By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Oktoba 12, 2020
“Mu ne na daya!” Amurka sanannen kasa don jagorantar duniya a cikin duk abin da ake so, amma yana jagorantar duniya cikin abubuwa da yawa, kuma ɗayansu ya zama guba na Pacific da tsibirai. Kuma ta Amurka, ina nufin sojojin Amurka.
Wani sabon littafi na Jon Mitchell, wanda ake kira Guba da Tekun Pasifik: Sanadin Bakin Sirrin Sojojin Amurka na Plutonium, Makamai Masu Guba, da Wakilin Orange, ya fada wannan labarin. Kamar kowane irin bala'in nan, wannan ya haɓaka sosai a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II kuma ya ci gaba tun daga lokacin.
Mitchell ya fara ne da tsibirin Okunashima inda Japan ta kera makamai masu guba a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Bayan yakin, Amurka da Japan sun jefa kayan a cikin tekun, suka makale shi a cikin kogo suka rufe su, suka binne shi a cikin kasa - a kan wannan tsibiri, kusa da shi, da kuma ko'ina cikin sassan Japan. Sanya wani abu daga gani yana iya sanya shi ɓacewa, ko kuma a kalla ya ɗora wa al'ummomi masu zuwa da sauran nau'o'in rayuwa tare da shi - wanda a fili yake ya gamsar da shi.
"Tsakanin 1944 da 1970," in ji Mitchell, "Sojojin Amurka sun zubar da kilogram miliyan 29 na mustard da masu jijiyoyi, da tan 454 na sharar iska a cikin teku. A daya daga cikin sunayen sunayen da Pentagon ya fi so, Operation CHASE (Cut Holes and Sink 'Em) ya hada da tattara jiragen ruwa tare da makamai na yau da kullun da makamai masu guba, safarar su zuwa teku, da kuma kwashe su a cikin ruwa mai zurfi. ”
(Asar Amirka ba ta nuke biranen (asar Japan guda biyu ba, da kuma wani yanki, wanda yalwata yaduwar, har ma da sauran tsibirai. A zahiri Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta mika tsibirai ga Amurka don kiyaye aminci da ci gaban “dimokiradiyya,” kuma ta lalata su - gami da Bikini Atoll wanda duniya ke da halin da za a sanya sunan rigan wanka mai ban sha'awa bayan, amma ba don kariya ba, kuma ba don biyan mutanen da aka tilasta musu ficewa kuma har yanzu suka kasa dawowa cikin aminci (sun yi kokarin daga 1972 zuwa 1978 tare da mummunan sakamako). Tsibirin tsibirai daban-daban, lokacin da ba'a hallakar dasu kwata-kwata ba, an lalata su ta hanyar jujjuyawa: ƙasa, tsire-tsire, dabbobi, da teku da kewayenta. Sharar iska mai lalata ba matsala, alhamdulillah !, tunda duk abin da ake buƙata shi ne a ɓoye shi ta inda ba za a iya gani ba, misali a ƙarƙashin dome kankare a tsibirin Runit wanda aka ba da tabbacin zai ɗauki tsawon shekaru 200,000 amma tuni yana fasawa.
A Okinawa wasu tan 2,000 na fashewar WWII da ba a bayyana ba sun kasance a cikin ƙasa, suna kashewa lokaci-lokaci, kuma wataƙila za su ɗauki shekaru 70 don tsaftacewa. Amma wannan shine mafi ƙarancin matsalolin. Lokacin da Amurka ta gama sauke Nazalm da bama-bamai, sai ta mayar da Okinawa cikin mulkin mallaka wanda ta yi wa lakabi da "tarkacen tarin Pacific." Ya tura mutane zuwa sansanonin horo don ta iya gina sansanoni da wuraren adana makamai da wuraren gwajin makamai. Ta kori mutane 250,000 daga cikin mutane 675,000, ta amfani da kyawawan hanyoyin kamar hayaki mai sa hawaye.
