INdlu yeeNgwevu zaseVermont kunye neNdlu yomibini yapasisa izigqibo[i] Ukucenga uMongameli kunye neCongress ukuba baqalise kwangoko ukurhoxiswa ngocwangco kwemikhosi yaseMelika e-Iraq.@
Izisombululo zikwabongoza u-Vermont AG kuRhuluneli [uJames] Douglas ukuba afune inkxaso yamanye amalungu oMbutho weeRhuluneli zeSizwe ukuba athethe ngokuchaseneyo nemfazwe yase-Iraq kunye nokwanda komkhosi obhengeziweyo kunye nokuxhasa ukurhoxa kwi-Iraq yomkhosi waseMelika.@
IVermont lilizwe lokuqala ukuphumeza isigqibo esibiza umkhosi ukuba ubuye ekhaya uvela e-Iraq.
Ummeli uMike Fisher, umxhasi ophambili wesisombululo, uxelele INdemokhrasi ngoku, Ngamanye amaxesha amazwe kufuneka anyuke kwaye akhokele xa iCongress ingenzi ngokwaneleyo. Kwaye eli yayilixesha apho iVermonters yakwazi ukuthetha kwaye yatsho ngokucacileyo ukuba yayilixesha lokuthatha ubunkokeli bokwenyani ukuphelisa le mfazwe.@[ii]
Isigqibo se-Senate yaseVermont sixhaswe yi-18 yamalungu angama-30 kwaye yaphumelela ngevoti ye-25 kwi-4 ngaphandle kokulungiswa. Isigqibo seNdlu yaseVermont saxhaswa ngama-72 kumalungu ali-150, kwaye njengoko silungisiwe, sapasiswa ngevoti yama-95 ukuya kuma-52. Izigqibo zafumana inkxaso yobunkokeli bazo zombini ezi zindlu.
Ngelixa zombini ezi zigqibo zichasa ukunyuka kwamanqanaba omkhosi e-Iraq, inguqulelo yeSenethi yaseVermont ithi iqumrhu lowiso-mthetho lika-Athis likholelwa ukuba ukunyuka kwemikhosi yaseMelika e-Iraq yeyona ndlela iphosakeleyo yomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle, kwaye ubukho bemikhosi yaseMelika e-Iraq ayenzekanga. kwaye ayizukuba negalelo kuzinzo lweso sizwe, ummandla, okanye ukhuseleko lwabantu baseMelika ekhaya okanye phesheya.@
Zombini ezi zigqibo zibiza i-Athe Administration kunye neCongress ukuba ixhase ngokupheleleyo onke amagqala = izibonelelo zokukhathalela ngokufanelekileyo amadoda kunye nabasetyhini bethu abanesibindi xa bebuya kule mfazwe.@
Zombini izigqibo ziphawula ukuba i-AVermont inelona nani liphezulu lamajoni ngomntu ngamnye abaye bahlawula idini lokugqibela kwaye balahlekelwa ubomi babo kule mfazwe.@ Izigqibo ziphinda zibonise ukuba i-Athe iindleko zale mfazwe ngokwe-Congressional Research Service ubuncinane i-$ 379. ibhiliyoni, ukuba isabelo se-AVermont=s seendleko sidlula i-750 yezigidi zeedola,@ kwaye iindleko ze-Athese ziya kuba nefuthe elibonakalayo kumakhaya aseVermont kunye nenkqubo yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukarhulumente waseVermont kwiminyaka ezayo.@
Izigqibo ezingabophelelanga ezamkelwe yiNdlu yeVermont kunye neSenethi ayidingi ukuba zixoxisane okanye ziye kwirhuluneli ukuze zisayinwe.
