NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Disemba 15, 2021
Incwadi ka-Edward Tick, Ukufika Ekhaya eVietnam, yakhiwe izinkondlo ezimnandi nezinamandla. Kodwa angeke ngikwazi ukuzibamba ngifisa ukuthi bebengadingeki. Njengoba nje amanye amalungu eVeterans For Peace ekhuluma ngokuhlonipha ama-veteran ngokuyeka ukudala amanye ama-veteran, ngifisa sengathi singahlonipha lezi zinkondlo ngokuqeda isidingo - futhi ngokusobala kuyisidingo, hhayi isifiso - sokuthi noma ngubani abhale okunye bona. Ezinye izinhlobo zezinkondlo zingamukeleka!
Izinkondlo zithatha isihloko esithi omakadebona baseMelika ababuyela eVietnam beyothola ukubuyisana, futhi - ezimweni eziningi - baxazulule usizi lwabo lwengqondo ngendlela amashumi eminyaka yokwelapha e-United States ayengakwazi ngayo. Ngiyethemba ukuthi abantu bangafunda lezi zinkondlo bekhumbula isidingo sokuvimbela noma yini efana nempi yaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ukuthi yenziwe futhi, futhi iqede isijeziso esinonya sezimali sase-Afghanistan njengamanje esibukisa lokho uhulumeni wase-US akwenza eVietnam ngemuva kokuyeka ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu futhi. ukushisa indawo. Mhlawumbe othile uzosibona isidingo sezithunywa ezinkulu zokuxolisa, ukuqonda, ukuphindisela, nokubuyisana, ngokushesha kunokuba kamuva, e-Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, njalonjalo.
Nansi enye yezinkondlo zikaTick:
Ve: The Return
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