Kev tua ntawm Fort Hood. Raws li kev sau ntawv no, 13 tus neeg tuag, 31 raug mob ntawm Texas tub rog puag.
Los ntawm coincidence, lub lim tiam no tsab ntawm New Yorker magazine muaj ib tsab xov xwm los ntawm Jill Lepore lub npe "Daim Ntawv," slugged, "Vim li cas American keeb kwm thiaj li tua neeg?" Daim duab ntawm rab phom - taw rau tus nyeem ntawv - tuav ntawm tes yog slugged, "Kev tua neeg yuav muaj kev nom kev tswv."
Tej zaum?
Lepore, tus kws sau ntawv New Yorker thiab tus xibfwb ntawm Asmeskas keeb kwm ntawm Harvard thiab lub rooj zaum ntawm Harvard's History thiab Literature Program, kaw rau cov ntawv sau tseg ntawm qhov tsis txaus ntseeg: "Kev tua neeg muaj keeb kwm, tab sis nws tsis yog ib txwm txhim kho, thiab qee zaum keeb kwm ntawm kev ua txhaum cai thiab kev rau txim muaj qhov sib xws. "
Tsis xav tau cov qauv, cov qauv ua rau?
Lepore lees paub txoj haujlwm ntawm Ohio State xibfwb Randolph Roth, uas nws phau ntawv "American Homicide" "muab kev tshawb nrhiav ntau ntawm kev tua neeg, sib sau ua ke, thiab dhau sijhawm. Roth qhov kev sib cav tsis txaus ntseeg. Muaj thiab ib txwm muaj, nws hais tias, American txoj kev tua neeg. Nws yog tus nqi ntawm peb txoj kev nom kev tswv. "
[Roth hais tias,] "Cov txheeb cais ua kom pom tseeb tias nyob rau xyoo pua nees nkaum, kev tua neeg tus nqi tau poob thaum lub sij hawm cov thawj tswj hwm uas tau tshoov siab rau cov neeg pluag los yog tau tswj hwm los ntawm qhov chaw nrog txoj cai nrov, thiab lawv tau nce thaum lub sij hawm cov nqe lus. cov thawj tswj hwm uas tswj hwm kev kub ntxhov ntawm kev nom kev tswv thiab nyiaj txiag, tsim txom lawv lub hwj chim, lossis koom nrog kev ua tsov ua rog tsis muaj npe. "
Los ntawm qhov no, Lepore xaus lus: "Tus neeg tua neeg zoo li muaj feem cuam tshuam nrog Thawj Tswj Hwm kev pom zoo."
Thawj Tswj Hwm kev pom zoo tsis tau nyob ib puag ncig ntev li ntawd. Hloov chaw, cov lus hais qhia tau hais tias kev tua neeg muaj feem cuam tshuam nrog lub xeev kev tsim txom ntawm tib neeg.
Lepore kaw tsab xov xwm:
"Lub zeem muag ntawm kev tuag tsis txwv Barnett Davenport, tus neeg tua neeg Connecticut uas raug dai rau xyoo 1780, thaum muaj hnub nyoog kaum cuaj. Tom qab ntawd, nws txawm qhib tsev neeg cov nyiaj hauv siab thiab muab ib pob nyiaj thiab ib txhais tes nyiaj npib los ntawm nws, ces nws muab lub tsev hlawv, tawm hauv ob tug me nyuam ntxiv, hnub nyoog rau thiab plaub xyoos. Nyob rau hauv nws lees txim, nws nco qab tias Caleb Mallery tau quaj tawm, nyob rau hauv lub suab nrov, "Qhia rau kuv seb koj ua dab tsi rau!" Keeb kwm tsis sau cov neeg tua neeg teb.
Cov nyiaj uas tus neeg tua neeg coj mus rau ntawm qhov taw tes? Raws li peb yuav tsum to taub tias cov kev nplua nuj ntawm cov roj qhov dej thiab cov roj kav dej yog nyob ib sab ntawm qhov chaw tua neeg Asmeskas kev yeej ntawm Iraq thiab Afghanistan? Muaj pes tsawg tus menyuam yaus thiab tsev neeg, kab tshoob kev kos, puas yog US Air Force tawg nyob rau hauv ntau dua Oila? "Qhia rau kuv tias koj ua dab tsi rau!"
