Lamlungu, nyuzipepala ya New York Times inafalitsa kachidutswa ka Frank Rich pansi pa mutu wakuti “Someone One Uzani Pulezidenti Nkhondo Yatha. nkhondo ya Iraq. Koma nkhaniyo inalinso udzu waukulu mumphepo yowolowa manja yomwe ikupita kumalingaliro oopsa.
Poyerekeza ziwerengero zamasiku ano zokhudzana ndi nkhondo za George W. Bush ndi za Purezidenti Lyndon B. Johnson, wolemba nkhaniyo analemba kuti: “Pa Marichi 31, 1968, pomwe mavoti a LBJ adatsika kwambiri, adalengeza kuti sadzatero. "Tidzafunanso chisankho, tikuyamba kuchotsedwa kwa nthawi yayitali kumatope amenewo." Ndipo Rich akuwonjezera fanizo lake la ku Vietnam: "Chomwe chili kutsogolo kuno ku Iraq m'malo mwake sikupambana, zomwe Bambo Bush sanafotokoze momveka bwino, koma kutuluka ( kapena triage) njira yomwe ingafanane ndi dongosolo la Johnson la Marichi 1968 lochoka ku Vietnam.
Koma Rich sakuchedwerapo pa tanthauzo lenileni la “ndondomeko yobwerera†ndi “kuthamangitsidwa kwautali†- zomwe zikutanthauza zaka zina zisanu zakuukira kwakukulu kwa asitikali aku US ku Vietnam, kutsatiridwa ndi zaka zina ziwiri za thandizo lankhondo ku boma la Saigon. uku kumenyana kunkapitirira. Chiŵerengero cha anthu amene anafa panthaŵi imeneyo ku Vietnam? Makumi masauzande aku America, mwina miliyoni miliyoni aku Vietnamese. “kutulutsa†kunali kopitilira “mtali.â€
Nkhani ya Rich’s sikuti imangodutsa zaka zisanu zapitazi zakupha koopsa kochitidwa ndi boma la US ku Vietnam - ndi kwina kulikonse ku Indochina - pambuyo pa masika a 1968. kusiyana kwakukulu ndi zomwe tikukumana nazo tsopano: nkhondo ya US ku Iraq yomwe ingakhalepo kwa nthawi yaitali kwambiri. Kwa anthu aku America omwe akadali ku Iraq, komanso kwa ma Iraqi omwe adakali pamoto wantchitoyo, zomwe zikubwerazi sizingafanane ndi zoneneratu zolimbikitsa zomwe akatswiri apanga m'chilimwe cha 2005.
Ponyoza zomwe Purezidenti Bush ananena pa Aug. 11 kuti "palibe chisankho chomwe chapangidwa" pa nkhani yochotsa asilikali a US ku Iraq, Rich akumaliza kuti: "Dziko lapanga kale chigamulo kwa a Bush.
Ife tiri kunja uko.â€
Koma zachidziwikire aku America sali kunja uko. Ndipo Purezidenti Bush adatsimikiziranso Lachinayi lapitalo kuti kuchotsedwa kwa asitikali aku US kumadalira magulu ankhondo aku Iraq omwe amagwirizana ndi US kuti akwaniritse miyezo yogwira ntchito komanso kudzidalira komwe sikuli kocheperako.
Inde, pamapeto pake, asitikali aku US atha kuchoka ku Iraq. Koma, m'chilimwe cha 2005, kuti olemba ndemanga alengeze kuchotsedwa kwa asitikali aku US kunkhondo yaposachedwa ya Washington kuti ikhale yongopeka, zimamveka bwino momwe zikanakhalira mchaka cha 1968.
Ngakhale mkulu wa asilikali atapereka lamulo loti tiyambe kuchoka kwa asilikali a US - ndipo ife tiri kutali kwambiri ndi lamulo la pulezidenti lero - pangakhale kupitirizabe nkhondo zazikulu za US ku Iraq. Ndipo ngakhale kuchepetsedwa kwenikweni kwa magulu ankhondo aku America pansi sikungatsimikizire kutsika kwa ziwawa zomwe zachitika ndi Pentagon. Zaka zitatu pambuyo pa July 1969, pamene Purezidenti Nixon adalengeza kuti ntchito yolimbana ndi asilikali a Chikomyunizimu idzasunthira ku Washington ku South Vietnamese ally, White House inadula magulu a asilikali a US ku Vietnam ndi oposa 85 peresenti. Panthawi yomweyi, kuchuluka kwa matani a mabomba a US omwe akugwera ku Vietnam kunawonjezeka.
Masiku ano, pamene nkhondo ya US ku Iraq ikupitirirabe, uthenga woti "tinatuluka" ndi woopsa. Zikuwoneka kuti zadutsa pakufunika kopitilirabe kufuna kuchotsedwa kwathunthu ku US (ngati “ife tiri kunja uko,†chifukwa chiyani tivutikira kuchita zionetsero?) ndipo siyimatalikirana ndi nkhondo zenizeni zandale zomwe zidzamenyedwa kuti tidziwe kutalika kapena kufupi. njira yamagazi “kutulutsa†idzatha.
"Sitinathe" - mpaka gulu lolimbana ndi nkhondo ku United States lingakhale lolimba mokwanira kuti kufunikirako kupitirizebe. Ndipo sitinafikebe. Osati mwa kuwombera nthawi yayitali.
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Norman Solomon ndiye mlembi wa bukhu latsopano la “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Us Us Us Death.†Kuti mudziwe zambiri ndi zina, pitani ku: www.WarMadeEasy.com
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