Kwemazuva mashoma apfuura, Donald Trump anga achiramba nehasha hurukuro dzakataurwa mukati The Atlantic umo akataura nezvevarwi vehondo, varwi vanoshingaira, uye varwi veHondo Yenyika II vakapindira mumakuva emauto se "suckers" uye "vakakundwa." Mukupikisa kune idzi "nhau dzenhema," mutungamiri wenyika akasimbirira kuti "haana kumbodana varwi vedu vakuru vakadonha chero chinhu kunze kwemaHEROES."
Kupikisa kwaVaTrump kwazviitira kutsamwa kwakarurama pamusoro pezvavakataura. VoteVets, bato reDemocratic Party-rinotsigirwa nevatsigiri, vakashora "kuzvidza kwaTraitor Trump" kune avo "vanozvipira mukudzivirira demokrasi yedu." Mumiriri wemutungamiri wenyika, VaJoe Biden, vakazvitora sechisimbiso chekusakodzera kwemupikisi wake "kuva mutungamiriri mukuru," uye kutuka mwanakomana wake akafa, Beau, murwi weBronze Star muIraq. Democrat MJ Hegar, murwi weAfghan War achitsvaga chigaro cheSeneti yeUS muTexas, akawana zvakataurwa naTrump "zvichirwara" uye akapa "kudaidzira kuita chiito kune wese anoda nyika munyika ... kuti amirire chizvarwa chinotevera kupfeka yunifomu."
Izvo vatsoropodzi vakadaro vakatadza kucherechedza zvakafanana ndezvekuti, pasi paTrump, maveteran akawanda uye nhengo dzebasa vane vanga vari "vakarasika." Dambudziko rakakura kwazvo kupfuura kutaura kwaVaTrump kwakavanzika pamusoro pavo igwaro rekutonga kwake rekuchengetedza hutano hwavo, izvo zvinoenda zvisina kutaurwa nevatungamiriri veDemocrats.
Sechikamu cheiyi Republican outsourcing push, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper ave kuyedza kudzikisa mari yePentagon munzvimbo imwechete yainodiwa chaizvo-iyo Military Health System (MHS). Esper anoda kucheka mabhiriyoni maviri emadhora akagoverwa kutarisira zvakananga kune 2 miriyoni vanoshanda-basa, vakasiya basa muchiuto, uye vanovimba navo mumakore mashanu anotevera. Izvi zvichamanikidza dzimwe nhengo dzebasa nemhuri dzavo kuti vaende kure uye vashandise inishuwarenzi yavo yeTricare kubhadhara kurapwa mune yakazvimirira yehutano system iyo parizvino yaremerwa nevarwere veCCIDID-9.5.
"Kana zvikaitwa," imwe nyanzvi yakatiudza, "kucheka uku kuchakanganisa zvakanyanya kugona kweMHS kuzadzisa chinangwa chayo chekupa hutano hunopihwa mhuri yeDOD ... yepasi rose COVID-19 dambudziko rekukurumidzira. " Zvirongwa zviviri zviri munjodzi iDOD's Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) uye Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), ese ari paUniformed Services University (USU) muMaryland, anoshanda senyika yemubatanidzwa wezvehutano professions academy. Kunzvimbo idzi dzekutsvagisa, varapi vanodzidza maitiro ekugadzira nzira dzinoshanda dzekurapa kushungurudzika kwemauto.
Chimwe chezvinangwa zvikuru zvezvirongwa izvi kudzikisa huwandu hwepamusoro hwekuzviuraya pakati penhengo dzebasa dzazvino uye dzakapfuura. Maererano neDhipatimendi reDziviriro, 541 varume nevakadzi vari mubasa rinoshanda kana muzvikamu zvakachengetwa vakafa nemaoko avo muna 2018. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inoshuma kuti njodzi yekuzviuraya pakati pevaimbova vashandi vehondo ndeye 21 muzana yakakwirira kupfuura pakati pevamwe vekuAmerica. . Paavhareji, makumi maviri evarwi vanozviuraya zuva rega rega. Nerutsigiro rwemaDemocrats avo vanowanzova vatsoropodzi vaTrump, Seneti ichangopasisa bhiri raizosimudzira VHA privatization nekupa mamwe mari dzemubatanidzwa kumapoka akazvimirira anoshanda "kudzivirira kuzviuraya." Nhengo dzeDemocratic-controlled House dzinogona kusarudza kuwedzera zvirongwa zvehutano hwepfungwa zveVHA, asi nhoroondo yavo haisi nani.
