NguDavid Swanson, Septemba 13, 2019
Bendingazi de kube kutshanje ukuba uSmedley Butler wayekhe waya kwidolophu yam. Emva koko ndeva ukuba wayethetha kwiYunivesithi yaseVirginia apha eCharlottesville e1937. IYunivesithi yaseVirginia yayinayo intetho igcinwe ezingxakini zayo kwaye inobubele ngokwaneleyo ukuyicola. Inamathele apha ngezantsi.
Ukuba awuke uve nge-smedley Butler kwaye awazi ukuba kutheni iliqhawe eliphambili kumaVeterans oxolo kunye nabameli boxolo ngokubanzi (nokuba ebeyi-Major General), ndingazama ukushwankathela ubomi bakhe obumangalisayo kwabambalwa izivakalisi. Indoda ifanele ukuba ligorha kubaphikisi bemitshado ye-fascist, ethi, ngendlela, nayo ifike eCharlottesville.
USmedley Butler wayelikholwa lokwenene kuko konke ukuthanda ilizwe kunye nokulwa. Waxoka malunga nobudala bakhe ukuze ajoyine iMarines kwangoko. Wazibonakalisa ngenkalipho kunye nobuchule bokukhokela kwiimfazwe eTshayina naseLatin America. Wayelawula eHaiti. Wayeligorha leMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Wayebekwe ukuba aphathe umthetho wokuthintela ePhiladelphia ade anyanzelise umthetho ngokuchasene nesityebi. Wayeyeyona ntombazana yaselwandle yayihonjisiwe kakhulu kwaye isele ingoyena mntu wayehonjiswe kakhulu kwezomkhosi wase US. Wabaleka isiseko eQuertoico kwaye wayevalelwe yedwa kuso njengesohlwayo sokuba esidlangalaleni ukuba um-US-ally Benito Mussolini wayebaleke intombazana encinci ngemoto yakhe.
U-Butler wayeligorha elithandekayo lamagqala kunye neenkokheli zomzabalazo wabo wokuhlawulwa iibhonasi zabo phakathi kwezinye iimfuno. Iqela labona bantu batyebileyo kwisizwe lenze uphando ngeentshukumo zobusoshiyali eYurophu bazama ukuqesha uButler ukuba akhokele ekuchaseni uMongameli uFranklin Roosevelt. U-Butler waveza iyelenqe, kwaye ukuva kwe-DRM kuqinisekisa izambulo zakhe. Ababhali-mbali bakholelwa ukuba ngaphandle kokunqaba kukaButler, iyelenqe loo mntu ngelenziwe njalo.
U-Butler wayigxeka imfazwe kwiintetho zesidlangalala ezingenakubalwa kwaye wamkhaba umsebenzi wakhe wexesha elidlulileyo njenge-racket ehambelana nokufa kwinkonzo yeWall Street. Wayenomdla kwaye ezinikele kwaye engenaloyiko ekuchaseni kwakhe nokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi ngendlela awayekade eyixhasa ngayo. Njengobungqina belo bango, ndinika le ntetho ilandelayo, kwileta ebhalwe ngoButler ngohlobo lokuchwetheza nokubhala ngesandla:
Ngeli xesha, umkhosi wase-US wayelungiselela ngokukhawuleza imfazwe kunye neJapan, kwaye amaqela oxolo ayebambe imikhosi yokulwa kunye neJapan - imfazwe engazange ifike kwi1941.
Funda lo mbuzo wokugqibela kwakhona. Kwi-1937, lowo yayingumbuzo ontsonkothileyo. Impendulo yayicacile. Kwilizwe lasemva kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi kwimfazwe esisigxina, impendulo ayicacanga kwaye igqithe kakhulu. Izopolitiko zenziwe zabalaselisa "ukubukeka" njengobundlongondlongo, ukuba akubanga njalo.
Iprogaganda kudala yaqinisekisa ukuba ukuya kwishishini lakho lesono kukwahlulela abanye abantu, nangona iButler, njengabaninzi “bebodwa” icacisa gca kumphefumlo olandelayo ukuba akathethi ngokukhetha umntu.
Ngeli xesha le ntetho, u-Ludlow Amendment wayefumana amandla kwiCongress. Ibiya kufuna ivoti yoluntu phambi kwayo nayiphi na imfazwe. UMongameli Roosevelt uyivalile ngempumelelo indawo.
Isizathu esinye uSmedley Butler alahlekile kwimbali kukuba iindaba zosasazo kunye nababhali-mbali baye benza iinzame ezinkulu zokucima nokubabeka ibali leWall Street Plot. Ndiyakrokrela ukuba esinye isizathu kukuba uButler wayechasene nemfazwe ngaphambi kweyona ngcwele yeemfazwe ezingcwele kwinkcubeko yase-US, iMfazwe yeHlabathi yesibini. Ngenxa yeso sizathu, ndinika apha intshayelelo yokuphinda uvandlakanyo lwentsomi:
