"Kuchokera ku Ia Drang kupita ku Khe Sanh, kuchokera ku Hue kupita ku Saigon ndi midzi yambiri yapakati, adadutsa m'nkhalango ndi m'minda ya mpunga, kutentha ndi monsoon, kumenyana mwamphamvu kuti ateteze zolinga zomwe timazikonda monga Amereka. Kupyolera mu zaka zoposa khumi zankhondo, pamlengalenga, pamtunda, ndi panyanja, Achimereka onyadawa anatsatira miyambo yapamwamba kwambiri ya asilikali athu ankhondo. "
Chabwino, ndamva. Asilikali akuvutika, asilikali amamwalira pankhondo zomwe timamenya, ndipo mkulu wa asilikali nthawi zina amangokhalira kuponya mawu omveka pamanda awo.
Mawuwa ndi a Barack Obama, zaka zisanu kuphatikiza zaka zapitazo, yemwe adatulutsa a Chilengezo cha Tsiku la Chikumbutso kukhazikitsa chikumbutso cha zaka 13 cha Nkhondo ya Vietnam, kumene, mwachiwonekere, pafupifupi $65 miliyoni analandidwa.
Veterans for Peace amatcha ndalama zomwe zimaperekedwa kuti zilembenso mbiri yakale ndipo wayamba kampeni yotsutsa yotchedwa Kuwululidwa Kwathunthu, kufunikira komwe kuli kowoneka bwino kwambiri kuposa kale lonse, poganizira kuti palibe kutsutsa kwa ndale ku ufumu wa America womwe unatulutsidwa ndi nkhondo yake yosatha yolimbana ndi zigawenga.
Tsiku lina, mwachitsanzo, maseneta a 89 adavota mwakachetechete kuti apereke lamulo la 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, kusaina pa bajeti ya $ 700 biliyoni yachitetezo, yomwe imakweza ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo pachaka ndi $ 80 biliyoni ndipo, monga Maloto Amodzi inanena kuti, "idzataya ndalama zambiri mu bajeti yankhondo kuposa momwe Purezidenti Donald Trump adapempha ndikuloleza kupanga ma jet 94 F-35, khumi ndi awiri kuposa Pentagon idapempha."
Ndipo zowona palibe mkangano pano, palibe mfuu yankhani yofuna kudziwa komwe ndalamazo zichokera. โNdalama zankhondo zili bwino. Monga mafunde, "adatero Adam Johnson wa Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, monga momwe Common Dreams adanenera.
Mapindu achete! Kampeni ya Kuwulutsa Kwathunthu imachotsa mabodza omwe amalola kuti nkhondo zaku America zipitirire: ma GI akuyenda m'nkhalango ndi m'minda ya mpunga kuti ateteze zomwe timakonda. Mawuwa sakulunjika kwa anthu omwe adayika Obama paudindo, omwe adachita izi akukhulupirira kuti athetsa nkhondo za Bush. Mfundo yakuti adawapitirizabe imanyoza "mtengo" umene timatcha demokalase, ndithudi, umasandulika kukhala chipolopolo chopanda kanthu.
US Air Force idaponya mabomba opitilira 1964 miliyoni ndi zida zina ku Vietnam, Laos ndi Cambodia pakati pa 1973 ndi XNUMX, kuposa zomwe zidachitika pankhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Howard Machtinger zolemba patsamba la Full Disclosure. Ndipo ma galoni opitilira 19 miliyoni amankhwala oopsa, kuphatikiza ndi Agent Orange wodziwika bwino, adatayidwa kumidzi yaku Vietnam.
Iye analemba kuti: โKuyerekezera kolondola nโkovuta kufotokoza, koma anthu pafupifupi mamiliyoni atatu a ku Vietnam anaphedwa, kuphatikizapo anthu wamba mamiliyoni awiri, masauzande ambiri ovulala kwambiri ndi olumala, mamiliyoni a anthu othawa kwawo, minda ndi nkhalango zinawonongedwa. - thupi, chilengedwe, mabungwe, ndi maganizo. Mawu akuti ecocide anapangidwa pofuna kuyesa kuwononga dziko la Vietnam.
