Andiyi kuhlala ndihlawula umrhumo weMfazwe

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Ukuba iwaka lamadoda belingayi kuhlawula amatyala awo erhafu kulo nyaka, oko bekungayi kuba linyathelo lobundlobongela neliphalaza igazi, njengoko bekuya kuba njalo ukuwahlawula, aze enze uRhulumente enze ugonyamelo aze aphalaze igazi elimsulwa.

Oku, eneneni, yinkcazo yenguqu enoxolo, ukuba kukho nayiphi na into enjalo enokwenzeka.

-UHenry David Thoreau

Lo iya kuba ngunyaka wokuqala ngabom nangabom andihlawuli isabelo sam esipheleleyo serhafu yengeniso. Ngokuqinisekileyo andinayo inkohliso endiyiyo UHenry David Thoreau - rhoqo abafundi bam iya kungqina loo nto - kwaye andikholelwa ukuba ukubamba inxalenye yerhafu yengeniso yam kuya kubangela ukuba umatshini wemfazwe waseMelika unqande, okanye ukuba ukubandezeleka kwezigidi kwiimfazwe emhlabeni jikelele, iimfazwe zixhaswa, ngokuthe ngqo nangokungathanga ngqo urhulumente wase-US kunye noshishino lwase-US, luya kupheliswa. Nangona kunjalo, andisakwazi ukujonga ngaphaya kwenyani yokuba ukuchithwa kwam ngokuzithandela kwemali kurhulumente wam kuhlawulela ubundlobongela kwihlabathi jikelele, kumanqanaba amangalisayo, kwaye andikwazi ukubonelela naziphi na izizathu ezingakumbi okanye ingqiqo yokuhlawula ngaphandle koqhanqalazo, ukuba ndibe nenxaxheba ekuxhaseni imfazwe ngaphandle kokuxhathisa, akuphikisani nokholo lwam kunye nesazela sam. Ngamafutshane, andisakwazi ukutyeshela isiseko, kodwa esinobulungisa, ubulumko nenyaniso efumaneka kwintetho yabachasi berhafu yemfazwe: “Ukuba usebenzela uxolo, yeka ukuhlawulela imfazwe.”

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Ndilwe kwiMfazwe yethu yeHlabathi yoBugrogrisi noosolwandle, ndaze ndasebenza njengomlawuli wekoloniyali yanamhlanje, ngaxa lithile ndinemali ezizigidi ezingama-26 zeedola kwiisefu ezimbini kwigumbi lam lokulala eTikrit, eIraq. Ukuba nenxaxheba kwam kwezi mfazwe kundishiyile ukuziphatha okubi, imeko oko kukuthi, ngombulelo, ukuqondwa ngcono kumagqala kunye noluntu lwezonyango. Ngo-2009, ngelixa ndisebenza neSebe likaRhulumente e-Afghanistan, andizange ndiphinde ndihambe kunye nemfazwe, ndingathethi ngokunyuka kwayo, kwaye yishiya kwi khontrakthi. Kule minyaka mihlanu inesiqingatha idlulileyo ndisebenze njengommeli woxolo kwizidanga nezakhono ezahlukeneyo. Njengoko ndiqhubele phambili ekuphilisweni kwam kumanxeba engqondo emfazwe, ndiye ndaqhubeka kwindlela yam yokuthethelela uxolo. Le nkcazelo yobuqu ndiyinxulumanisa nawe, kungekhona ukuba ndiguquke ngokwam, kodwa, kunoko, ukubonisa ukuba isigqibo sokuchasa ngabom irhafu yokuchasa imfazwe ayisonto endingene kuyo ngokulula okanye eze njengesiganeko esinye ebomini bam, kodwa. enye eyincopho yamava obomi bam.

Njengoko ndamkele ukuba andinakukwazi ukuthethelela ukubonelela ngemali kurhulumente wam ukuba ahlawule iibhombu kunye neembumbulu ezisetyenziswa yimikhosi yethu ukubulala izigidi phesheya, okanye ukufaka isandla kwiingxowa-mali ezibonelela kwaye ziphinde zibonelele ngezixhobo zamahlakani ethu, njenge. Egypt, Sirayeli kwaye ISaudi Arabia, njengoko bebulala abanye kwaye becinezela abantu babo, ukhetho lwam lokungahlawuli irhafu ngabom luye lwacaca. Incedwe, ubukhulu becala, yi ubungqina kwabo baye baxhathisa irhafu yemfazwe, kwezinye iimeko, kangangamashumi eminyaka, nabathe ngenkalipho nokuzinikela kwabo kwimithetho yothando noxolo baye babeka esichengeni igunya likarhulumente womanyano lokulandela oko kulungileyo. Ndikwatyala ntanga ezifana URory Fanning kwaye Logan Mehl-Laturi kunye nabahlobo bakudala, njengaye Bala Leo Tolstoy, abathi, ngokuzicacisa iinkolelo zabo, baye bandinceda kungekuphela nje ekundifundiseni, kodwa bandomeleza.

