NguRobert C. Koehler
"Uma othile ebuza, 'Kungani ukwenza lokhu ku-gook, kungani ukwenza lokhu kubantu?' impendulo yakho iwukuthi, 'Ngakho-ke, bahamba nje, ababona abantu. Akukwenzi umehluko okwenzayo kubo; akuzona abantu. '
"Futhi le nto yakhiwe kuwe," Cpl. UJohn Geymann wafakaza cishe eminyakeni eyi-44 eyedlule e-Winter Soldier Investigation, eyayibanjelwe eDetroit, eyayixhasiwe I-Vietnam Veterans Against the War. "Kuqhutshwa ikhanda lakho kusukela ngesikhathi uvuka ekamelweni le-boot kuze kube yilapho usukuma lapho ungumuntu ongomphakathi."
Leli gumbi lesisekelo lempi lingukungcoliswa. Lesi kwakuyisifundo sikaNam, kusuka I-Operation Ranch Hand (ukulahlwa kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-18 zokubulala ukhula, kufaka phakathi i-Agent Orange, emahlathini aseVietnam) ukuya eMay, ukuze kusetshenziswe i-napalm ekuqhumeni kwamabhomu eCambodia. Futhi uphenyo lwama-Winter Soldier lwaqala ukwenza inqubo yokuxoshwa yindaba yokwaziswa komphakathi.
Kwakuyisikhathi esinqabileyo nesimangalisa emlandweni wempi. Kodwa -qagela ngani? - ukuzwa kwezinsuku ezintathu, lapho izikhulu ze-109 zaseVietnam kanye nezakhamuzi ze-16 zifakaza mayelana nokusebenza kwemisebenzi yaseMelika eVietnam, ayibonisi "umugqa wesikhathi sangaphakathi"EMnyangweni Wezokuvikela owawuxhaswe ngezokuvikela, njengamemezelo kaMongameli Obama, i-50-year anniversary of the war.
Lokhu akumangalisi, kunjalo. Iphoyinti elingenalutho elingenalutho, lesabekayo lesayithi, kanye nesimemezelo sikaMongameli - "baqhuma emahlathini kanye namadayisi elayisi, ukushisa nokushisa, ukulwa ngobuqhawe ukuze bavikele imibono esiyibambe njengabathandi baseMelika" - ku "nice-ify" impi ehlukumezayo, isula isilayidi, ubuyele ukuqonda komphakathi esimweni sokukhuleka okungaqondakali kwemisebenzi yasezempi yase-US futhi kukhishwe "iVietnam Syndrome" ngokungaziwa kobuzwe.
Ngakho-ke kuthiwani uma kukhona phakathi kwe-2 ne-3 million yaseVietnam, amaLaoti namaCambodia kuwo, kanye namasosha aseMelika ase-58,000 (ngezinye izinyathelo, inombolo enkulu kakhulu yezimakethe ezenzayo ukuzibulala kamuva)? Impi embi ayiyona into kodwa inkathazo kulabo abafuna ukukhokhela okulandelayo. Kwathatha isizukulwane sokubuyisela emuva ngaphambi komnotho wezempi-mboni wakwazi ukuqala impi yokwesabisa, okuyinto engasenayo insizakalo enkulu yomphakathi. Mhlawumbe ukubuyiselwa kweVietnam kuya esimweni senkazimulo yamanga kuyingxenye yeluhlelo olukhudlwana lokwenza umphakathi waseMelika uziqhenye ngazo zonke izimpi zayo, ngakho-ke, ngokuvumelana ngokwengeziwe nomqondo (kanye neqiniso) yempi engunaphakade.
Iwebhusayithi ye-Vietnam War Commemoration idala ukuphikisana okunzima okukhulu, njengamaVeterans for Peace "ukudalulwa okugcwele"Umkhankaso; futhi a isikhalazo, esayinwe yizishoshovu zezombusazwe ezifana noTom Hayden noDaniel Ellsberg, befuna ukuthi ukuqhuma kwemibhikisho ngokumelene nempi kule '60s' ne '70s kufakwe njengengxenye yefa lempi. Ngiyavuma, kodwa-ke, ukusheshisa ukungeza ukuthi kunezinto eziningi ezingaphezu kwalokhu kunembile yerekhodi lomlando.
Njengoba intatheli yesikhathi eside kanye nesazi seMpumalanga Ephakathi uPhyllis Bennis etshela New York Times, "Awukwazi ukuhlukanisa lo mzamo ukuze ulungele izimpi ezimbi ze-50 eminyakeni edlule kusukela ezimpini ezimbi zanamuhla."
Ngiyaphinda: Igoli eliyinhloko lempi yonke lingukungcoliswa, inqubo eyesabekayo nemiphumela ehlala njalo engapheli. Futhi iMpi yaseVietnam yilapho yokuqala lapho kukhishwa khona inqubo ephelele, inqunywe yonke inkazimulo kanye nesidingo sokungaboni, yafinyelela ekuqapheliseni komphakathi okuphawulekayo.
