Ukulwa Nalokho Akwenzile

NguTom Violett

Ngizoshiya lokhu okuthunyelwe ku-facebook ngingaziwa okwamanje, le nsizwa iyilungu leGreen Party yaseNew Jersey. Ngahlangana naye esikhathini esingangonyaka esedlule. Uyinsizwa enothando olukhulu, elwa nalokho akwenzile nokuthi angaya kanjani phambili. Angazi ukwakheka kwamaqembu angomakadebona abamba iqhaza nokuthi ubulungu bawo bumele ini kodwa ngikholwa ukuthi lolu hlobo lwesipiliyoni / umbono luyadingeka engqungqutheleni yethu yokuthula. Ngizommema ukuthi abe khona. Mhlawumbe singamthumelela isimemo esisemthethweni sokuba abe khona. Nanka amazwi akhe. Ukuthula:

Sekuyiminyaka eyi-7 selokhu ngaqala ukuthunyelwa futhi ngisenamaphupho cishe njalo ebusuku e-Afghanistan.

Ukuba ngumshayeli wesibhamu, ukundiza phansi "ngefosholo lomzila" ukuya eKhost ngokushesha okukhulu, sizilungiselela ukuqhuma kwe-IED engenakugwemeka

Noma umsindo ongashiwongo wesibhaxu samarokhethi eza evela emngceleni wePakistan esiya kithi

Noma kuzwakale umsindo we-AK ne-PKM umlilo njengoba ngiphenya ukuthola igiya lami futhi ngilayishe isikhali sami

Noma ukwedelela okuthe cwaka emehlweni ama-Afghan angenakubalwa asigqolozele njengoba sidlula

Noma isimemezelo esiya emthandazweni njengoba ilanga selishonile impela emagqumeni asentshonalanga njengoba bengibuka amabanga aseningizimu

Noma ukukhanya okuthambile kokukhanya kukhanya phezu kwezintaba zasempumalanga ebusuku

Noma ikakhulukazi umthengisi, embozwe ngegazi lakhe, izinyawo nezinyawo zakhe zilenga kusuka emilenzeni yakhe ngesikhumba ne-splintered bone, isisu nesifuba sakhe kuvuleke ngezingcezu zensimbi eziphuma- isisulu se-IED okuhloswe ngaso ukuhlangana nathi yiTaliban, okwathi emzuzwini mhlawumbe wokucaciswa kwakhe kokugcina, wangibuka engenacala ngincenga emehlweni akhe, imizuzu embalwa ngaphambi kokuba afe.

Futhi nakanjani umngane wami uMichael Elm, owayeyi-25 futhi izinyanga ezingama-2 kuphela zokuya ekhaya, lapho ebulewe yi-IED ngalolu suku lwanamuhla.

Ngokuqhathanisa nokuhlangenwe nakho kwamanye ama-veteran empi, iminyaka emibili engiyichithe lapho yayilula. Kepha kusangikhathaza.

Cha, angikaze ngibulale muntu e-Afghanistan. Abantu bayathanda ukungibuza lo mbuzo kakhulu. Abantu baphinde bangibuze ukuthi ngiyazisola ngokudlulela- kanti impendulo empeleni ngiyayenza.

Angiceli "uthando" noma "ukwesekwa" noma ukunakwa kulokhu okuthunyelwe. Ngidinga nje ukuyisusa esifubeni sami. Abanye omakadebona bangilahlile kakhulu noma bangibize ngampela ngokuthi ngiyimbuka “yokushintsha uhlangothi.” Kepha angikwazi kanjani?

Kufanele ngithembeke- bekungukuchitha okulahlekile kwempilo yomuntu kanye namandla. Kuyinto engicabanga ngayo nsuku zonke. Angizizwa ngiziqhenya ngenkonzo yami. Angithandi ukutshela abantu ngakho. Ngifisa sengathi ngabe ngiye ekolishi esikhundleni salokho. Ufunde ukuthi ungabasiza kanjani abantu kunokuba ubabulale. Akukho lutho oluhle olwaqhamuka empini.

Ngicabanga ukuthi ngangiwumuntu onjani ngaleso sikhathi. Engqondweni yami ekhohlisayo ngangicabanga ukuthi ngenza okuthile okuhle emhlabeni. Ngangicabanga ukuthi ngimuhle kakhulu, nokuthi imbangela yayilungile, nokuthi ngempela i-Afghanistan “kwakuyimpi enhle.” Ngemuva kwakho koke… kubayini godu besingabona ukuhlupheka okungaka? Kwakufanele kube nesizathu esihle sakho konke. Kwakufanele kube nesizathu sokuthi kungani u-Elm afa, noma ukuthi kungani lo mthengisi efa, noma ukuthi kungani abantu abaningi kangaka kwakufanele bafe, bakhubazeke unomphela, noma balahlekelwe wonke amalungelo abo abantu ngaphansi kokuhlala ngokungemthetho kwamanye amazwe.

