Ukubeka Iibhotshi eMhlabeni woxolo

Ngomhla weSt Patrick kulo nyaka, amagqala amabini emikhosi yase-US, uKen Mayers kunye noTarak Kauff, oneminyaka eyi-82 kunye ne-77 ngokwahlukeneyo, babanjwa kwisikhululo senqwelomoya iShannon beqhankqalaza ngokuqhubeka nokusetyenziswa komkhosi waseMelika.

Bahlawuliswa ngokonakalisa uthango lokhuseleko kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nokunxaxha, bavalelwa kwintolongo yase-Limerick kwiintsuku ze-12 kwaye bahambisa ipasi labo. Balinde ukuba ityala labo lize ematyaleni, uKen noTarak basebenzise ixesha labo lokuhlala eIreland ukuze bathathe inxaxheba kuqhanqalazo olunxamnye nemfazwe ngokuchasene nemfazwe yaseMelika kunye nokuxhasa ukungathathi cala kwezopolitiko.

La madoda mabini, omabini ebengamajoni kumkhosi wase-US, ngoku angamalungu eVeterans for Peace, aqalise 'ukuhamba ngenkululeko' eqale eLimerick ngoMgqibelo odlulileyo kwaye azokuphela eMalin Head, eDonegal, ngoSeptemba 27. Phambi kokuqala kohambo lwabo, ndadibana noKen noTarak eLimerick kwaye babalisa ngendlela abaqala ngayo ukusuka ekubeni ngamajoni baye kwii-peaceniks kwaye kutheni bekholelwa ukuba i-Ireland ingaba lilizwi elinamandla ngokuchasene nemfazwe emhlabeni.

“Utata wam wayekulo mmandla weenqanawa zaselwandle kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi kunye neMfazwe yaseKorea, ngoko ke ndakhula ndisela 'ii-marine corps Kool Aid',” uqala uKen. “Izidumbu ziye zahlawula ikholaji yam ndagqiba ndathatha ikhomishini kuyo. Ngelo xesha ndandilikholwa lokwenyani kwaye ndicinga ukuba iMelika yayingamandla okulunga. Ndisebenze iminyaka esibhozo ndinesiqingatha, kwiMpuma Ekude, kwiCaribbean, naseVietnam, ndaye ndabona ukuba iMelika ayisiyonto ilungileyo. ”

UKen udwelise ezinye zezinto ezonakalise ukholo lwakhe kumgangatho wase-US. “Isalathiso sokuqala sasikwintwasahlobo yowe-1960 xa sasizilolonga eTaiwan - oku kwakungaphambi kokuba ibe luqoqosho lwengwe kwaye yayihlwempuzeke ngendlela engathethekiyo. Siza kuba sidla ii-C-Rations zethu kwaye kuya kubakho abantwana bacela ukuba iitoti ezingenanto zifake uphahla lwabo. Oko kwandenza ndazibuza ukuba kutheni iqabane lethu lisentluphekweni ngelixa besinokubanceda.

Ndijonge into eyayisenziwa eMelika eVietnam kwaye yandothusa. Eso yayisisiqalo sobutshantliziyo bam kunye nobukrakra. Xa abantu bebulela ngenkonzo yam kwilizwe lam ndabaxelela ukuba inkonzo yam yokwenyani ayizange iqale de ndiphume emkhosini '

“Emva konyaka sasikwisiQithi iVieques, ePuerto Rico, apho izidumbu zazinesiqingatha sazo kwaye zisetyenziselwa ukuqhushumbisa. Siyalelwe ukuba sibeke umgca ophilayo womlilo esiqithini kwaye ukuba umntu uzama ukudlula siza kubadubula - kwaye abahlali besi siqithi babengabemi baseMelika. Ndifunde kamva ukuba i-US yayiqeqesha amaCuba esiqithini kuhlaselo lwe-Bay of Pigs. Eso siganeko sesinye.

