Chimwe chezviitiko zvinokurudzira kusvika parizvino paVeterans For Peace National Convention irikuitika muMiami yaive mharidzo nemusi weChina neveterans vakati wandei vakaramba kupinda muhondo. Kazhinji, vakaita izvi nenjodzi yenguva yakakosha mujeri, kana zvakanyanya. Muzviitiko zvakawanda maresitorendi aya aidzivirira kuita chero nguva. Kunyange pavakaenda kuseri kwejeri, vaizviita vachinzwa vakasununguka.
Gerry Condon akaramba kuenda kuVietnam, akatongerwa makore gumi mujeri, akatiza kubva kuFort Bragg, akasiya nyika, uye akadzoka achikurudzira kuregererwa. Mutungamiri Jimmy Carter akaregerera vanopikisa sechiito chavo chekutanga muhofisi. Condon haana kumbo "shanda" zuva, mune "sevhisi" yemauto kana mutirongo.
Jeff Paterson weKushinga Kuramba akaramba kubhururuka kuenda kuIraq, achisarudza kugara pasi patara. Ben Griffin kubva kuchitsauko chitsva cheVFP muUK akaramba kutora chikamu muhondo dzemarudzi edu uye akapihwa gag order. Haatenderwi kutaura, asi zvakadaro anotaura zvakanaka. Mike Prysner weMarch Forward naCamilo Mejia weVFP muno muMiami vakatsanangura zviito zvavo zvekuramba.
Mejia akatiitira nyasha dzakakura mamwe makore kumashure kwekunyora nyaya yake mubhuku - kushomeka kwakanyanya, zvinosiririsa, kune vanorwira runyararo vane nyaya huru dzekutaura. Bhuku raMejia "Road From Ar Ramadi" ishumo inotyisa kune chero munhu ari kunetseka kuti sei mumwe munhu angasaina kumauto oramba kuuraya vanhu. Mejia, uyo zvino anoshanda panyaya dzekodzero dzevanhu dzepamba muMiami achisara ari chikamu chesangano rekurwisa hondo (imwe isingawanzowanikwi), ari mubatanidzwa wemusangano weVFP.
Muna Gumiguru 2003, Mejia aive musoja wekutanga weUS kuramba pachena kurwa muIraq. Panguva iyoyo nhengo makumi maviri nembiri chete dzemauto eUS dzakanga dzaenda kuAWOL kubva muhondo iyoyo, nhamba yaizokurumidza kukwira muzviuru sezvo hondo yakawedzera uye sezvo kutenda muzvikonzero zvakasiyana-siyana zvaipiwa nokuda kwehondo kwakanyungudika. Varwi vakatangawo kuramba mamwe mabasa angangoita kuuraya vanhuwo zvavo kana kuzviisa panjodzi pasina chinangwa kunze kwekufambisira mberi kwebasa remukuru - mukuru achipa mirairo kubva pachigadziko. Veterans veHondo yeIraq vaizokurumidza kushanda neVeterans For Peace kuumba sangano idzva, Iraq Veterans Against the War. Asi panguva yekuramba kurwa kwaMejia akamira ega.
Mejia akapinda muchiuto zvakanyanya nekuda kwechikonzero chimwe chete icho vazhinji veAmerica vanoita: kushomeka kwedzimwe sarudzo. Akanga ashanda nzira yake kuburikidza nechikoro chesekondari uye koreji yemunharaunda. Asi hurumende yakamisa rubatsiro rwake rwemari, uye aisakwanisa kubhadhara mabhiri ekukoreji. Mauto akamupa mari yechikoro uye kuchengetedzwa kwemari. Zvaiva zvakwana. Uyu mwanakomana wevapanduki veSandinista akaenda kuFort Benning, imba yeChikoro cheAmericas, kwaaizodzidzira kuuraya umambo hweUS.
Mejia akadzidza kusada zvechiuto. Chitsidzo chake chaifanira kupera muna Chivabvu 2003. Asi muna Ndira 2003, Florida National Guard yakaenda nechikepe kuti itange kurwisa Iraq uko Mutungamiri Bush ainyepedzera paruzhinji kuedza kunzvenga uye kugadzira vari voga zvirongwa zveharebrained kuti vatange. Kondirakiti yaMejia yakawedzerwa kusvika 2031 (kwete typo), uye akatumirwa kuJorodhani. Akanga asiri kutsigira kana kurwisana nemauto kana hondo mupfungwa ipi zvayo yakapfava. Aiziva nezvekuratidzira kukuru kwerunyararo pasi rose. Akanga asingafariri zvinhu zvakawanda pamusoro pemauto uye nezvehondo iyi, yaaifunga kuti yaiva hondo yemafuta. Asi akanga akavimbika uye anoteerera, asati apwiswa noutere hwakanyanyisa hwokuvhiya kwaakanga achiita rutivi.
Chiitiko chekutanga chaMejia muIraq chaisanganisira kushungurudzwa kwevasungwa. Aisafarira maitiro aya asi haana kuramba. Mupfungwa akaedza kuvakwesha parutivi sebasa re "maapuro mashoma akaipa." Kana kuti aiedza kupembedza kuita zvaaiita nekuda kwekuvimbika kuvarwi vakamupoteredza.
