"About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War," yincwadi okufanele ibekwe etafuleni kuzo zonke izindawo zokudlela zesikole samabanga aphezulu, eduze kwamanqe. Uxolo, ngisho abadudula impi. Uxolo, ngiqonde abaqashi abahle bezinkonzo zabenza inzuzo yokufa. Uxolo, uyabazi abantu engibashoyo. Okungukuthi, ngaphandle uma izincwadi eziwusizo zingawenza amakilasi, okungaba ngcono nakakhulu.
Iningi lokumelana ne-GI eVietnam, le ncwadi ikhomba, ivela kulabo ababebhalise ngokuzithandela, hhayi kwabakwa-drafte. Ngokuvamile kuba yilabo abakholelwa i-hype, abazama ukuzuzisa izwe ngokuya empini, abathola intando yokuzama ukuzuzisa izwe lapho izimpumputhe zabo zisusiwe futhi sebebonile ukuthi iyini impi nokuthi impi isetshenziselwani. .
I-"About Face" iqoqa izindaba zokuphikiswa kwakamuva ngaphakathi kwezempi "yevolontiya" yase-US. Laba ngabantu abasha abanezinketho ezimbalwa zemisebenzi abakhetha "inkonzo" yezempi kodwa bathole ukuthi akuyona isevisi. Wonke anezindaba, eziningi zazo ezigqamisa izikhathi ezithile zokuguqulwa. Iqiniso livame ukuba yinkimbinkimbi futhi kancane kancane, kodwa izindaba ziyaliveza iphuzu.
UBenji Lewis wayengusolwandle e-Iraq. Ngemva "kokuvakasha" okubili ucabange ngezinto ezenzeke ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala, okuhlanganisa nalokhu:
"Babedubula le ntokazi eyayihambela esigxotsheni sethu inyakazisa izingalo icela usizo ngesi-Arabhu. Ngakho ngasondela ngakhuluma nayo, futhi ubuso bayo babubukeka njengokufa uqobo. Yayigcwele usawoti ebusweni bayo yonke indawo. .Kwabonakala ukuthi kade ekhala kancane.Ngake ngathola indaba yokuthi unomndeni.Sathi buyela ekhaya, uye kwabakini.' Kwabe sekuvela ukuthi ucela usizo.Ezinsukwini ezintathu ezedlule umndeni wakhe wonke, izingane zakhe, zigqitshwe kakhulu emfucumfucwini yendlu yabo, wabe esecela usizo.Ngabuza usayitsheni wami, siyamsiza?' Wathi angimtshele ukuthi ahambe ngezinyawo aye esiteshini sosizo se-Red Cross, esasiqhele ngamamayela ambalwa. Kwangiphatha kabi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukuthi mina ngiyisishayasibhamu esilungisa isigaba sodaka, maningi amathuba okuthi yimina engangifake leyo mizuliswano endlini yakhe.โ
U-Lewis wenqaba imiyalo yokukhumbula i-Individual Ready Reserve yakhe futhi wakhululwa ngaphandle kwezijeziso. Nakuba abanye abamelene nabo bejeziswa, lokho akubonakali kuwumkhuba. Ngokuvamile ukumelana kuthatha indlela yokuya ku-AWOL, futhi kwezinye izimo kamuva uzinikele. U-Andre Shepherd wafuna isikhundla sokuba ngumbaleki eJalimane:
"Ngenze isinqumo phakathi [a] namasonto amabili sokuthi kuzomele ngihambe enkonzweni kunokuthi ngizibulale noma ngibulale omunye umuntu empini ebisekelwe phezu kwenqwaba yamanga."
