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UJohn Ketwig wabhalwa kuMkhosi wase-US ngo-1966 kwaye wathunyelwa eVietnam unyaka. Ndihleli naye kule veki sincokola ngayo.

“Ukufunda kwam kuyo yonke into,” utshilo, “ukuba uthetha nabantu abakhe baya e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kwaye ujonge into eyenzekayo eVietnam, ubalekela kwinto endiyibiza ngokuba yindlela yaseMelika yokulwa imfazwe. Umfana oselula uya enkonzweni enengcamango yokuba uya kunceda abantu baseVietnam okanye baseAfghan okanye baseIraq. Uyehla kwinqwelomoya nasebhasini, kwaye into yokuqala oyibonayo lucingo olunemingxuma efestileni ukuze iziqhushumbisi zingangeni. Ngoko nangoko ubaleka ungene kwi-MGR (mere gook rule). Abantu ababaleki. Babulaleni bonke, zikhuphe izinja. Awukho ukuze uncede amahlwempu nangayiphi na indlela. Awuqinisekanga ukuba ulapho, kodwa ayenzeki loo nto.”

U-Ketwig uthethe ngamagqala abuya e-Iraq aleqe abantwana ngelori, elandela imiyalelo yokuba bangayeki ngenxa yokoyika ii-IEDs (izixhobo eziphuculweyo zokudubula). Wathi: “Kungekudala uza kuba nexesha lokuphumla, yaye uza kuqalisa ukuzibuza ukuba wenza ntoni apho.”

U-Ketwig akazange agxile ekuthetheni okanye ekuqhankqalazeni xa ebuya eVietnam. Wahlala ethe cwaka kangangesithuba seminyaka elishumi. Landula ke lafika ixesha, yaye phakathi kwezinye izinto, wapapasha ingxelo enamandla yamava akhe ebizwa ngokuba Kunye nemvula enzima: Ibali eliyinyani le-GI leMfazwe eVietnam. Wabhala wathi: “Ndizibonile iingxowa zomzimba, yaye iibhokisi zibekwe njenge cordwood, ndabona amakhwenkwe aseMerika ejinga engenabomi kucingo oluhlabayo, echithekela emacaleni eelori zokulahla inkunkuma, erhuqa ngasemva kwe-APC njengetoti emva kwebhampa yomtshato. Ndibone igazi lendoda engenamlenze ithontsiza ithontsiza isiya phantsi esibhedlele namehlo abuhlungu omntwana onempama.”

Amajoni awayekunye noKetwig, ahlala kwiintente ezizele ziimpuku ezirhangqwe ludaka neziqhushumbisi, phantse kulo lonke ihlabathi asibonanga singxengxezo saloo nto babeyenza yaye babefuna ukubuyela ekhaya ngokukhawuleza kangangoko kunokwenzeka. “I-FTA” (f— yoMkhosi) yayikrwelwe kwizixhobo kuyo yonke indawo, yaye ukuqhekeka (imikhosi ebulala amagosa) yayisasazeka.

Abaqulunqi bemigaqo-nkqubo enomoya opholileyo babuyela eWashington, DC, bafumanisa ukuba imfazwe ayinamthuthuzeli okanye ingathandekiyo, kodwa ngendlela eyonwabisa kakhulu. Ngokutsho kwababhali-mbali bePentagon, ngoJuni 26, 1966, "iqhinga lagqitywa," eVietnam, "kwaye ingxoxo ukususela ngoko ukuya phambili yayigxile ekubeni angakanani na amandla kunye nesiphelo." Kwakutheni ukuze? Umbuzo obalaseleyo. Le yayiyi ingxoxo yangaphakathi eyayicinga ukuba imfazwe iya phambili kwaye yayifuna ukuzinza ngesizathu sokuba kutheni. Ukukhetha isizathu sokuxelela uluntu yayilinyathelo elahlukileyo ngaphaya kwelo. Ngo-Matshi, i-1965, imemo kaNobhala oNcedisayo "woKhuselo" uJohn McNaughton wayesele equkumbele ukuba i-70% ye-US ekhuthazayo emva kwemfazwe "yayikukuphepha ukoyiswa kwe-US okuhlazisayo."

