Andiyandibuyi kwakhona: Sinyamekele Xa Sibuyela Ekhaya Nokusebenza Ukuphelisa Yonke Imfazwe

NguMichael T. McPhearson

Eli elidlulileyo uMgqibelo Ngentsasa eSaint Louis, MO ndandihamba ndisiya ekhaya xa ndabona abantu behlanganisene kunye neenxalenye zesitalato zivaliwe. Ndihlala edolophini, ngenxa yoko ibinokuba lolunye uhambo, ukuhamba okanye umnyhadala. Ndibuze umntu owayekhangeleka ngathi uthatha inxaxheba wandixelela ukuba yeyomkhosi weVeterans Day Parade. Ndothukile kuba uSuku lwaMagqala uLwesithathu. Uqhubekile watsho esithi iparty yenziwe ngoMgqibelo kuba abacwangcisi bebengaqinisekanga ukuba banokufumana ngokwaneleyo ababukeli ngolwesithathu. Andiqinisekanga ukuba wayenyanisile malunga nokuba kutheni kwagqitywa ekubeni ube namabala ngoMgqibelo, kodwa iyavakala kwaye ingumzekelo kuluntu lwethu lokubhiyozela amagqala kodwa singakhathali kangako ngathi.

Kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo ndiye ndaphelelwa ngumdla wokubulela kwaye ndayeka ukubhiyozela uSuku lweVeterans. Namhlanje ndijoyine iVeterans yoXolo kwi a Fowuna ukuBuya kwakhona Novemba 11th njengoSuku lomkhosi - usuku lokucinga ngoxolo kwaye ubulele abo bakhonze ngokusebenzela ukuphelisa imfazwe. Ndidiniwe kukuba thina vets sisetyenziselwa imfazwe kwaye uninzi lwethu luye lwalahlwa kakhulu. Endaweni yokusibulela, tshintsha indlela esiphathwa ngayo kwaye sisebenze ukuphelisa imfazwe. Umrhumo wenene lowo.

Ngaba uyazi ukuba i-avareji yama-veterans e-22 abulawa kukuzibulala yonke imihla? Oko kuthetha ukuba i-22 ifile uMgqibelo ukuya ngo-Novemba 11^th, I-88 ngakumbi i-veterans iya kufa. NgoMgqibelo i-parade kunye noNovemba 11^th akuthethi kwanto kula magqala e110. Ukubonisa ubukhali bhubhane, ngoNovemba 11^th Kunyaka olandelayo, i-8,030 veterans iya kuba ifile ngokuzibulala.

Ukuzibulala kungoyena mceli mngeni ujongene nabo, kodwa zininzi ezinye. Kutshanje, emva kweminyaka yokunqongophala kwamanani abagqatswa abangene emkhosini emva koSeptemba 11, 2001 kunabalingane babo abangabemi, amazinga evetera asezantsi kwi-4.6% - kune-avareji kazwelonke ye-5, Ixelwe e-USA Namhlanje, Novemba 10, 2015. Ukanti, amagqala phakathi kweminyaka ye-18 kunye ne-24 ayaqhubeka nokujongana nentswela-ngqesho ephezulu kwi-10.4%, ephantse yalingana nenani le-10.1% lokungaqeshwa kwabemi abakwibrakethi efanayo. Nangona kunjalo, la manani akabali ibali elipheleleyo. Ngenxa yokuvuselela kancinci kwezoqoqosho, abantu abaninzi abadimazekileyo baphelelwe ngumsebenzi. Imisebenzi ehlawula kakuhle kunzima ukuyifumana. Imisebenzi ehlawula kakuhle enezakhono eziphantsi phantse ayikho. Amagqala axoxa ngale miqobo ifanayo ngaxeshanye ejongene neminye imiceli mngeni.

Ukungabikho kwamakhaya kuyaqhubeka nokuba yingxaki enkulu kumagqala. Ngoku ka ulwazi oluvela kwiNdibaniselwano yeSizwe yaBantu abaNgenakhaya, thina magqirha sijongana nokungabi namakhaya ngenxa “yesifo sengqondo, utywala kunye / okanye iziyobisi, okanye ukuphazamiseka okubangelwa yinto ethile. Malunga ne-12% yabantu abadala abangenamakhaya ngamagqala. ”

Indawo iyaqhubeka ithi, "Phantse i-40% yabo bonke abantu abangamakhaya ngama-American American okanye i-Hispanic, ngaphandle kokubalwa kwemali ye-10.4% kunye ne-3.4% yabemi base Melika, ingakumbi ngoku.. . Isibini kwisithathu sikhonze ilizwe lethu ubuncinci iminyaka emithathu, kwaye isinye kwisithathu sasimi kwindawo yemfazwe. ”

Yongezwe kule nyaniso ihlazo, abagxeki be-1.4 yezigidi baqwalaselwa emngciphekweni wokungabikho kwamakhaya ngenxa yentlupheko, ukunqongophala kwenethiwekhi, kunye neemeko zokuhlala ezingekho mgangathweni kwizindlu ezixineneyo okanye ezantsi.

