'Ke hana mau nei ia.'
Ua hōʻuluʻulu nā mea hana ma waho o kahi waihona US i ka hopena pule. (Kiʻi: AFP)
Ua mālama ʻia nā tausani o nā kānaka i nā kūʻē i ka hopena pule i mua o kahi kahua US Marine ma Okinawa, Iapana no ka pane ʻana i ka hoʻokamakama a me ka pepehi ʻana iā Rina Shimabukuro, he 20 makahiki, e kekahi luina ʻAmelika.
Ma kahi o 2,000 ka poʻe i hele i ke kūʻē i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka nui o nā hui kuleana wahine e pili ana i ka mokupuni, kahi i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua hapakolu o nā kahua US ma Iapana. Ua hōʻuluʻulu lākou ma waho o nā puka mua o ke keʻena nui o ka Marine Corps ma Camp Foster, e paʻa ana i nā hōʻailona e heluhelu ana, "Mai kala ʻole i ka hoʻokamakama ʻana o Marine," "E hoʻi ʻo Killer i ka home," a "E hoʻihoʻi i nā pūʻali koa US āpau mai Okinawa."
ʻO Suzuyo Takazato, he ʻelele o Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence, haʻiʻia Nā Hōkū a me nā Ui ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hui e kanikau iā Shimabukuro a e hoʻohou i ka koi lōʻihi e hoopau i na kahua kaua a pau mai Okinawa aku. Ma mua pono o ka huakaʻi a ka Pelekikena Barack Obama i Iapana e hele ai i kahi hui a kipa aku iā Hiroshima i ka Pōʻalima.
"ʻO kēia hanana kahi hiʻohiʻona nui o ke ʻano ʻino o ka pūʻali koa," wahi a Takazato. "Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei kēia hanana iā mākou e hiki ke loaʻa i nā wahine ma Okinawa, mākou, kā mākou mau kaikamahine, a mau moʻopuna paha. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka noho ʻana o ka pūʻali koa. Pono e hele nā kahua kaua a pau.
Ua ʻōlelo lōʻihi ka poʻe kamaʻāina o ka mokupuni e lawe mai nā kumu i ka hewa a me ka haumia. Ua mālama ʻia ke kūʻē ʻana i ka lā Sābati i nā lā ma hope o ka Marine mua, e hana nei ma ke ʻano he limahana kīwila ma Kadena Air Base. haʻi akuʻo ia i ka pepehi kanaka a pepehi iā Shimabukuro, ka mea i nalowale i ʻApelila.
"Ke kaumaha nui nei au a ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe hou aku," wahi a kekahi mea kūʻē, ʻo Yoko Zamami Nā Hōkū a me nā Ui. "ʻO mākou, nā kuleana kanaka o Okinawan, ua lawe māmā ʻia i ka wā i hala a hiki i kēia lā. ʻEhia mau manawa i lawa e hoʻopuka i kā mākou kūʻē?"
ʻO kekahi mea hana e kākoʻo ana i nā kūʻē, ʻo Catherine Jane Fisher, haʻiʻia RT, "Pono mākou e hoʻomaka mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a hoʻonaʻauao i ka poʻe, me nā mākaʻi, nā limahana lapaʻau, nā luna kānāwai, nā luna aupuni… i kēlā me kēia manawa e hiki mai ana, ʻōlelo ka pūʻali koa US a me ke aupuni Kepani 'e hōʻoia mākou ʻaʻole e hana hou kēia. ' akā ke hoʻomau nei ka hana. "