Umzamo wewebsite wokulungisa lokhu kuqwashisa kuyadabukisa. Esikhathini sokuqala se-umugqa wesikhathi, isibonelo, ukubulawa kukaMi Lai kwaxoshwa "njengesigameko." Ukuphikisana komphakathi kwaphoqelela le website ukuba ilume le bullet futhi yavuma, ngo-Mashi 16, uhlu lwayo lwe-1968: "I-Americal Division ibulala amakhulu abantu baseVietnam izakhamuzi eMi Lai. "
Ho hum. Kwakuyinto impi enhle, akunjalo? I-Lai yami yayiyinto elula. I-scapegoat yaboshwa, yazama, yagwetshwa. . .
Kodwa njengoba ubufakazi beVet Soldier yezintambo kanye nezincwadi nezincwadi eziningi zicaca ngokucacile, i-My Lai yayingeyona indawo yokukhubazeka kodwa isimo esivamile: "Bahamba nje, abasibo abantu."
Njengoba uNick Turse noDeborah Nelson babika ku-athikili ye-2006 ku- Los Angeles Times ("Ukubulawa Okungezona Zomphakathi Akuzange Kujeziswe"), ngokusekelwe ekuhlolweni kwamafayili e-Army declassified: "Ukuxhashazwa akugcini nje ezinyunithi ezimbalwa ezibucayi, ukubuyekezwa kwezingxoxo zamafayela atholakele. Zibonakala kuzo zonke izigaba zezempi ezaqhutshwa eVietnam. "Lezi zincwadi zaqinisekisa izigameko ze-320 zokuhlukumeza, ukuhlukunyezwa noma ukubulala kwabantu baseVietnam basekhaya, kanti abaningi babeningi ababikiwe kodwa bengabonakali, babhala.
Lesi sihloko sichaza ngokuningiliziwe izigameko zokubulawa kwabantu abasha baseVietnam futhi kuhlanganisa incwadi engummeli ongaziwa othunyelwe ku-Gen. William Westmoreland ku-1970, "echaza ukubulawa kwabantu abasaziwa ngamalungu e-9th Infantry Division eMekong I-Delta - futhi icindezelwe ukucindezelwa kwabaphathi ukuthi benze izibalo eziphezulu zomzimba. "
Le ncwadi yathi: "I-batalion izobulala mhlawumbe i-15 ku-20 [izakhamuzi] ngosuku. Ngama-batalions we-4 ku-brigade okungenzeka ukuthi i-40 ku-50 ngosuku noma i-1200 kuya ku-1500 ngenyanga, kulula. Uma ngingu-10% kuphela, futhi ungikholelwa okunye okuningi, ngakho-ke ngizama ukukutshela mayelana nokubulala kwe-120-150, noma i-My Lay njalo ngenyanga. "
Futhi kukhona okuningi okuningi. Olunye lobufakazi lubuhlungu ngokungapheli, njenge-Sgt. Joe Bangert's Ubufakazi e-Winter Soldier Investigation:
"Ungahlola nabakwaMarines abaye eVietnam - usuku lwakho lokugcina e-United States e-Stage Pendleton, unesifundo esincane futhi ubizwa ngokuthi isifundo sogwaja, lapho abasebenzi be-NCO bephuma futhi benogwaja futhi ukukhuluma nawe mayelana nokuphunyuka nokuphunyuka nokuhlala ehlathini. Unayo le unogwaja bese emva kwemizuzwana embalwa ngemva nje kokuthi wonke umuntu uyathandana nalo - hhayi othandweni nalo, kodwa, uyazi, bahlaziye khona-uyayifaka entanyeni, izikhumba, izikhumba it. wenza lokhu kunogwaja - bese baphonsa izilaleli ezilalelini. Ungathola lutho olufunayo, kodwa yisifundo sakho sokugcina osibamba e-United States ngaphambi kokuba usuke eVietnam lapho bethatha khona unogwaja bese bewubulala, futhi bayikhumba, futhi badlala ngezitho zawo njengokungathi udoti futhi baphonsa izitho zonke indawo futhi laba bantu bafakwa endizeni ngosuku olulandelayo futhi bathunyelwa eVietnam. "
Lokhu kucacile ngokucacile: Amasosha aseMelika ayecindezelwa avela phezulu, eqinisweni, aqeqeshiwe futhi ayala, ukuba aphathe "isitha" - kuhlanganise nezakhamuzi, kuhlanganise nezingane - njengabantu abangaphansi komuntu. Yonke imoto eyayilandela yayibikezelwe. Futhi njengoba izakhamuzi ezilimazayo zokuziphatha ezivela ekhaya e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ziqhubeka zisitshela, kusekhona indlela esiya ngayo empini.
URobert Koehler ungumlobi we-Chicago-based journalist kanye nomlobi ohlanganyelwe ngokomthetho. Incwadi yakhe, Isibindi Sakhula Esiqhingini (I-Xenos Press), isatholakala. Xhumana naye koehlercw@gmail.com noma uvakashele iwebhusayithi yakhe commonwonders.com.
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