Kunzima ukuthetha ukuba yeyiphi engenangqiqo, ihlabathi labo balwa imfazwe, okanye ukucinga kwabo badala kunye nokwandisa imfazwe. UMongameli Bush oPhezulu uthi wayekruqukile emva kokuphelisa iMfazwe yeGulf kangangokuba wacinga ngokuyeka. Umongameli uFranklin Roosevelt wachazwa yinkulumbuso yaseOstreliya njengomona ngoWinston Churchill de kwafika iPearl Harbour. Umongameli uKennedy uxelele uGore Vidal ukuba ngaphandle kweMfazwe yaseMelika yase-US, uMongameli uLincoln ngeyelinye igqwetha likaloliwe. Umbhali webhayoloji kaGeorge W. Bush, kunye nezimvo zikaBush zikawonke wonke kwingxoxo-mpikiswano ephambili, zenza kucace ukuba wayefuna imfazwe, hayi nje ngaphambi kwe-9/11, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba anyulelwe i-White House yiNkundla ePhakamileyo. U-Teddy Roosevelt ushwankathele umoya wobumongameli, umoya wabo basebenza ngokwenene uSuku lwamaVeterans, xa wathi, "Ndifanele ndamkele yonke imfazwe, kuba ndicinga ukuba eli lizwe liyayidinga."

Ukulandela iMfazwe yaseKorea, urhulumente wase-US watshintsha uSuku lweArmistice, olusabizwa ngokuba luSuku lokuKhumbula kwamanye amazwe, lwaba luSuku lwamaVeterans, kwaye yaguquka ukusuka kumhla ukukhuthaza ukuphela kwemfazwe ibe lusuku lokuzukisa ukuthatha inxaxheba emfazweni. “Ekuqaleni yayilusuku lokubhiyozela uxolo,” utshilo uKetwig. “Loo nto ayisekho. Umkhosi waseMelika yiloo nto ndinomsindo kwaye ndinomsindo. " UKetwig uthi umsindo wakhe uyakhula, awunciphi.

Kwincwadi yakhe, uKetwig uqhelisele indlela udliwano-ndlebe olunokuhamba ngayo xa sele ephumile eMkhosini: “Ewe, mhlekazi, singayiphumelela imfazwe. Abantu baseVietnam abalweli iingcamango okanye iingcamango zezopolitiko; balwela ukutya, ukuze baphile. Ukuba silayisha zonke ezo ziqhushumbisi ngerayisi, kunye nesonka, nembewu, kunye nezixhobo zokutyala, kunye nokupeyinta 'Ukusuka kubahlobo bakho eUnited States' kumntu ngamnye, baya kuphendukela kuthi. IViet Cong ayinakuhambelana naloo nto. "

Kananjalo i-ISIS ayinakho.

Kodwa uMongameli uBarack Obama unezinye izinto eziphambili. Une ziqhayisa ukuba yena, kwiofisi yakhe emiselwe kakuhle, “uchule ngokwenene ekubulaleni abantu.” Ukwathumele “abacebisi” abangama-50 eSyria, kanye njengokuba uMongameli Eisenhower wenzayo eVietnam.

Umncedisi kaNobhala welizwe u-Anne Patterson wabuzwa kule veki nguNkongolokazi uKaren Bass: “Yintoni umsebenzi wamalungu omkhosi okhethekileyo angama-50 athunyelwa eSyria? Ngaba lo msebenzi uza kukhokelela kunxibelelwano olukhulu lwase-US? ”

UPatterson waphendula wathi: “Eyona mpendulo yahlulahlulwe.”

* Qaphela: Ngelixa ndisiva uKetwig esithi "izinja" kwaye ndicingela ukuba wayethetha loo nto, undixelela ukuba wayethetha kwaye wayethetha "uThixo" wesiko.