VeVermont Senate neHouse vese vakapasa zvisungo[I] Kukurudzira Mutungamiri neCongress kuti vatange nekukasira kubviswa kwakarongeka kwemauto eAmerica muIraq.@
Sarudzo idzi zvakare dzinokurudzira Vermont AGGavhuna [James] Douglas kutsvaga rutsigiro rwedzimwe nhengo dzeNational Governors Association kuti vataure vachipokana nehondo muIraq uye kuvhiyiwa kwemauto akaziviswa uye kutsigira kubviswa muIraq kwemauto eAmerica.@
Vermont ndiyo nyika yekutanga kuita chisungo chekuti mauto auye kumba kubva kuIraq.
Mumiriri Mike Fisher, anotungamira mutsigiri wechisarudzo, akaudza Dememocracy Zvino, Dzimwe nguva nyika dzinofanirwa kusimuka uye kutungamira kana Congress isiri kuita zvakakwana. Uye iyi yaive nguva iyo Vermonters vakakwanisa kutaura uye kutaura zvakajeka kuti yaive nguva yekutora humwe hutungamiriri chaihwo kuti hondo iyi ipere.@[Ii]
Chisungo cheSeneti yeVermont chakatsigirwa nenhengo gumi nesere panhengo makumi matatu uye chakapasa nevhoti yemakumi maviri neshanu kune ina pasina kuvandudzwa. Chisungo cheVermont House chakatsigirwa nenhengo makumi manomwe nembiri panhengo zana nemakumi mashanu, uye sezvakagadziridzwa, chakaitwa nevhoti yemakumi mapfumbamwe neshanu kumakumi mashanu nemaviri. Zvisungo zvakawana rutsigiro rwehutungamiriri hwedzimba dzose dziri mbiri.
Kunyange zvisungo zvese zviri zviviri zvichipokana nekukwira kwemauto muIraq, Vermont Senate vhezheni inoti sangano remutemo reAthis rinotenda kuti kukwira kwemauto eAmerica muIraq ndiyo nzira isiriyo yekune dzimwe nyika, uye kuti kuvepo kwemauto eAmerica muIraq hakuna, uye hazvizobatsire kugadzikana kwenyika iyoyo, dunhu, kana kuchengetedzeka kwevanhu vekuAmerica kumba kana kunze kwenyika.@
Zvese zviri zviviri zvigadziriso zvinodaidzira kuAthe Administration neCongress kuti vape mari zvizere vese veterans = mabhenefiti ekutarisira zvakafanira varume nevakadzi vedu vakashinga kana vadzoka kubva kuhondo iyi.@
Zvose zviri zviviri zvigadziriso zvinoti AVermont yakave nenhamba yepamusoro-soro yevarwi pamunhu mumwe nomumwe vakabhadhara chibayiro chekupedzisira uye vakarasikirwa nehupenyu hwavo muhondo iyi.@ Zvisarudzo zvinoratidzawo kuti Athe mutengo wehondo iyi maererano neCongressal Research Service inosvika $379. bhiriyoni, iyo AVermont=s chikamu chemutengo chinodarika $750 miriyoni,@ uye mitengo yeAthese ichave nemhedzisiro yakakosha padzimba dzeVermont uye neVermont state bhajeti maitiro kwemakore anotevera.@
Zvisungo zvisingabatanidzi zvakatorwa neVermont House neSeneti hazvidi kuyananiswa kana kuenda kuna gavhuna kuti asaine.
Sarudzo idzi dzakaunzwa zvichitevera kuronga kwevagari uye kupasiswa kwezvisungo zveMusangano weMusangano weDhorobha mukati memakore akati wandei apfuura. Semuenzaniso, mubvunzo wereferendamu pamusoro pekuvhota muGuta reBurlington muna 2005 waidaidzira "kuunza mauto kumba kubva kuIraq izvozvi" wakapfuura nevhoti ye65.2% yevavhoti. Mamwe maguta makumi mashanu eVermont akapa zvisungo zvekurwisa hondo paMusangano weTown gore rimwe chetero.
