwa" uye George Washington angadai akadana "yakamira mauto." Angadai akashamiswa neazvino nzira yehondo yeAmerica uye nyika yekuparadzira yatinogara zvino kana zvasvika pakurumbidza nekusimudzira mauto eUS pamusoro pevamwe vanhu. Angadai akazviona zvisingaiti kuti mudzimai wemutungamiri wenyika aende pachirongwa cheTV chinozivikanwa - ndiri kutaura nezvaMichelle Obama pa “Nashville”- wozvisanganisa nevanhu vanofungidzira kurumbidza nguva yegumi nemana varwi veAmerica nebasa ravo kurudzi.
MuVietnam, hongu, izwi iri rakanga risiri murwi, raive "kugunun'una." Kukwidziridzwa kwemauto eAmerica kumatenga ekurumbidza uye bombast kwakauya zvakanyanya mushure mekupera kwemauto evagari, kunyanya neakasiya basa Air Force Lieutenant Colonel uye TomDispatch nguva dzose William Astore anodana iyo itsva Fortress America pfungwaset yemakore ekupedzisira-9 / 11 uye nyika inogara ichirwisana yehondo nguva dzose yakaenda nayo.
Dai chete ndakakwanisa kutora runhare, kufonera baba vangu, ndikanzwa mazwi akasarudzika aangadai akave nawo pachinzvimbo chake chepamusoro se "murwi" weAmerica, makumi manomwe emakore mushure maNormandy. Asi ndisingakwanise, pamusi wekuyeuka D-Day ini ndakaita chinotevera chinhu chakanakisa ndokufonera shamwari yemakore makumi mapfumbamwe, yaive muchikepe kubva kune rimwe remabhishi akanyoroveswa neropa sezvo kupinda kwakatanga. Achifunga kumashure makore makumi manomwe aya aine kudada, akarangarira kuti chinhu chakanyanya kuvengwa nemasoja etsoka dzeHondo Yenyika II kwaive kukwazisa kana kuti "changamire" kuvakuru. Hapana varwi ivo - uye hapana rudo rwekusingaperi nguva yehondo futi. Isa imwe nzira, kure kwatakabva mukukunda kwedu kukuru kwemauto, kunofananidzirwa nezviitiko zvaJune 90, 70, wakanyanya kukwidziridzwa mutauro wekutsanangura, kana kuti kuchenesa, nzira nyowani yeAmerica yehondo iyo, kukanganisa kwakachena, inogona kunge isina mashoma. Tom
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By William J. Astore
Ndakapedza makore mana emakoreji muReserve Officers 'Training Corps (ROTC) ndikazoshandira makore makumi maviri muUS Air Force. Mumauto, kunyanya mukudzidziswa kwekutanga, iwe hauna zvakavanzika. Hurumende ndeyako. Iwe uri "nyaya yehurumende," ingori imwe GI, nhamba pane imbwa ine yako yeropa uye chinamato kana iwe uchida kuwedzerwa ropa kana yekupedzisira tsika. Unojairira. Icho chibayiro chekuvanzika kwega uye wega kuzvitonga ndiwo mutengo waunobhadhara wekujoinha chiuto. Heck, ndine basa rakanaka nepenjeni kubva mariri, saka usacheme ini, America.
Asi nyika ino yachinja zvakanyanya kubvira pandakabatana neROTC muna 1981, yakadhindwa zvigunwe, yakadhirwa ropa, uye neimwe nzira ikakwizwa uye kumutsidzirwa. (Ini ndaida waiver yekurapa ye myopia.) Mazuva ano, mu Fortress America, mumwe nemumwe wedu, mune imwe nzira, hurumende inoburitsa mune monitoring state wapenga.
Kusiyana ne kukora poster Zvekare, Sekuru Sam havachakudi - ivo vanotova newe. Wakanyorerwa muAmerican nyika chengetedzo yenyika. Izvo zvakawanda zvinoonekwa kubva Edward Snowden's zvakazarurwa. Email yako? Inogona kuverengwa. Kufona kwako? Metadata pamusoro pavo ari kuunganidzwa. Yako smartphone? Yakakwana tracking device kana hurumende ichida kukuwana. Komputa yako? Inotsemuka uye inotakurika. Seva yako? Zviri pavanoshumira, kwete yako.
