Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War,ʻOkakopa 12, 2020
“ʻO mākou ka helu ʻekahi!” Kaulana ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa kūʻiʻo alakaʻi maoli i ka honua i kekahi mea i makemake ʻia, akā alakaʻi ia i ka honua i nā mea he nui, a ʻo kekahi o lākou ka mea make a ka Pākīpika a me nā mokupuni. A na ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ke ʻano o ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua kāhea ʻia kahi puke hou na Jon Mitchell Poisoning the Pacific: The US Military's Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Nā mea kaua kemika, a me Agent Orange, haʻi i kēia moʻolelo. E like me nā pōpilikia like ʻole, ua piʻi nui kēia i ka manawa o ke Kaua Honua II a hoʻomau ʻia mai ia manawa.
Hoʻomaka ʻo Mitchell me ka mokupuni ʻo Okunashima kahi a Iapana i hana ai i nā mea kaua kemika i ke Kaua Honua II. Ma hope o ke kaua, hoʻolei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Iāpana i nā mea i loko o ke kai, paʻa iā ia i loko o nā ana a hoʻopaʻa iā lākou a paʻa, a kanu ʻia i ka lepo - ma kēia mokupuni, kokoke iā ia, a ma nā wahi like ʻole o Iapana. Ke waiho nei i kahi mea i waho o ka maka e mea e nalowale ai, a i ʻole ka ukana i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe me ia - kahi e like me ka ʻoluʻolu.
"Ma waena o 1944 a me 1970," i haʻi aku ʻo Mitchell iā mākou, "ua hoʻolilo ka pūʻali koa US he 29 miliona mau kilokika o ke ʻākeke a me nā ʻalalā nerve, a me 454 mau tona o nā neoneo radioactive i ke kai. I kekahi o nā inoa codename i aloha ʻia e ka Pentagon, ʻo Operation CHASE (Cut Holes a me Sink 'Em) e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā moku me nā mea kaua maʻamau a me nā mea kaua kemika, e holo ana i ke kai, a hoʻokuʻi iā lākou i loko o nā wai hohonu.
ʻAʻole i nuke ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā kūlanakauhale Iapana ʻelua a me kahi ākea kahi i laha aku ai ka pāhawewe, akā me nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe he nui. Ua hāʻawi maoli ʻo Nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa i nā mokupuni i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka mālama pono ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka "democracy" a ua kapa ʻia lākou - me Bikini Atoll a ka honua i kūpono ai e kapa i kahi kapa ʻauʻau pīhoihoi, akā ʻaʻole ia e pale aku, ʻaʻole e uku i ka poʻe i koi ʻia e haʻalele a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻi palekana (ua hoʻāʻo lākou mai 1972 a 1978 me nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole). ʻO nā mokupuni o nā atoll like ʻole, inā ʻaʻole i luku loa ʻia, ua hōʻino ʻia me ka radiation: ka lepo, nā mea kanu, nā holoholona, a me ke kai a me ka sealife e pili ana. ʻAʻole pilikia ka ʻōpala radioactive i hana ʻia, mahalo !, no ka mea, ʻo ka mea wale nō e pono ai e hūnā iā ia mai ke alo aku, no ka laʻana ma lalo o kahi dome paʻa ma Runit Island i hōʻoia ʻia e mau no 200,000 mau makahiki akā ke ʻā nei.
Ma Okinawa kekahi mau tona o ka WWII unexploded WWII i koe i ka honua, e luku ana i kēlā me kēia manawa, a he 2,000 mau makahiki paha ka lōʻihi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai. Akā ʻo ia ka liʻiliʻi o nā pilikia. I ka wā i hoʻopau ai ʻo ʻAmelike Hui Pū ʻIa iā Napalm a me nā pōkā, ua hoʻolilo ʻo Okinawa i kolone i kapa ʻia "ka puʻu ʻōpala o ka Pākīpika." Ua hoʻoneʻe ia i nā poʻe i loko o nā kahua hoʻomoana i hiki ai iā ia ke kūkulu i nā kahua a me nā wahi waiho pūʻali a me nā wahi hoʻāʻo kaua. Ua hoʻoneʻe ia 70 mai ka 250,000 poʻe, e hoʻohana nei i nā ʻano akahai e like me ka waimaka waimaka.
I ka wā e pīpī nei i miliona mau lita o Agent Orange a me nā lāʻau make make ʻē aʻe ma Vietnam, ke hoʻouna aku nei ka pūʻali koa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kāna pūʻali koa a me nā mea kaua mai Okinawa, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi kula waena i ka ulia pōpilikia i loko o 48 mau hola o nā pūʻali mua i hoʻouna ʻia. hele aku i Vietnam, a ua hele a maikaʻi aʻe mai laila. Ua hoʻāʻo ka USA i nā mea kaua kemika a me nā meaolaola ma Okinawans a ma nā pūʻali koa US ma Okinawa. ʻO kekahi o nā waihona lako kaua kemika i hoʻouna ʻia aku iā Johnston Atoll ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana o Oregon a me Alaska iā lākou. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ke kai (i loko o nā ipu e ʻaule ana i kēia manawa), a i ʻole puhi ʻia, a i kanu ʻia paha, a i kūʻai ʻia aku paha i nā kamaʻāina kānalua ʻole. Ua hāʻule pū kekahi i nā mea kaua nukelea i loko o ke kai kokoke iā Okinawa me ka hewa ʻole, ʻelua mau manawa.
Ua lawe ʻia nā mea kaua a hoʻāʻo ʻia ma Okinawa i Vietnam, e like me ka napalm i lawa ka ikaika e kuni i ka ʻiʻo ma lalo o ka wai, a me ka CS gas ikaika. Ua hoʻohana malū ʻia nā lāʻau make kuhi ʻōmaʻomaʻo kala ʻia ma mua, no ka mea ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hiki ke hilinaʻi i ka honua e ʻae i kāna kuleana i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea kanu ma mua o nā kānaka (koe wale nō nā pōʻino collateral) ua ʻae ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua . Akā ua pepehi nā lāʻau make i nā ola āpau. Ua hāmau lākou i nā ululāʻau. Pepehi kanaka lākou i nā kānaka, hana maʻi iā lākou, a hānau nā hānau kīnā ʻole. Hana mau lākou. A ua kāpīpī ʻia kēia mea ma Okinawa, mālama ʻia ma Okinawa, a kanu ʻia ma Okinawa. Kūʻē ka poʻe, e like me ka hana a ka poʻe. A i ka 1973, ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope o ka pāpā ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā defoliants make ma Vietnam, ua hoʻohana ka pūʻali koa US iā lākou e kūʻē i nā poʻe kūʻē kū ʻole ma Okinawa.
ʻOiai, ua wahaheʻe ka pūʻali koa US, a wahaheʻe, a wahaheʻe i kekahi mau mea hou aʻe e pili ana i kēia ʻano mea. I ka 2013, ma Okinawa, ua ʻeli nā poʻe e hana nei ma kahi kahua soccer i nā barela 108 o Agent i kēia a me kēlā kala o ka lāʻau make. Kūlike me nā hōʻike, hoʻomau ka wahaheʻe o ka pūʻali koa US.
"ʻOiai ke lohi nei ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻopono i nā koa o US," kākau ʻo Mitchell, "ʻaʻohe mea kōkua e like me nā Okinawans, a ʻaʻohe hana a ke aupuni Kepani e kōkua ai iā lākou. I ka wā o ke Kaua Vietnam, he kanalima kaukani ka poʻe Okinawans i hana ma nā kahua, akā ʻaʻole lākou i ana ʻia no nā pilikia olakino, a me nā mahiʻai o Iejima a i ʻole nā kamaʻāina e noho kokoke ana iā Camp Schwab, MCAS Futenma, a i ʻole ke kahua hoʻolei kahua kahua soccer.
Ke hana nui nei ka pūʻali koa US i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i luna o ka honua. Litters ka honua, me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me ka dioxin, uranium pau, napalm, pōkā pōkā, neoneo nukelea, mea kaua nukelea, a me ka ordnance unexploded. Koi ʻia nā kumu i ke kuleana e hana ma waho o ke kānāwai. ʻO kāna pūnaewele ahi (hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua) nā mea ʻona e hoʻopuni ana i nā wahi me ka holo ʻana o ka wai make. Ma waena o 1972 a me 2016, Camps Hansen a me Schwab ma Okinawa ka mea i hana ma kahi o 600 mau ahi nahele. A laila e hoʻolei ana i ka wahie ma luna o nā kaiāulu, e lele ana nā mokulele i nā hale, a me nā ʻano like ʻole o ia SNAFU.
A laila aia kahi pahū ahi a me nā kemika mau loa i kapa ʻia ʻo PFAS, a kākau ʻia e Pat Elder maanei. Ua hoʻomake ka pūʻali koa US i ka hapa nui o ka wai lepo ma Okinawa me ka maopopo ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻole, me ka ʻike naʻe e pili ana i nā pilikia mai ka 1992 a i ʻole ma mua.
ʻAʻole kū hoʻokahi ʻo Okinawa. He kahua ko ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma nā ʻāina a puni ka Pākīpika a ma nā kolone he 16 kahi e paʻa ai nā poʻe i ke kūlana o ka papa ʻelua - nā wahi e like me Guam. He mau kahua hoʻowahāwahā nui loa ia i nā wahi i hana ʻia i mokuʻāina, e like me Hawaii a me ʻĀlapa.
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