NguRobert C. Koehler
"Xa umntu ebuza, 'Kutheni uyenza kwi-gook, kutheni ukwenza oku kubantu?' impendulo yakho ithi, 'Ngoko ke, bahamba nje, abayena abantu. Akenzi nantoni na into oyenzayo kubo; a bangabantu.
"Yaye le nto yakhiwe kuwe," iCpl. UJohn Geymann watyhila malunga ne-44 kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwi-Investigation Soldier yoBusika, egcinwe eDetroit, eyayixhaswa Veterans Veterans Against the War. "Utshitshiswa entloko yakho ukususela nje xa uvuka kwikampu yebhodi ukuya kwangoko uvuka xa ungumntu."
Ilitye lembombo yemfazwe lihlazo. Oku kwakuyisifundo sikaNam, esivela U msebenzi weRight Hand (ukulahla kwe-18 yezigidi zezigidi ze-herbicide, kuquka i-Agent Orange, kwiintlanzi zaseVietnam) ukuya ku-My Lai ekusebenziseni i-napalm ukuya kubhobholo lwaseCambodia. Kwaye uphando lweSold Solerer uqalise ukwenza inkqubo yokuhlambalaza yinkcazelo yoluntu.
Kwakuyinto emangalisayo kunye nengqungquthela yomhlaba kwimbali yemfazwe. Ucinga-ke? - ukuva kweentsuku ezintathu, apho i-109 yaseVietnam kunye nabahlali be-16 bangqina malunga nokusebenza kweMelika eVietnam, akubonakali "ixesha elifanelekileyo"KwiSebe leZiko leNkxaso-mali elixhaswe ngezoKhuseleko, njengokuba uMongameli u-Obama wamemezela, umnyaka we-50 weminyaka yemfazwe.
Oku akumangalisi, kunjalo. Ingqungquthela engabonakaliyo, inkohlakalo yesiza, kunye nokumenyezelwa kukaMongameli - "baxhamla emahlathini kunye namadayisi elayisi, ukufudumala kunye nokuhlambalaza, balwa ngokuqinileyo ukukhusela iimbono esizibambileyo njengamaMerika" - kukuthi "nice-ify" imfazwe eyinqabileyo, isula i-slime, ubuyisele ingqalelo yoluntu kwimeko yokungabonakali kwemibutho yonke yemikhosi yase-US kunye nokukhupha "iVietnam Syndrome" kwi-identities kazwelonke.
Kuthekani ukuba ngaba phakathi kwe-2 kunye ne-3 yezigidi zaseVietnam, iiLaotians kunye neCambodia zabulawa kuwo, kunye namasosha ase-Amerika ase-58,000 (kunye, ngamanyathelo athile, inani elincinci kakhulu leemvayi ezenza Ukuzibulala emva koko)? Imfazwe embi ayikho nto kodwa inzima kulabo abafuna ukuhlawula elilandelayo. Kwathatha isizukulwana sokubuyiselwa kwakhona ngaphambi kokuba umnotho-mveliso wezopolitiko wakwazi ukuqalisa imfazwe yenkxalabo, eyona nto ayinayo inkxaso enkulu yoluntu. Mhlawumbi ubuyisela iVietnam kwilizwe lobuqaqawuli bobuxoki luyinxalenye yesicwangciso esikhulu sokwenza abantu baseMelika baziqhenyise ngazo zonke iimfazwe zayo, ngoko ke, ngokuvisisana ngakumbi nembono (kunye nenyaniso) yemfazwe engunaphakade.
IWebhu yeSizwe yeSikhumbuzo seMfazwe yaseVietnam ivelisa ngokukhawuleza, njengamaVeterans for Peace "ukudalulwa ngokupheleleyo"Phulo; kunye isikhalazo, isayinwe ngabalweli-mkhosi be-anti-war efana noTom Hayden noDaniel Ellsberg, befuna ukuba ingqungquthela yokuqhankqalaza kwimfazwe kwi-60 kunye ne-70 ifakiwe njengenxalenye yemfazwe yemfazwe. Ndiyavuma, kunjalo, kodwa kamsinya ukongeza ukuba kukho ngaphezulu kunobungozi apha kunobulungisa bembali.
Njengomgcini-ntatheli wexesha elide kunye nomfundi we-Middle East uPhyllis Bennis utshele ENew York Times, "Awukwazi ukwahlula le migudu ukulungiselela iimfazwe ezimbi ze-50 kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwiimfazwe ezimbi namhlanje."
Ndiphinda: Ilitye lembombo yonke imfazwe kukungcoliswa, inkqubo eyoyikisayo kunye nemiphumo engapheliyo engapheliyo. Kwaye iMfazwe yaseVietnam yowokuqala apho kukho ukuphazamiseka ngokupheleleyo kwenkqubo, ihlanjwe yonke inkazimulo kunye nokunyamekela, kufikelele ekuqapheliseni koluntu.