Abanye abaphikisi abakholelwa ukuthi kufanele bacele isimo sokwenqaba ngenxa kanembeza, ngoba lokho kudinga ukuphikisana nazo zonke izimpi. Njengoba sebebone ngamanga nokwesabeka kwempi eyodwa, basacabanga ukuthi enye impi ingaba umqondo omuhle. Labo abafaka izicelo zokwenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza abasitholi ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa abaningi bayasithola. U-Hart Viges wajoyina ngo-2001, u-gung ho empini yase-terra. Wakhululwa ngenhlonipho njengowenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza ngemva kweminyaka emithathu. Uthi: โNgimelene nazo zonke izimpi. "Uma noma ubani ecosha ithuluzi lokulwa nomfowabo noma udadewabo ngobudlova, ngiyamelana nalo futhi angisekeli. Ekugcineni ngitholile ukulwa kwami, ukulwa kwami โโโโokumnandi. Indlela engikhululeka ngayo, ngikhululeke kakhudlwana kimi. kunalokhu engake ngaba khona empilweni yami yonke." Ukukhuluma iqiniso ngempi kuba yindlela enhle yokwelapha omakadebona kanye nomphakathi wethu wonke.
Kodwa izindaba kufanele mhlawumbe zithathwe ngemithamo emincane. Ukufunda lezi zincwadi ungaphumuli kungakwenza uqonde ukuthi kungani ngezinye izikhathi kube abeluleki abezwa zonke izindaba zamasosha agcine elahlekelwe yizingqondo zabo. I-"About Face" yazisa abangase babuthwe kanye nalabo asebevele baqashiwe ukuthi banezinketho, kanye nokwazisa izishoshovu zokuthula asebekhulile lapho abasha bakhona: baphakathi komakadebona. Ezinye izincwadi namavidiyo amaningi anganezela eqinisweni elidinga ukwaziswa esikweni elibuka impi njengomdlalo ongenangozi. Mhlawumbe iqoqo elinamandla kakhulu lezindaba zomakadebona engizifundile ithi "Bloody Hell" ka-Dan Hallock. Lona umbono ongahloliwe wokuthi yini engenzeka kuwe uma wenza do not melana.
"Isihogo Segazi" sisibonisa amadoda angenamakhaya, amadoda ahlanyiswa amaphupho amabi, ejele, abasohlwini lokufa, edakiwe, ekhala, edla izidakamizwa, eklabalasa, efuna ukuzibulala, futhi engakwazi ukuzivimba ekulimazeni abathandayo. Umakadebona waseVietnam ohlonzwe njengo-Lee washada futhi waba nentombazane encane nowesifazane waseVietnam ngenkathi ehlala eVietnam ngesikhathi sempi. Lowo nkosikazi nendodakazi, kanye nokusebenzisa izidakamizwa, yikho okwamthwala esihogweni ayeyingxenye yaso, ukubulawa nokufa nxazonke zakhe. Kodwa i-Army ikuphikile ukuba semthethweni komshado wakhe futhi yacacisa ukuthi kuzodingeka ashiye umkakhe nendodakazi yakhe ngemuva noma ehlane:
"Mina noChi sahlangana okokugcina ngaphambi kokuthi ngihambe. Sakhala sobabili. Kwakubi kakhulu, ubuhlungu obukhulu. Saqhaqhazelana ezingalweni zomunye nomunye. Ngamshiya ngabuyela eyunithi yami. Wabe wangithumelela incwadi ethi angihlangabeze eweni ngenhla kolwandle lwase South China,indawo enhle kakhulu esasihambe kuyo kakhulu.Ngaya.Ngizohamba kusasa,kumele ngiyombona namuhla,ngithathe ijeep yesikhulu, ishaye izule ibheke eweni nampa belindile bekhala asixoxanga sabambana nje uLe ephakathi kwethu sakhala kakhulu ngafaka isandla ephaketheni ngakhipha ivolovolo ngalibeka. Ikhanda likaChi ngadonsa inhlamvu. Kwaba khona ukuchela - kwase kugobhoza igazi lakhe - lonke kimi. Ngambamba ngimqinisa - uLe elokhu ememeza phakathi kwethu. Ngambamba isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka - ngase ngimyeka - phezu komgwaqo eweni nasolwandle zawa zombili.Ngawushaya ngamandla umhlaba wonkeโngamemeza ngaze ngaphelelwa izwi.Angizange ngibe nalutho ngaphakathi kimi ngesikhathi ngishayela ngibuyela emuva.Kwakumele ngifele eVietnam esikhundleni sokuphila izinkulungwane ukufa enginakho. Emuva ku-hooch akekho owathi vu kimi. Ngangingene ngigcwele igazi futhi ngibukeka ngimubi kakhulu - akekho owathi vu."
