Amakilasi aseqalile futhi, futhi abaqaphi bezempi baphume ngobuningi babo. Abafundi bachithekela ku-quad, ilanga lika-August lishisa olwandle abantu abagijimela ekilasini noma balale otshanini. Futhi kukhona engifunda nabo, abame bade begqoke iyunifomu yabo, ngaphansi kwetende lamasosha lapho bekhipha khona izincwadi, baqale izingxoxo, noma bamane bamoyizele abadlulayo.
Ngangingumfundi wesibili ekolishi lapho iMpi yase-Iraq iqala. Ngikhumbula ngenkathi isizukulwane sami singesokuqala ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kuleyo mpi, abanye bathunyelwa e-Afghanistan ngaphambi kwalokho. Ngikhumbula ukushaqeka kokuqala lapho ngiqaphela ukuthi impi iyinto elwiwa abantu engibaziyo, izingane zekilasi elisebenzayo ezivela endaweni yami ye-punk, intsha yebala lesikole sami samabanga aphezulu, abangane bomfowethu omncane, izingane ezazingenayo enye indlela yokukhokhela. ekolishi noma uphume edolobheni lethu elincane. Manje, eminyakeni eyisikhombisa kamuva, ngingumfundi oneziqu, futhi lokhu kusewuhlobo lwempi yesizukulwane sami. Kodwa lizuzwa isizukulwane esisha. Babukeka njengezingane kimina - lokho okumelwe ngabe ngangibukeka kanjani ngaleso sikhathi lapho iMpi Yase-Iraq iqala, indlela okumelwe ukuba ontanga yami babebukeka ngayo lapho bemashwa okokuqala belandelana beyongena etiyeleni futhi begibela ezindizeni zempi.
Kudlula obhuti basekolishi, bekhulumela phezulu. Abanye abantu badlala i-hackeysack otshanini. Abafundi baphuma ekilasini, bekhuluma bephithizela. Lena impilo evamile. Kanjalo nempi. Iningi lalaba bafundi alikhumbuli ukuthi abokuqala esizukulwaneni sabo bathunyelwa nini. Ngoba iningi labo, impi ibilokhu iqhubeka kusukela esikoleni esiphakeme. Kusukela junior high. Abaningi babo abakhumbuli nokuthi abantu babesakholelwa nini eMpini Yase-Iraq, lapho amafulegi ayendiza futhi nezigubhu zempi zishaya ngamandla. Impi iyisizinda esimane nje siwukuthi, iqiniso elingena kulesi sigcawu senjabulo, imbangela esusa ofunda nabo ekilasini, ingxenye yephephandaba engaguquguquki ngendlela emangalisayo.
Ngicabanga ngamasosha antanga yami abuya ethunzini lempi, avuka eklabalasa ebusuku, angakwazi ukuhlala endaweni eyodwa, angakwazi ukusebenza. Emsebenzini wami wokusekela ama-Iraq Veterans ngokumelene neMpi kanye ne-GI resisters, ngibonile ukuthi ukusinda kugcwele izipoki, ukuthi kuwumthwalo osindayo ukuwuthwala uma uneminyaka engu-19, 22, 27, noma engu-34 ubudala. Ukuthi kuwumthwalo osindayo emndenini wakho nakubantu obathandayo. Bese kuba khona abangasindanga. Ilahlekelwe ukulwa. Noma ukuzibulala. Ngonyaka wezimali odlule, amasosha angu-239 azibulala, angu-160 kuwo ayesebenza, angu-146 ashona ngenxa yezenzo eziyingozi kakhulu, okuhlanganisa nokusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwezidakamizwa ezingu-74, kanti amasosha angu-1,713 asinda lapho ezama ukuzibulala, ngokusho kombiko Wezempi.
