Chero bedzi ndichiri kuyeuka, ndave ndiri mutsigiri wemitambo. Sezvandinoyeuka, ndave ndichifarira zvechiuto. Kusvika nguva pfupi yadarika, ndakaona idzo senyika mbiri dzakasiyana uye dzakasiyana. Pandaiva muchiuto — ndakashanda kwemakore 20 somukuru muU.S. Air Force — ndakaita zvemitambo. Semukuru wechidiki, ndaiva mumakwikwi eracquetball pamuzinda wangu muColorado. KuSquadron Officer School muAlabama, ndakatora rutivi muvolleyball neflickerball (mutambo unoshamisa weAir Force). KuAir Force Academy, ndaiva muchikwata cheSoftball uye patakazohwina mutambo, tose takasaina bhora racho. Ndainakidzwawo nekuva muchikwata chemauto chebowling. Ndaitova nebhora rangu rakanyorwa zita rangu.
Musandinzwisisa zvisizvo. Ini handina kumbobvira ndanyanya hunyanzvi pane chero mutambo, asi ndainakidzwa chaizvo nekutamba nekuti raive zororo rekugamuchira kubva kubasa - kuregererwa kubva pakupfeka yunifomu, kusaruta, kutevera maodha, nezvimwe zvese. Mitambo yaive mitambo. Basa rechiuto rakanga riri basa rechiuto. Uye havazombosangana vaviri ava.
Kubva 9/11, zvakadaro, mitambo nemauto zvakawedzera kusanganiswa munyika ino. Nyanzvi dzezvemitambo zvino dzinoona sechisikigo kupa mayunifomu ayo camouflage mapatani. (Vanoita izvi, zvikwata zvinodaro, sechimiro che“kutenda kwehondo.”) Chokwadi, ne$39.99 chete iwe, zvakare, unogona tenga yako wega Major League baseball-yakatenderwa camo cap paMLB's yepamutemo saiti. Uye ipapo, hongu, iwe unogona kushandisa iyo chivharo munhandare chero ipi zvayo kuti ufukidze maziso ako paunotarisa flyovers, mapurisa, kusanganazve yenhengo dzebasa dzinodzoka kubva kunzvimbo dzehondo dzenyika yedu nemhuri dzavo, uye mhomho yemamwe mhemberero dziri kuwedzera mauto dzinopemberera varwi vehondo nemauto vakapfeka yunifomu munhandare dzemitambo pane izvo, mumakore-9/11, zvasvika pakuzivikanwa se. "nyika yekuzvarwa."
Mazuva ano, haugone kupotsa nguva apo, semuenzaniso, nhandare dzekutamba dzakafukidzwa nadzo mireza mikuru yeAmerica, kazhinji inoburitswa uye inobatwa nemauto akawanda kana makondirakiti edziviriro. Mhemberero dzakadaro dzinogara dzichitaurwa sezviratidziro zvechisikigo zvekuda nyika, chikamu chekuratidzira kweruzhinji rwekutenda kweAmerica “.varwi vehondo"Uye"heroes.” Izvi, nemamwe mazwi, kuratidza kudada kusingakakavara, kunyangwe ongororo yakarairwa neRepublican Senators John McCain naJeff Flake yakaratidza kuti muteresi weUS, kuburikidza nePentagon, agara achifongora. makumi emamirioni yemadhora ($ Miriyoni 53 pakati pa 2012 na 2015 chete) kuzvikwata zvemakambani kuti zviise zviratidziro zvakadaro.
Kubhadhara nyika kunofanirwa, hongu, kuve oxymoron. Mazuva ano, zvakadaro, hapana chinhu kunze kwekunge muteresi wekuAmerica asiri kuvhara zviratidziro zvakaita seizvi, kusanganiswa kwemitambo nemauto kunofanirwa kuonekwa sekusina kufanira, kana kusiri kunyengera. Uye ndinozvitaura semudiwa wemitambo uye murwi.
Ndakaenda kuParadhi Yemauto uye Mutambo Wetenisi Wakabuda
Zvimwe wakambonzwa jee: Ndakaenda kuhondo uye mutambo wehoki wakatanga. Zvaiitirwa kuseka fisticuffs mumitambo yeNational Hockey League, kunyangwe mazuva ano paine vashoma pane mu "mazuva ekubwinya" kwema1970. Imwe vhezheni yakagadziridzwa, zvisinei, inokodzera zviitiko zvemitambo zviri kuwedzera zvechiuto kune T: Ndakaenda kuforamu yemauto uye mutambo webaseball (nhabvu, hockey) watanga.
Mazuvano, zvinoita sekunge mitambo yehunyanzvi haigone kuitika pasina chiziviso uye kupemberera mauto eUS, mutambo wega wega uchishandurwa neimwe nzira kuita rimwezve Zuva reChirangaridzo kana Veterans Day lite.