Cov qauv kev tua neeg nthuav dav thoob plaws ntiaj teb, mus rau qib loj nrog "kev sib tw txias" uas paub zoo heev. Noam Chomsky sau ntawv (italics ntxiv):
"Txoj kev loj hlob tam sim no hauv South America yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv keeb kwm rau lub teb chaws thiab nws cov neeg. Nws tau nkag siab zoo hauv Washington tias cov kev txhim kho no cuam tshuam tsis yog nws txoj kev tswj hwm ntawm lub hemisphere nkaus xwb, tab sis kuj yog nws txoj kev tswj hwm thoob ntiaj teb. Kev tswj hwm Latin America yog lub hom phiaj ntxov tshaj plaws ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas txoj cai txawv teb chaws, taug qab rov qab mus rau hnub ntxov tshaj plaws ntawm Republic. Lub Tebchaws Meskas yog, kuv xav tias, tib lub tebchaws uas tau tsim los ua "lub tebchaws vam meej," hauv George Washington cov lus. Tus neeg muaj kev ywj pheej tshaj plaws ntawm Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, tau kwv yees tias cov kev ywj pheej tshiab yuav tsav cov neeg hauv paus txawm "nrog cov tsiaj nyaum ntawm hav zoov mus rau Stony Mountains," thiab lub teb chaws thaum kawg yuav "dawb ntawm blot lossis sib tov," liab los yog dub (nrog rau kev rov qab los ntawm qhev rau Africa tom qab qhov kawg ntawm kev ua cev qhev). Thiab tsis tas li ntawd, nws "yuav yog lub zes, los ntawm tag nrho cov Amelikas, North thiab South, yuav tsum tau ua neeg," tsis yog cov txiv neej liab tab sis cov neeg Latin ntawm South.
"Cov kev cia siab no tsis tau ua tiav, tab sis kev tswj hwm ntawm Latin America tseem yog lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb ntawm txoj cai, ib feem rau cov peev txheej thiab kev lag luam, tab sis kuj yog vim muaj kev xav dav dav thiab geostrategic. Lwm qhov hauv ntiaj teb," Nixon National Security Council tau xaus rau xyoo 1971 thaum xav txog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm kev rhuav tshem Chilean kev ywj pheej. Historian David Schmitz tau soj ntsuam tias Allende "ua phem rau Asmeskas kev txaus siab thoob ntiaj teb los ntawm kev nyuaj rau tag nrho lub tswv yim ntawm American Cold War txoj cai. Nws yog qhov kev hem thawj ntawm kev vam meej hauv lub xeev Chile uas tuaj yeem muab tus qauv rau lwm lub tebchaws uas ua rau muaj kev txhawj xeeb thiab ua rau Asmeskas tawm tsam, "qhov tseeb yog kev koom tes ncaj qha hauv kev tsim thiab tswj kev ua phem rau kev tswj hwm kev ua phem. Henry Kissinger ceeb toom tias kev vam meej rau kev ywj pheej socialism hauv Chile tej zaum yuav muaj reverberations mus txog rau sab qab teb Europe - tsis yog vim Chilean hordes yuav nqis los ntawm Madrid thiab Rome, tab sis vim tias kev vam meej tuaj yeem txhawb cov kev txav mus los kom ua tiav lawv lub hom phiaj los ntawm kev tswj hwm kev tswj hwm ntawm tsoomfwv, uas tau lees paub raws li tus nqi tsis txaus ntseeg nyob rau sab hnub poob, tab sis nrog kev tshwj xeeb tseem ceeb. "
Hais txog Harvard keeb kwm prof / New Yorker cov neeg ua haujlwm sau ntawv Lepore, ib tus xav txog George Orwell sau ntawv hauv The Lion and the Unicorn:
"Nws nyob ntawd lawv zaum, ntawm qhov nruab nrab ntawm lub tebchaws loj thiab thoob ntiaj teb kev lag luam network, kos cov paj paj thiab cov txiaj ntsig thiab siv lawv - ntawm dab tsi? Cov thawj coj hauv tebchaws Askiv tsis tuaj yeem lees paub rau lawv tus kheej tias lawv cov txiaj ntsig tau kawg. Puas yog lawv ua tiav. Vim lawv tsis muaj peev xwm tig tau lawv tus kheej mus ua tub sab xwb, zoo li cov neeg Amelikas cov neeg nplua nuj, muaj lub siab xav tuav rawv txoj cai tsis ncaj ncees thiab raug kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev xiab nyiaj thiab lub foob pob hluav taws. ib chav kawm uas muaj qee yam kev lig kev cai, lawv tau mus rau cov tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem uas lub luag haujlwm ntawm kev tuag rau koj lub tebchaws, yog tias tsim nyog, raug muab tso ua thawj thiab loj tshaj ntawm Cov Lus Cog Tseg. Kom meej meej muaj tsuas yog ib qho kev khiav tawm rau lawv - mus rau hauv kev ruam."
Rau cov thawj coj hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, qhov xwm txheej quo tsim, tsuas yog kev khiav tawm ntawm lub hauv paus thiab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev nkag siab ntawm Asmeskas kev tua neeg yog kev ruam, lossis xwm txheej quo ideology. Yog li cov kws sau ntawv, cov neeg kho, cov tshaj tawm no nrog lawv cov lus tsis txaus siab, xyaum thov rau qhov tsis lees paub hauv kev nug, Vim li cas peb thiaj li tua neeg? thiab nyob rau hauv teb xyaum nrog nyem, Peb twv tsis paub.
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