Kupha popanda kuwawa Monga galu paunyolo alibe dzina Koma si iye womuimba mlandu Iye ndi chiwombolo pamasewera awo. โ Bob Dylan
Wosewera wakale wakale wa Arizona Cardinals atatembenuza Gulu Lankhondo lankhondo Pat Tillman atamwalira ku Afghanistan, ziboliboli zidalira kuchokera kugombe kupita kugombe. Tinauzidwa kuti anafa โimfa ya wankhondoโ kukwera phiri ndi kulimbikitsa anzake a Ranger. Maliro ake anali andale omwe adawonetsedwa pawailesi yakanema padziko lonse lapansi ndi Senator John McCain pakati pa ena akupereka maulemu pamanda ake otseguka. Republican Rep. J.D. Hayworth anali m'modzi mwa ambiri omwe ankayimba matamando a Tillman. โAnasankha zochita osati mawu. Anakhala ndi maloto a Amereka, ndipo anamenyera nkhondo kusunga maloto a Amereka ndi njira yathu ya moyo.โ Mtsogoleri wake wa Mtsogoleri George W. Bush anatenga nthaลตi ngakhale mโkati mwa ndawala ya Prezidenti ya mโdzinja lapitalo kukalankhula ndi mafani a ma Cardinals pa Jumbotron pa Sun Devil Stadium.
Panthawiyo, ndidalemba kagawo kakang'ono kakuti Tillman - yemwe anakana 'mazana ngati si zikwi' zoperekedwa ndi Pentagon kuti awononge poyera pa 'War on Terror'- adzanyansidwa ndi chidwi chonse. Ndidalemba izi kwa a Bush, McCain, ndi anzawo olimbikitsa nkhondo, Tillman anali kutsimikizira kuti ndi wakufa kwambiri kuposa wamoyo. Adalowa nawo a Rangers pazolinga ngati ufulu ndi chilungamo, koma adamenyera nkhondo yamafuta ndi ufumu. Ndinalemba kuti chisalungamo chotsirizira chinali chakuti pa imfa, ngakhale koposa mโmoyo, iye anali โchipongwe mโmaseลตera awo.
Kuwona uku sikunafanane ndi msasa wankhondo/olanda anthu, popeza makalata odana ndi ziwopsezo zakupha zidasefukira mubokosi langa. Anthu ankanena kuti Masters of War anali kukondwerera kulimba mtima kwake, osagwiritsa ntchito imfa yake - ndipo osati kungoyimirira ndi kupereka sawatcha, ndinayenera kukumana ndi zomwezo.
Ndikufuna kudziwa momwe okonda chidani ndi zigawenga zapaintaneti akumva tsopano, podziwa kuti adapusitsidwa pazomwe zidachitika pa imfa ya Tillman. Inde, anthu aku America adapezanso kuti adanamizidwa. Ananamizidwa ndi anthu omwewo omwe adatiuza kuti ku Iraq kunali zida zowononga anthu ambiri, kuti Saddam Hussein ndiye anali ndi udindo pa 9-11, komanso kuti ntchito ya US inali 'kumasula' anthu aku Iraq pophulitsa dziko lawo zidutswa ndi kuba. mafuta awo.
Ndingathenso kudabwa ngati omwe amateteza kwambiri kukumbukira kwa Pat Tillman adzawonetsa kachigawo kakang'ono ka kulimba mtima kosonyezedwa ndi makolo a Pat Patrick ndi Mary. Banja lomwe lasudzulana laganiza zoonekera poyera mkwiyo wawo pa boma lomwe laipitsa mtembo wa mwana wawo wakufa
Patrick ndi Mary tsopano akudziลตa kuti Pat sanafere mโmanja mwa a Taliban pamene anali kukwera phiri, koma anawomberedwa ndi magulu ankhondo ake mโchitsanzo cha chimene iwo amachitcha โfratricide.โ Patrick ndi Mary tsopano akudziลตa kuti amuna a Tillman anazindikira kuti iwo anaphedwa. Anamupha 'm'kanthawi kochepa.' Iwo akudziwa kuti asilikali - pofuna kubisa kuphedwa kwa All American 'poster boy' - anawotcha yunifolomu ndi zida za thupi la Tillman.
