Kwakanga kuri kushamiswa kukuru kuti takarava Mharidzo yaCindy Sheehan nezvechisarudzo chake chekudzokera kumashure kubva mukuratidzira kwake mubato rekurwisa hondo. Kushamisika, nekuti tinoziva kuti kuzvipira kwake kwakadzama sei kuhondo iyi, uye nekuti tinoziva kuti akadurura yakawanda sei mubasa iri.
Panguva imwe cheteyo, hatina kushamiswa kuti aida kuzorora. Cindy, kufanana nevakawanda vedu, anga achishanda kupedza hondo muIraq kwemakore akawanda. Asi sevashoma, akaisa hupenyu hwake hwese pakufamba kwaaiita nyika, akataura nemapoka makuru nemadiki, akafamba uye akaungana uye akakurudzira uye kutora chikamu muzviito zvekusateerera kwevanhu, vakaita nhaurirano nenhau nezvimwe zvakawanda. zvakawanda zuva rimwe nerimwe. Uye hatigoni kukanganwa kwenguva imwe chete kuti ikoku kwose kwakaitwa kwete bedzi somumwe munhu airwisana nehondo isina kururama neyoutere asiwo saamai vanochema, mubereki ane mwanakomana akaurawa nenzira isina mufungo muhondo yaisambofanira kuva yakaitika, hondo iyo yairwadza zvikuru. yatora hupenyu hwakawanda hweIraqi neU.S. Kujeka kwake uye simba rake zvakabatsira kukurudzira vamwe kuita zvekuratidzira, vanhu vakarasikirwa nevadikani muIraq uye neruzhinji rwakakura rwevanhu zvakare.
Tinorwadziwa nechisarudzo chaCindy, kunyange zvazvo tichichiremekedza uye tichiziva kuti ari kuita zvakamunakira iye nemhuri yake.
Asi chinonyanya kurwadza ndechekuti hondo iyi inouraya, inodhura, inotyisa yatora nguva yakareba sei. Mazana ezviuru zvevaIraqi vakafa uye nyika yavo yaparara. Vanopfuura 3,400 vevashandi vekuUS vakafa, uye makumi ezviuru achararama nemaronda anoremadza kwehupenyu hwavo hwese. Homwe yedu yenyika yakabirwa mari inodarika mazana mana ezviuru zvemadhora uye iko zvino Congress yabvuma kupa Bush imwe mabhiriyoni makumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu emadhora ehondo iyi nebasa. Chatiri kunyanya kusuwa uye kushatirwa pamusoro pekusindimara kwehunonzi hutungamiriri muWashington uye kuti zvakaoma sei kupedza hondo iyi.
Nekudaro, tinofemerwa patinofunga nezvebasa raCindy uye rwendo rwaave ari. Kugona kwake kushandura kusuwa kuita chiito cheruzhinji kune kunaka kukuru kunofanira kushanda semuenzaniso kune vamwe. Zvakaitwa naCindy chaive chiyeuchidzo chekuti zviito zvatinoita semunhu mumwe nemumwe zvinoita mutsauko, uye kuti maitiro ezviito izvozvo anowedzerwa kana takabatana nevamwe. Mupiro waCindy wega wega wanga wakakura, asi aive chikamu cheboka rakakura. Pasina iyo kufamba, kuvapo kwake muCrawford, TX, kungadai kusina kuita sezvazvakaita. Pasina iyo movement, kushingaira kwake kunoramba kusina simba kana kukwanisa kusvika kune vamwe vakawanda. Uye ichi chidzidzo chakakosha kwatiri tese: Isu tose tinofanira kuwana izwi redu uye kutora chiito chakanyatsotikodzera isu semunhu mumwe nemumwe - uye kukurudzira vamwe kuti vadarowo - ndiwo maitiro atinoita mupiro wakasimba mukukura kwekufamba kwedu.
Bato redu rinodawo kutora nguva ino yekufungisisa kuti tinotsigirana sei. Takatora dambudziko rakaoma zvikuru: Tinotsvaka kushandura mitemo yeuto guru, rinouraya zvikuru munhoroondo yevanhu. Tiri kutarisana nemasimba ehupfumi, tsika nemagariro evatongi venyika ino, uye tiri kuda shanduko huru. Kuita basa iri kunotikanganisa, asi tinosundira mberi. Pane misiyano pakati pedu uye ichagara iripo. Vavariro haifaniri hazvo kuva yokubvisa misiyano iyoyo asi kutsvaka nzira itsva, dzinovaka dzokubata nayo. Tichada shamwari dzese uye chishandiso chese mubhokisi rekushandisa - uye pamwe zvimwe zvimwe zvisati zvamborotwa - kugumisa hondo iyi!
Tinomutenda Cindy nezvese zvaakaita, uye tinomushuvira zvakanaka kuti awanezve simba rake. Uye isu tinotora mukana uyu kuzvipira zvakare kubasa rakaoma riri mberi - basa rekuvaka nekusimbisa kufamba kwedu nebasa rekupedza hondo nekuunza mauto ese kumba!
Tinotarisira kutora basa iri muNational Assembly iri kuuya muChicago. Mazana enhume kubva kumapoka enhengo dzeUFPJ munyika yose achaungana June 22-24 kuti vakurukure nhanho inotevera yebasa redu. Ramba wakatarira kune zvigadziriso - pamwe chete tichapedza iyi hondo!
Wenyu, rugare nekururamisira,
Leslie Cagan
UFPJ National Coordinator
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
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