By Takao Nogami, Asahi Shimbun
HIGASHI, Yankin Okinawa-Tsohon Marine Marine Matthew Hoh ya taba bauta wa kasarsa a yankin Okinawa, yana jagorantar atisayen yaki a dazuzzuka a nan.
A yau, Hoh da wasu tsoffin sojojin Amurka biyar sun shiga zanga-zangar yau da kullun don nuna rashin amincewarsu da gina jirage masu saukar ungulu na sojojin ruwa na Amurka a cikin daji guda.
Suna cewa hauka ne a lalata wani dajin da ke arewacin Okinawa domin gudanar da atisayen yaki.
Tsofaffin mambobi ne na Veterans for Peace (VFP), ƙungiyar antiwar Amurka. Sun shiga zanga-zangar a kusa da Takae, gundumar Higashi, daga karshen watan Agusta. A baya dai Hoh da wasu tsoffin sojojin ruwa na Amurka biyu a cikin kungiyar an girke su a wannan lardi ta kudu.
Masu zanga-zangar na neman a dakatar da aikin helipad kuma suna ci gaba da gwabzawa tun watan Yuli tare da daruruwan 'yan sandan kwantar da tarzoma da aka tattara daga sassan Japan.
Tsoffin sojojin sun ce sun kasance suna bin abin da gwamnatin Amurka ta fada musu ba tare da yin tambayoyi ba tun suna kanana. Duk da haka, sun fara adawa da ayyukan sojojin bayan yakin Iraki na 2003 da kuma wasu rikice-rikicen da suka hada da Afghanistan da Vietnam.
Ana ci gaba da aikin gina jirage masu saukar ungulu hudu a kusa da Takae tun watan Yuli bayan an dakatar da shi a baya saboda adawar yankin. Jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu guda biyu, wadanda aka kammala a shekarar 2014, a halin yanzu sojojin ruwan Amurka na amfani da su.
Aikin helipad ya dogara ne kan yarjejeniyar da aka kulla a shekarar 1996 don dawo da rabin kasar Camp Gonsalves, yankin horar da rundunar sojan ruwa mai fadin hekta 7,800 na rundunar sojojin ruwan Amurka da ke kan iyakar Higashi da kauyen Kunigami da ke makwabtaka da su.
Ɗaya daga cikin sharuɗɗan yarjejeniyar shi ne cewa za a gina jirage masu saukar ungulu guda shida-kowanne tsawon mita 75 a tsakiyar dajin da ke kusa da Takae don maye gurbin waɗanda ke yankin da za a mayar da su Japan.
Hoh, mai shekaru 43, ya san dajin sosai. Ya jagoranci sojoji a atisaye sau biyu a wata a yankin atisayen da ke cikin daji, amma ya ce ana iya yin irin wannan atisayen a Amurka.
Ya ci gaba da cewa, shugabannin Japan da na Amurka, za su gane cewa, sun yi kuskure kwata-kwata game da aikin helipad, idan suka sa kafa a cikin dajin, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin kyakkyawa, kuma ba tare da daidaito ba a duniya.
Hoh ya ce ya ga dabbobi iri-iri a cikin dajin yayin da yake atisaye.
Ya kara da cewa shi da sauran likitocin sun kuduri aniyar jawo hankalin duniya kan abin da ke faruwa a Takae tare da bayyana yakin da mutanen Okinawan ke yi da kasancewar sojojin Amurka.
Okinawa, wanda ke wakiltar kashi 0.6 na yawan ƙasar, yana da kashi 74 cikin ɗari na sansanonin Amurka a Japan.
A ranar 9 ga watan Satumba ne dai sojojin za su bar Okinawa zuwa Amurka.
An kafa tawagar tsoffin sojojin ne bayan da VFP ta yanke shawara baki daya a babban taronta na shekara-shekara a watan Agusta don neman dakatar da aikin helipad.
Kungiyar ta kuma yi kira da a janye shirin mayar da ayyukan tashar jirgin saman Futenma na Amurka da ke Ginowan zuwa gundumar Henoko da ke Nago, da ke yankin, tare da yin kira da a cire tilt-rotor Osprey daga filin jirgin na Futenma. Futenma dai shine sansanin Amurka daya tilo a kasar Japan inda aka tura jirgin Osprey mai hayaniya. Jirgin Osprey ya yi hatsari da dama a kasashen ketare, tare da yin asarar rayuka.
Ɗaya daga cikin fitattun membobin VFP shine Daraktan fim Oliver Stone wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Academy. Kungiyar, wacce aka kafa a shekarar 1985, tana da kimanin mambobi kusan 3,500. Tana taimakawa zanga-zangar adawa da sansanonin sojojin Amurka a duniya tare da inganta zaman lafiya.
'Yan sandan kwantar da tarzoma sun kori masu zanga-zangar da karfi tun a karshen watan Yuli yayin da suke ci gaba da kokarin dakile aikin helikwaf da zaman dirshan da kuma wasu hanyoyi.