Nhevedzano yekutaura, kufora, uye misangano kuState House muMontpelier nemumataundi eVermont yese yakatungamira kuunzwa kwechisungo gore rapfuura muVermont House, asi chisungo ichi hachina kuzobuda mukomiti. Gore rino vatungamiriri vedare reparamende reVermont vakanyengetedzwa kuti nguva yasvika yekuti Vermont itaure. Zvinhu zvaisanganisira sarudzo dzakasimba muna Mbudzi yapfuura dzakabvisa maRepublicans kubva pakutonga kweUS Congress, zvakanyanya pamusoro penyaya yehondo; kuratidzira kukuru paVermont State House musi wa20 Ndira; kuratidzira kukuru muWashington, DC musi waNdira 27; kuteterera kwakabudirira kuisa sarudzo nyowani yekurwisa hondo kuti vavhote mumataundi mazhinji eVermont; zvakataurwa nemasoja anoshanda nesimba uye vanodzoka veVermont Iraq War veterans vachipesana nehondo, kusanganisira iyo รขโฌลKukwidza Kugadzirisa;รขโฌ[Iii] uye kutsamwa pakati peVermonters kuti Mutungamiri Bush aipindura kune izvi zvese nekuwedzera hondo.
Mumwe muenzaniso wechisarudzo chitsva chekurwisana nehondo chichavhoterwa kuTown Meetings musi waKurume 7 unoti: โVavhoti veguta reNewfane vachapa mazano here Mutungamiriri, Congress neveVermont=s state nevehurumende vane mahofisi ehurumende kuti Newfane nevagari vayo vanotsigira zvakasimba varume nevakadzi vanoshanda mumapazi ese eUnited States Armed Forces muIraq uye vanotenda kuti nzira yakanaka yekuvatsigira ndeyekuunza mumwe nemumwe wavo kumba izvozvi uye kuvachengeta zvakanaka kana vasvika kumba. "[Iv]
Gakava remuImba risati ratanga,[V] vatatu veVermont Iraq War veterans, vaimbova Mauto Sgt. Drew Cameron, Aimbove Marine Cpl. Matt Howard, uye aimbove Mauto Sgt. Adrienne Kinne, nhengo dzese dzeIraq Veterans Against the War, uye nhengo mbiri dzeVermont Military Families Speak Out, Nancy Brown naNicole Conte, vaive vakagara mumacheya matsvuku aive pamberi pekamuri uye vakasumwa Imba. Vakagamuchira kurudziro yakawedzerwa kubva kuvamiriri.
Panguva yegakava muImba, Mumiriri Sue Minter, anobva kuWaterbury, akati, AI inotsigira chisungo ichi nekuti ndinotsigira mauto edu. Uye nzira yakanakisa yatinogona kutsigira nayo varume nevakadzi veVermont vakaiswa muIraq ndeyekuvaunza kumusha kubva kunyika dzavanogara mazuva ese vari panjodzi huru yekuuraiwa kana kukuvadzwa nevanhu vanovaona sevagari vasingadiwe, kwete vasununguri. sezvavakanga vavimbiswa. Hatifanire kumira takanyarara apo vazhinji vevanakomana nevanasikana vakanaka veVermont nemhuri dzavo vachikumbirwa kuti vape zvibayiro kuhondo isina magumo akajeka. Sarudzo iyi inotumira meseji iri nyore kuVermonters mune yunifomu: Maita basa. Waita zvakakwana. Yave nguva yekuuya kumba kuVermont. Uye isu tichakuchengeta iwe. General Assembly yedu yakatsigira varume nevakadzi vedu vakapfeka yunifomu, uye Chisarudzo ichi ndicho chimwe chete.@
Aimbove Marine Cpl. Matthew Howard akashanda nzendo mbiri dzehondo muIraq, achitumira ne1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Akashanda makore mana muUnited States Marine Corps. Mune chirevo chakagoverwa kuImba neSeneti vanotsigira sarudzo pamberi pegakava akatsanangura kupikisa kwake kuhondo:
Dzimwe nguva iyo = ndiyo post traumatic stress B kunetseka, kutya, kuzviparadzanisa nevamwe. Dzimwe nguva i=ikunyepedzera kwenhema. Dzimwe nguva zvinova = huwandu hwevanhu vafa. Dzimwe nguva zvinova = makambani anoita purofiti. Dzimwe nguva midziyo ine chikanganiso uye kutadza kuronga kana kushaikwa kwemidziyo uye kushaikwa kwekuronga.
Vanhu veIraq vari kutambura zvinotyisa zvakaoma kubata pamuviri zuva nezuva nekuti isu tiripo. Uye zvakadaro mhosva yavo chete ndeyekuti ivo vaivewo vanyajambwa vezvakambotyisa pasi pehutongi hwakasiyana. Vanhu vari kurwisana nesu vari kurwira rusununguko rwavo B kuti rusunungurwe kubva kune dzimwe nyika mauto. Kunyange ini ndichishora chisimba chavo, zvinosuruvarisa kuti ndinogona kuzvinzwisisa.
