Living Under the Metal Osprey

Ndi Buddy Bell

Okinawa-Chakumapeto kwa Okutobala 2015, ndinali ndi omenyera mtendere a 3 Okinawa komanso wolimbikitsa mgwirizano waku Britain paulendo wotsutsana ndi magulu ankhondo aku US. Titayenda kwa ola limodzi kuchokera ku mzinda wa Nago, ndikuwoloka zigwembe zakuya ndi magombe onyezimira a buluu, tidayandikira nkhalango yowirira, komwe kuli malo okhawo ophunzitsira zankhondo zankhondo aku US, kumpoto kwenikweni kwa chilumba cha Okinawa.

Pamene tikupitiriza kuyendetsa galimoto, mwadzidzidzi msewu waukulu unatsekedwa ndi magalimoto akuluakulu a asilikali obisala, ndipo tinatuluka kuti tikafufuze. Imodzi mwa magalimotowo inali yonyamulira asilikali onyamula zida ndipo mkati mwake munali asilikali pafupifupi 25, ena a iwo akutiyang'ana modabwa. Ndinawagwedeza ndipo ochepa a iwo anagwedeza kumbuyo. Tinawona asilikali awiri akutuluka ndikuwongolera magalimoto ozungulira gulu lawo, kwinaku akudikirira kuti alowe pachipata chachikulu cha malo ophunzirira. Kwa mphindi zingapo tinayimba ndikuyimba ng'oma pa gate. Galimoto yoyamba itachotsa vuto lililonse lomwe anali nalo pachipata, magalimoto onse posakhalitsa anachoka pamsewu waukulu ndikuzimiririka kumalo ophunzitsira.

Zimenezi zikuoneka kuti n’zofala kwambiri m’derali, komabe chodetsa nkhaŵa kwambiri n’chakuti ndege za asilikali zimauluka motsika m’nyumba ndi m’minda ya anthu. Banja lina, limene limasunga mita ya decibel m’nyumba mwawo, linanena kuti phokoso nthaŵi zina limafika ma decibel 100 ndipo nthaŵi zina nkhope za oyendetsa ndege zimawonekera. Kuphulika kwa kutentha kwa makina owuluka ndi fungo la mafuta kumakwiyitsanso mphamvu.

US Air Force ikukonzekera kumanga ma helipad atsopano asanu ndi limodzi m'nkhalango ngati gawo limodzi la mgwirizano wopereka pafupifupi theka la malo ophunzitsira acreage kubwerera ku Japan. Komabe, pakati pa malo omwe akufunsidwawa pali Takae, mudzi wokhala ndi anthu opitilira 150. Ndiwo anthu omwe adzavutike ndi kuchuluka kwa magalimoto apamtunda komwe kudzachitika ngati ma helipad amangidwa. Adzayenera kupirira kuthekera kwa ngozi—pakhala ngozi zosachepera 46 zandege chiyambire 1972, ndipo mu 1959 ndege yonyamula mizinga iwiri inagwera pasukulu, kupha anthu 2 ndi kuvulaza 17.

Tsopano popeza gulu lankhondo la ndege lili ndi chidole chatsopano, helikopita ya MV-22 Osprey, pakhala pali oyendetsa ndege ophunzitsidwa bwino omwe akupita kukachita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Tsoka ilo, Osprey yakhazikitsa mbiri yachitetezo chambiri poyerekeza ndi zitsanzo zakale, ndipo chomwe chimapangitsa chiyembekezo cha ngozi kukhala chovuta kwambiri kwa anthu ammudzi ndikuti ma propellers ake adapangidwa kuti aphwanyike ndikubalalitsa pambali, kutali ndi woyendetsa. . "Chitetezo" ichi sichingakhale chotetezeka kwa omwe angakhale ongowona.

Anthu okhala ku Takae amakhulupiriranso kuti asitikali aku US akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito mudzi wawo ngati gawo lophunzitsira, lingaliro lomwe likuwoneka kuti silingachitike ataganizira zomwe zidachitika pankhondo yaku Vietnam. Pa nthawiyo, asilikali a ku United States anamanga mudzi wa “dummy” m’nkhalango ndipo anakakamiza anthu a ku Takae, mmodzi wazaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, kuvala zovala zakuda ndi kupitiriza ngati akukhala m’dera la Vietcong. Anthu amene anatumizidwa ku usilikali ankafunikanso kuchita ziwawa zachipongwe kuchokera m’mudzimo.

Tsopano, okhala ku Takae ndi olimbikitsa mgwirizano ochokera kumadera ena a Okinawa amasunga misasa ya zionetsero ya 2 yomwe imatchinga kumapeto kwa msewu wolowera kumalo awiri omanga a helipad. Makhomo ena awiri olowera 2 ma helipad omangidwa kale atsekeredwa kotheratu ndi magalimoto omenyedwa oyimitsidwa ozunguliridwa ndi mtundu wa scaffolding wowotcherera. Osachepera ochepa omenyera ufulu wawo amawonera msewu wopita ku ma helipad osamalizidwa maola 24 patsiku, nthawi zambiri amasinthasintha. Mpaka pano, magalimoto omanga sakanatha kulowa mumsewu wolowera kuti amalize kumanga ma helipad.

Pa tsiku limene ndinapita kundende ya zionetserozo, ndinakumana ndi Pulofesa Kosuzu, wa pa yunivesite ya Ryukyu. Nthawi zambiri amathera kumapeto kwa sabata ku msasa wa Takae. Katswiri wa geography waku North America, makamaka dera la Caribbean, akuti gulu la Takae lidalimbikitsidwa kwambiri ndi nkhondo ya 1990 yomwe idathetsa maphunziro ankhondo aku US pachilumba cha Puerto Rican ku Vieques.

"Mmodzi mwa ochita kampeni ku Puerto Rican anabwera ku Okinawa kudzatithandiza kuzungulira Futenma Air Base kumbuyo ku 1995. Ndikumva ngati ubale wa US ndi Okinawa ndi mtundu wa chitsamunda."

Cholinga changa popita ku Okinawa ndikuuza anthu ena ku US za izi, za maziko omwe amasungidwa pamalo olandidwa mwamphamvu. Pokhala ndi chipwirikiti chokwanira, chochokera ku mbali ya Okinawa ndi ku US, tidzapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kwambiri kuti US ikhalebe ndi maziko ake akunja, m'malo mongotseka.

Buddy Bell amagwirizanitsa Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)