Ngu-Arnold Oliver
Ngabe i-Armistice Day yaba yiSuku LamaVeter? Isungulwe yi-Congress ku-1926 ukuze "iqhubeke nokuthula ngokuthanda okuhle nokuqonda phakathi kwezizwe, (futhi kamuva) ngosuku olunikezelwe imbangela yokuthula komhlaba," Usuku lwe-Armistice lwaluhlonishwa kabanzi iminyaka engaba ngu-30. Njengengxenye yalokho, amasonto amaningi abeka amabellane abo ngehora le-11th ngosuku lwe-11th lwenyanga ye-11th - ihora ku-1918 ukuthi izibhamu zithula eNtshonalanga YaseNtshonalanga ngaleso sikhathi izigidi ezingu-16 zafela ekudakaleni kweMpi Yezwe I .
Ukungaqiniseki ngakho, ngosuku lwe-1954 Armistice lwadutshulwa yinhlangano ye-militaristic yase-US futhi yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi yi-Veterans Day. Namuhla bambalwa baseMelika baqonda injongo yokuqala yaseSilistice Day, noma bayikhumbule. Umlayezo wokufuna ukuthula uke waqedwa. Okubi nakakhulu, usuku lwama-Veterans luye lwaba umkhosi wokulwa nempi wenkolo kanye namaqhawe anamandla asebenzayo. Asinaso usuku lukazwelonke lokubona noma ukuzindla ngokuthula kwamazwe ngamazwe.
Futhi ukuqhathaniswa kwamaqhawe njengamaqhawe nakho kuhle kakhulu. Uma ungumuntu omdala, futhi uthembekile ngakho, uzovuma ukuthi okuningi okwenzeka phakathi nesikhathi sempi kunqunyiwe, futhi iziqhawe zangempela empini zimbalwa kakhulu futhi ziphakathi kakhulu.
Kumele ngitshele ukuthi ngenkathi ngiseVietnam, ngangingekho isosha, futhi angizange ngibone isenzo esisodwa sokuqhosha phakathi nonyaka engangihlala kuwo, okokuqala njenge-US Army yangasese bese ngisese-sergeant. Yebo, kwakukhona ubuqhawe empini yeVietnam. Ezingxenyeni zombili zombango kwakukhona izenzo eziphawulekayo zokuzidela nokuqinela. Amagoli enyunithi yami azibuza ukuthi amasosha aseNyakatho Vietnam angaphikelela kanjani iminyaka ebhekene nokucindezela okukhulu kwe-US. Abadokotela bezokwelapha base-US benza izenzo ezingenakuqhathaniswa zobuqhawe zokukhulula abalimele emlilweni.
Kodwa nami ngibone ubungako obubi bokuziphatha okubi, okunye okwami. Kwakukhona izigameko eziningi zokungahloniphi nokuhlukunyezwa kwezizwe zaseVietnam, kanye nenani elikhulu lobugebengu obunzima ngempela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wonke amayunithi ayenayo, futhi ayenayo, isabelo sabo sezigebengu, abaculi nabaculi. Okubaluleke kunazo zonke kwaba ngabaholi bezempi base-US nabahlali abahlela, bahlela, futhi bazuzisa kakhulu empini leyo yokugwema ngokuphelele. Ngangingabe ngimelene nempi ngokushesha nje phakathi kwezempi, njengabanye abaningi.
Iqiniso elibandayo ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-US nokusebenza kweVietnam akuhlangene nokuvikela ukuthula nenkululeko yamaMelika. Ngokuphambene nalokho, iMpi YeVietnam yalwela ukuvimbela ukuzimela kweVietnam, hhayi ukuyivikela; futhi lahlukanisa abantu baseMelika ngobuhlungu.
Ngeshwa, iVietnam kwakungesiyodwa isibonelo sokungqubuzana okungalungile. Izimpi eziningi zaseMelika - kuhlanganise ne-1846 Mexican-American War, iMpi YaseSpain-Amerika e-1898, ne-Iraq War (lolu hlu aluphelelanga) - lwahlaselwa ngaphansi kwama-pretexts amanga ngokumelene namazwe angesongeli i-United States. Kunzima ukubona ukuthi, uma impi ingalungile, ingaba nesibindi ukuyikhokhela.
Kodwa uma iningi lezimpi lingalwe ngezizathu ezizwakalayo, futhi amasosha ambalwa angamaqhawe, ingabe kukhona khona amaqhawe langempela lapho evikela ukuthula nenkululeko? Futhi uma kunjalo, bangobani? Yebo, baningi, kusukela kuJesu kuze kube manje. Ngingafaka uGandhi, Tolstoy, noDkt. Martin Luther King, Jr. ohlwini kanye nabaningi bamaQuaker namaMennonites. Futhi ungakhohlwa u-General Smedley Butler, owabhala ukuthi "Impi iyinqola".
EVietnam, uWarrant Officer Hugh Thompson wamisa ukubulawa kwabantu eMi Lai kokubi nakakhulu.
Omunye ukhetho uyingcweti yase-US uJosh Stieber othumele lo myalezo kubantu base-Iraq: "Izinhliziyo zethu ezinzima zisekhona ithemba lokuthi singabuyisa ngaphakathi ezweni lethu ukuvuma ubuntu bakho, ukuthi safundiswa ukuphika." Sasihlonishwa ukuze sikwazi ukusingatha uJosh ekhaya lethu njengoba ehamba e-US ngenjongo yokuthula ngenkathi enikela imali ayeyithole empini njengenhlawulo yokukhetha indima yakhe empini engalungile.
Futhi kuthiwani ngo-Chelsea Manning owachitha iminyaka eyisikhombisa ngemuva kwezinyathelo zokuveza amaqiniso amaningi mayelana nempi yase-Iraq? Amaqhawe langempela yibo abaphikisana nempi kanye nempi, ngokuvamile ngezindleko ezinkulu zomuntu siqu. Futhi manje abantu baseHarvard bahlanganisa abatholozi be-apologists kanye nabahleli bokuhlushwa, kodwa hhayi umshayeli wemphala wokuthula. Hlola isithombe.
Ngenxa yokuthi impi iye yahlala isikhathi eside kangaka, okungenani kusukela uGilgamesh efika ne-racket yakhe yokuvikela e-Sumeria eqhubeka eminyakeni engu-5,000 edlule, abantu bathi bayakuba njalo nathi.
Kepha abaningi babecabanga nokuthi ubugqila nokucindezelwa kwabesifazane kuzohlala unomphela, futhi kufakazelwa ukuthi banephutha. Siyaqonda ukuthi yize impi ingeke inyamalale ngobusuku obubodwa, kodwa kufanele inyamalale uma kufanele sigweme ukuqothuka kwezomnotho kanye nokuziphatha - ingasaphathwa eyokushabalala kwezinhlobo zethu.
Njengoba iMpi Yezempi Yomphakathi WT Sherman esho eWest Point, "Ngiyavuma ngaphandle kokuhlazeka ukuthi ngikhathele futhi ngiyagula impi." Sinawe, u-bro.
Lo nyaka kuqhubeke Novemba 11th, Abaqaphi Bezokuthula bazobuyisela amasiko okuqala e-Armistice Day. Joyina futhi uvumele lawo mabellane avele.
U-Arnold "Yeka" U-Oliver ubhala ngo-PeaceVoice futhi unguProfesa Emeritus wezepolitiki eSyidelberg University eTiffin, e-Ohio. Isiqhawe saseVietnam, ungowakwaVeterans For Peace, futhi singasifinyelela soliver@heidelberg.edu.