Izisombululo zaziswa kulandela ukuququzelelwa kwabemi kunye nokwamkelwa kwezindululo zeNtlanganiso yeDolophu echasene nemfazwe kwiminyaka emininzi edlulileyo. Umzekelo, umbuzo wovoto kwiSixeko saseBurlington ngo-2005 owawufuna รขโฌลukuziswa kwemikhosi ekhaya esuka e-Iraq ngokuรขโฌwadlula ngevoti yama-65.2% yabavoti. Ezinye iidolophu ezingamashumi amahlanu zaseVermont zapasa izigqibo ezichasene nemfazwe kwiNtlanganiso yeDolophu kwangaloo nyaka.
Uthotho lwentetho, imingcelele, kunye neendibano kwiNdlu kaRhulumente eMontpelier nakwiidolophu ezikulo lonke elaseVermont kukhokelele ekwazisweni kwesigqibo kunyaka ophelileyo kwiNdlu yaseVermont, kodwa eso sigqibo asizange siphume kwikomiti. Kulo nyaka iinkokeli zendlu yowiso-mthetho yaseVermont zacengwa ukuba lifikile ixesha lokuba iVermont ithethe. Imiba yayiquka ukhetho oluqinisekileyo ngoNovemba odlulileyo olwasusa amaRiphabhlikhi ekulawuleni i-US Congress, ubukhulu becala malunga nomcimbi wemfazwe; umboniso omkhulu eVermont State House ngoJanuwari 20; umboniso omkhulu eWashington, DC nge-27 kaJanuwari; uxwebhu lwezikhalazo oluyimpumelelo lokufaka isisombululo esitsha sokulwa imfazwe ukuze kuvotelwe uninzi lweedolophu zaseVermont; Iingxelo ezicacileyo zamajoni asebenzayo kunye nokubuyisela amagqala eMfazwe yase-Iraq yaseVermont ngokuchasene nemfazwe, kuquka รขโฌลIsibheno soLungiso;รขโฌ[iii] kunye nomsindo phakathi kweVermonters ukuba uMongameli Bush wayephendula konke oku ngokunyusa imfazwe.
Omnye umzekelo wesisombululo esitsha esichasene nemfazwe esiza kuvotelwa kwiiNtlanganiso zeDolophu nge-7 kaMatshi uthi: โNgaba abavoti bedolophu yaseNewfane baya kucebisa uMongameli, iCongress kunye nabaphathi bee-ofisi zelizwe kunye ne-Vermont ukuba iNewfane nabemi bayo bayixhasa ngamandla amadoda nabafazi abakhonza kuwo onke amasebe omkhosi wase-United States e-Iraq kwaye bakholelwa ukuba eyona ndlela ingcono yokubaxhasa kukuzisa ngamnye wabo ekhaya ngoku kwaye ubanakekele kakuhle xa befika ekhaya. "[iv]
Ngaphambi kokuba kuqale ingxoxo kwiNdlu,[v] Amagqala amathathu eMfazwe yase-Iraq yaseVermont, owayesakuba nguMkhosi uSgt. UDrew Cameron, Owayesakuba nguCpl waseLwandle. Matt Howard, kunye nowayesakuba nguMkhosi Sgt. U-Adrienne Kinne, onke amalungu e-Iraq Veterans Against the War, kunye namalungu amabini e-Vermont Military Families Speak Out, uNancy Brown noNicole Conte, babehleli kwizitulo ezibomvu ezimphambili zegumbi kwaye baziswa kwiNdlu. Baye bafumana ihlombe elithe kratya kubameli.
