Ndi Ann Wright
Nthumwi za anthu 26 zochokera ku All Okinawa Council zikakhala ku Washington, DC Novembala 19 ndi 20 kupempha mamembala a Congress ya US kuti agwiritse ntchito mphamvu zawo kuyimitsa ntchito yomanga msewu wopita ku US Marine base ku Henoko kulowa m'madzi oyera a South China Sea.
Nthumwiyi ikukhudzidwa ndi momwe chilengedwe chimakhudzira malo atsopanowa, kuphatikizapo msewu wothamangira ndege womwe uyenera kumangidwa m'madera a coral ndi malo achilengedwe a nyama zam'madzi, dugong ndi kupitirizabe kumenyana ndi zilumba zawo. Opitilira 90% mwa magulu onse ankhondo aku US ku Japan ali ku Okinawa.
Ndondomeko yomanga ya Henoko ikukumana ndi chitsutso chachikulu kuchokera kwa anthu a ku Okinawa. Ziwonetsero za nzika za 35,000, kuphatikiza akuluakulu ambiri, zotsutsana ndi kumanga mazikowo adagwedezeka ndi chilumba.
Nkhani ya ndondomeko yosamukira ku Henoko yasintha kwambiri. Pa Okutobala 13, 2015, Bwanamkubwa watsopano wa Okinawa Takshi Onaga anachotsedwa chivomerezo chobwezeretsanso malo omanga maziko a Henoko, omwe adaperekedwa ndi bwanamkubwa wakale mu Disembala 2013.
Bungwe la All Okinawa Council ndi bungwe lachitukuko, lomwe lili ndi mamembala a mabungwe a anthu / magulu, misonkhano yam'deralo, madera akumidzi, ndi mabizinesi.
Mamembala a nthumwi adzakhala ndi misonkhano ndi ma Congress angapo ndi ogwira ntchito Novembala 19 ndi 20 ndipo adzachita msonkhano wachidule ku US House of Representatives ku Rayburn building room 2226 at 3pm Lachinayi, November 19. Nkhani yachiduleyo ndi yotseguka kwa anthu onse.
At 6pm on Lachinayi, November 19, nthumwi zidzalandira chiwonetsero cha zolemba "Okinawa: The Afterburn" ku Brookland Busboys and Poets, 625 Monroe St., NE, Washington, DC 20017.
Firimuyi ndi chithunzi chokwanira cha nkhondo ya 1945 ya Okinawa ndi zaka 70 zokhala pachilumbachi ndi asilikali a US.
On Lachisanu, Novembala 20, nthumwizo zidzachita msonkhano ku White House ku masana ndikupempha thandizo kuchokera kumabungwe am'deralo otsutsana ndi kufalikira kwa magulu ankhondo aku US padziko lonse lapansi.
Ntchito yomanga maziko a Henoko ku Okinawa idzakhala malo achiwiri ku Asia ndi Pacific kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito ndi asilikali a US omwe akukumana ndi mkwiyo waukulu wa nzika chifukwa maziko onsewa adzawononga madera okhudzidwa ndi chilengedwe ndikuwonjezera nkhondo za mayiko awo. Ntchito yomanga South Korea maziko apamadzi pachilumba cha Jeju zomwe zipangitsa kuti zombo zapanyumba zonyamula zida za US Aegis zachititsa ziwonetsero zazikulu za nzika.
Za Wolemba: Ann Wright adatumikira zaka 29 ku US Army/Army Reserves ndipo adapuma pantchito ngati Colonel. Anali kazembe waku US kwa zaka 16 ndipo adasiya ntchito ku 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Iraq. Adapita ku Chilumba cha Okinawa ndi Jeju kukalankhula pazida zankhondo zaku US komanso kugwiriridwa ndi asitikali aku US kwa azimayi amdera lanu.