Funga nezve pro-chiuto hype yakatenderedza gore rino Major League baseball All-Star Game. Kwete kare-kare, pandaiona mitambo yakadai ndaizotakurwa kuenda kuhudiki hwangu uye fungidziro dzangu dzekuva anotevera Nolan Ryan kana Carl Yastrzemski.
Pandakaona mutambo wegore rino, zvisinei, handina kurangarira uduku hwangu; Ndakararamazve basa rangu rechiuto. Sekutanga, husiku hwapfuura hwairatidza terevhizheni-run derby. Isati yatombotanga, vangangosvika makumi mashanu vendege vakabuda vakapfeka mayunifomu, vachigadzira nhanho yezvose zvaizotevera. (Sezvo vakanga vasiri pabasa, handina kukwanisa kuita kushamisika kuti nei vakaona zvakakodzera kupfeka zvipfeko zvakadaro.) Chikamu che“HatsOff50Heroes” cheT-Mobile kambeyini, iyi mini-parade yakaruramiswa muzita rekuunganidza mari yekutsigira veterans, asi T-Mobile ingadai yakangopa mari iyi kune vanopa rubatsiro pasina chero yehondo yehondo yaisanganisira.
Kuratidzira dzimwe mhemberero dzepamberi pemutambo manheru aitevera kwaive kupembererwa kwevakagamuchira Medal of Honor. Ndinoremekedza zvikuru magamba akadaro, asi chii chavaiita padhaimani rebaseball? Mhemberero ingadai yakave yakakodzera, toti, Veterans Day munaNovember.
Mhemberero dzakafanana dzemutambo wepamberi waisanganisira montage yemauto yakarondedzerwa naBradley Cooper (nyeredzi ye "American Sniper"), iine zviratidziro zvehondo uye zviyeuchidzo zvehondo uku uchiratidzira chirevo chakakurumbira "rusununguko haruna rusununguko." Mimhanzi yehondo yaiperekedza montage pamwe chete nemifananidzo inopeperetsa mureza. Zvaiita sekuona shanduro yakamonyoroka yefirimu Field of Dreams pfura zvakare kuti varwi, kwete baseball vatambi, yakabuda mambakwedza kubva mumitsara yechibage cheIowa ndokupinda munhandare.
Zvakazotevera kwaive "kushamisika" reunion wemutyairi wendege, Staff Sergeant Cole Condiff, nemukadzi wake nemhuri. Kusangana kwakarongwa kwakadaro kwave chinhu chenguva dzose chezviitiko zvikuru zvemitambo - funga izvi "kuora mwoyo” muenzaniso kubva kumutambo weMilwaukee Brewers - uye zviri pachena unoitirwa kukwevera pamwoyo. Ivo, sezvakanyora pamudyandigere mauto Colonel Andrew Bacevich pa TomDispatch kumashure muna 2011, shanduro dzepropagandistic dze "nyasha dzakachipa. "
Pamusoro pezvo, Budweiser akashandisa mutambo wegore rino kusimudzira “rusununguko” doro, zvakare kukwidza mari kune veterans uye, hongu, kupisa rep yayo. (Gore rapfuura, kambani yainyengerera "America" doro.)
Uye mutambo weAll-Star hausi wega mumhemberero dzayo dzechiuto uye hoopla. Tora mukwikwidzi wetennis we2017 US Open muNew York City, wandakaona. NaJohn McEnroe mukuzorora, tenisi, kazhinji kutaura, mutambo wakanyarara. Zvakadaro pamberi pekupedzisira kwevarume, muchengeti weruvara weMarine Corps akabatana neboka reWest Point cadet mumutambo wekurangarira vakakuvadzwa muna 9/11. Sezvingatarisirwa, ne-ikozvino-inosungirwa yakawedzera mureza weAmerica yakaisa chiitiko - heino mhemberero yakafanana. kubva ku2016 - yakavharwa nekuridza kwe "Mwari Ropafadzai America" uye ruzha rwekubhururuka nemajeti mana ekurwa. Sezvinobvumwa, yaive nzira inokatyamadza yekutanga chero chinhu, asi nei chaizvo mutambo wetenisi wepasi rose wakaitika waive nevatambi vanobva kuSpain neSouth Africa?