Iwo amadziwa kuti m'masiku otsatirawa a 10, akuluakulu akuluakulu a asilikali, kuphatikizapo onse oyenerera otchedwa 'mkulu wa zisudzo,' Army General John P. Abizaid, adabisala zoona za imfa ya Tillman, pamene olemba malemba a Pentagon adasokoneza kutha kwa Hollywood. Amadziwa kuti gulu lankhondo linadikirira mpaka milungu ingapo pambuyo pa mwambo wamaliro woulutsidwa pawailesi yakanema mโdzikolo kuti awauze za โzolakwaโ zokhudza imfa ya mwana wawo wamwamuna. Akudziwa kuti kuphulika komwe kunachitika m'ndende ya Abu Ghraib mwina kudathandizira kubisala, pomwe gulu lankhondo lidayesa kupewa ngozi yolumikizana ndi anthu kawiri.
"Zitatha, anthu onse omwe ali ndi udindo adasiya kulemba izi," a Patrick Tillman adatero koyambirira kwa sabata ino ku Washington Post. 'Iwo adasokoneza mwadala kafukufukuyu, adabisala. [T] Hey anazindikira kuti ntchito yawo yolembera anthu idzapita ku gehena mu dengu lamanja ngati zoona za imfa yake zitadziwika. Anaphulitsa chikwangwani chawo.โ
Mary Tillman, monga mwamuna wake wakale ndi mwana wake wamwamuna, munthu wachinsinsi kwambiri, adalankhula mosapita m'mbali zomwe ziyenera kuchititsa manyazi okonzekera zankhondo. โZimakupangitsani kumva ngati mukutayika maganizo mwanjira ina,โ iye anatero. โMumaganizira zinthu. Ngati simukudziwa chowonadi, tsatanetsatane wina akhoza kuwombedwa molingana. Chowonadi chingakhale chowawa, koma ndi chowonadi. Mumayamba kupanga zochitika zonsezi zomwe zikanatheka chifukwa amangonama. Ngati mukuona kuti mukunamizidwa, simungapumitse.โ
Tsopano a Tillmans, mwachidziwitso kapena ayi, akubwereketsa mawu awo ku gulu lomwe likukulirakulira la asitikali omwe atsimikiza kuyankhula motsutsana ndi nkhondoyi. Mabungwe atsopano, monga Gold Star Mothers for Peace and Military Families Speak Out, amapangidwa ndi anthu omwe akulimbana ndi chisoni chawo pokana kukhala othandizira ndale ndipo m'malo mwake amapangitsa dziko kuchitira umboni za ululu wawo.
"Tsiku lililonse limakhala losangalatsa," adatero Mary Tillman. โZimangopitiriza kundimenya mbama kumaso. Kupeza kuti anaphedwa mu chisokonezo ichi - chirichonse chimene chikanalakwika chinachita - ndizovuta kwambiri kutenga. Sitinayenera kuchitiridwa zonsezi. Bodza ili linali kuphimba chithunzi chawo. Ndikuganiza kuti pali zambiri zomwe sitikudziwa, kapena sakanatseka michira yawo. Ngati izi ndi zomwe zimachitika munthu wina wapamwamba amwalira, ndimatha kulingalira zomwe zimachitika ndi wina aliyense.'
Ndizofanana ndi za 'aliyense' omwe amwalira ku Middle East, kuti tiyenera kutsatira chitsanzo cha a Tillmans ndikuwona kukhala chete ngati chinthu chapamwamba chomwe sitingakwanitse.
Buku latsopano la Dave Zirin 'What's My Name Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United Statesโ idzakhala mโmasitolo mu June 2005. Onani webusaiti yake yosinthidwa www.edgeofsports.com . Mutha kulandira ndime yake Edge of Sports, sabata iliyonse potumiza maimelo edgeofsports- [imelo ndiotetezedwa] . Lumikizanani naye pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa] .
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