โYini engalungile ngezwe lapho impi idunyiswa khona futhi ukulwela ukuthula kuwubugwala?โ
โUMonica Benderman
Lapho ngibona umbiko wezindaba wakamuva mayelana nebutho lase-US lisondela ekusetshenzisweni kwamasosha amarobhothi, angikwazanga ukumelana nokuphendula okusobala: Ingabe kwakungenjalo kakade? Ungeyena owayenegunya ekubulaweni kwabantu abaningi njengoba uHenry Kissinger ake aphawula: โAmasosha ayizilwane eziyizimungulu, eziyiziphukuphuku okufanele zisetshenziswe njengezimbangi zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle.โ Ukuthenga kulo mcabango, nokho, ukuvala noma yikuphi ubumbano namasosha aseMelikaโฆnjengesibonelo, uSgt. Kevin Benderman.
U-Benderman, umakadebona wezempi wase-Iraq ohlotshiswe ngenkonzo yeminyaka eyi-10 eButhweni Lezempi LaseMelika, umi e-Ft. Stewart, GA, ne-3rd Infantry Division. Waqale wajoyina ibutho lezempi ngo-1987 eneminyaka engu-22.
UmkaBenderman, uMonica wangitshela. โUKevin wazizwa enesibopho sokukhonza ngenxa yaleli gugu. Washiya ezempi ngo-1991 futhi waqhuba ibhizinisi lakhe le-sub-contracting/flooring iminyaka engu-8. Ngo-2000, ngemva kokuqhubeka nezingxoxo noyise, owayengumakadebona we-WWII, waba nomuzwa wokuthi wayengasifezanga isibopho sakhe sokukhonza, futhi waphinde wabhalisa.โ Usebenze uhambo olulodwa lokulwa e-Iraq, kusukela ngoMashi 2003 kuze kube uSepthemba 2003โฆnjengengxenye ye-1-10 Calvary 4th Infantry Division esuka e-Ft. Hood, Texas.
Sekukonke, akuyona indaba engavamile kakhulu yesosha laseMelika, akunjalo?
Ngaphambi kokuba uphendule, cabanga ngento eyodwa futhi: Sgt. Benderman, indoda ekholelwa ukuthi โImpi ikuphuca ubuntu bakho. Kwenza abantu benze izinto ezimbi abebengasoze bazenza,โ kufakwe isicelo sokuba yiConscientious Objector status ngoDisemba 2004.
โIsicelo sakhe sasiwumphumela wonyaka wokuzihlola ngenxa yalokho ayekubone ohambweni lwakhe lokulwa nezinye izici ezasiza ekuchazeni kabusha isimiso sezinkolelo zakhe,โ kuchaza uMonica.
Ibutho lase-US alizange lihlabeke umxhwele. Okokuqala, umphathi wakhe ngaleso sikhathi wenqaba ukwamukela isicelo. UMonica uthi: โImizamo yakhe yokuxhumana nomfundisi webutho lezempi ukuze athole usizo yaba yize. "Akekho ochungechungeni lwakhe lwabaphathi abanikeze noma yiluphi usizo mayelana nesicelo sakhe, nokwephula imithetho yezempi."
Sgt. Ngokuqondakalayo uBenderman wayekhungathekile. Uthi: โNgeke ngibalekele izinkolelo zami. โNgikholwa ukuthi engikwenzayo kuyinto efanele, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini imiphumela.โ Wayengafuni ukubuya futhi abe yingxenye yalokho ayekubonile. โUngaqeqesha konke okufunayo futhi ubuke amavidiyo okuqeqesha, kodwa ngeke wazi ukuthi kunjani ukulwa uze uhlangabezane nakho,โ kusho u-Kevin. โAwukwazi ukushisa ingalo yentombazane encane lapho uziqeqeshela khona, noma wenze izinja zidle izinsalela zabantu, noma wenze amasosha adubule abulale abantu bangempelaโฆ besijikijela ngamatshe.โ
โU-Kevin uphuthelwe ukuthunyelwa ngenxa yemihlangano ne-CSM (Command Sgt.