Kusanganisa Mitambo Nemauto Kunoderedza Democracy
Handisi wekutanga kunyevera nezvazvo ngozi dzacho yekusanganisa mitambo nevemauto, kunyanya mumasanganisi anodzorwa nemakambani. Pakutanga kwa2003, isati yatanga Hondo yeIraq (dimikira remitambo rakada), munyori Norman Mailer. yakabudiswa yambiro iyi:
"Tarisiro inotyisa inovhurwa, saka, ndeyekuti America ichave mega-banana republic uko mauto achange achinyanya kukosha muhupenyu hwevanhu vekuAmerica ... [D] democracy ndiyo yakakosha mamiriro - mamiriro atinodaidzwa pamusoro pekudzivirira mumakore anotevera. Izvi zvichanyanya kuoma nekuti kusanganiswa kwemubatanidzwa, mauto, uye kutengwa kwemureza nemitambo yevazhinji kwave kumisa mamiriro epamberi muAmerica. "
Anopfuura makore gumi nemana gare gare, musanganiswa uyu - makambani, mauto, uye mitambo yevateereri vakawanda, yose yakaputirwa mumhando huru yenyeredzi uye mitsetse - yakawedzera kusvika pakutsanangura zvazvinoreva kuva muAmerica. Zvino sezvo nyika yavewo neayo anozviti mutungamiri akasimba, akagoneswa neCongress isina musoro uye nematare edzimhosva ari kuramba achipindura, kutaura kwaMailer nezve "pre-fascistic mamiriro" kunoratidzika sekwechokwadi.
Chii chakatanga senge post-9/11 dhiraivha yekuita kuti ruzhinji rweAmerica "tenda” mauto asingaperi nekuda kwebasa ravo mumhirizhonga dziri kure - kudzikisira kushoropodzwa kwehondo idzodzo nekubatanidza nekusaonga - kwachinja kuva chimiro chitsva chekuremekedza nyika. Uye chikwereti chakawanda chinoenda kumitambo yehunyanzvi yeshanduko iyoyo. Mukubatana nemauto uye kutengeswa nemakambani, vakagadziridza tsika chaiyo yekuda nyika muAmerica.
Nhasi, tichitenda muchikamu chemari yemutero, vanhu vekuAmerica vanogara vachikwazisa mireza yakakurisa, kupemberera kana "kutenda" mauto (pasina kuita kuzvipira kudiki kudiki ivo pachavo), uye vachirumbidza vatsigiri vemakambani vanodhonza zvese pamwe chete (uye purofiti kubva pazviri) . Zvichakadaro, kutora chimiro (kana a mabvi), kuva mumiririri wevanopikisa, vachipikisa kusaruramisira, kunowedzera kuonekwa setsanangudzo chaiyo yezvinoreva kusada nyika. Chokwadi, vatambi vane guts rekupikisa hupenyu hweAmerica sezvazviri vanogara vachirambwa SOBs nemutungamiri wedu wemitambo- uye anoda zvechiuto.
Varidzi vemitambo vane hunyanzvi vanonyatsoziva kuti rudzi urwu rwemauto rwekuda nyika runotengesa, nepo vhezheni iri mumhando dzemakakatanwa akatorwa nevatambi vakaita seaimbova mutambi wenhabvu weNational Soccer League Colin Kaepernick (cashiered neligi rake) anotsamwisa uye anobvisa vateveri vazhinji, pakupedzisira achityisidzira purofiti.
Zvichakadaro, danho repamusoro remauto riri kutora miviri mitsva yeuto rekuzvipira iro richichengeta madhora emutero achiyerera achipinda muPentagon. zvichiwedzera kudzedzereka mazinga. Kune makambani, haungashamisi kudzidza, zvese nezve purofiti uye mukurumbira.
Pakupedzisira, zvinosvika kune chimwe chinhu: ndiani anodzora nhoroondo yenyika.
Funga nezvazvo. Seti yekudyidzana kwemauto kana, kana uchida, imwe vhezheni yePresident Dwight D. Eisenhower yekare yemauto-industrial complex yakanyorera mitambo kuita kuti chiuto chitaridzike chakanaka uye chakajairwa uye chinotonhorera. Nemamwe mashoko, zvikwata zvemitambo zvino zvave nerutsigiro rwakasimba rwekukurudzira kuti varatidzike sevanoda nyika yavo, izvo zviri kuramba zvichireva kutsigira mauto. Zvave kuoma kurangarira kuti nyika ino yakambova nea mugari-murwi tsika pamwe chete nezvikwata zvemitambo zvine vatambi akaenda chaizvo zvishoma en masse kushanda muhondo. Funga kuti zvinokatyamadza izvozvo militarism nhasi yave kuita seAmerica sebaseball neapple pie, sekufanana nevamwe vagari vazhinji, vatambi vemazuva ano vanovhota netsoka dzavo kuti vasapinde muchiuto. (NFL's Pat Tillman chaive chiitiko chakanaka mushure me9/11.) Chokwadi, kutsigirwa kwakapararira (kana kusina kudzika) kwemauto nevamhanyi vakawanda kunogona, pane dzimwe nguva, kusundwa nerudzi rwemhosva.