Ndipo: "Anthu onse aku Vietnamese, mwachidziwikire, amatchulidwa kuti 'osaka.' Chotero kusiyana pakati pa omenyana ndi osamenya nkhondo, kumene kwakhala kukuchepa mโzaka za mโma 20, kunatsala pangโono kutha.โ
Ndiyeno panali chiyambukiro cha nkhondo pa asilikali amene anamenya nkhondoyo ndi โkuwonongeka kwa makhalidweโ ochuluka kwambiri: โKufikira lero,โ Machtinger akulemba motero, โchiลตerengero cha omenyera nkhondo ankhondo odzipha chikuyambira pa 9,000 mpaka 150,000, omalizirawo pafupifupi kuลตirikiza katatu chiwerengero cha odzipha. chiwerengero cha anthu akufa ku US pankhondo yeniyeni. "
Chifukwa chake ndimayima pakati pa manambala awa, deta iyi, ndikulola mawu ndi zokumbukira zindisambitse: Agent Orange, napalm, gook, My Lai. Mawu oterowo amangolumikizana ndi nthabwala zowopsa ndi zomwe a Obama ananena: kulemekeza kwambiri . . . ulemu . . . mitu inali pamwamba . . . malingaliro omwe timawakonda. . .
Mawu oyamba adadwalitsa gawo lalikulu la anthu aku America ndipo adachititsa mantha a "Vietnam Syndrome" kufooketsa ndikuwononga gulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale kwazaka khumi ndi theka. Pang'onopang'ono, mphamvu zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa, zinafotokozeranso momwe tinamenyera nkhondo zathu: popanda kufalikira kwa dziko lonse kapena kulembedwa kwapadziko lonse; komanso ndi mabomba anzeru komanso maubwenzi anzeru, kuwonetsetsa kuti anthu ambiri aku America atha kuwona nkhondo zathu zaukhondo, zogwira mtima m'zipinda zawo zochezera.
Zomwe zinali zofunikanso ndikuchepetsa mawu odana ndi nkhondo omwe adatseka nkhondo ya Vietnam. Izi zidakwaniritsidwa pazandale, kuyambira ndikudzipereka kwa Democratic Party kwa opereka ndalama zankhondo ndi mafakitale potsatira kampeni ya Purezidenti George McGovern mu 1972. Pambuyo pake, nkhondo yosatha idakhala chizolowezi chatsopano, ndikuchotsa manyazi a "kutaya" kwathu ku Vietnam kuchokera ku mbiri yakale kunakhala chinthu chofunikira kwambiri.
Kampeni ya Kuwulutsa Kwathunthu ikuti: ayi. Mbali imodzi ya kampeni iyi ndi zokambirana chiwonetsero wa 1968 kuphedwa kwa My Lai, kumene asilikali a ku America anasonkhanitsa ndi kupha anthu oposa 500. Chiwonetserocho chinapangidwa ndi mutu waku Chicago wa Vets for Peace, womwe ukuyembekeza kukweza ndalama zokwanira kuti ayende nawo paulendo wadziko lonse ndikutsitsimutsanso anthu kuzindikira za nkhondo.
Kagawo kakang'ono kameneka kakupezeka mu New Yorker yolembedwa mu 2015 ndi Seymour Hersh, mtolankhani yemwe anatulutsa nkhaniyo zaka makumi anayi ndi theka mโmbuyomo. Munkhaniyi, Hersh akubwerezanso nkhani ya m'modzi mwa omwe adatenga nawo gawo ku My Lai, Paul Meadlo:
โAtauzidwa ndi (Lt. William) Calley kuti โasamalire gululi,โ msilikali wina wa kampani ya Charlie anati, Meadlo ndi msilikali mnzake โankasewera ndi ana, akumauza anthu malo okhala ndi kupereka ndalama. maswiti ana.' Calley atabwerako nโkunena kuti akufuna kuti aphedwe, msilikaliyo anati, โMeadlo anangomuyangโana ngati sakukhulupirira. Iye anati, โAwawononge iwo?โ Pamene Calley ananena kuti inde, msilikali wina anachitira umboni, Meadlo ndi Calley 'anatsegula ndikuyamba kuwombera.' Koma kenako Meadlo โanayamba kulira.โโ
Ndipo imeneyo ndiyo nkhondo, ndipo imeneyo ndi mikhalidwe yathu, yoikidwa pamodzi ndi anthu akumudzi akufa mmanda.
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