Lokacin da take fesa miliyoyin lita na Agent Orange da sauran magungunan kashe ciyawa a Vietnam, sojojin Amurka suna aikawa da dakarunta da makamai daga Okinawa, inda wata makarantar sakandare ta sha wahala daga haɗarin makamai masu guba cikin awanni 48 na farkon sojojin da aka aika. zuwa Vietnam, kuma abin ya ta'azzara daga can. Amurka ta gwada makamai masu guba akan Okinawans da kan sojojin Amurka akan Okinawa. Wasu daga cikin kayan makamai masu guba da aka shigo dasu zuwa Johnston Atoll bayan Oregon da Alaska sun ƙi su. Wasu kuma an jefar da shi a cikin teku (a cikin kwantena waɗanda yanzu ke ƙarewa), ko ƙone su, ko binne su, ko kuma sayar da su ga mazauna karkara. Hakanan ta jefa makaman nukiliya a cikin tekun kusa da Okinawa ba zato ba tsammani, sau biyu.
An tura makamai da aka gwada a Okinawa zuwa Vietnam, gami da napalm mai ƙarfi don ƙone nama a ƙarƙashin ruwa, da ƙarfi CS gas. Anyi amfani da maganin da ke dauke da launuka masu launi a asirce da farko, saboda Amurka ba ta san cewa za ta iya dogaro da duniya ta yarda da ikirarinta na cewa sanya ido kan tsire-tsire maimakon mutane (sai dai lalacewar jingina) ya sanya doka a yi amfani da makamai masu guba . Amma magungunan kashe ciyawar sun kashe duk rayuwa. Sun sanya dazuzzukan sun yi shiru. Sun kashe mutane, sun sa su rashin lafiya, sun ba su lahani na haihuwa. Har yanzu suna yi. Kuma wannan kayan da aka fesa akan Okinawa, aka ajiye akan Okinawa, kuma aka binne shi a Okinawa. Mutane sun yi zanga-zanga, kamar yadda mutane za su yi. Kuma a cikin 1973, shekaru biyu bayan hana amfani da masu lalata abubuwa a Vietnam, sojojin Amurka sun yi amfani da su kan masu zanga-zangar nuna rashin amincewa a Okinawa.
Tabbas, sojojin Amurka sunyi karya, kuma sunyi karya, kuma sunyi karya game da wannan nau'in. A cikin 2013, a Okinawa, mutanen da ke aiki a filin ƙwallon ƙafa sun haƙa ganga 108 na Agent wannan da wannan launi mai guba. Da yake fuskantar shaidun, sojojin Amurka kawai sun ci gaba da yin ƙarya.
Mitchell ya rubuta, "Duk da cewa sannu a hankali tsoffin sojojin Amurka suna samun adalci," in ji Mitchell, "babu irin wannan taimako ga Okinawans, kuma gwamnatin Japan ba ta yi komai ba don taimaka musu. A lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam, Okinawans dubu hamsin sun yi aiki a kan sansanonin, amma ba a bincika su ba game da matsalolin lafiya, haka ma manoman Iejima ko mazaunan da ke zaune kusa da Camp Schwab, MCAS Futenma, ko kuma wurin zubar da ƙwallon ƙafa. ”
Sojojin Amurkan sun shagaltu da bunkasa cikin gurɓataccen mai gurɓata duniya. Yana lalata duniya, gami da Amurka, tare da dioxin, uranium da ya lalace, napalm, tarin bama-bamai, sharar nukiliya, makaman nukiliya, da abubuwan fashewa. Tushenta gabaɗaya yana da'awar haƙƙin aiki ba tare da bin doka ba. Wutar da take rayuwa (maimaitawa) ya sanya wuraren da ke kewaye da ruwa mai guba. Tsakanin 1972 da 2016, Camps Hansen da Schwab akan Okinawa suma sun haddasa gobarar daji kusan 600. Sannan akwai zubar da mai a kan unguwanni, fadowa da jirage cikin gine-gine, da kowane irin SNAFUs.
Sannan kuma akwai kumfa mai kashe gobara da kuma sinadarai na har abada da ake kira PFAS, kuma an rubuta game da su da yawa ta Pat Elder nan. Sojojin Amurka sun shayar da yawancin ruwan ƙasa a Okinawa tare da bayyana rashin hukuntawa, duk da sanin haɗarin tun daga 1992 ko a baya.
Okinawa ba na musamman bane. (Asar Amirka tana da asali a) asashen da ke kusa da Pacific da kuma cikin yankuna na 16, inda mutane ke riƙe da matsayi na biyu - wurare kamar Guam. Hakanan yana da manyan wuraren lalata abubuwa a wuraren da aka sanya su cikin jihohi, kamar Hawaii da Alaska.
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