Inzame yewebhusayithi yokuqulunqa le nkcazo iyabuhlungu. Ngokomzekelo wokuqala wexesha, umzekelo wokubulala, uMaha Lai waxoshwa "njengesiganeko." Ukuchaswa koburhulumente kuphoqelelwe ukuba i-website ibambe i-bullet kwaye ivume, ngo-Matshi i-16, uludwe lwe-1968: "I-Americal Division iyabulala amakhulu amakhulu aseVietnam abantu baseMi Lai. "
Ho hum. Kwakuyimfazwe emihle, kunjalo? U-Lai wayeyindoda. I-scapegoat yabanjwa, yazama, yagwetywa. . .
Kodwa njengokuba ubungqina beeVet zeSold Soler ubungqina kunye neencwadi ezininzi kunye namanqaku amaninzi acacisa ngokukrakra, uMi Lai wayengeyonto yinto eqhelekileyo: "Bahamba nje, bengabantu."
Njengoko uNick Turse noDeborah Nelson babhekise kwinqaku le-2006 kule Los Angeles Times ("Ukubulawa KwesiXhosa Kwaye Kwaye Kwahlawulwa"), ngokusekelwe ekuhlolweni kweefayile ze-Army ezigqityiweyo: "Ukusetyenziswa kakubi kwakungagcinwanga kwiiyunithi ezimbalwa, ukuhlaziywa kwamaxesha kwiifayile ezifunyenweyo. Aye afunyanwe kuwo onke amaqela oMkhosi asebenza eVietnam. "Amaphepha acacisa iziganeko ze320 zokubandezeleka, ukuxhaphazwa okanye ukubulawa kwabantu baseTietnam, kunye namakhulu amaninzi anikwe ingxelo kodwa engabonakaliyo, babhala.
Le nqaku ichaza ngokucacileyo inani leziganeko zokubulala abantu baseVietnam ngokungafunekiyo kwaye kubandakanya ileta engumntu ongenamagama othunyelwe ku-Gen. William Westmoreland kwi-1970, ethi "ichaza ukubulawa kwabantu abemi ngokubanzi, ngamalungu amalungu e-9th Infantry Division eMekong Delta - kwaye uxela uxinzelelo lwabaphathi ukuba bavelise izibalo eziphezulu.
Ileta yathi: "I-batalion [iyayibulala] mhlawumbi i-15 kwi-20 [abantu] ngosuku. Ngamaqhawe e-4 kwi-brigade enokuthi mhlawumbi i-40 kwi-50 ngosuku okanye i-1200 kwi-1500 ngenyanga, kulula. Ukuba ndi-10% kuphela, kwaye ndikholelwe ngamanye amaninzi, ngoko ndizama ukukuxelela malunga nokubulala kwe-120-150, okanye i-My Lay nganye ngenyanga. "
Kwaye kuninzi kakhulu. Eminye yobungqina ingenakunzima, njengesi-Sgt. Joe Bangert U bungqina kwiNgqungquthela yezoBusika yophando:
"Unokujonga iiMarines eziye zaseVietnam - usuku lwakho lokugqibela e-States kwi-battalion e-Camp Pendleton unesifundo esincinane kwaye ubizwa ngokuba ngumfundo wemivundla, apho abasebenzi be-NCO baphuma kwaye banomdlavuza kwaye ukuthetha nawe malunga nokuphunyuka nokukhusela kunye nokusinda ehlathini. Unalo mvundla kwaye emva kweminye imizuzwana emva nje komntu wonke uyathandana nayo - akayi kuthandana nayo, kodwa, uyazi, bahlambulule khona-uyayifakela entanyeni, izikhumba, izikhumba . wenza oku kumvundla - kwaye ke baphosa ama-guts ngaphandle kwabaphulaphuli. Unako ukufumana nantoni na into oyifunayo, kodwa isifundo sakho sokugqibela osibamba eUnited States ngaphambi kokuba ushiye eVietnam apho bathabatha loo mvundla kwaye bayayibulala, kwaye bayayikhupha, kwaye badlala kunye nezitho zayo njengokuba udoti kwaye baphosa izitho kulo lonke indawo kwaye aba bantu bafakwa kwinqwelo ngosuku olulandelayo baze bathumele eVietnam. "
Oku kucaca ngokucacileyo: Amasosha aseMerika ayexinzelelo avela ngasentla, ngokwenene, aqeqeshiwe kwaye ayala, ukuba aphathe "utshaba" - kuquka nabemi, kuquka nabantwana - njengabantu abangaphantsi. Yonke inkunkuma eyayilandelayo yayilindeleke. Kwaye njengokuba izilwanyana ezinobungozi ezisuka e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ziqhubeka zisenza sazi, kuseyindlela esiya ngayo kwimfazwe.
URobert Koehler ungumklomelo, umlobi we-Chicago-based and writer's syndicated writer. Yakhe incwadi, Isibindi Siya Kukhula Kwisilonda (I-Xenos Press), iyafumaneka. Nxibelelana naye koehlercw@gmail.com okanye tyelela iwebhusayithi yakhe commonwonders.com.
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