Troopaganda Eats Its Own Tail

NaDavid Swanson

Kutanga vanokuudza zvekufunga kuti hondo ndedzei. Ndeyedziviriro kubva kuvavengi vakaipa, yekuparadzira democracy uye kodzero dzevanhu.

Wobva waona kuti handizvo. Vavengi vakaipa vakanga vari vanhu chaivo uye vasina tyisidziro. Hondo dzehugandanga dzakakonzera vavengi vakawanda uye dzakaparadzira ugandanga kure kure. Vaisa pangozi pane kudzivirira. Vakakanganisa demokrasi munyika nekune dzimwe nyika. Vakatyora kodzero dzevanhu uye vakagadzirisa kutyorwa kwavo.

Ipapo vanokuudza kuti uchengetedze hondo dzichienda nekuda kwevarombo mapenzi vanotumirwa mavari uye vachibuda mavari nePTSD, kukuvara kwehuropi, kukuvara kwetsika, uye kuda kuzviuraya. Kana usiri wekukuvadza mauto akawanda uri “kurwisa” mauto.

Wobva waona kuti aya ese manyepo akamonyoroka, kuti kuuraya kwedivi rimwe chete uku kunoparadza zvakanyanya kunyange vapambi hakuna zvakunobatsira, zvekuti vanhu vanogona kuve nemabasa ari nani uye anobhadhara zviri nani uye anogutsa uye asingaparadze nharaunda mumaindasitiri ane runyararo kune mari shoma. , mari yetsika, uye yenzanga. Zvinoitika kuti hondo ndedzezvombo purofiti uye kudzora zviwanikwa uye kutonga kwezvematongerwo enyika uye kushungurudza.

Vanobva vakuudza kuti haisi kodzero yako kuva nemafungiro panyaya yacho zvachose, kuti mauto pachawo anogona kusarudza kuti hondo ndedzipi. Kunyangwe kudzokorora, vanogona kungosarudza zvimwe zvinhu zvakanaka zvekutaura kuti hondo dzaive. Uye hondo dzinogona kunge dziri dzezvinhu zvakasiyana kumunhu mumwe nemumwe. Inyaya yezvido zvemunhu.

Kana musinganditendi, tarisai hashi tag #WhatIFoughtFor, yandakaoneswa naColeen Rowley uye yakagadzirwa nesangano re“kodzero dzevanhu”. Mumwe mukomana anotaura kuti akarwira mhuri yake. Zvakanaka. Zvakawanda zvakadii kuti ade mhuri yake pane kuti ave nechido chekuuraya nekuparadza kuti awane muhoro wakakura weMukuru weLockheed Martin, kana kusikwa kweISIS, kana kushandura Libya kuita gehena pasi, kana kufambira mberi kwekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, kana kune chero mimwe mhedzisiro chaiyo.

Vamwe vanotaura kuti vakarwa kuitira kuti mumwe mubatsiri kana mupoteri atize gehena iro iro kurwa kwavo kwakagadzira kana kubatsira kwariri. Zvakanaka zvakare. Chokwadi mapoka evakarwa hondo anosimudzira mutsa kune vapoteri ari nani pane mapoka evarwi vanosimudzira ruvengo kune vapoteri. Asi zvakadini nepfungwa yekugumisa hondo dzinogadzira vapoteri? Zvakadini nemamiriyoni akaurayiwa, akakuvadzwa, akakuvadzwa, uye akasiyiwa asina pokugara nokuda kwomupoteri mumwe nomumwe ane mutsa uyo mumwe munhu anoti pashure peidi rokuti vakanga vachirwira?

Uye kana veterans vakangowana kuzivisa zvavakarwira, chii chinomisa varwi pakati pevaFascist vanouya kuCharlottesville kuti vataure kuti vakarwira hukuru hwevachena? Chokwadi vachapihwa maikorofoni ane ruzha rwekuda ikoko kupfuura chero nhengo dzeVeterans For Peace. Uye kana kupokana kuri pakati peavo vanoti vakarwira kuuraya rudzi neavo vanoti vakarwira kodzero dzevakadzi kukawedzerwa neavo vakarwira chimwe chinhu chakanaka pamusoro pemhuri yavo kana dhorobha kana mubatsiri wemari, chii chinozove chekunzwisisa kwevanhu?

Kana hondo ikangonzwisiswa seisina chikonzero chaicho, asi pane kuva nezvikonzero zvakasiyana-siyana sevatori vechikamu, ko kana zvikaitika kune mumwe munhu kuti ataure kuti zvichida hondo haina chikonzero zvachose?

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