Ukuhlafunwa kunye nokuTshazwa: Kwenzeka ntoni kwiVeterans xa zidla umhlala phantsi?

Ngu Alan Macleod, Matshi 30, 2020

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TUbala athi "umzi-mveliso wezinto zasemkhosini" uphoswe kakhulu. Kodwa inyani ihleli i-United States uchitha phantse kakhulu emfazweni njengokuba lonke ilizwe lidibeneyo. Imikhosi yaseMelika imiswe kumazwe ali-150 kumazwe ajikeleze iziseko zomkhosi ezingama-800; akukho mntu ubonakala ukwazi inani ngqo. Kuxhomekeka kwinkcazo esetyenzisiweyo, iUnited States ibisemfazweni ukuya kuthi ga kuma-227 kwimbali yayo yeminyaka engama-244.

Imfazwe engapheliyo, ewe, ifuna umjelo ongapheliyo wamajoni, ancame inkululeko yawo, ukhuseleko kunye negazi ekusukeleni ubukhosi. Ezi amajoni ekwakusithiwa njengamagorha, kunye kwimiju- rhoqo kunye nemibhiyozo lonke Melika ukuya 'imbeko "yaye" wakubulisa "servicemen. Kodwa xa sele ubhalisile, kwabaninzi, obu buchule abubonakali bubugorha. Ukuphathwa gadalala komsebenzi-ukuthunyelwa kwihlabathi liphela ukubulala-kuyawuthintela. Kuphela 17 ekhulwini kwamalungu umsebenzi asebenzayo intonga emkhosini ngeenxa elide ngokwaneleyo ukwamkela nasiphi na pension. Kwaye xa bemkile, bahlala benamanxeba awoyikisayo emzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo, bahlala rhoqo bebodwa ukuba bajongane nayo.

Isiphumo semfazwe engapheliyo sisibetho esiqhubekayo kumatyala okubulala kwabantu. Ngoku ka iSebe leMicimbi yeVeterans (VA), amagqala aseMelika angama-6-7,000 azibulala minyaka le - umyinge ophantse ube iyure nganye. kufa amajoni angakumbi ngezandla zabo kunokuba ngokulwa. Ukusukela oko yaqalwa ngo-2007, umgca wobunzima beVeterans uphendule phantse 4.4 million Iifowuni ngesihloko.

Ukuqonda imeko, Ubume beMint Uthethe noDavid Swanson, UMlawuli oPhethe we World Beyond War.

"Veterans uhlasela ubunzima ngenxa yokwenzakala emzimbeni, kuquka nokulimala kobuchopho, yokulimala yokuziphatha, PTSD, kunye nokunqongophala abaza kuyilandela. Zonke ezi zinto zibangela ukungabi namakhaya kuluntu olungenantliziyo. Zonke ezi zinto zinegalelo ekupheliseni kunye nosizi. Yaye ngokukodwa nokuzibulala xa edityaniswe kwenye into amagqala uhlasela kufuneka: ukufikelela kunye nolwazi ngemipu, "utshilo.

Ukuzibulala ngompu kunokwenzeka ukuba uphumelele kunezinye iindlela ezinje ngokufaka ityhefu okanye isifo. Amanani Ukusuka kwi-VA bonisa ukuba zingaphantsi kwesiqingatha sokuzibulala ngaphandle kwemfazwe ezinemipu, kodwa ngaphezulu kwesibini esithathwini soogqatso besebenzisa umpu ukuthatha ubomi babo.

"Yintoni i-VA, kunye nolunye uphando kunye nophando oluye lwabonisa, ukuba kukho unxibelelwano ngqo phakathi kokulwa nokuzibulala kumagqala emfazwe kwaye imiba yecala, ukuzisola, ukuhlazeka, njalo njalo yenzeka rhoqo kwezi zifundo zamagqala. Amakhonkco akhona phakathi kokonzakala kwengqondo ebuhlungu, i-PTSD kunye neminye imiba yezempilo yengqondo ekuzibulaleni ngokulwa, kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuzibulala kwi-war veteran ibonakala iyingozi yokuziphatha, okt ityala, lihlazo nokuzisola ”utshilo uMatthew Hoh, igqala le bobabini Afghanistan ne Iraq. Ngo-2009, warhoxa kwisikhundla sakhe neSebe leSizwe kuqhanqalazo malunga nokwanda kwembambano e-Afghanistan. Hoh ubekhona evulekileyo malunga nokulwa neengcinga zokuzibulala kususela oko wemkayo.