Ngexesha lengxoxo kwiNdlu, ummeli uSue Minter, waseWaterbury, uthe, A ndiyasixhasa esi sigqibo kuba ndiyayixhasa imikhosi yethu. Kwaye eyona ndlela sinokuxhasa ngayo amadoda kunye nabasetyhini baseVermont abaye bathunyelwa e-Iraq kukubazisa ekhaya bevela kumazwe apho bahlala khona yonke imihla besengozini enkulu yokubulawa okanye ukwenzakala ngabantu ababajonga njengabahlali abangafunekiyo, hayi abakhululi. njengoko babethenjisiwe. Akufuneki sime ngokuthe cwaka ngelixa uninzi loonyana neentombi ezibalaseleyo zaseVermont kunye neentsapho zabo becelwa ukuba bancame ngemfazwe engenasiphelo sicacileyo. Esi sigqibo sithumela umyalezo olula kwiVermonters ngeyunifomu: Enkosi. Wenze ngokwaneleyo. Lixesha lokubuyela ekhaya eVermont. Kwaye siya kukunyamekela. INdibano yethu yeZizwe eziManyeneyo iye yawaxhasa amadoda nabafazi bethu banxibe iyunifomu, kwaye esi Sigqibo asinjalo.@
Owayesakuba yiCpl yaseMarine. UMatthew Howard usebenze kukhenketho lokulwa kabini e-Iraq, esebenza kunye ne-1st Tank Battalion, iCandelo loku-1 laseLwandle. Usebenze iminyaka emine kwi-United States Marine Corps. Kwisiteyitimenti esasasazwa kubaxhasi beNdlu kunye neSenethi yesisombululo phambi kwengxoxo wachaza inkcaso yakhe kwimfazwe:
Ngamanye amaxesha i-post traumatic stress B ixhala, uloyiko, ukuzihlukanisa. Ngamanye amaxesha i=bubuxoki. Ngamanye amaxesha iba yinyambalala yabantu abangxwelerhekileyo. Ngamanye amaxesha iba = ngabashicileli bengeniso. Ngamanye amaxesha sisixhobo esingalunganga kunye nocwangciso olugwenxa okanye ukungabikho kwezixhobo kunye nokungabikho kocwangciso.
Abantu base-Iraq babandezeleka nzima ukuba bakhulelwe imihla ngemihla kuba sikhona. Ukanti ulwaphulo-mthetho lwabo kuphela kukuba bebengamaxhoba amasikizi angaphambili phantsi kolawulo olwahlukileyo. Abantu abasilwelayo balwela inkululeko yabo B ukuba bakhululeke kumkhosi wangaphandle. Ngelixa ndibucekisa ugonyamelo lwabo, ngelishwa ndiyaluqonda.
Iimeko zimbi kakhulu kunaxa ndandihlasela ilizwe labo kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo. Ndibone oku kutyelelo lwam lwesibini lomsebenzi kwaye ndisaqhubeka ukuva kubazalwana bam abakwizingalo namhlanje. Izibhedlele ngamaziko ogcino-zidumbu, izikolo ziindawo zokulahla inkunkuma, izitalato yimijelo emdaka. Sibonakalise kakhulu ukuba asikho ukunceda aba bantu. Intswela-ngqesho ikwi-70% kodwa singenisa abantu basePakistan ukuze baqhube iiholo zethu. Ilizwe likwimeko emaxongo kwaye i-KBR ifumana iikontrakthi zebhidi ngaphandle kwenkqubela phambili enokulinganiswa.
Ndafunga ukuba ndiya kuwugcina ndiwukhusele umgaqo-siseko. Endaweni yoko ndahlazisa. Ndiyanibongoza nonke ukuba nihloniphe amagqala azibeka ekufeni=s iinwele ezinqamlezayo kwaye niwuxhase lo mthetho othi makarhoxiswe ngoko nangoko. Musa=ukuqhathwa ngaba bathi kufuneka uxhase amajoni. Andizange ndifumane nkxaso kulo rhulumente. Ungaze. Ndingabhala incwadi ngezinto esingakhange sizifumane, izinto ekwanyanzeleka ukuba sizihlawulele, imisebenzi engenamsebenzi eyalelwe ukuba siyiphumeze. Ukurhoxa yinto esiyifunayo thina njengamagqala, yile nto ifunwa ngabantu beli lizwe, yile nto ifunwa ngabantu baseIraq. Awunako=ukuphumelela ulwaphulo-mthetho, ungaluphelisa kuphela. Nceda uzibandakanye nam kunye ne-Iraq Veterans ngokuchasene neMfazwe ekufumaneni isibindi sokumisa le mfazwe ngoku.