Muna 2018, nerutsigiro rwebipartisan, iyo White House yakahwina mvumo yekongiresi yeVA MISSION Act. Pasi pemutemo uyu, mabhiriyoni emadhora aifanira kunge akapa rubatsiro rwakananga kuvarwere vanosvika mamiriyoni mapfumbamwe vari muzvipatara nemakirinika evakarwa hondo munyika yose akaendeswa kumakambani akazvimirira. Mamiriro ezvinhu edenda muzvipatara zvisiri zveVHA uye kukanganisa kwakabatana kwemaitiro ekurapa akazvimirira munyika yose nguva pfupi yadarika yakamanikidza Munyori weVeterans Affairs VaRobert Wilkie "kumbomira" basa iri rakakura rekudzinga basa. Asi, kana Trump akasarudzwa patsva, ichave izere nekumhanya kumberi zvakare kune VHA privatization uye, pakupedzisira, kuvharwa kwechipatara cheveterans.
Zvichakadaro, varapi vane ruzivo, vanobata nemasoja nevakarwa hondo, vanotyira kuti kuedza kwavo kuvanyengerera kuti varapwe kunogona kudzikisirwa nemazita aVaTrump ekuti “anoyamwa/anorasika”. Mutsika dzechiuto, zvinetso zveutano hwepfungwa uye kunyange kukuvara kwemuviri zvinowanzoshorwa sechiratidzo chekukundikana uye kushaya simba kwemunhu. Kana iwe wakaora mwoyo nekuda kwePTSD, kukuvara kwehuropi kunorwadza, kurwadziwa kusingaperi, kurasikirwa kwekunzwa, kana imwe mamiriro ane chekuita nebasa, pane kumanikidzwa kusazvitaura. Panzvimbo pekutsvaga rubatsiro rwenyanzvi, vanorwara, vakatsamwa, uye vanozviuraya vanoenda kuzvirapa, vachishandisa zvinodhaka uye doro, kana zvakanyanya.
Kushungurudzwa kwevarwi vehondo uye varwi vanoshandira-basa hakuperi nekuchengetedza hutano. Muna 2017, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri wenyika, VaMike Pence, vakatyora hukama uye raive vhoti mudare reSeneti pabhiri rakabvisa mutemo weConsumer Financial Protection Bureau unobvumidza matare edzimhosva kune vanopamba mari. Mapoka evarwi vehondo nevechiuto akapikisa bhiri iri zvakasimba, sezvo nharaunda dzemauto ndidzo dzinonyanya kutariswa zvehutsotsi uye kubvarura, uye nhengo dzebasa dzinowanzo famba dzinoshaya nguva kana zviwanikwa zvekuteedzera zvirevo zvekupokana. Nemamwe mazwi, VaTrump vakaita vanoyamwa vemhuri dzemauto, vanozvipira kuchengetedza kodzero dzebumbiro sekodzero yekutongwa pamberi pevezera ravo. Izvi zvinogonawo kuwedzera njodzi yekuzviuraya kwemauto sezvo kusagadzikana kwemari kuri, sekutaura kwakaita Lt. Col. Samuel R. Cook, “chombo chekusarudza kuzviuraya.”
Zvakataurwa naVaTrump haisi iyo nzira "yekusunga maronda enyika" kana "kuchengeta iye anenge atakura hondo," sezvakataurwa naAbraham Lincoln. Asi kuzvidza kwemutungamiri wenyika masoja, vakafa nevapenyu — kubva kuna John McCain kusvika kune mumwe munhu asingazivikanwe akazviuraya — hakusi kutamba zvakanaka muzvikwata. Kuvhota kwemazuva achangopfuura kwakaitwa neMilitary Times kunosimbisa kumwe kuderera kwemukurumbira waTrump mukati memauto kubva muna 2016. Makumi mana nechimwe kubva muzana chevashandi vanoshanda vakaongororwa vakati vaivhotera Biden, asi makumi matatu nenomwe muzana vachiri kufarira VaTrump. Inenge 37 muzana yeavo vakabvunzurudzwa vakabata maonero asina kunaka pamusoro peTrump, kutendeuka kubva kune yake 50-46 yekufarira ratings muna 37. Pakati pevakuru vakuru, chiyero chekusabvumirwa chakanga chakanyanya kukwira, pa2017 muzana, uye inopfuura hafu ichiratidza kusabvumirana kwakasimba.
Musi wa3 Mbudzi, varwi vehondo yerusununguko vanosvika miriyoni makumi maviri, vakavhotera VaTrump zvisina kuenzana pamusoro paHillary Clinton makore mana apfuura, vachawana mukana wekugadzirisa kukanganisa kwavo. Ndeipi nzira iri nani yekuratidza kuti havasi vanhu vanoyamwa kunze kwekubatsira kukunda wezvematongerwo enyika anovaramba uye kuvadzinga pachivande-neshoko nezviito-achirumbidza pachena hugamba hwavo?
Suzanne Gordon ndiye munyori Maronda eHondo: Sei ari VA Inoendesa Hutano, Kupora, uye Tariro kuNyika's Veterans. Steve Early inguva refu kushanda activist uye mutori wenhau. Vanyori parizvino varikubatirana pabhuku reDuke University Press nezvenyaya dzeveterans uye vanogona kusvikwa pa. [email inodzivirirwa].
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