Ibulala akezi ngokwemvelo nawabantu. Nokuba usebenza kwindawo yokuxhela, apho abasebenzi babulala iilayini ezingenasiphelo zezilwanyana, kuthatha ixesha elininzi ngokwengqondo, umsebenzi ukho nxu lumene Ukuya kumazinga aphezulu ePTSD, ukuxhatshazwa kwasekhaya kunye nemiba yeziyobisi notywala. Kodwa akukho isixa emkhosini nga agonywe ngokwenene abantu ngendlela eyoyikekayo ukubulala abanye abantu. Idatha ibonisa ukuba uchitha ixesha elingakanani emkhosini kunye nexesha elingakumbi kwimimandla yemfazwe, kokukhona uya kuba nakho ukuthatha ubomi bakho. Njengentsholongwane, ixesha elide uvele emfazweni, kokukhona usongamela isigulo soxinzelelo, i-PTSD kunye nokuzibulala. Kukho kubonakala ukuba kubekho unyango qiniseka, uthintelo kuphela kwindawo yokuqala.

Ngelixa ama-veteran angamadoda angama-50 eepesenti kunokwenzeka ukuba abuthathe ubomi babo kunamadoda angakhange akhe asebenze, amagqala asetyhini angaphezulu kwesihlanu amathuba okuba azibulale ngokomndilili (ukungafani phakathi kwama veteran kunye nabangengabo abagqali bezithuthi ebekudala ukuba mkhulu, kodwa umjelo Ukunyuka kokuzibulala kulo lonke ilizwe laseMelika kunciphise umyinge). U-Hoh ucebisa into enegalelo lingangumanani aphezulu odlwengulo kunye nokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo emkhosini. Amanani ayothusa ngokwenene: isifundo sePentagon fu maneka 10 ekhulwini esebenzayo-umsebenzi amabhinqa adlwengulwa, yaye ezinye 13 ekhulwini phantsi kwezinye ngesondo okungafunekiyo. La manani ayahambelana novavanyo lweSebe lezoKhuselo lowama-2012 ukuba wafumana phantse ikota yeenkonzo zabasetyhini abaye bahlukunyezwa ngokwesini, kanyekanye.

The Walking Dead

I-vet engenakhaya iye yaba yinto ehlala ihleli ebomini baseMelika nakuluntu ngaphezulu kweminyaka elikhulu. Nangona ibango VA iinombolo zabo siyehla, kuqikelelwa 37,085 I-veterans isenamava okungabikho kwekhaya ngoJanuwari ka-2019, ixesha lokugqibela ukubalwa. “Ndicinga ukuba le micimbi ibangela ukuzibulala kwabantu abagwenxa nayo iyanegalelo ekusweleni kwamakhaya,” utshilo uHoh, ecebisa ukuba uninzi oluhlumayo kwimeko ehlanganayo, edibeneyo, eqhutywa liqela efana nomkhosi ijongene neengxaki ezinkulu zokwenziwa wedwa kunye nokusilela. yoyilo lwakuba luhlanjululwe. Kwaye ukujongana nokwehlelwa ziimeko ebezisoloko zingafumaneki yedwa kunokuba buhlungu. U-Hoh wafunyaniswa kuphela ukuba wenzakele ebuchotsheni kwaye unengxaki yokuqaqanjelwa yimithambo-luvo ngo-2016, iminyaka emininzi emva kokuyeka imikhosi exhobileyo.

"Umkhosi ucebisa ukusetyenziswa kotywala, oku kungakhokelela ekusetyenzisweni gwenxa kweziyobisi, kwaye, ngaphandle kokufumana ubuxoki, wenza umsebenzi omncinci wokubonelela abantu abaninzi ukuba baye emkhosini ngobuchule okanye urhwebo olunokusetyenziswa xa ushiya umkhosi." wathi Ubume beMint. “Abantu abangoomatshini okanye abaqhubi bezithuthi emkhosini bafumanisa ukuba xa bemka emkhosini beya kufumana imikhosi yabo kunye noqeqesho emkhosini abayi kugqithiselwa kuqinisekiso, ilayisenisi okanye iimfanelo zabo kwezomkhosi. Oku kunokuba nefuthe ekufumaneni okanye ekufumaneni umsebenzi, utshilo, etyhola imikhosi exhobileyo ngabom ngokwenza ukuba kube nzima kumajoni akhe ukuba aguqulele kubuchwephesha bokuncedisa ekuhlaleni.

Ukukhubazeka kukwabangela ukungabikho kwamathuba engqesho, okongeza ukongeza kumngcipheko wokungabikho kwamakhaya. Ngokubanzi, uHoh uthi, emkhosini wenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokubumba nokuqeqesha abantu abancinci bazo zonke izinhlanga, ebafundisa izakhono noxanduva. "Kodwa isiphelo sayo sonke kukubulala abantu." Ngenxa yeso sizathu, yena icebisa abantu abatsha kunye unxano ukuba bazingqine kunye nokuzinikela amazwe bajoyine isebe umlilo okanye mhlawumbi abe bezandla nokusindisa kuba Coast Guard.