Major),โ kuchaza uMonica.
NgoJanuwari 7, i-CSM kaKevin yamkhulula ukuthi abuyele ekhaya ayosebenza ngokulandelana kwezenzakalo eziholela esinqumweni sakhe sokufaka isicelo se-CO. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, u-Benderman wabika kumyalo we-Rear Detachment njengoba eyalelwe lapho atshelwa khona ukuthi uzonikezwa yonke inhlonipho nemisebenzi efanele yena njenge-NCO.
โNgoJanuwari 16,โ uMonica wangitshela, โIbutho Lase-US lathwesa uKevin icala
85 we-UCMJ, Ukulahla ngenhloso yokugwema umsebenzi oyingozi, kanye ne-Athikili 87 ye-UCMJ, Ukunyakaza Okulahlekile. Lawa macala amabili anenhlawulo enkulu yeminyaka engu-7 eboshiwe ngokulahlekelwa isikhundla, ukulahlekelwa yizinzuzo, nokudedelwa ngendlela ehlazisayo.โ
Sgt. UBenderman usebenzisana nabameli ukuze aziphendulele kulawa macala. Yena noMonica balethe imininingwane yendaba yabo emphakathini ngokusebenzisa iwebhusayithi: www.BendermanDefense.org. Ukusekelwa okuwumphumela kuye kwawunyakazisa umoya wabo.
โSizwile ngamasosha amaningi asekela isikhundla sikaKevin,โ kusho uMonica. โNgikholwa wukuthi amasosha asekhathele yilokhu acelwe ukuthi akwenze, futhi engikuzwile ngamalungu omndeni, amasosha amaningi abuyayo manje asazama ukulinganisa lokho ahlangabezane nakho ngesikhathi sokulwa. Asikwazi ukukhuluma ngendlela abazizwa ngayo ngezenzo zabo, noma lokho abafuna ukuzenzela bona. Siyazi ngamasosha angu-20 okwamanje asebenza e-Iraq afake isicelo sesimo se-CO, kanye nambalwa ase-US. Sizwile nokuthi kunamasosha aseMelika angama-5000 manje ahlala eCanada, kodwa angeke aliqinisekise lelo nani.โ
Ukwesekwa kubuye kwavela kwabaningi abangaphandle kwezempiโฆokungaphezu kwalokho u-Kevin noMonica ababekufisa. Kodwa uMonica uyasibona isidingo sokuletha le ndaba kubantu abengeziwe futhi ayigcine iphila emehlweni omphakathi. โSinomuzwa wokuthi kubalulekile ukugcina izehlakalo zaleli cala enkundleni yomphakathi,โ usho kanje, โhhayi nje odabeni lukaKevin, kodwa nakwabanye okungenzeka ukuthi bacabangela indlela efanayo, futhi nomphakathi jikelele ukuba uqaphele. iqiniso kulokho okwenzeka ngaphakathi kwezempi. "
Okwamanje, abakwa-Benderman bazoqhubeka nokusula u-Kevin wawo wonke amacala ngenkathi besebenza njengezibonelo zalokho okungenzeka.
โAkukho okunye esingakwenza,โ kuphetha uMonica. โYilokhu okufanele sikwenze, bengihlale ngitshela izingane zami ukuthi into efanele iyona nto ebaluleke kakhulu, futhi ukuyenza yiyona nto enivumela ukuthi nigcine ubuqotho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi imiphumela izoba yiniโฆOmunye umlisa useyekile ukubulala. . Indoda eyodwa ikhethe ukuthola enye indlela ngaphandle kwempi. Umuntu oyedwa uthathe umgwaqo oqondile, okuwukuphela kwendlela eholela ekuhlakanipheni, futhi eholela ekuthuleni.โ
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana naleli cala futhi unikeze ukwesekwa kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo, sicela
vakashela: www.BendermanDefense.org.
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