NguDavid Swanson, September 13, 2019
Angazi kuze kube muva nje ukuthi uSmedley Butler wayekade waya edolobheni lami. Ngabe sengizwa ukuthi ubekhulume e-University of Virginia lapha eCharlottesville e1937. Inyuvesi yaseVirginia yayinenkulumo eyayiboshelwe eziseleni zayo futhi yayinomusa ngokwanele ukuyikhipha. Kunamathiselwe ngezansi.
Uma ungezwanga ngeSmedley Butler futhi ungazi ukuthi kungani eyiqhawe elikhulu kumaVeterans for Peace and Peace advocates in general (kanye nokuba yiJ Major General), ngingazama ukufingqa impilo yakhe emangalisayo kwabambalwa imisho. Le ndoda kufanele ibe yiqhawe kubaphikisi bemashi yemikhuba yama-fascist, okuthe, ngasendleleni, nayo ifike eCharlottesville.
USmedley Butler wayengukholwa lwangempela kuyo yonke i-hogwash yokuthanda izwe nezimpi. Waqamba amanga ngeminyaka yakhe yokujoyina iMarine kusenesikhathi. Wazihlukanisa ngesibindi nobuhlanya namakhono obuholi ezimpini zaseChina naseLatin America. Wabusa iHaiti. Wayengumpetha weMpi Yezwe I. Wabekwa ukuphatha ukwenqatshelwa ePhiladelphia waze wagcizelela umthetho wokulwa nabacebile. Wayeyinduna ehlotshiswe kakhulu kunayo yonke eyake yaba khona futhi isalokhu ingamalungu ahlotshiswe kakhulu embuthweni wamasosha ase-US. Wagijimisa isisekelo eQuantico futhi nayo eboshelwe kuyo njengesijeziso sokwenza esidlangalaleni ukuthi umakhelwane we-US uBenito Mussolini wayebaleke intombazane encane nemoto yakhe.
UButler wayeliqhawe elithandekayo lamaveteran nomholi wemizabalazo yabo ukuze akhokhelwe amabhonasi abo phakathi kwezinye izimfuno. Iqembu labanye abantu abacebile kunabo bonke esizweni lenza ucwaningo ngokuhamba kobusoshiyali eYurophu futhi bazama ukuqasha uButler ukuthi aholele ekulweni noMongameli uFranklin Roosevelt. UButler wadalula uzungu, futhi ukulalelwa kweConc kwaqinisekisa izambulo zakhe. Izazi-mlando zikholelwa ukuthi ngaphandle kokwenqaba kukaButler, kungenzeka ukuthi lelo cebo laqedwa.
UButler wayilahla impi ezinkulumweni zomphakathi ezingenakubalwa futhi wenqaba umsebenzi wakhe wesikhathi esedlule njengendlela yokuthengisa ngokufa eyenzelwa inkonzo kuWall Street. Wayenothando futhi ezinikele futhi engenasibindi ekuphikiseni kwakhe ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi ngendlela ehlelekile njengoba ayekade eyixhasa. Njengobufakazi balesimangalo, nginikela inkulumo elandelayo, esekhanda lencwadi kaButler ngokuhlelwa kwakhe okubhaliwe nokwenziwe ngesandla:
Ngalesi sikhathi, amabutho ase-US ayelungiselela impi ngokushesha neJapan, futhi amaqembu okuthula abambe imibhikisho emelene nempi neJapan - impi engazange ifike kuze kube yi1941.
Funda lo mbuzo wokugcina futhi. Ku-1937, lowo bekungumbuzo oshubile. Impendulo yayisobala. Emhlabeni wangemva kweMpi Yezwe II yempi yaphakade, impendulo isobala kakhulu futhi ihlanekezela kakhulu. Abezombusazwe benziwa ukuthi babe nokuxwaya “ukukhanga” njengolaka, uma kungenjalo.
I-Propaganda kudala yasungula ukuthi ukuya ebhizinisini lakho uqobo “kuyisono,” yize uButler, njengabaningi “abahlukanisayo” ecacisa kakhulu emphefumulweni olandelayo ukuthi akakhulumi ngokuhlukanisa umuntu.
Ngesikhathi sokukhuluma, iLudlow Amendment yayithola amandla kuCongress. Kwakuzodinga ivoti lomphakathi ngaphambi kwempi. UMongameli Roosevelt uvimbe ngempumelelo ukudlula kwakhe emhlabeni.
Isizathu esisodwa uSmedley Butler elahlekile emlandweni ukuthi abezindaba bezinkampani kanye nezazi-mlando zenze umzamo omkhulu wokususa nokufihla indaba yeWall Street Plot. Ngisola ukuthi esinye isizathu ukuthi uButler wayephikisana nempi ngaphambi kwezimpi ezingcwele kunamasiko aseMelika, iMpi Yezwe II. Ngaleso sizathu, nginikela lapha isingeniso sokuphinda ngihlole kabusha le mythology:
