NguArnold Oliver
Ngayiphi indlela i-Armistice Day yaba yiSuku loMkhosi wamaVeter? Ukusungulwa yiNgqungquthela kwi-1926 "ukuphucula uxolo ngokuthanda okuhle kunye nokuqonda phakathi kweentlanga, (nangemva koko) ngosuku olunikezelwe kwimeko yoxolo lwehlabathi," Usuku lwe-Armistice lwaluqatshelwa ngokubanzi malunga neminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Njengenxalenye yecawa, iicawa ezininzi zenza iibhena zazo kwi-11th ngeyure yosuku lwe-11th lwenyanga ye-11th -iyure kwi-1918 yokuba izibhamu zazithula kwi-Western Front ngelo xesha i-16 yezigidi zafa kwi-World War I .
Ukungaxhatshazi ngalo, kwi-1954 Day Armistice Day yatshitshiswa ngqungquthela yaseMelika kunye ne-Day-Veterans Day. Namhlanje ambalwa abantu baseMelika baqonda injongo yokuqala yosuku lwe-Armistice, okanye ukhumbule. Isigidimi sokufuna ukuthula siye sachithwa. Okubaluleke kunabo bonke, uSuku lwabaMantshi luye lwaba ngumbhiyozo wemfazwe kunye nezobukhosi bezobuqhetseba bezobukhosi kunye nabasemagorha abanobuqili abawubhadlayo. Asinaso usuku lwesizwe lokubona okanye ukubonakalisa uxolo lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Kwaye ukuchongwa kwamagorha njengamaqhawe kukuhle kakhulu. Ukuba ungumlindi, kwaye uyinyanisekile, uyavuma ukuba ininzi yezinto ezenzekayo ngexesha lexesha lemfazwe linqabileyo, kwaye amaqhawe emfazwe ambalwa kakhulu kwaye aphakathi.
Ndimele ndikuxelele ukuba xa ndihlala eVietnam, andingenaso igorha, kwaye andizange ndibone isenzo esinye sobuqhawe ngexesha lonyaka endichitha apho, okokuqala njenge-US Army ngasese kwaye njengenjenge-sergeant. Ewe, kwakukho ubuqhawe kwiMfazwe yaseVietnam. Kwimacala omabini omzabalazo kwakukho izenzo eziziwayo zokuzidela kunye nobungqina. Amagosa eyunithi yam azibuza indlela amajoni aseNyakatho yaseVietnam ayenganyamezela ngayo iminyaka ebusweni be-firewower. Abasebenzi bezokwelapha base-United States benza izenzo ezingenakuqhayisa zokunceda abo babulawa phantsi komlilo.
Kodwa ndabona ubungqina obukhulu bokuziphatha okubi, ezinye zazo zam. Kwakukho iziganeko zokungahloneli nokuxhaphazwa kwabantu baseVietnam, kunye nenani elikhulu lenkohlakalo yolwaphulo-mthetho. Ukongezelela, zonke iiyunithi zazinayo, kwaye zisazo, isabelo sabo sobugebengu, abaculi kunye namajegi. Ininzi enkulu kunazo zonke zaziyimikhosi yase-United States kunye neenkokheli zesoloko ezazicebise, zilungelelanise, kwaye zixhamle kakhulu kule mpi ekhuselekayo. Ndimele ndichase imfazwe kungekudala kwimikhosi, njengabanye abaninzi.
Inyaniso ebandayo kukuba ukuhlasela kwe-US kunye nokusebenza kweVietnam kwakungekho nto enokuyenza ngokukhusela uxolo kunye nenkululeko yaseMerika. Ngokuphambene noko, iMfazwe yaseVietnam yayilwa ukulwa nokuzimela kwe-Vietnamese, kungekhona ukuyikhusela; kwaye yahlula kakhulu abantu baseMerika.