Kwakungekho sizathu esihle sako konke. Ukuphela kwento esayenza ukuvikela izintshisekelo zenhlangano, nokwenza amabhiliyoni ezinkampanini ezinkulu.

Eqinisweni, ngangingeyena umuntu olungile. Hhayi nje kuphela ngokuhlanganyela ebubini obukhulu kunabo bonke besikhathi samanje- isosha elihamba ngezinyawo lase-impiriyalizim yase-US - kodwa nangokucabanga ukuthi yinto ebidingeka. * Ngokucabanga ukuthi yinto engenze ngaba * ngumuntu olungile. ngokulalela nangomdlandla omkhulu ukukhonza ifulegi elifanayo elibhekene nokufa kwezigidi ezingenakubalwa… nokuhlupheka kwabanye abaningi.

Kungenzeka ukuthi angibulalanga muntu, kodwa ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi nesihogo sizibulele. Sonke esaya laphaya senza- yingakho singeke siyeke ukuyicabanga, noma ukuyiphupha, noma ukuyibona njalo lapho sivala amehlo ethu. Ngoba asikaze sishiye ngempela- abafileyo bahlala lapho babulawa khona.

Futhi kuze kube phakade sizohlaselwa yibo ubuso.

Abantu abaningi ebengibazi babuza ukuthi "kwenzekeni" kimi. Ngisuke kanjani ekubeni uSergeant wezinsana ngaya kumuntu "ozonda iMelika"? Noma umuntu "okhohlise ubuzalwane"? Noma umuntu “oweqise ngokweqile”?

Ngibuza laba bantu: kungani nicabanga ukuthi kulungile ukuthi leli zwe lenze udlame olungaka, inzondo engaka, * ukucindezelwa * okungaka emhlabeni wonke? Zazikuphi izikhalazo zakho mayelana "nodlame" njengoba izwe lethu lalihlasela i-Iraq ne-Afghanistan- futhi liqhubeka nokuhlala kuzo zombili, ziphikisana nezifiso zabantu bazo? Kuphi ukukhathazeka kwakho mayelana "nokweqisa" njengoba izwe lethu liphoqa abanye ukuba baguqe ngamadolo ekubuseni kwe-US? Ngabe amabhomu aphonswa emishadweni, ezibhedlela, ezikoleni nasemigwaqeni awenele ngokwanele kuwe?

Noma ingabe mhlawumbe nganginjengami, ukhetha ukufulathela ukwethuka izwe lethu elikubangela umhlaba wonke, uze ulithethelele? Ngoba uma uyibonile, wayivuma, futhi wazama ukuyiqonda, nawe ungashaqeka lapho * uzitholela ukubandakanyeka kwakho kuyo. Yebo, sihambisana nakho. Angisafuni ukubambelela kukho- ngifuna ukuthi kuphele.

Uthi, “uma ungayithandi iMelika, kungani ungasuki?” Kepha ngiyaphendula: ngoba nginesibopho- sokulwa nokuguqula lo mhlaba ube ngcono. Ikakhulu njengomuntu owake wavikela izintshisekelo zezinkampani zaseMelika phesheya. Kufanele ngenze noma yini engingayenza ukulungisa okungalungile. Mhlawumbe lokho ngeke kwenzeke- kepha ngizozama. Ngizolwa njengesihogo ukubukela phansi imperialism, i-fascism, kanye nobungxiwankulu kuzo zonke izindawo engingakwazi ukuzenza.

Ngingakwazi kanjani? Ngifanele ngivele ngigqoke isigqoko “somakadebona wase-Afghanistan”, ngigqoke ibheji lami lokulwa, ngime ngokulalela ifulegi elifanayo elingamele ukuhlupheka kwami ​​kuphela, kepha ukuhlupheka okuhlangene okukhulu kwabantu bezwe?

Cha! Ngizokwenza into eyodwa enhle ngempilo yami futhi lokho kuzoba ukusiza ukuqeda lo mshini wempi, ukuqeda ukuhlupheka, ukuxhashazwa, amakhulu eminyaka wengcindezelo. Futhi endaweni yayo, asize ukwakha izwe elisha lapho singaphila khona ngokusemandleni ethu onke, sisebenzele okuhle ngokufanayo, futhi sihlole ukufinyelela kude kakhulu komthala.

Ungakubiza ngokungenangqondo- nokuthi kuyisiphukuphuku. Kepha lokho ngikubiza ngokuthi injongo yokuphila kwami.