Vakawanda vevadzidzi vekoroji vandakadzidzisa munguva pfupi yapfuura vatora zvakadaro kurasikirwa kwevamwe for granted. Havana ruzivo rwekuti chii chakarasika kubva muhupenyu hwavo uye saka usakoshese izvo zvavakarasa kana, kana vachinetseka nezvazvo zvachose, vanozvinyaradza nekufunga kwemashiripiti - kutaura senge "Ini ndaita hapana chakaipa, saka handina chekuvanza. ” Ivo havana ruzivo rwekuti ko capricious capricities dzinogona kuve sei nezve dudziro ye "zvisizvo."
Funga nezve isu tese vanotora, zvakati kana zvishoma, mushanduro nyowani yeFortress America, yenyika inogara iine zvehondo, yakachengetedzeka. Kubhadhara firimu? Wadii kusarudza yekutanga Captain America uye kumuona achikunda maNazi zvakare, chiyeuchidzo chehondo yekupedzisira yatakakunda zvechokwadi? Wakananga kune baseball park paChirangaridzo Zuva? Chii chingave chiri chiAmerica kana kusapara? Saka ndinovimba hauna kuterera kune vese avo camouflaged caps uye yunifomu vatambi vaunofarira vaive vakapfeka mune imwe chete yekusingaperi kwemagumo ekuenda kune mauto edu uye veterans.
Ngatitei tisingatauri pamusoro uniforms uniforms paminda yekutamba yeAmerica. Mushure mezvose, hauzive here kuti nguva chaiyo yeAmerica makore apfuura aya anga ari hondo uye zvizhinji zvayo?
Iva Akananga Akanaka
Funga nezve kusanzwisisika. Hondo yeVietnam yakagadzira uto revagari risingadzoreke iro rakaratidzira vagari vasingateereri uye vanowedzera kupanduka. Izvo zvakaratidza kupfuura izvo mauto eU.S. uye vatongi vedu vanogona kutora. Saka Mutungamiri Nixon vakapedza kunyora muna 1973 uye yakaita mugari wemuAmerica-murwi akakodzera, yakanaka yakaramba iripo kwemazana maviri emakore, chinhu chekare. "Mauto ese-anozvipira," nyanzvi, vakanyoreswa kana neimwe nzira kukwezva kutiitira isu basa. Kwete muss, hapana kupokana, uye zvave zvakadaro kubvira ipapo. Zvizhinji zvehondo, asi hapana chikonzero chokuva "murwi, ”Kutoti ukasaina pamutsetse une madododo. Ndiyo nzira itsva yeAmerica.
Asi zvakazoitika kuti pakanga paine chitsama chakaringana chepurinda yakanaka muchibvumirano chakasunungura maAmerican kubva kune izvo zvisina basa zvechiuto. Chikamu chebvumirano yaive "yekutsigira zvayakanakira" (kana kuti "mauto edu") zvisingaite uye vamwe vese vaisanganisira kugadzikana, kuchengetedza runyararo, kuva murwi anofara mune nyowani yekuchengetedza nyika iyo, kunyanya mukumuka kwe9 / Gumiguru 11, yakakura ikava yakakura kwazvo pamutero wemutero. Kunyangwe iwe uchizvida kana kwete, iwe wakanyoreswa mune iro basa, sakajoinha mutsara wevanotora basa uye tora nzvimbo yako chaiyo muuto remauto.
Kana iwe uine ushingi, tarisa kunze kwekuwedzera yakasimbiswa uye yakarongedzwa miganhu yatinogovana neCanada neMexico. (Rangarira pawakakwanisa kuyambuka iyo miganhu pasina kunetsa, kunyangwe pasipoti kana chitupa kadhi? Ini ndinodaro.) Tarisa uone izvo drones, kumba kubva kuhondo uye kutotenderera mukati kana munguva pfupi kuti usvike kumatenga emuno - zvinoita kuti urwise mhosva. Bhadhara ruremekedzo rwakakodzera kune yako kuwedzera mapurisa akadzika-armored uye zvombo zvavo zvisiri nyore, zvavo maSATAT anokosha, uye yavo MRAPs dzakashandurwa (yangu-isingadziviriri mota dzakadzivirirwa). Idzi mota dzemazambiringa eIraq Rusununguko mota dzave zvasara zvemauto zvapihwa kana kutengeswa zvakachipa kumatare emapurisa emuno. Ive nekuchengera kuteedzera kwavo kwakakora kuraira kwejeri-kungelockdowns"Yeunharaunda yako kana kuti guta, zvinyorwa zvenguva pfupi zvemitemo yehondo, zvose nokuda kwekuchengeteka kwako uye kuchengeteka.