"Collusion" ishoko rakakosha munguva ino yeTrumpian. Kunyangwe hazvo Robert Mueller asiri kuvaferefeta, zvikwata zvemitambo zvemakambani zvave kuita mubatanidzwa nemauto kutsanangura patsva rudo rwenyika nenzira dzinoshanda kune mumwe nemumwe wavo. Ivo vanobatanidzwa mukutora sarudzo, jingoistic fomu yekuda nyika uye kuishandisa kudzvinyirira kupokana, kusanganisira kupesana nemauto-maindasitiri akaoma uye America's. hondo dzisingaperi.
Zvichitungamirirwa nehurongwa hwemakambani uye nekuratidzira kwakanyanyisa kwemauto, mitambo yevateereri vakawanda iri kubatsira kuumba zvinoonekwa uye kutenda neveAmerica. Munhandare dzemunyika yose, pamasikirini akabatwa mumaoko edu kana kutonga dzimba dzedu dzekutandarira, tinopupurira majaya nemhandara vakanaka vakapfeka yunifomu vachiburitsa mireza mikuru munhandare dzenhabvu nemadhaimani ebaseball, kunyangwe munhandare dzetenisi, sezvo jeti dzehondo dzinoridza mhere. Chii isu usaone - izvo zvinonyanya kuchengetwa kubva kwatiri - ndiwo mutengo wekuuraya empire: varwi vakafa uye vakaremara, vasina mhosva akaurayiwa neaya majeti ekurwa.
Mifananidzo yatinotora uye rondedzero yatinokurudzirwa kumbundira, kunyudzwa sezvo tiri mumakwikwi asingaperi emitambo yemauto, inotsigira pfungwa yekuti mabhindauko makuru e "chengetedzo yenyika" (kusvika padanho rekuti. mabhiriyoni emadhora gore negore) dzakanaka uye dzakarurama uye dzinoda nyika. Kubvunza zvakafanana - zvirokwazvo, kubvunza chiremera mune chero chimiro -, hongu, kwakaipa uye kwakashata uye kusiri nyika.
Nekuda kwese kukoshesa kwemauto pamitambo yemitambo, hezvino zvausingafanirwe kuonga: sei tiri muhondo dzedu dzekusingaperi; tambanuko iyo yavakave vasina kutarisirwa zvakanaka kwemakore 17 apfuura; vanhu, kunyanya munyika dziri kure, vakatambura kutenda kwavari; uye ndiani ari kubatsirika kubva kwavari.
Mitambo inofanira kunge iri yekunakidzwa; pamusoro pemufaro, chido, uye kugoverana; pamusoro pekunakidzwa kwemakwikwi, kubwinya kwemamiriro evanhu; nezvimwe zvakawanda. Ndichiri kurangarira mimhanyi mishoma yandairova muSoftball. Ndichiri kuyeuka ndichityora 200 kekutanga mu bowling. Ndichiri kuyeuka zviso zvevandaitamba navo mumutambo weSoftball uye nguva dzinonakidza dzandaive nadzo nevanhu vakanaka.
Asi ngatijekese: izvi hazvisi izvo zvehondo. Hondo inotyisa. Hondo inoratidzira yakaipisisa yemamiriro ezvinhu emunhu. Kana tikasvibisa mitambo nemauto, tichiwedzera hurongwa hwemakambani mumusanganiswa, hatisi kungoita zvisina basa kumauto edu nevatambi vedu; tiri kuzviitira zvakaipa. Tiri kuderedza kuvimbika kwedemocracy muAmerica.
Tinogona kukwanisa kurasikirwa nebhora. Hatingakwanise kurasikirwa nenyika yedu.
A TomDispatch dzose, William Astore ari pamudyandigere weAir Force lieutenant colonel uye purofesa wenhoroondo anonyora pa Bracing Views.
Chinyorwa ichi chakatanga kuoneka paTomDispatch.com, weblog yeNational Institute, iyo inopa kuyerera kwakadzikama kwemamwe masosi, nhau, uye maonero kubva kuna Tom Engelhardt, mupepeti wenguva refu mukutsikisa, co-muvambi weAmerican Empire Project, munyori we Mugumo Wekukunda Muitiro, serinovhero, Mazuva Ekupedzisira Ekudhinda. Bhuku rake razvino nderekuti Rudzi Rusina Kugadzirwa Nehondo (Mabhuku eShimarket).
[Cherechedza: Kune zvakawanda nezvemitambo, mauto, kupokana, uye kuda nyika, William Astore anokurudzira Howard Bryant's. bhuku idzva, Iyo Nhaka: Vatambi Vatema, America Yakakamukana, uye Zvematongerwo enyika ePatriotism. Hurukuro ine Astore naBryant pamitambo uye kuda nyika inogona kunzwika nekudzvanya pano.]
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