“Umququ wokugqibela kuxa ndandibuyela e-Asiya ngo-1964. Ndandijube isitshabalalisi kunye nemishini yoomatiloshe kunxweme lwaseVietnam xa kwenzeka isiganeko saseTonkin Gulf. Kwakucacile kum ukuba ubuqhetseba busetyenziselwa ukuthethelela imfazwe enkulu kubantu baseMelika. Sasisophula amanzi aseVietnam rhoqo, sithumela izikhephe kufutshane nonxweme ukuze zishukumise impendulo. Kulapho ndaye ndagqiba ekubeni andisakwazi ukuqhubeka ndibesisisixhobo soluhlobo lwemigaqo-nkqubo yezangaphandle kwaye ngo-1966 ndayeka emsebenzini. ”

UTarak wenze iminyaka emithathu kwi-105th Airborne Division, ukusuka kwi-1959 ukuya kwi-1962, kwaye uyavuma ngokukhawuleza ukuziva enombulelo kuba waphuma kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba iyunithi yakhe ithunyelwe eVietnam. Ukuntywila kwimijikelezo ethe tyaba ye1960s waba ngumlwi woxolo lomzabalazo. “Bendiyinxalenye yesiko lamashumi amathandathu kwaye yayiyinxalenye enkulu yam,” utshilo. "Ndijonge into eyayisenziwa yiMelika eVietnam kwaye yandothusa, kwaye eso yayisisiqalo sokuvuselela kwam amandla kunye nengqondo. Xa abantu bebendibulela ngenkonzo endiyenzileyo kwilizwe lam ndibaxelele ukuba inkonzo yam ayiqalanga de ndaphuma emkhosini. ”

Ngexesha lodliwanondlebe uKen uthetha ngokuzolileyo ngelixa uTarak kufanelekile ukuba azimisele ngakumbi, egxadazelela phezulu kwetafile ngomnwe wakhe kugxininiso- nangona encuma ekuzaziseni nasekuhlekiseni malunga nendlela umahluko owenza ngayo ukuba bobabini benze isenzo esiphindwe kabini. Bobabini bangamalungu exesha elide lamaGqala oXolo, awasekwa eMaine ngo-1985 kwaye ngoku anezahluko kuwo onke amazwe ase-US nakwamanye amazwe aliqela, kubandakanya i-Ireland.

YayinguEd Horgan, umsunguli wamaVeterans oxolo eIreland, owazisa uKen noTarak malunga neShannon. “Siye sadibana no-Ed kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo kwaye besicinga ukuba i-Ireland lilizwe elingathathi cala kodwa usixelele ngazo zonke iinqwelomoya zomkhosi wase-US, kunye neenqwelomoya, esiza eShannon. Ngokuququzelela ezo zinto, i-Ireland izenza ihambelane neemfazwe zaseMelika. ”

UTarak ubalaselisa ukoyikeka komkhosi waseMelika, obandakanya ukutshatyalaliswa kwemozulu. “Namhlanje, iMelika iqhuba iimfazwe kumazwe ali-14 ngelixa kweli kukho ukudubulana kwabantu mihla le. Ubundlobongela esibuthumela ngaphandle buza ekhaya, ”utshilo. “Uninzi lwezilwanyana zaseVietnam zithathe ubomi bazo kunabantu ababulewe kuyo yonke imfazwe. Kwaye abantwana abancinci ababuya emfazweni e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan nabo bayabuthatha ubomi babo. Kutheni oko kusenzeka? Oko kukubuyela umva, linetyala!

Kwaye namhlanje asibulali nje abantu kwaye sitshabalalisa amazwe njengoko senzile eVietnam naseIraq, sonakalisa indalo esingqongileyo. Umkhosi wase-US ngowona monakalisi mkhulu kwindalo esingqongileyo; Ngoyena msebenzisi mkhulu wepetroleum, zingcolisi ezinkulu ezinobungozi ezineziseko ezingaphezu kwewaka kwihlabathi liphela. Abantu abadli ngokudibanisa umkhosi kunye nentshabalalo yemozulu kodwa inxulumene ngokusondeleyo. ”

U-Ken no-Tarak babekhe babanjwa kuqhankqalazo kude kude nePalestine, i-Okinawa, kunye neLitye eliMileyo eMelika. “Xa usenza olu qhankqalazo kwaye uchasene nomgaqo-nkqubo worhulumente abayithandi loo nto kwaye uhlala ufumana ukubanjwa,” utshilo uTarak ngelizwi elibi.