Mamiriro ezvinhu akaipa zvakanyanya kupfuura pandakapinda munyika yavo makore mana apfuura. Izvi ndakazviona parwendo rwangu rwechipiri rwebasa uye ndichiri kuzvinzwa kubva kuhama dzangu mumaoko nhasi. Zvipatara imochari, zvikoro marara emarara, migwagwa migero yesuweji. Taratidza zvakanyanya kuti hatipo pakubatsira vanhu ava. Kushaikwa kwemabasa kuri kutenderera pa70% asi isu tinopinza maPakistanis kuti timhanye mahoro edu echow. Nyika iri mumatambudziko uye KBR inosvika pakusaita zvibvumirano zvebhidhi pasina kufambira mberi kusingaverengeki.
Ndakapika kutsigira nekudzivirira bumbiro remitemo. Pane kudaro ndakazvinyadzisa. Ndinokukurudzirai mose kuti muremekedze varwi vakazviisa murufu = bvudzi remuchinjikwa uye mutsigire mutemo uyu unodaidzira kuti vabve ipapo. Don=t be fooled nevanoti unofanira kutsigira mauto. Handina kumbowana rutsigiro kubva kuhurumende iyi. Never. Ndinogona kunyora bhuku pamusoro pezvinhu zvatisina kupihwa, zvinhu zvatakamanikidzwa kubhadhara, misheni isina maturo yatakaudzwa kuti tiite. Kubvisa ndizvo zvatinoda isu sevarwi vehondo, ndizvo zvinodiwa nevanhu venyika ino, uye ndizvo zvinoda maIraqi. Iwe haugone=kuhwina mhosva, unogona chete kuimisa. Ndokumbira ubatane neni neIraq Veterans Kurwisa Hondo mukutsvaga ushingi hwekumisa kuhondo iyi izvozvi.
Aichimbova Mauto Sgt. Adrienne Kinne akashanda muUto kubva 1994 kusvika 2004 senyanzvi yemutauro wechiArabic muhungwaru hwemauto, aine makore matanhatu ari pabasa. Akagovera chirevo chinotevera kuvamiriri vake veVermont state nemaseneta:
Munguva inotungamira kuUS kupinda muIraq, ndakakanganisika nekutonga = kusangwarira, kusamiririra chokwadi, uye kunyengera kwezviitiko zve9/11. Panguva iyoyo, ndainzwa ndisina simba rokuita chinhu chipi nechipi pamusoro pezvakaipa zvakanga zvichiitwa naavo vaitungamirira. Mumakore akatevera kupinda kweUS muIraq, kunzwa kwekushaya simba kuya kwakanditevera. Kusununguka chete kwandakawana kubva mukunzwa ikoko kwakauya zvichitevera sarudzo ya2006 pazvakava pachena kuti veruzhinji vekuAmerica vaive vataura. Panguva iyoyo, mwedzi mishoma yapfuura, ndakafunga kwandiri, pakupedzisira, zvinhu zvichachinja. Sezvineiwo, kunzwa kwetariro ikoko kwaisazogara kwenguva refu.
Apo manejimendi akazivisa kuti mamwe mauto aizotumirwa kuIraq, handina kungonzwa ndisina simba, asi nehasha. Ini ndinotenda zvakasimba kuti chero kubata chokwadi icho manejimendi angave akambove nacho, ikozvino zvese asi zvaenda. Chokwadi ndechekuti mauto eUS anoramba aripo muIraq ari kuita kuti mamiriro ezvinhu pasi ipapo ave nenjodzi. Tiri kukuchidzira moto wemafungiro anopikisa America mumwoyo yevazhinji, nokudaro tichirerutsa basa remasangano emagandanga mukutsvaga kwavo vatsva vanozvipira - chokwadi chinoita sechinopesana nezvinangwa zveAwar on terror.@ Tiri kuzviitawo zvakanyanya kuomera avo maIraqi vanoda kuunza kugadzikana munyika yavo kuti vashande vasingatyi kutsiviwa nevaizovaona sevashandi veAmerica. Nguva yasvika yekuti United States ipedze hugaro hwayo hweIraq, nekudaro ichibvumira maIraqi mukana wekugadzira nzira yavo. VaIraq chete ndivo vanogona kusarudza chakanakira Iraq.