Mejia zvishoma nezvishoma akaziva chishuwo chevaIraqi chekuti basa ripere, asi akatenda kuti raizopera nekukurumidza. Munguva yekuratidzira kweIraq, mumwe murume wechidiki wekuIraq akange ave kuda kukanda girinedhi, uye Mejia akananga nekupfura - sezvakaita vamwe vakamupoteredza. Jaya racho rakafa pakarepo, asi dambudziko rakamutsa mweya waMejia harina.
Mejia ainetsekana nevamwe vake masoja ruvengo rwerusarura rwevaIraqi vese. VaIraqi vasina mhosva vakasungwa uye vakabvunzurudzwa, ivo vasina kupfurwa. Zvitunha zvavo zvakabatwa zvisina kunaka nevarwi vaiseka vachitora mapikicha nenhindi dzavo dzenyama. โZvakangoitika kwandiri,โ anonyora kudaro Mejia nezvevamwe vanhu vokuIraqi vakaona zviito zvakadaro, โzvinofanira kunge zvakavagumbura sei kuona hama yavo iri muvhu, isina kupfeka uye yakazara ropa, ichisekwa nokunyadziswa kunyange parufu. "
Mavambo ekurwisana pakati pemauto akabuda mukuziva kwavo kwaikura kuti vatungamiriri vavo vakanga vachiashandisa mumakwikwi okurwa kwemoto kwakawanda, kuuraya kukuru, uye vasungwa vakawanda. Zvido zvemakwikwi aya zvakapfuura kururamisira kana zano. Kudzokera kuhofisi nevasungwa vasina mhosva kwainyanya kunaka pane kudzoka usina chaunacho. Pakanga pasina chinangwa chikuru chekufambisa chero basa, sekuona kwemauto. Vakafamba vachitenderera chinangwa chavo chose chaive chekuzvichengetedza ivo vachitenderera.
Sezvo kuramba kweIraqi kwakawedzera, kutya kwaiita US, zvekuti mauto aipisa kunyangwe vana vasina pfuti kana masoja aisava nechokwadi chekuti vana havana njodzi. Mejia akanzwisisa ese maonero, uye akasvika pakuziva kuti muhondo sarudzo dzakaipa kana dzinotyisa. Chisarudzo chakanaka chete, akatanga kuona, ndechekusabatana nehondo zvachose.
Pane imwe nguva Mejia akaedza kutsanangurira vamwe veIraqi chimwe chinhu chaaive asisazvitendi iye pachake, kuti hondo yaive nechinangwa chekuunza "rusununguko" kuvanhu veIraq. Mumwe wevaIraq aiziva chimwe chinhu nezvemamiriro aMejia akataura kuti Mejia aishuvira kusiya mauto uye aisakwanisa. "Saka sei," uyu muIraqi akabvunza, "unogona kutiunzira rusununguko, iwe usina rusununguko iwe pachako?" Mejia paakatora chikamu mukupambwa kwedzimba dzeIraq, akaona kutyisa kwairatidzwa nevaIraqi kwekutorwa kweUS uye "kuvharirwa" sekunge kwarasika. Chokwadi vasungwa vose vaizotongwa zvakanaka vosunungurwa kana vasina mhosva, akazviudza. โSezvazvakazoitika,โ Mejia anobvuma kudaro, โmhuri . . . dzaiziva uto rangu ndimene zviri nani kupfuura zvandaiita.โ
Kunyange zvakadaro varwi vakasiya zvigadziko vaiziva zvakawanda kupfuura vatungamiri vakanga vasingazivi. Vapashure, vachidavira zvenhema kuti kushorwa kwaibva kunze kwenharaunda yomunzvimbomo, vakaraira kuti migwagwa yose isiri iyo yakavharwa pasina donzo. Mauto aiziva sarudzo dzakadaro dzaive dzakaipa haana kutaura chero chinhu nekutya izvo zvinonetsa "mukuru" anogona kuita kubasa rako.
Mejia akakwanisa kudzokera kuUnited States kwezororo remavhiki maviri. Akaenda kuAWOL nerubatsiro kubva kumapoka erunyararo, ndokuzvipira kuti atarisana nekusungwa. Aive "akashanda" anopfuura makore masere aakange abvuma. Uye aitenda kuti hondo yaiuraya vanhu pasina chinangwa chinobatsira.
Kunyomba kwekunyepedzera kutongwa kwakapa mhosva Mejia ndokumutongera gore rimwe mujeri. "Zuva iroro," sezvaaienda kujeri, Mejia anoyeuka, "Ndakanga ndakasununguka, nenzira yandakanga ndisati ndambova nayo."
Mabhuku aDavid Swanson anosanganisira "Hondo Ndicho Nhema." Anoita blog pa http://davidswanson.org uye http://warisacrime.org uye inoshanda seCampaign Coordinator yemusangano wekutsvaga muIndaneti http://rootsaction.org. Anogadzirira Talk Nation Radio. Mutevere pa Twitter: @davidcnswansonuye FaceBook.