Iva mutungamiriri akanaka uye ita zvaunoudzwa. Gara kunze kwenzvimbo dzeveruzhinji kana iwe uchirairwa kudaro. Dzidza kukwazisa zvine hungwaru. (Ndicho chimwe chezvidzidzo zvekutanga zvandakadzidziswa sechiuto chinotora vanhu.) Kwete, kwete iyo salute yepakati-chigunwe, iwe hippie yakwegura. Ipa yakafanira kune avo vane masimba. Iwe waive wakanyanya kudzidza kuti sei.
Kana kuti pamwe hautombofaniri kudaro, nekuti zvakawanda zvekuti isu tave kuita otomatiki zvakagadzirwa kuti tipe salute iyi kwatiri. Kudzokororwa kuimba kwe "Mwari Komborera America" pamitambo yemitambo. Kudzokororwa kwekuona kwemafirimu anokudza mauto. (Special Operations mauto inyaya inopisa muAmerican multiplexes mazuva ano kubva Act of Valor to Mumwe chete AnopukunyukaWadii kupindura kudaidzwa kwebasa nekutamba mitambo yevhidhiyo ine hunyanzvi senge Kudevedzwa pabasa? Chokwadi, kana iwe uchifunga nezvehondo, ita chokwadi chekubata se mutambo, firimu, mutambo.
Kupera muAmerica
Ndanga ndiri kunze kwechiuto kweanoda kusvika makore gumi, asi zvakadaro ndinonzwa kuve nehunyanzvi nhasi kupfuura pandakapfeka yunifomu. Kunzwa ikoko kwakatanga kuuya pandiri muna 2007, panguva yainzi "kumukira kweIraq" - kutumirwa kwemamwe mauto makumi matatu emuUS muquagmire raive basa redu munyika iyoyo. Izvo zvakakurudzira yangu chokutanga chokutanga ye TomDispatch. Ndakarohwa nehana nekuhwanda kwakaita mukuru-mukuru wedu, George W. Bush, kuseri kwe bhabibhoni chepfu yemutungamiriri wavo akasarudzwa, General David Petraeus, kururamisa hutungamiriri hwake hwekuparadza hondo yesarudzo muIraq. Zvaitaridzika senge zvinotyisa zvakaenzana nekushandura echinyakare hukama hwemauto nemauto husingafadzi, hwapurezidhendi anga aenda kumauto. Uye zvakashanda. Congress inotyisa inozviisa pasi zvinyoro ku "Mambo Dhavhidhi"Petraeus uye akakurumidza kunakidza uchapupu hwake mukutsigira mberi kwekuwedzera kweAmerica muIraq.
Kubvira ipapo, yava sartorial inoda kuti vatungamiri vedu vape mauto ehondo mapoka pose pavanotaura nezve "varwi vehondo”Sechiratidzo che" rutsigiro "rwavo uye nezvehondo yemutungamiriri wenyika. (Kuenzanisa, edza kufungidzira Matthew Brady achitora mufananidzo we "Ahabhi akatendeseka”MuHondo Yenyika yakaenzana nejacket rekubhururuka!) Izvozvi de rigueur kuti vatungamiri varumbidze mauto eAmerica se "the zvakanakisisa zvehondo munhoroondo yenyika "kana, seMutungamiri Obama akawanzoti kuna NBC's Brian Williams mune indavhiyu kubva kuNormandy svondo rapfuura, "mukuru wemauto pasi rose." Kunyangwe zvakanyanya hyperbolically, aya mauto mamwe chete anopembererwa kutenderera nyika munzira inonyanyisa kutaura se "varwi" vakaomarara. uye vane rusununguko-vanounza rusununguko, panguva imwechete yakanakisa uye yakaipa kupfuura chero munhu pasi pano - uye vese vasina kusanganisira chero chakaipa, sekushata kwehondo nekuuraya. Zvichida izvi zvinotsanangura chikonzero nei ndaona maVans ekutsvaga muchiuto (mitambo yemitambo yemavhidhiyo consoles) kuLittle League World Series muWilliamsport, Pennsylvania. Tichifunga nezvekuti basa remauto rinobatsira kwazvo, wadii kutora tarisiro yemunyika-makore gumi nemaviri kukwira tarisiro yekujoinha chinzvimbo?