Ngelishwa, iVietnam yayingumzekelo omnye wokulwa. Iimfazwe ezininzi zaseMelika - kuquka iMpi ye-1846 yaseMexico naseMerika, iMfazwe yaseSpain-Amerika e-1898, kunye ne-Iraq War (olu luhlu aluphelelanga ngokupheleleyo) - lwaluxhaswa phantsi kweengqungquthela zobuxoki malunga namazwe angasongela i-United States. Kunzima ukubona ukuba, ukuba imfazwe ingalunganga, ingaba ligorha ukuyihlawula.
Kodwa ukuba uninzi lweemfazwe alilwa ngenxa yezizathu ezintle, kwaye amajoni ambalwa angamaqhawe, ngaba kukho nawawo amaqhawe ekhona apho ekhusele uxolo nenkululeko? Ukuba kunjalo, bangobani? Ewe, baninzi, ukususela kuYesu kuze kube ngoku. Ndakubeka uGandhi, Tolstoy, kunye noDkt Martin Luther King, Jr. kwoluhlu kunye namaQuaker amaninzi kunye namaMennonites. Futhi ungakulibali u-General Smedley Butler, obhala ukuba "iMfazwe yiRacket".
EVietnam, uWarrant Officer Hugh Thompson wayeka ukubulala abantu baseMi kubenzima nakakhulu.
Omnye umviwa nguye owayengumchwepheli we-Army wase-US uJosh Stieber owathumela lo myalezo kubantu base-Iraq: "Iintliziyo zethu ezinzima zihlala zithemba ukuba sinokubuyisela ngaphakathi kwelizwe lethu ukuvuma ubungqina bakho, ukuba safundiswa ukuphika." ukuba sikwazi ukusingatha uJosh ekhaya lethu njengoko ehamba nge-US ngenjongo yoxolo xa enika imali ayeyifumene emkhosini njengenxalenye yokuxolela inxaxheba yakhe kwimfazwe engalunganga.
Kwaye kuthiwa ngo-Chelsea Manning oye wachitha iminyaka eyisixhenxe emva kweengqungquthela zokubonakalisa iinyaniso ezininzi ngeemfazwe zase-Iraq? Amaqhawe echanileyo ngabo baxhathisa imfazwe kunye nempi, ngokuqhelekileyo ngeendleko zobuqu. Kwaye ngoku abazalwana baseHarvard baquka abaxoxela kunye nabaququzeleli bokuhlushwa, kodwa kungekhona ikhwelo loxolo. Yenza umfanekiso.
Ngenxa yokuba impi iye yajikeleza ixesha elide, ubuncinci ukususela ngoGilgamesh weza ngokukhusela kwakhe kwi-Sumeria kwiminyaka eyi-5,000 eyadlulayo, abantu baxela ukuba kuya kuhlala kunye nathi.
Kodwa abaninzi babecinga ukuba ubukhoboka kunye nokuthotyelwa kwabafazi kuya kuhlala ngonaphakade, kwaye bayangqinwa bengalunganga. Siyaqonda ukuba ngelixa ubukhosi bungayi kunyamalala ngephanyazo, kufuneka bunyamalale kodwa ukuba sifuna ukuphepha ukudodobala kwezoqoqosho kunye nokuziphatha-singasathethi ke ngokuphela kweentlobo zethu.
Njengombutho Wemfazwe jikelele WT uSherman uthe eWest Point, "Ndivuma ngaphandle kokuhlazeka ukuba ndidiniwe kwaye ndigula ngemfazwe." Sinawe, bro.
Lo nyaka Novemba 11th, OMkhosi weNkulumbuso uya kubuyisela izithethe zoSuku lwe-Armistice. Zijoyine kwaye zivumele ezo ntlobo ziphume.
UArnold "Yeka" U-Oliver ubhala ngo-PeaceVoice kwaye nguNjingalwazi uMmeli weNzululwazi wezopolitiki kwiYunivesithi yaseHeidelberg eTiffin, eOhio. Umlindi waseVietnam, ungowamaVeterans for Peace, kwaye unokufikelela kuwo soliver@heidelberg.edu.
