Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 10, 2020
Kanema watsopano, Lonjezo Kuchokera Hiroshima, ikufotokoza nkhani ya a Setsuko Thurlow amene anali mtsikana pasukulu ku Hiroshima pamene United States inaponya bomba loyamba la nyukiliya. Anatulutsidwa mnyumba momwe ophunzira ena 27 adawotcha mpaka kufa. Anaonapo kuvulala koopsa ndi kuvutika kosautsa komanso kuyikidwa m'manda mozunzika ndi okondedwa athu ambiri, anzawo omwe amawadziwa, komanso osawadziwa.
Setsuko anali wochokera ku banja lolemera ndipo akuti amayenera kuyesetsa kuthana ndi tsankho lake, komabe anagonjetsa zinthu zingapo zodabwitsa. Sukulu yake inali Sukulu yachikhristu, ndipo amayamikira kuti upangiri m'moyo wake upanga upangiri wachikhulupiriro monga njira yakhristu. Kuti mtundu wachikhristu womwe unali utangochotsa kumene mzindawo womwe sunali wachikhristu sunasinthe. Kuti Azungu adachita izi ziribe kanthu. Adakondana ndi bambo waku Canada yemwe amakhala ndikugwira ntchito ku Japan.
Anamusiyanso kwakanthawi ku Japan kuti akapite ku Yunivesite ya Lynchburg pafupi kwambiri ndi komwe ndimakhala ku Virginia - zomwe sindinadziwe za iye mpaka nditayang'ana kanemayo. Zowopsa komanso zoopsa zomwe adakumana nazo sizinachite kanthu. Kuti anali kudziko lachilendo sizinachite kanthu. Pamene United States idayesa zida zina za nyukiliya kuzilumba za Pacific komwe idachotsamo nzikazo, Setsuko adalankhula motsutsana nawo munyuzipepala ya Lynchburg. Makalata odana nawo omwe analandira analibe kanthu. Pomwe wokondedwa wake adalumikizana naye ndipo sakanakwatirana ku Virginia chifukwa cha malamulo atsankho omwe amaletsa "kukwatirana" omwe adatuluka mumalingaliro amtundu womwewo omwe adapanga kuphulitsa bomba kwa Hiroshima ndi Nagasaki, sizinali choncho. Iwo anakwatirana ku Washington, DC
Omwe adazunzidwa chifukwa cha nkhondo zakumadzulo anali alibe mawu pofalitsa nkhani ku Western komanso gulu silinachite nawo kanthu. Zomwe zikuluzikulu zomwe zimadziwika kalendala zaku Western zinali pafupifupi za nkhondo, zotsogola, zotsutsana ndi atsamunda, kapena zikondwerero zina zabodza za boma. Setsuko ndi ena omwe ali muvuto lomwelo adaganiza zopanga chimodzi kusiyapo pamalamulo awa. Tithokoze chifukwa cha ntchito yawo, zikwatu zomwe zikuphulitsidwa ndi bomba la nyukiliya pa August 6th ndipo 9th amakumbukiridwa padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo zipilala zakale zokumbukira nkhondo ndi zikumbutso ndi mapaki osonyeza kuti zoopsa zimapezeka m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri omwe amakhala ndi akachisi oyeserera ndi zifanizo.
Setsuko sanangopeza mawu pagulu olankhula za omwe adazunzidwa pankhondo, koma adathandizira pomanga gulu lachitetezo lothetsa zida za nyukiliya zomwe zakhazikitsa mgwirizano wovomerezeka ndi mayiko 39 ndikuwuka - kampeni yomwe idalimbikitsa kuphunzitsa anthu za omwe adazunzidwa kale komanso omwe angakumane nawo mtsogolo za nkhondo. Ndikupangira kujowina kampeni, kuwuza boma la US kulowa nawo mgwirizanowu, ndipo kuwuza boma la US kuti lisunthe ndalama kuchokera pazida za nyukiliya ndi zida zina zamakina ankhondo. Kampeni yomwe a Setsuko adagwira nawo adapambananso Mphotho ya Mtendere wa Nobel, ndikuwonetsa kuchoka ku Komiti ya Nobel yomwe idayambira kupatsa mphotho kwa aliyense wogwira ntchito kuti athetse nkhondo (ngakhale zomwe zidanenedwa pakufuna kwa Alfred Nobel kuti zikufunika izi).
Kodi tingatani ngati titatenga ntchito ya a Setsuko ndi zomwe wakwaniritsa osati ngati zozizwitsa zopanda pake zomwe zingadabwe, koma monga chitsanzo choyenera kusindikizidwa? Zachidziwikire, kuphulika kwa zida za nyukiliya kunali kwapadera (ndipo kulibwino kungokhala mwanjira imeneyo kapena tonse tifa), koma palibe chosiyana ndi bomba, kapena nyumba zowotcha, kapena kuvutika, kapena zipatala zowonongedwa, kapena madotolo ophedwa, kapena kuvulala kwambiri, kapena kuipitsa ndi matenda, kapenanso kugwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya ngati tilingalira zida zankhondo za uranium zomwe zatha. Nkhani za m'mizinda yopsereza ya Japan yomwe sizinachite bwino ndizovuta monga za ku Hiroshima ndi Nagasaki. Nkhani zaposachedwa pano kuchokera ku Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Congo, Philippines, Mexico, ndi kwina, zikungoyenda.
Bwanji ngati chikhalidwe cha US - chikuchita kusintha kwakukulu pakadali pano, kung'amba zipilala ndipo mwina kuyika zina zatsopano - kungapatse malo anthu ozunzidwa pankhondo? Ngati anthu atha kuphunzira kumvera nzeru za wozunzidwa ku Hiroshima, chifukwa chiyani ozunzidwa ku Baghdad ndi Kabul ndi Sanaa samayankhula pamisonkhano yayikulu (kapena Zoom imayitanitsa) kumagulu akulu ndi mabungwe ku United States? Ngati 200,000 yakufa ikuyenera kusamalidwa, sikuti 2,000,000 kapena kupitilira pa nkhondo zaposachedwa? Ngati omwe apulumuka ku nyukiliya angayambe kumvedwa zaka zambiri pambuyo pake, kodi titha kufulumizitsa njira yakumva kuchokera kwa omwe adapulumuka pankhondo zomwe zikuyambitsa zida za nyukiliya maboma osiyanasiyana?
Malingana ngati United States ikupitilizabe kuchita zoopsa, mbali imodzi, kupha anthu ambiri akutali omwe anthu aku US sawuzidwa zochepa, mayiko omwe akuwatsata monga North Korea ndi China sasiya zida za nyukiliya. Ndipo bola ngati satero - kupatula kuunika kwamasinthidwe mkati kapena kukulitsa kutsutsa kolimba popanda - United States sichidzatero. Kuchotsa umunthu wa zida za nyukiliya ndichodziwikiratu, chofunikira kwambiri, kumathera pawokha ndi gawo loyamba podzichotsa tokha pankhondo, koma ndizokayikitsa kuti zichitike pokhapokha titapitilira kudzichotsa tokha ku gulu lankhondo nthawi yomweyo.
