Wolemba Takao Nogami, Asahi Shimbun
HIGASHI, Chigawo cha Okinawa-M'modzi wakale wa Marine waku US Matthew Hoh adatumikirapo dziko lake ku Okinawa Prefecture, akutsogoza zoyeserera zankhondo m'nkhalango kuno.
Lero, Hoh ndi asilikali ena asanu ankhondo aku US alowa nawo ziwonetsero zatsiku ndi tsiku zotsutsana ndi kumanga ma helipad a US Marine m'nkhalango yomweyo.
Akunena kuti ndizopenga kuwononga nkhalango yayikulu kumpoto kwa Okinawa kuti achite masewera olimbitsa thupi.
Omenyera nkhondowa ndi mamembala a Veterans for Peace (VFP), gulu lolimbana ndi nkhondo ku US. Anachita nawo zionetserozo pafupi ndi Takae, chigawo cha Higashi, kuyambira kumapeto kwa August. Hoh ndi ena awiri omwe kale anali Asitikali ankhondo aku US m'gululi m'mbuyomu anali kudera lakumwera kwenikweni.
Ziwonetserozi zikufuna kuyimitsa ntchito ya helipad ndipo zikulimbana mosalekeza kuyambira Julayi ndi mazana a apolisi olimbana ndi zipolowe omwe asonkhanitsidwa ku Japan konse.
Omenyera nkhondowa adati amatsatira zomwe boma la US lidawauza popanda kufunsa mafunso ali achichepere. Komabe, adayamba kutsutsa zomwe asitikali adachita pambuyo pa nkhondo ya Iraq ya 2003 komanso mikangano ina yomwe idaphatikizapo Afghanistan ndi Vietnam.
Ntchito yomanga ma helipad anayi yakhala ikupitilira pafupi ndi Takae kuyambira Julayi itayimitsidwa m'mbuyomu chifukwa chotsutsidwa ndi komweko. Ma helipad awiri, omwe adamalizidwa ndi 2014, akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi US Marines.
Ntchito ya helipad idakhazikitsidwa pa mgwirizano wa mayiko awiriwa mu 1996 kuti abwezeretse theka la malo a Camp Gonsalves, malo ophunzitsira zankhondo zankhondo za US Marine Corps a 7,800 omwe akudutsa Higashi ndi mudzi woyandikana nawo wa Kunigami.
Mgwirizano umodzi unali woti ma helipad asanu ndi limodzi—iliyonse ndi mamita 75 m’mimba mwake—amangidwe pakati pa nkhalango pafupi ndi Takae kuti alowe m’malo mwa amene ali m’derali kuti abwezedwe ku Japan.
Hoh, wazaka 43, amadziwa bwino nkhalangoyi. Amatsogolera asitikali poyeserera kawiri pamwezi kumalo ophunzitsira kunkhalango, koma adati masewerawa atha kuchitikira ku United States.
Atsogoleri a ku Japan ndi a US, adapitirizabe kuzindikira kuti anali olakwika kwambiri pa ntchito ya helipad ngati ataponda m'nkhalango, yomwe adalongosola kuti ndi yokongola komanso yopanda kufanana padziko lapansi.
Hoh adati adawona nyama zosiyanasiyana m’nkhalangomo pomwe amaphunzitsidwa.
Ananenanso kuti iye ndi ma vets ena adatsimikiza mtima kukopa chidwi padziko lonse lapansi pazomwe zikuchitika ku Takae ndikuwunikiranso nkhondo ya anthu aku Okinawan yolimbana ndi kukhalapo kwa asitikali aku US.
Okinawa, yomwe ikuyimira 0.6 peresenti ya nthaka ya dzikolo, ili ndi 74 peresenti ya mabungwe aku US ku Japan.
Omenyera nkhondowo adayenera kuchoka ku Okinawa pa Sept. 9 kupita ku United States.
Nthumwi za omenyera nkhondoyi zidapangidwa pambuyo poti VFP idagwirizana mogwirizana pamsonkhano wawo wapachaka mu Ogasiti kufuna kuyimitsa ntchito ya helipad.
Gululi likufunanso kuchotsedwa kwa ntchito za US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma ku Ginowan kupita ku chigawo cha Henoko ku Nago, m'chigawochi, komanso kulimbikitsa osprey kuti achotsedwe pabwalo la ndege la Futenma. Futenma ndi malo okhawo aku US ku Japan komwe ndege zaphokoso za Osprey zimatumizidwa. Ndege za Osprey zachita ngozi zingapo kunja kwa nyanja, zomwe zapha anthu.
Mmodzi mwa mamembala odziwika bwino a VFP ndi wotsogolera kanema wopambana mphoto ya Academy Oliver Stone. Bungweli, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa mu 1985, lili ndi mamembala pafupifupi 3,500. Imathandizira ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi magulu ankhondo aku US padziko lonse lapansi ndikulimbikitsa mtendere.
Apolisi ochita ziwawa achotsa mokakamiza anthu ochita ziwonetsero kuyambira kumapeto kwa Julayi pomwe amayesa kuletsa ntchito ya helipad ndi ma sit-ins ndi njira zina.
