WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Arlington National Cemetery mein gumnam sipahi ke maqbare ki hifazat par mamoor ek sipahi ne Budh ko Americi wazir-e-difa Pete Hegseth ke sathiyon ki buland awaz mein sarzanish ki, jab Veterans Day ki taqreeb ke baad yadgar ke qareeb un mein se kuch ke hansne ki awaz suni gayi.
Television pool ki record ki gayi video mein Hegseth, un ki ahliya Jennifer aur senior muawineen ko tasaveer khinchwate aur maqbare ke samne seerhiyan charhte dekha ja sakta hai. Hansi ki awaz ke baad santari pukarta hai: “Tamam aane wale har waqt khamoshi aur ehtiram ka mahaul barqarar rakhenge.” Hegseth ne peeche mur kar dekha aur chalte rahe.
Pentagon ke chief tarjuman Sean Parnell ne kaha ke wazir aur mehkama ne faujiyon ki qurbaniyon ka “hamesha ehtiram kiya hai”. Unhon ne kaha, “Is sanjeeda din ki yaad manate hue ek sipahi ne durust aur ehtiram ke sath sab ko adaab ka khayal rakhne ki yaad dahani karai.”
America ke sab se sanjeeda maqamat mein se ek
Yeh maqbara pehli aalmi jang mein mare jane wale ek namaloom Americi sipahi ki aakhri aaramgah hai. Teesri Americi Infantry Regiment ke sipahi, jinhein Old Guard kaha jata hai, 1948 se chaubees ghante is ki hifazat kar rahe hain, aur Americi fauj ke mutabiq santari maamool ke mutabiq shor karne wale zaireen ko khamosh rehne ki yaad dahani karate hain.
Sadr Donald Trump aur naib sadr JD Vance ne taqreeb ke dauran yadgar par phoolon ki chadarein charhayin, jis mein Hegseth bhi shareek thay.
Sabiq Republican rukn-e-Congress Adam Kinzinger ne is waqiye ko “intehai qabil-e-nafrat” qarar diya aur kaha ke Hegseth “is ohde ke bilkul ahal nahin”.
Ek kathin hafta
Yeh waqiya us ke ek din baad pesh aaya jab Hegseth Aiwan-e-Numaindgan mein muwakhze ki koshish se bach nikle, jahan arkaan ne 204 ke muqable mein 211 voton se ilzamaat committee ko bhej diye. In ilzamaat mein kaha gaya tha ke unhon ne Congress ki manzoori ke baghair Iran par jang musallat ki, jise unhon ne “dhong” qarar diya.
Trump baarha keh chuke hain ke woh apne wazir-e-difa ke sath khare hain.