U-Lee ulandisa ngempilo yakhe emuva e-United States njengomakadebona, enomfazi omusha, nengane entsha. Ungacabanga. Kodwa kufanele uyifunde. Wonke umuntu kufanele. Ikakhulukazi wonke umuntu oneminyaka engu-17 hhayi ingane kasozigidi.
Ukudubula Uhlangothi Lwakho
Izindaba zomakadebona zivame ukuveza impi ngendlela ehlukile kulokho umabonakude esisitshele khona. I-Drones ngeke ikhulume, kodwa, amaqhawe angabantu asitshela ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq kwe-2003 kwaqala kanjani, ukuthi isigameko saseGulf of Tonkin singenzekanga kanjani, nokuthi imindeni eminingi ibulewe kangakanani kunokuba ikhululwe. "Isihogo Segazi" sihlanganisa i-akhawunti evela kumakadebona okuthiwa u-Doug wokuhlasela kwe-US ngo-1989 ePanama. Bengazi ukuthi izinhlelo zempi bezikhona ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwesigameko esasetshenziswa ukuthethelela lokhu "kungenelela" ngokumelene nomashiqela osenesikhathi eside esekelwa yi-US uManuel Noriega. Amanye amasosha asePanama ayedakiwe ayeshaye isikhulu samasosha asemanzini aseMelika futhi asabisa nomkakhe. Kodwa lalela le akhawunti evela ku-Doug:
"E-Fort Bragg ngayalwa ukuba ngihambe ngiyolwa neqembu labantu engangingakaze ngiphuphe ngabo - amasosha ethu. Ngahlanganiswa kanye noMichael namanye amadoda amane engangingakaze ngihlangane nawo ngaphambili. Sasiphakathi kwamasosha ambalwa eButhweni Lezempi Lase-US ngaleso sikhathi esinolwazi lokulwa, nokubulawa kwabadubuli okuqinisekisiwe; futhi sasingabangcono kakhulu. Ukucabanga e-Pentagon kwakuwukuthi ukuze amasosha amiswe ePanama ukuze alwe, kwakudingeka abe nezizathu ezinhle kakhulu. Sikhuluma lapha ngamasosha angakaze abhekane nokulwa ngaphambilini. Futhi indlela engcono kakhulu yokuwathukuthelisa kwaba ukuwahlasela. Lapho uMichael ebuza ukuthi amanye amadoda amane emishini yethu ayenzani, satshelwa ukuthi kwakungesiwodwa wethu. ibhizinisi.Uyabona, amasosha aseMelika, ikakhulukazi amasosha ahamba ngezinyawo, ayanamathelana.Uma omunye wabo engena enkingeni endaweni yokucima ukoma โ ngiqonde ukulwa โ amanye awasuki, ayahlanganyela. Awulwi noyedwa. kubo, nilwa nabo bonke.Ukuqeqeshwa kwabo kubafundise ukuba yiqembu, bathembele komunye nomunye, futhi akukhathalekile ukuthi yingxabano yase-barroom noma cha. Bathembele komunye nomunye ukuze bafike ekhaya. Ngakho-ke iyiphi indlela engcono yokuwenza wonke asebenze kunokuthwebula amabhodwe? Satshelwa ukuthi sizosindisa ukuphila ngokwenza lokhu. Emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuhlasela kwePanama, mina noMichael sadubula amasosha ebusuku."
Kukhona okungalungile.
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Izincwadi zikaDavid Swanson zihlanganisa "Impi Ngamanga." Ubhalisa ku http://davidswanson.org futhi http://warisacrime.org futhi isebenza njengomxhumanisi womkhankaso wenhlangano ye-activist inthanethi http://rootsaction.org. Uyabamba I-Radio Nation Nation. Mlandele ku-Twitter: @davidcnswansonfuthi I-FaceBook.
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