Ruzhinji rwevanhu vanoona hondo yakanangana, kutanga-ruoko, kwete kuburikidza neHollywood mafirimu kana hurukuro dzezvematongerwo enyika, ndivo vanhu vanogara kunogarwa hondo. Muhondo dzinosanganisira nyika dzakapfuma dziri kure kudivi-rimwe, vamwe 95% yeavo vakaurayiwa kana kukuvadzwa kana kushungurudzika, uye 100% yeavo vakaputirwa mumisha yavo vanhu vanhu vanorwiswa hondo, vazhinji vacho vanhuwo zvavo uye vamwe vese vanhu kuita chaizvo izvo chero firimu reHollywood kana wezvematongerwo enyika zvaachavaudza - kuvaudza - kuita: kurwisa.
Asi rasara iro rimwe boka, vapambi vanobva kunyika yakapfuma iri kure. Ivo vashoma kwazvo muhuwandu asi nhamba yavo ichiri yakakura, uye - sevanhu vavanorwisa - kutambura kwavo kuri kwenguva refu. Vazhinji vavo vanofa kubva kuzvisungirira mushure mehondo inofungidzirwa kuti yapfuura kufa mukati mayo. Zvirwere uye kukanganisika kwepfungwa kwavanounza kumba zvinovasanganisa ivo nevakavakomberedza uye nevamwe vasati vazvarwa. Vanosekwa sevanokundwa kana kushandiswa semapurazi ekutengesa dzimwe hondo - izvo zvinodaidzwa kuve nesarudzo muHusununguko Hukuru Hwenyika. Sarudza Bato rinoseka veterans vachiri kuumba vazhinji vavo kana Bato rinovarumbidza ivo vachigadzira akawanda acho. Pasina kuve nesarudzo mbiri idzi paZuva Dzvene reSarudzo, sei, iwe unokodzera kubhombwa sevanhu vese vasina hunyanzvi Hondo idzo dzakarwiwa.
Chii chinonzi veterans vanofunga nezvehondo? Nancy Hill akabvunza vakawanda vavo uye akaburitsa mhinduro dzavo uye mifananidzo yavo. Akave akaisa varwi veUS kubva kuHondo Yenyika II kuburikidza nehondo dzazvino. Akasanganisira akawanda maonero. Kunyange zvakawanda zveavo vari mubhuku rake, Hondo: Manzwi eVeterans, inhengo dzeanotyisa antiwar boka reVeterans Kune Runyararo, uye muyenzaniso zvirokwazvo haumiriri varwi veUS vese, pane vanhu vanoratidzwa pano vanoshora, uye vamwe vanotsoropodza, kuparadzira kwehondo.
"Hondo ndeyemakambani akasarudzika ekushandisa kwavo dzimwe nyika." –Harvey L Thorstad.
"Musoja anodzivirira dzimwe kodzero uye kunyangwe ukabvumirana nezvinoitwa nehurumende, unofanira kuchengetedza rusununguko rwako." -Judith Lynne Johnston.
Zvichida kunyangwe iwe ukasabvumirana kuti hondo inodzivirira rusununguko, iwe uchiri kufanira kurwa hondo iyoyo kuchengetedza rusununguko.
Kune akasiyana zvakare kubva pakutaura kusvika mukusawirirana, kubva munhetembo kusvika kusaverenga. Asi pamwe chete, zvirevo zveava veterans zvinotanga kupenda pikicha isingawanikwe paterevhizheni yemubatanidzwa kana mumutambo wevhidhiyo wakagadzirwa neUS Army.
"Haupfurwa uye kurara pasi uye kuverenga kusvika makumi mashanu uye unodzoka mumutambo paunomuka." -Thomas Brown
“O shamwari dzangu dziri muchipatara muRaleigh. Akauraya musikana ane makore gumi nemaviri akauya mumusasa akasungwa nedynamite. Akanga ari kuzviuraya bhomba. Tose tingadai takaurawa. Ndiye ega aive nemoyo wekumupfura. "Zvakamuvhiringidza mumusoro uye ari muchipatara chepfungwa." –Charles Hondo
Sei asina kungobvarura joko mushure mekuuraya musikana sezvavaizoita mufirimu? Akanga asina kusimba uye akapfava, kwete kusvika padanho raDonald Trump uyo asingakwanise kupfuura nekutaura kwakashata nehunhu hweTV asina kuratidza PTSD zviratidzo? Kwete, aive akajairika. Hondo haisi.
“Munhuwo zvake haadi kuuraya uye anozvidzivirira pazvose. Mauto haatenderi kuti urambe wakajairika. ” -Larry Kerschner
“Mushure mekunge hondo yapera mhosva yemupukunyuki uye mufaro wemupenyu unoita yavo hondo mumweya. Kurwisana haisi TV kana mafirimu. Ine ruzha, yakasviba, inopisa uye yakazadzwa nekuchema kwevakakuvadzwa uye kufa. Kana ikatora nguva yakareba zvakakwana munhuwi wekuora wakanyanya. ” -Greg Chikomo
Vazhinji vevarume nevakadzi vakapinda mukugadzira bhuku iri vane chinangwa chekuodza mwoyo vamwe kuti vasanyore.
“Unofanirwa kuziva kuti hondo haisi yekudanana. Unova mumwe wemuchina wekuuraya & unobatana mukuuraya vanhu vasina mhosva, kuparadzwa kwemaguta, kuparadzwa kwezvakatipoteredza kunyangwe ukasambodhonza kana kukanda bhomba. ” –Allen Hallmark
“Usazvinyepere kana kurevera vana vako kana toreva nezvebasa rechiuto [sic]. Usavarega vachikura sevarwi vakafa. ” -Penny Dex
Paunotaura uchipesana nehondo, zvirinani kana usiri muhondo, unowanzopomedzerwa "kuvenga mauto." Ini handidaro. Ndinoyemura mauto. Ndinovada zvakanyanya zvekuti ndinoda kuvapa sarudzo yemahara yemhando yepamusoro koreji uye rinogutsa, rinobatsira basa nemari yekurarama, seimwe nzira yekunyora. Kana iwe usiri kuda kuvapa iwo sarudzo, ndinofanira kubvunza: sei usingavade kupfuura iwe? Ndezvipi zvauri kwauri, mapenzi uye vanoyamwa, kana zvigadzirwa zve propaganda?