Owayesakuba nguMkhosi uSgt. U-Adrienne Kinne usebenze eMkhosini ukusuka ngo-1994 ukuya ku-2004 njengesazi solwimi lwesiArabhu kubukrelekrele bomkhosi, iminyaka emithandathu iyonke esemsebenzini. Usasaze le ngxelo ilandelayo kubameli bakhe belizwe laseVermont kunye neeseneta:
Ngelixa elikhokelela kuhlaselo lwase-US e-Iraq, ndiye ndaphazanyiswa kulawulo=skungakhathali, ukumelwa kakubi kweenyani, kunye nokukhohlisa izehlo ze-9/11. Ngelo xesha, ndandiziva ndingenamandla okwenza nantoni na ngobubi obabusenziwa ngabo baphetheyo. Kwiminyaka eyalandelayo kuhlaselo lwase-US e-Iraq, loo mvakalelo yokungabi namandla yandilandela. Ekuphela kokuphumla endakufumanayo kuloo mvakalelo yeza emva konyulo luka-2006 xa kwacaca ukuba uluntu lwaseMelika luthethile. Ngelo xesha, kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ndacinga ukuba ekugqibeleni, izinto ziza kutshintsha. Ngelishwa, loo mvakalelo yokuba nethemba yayingayi kuhlala ihleli.
Xa abaphathi babhengeza ukuba imikhosi eyongezelelweyo yayiza kuthunyelwa e-Iraq, andizange ndizive ndingenamandla, kodwa ndinomsindo. Ndiyakholelwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba nayiphi na into yokubamba ubunyani abalawuli abakhe baba nayo, ngoku sele kuphelile. Inyani yeyokuba umkhosi wase-US uqhubeka ubukho e-Iraq ngokucacileyo wenza ukuba imeko emhlabeni ibe yingozi ngakumbi. Siphemba umlilo weemvakalelo ezichasene neMelika ezintliziyweni zabaninzi, ngaloo ndlela senza lula umsebenzi wemibutho yabanqolobi kwiphulo labo lokufumana amavolontiya amatsha - into ebonakala ichasene neenjongo ze-Awar on terror.@ Siyenza kwakhona Kunzima ngakumbi kwabo base-Iraqi abafuna ukuzisa uzinzo kwilizwe labo ukuze bakhonze ngaphandle kokoyika impindezelo ngabo baya kubabona njengabadibanisi baseMelika. Lifikile ixesha lokuba i-United States iphelise ukuhlala kwayo e-Iraq, ngaloo ndlela ivumela abantu baseIraqi ithuba lokuzenzela eyabo indlela. Kuphela ngabantu base-Iraq abanokuthi bathathe isigqibo ngeyona nto ilungele i-Iraq.
NjengomGqirha, ndiyazi ukuba umkhosi wethu ngamavolontiya onke. Ndiyazi ukuba amadoda nabafazi boMkhosi wethu oxhobileyo benza isifungo sokuxhasa kunye nokukhusela uMgaqo-siseko wase-United States kuzo zonke iintshaba, zangaphandle nezasekhaya, ukuba zibe nokholo oluyinyani kunye nokuthembeka okufanayo, ukuthobela imiyalelo kaMongameli welizwe. eUnited States nemiyalelo yamagosa anyulwe phezu kwawo. Ndiyakholwa kumoya weso sifungo; nangona kunjalo, ndiyakholelwa nokuba lifikile ixesha lokuba sixhase kwaye sikhusele amadoda nabafazi bethu abakhaliphileyo ngokubazisa ekhaya ngoku.
Ndikutsho oku kuwe njengegqala eliqhubeka nokuxhasa amagqala alo kwaye ndibanqwenelela ukubuya okukhuselekileyo. Ndithetha oku kuwe njengodade omkhulu we-Reservist owoyika ukuba umntakwabo omncinci angabizwa e-Iraq nayiphi na imini. Nditsho oku kuwe njengomhlobo welinye igqala lomfazi, naye osinde kumhlaza webele izihlandlo ezibini kunye nomama wabantwana ababini, kwaye umyeni wakhe uza kuthumela e-Iraq kwezi veki zizayo.