Amanqanaba oxinzelelo lwasemva kosizi , ewe, baphakamile ngenxa yamagqala kunabemi, ayimangalisi apho. Kule nto sinokongeza oko abanye bakubiza ngokuba sisilonda esitsha sokutyikitywa ngenxa yeemfazwe e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, ukulimala kwengqondo eyenzakalisayo okanye iTBI, ngokuyintloko ebangelwa zizixhobo eziphuculweyo zokuqhushumba. A Disemba 2014 Washington Post inqaku Yachaza ukuba, "Kumkhosi ongaphezulu kwe-50,000 waseMelika owenzakeleyo e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, i-2.6 ipesenti iye yanqunyulwa ilungu lomzimba, uninzi ngenxa yokuqhushumba kwesixhobo."

Emva kokonzakala emfazweni, kwenzeka ntoni xa sibuyela ekhaya? Namhlanje sinabagqala abavela kwi-WWII ngokhuphiswano lwangoku lokuzama ukhathalelo lwempilo lweMicimbi yeVeteran. Leyo yiminyaka ye-74 yamagqala avela kwiingxabano ezininzi, iimfazwe kunye nezenzo zomkhosi ukuya kuluhlu. Sivile sonke malunga namavetera alinde iinyanga kwaye ngamanye amaxesha iminyaka ngononophelo. Mhlawumbi ukhe weva amabali abothusayo e-veterans efumana ukhathalelo lokungahoyi njenge-Walter Reed Army Medical Center njengoko ixelwe ngoFebruwari we2007 yi Washington Post.

Sihlala simamela amabango okuba iinkonzo ziya kuba ngcono kwaye siyabaxhasa abagqatswa bethu kunye nemikhosi. Kodwa a Oktobha, i-2015 Maxesha oMkhosi ingxelo yenqaku, “Iinyanga ezilishumi elinesibhozo emva kokuqhekeka kwamaxesha okulinda ukhathalelo lwempilo yeMagqala, isebe lisasokola ukulawula iishedyuli zabaguli, ubuncinci kwindawo yezempilo yengqondo apho amanye amagqala alinde iinyanga ezilithoba kuvavanyo, ingxelo entsha karhulumente utsho. ” Ngaba oku kunokuba nantoni na enxulumene nenqanaba lokuzibulala?

Ukungahoywa akuyonto intsha. Bekunjalo ukusukela oko uShays Rebellion ngo-1786 ekhokelwa ngamagqala emfazwe engaphathwanga kakuhle emva kweMfazwe yoQhushululu ukuya kwiBonus Army yeMfazwe Yehlabathi I xa amagqala kunye neentsapho zabo babehlanganisene eWashington entwasahlobo nasehlotyeni lowe-1932 befuna ukuhlawulwa abathembisa ukuba bafuna embindini woxinzelelo. Kumashumi eminyaka iVietnam yamaVeteran ayaliwe ukwamkelwa kwezigulo ezibangelwe yidiksini eyingozi kakhulu kwiAgent Orange. Imfazwe yaseGulf War iyasokola neGulf War Syndrome. Kwaye ngoku imiceli mngeni ejongene nokubuyela kwemikhosi namhlanje. Impambano kunye nokubandezeleka ngekhe kuphele de abahlali bafune indlela eyahlukileyo. Mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba awunyanzelekanga ukuba ulwe iimfazwe, awukhathali. Andazi. Kodwa ngazo zonke ezi zinto zingasentla ndizichazile, ndiyaphinda, ungasasibuleli. Guqula oku kungasentla kwaye usebenze ukuphelisa imfazwe. Yinyani leyo enkosi.

UMichael McPhearson ngumlawuli olawulayo wamaVeterans Oxolo kunye nejoni leMfazwe yasePersian Gulf eyaziwa ngokuba yiMfazwe yokuqala yase-Iraq. Umsebenzi wezomkhosi kaMichael ubandakanya iminyaka emi-6 yogcino kunye neminyaka emihlanu yenkonzo esebenzayo. Wahlukana nomsebenzi wakhe ngo-5 njengoKapteni. Ulilungu leeNtsapho zoMkhosi Thetha kwaye uSihlalo we-Saint Louis Musa ukudubula umanyano olwenziwe emva kokubulawa kwamapolisa kukaMichael Brown Jr.
@mtmcphearson veteransforpeace.org

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