Andinangxaki yomthetho ngerhafu, kwaye andinamdla wokuzityebisa. Ndifuna ukuhlawula isabelo sam esifanelekileyo ngeenkonzo urhulumente wethu azibonelelayo, ngoko ke ndisebenzisa ulwazi olunikezwe yi- KwiMfazwe yokuLwa kweMfazwe, Ndiza kubala irhafu yengeniso endiyityalayo, njengoko ndenze kuwo nawuphi na unyaka odlulileyo, kwaye ndihlawule kuphela izahlulo ezisetyenziswa ngurhulumente wethu kwiinkonzo ngaphandle kwemfazwe. Ndiza kufaka iirhafu zam kwaye ndifake ileta eya kwi-IRS echaza ukuba kutheni ndingahlawuli ngokupheleleyo kwaye kutheni ndingayi kuhlawula ngokupheleleyo. Ukuba bafuna imali yokubulala, kuya kufuneka bathathe eso sabelo.

Njengomamkeli woncedo lweVeterans Administration, kwaye njengomntu osiqonda ngokupheleleyo isidingo sokuphilisa amanxeba emfazwe, igalelo lam liya kubandakanya intlawulo yeenkonzo zamagqala. Ndiya kuhlawula kwakhona ityala leemfazwe ezidlulileyo, njengoko iyinto engenakulungiswa. Into endingayibhataliyo kurhulumente ngemisebenzi yemfazwe ndiya kuphinda ndiyibuyisele kwaye ndinikele kumbutho wesisa wamagqala amahlanu aneenkwenkwezi ezintlanu.

Ndikwenza konke oku ngokuqonda okupheleleyo ukuba urhulumente wethu uza kunikela nje imali endiyihlawulayo kwimisebenzi yemfazwe, nokuba intwana encinci endiyibambileyo ayizukubangela uNobhala wezoKhuselo uAshton Carter ukuba alale ebusuku. Nangona kunjalo, sisenzo endizingca ngaso, njengoko ngoku ndikwazi ukuphumla isazela sam ndisazi ukuba andisathabathi nxaxheba ngokupheleleyo nangokuzithandela kwiimfazwe ezingezizo nje ukuziphatha okubi, kodwa ezichaseneyo. Zingaphi izigidi ezingakumbi esiya kubulala ukuze sihlale sibona amaqela abanqolobi metastasize kwaye uqinisekise iikleptocracies uhlala esemandleni? Kukwakho ulwakhiwo ekubekeni into ethile kum nobomi bam, nokuba incinci kangakanani na le nto, kwindlela yomkhosi kunye nabalingane bayo: ukufa, ukubandezeleka kunye nenkcitho.

Akuqhelekanga kakhulu ukuba abaxhathisi berhafu yemfazwe babe nepropathi ehluthwe yi-IRS, kwaye kunqabile ngakumbi ukuba umntu ajongane nexesha lokuvalelwa entolongweni. Eyona ixhaphakileyo nemiphumela ukuba amawaka abaxhathisi berhafu yemfazwe bajongana ngonyaka ngamnye izohlwayo ezongezelelekileyo kunye nenzala, ukuhonjiswa kwemivuzo kunye nempahla yempahla, kunye neeleta ezininzi ezingenabubele. Imeko yomntu wonke yahlukile kwaye, ke, ndiyazibuza ukuba ingaba intlawulo yam yokukhubazeka ye-VA iza kumiswa okanye umsebenzi wam we-GI Bill yokuhlawulela ukuya kwisikolo sobufundisi okanye kwisikolo esiphumelele isidanga. Ukuba kunjalo, makube njalo, ndigqibile ngokuthabatha inxaxheba emfazweni. Ndiyakubongoza ukuba ulandele isazela sakho, umamele intliziyo yakho, ufumane ukomelela elukholweni lwakho nasebantwini, nakubantu abakhaliphileyo abakhe bahamba phambi kwethu, kwaye uzimanye nam kuguquko olunoxolo lwesazela.

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Inkxaso yoRhumo lweMfazwe yandulela ubuKristu kwaye, kwimbali yethu yaseMelika, izahluko ezininzi. Ndiyathemba ukuba esi sincoko senza umahluko kumntu othile kuhambo lwakhe lobuqu lokumela uxolo, njengokuba abanye abazisile ukuchasa kwabo baye bandiphembelela kakuhle. IKomiti yeSizwe yokuLungelelanisa ukuNchasa iRhafu yeSizwe yindawo entle kubantu abanengxaki yemfazwe, ukholo kunye nesazela ukuba baguqukele kuyo, njengoko ibingumthombo omkhulu wenkxaso kum, ngokwemfundo nangokwenkuthazo. Ukongeza, unokongeza ilizwi lakho lenkxaso kwabo bafumanisa ukuba izazela zabo ziphulwe ngokuhlawulela imfazwe ngokuxhasa uMmeli uJohn Lewis kwaye umcele ukuba azise kwakhona UMthetho weNgxowa-mali yeRhafu yeNkululeko yoXolo kunye nokuxhasa i I-Campaign kaZwelonke yeNgxowa-mali yokuThumela uxolo.

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