Ngicabanga ngabasinde empini e-Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine. Abantu abangamathunzi nje amnyama kwabezindaba zase-US nasezinkulumweni zomphakathi. Abantu abaye bahlupheka ngaphansi kobudlelwane obushintshashintshayo nemisebenzi, abantu abaye banqanyulwa amadolobhana abo namadolobha ngezintambo zokusika, amathangi, nezindonga futhi baqhunyiswa ngamabhomu. Izihloko ezisematheni zithi impi yase-Iraq isiphelile. Kodwa kuze kube nini impi isiphelile kubantu base-Iraqi? Kuze kube nini kuze kube isosha lokugcina "elingalwi", noma usonkontileka wokugcina ozimele egoduka? Koze kube nini umzuzi wokugcina kawoyela epakisha futhi ahambe? Kuze kube nini kuze kube khona ukufana kokuzikhethela kwabantu base-Iraqi, kanye nezinxephezelo ngomonakalo ongenakulungiseka owenziwe?
Kwakungenangqondo ngaleso sikhathi, lapho uhulumeni ekhalisa izigubhu zempi ngemva kuka-9/11, noma lapho amabhomu eqhuma phezu kwe-Baghdad - amalambu asabekayo, amalambu avuthayo kanye nezakhiwo ezivuthayo ezikhanya ezikrinini zethu ze-TV. Futhi akuwenzi umqondo manje ukuthi amasosha, uhulumeni, abezindaba bayagcizelela ukuthi izimpi sezizophela. Noma sekuphelile. Noma ziyanda ukuze zikwazi ukwenza umsebenzi bese ziphela. Sekuyiminyaka besho lokho. Ukuvuma ukuthi izimpi nemisebenzi azisathetheleleki emehlweni omphakathi, ukuthi osopolitiki kumele bathole izindlela zokwenza kubonakale sengathi izimpi zihlezi zisophethelweni, noma ziphikelela.
Futhi iyichibi elifanayo lamasosha abhebhezela izimpi zombili. Abanye sebebhekane nokuthunyelwa okubili, okuthathu, okune, noma kahlanu. Kuthunyelwe kusuka e-Afghanistan kuya e-Iraq bese kubuyela e-Afghanistan. Kunini ngaphambi kokuba impi iphele kulamasosha? Kuze kube nini ngaphambi kokuba izingqondo nemizimba yabo iqale ukuphola? Impi yaseVietnam yaphawulwa ukwanda kokungabi namakhaya, i-PTSD, nokuzibulala uma amasosha esebuyile. Futhi manje amasosha ethu abhekene nokuthunyelwa kwamarekhodi. Ubani owaziyo ukuthi izoba yini imiphumela yesikhathi eside? Kakade, siyazi ukuthi amazinga e-PTSD kanye nokulimala kwengqondo okubuhlungu phakathi kwamasosha athunyelwe e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan abe phezulu ngokungenakulinganiswa, nengxenye yesithathu yamasosha abuyayo ebika izinkinga zengqondo kanye namaphesenti angu-18.5 awo wonke amalungu abuyayo alwa ne-PTSD noma ukucindezeleka, ngokusho kombiko. ucwaningo olwenziwe yiRand Corporation. Futhi kuze kube nini impi isiphelile kuma-Iraqis nama-Afghan aphethwe yi-PTSD? Nakuba zingekho izibalo ezizayo, abanye baye balinganisela ukuthi i-PTSD iseduze nendawo yonke kule miphakathi.
Amasosha akhishwa esizukulwaneni sami. Futhi manje iyaqhubeka, kulo nyaka wesikole omusha, igcwele ukulindela namandla. Ngemuva kweminyaka ecishe ibe yishumi yezimpi nemisebenzi, ingaholeli ndawo, ingadali lutho oluhle, sisabheke entsheni yethu ukuthi igcwalise amazinga. Ababuthwayo bayama bese bemamatheka, benikeza izincwadi, bebuka amehlo, okumpunga nokuluhlaza komfaniswano wabo kuhlanganiswe nezingubo ezimibalabala, abantu abahamba ngezinyawo, iqolo nezincwadi zesikole, izakhiwo zezitini ezibhalwe ezindongeni. Futhi ilenga ngemuva, isibhengezo esikhulu sifundeka ngokuthi "Siyakwamukela futhi."
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