"Kodwa lelona xesha lide siye sabanjelwa endaweni enye ngenxa yokundwendwela kwethu kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo," wongeza uKen. “Siphume ngaphandle kwe-Dáil sinezibhengezo ezikhuthaza ukungathathi cala e-Ireland kwaye sichasa iimfazwe zase-US, sithetha kwiindibano, kudliwanondlebe noonomathotholo nomabonakude, kwaye sicinge ukuba mhlawumbi kufuneka siphume endleleni sihambe sincokole sidibane nabantu, sibeke iibhutsi. emhlabeni uxolo. Siyavuya ngayo kwaye sizakuhamba kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zaseIreland kude kube ngumhla wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe kule nyanga. Siza kube sithetha kwifayile ye- World Beyond War inkomfa eLimerick ngo-Okthobha 5/6 onokuthi ufunde ngayo nge www.worldbeyondwar.org "

Lo ayingomntu ohambahamba ephethe iplacard esithi 'isiphelo sisondele' ezi zezona nzulu-lwazi zethu zithi asinalo ixesha elininzi. Abantwana bakho ngekhe babenalo ilizwe abakhulele kulo, yile nto ulutsha luzama ukuyenza nge-Extinction Rebellion, njl, kwaye i-Ireland ingadlala indima enkulu kule '

Aba bantu babini banenkundla yamatyala kwinyanga ezayo xa bezakucela ukuba ityala labo litshintshelwe eDublin, nangona kusenokuba yiminye iminyaka emibini ngaphambi kokuba ityala labo liviwe. Iipasipoti zabo zaxhonywa ngenxa yokuba babethathwa njengengozi yokubaleka, isigqibo esibonisa ukuba banamalungelo oluntu kwaye uKen ukholelwa ukuba bashukunyiswa kwezopolitiko.

Uthi: "Akukho ngqiqweni ukucinga ukuba ngekhe sibuye eMelika ukuza kuvavanywa ukuba besinazo iipasi kwaye singagoduka," utshilo. “Ityala yinxalenye yesenzo; yile nto siyenzayo ukuveza imiba kunye nento eyenzekayo. Siyawaqonda amandla amakhulu okulunga anokuvela ukuba abantu baseIreland- ngaphezulu kwama-80 epesenti abo baxhasa ukungathathi cala- bayifuna kwaye banyanzela urhulumente wabo ukuba aqinisekise ukuba isetyenziswa ngokufanelekileyo. Oko kungathumela umyalezo kwihlabathi liphela. ”

Bobabini uKen noTarak ngootat'omkhulu kwaye uninzi lwamadoda iminyaka yabo ibinokudlula imihla yabo ngeendlela ezinobunkunkqele kunokubonisa uqhankqalazo, ukubanjwa kunye namatyala enkundla. Benza ntoni abantwana babo kunye nabazukulwana ngentshutshiso yabo? “Yiyo loo nto siyenza, kuba sifuna aba bantwana babe nelizwe lokuphila kulo,” uTarak ucacisa ngokuzithemba. "Abantu kuya kufuneka baqonde ukuba ubomi bobomhlaba busongelwa. Lo ayisiye umntu ohambahamba ngeplacard ethi 'isiphelo sisondele' ezi zezona nzululwazi zibalaseleyo asinalo ixesha elininzi.

“Abantwana bakho ngekhe babenalo ilizwe abakhulele kulo, yile nto ulutsha luzama ukuyenza nge-Extinction Rebellion, njl, kwaye i-Ireland ingadlala indima enkulu koku. Oko ndilapha, ndiyalithanda eli lizwe nabantu balo. Andiqondi ukuba nonke niyayiqonda indlela iIreland ehlonitshwa ngayo kwilizwe liphela kunye nefuthe elinokuba nalo kwihlabathi liphela, ngakumbi ukuba ithatha indawo yokuma njengelizwe elingathathi hlangothi kwaye idlala loo ndima. Ukwenza into elungileyo ebomini beplanethi kuthetha into, kwaye amaIreland angayenza kwaye yile nto ndifuna ukuyibona isenzeka yiyo loo nto sihamba-hamba sincokola nabantu. ”

Ukuhamba kukaKen noTarak kulindeleke ukuba kufike kwiFalway Crystal Factory e12.30pm ngoMvulo kaSeptemba 16. Abo banqwenela ukubadibanisa nenxalenye yokuhamba okanye ukubonelela ngenkxaso banokufumana iinkcukacha kwi-Galway Alliance Ngokuchasene neMfazwe kwiphepha likaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/312442090965.