Daga Jack Gilroy, Yuli 21, 2020
6 ga Agusta, 1945 ya same ni a cikin mota tare da kawuna, Frank Pryal. Wani jami'in leken asiri na NYC, Uncle Frank ya bi ta kan manyan titunan Manhattan har zuwa Gidan Zoo na Central Park don ganawa da abokinsa Joe. Wuri ne mai daɗi tare da iyalai suna jin daɗin dabbobi. Joe, gorilla, ya ga Uncle Frank yana zuwa, ya fara dukan kirjin sa yayin da muke zuwa. Frank ya dauko sigari daga aljihun kwat dinsa, ya kunna, ya ba shi. Joe ya dau dogon ja yana hura mana hayaki… Na tuna ina dariya sosai har sai da na durkusa don tsayawa.
Ni da Uncle Frank ba mu da masaniya a lokacin, amma a wannan rana a Hiroshima, yaran Japan, iyayensu, da kuma dabbobinsu, an ƙone su a cikin mafi munin aiki a tarihin ɗan adam, Amurka ta kai hari ga mutanen Hiroshima da wani kwayar zarra bam.
A matsayina na ɗan Amurka ɗan shekara 10 mai son yaƙi, halakar Hiroshima ya bar ni da rashin tausayi, ko baƙin ciki. Kamar sauran Amurkawa, an wanƙar da ni a cikin imani cewa yaƙi wani ɓangare ne na yanayin ɗan adam kuma kisan ya zama na yau da kullun. Ina tsammanin yana da kyau lokacin da rahotannin farko daga Turai suka gaya mana cewa namu blockbuster bama-bamai na iya lalata duk wani shingen birni a Jamus. Mutanen da suke zama a waɗannan lungunan birni ba su damu da ni ba. Bayan haka, muna “ci nasara” yaƙin.
Merriam Webster ya bayyana lalacewar haɗin gwiwa a matsayin "rauni da aka yi akan wani abu ban da abin da aka yi niyya ba. Musamman: fararen hula da suka jikkata a wani farmakin soja.
Shugaban Amurka, Harry Truman, ya ce Hiroshima ta kasance mace ce garin soja. Ƙarya ce ta zahiri. Ya san Hiroshima birni ne na farar hular Japan wanda ba shi da wata barazana ga Amurka. Maimakon haka, wannan aikin ta'addanci kan farar hula na Hiroshima ya kasance mai yiwuwa a Alama ga Tarayyar Soviet mai tasowa wanda Amurka ta dauki fararen hula a matsayin barna ce kawai.
Tatsuniya cewa harin bam din nukiliya ya hana dubban Amurkawa mutuwa farfaganda ce kawai da yawancin Amurkawa suka yi imani da shi har yau. Admiral William Leahy, a matsayin kwamandan sojojin Amurka na Pacific, ya ce "Ra'ayina ne cewa amfani da wannan makami na dabba a Hiroshima da Nagasaki ba shi da wani taimako na zahiri a yakin da muke da Japan. An riga an fatattaki Japanawa kuma a shirye su ke su mika wuya saboda katange tekun mai inganci.” Daga ƙarshe, biranen Japan sittin da biyar sun kasance cikin toka. Gabaɗaya Dwight D. Eisenhower Ya ce a cikin wata hira da Newsweek "Japanawa a shirye suke su mika wuya kuma ba lallai ba ne a same su da wannan mugun abu."
A ranar Kirsimeti ta 1991, matata Helene, ’yar’uwarta Maryamu, ’yarmu Mary Ellen da ɗana Terry sun haɗa hannu cikin shiru a wurin Hiroshima inda ma’aikatan Kirista na wani harin bam na Amurka suka kona dubun-dubatar fararen hular Jafanawa a wannan rana mai muni. Mun kuma yi bimbini a kan wani abin ban tsoro. Bayan kwana uku kawai, a ranar 9 ga Agusta, 1945, Ba’amurke ɗan bom na biyu tare da ma’aikatan Kirista da suka yi baftisma zai yi amfani da jirgin. Katolika Cathedral a Nagasaki a matsayin kasa sifili don tarwatsa bam na plutonium da ke kona mafi yawan al'ummar Kirista a Asiya.
Shin yaran Amurka a yau har yanzu suna wanƙar wa da hankali game da yaƙi? Shin cutar ta Covid-19 lokaci ne da za a iya koyarwa don nuna wa yara ƙimar duk 'yan'uwa maza da mata a duniyarmu? Shin wannan lokacin zai ƙyale tsararraki masu zuwa su yi watsi da lalata, laifi mai banƙyama na lalacewa?
Za a gudanar da taron tunawa da cika shekaru 75 da kona Hiroshima ranar Alhamis, 6 ga watan Agusta, da karfe 8 na safe a Cocin First Congregational Church, kusurwar Main da Front Streets, Binghamton, New York, Amurka. Za a buƙaci abin rufe fuska da nisantar jiki. Ayyukan Zaman Lafiya na gundumar Broome, Tsohon Sojoji don Aminci na gundumar Broome, da Cocin Taro na Farko.
Jack Gilroy malamin makarantar Maine-Endwell mai ritaya ne.
