Asitikali akale aku US abwerera ku Standing Rock ndikulonjeza kuteteza anthu omenyera ufulu wawo kuti asawukidwe ndi gulu lankhondo, chizindikiro china choti nkhondo yolimbana ndi payipi ya Dakota Access yatsala pang'ono kutha.
Asitikali ankhondo ochokera m'dziko lonselo afika ku Cannon Ball, North Dakota, kapena pakali pano ali panjira atamva kuti olamulira a Donald Trump alola bungwe lamafuta kuti limalize kubowola mtsinje wa Missouri.
Gulu lomwe likuchulukirachulukira la asitikali omenyera nkhondo lingapangitse kuti zikhale zovuta kwa apolisi ndi akuluakulu aboma kuyesa kuchotsa mazana a anthu omwe akukhalabe pafupi ndi malo omangawo ndipo, ena akuyembekeza, atha kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu mopitilira muyeso potsatira ziwonetsero.
"Ndife okonzeka kuyika matupi athu pakati pa akulu Achimwenye ndi gulu lankhondo lokhazikika," atero a Elizabeth Williams, msilikali wazaka 34, yemwe adafika ku Standing Rock ndi gulu la ma vets kumapeto kwa Lachisanu. "Tidayima pamaso pa moto m'mbuyomu. Timaona kuti tili ndi udindo wogwiritsa ntchito luso lomwe tili nalo.โ
Sizikudziwika kuti ndi ma vets angati omwe angafike ku Standing Rock; okonza ena akuyerekeza khumi ndi awiri ali m'njira, pomwe omenyera ufulu wina akulonjeza kuti mazana atha kuwonekera m'masabata akubwera. Pafupifupi omenyera nkhondo a 1,000 adapita ku Standing Rock mu Disembala monga momwe oyang'anira a Obama adalengeza kuti akukana chilolezo chofunikira ku kampani yamafuta, kupambana kwakukulu kwa fuko.
Kubwera kwakukulu - kuphatikiza mwambo womwe omenyera nkhondo adapepesa kwa anthu ammudzi chifukwa cha mbiri yayitali ya nkhanza zaku US kwa Amwenye Achimereka - adakhala chizindikiro champhamvu motsutsana ndi payipi ya $ 3.7bn.
Koma kupezeka kwa ma vets sikunali kopanda kutsutsana. Ena adanena kuti maguluwo anali osalinganizika komanso osakonzekera kumanga msasa mโnyengo yozizira kwambiri, ndipo ena anadandaula kuti sakutsatira malangizo a Amwenye Achimereka amene akutsogolera gululi.
Ma veterani omwe ali ndi vuto lopsinjika pambuyo pa zoopsa nawonso adavutika m'malo ozizira komanso achipwirikiti popanda kuthandizidwa moyenera, atero a Matthew Crane, msirikali wakale wankhondo waku US yemwe akuthandiza kugwirizanitsa gulu lobwerera ndi bungwe la VeteransRespond. Gulu lake lalumbira kuti lidzakhala lodzidalira komanso lothandiza anthu ogwira ntchito, omwe amadzitcha kuti "oteteza madzi", ndi ntchito zambiri, kuphatikizapo kuyeretsa, ntchito za kukhitchini, chithandizo chamankhwala komanso, ngati kuli kofunikira, chitetezo cha apolisi.
"Iyi ndi nkhani yothandiza anthu," adatero Crane, wazaka 33. "Sitidzaimirira ndikulola aliyense kuti avulazidwe."
Lachisanu masana, chipale chofewa chikasungunuka mwachangu pa tsiku lotentha kwambiri ku Cannon Ball, a Jake Pogue adathandizira kukonza malo amsasa a vets ku Sacred Stone, msasa woyamba womwe udatuluka mchaka chatha kutsutsana ndi payipi.
"Sitikubwera ngati omenyera nkhondo, koma ngati oteteza," adatero wowona zankhondo zam'madzi wazaka 32, ponena kuti ali ndi nkhawa ndi njira zomwe apolisi akuchulukira. "Ntchito yathu panthawiyi ikadakhala chotchinga pakati pa oteteza madzi ndi apolisi ndikuyesera kuwachitira nkhanza."
Kuyambira kugwa kwatha, apolisi agwira anthu pafupifupi 700, nthawi zina amatumiza mizinga yamadzi, Mace, zipolopolo za labala, utsi wokhetsa misozi, utsi wa tsabola ndi zida zina zosawopsa. Alonda achinsinsi a paipiyi akuimbidwanso mlandu wochita zachiwawa.
"Tili ndi chidziwitso choyimilira tikukumana ndi zovuta - nkhondo, chidani, ziwopsezo," atero a Julius Page, msirikali wazaka 61 yemwe amakhala pamsasa wa ma vets.
Dan Luker, msirikali wazaka 66 yemwe adayendera Standing Rock mu Disembala ndikubwerera mwezi uno, adati kwa ambiri omwe adamenya nawo nkhondo ku Vietnam kapena Middle East kunali "kuchiritsa" kuthandiza oteteza madzi.
Julius Page msilikali wazaka 61 zakubadwa: โTili ndi chokumana nacho cha kuima poyangโanizana ndi mikhalidwe yovuta.โ
"Iyi ndiye nkhondo yoyenera, kumanja," adatero Luker, vet waku Vietnam waku Boston. "Pomaliza, ndi asitikali aku US akubwera kudziko la Sioux kudzathandiza, kwa nthawi yoyamba m'mbiri, m'malo mobwera ku Sioux kuti adzaphe nzika."
Luker adati anali wokonzeka kumenyedwa ndi zipolopolo za apolisi ngati kuli kofunikira: "Sindikufuna kuwona munthu wosaphunzira makumi awiri ndi makumi atatu akuphedwa ndi boma la United States."
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, woyambitsa msasa wa Sacred Stone komanso membala wamtundu wa Standing Rock, adati adalandira kubwerera kwa ma vets.
"Omenyera nkhondo awonetsetsa kuti zonse zili bwino," adatero, ndikuwonjezera, "anthu omwe ali pansi alibe chitetezo."
Ku Standing Rock, omenyera ufulu wawo ati kumangidwa kwa anthu ambiri komanso ziwawa za apolisi zapangitsa ambiri mwa iwo kukhala ndi PTSD, zizindikiro zowawa zomwe omenyera nkhondo ambiri amamvetsetsa bwino.
โZowawa za mโmbiri ya anthu a mโdziko muno ndi zenizeni. Ndizomvetsa chisoni, "adatero Crane. "Asilikali ali ndi mavuto ambiri omwewo."
Aubree Peckham, membala wa fuko la Mescalero Apache yemwe wakhala ku Standing Rock kwa miyezi ingapo, anali misozi Lachisanu pofotokoza momwe oteteza madzi ammudzi amakhalira ndi ma vets.
"Sitikudziwa momwe tingadzitetezere ku zida zomwe akugwiritsa ntchito," adatero. "Akutikonzekeretsa bwino."
Peckham adati chikondicho chinali chogwirizana: "Timatha kulankhula za PTSD. Ndipo pamapeto pake amamva ngati akumvetsetsedwa. โ
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