SeVeteran, ndinoziva kuti mauto edu anozvipira. Ndinoziva kuti varume nevakadzi veMauto edu vakaita mhiko yekutsigira nekudzivirira Bumbiro reMitemo reUnited States kurwisa vavengi vese, vekune dzimwe nyika uye vekumba, kuve nekutenda kwechokwadi uye kuvimbika kune zvakafanana, kuteerera mirairo yeMutungamiriri weNyika. United States nemirairo yevakuru vakuru vakagadzwa pamusoro pavo. Ndinotenda mumweya wemhiko iyoyo; zvisinei, ndinotendawo kuti nguva yasvika yekuti titsigire uye tidzivirire varume nevakadzi vedu vakashinga nekuvaunza kumba izvozvi.
Ndinotaura izvi kwamuri semurwi anoramba achitsigira vamwe vake vakarwa hondo uye ndinovashuvira vose kudzoka zvakanaka. Ndinotaura izvi kwauri sehanzvadzi huru yeReservist inotya kuti munun'una wake anogona kushevedzwa kuIraq chero zuva. Ini ndinotaura izvi kwauri seshamwari yemumwe mukadzi murwi, uyo zvakare akapona kenza yemazamu kaviri uye amai vevana vaviri, uye ane murume achange achiendesa kuIraq mumavhiki anotevera.
Ndinotaura izvi kwauri semunhu akashanda nevarwi vanodzoka kubva kuIraq neAfghanistan, vazhinji vavo vakakuvadzwa nekukuvara kwepfungwa uye / kana kutambura nePost-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Semunhu akamboshanda muVeterans Health Administration, ndinogona kukuudza izvozvo zviwanikwa havapo kupa veterans vedu hutano hwehutano uye hutano hwepfungwa hwavakawana uye vakakodzera. Panyaya iyoyo, ndinokukurudzirai mose kuti muone kuti zvipatara zveVeterans zvawana mari yavanoda kuti basa riitwe.
Uye, pakupedzisira, ndinotaura izvi kwamuri somunhu anofunga kuti tose tinosungirwa kuita chero zvatingagona kuunza mauto edu kumusha iye zvino uye kubva munjodzi.
Chirevo chinotevera kubva kune aimbove Marine Sgt. Liam Madden, murwi wehondo muIraq akapedza basa rake reMarine mwedzi wapera akagoverwa nemumiriri wake kunhengo dzeVermont House neSeneti:
Ini ndinoyemura uye ndinotsigira Vermont State Legislature nekuisa muenzaniso kune mamwe maparamende kutevera mukushevedzera kupera kwehondo isiri pamutemo uye isina kururama. Zvekare Vermonters vari kuratidza rusununguko rwavo uye kuzvipira kune imwe nyika ine runyararo uye ine runyararo.
Nhengo dzebasa reAmerica dzakapika mhiko yekutsigira nekudzivirira bumbiro reUnited States kubva kune vavengi vese vekunze uye vepamba. Zviito zvako zvinoita kuti mhiko iyoyo ive nerevo uye inotipa chimwe chinhu chekudzivirira.
Isu tinozvipira kushandira nyika yedu = zvakanakisisa, kwete kurasa hupenyu hwedu nekuda kwenhema. Kana kudana kwako kwekubviswa kwemauto eAmerica kubva kuIraq kunogona kuchengetedza amai mumwe kubvarura imwe saka waita zvakawanda kutsigira varume nevakadzi vedu muuto reUnited States kupfuura chero rimwe sangano rehurumende munyika.
James Marc Leas inhengo yeNational Lawyers Guild uye akabatsira kutungamira kuyedza kuwana sarudzo yakaunzwa kuparamende yeVermont.
[I].Chisungo cheSeneti yeVermont pamusoro peHondo muIraq chakatambirwa muna Kukadzi 13, 2007 uye chiri pa http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/resolutn/SR0011.HTM
Sarudzo yeVermont House paHondo muIraq yakagamuchirwa muna Kukadzi 13, 2007 uye iri pahttp://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/resolutn/HR0011. HTM
uye kugadziriswa kuchisarudzo cheImba uye kuvhota kuri pa http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/journal/hj070213.htm
[Ii]. Democracy Now: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1646233
[Iv]http://vtimpeach.com/frontPage.do, wobva wadzvanya pakanzi รขโฌลรขโฌโขmasoja kumba izvozviรขโฌโข chikumbiroรขโฌโข
[V] Kuti uwane nhau dzenhau dzegakava sezvakafukidzwa neWCAX TV enda kuna http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?s=6083479 yezvinyorwa uye ku http://www.wcax.com/Global/category.asp?C=18197 yevhidhiyo (sarudza First Block - 6pm Channel 3 Nhau - Kukadzi 13, 2007 wobva wafambisa muteresi kuti uone vhidhiyo kubva 9:05 kusvika 12:40).
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