Ndithetha oku kuwe njengomntu osebenze namagqala abuya e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, uninzi lwabo oluye lwafumana ukwenzakala kwengqondo kunye/okanye abanengxaki yePost-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Njengomntu osebenze kwiVeterans Health Administration, ndingakuxelela loo nto izibonelelo abekho ukubonelela amagqala ethu ngokhathalelo lwempilo olusemgangathweni kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo yengqondo abalufumeneyo nabalufaneleyo. Kulo mbandela, ndiyanibongoza nonke ukuba niqinisekise ukuba izibhedlele zamagqala zifumana inkxaso-mali eziyifunayo ukuze wenziwe umsebenzi.
Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ndikutsho oku kuwe njengomntu ocinga ukuba sonke sibophelelekile ukuba senze nantoni na esisemandleni ethu ukuzisa imikhosi yethu ekhaya ngoku kwaye ngaphandle kobungozi.
Le ngxelo ilandelayo evela owayesakuba yi-Marine Sgt. U-Liam Madden, igqala lemfazwe e-Iraq othe wagqiba inkonzo yakhe yaseLwandle kwinyanga ephelileyo wasasazwa ngummeli wakhe kumalungu eNdlu yeVermont kunye neSenethi:
Ndiyayithanda kwaye ndiyayixhasa iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseVermont ngokumisela umzekelo wezinye izindlu zowiso-mthetho ukuba zilandele ekubizeni ukuba kupheliswe imfazwe engekho mthethweni nengekho sikweni. Kwakhona iiVermonters zingqina ukuzimela kunye nokuzibophelela kwihlabathi elinobulungisa nelinoxolo.
Amalungu enkonzo yaseMelika enze isifungo sokuxhasa kunye nokukhusela umgaqo-siseko wase-United States kuzo zonke iintshaba zangaphandle nezasekhaya. Izenzo zakho zenza eso sifungo sibe nentsingiselo kwaye zisinika into yokuzikhusela.
Siyavolontiya ekusebenzeleni okona kulungileyo kwisizwe, hayi ukulahla ubomi bethu ngenxa yobuxoki. Ukuba umnxeba wakho wokurhoxa kwangoko imikhosi yaseMelika e-Iraq unokusindisa umama omnye enye inyembezi ke wenze okungakumbi ukuxhasa amadoda nabafazi bethu emkhosini wase-United States kunalo naliphi na elinye iqumrhu likarhulumente esizweni.
UJames Marc Leas ulilungu leNational Lawyers Guild kwaye wanceda ukukhokela iinzame zokufumana isisombululo esaziswa kwindlu yowiso-mthetho yaseVermont.
[i].Isigqibo seNdlu yeeNgwevu zaseVermont ngeMfazwe yase-Iraq samkelwa ngoFebruwari 13, 2007 kwaye sise. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/resolutn/SR0011.HTM
Isigqibo seNdlu yaseVermont ngeMfazwe e-Iraq samkelwa ngoFebruwari 13, 2007 kwaye sise http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/resolutn/HR0011. HTM
kunye nokulungiswa kwesigqibo seNdlu kunye nokuvota ku-http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/journal/hj070213.htm
[ii]. Idemokhrasi Ngoku: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1646233
[iv]http://vtimpeach.com/frontPage.do, emva koko ucofe ku-รขโฌลรขโฌโขamajoni agoduka ngokuรขโฌโข incwadi yezikhalazoรขโฌ
[v] Ukufumana iindaba zengxoxo-mpikiswano njengoko zigutyungelwe yi-WCAX TV yiya ku http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?s=6083479 yoshicilelo kunye noku http://www.wcax.com/Global/category.asp?C=18197 yevidiyo (khetha I-Block yokuqala - i-6pm ye-Channel 3 News - ngoFebruwari 13, 2007 emva koko uhambise isilayidi ukuze ubone ividiyo ukusuka ku-9:05 ukuya ku-12:40).
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