Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 14, 2022
Boma la US lidachotsa banja lake kunyumba, ntchito, masukulu, ndi abwenzi, ndikutsekera mamembala ake onse, kenako adayamba kulamula achimuna azaka zoyenera kulowa nawo usilikali waku US ndikupita kunkhondo.
Uwu sunali mwezi watha. Izi zinali mu 1941. Ndipo sizinangochitika mwachisawawa. Banjalo linali la makolo a ku Japan, ndipo kutsekeredwako kunatsagana ndi kuimbidwa mlandu woti ndi zolengedwa zazing’ono komanso zachiwembu chosakhulupirika. Palibe chomwe chimapangitsa kukhala chovomerezeka kapena chosafunika. Kufunika kwake kumawonetsedwa ndi mafunso omwe mwangowerenga mutu womwe uli pamwambapa. Kodi banjali linali lakummwera kwa malire? Kodi anali Asilamu? Kodi anali Russian? Mchitidwe woipa ndi wankhanza wakhalapo kuyambira kalekale anthu a ku Japan-America asanazunzidwe pa nthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, ndipo akadalipo mpaka pano.
Sabata ino, a New York Times, adasindikiza zithunzi zingapo zatsopano kuchokera ku Guantanamo ndi ankadzinenera kuti ichi chinali china chatsopano, ngakhale kuti kwa zaka zambiri anthu adawona zithunzi zofanana kwambiri komanso zodziwika bwino za akaidi a lalanje ku Guantanamo, ochita zionetsero anali atavala lalanje ndikuyika zithunzizo pazikwangwani zazikulu, omenyana ndi achiwawa a US anali atavala lalanje. Zigawenga zanena kuti zikuchitapo kanthu potengera kukwiya kwa Guantanamo. Zoonadi, wina amangofuna kupanga zodina ku New York Times Webusaitiyi, koma palibe chilango chochotsa zoopsa kapena kuziona ngati zapadera.
Kubwerera ku banja ku California. Memoir yatsopano yosindikizidwa ndi Yoshito Kuromiya, ndi mawu oyamba a Lawson Inada, Mau oyamba a Eric Muller, ndi olembedwa ndi Arthur Hansen, Beyond The Betrayal: Memoir of the World War II Japanese American Draft Resister of Conscience. Kuromiya akufotokoza momwe banja lake lidalandidwa m'miyoyo yawo ku California ndikukayika mumsasa wopanda waya waminga ku Wyoming. Mumsasawo, oyera - choncho odalirika komanso olemekezeka - aphunzitsi adalangiza achinyamata a gulu lotsika pa ulemerero wa Constitution ya US ndi ufulu wonse wodabwitsa womwe umapanga. Ndipo Yoshito analamulidwa kulowa usilikali wa US ndi kupha kapena kufa mu Nkhondo Yadziko II (umunthu wathunthu ndi kukhulupirika sikufunikira).
Monga mutu wa bukulo umapereka, Yoshito Kuromiya anakana. Ambiri anakana limodzi, ndipo ambiri anamvera limodzi. Panali mkangano waukulu, monga momwe mungaganizire. Kodi munthu apite kukapha ndi kufa m'chitsiru chowopsya cha nkhondo? Ndipo kodi munthu ayenera kutero ku boma lomwe limakuchitirani monga momwe linachitira? Sizimveka bwino kwa ine, ndipo mwina sizinalipo kwa wolemba, ngakhale amatsutsa nkhondo zonse. Iye akulemba za momwe zikanakhala zowopsya kutenga nawo mbali. Iye akulembanso kuti mwina iye anaphanamo mopanda nzeru pazochitika zina. Komabe, zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, akuwonetsa kuthandizira kwake kukana kwa Ehren Watada kutenga nawo mbali pankhondo ya Iraq. Mwinanso zimenezo zinali zolakwika chabe. Koma Kuromiya akulemba kuti akunong'oneza bondo kuti sanakhazikitse pa nthawi ya WWII ufulu walamulo wokana nkhondo, ndipo sangadziwe zomwe zikanakhala zoopsa ku bungwe la nkhondo. Komanso sakanadziwa kuti adakana nkhondo yokhayo yankhondo zosawerengeka zaku US m'zaka zapitazi za 75 zomwe anthu ambiri amayesa kuteteza kuti ndi zovomerezeka.
Memoir ya Kuromiya imatipatsa nkhani. Amafotokozera za kusamuka kwa makolo ake komanso zovuta zomwe zidachitika pa WWII. Ananenanso kuti nthawi zonse amakhala wosauka ndi umphawi, asanagonekedwe ndi alonda ndi mipanda. Nkhondo itatha, akufotokoza kusinthika kwa zinthu, ndi kuthawa koyera kuchokera kumadera omwe anthu a ku Japan a ku America anatha kusamukira. Akufotokozanso kusiyana maganizo pakati pa akaidi, ndi pakati pa alonda. Akufotokoza za ndende ya ku Washington State komwe iye ndi anthu ena okana usilikali chifukwa cha chikumbumtima anatumizidwako, kuphatikizapo zabwino zake, kuphatikizapo alonda andende amene amayenera kukhalako nthawi yaitali kuposa akaidiwo.
Kuromiya ndi anzake omwe amamutsutsa adapita kukhothi ndipo adaweruzidwa ndi woweruza watsankho, ndipo anali ndi chiyembekezo choti chigamulo chabwino chomwe Truman akhululukire otsutsa. Pambuyo pake boma la United States linavomereza kulakwa kwake potsekera mabanja onsewo m’ndende. Pali chipilala ku Washington, DC, cholumbira kuti sadzachichitanso. Koma boma silinavomerezepo kuti panali cholakwika chilichonse ndi kulemba. M'malo mwake, zikadapanda ma Republican okonda kugonana, ma Democrat akadawonjezera azimayi kuti alembetse kalembera. Komanso boma la US, monga momwe ndikudziwira, silinavomereze poyera cholakwika chilichonse chokhudza kutsekera anthu ndikuwalemba. M'malo mwake, imalolabe kuti makhothi apereke mwayi kwa opezeka ndi mlanduwo kusankha usilikali kuposa chilango china, amalola anthu obwera kumayiko ena kukanidwa unzika pokhapokha atalowa usilikali, amalola aliyense kusowa mwayi wophunzira pokhapokha atalowa usilikali kuti apeze ndalama zaku koleji, ndipo tiyeni ana amakulira m'madera oopsa kotero kuti asilikali amawoneka ngati njira yotetezeka.
Nkhani ya Kuromiya pa zomwe anakumana nazo sizomwe mungawerenge m'buku la mbiri yakale lovomerezedwa ndi gulu la sukulu. Ndi umboni wamunthu woyamba wa zomwe zidachitika popanda kunyozeredwa ndi ngwazi zazikulu za FDR kapena zoyipa zonse zokhululukidwa za chipani cha Nazi. Komanso malingaliro olakwika a Kuromiya samasiyidwa. Amadabwa chifukwa chake Ajeremani ndi a ku Italy-America sanatengedwe ngati a Japan-America. Amazindikira kuti boma la US lidachitapo kanthu kuti lilowe mu nkhondo ndi Japan, ndikusiya wowerenga kuti adzifunse ngati luso lotha kuona zofalitsa zabodza, osatchulanso za kutha kuona anthu a ku Japan ngati anthu, mwina zakhudza zochita za Kuromiya. - ndikudabwa kuti luso lofananalo likanatanthawuza chiyani ngati litafala kwambiri.