Vashoma vekuAmerican vanoona chero matambudziko mune chero izvi, izvo hazvifanirwe kutishamisa. Mushure mezvose, ivo vatozvitsvaga pachavo. Uye kana tarisiro yezvose izvi ichikutyisa, haugone kana kupisa rako rekunyora kadhi uchiratidzira, saka zvirinani kukwazisa zvine hungwaru uye kuteerera. Mufambiro wakanaka menduru pasina mubvunzo uchave uchiuya kwauri munguva pfupi.
Zvaisave zvakadaro nguva dzose. Ndinoyeuka ndichifamba mumigwagwa yeWorcester, Massachusetts, muunifomu yangu ichangodzvanywa yeROTC muna 1981. Aingova makore matanhatu chete Hondo yeVietnam yapera mukukundwa uye mafirimu ehondo Kuuya kumba, The Deer Hunter, uye Apocalypse Now vakanga vachiri vatsva mundangariro dzevanhu. (Ropa rekutanga uye Rambo "stab-in-the-back”Ngano yaisazouya kune rimwe gore.) Ndanga ndichiziva nezvevanhu vasinganditarise neruvengo, asi nekumwe kusava nehanya kwakasanganiswa pano neapo nekuzvidza kusinganzwisisike. Zvakandinetsa zvishoma, asi kunyangwe ipapo ndaiziva kuti kusavimba zvine hutano kwemauto makuru akamira aive muzviyo zveAmerica.
Hapachina. Nhasi, nhengo dzebasa, kana dzichionekwa dzakapfeka yunifomu, dzinoombererwa pasi rese uye dzichidzokororwa se heroes.
Handisi kuti tinofanira kubata mauto edu nekuzvidza, asi sezvatakaratidzwa nenhoroondo yedu, kujekesa pamberi pavo hachisi chiratidzo chehuremekedzo. Chimbofunga sechiratidzo zvakare kuti isu tese tiri nyaya yehurumende izvozvi.
Kudzingisa Mindset Militarised
Kana iwe uchifunga kuti iko kuri kuwedzeredza, funga bhuku rekare remukuru wemauto ini ndichiri naro. Ndiwo mazambiringa 1950, anotenderwa neiye mukuru weAmerica, General George C. Marshall, Jr., murume anonyanya kukonzera kukunda kwenyika yedu muHondo Yenyika II. Yakatanga neichi chiyeuchidzo kune achangobva kupihwa mukuru: "[O] kuva mukuru murume haarambe chero chikamu chehunhu hwake hwakakosha semugari weAmerica. Akangosaina kosi yekupedza kudzidza apo munhu anodzidza kushandisa masimba zvinoenderana nemweya werusununguko. ” Icho chingasave chiri chinhu chiri nyore kuita, asi chinangwa chebhuku racho kwaive kuratidza kukakavara kwekukwazisa pakati pesimba remauto nerusununguko rwevanhu izvo zvaive musimboti wemauto evagari vekare.
Izvo zvakare zvakayeuchidza vakuru vatsva kuti ivo vaive matirastii erusununguko rweAmerica, vachitora mazwi emumwe mutungamiriri asina kutaurwa zita pamusoro penyaya iyi: "Uzivi hweAmerica hunoisa munhu pamusoro pehurumende. Inokanganisa simba rako pachako uye kumanikidza. Inoramba kuvapo kwevanhu vanokosha. Inosimbisa ukuru hwenheyo. ”
Iwo mazwi aive mushonga unonzwika kuhurumende-inoburitsa hutongi nehondo - uye vachiri. Pamwe chete isu tese tinofanirwa kuita zvishoma, kwete seGI Joes naJanes, asi seCitizen Joes naJanes, kuisa rusununguko rwemunhu nemitemo yebumbiro pakutanga. Mumweya waRonald Reagan, ndiani Akaudzwa Mutungamiri weSoviet Mikhail Gorbachev "kuputsa rusvingo urwu [rweBerlin]," haizi nguva yekutanga kuputsa madziro eFortress America nekurasa pfungwa dzedu dzehondo? Zvizvarwa zvinotevera zvevagari zvichatitenda, kana tiine hushingi hwekuzviita.
William J. Astore, retireden colonel (USAF) uye TomDispatch nguva dzose, inogadzirisa blog Maonero Anopesana.
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