Iimfazwe ezizayo

Iya kwenzeka phi imfazwe yaseMelika elandelayo? Ukuba bet ngezinto ezinjalo, Iran abe ozithandayo. Kwindibano yokulwa imfazwe yamva nje eLos Angeles, owayesakuba ngumkhosi wamajoni aseMelika uMike Prysner walumkisa isihlwele Ngamava akhe:

Isizukulwana sam saya kwiMfazwe yase-Iraq. Yintoni bafundisa ukuba ufuna ukwazi ngoku? Eli linani lokuqala: Baza kuxoka. Baya kulala malunga kutheni sifanele ukuba siye emfazweni, kanye njengokuba benzayo ngoko. Bayakuxoka. Uyazi yintoni? Xa imfazwe iqala ukubalungiselela, njengoko kungenakuze kwenzeke, kwaye uninzi lwethu luqala ukufa, bazakwenza ntoni? Baza ukugcina elele kwaye baza ukuthumela ngakumbi kuwe kufa, kuba andifuni ukuthatha uxanduva. Kodwa abayenzi imilenze yabo iqhume okanye bangabi nabantwana kwibala ledabi, ngenxa yoko abakhathali. ”

Kwakhona walumkisa abo ukuphulaphula oko wayelindelwe kumagqala abanjengaye xa bebuyela:

Xa ufika ekhaya ulimele, wenzakele, wenzakala, bazakwenza ntoni, bazokunceda? Hayi, bayohlwaya, bakugculele, bakukhabe. Ezi zopolitiko zibonakalise ukuba azikhathalelanga ukuba uzixhoma kwigumbi lakho lokuhlala xa ubuyela. Abakhathali ukuba uya ehlathini kwaye uzidubule. Abakhathali nokuba ungagcina usezitratweni kanye apha kwiSkid Row. Bangqine ukuba abakhathali ngobomi bethu kwaye abanalungelo lakuyalela ukuba kulawulwe ubomi bethu. ”

Nge-3 kaJanuwari, uTrump wayalela ukuba bulala jikelele wase-Iranian kunye nomphathi we-Qassem Soleimani ngesitrone esenziwe. Iran wasabela ngokuthi zokudubula inani amagalelo ballistic kwi imikhosi US e Iraq. Ngaphandle kwepalamente yase-Iraq kudlulisa isisombululo esingavunyelwanga enyanzelisa ukuba wonke amabutho aseMelika ahambe, exhaswa ngumboniso we 2.5 million Abantu eBaghdad, i-US ibhengeze ukuba izothumela amawaka emikhosi kulo mmandla, eyakha iziseko ezintathu ezitsha kumda weIraq / Iran. Embindini we-COVID-19 bhubhane ebhuqa iRiphabliki yamaSilamsi, uTrump unayo umemezele izohlwayo ezintsha olunye block Iran ukufumana namayeza asindisa ubomi kunye nemithi.

"I-US, ixhaswe yi-UK, i-Israel, i-Saudis kunye nezinye i-Gulf monarchies, ziya kusebenzisa nasiphi na isizathu ukwenza uhlaselo kwi-Iran," utshilo u-Hoh. “Eyona nto ingcono enokwenziwa ngabantu baseIran ukulinda uNovemba. Ungamniki uTrump kunye namaRiphabliki ngemfazwe abanokuyisebenzisa ukuphazamisa i-COVID-19. " USwanson wayegwetywa ngokulinganayo ngezenzo zikarhulumente. "I-United States oziphatha njengoko ummelwane luqatseleyo ebumelwaneni lwehlabathi," utshilo. "Mhlawumbi uluntu lwase-US, olujonga urhwebo lwangaphakathi lwenarhente kunye nentlalo-ntle yabantu, luya kufumana intshongo zobubi obusemva komgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle wase-US."

Abemi baseMelika abazizigidi ezingama-22 basebenze kwimikhosi yezomkhosi. Ngelixa umkhosi ubusoloko ubonakala kubomi basesidlangalaleni, inyani yabaninzi kukuba, xa ingasasebenziyo kwezomkhosi-wezinto-eziyinkimbinkimbi, balahlelwa njengenkunkuma kumdaka. Ngenxa nkxaso, bakuba bahambe, abaninzi, abakwazi ukumelana neengxaki ngoko kwafuneka ukuba anyamezele, ugqibele sele uthatha ubomi babo, etshisa yaye esho kumatshini imfazwe ongenalusini, elambile ngenxa yegazi ngakumbi, ukulwa, kunye neenzuzo ezingaphezulu.

Alan Macleod Umbhali wabasebenzi weendaba zeMintPress. Emva kokugqiba i-PhD yakhe kwi-2017 wapapasha iincwadi ezimbini: Iindaba ezimbi ezivela eVenezuela: Iminyaka engamashumi amabini yeendaba zeNkohliso kunye neeNgxelo ezigwenxa kwaye Inkqubela phambili kwiXesha loLwazi: Imveliso esetyenziswayo. Uye wanegalelo Ukulingana nokuchaneka kokuBika, Guardian, show, I-Greyzone, Imagazini kaJacobin, Iindoda eziqhelekileyo le American Herald Tribune kwaye I-Canary.