Enkosi. Enkosi ngokundamkela kulo mhlaba ungcwele, unikwe intsingiselo efana namasimi ase-Gettysburg ngabo bafela apha, ngaphezu kokuba nayiphi na intetho enokuthi yongezelele.
Oku kufa, apha naseNagasaki, loo makhulu amawaka obomi athatyathwe kwiziqhushumbisi ezivuthayo zenyukliya, yayiyinto yonke. Emva kweminyaka engama-70 ndixoka ngale nto, mandiyicacise, injongo yokuwisa iibhombu yayikukuwisa iibhombu. Okukhona ukufa kuya kuba ngcono. Okukhona kukhulu ukuqhuma, ukutshatyalaliswa okukhulu, likhulu ibali leendaba, ukuvulwa kweMfazwe ebandayo kungcono.
UHarry Truman wathetha kwi-Senate yase-US ngoJuni 23, 1941: "Ukuba sibona ukuba iJamani iyaphumelela," wathi, "kufuneka sincede iRashiya, kwaye ukuba iRashiya iyaphumelela kufuneka sincede iJamani, kwaye ngaloo ndlela mababulale. abaninzi kangangoko.” Le yindlela umongameli waseUnited States owatshabalalisa iHiroshima awayecinga ngayo ngexabiso lobomi baseYurophu. Mhlawumbi akufuneki ndikukhumbuze ngexabiso abantu baseMelika abalibeka kubomi baseJapan ngexesha lemfazwe.
Uvavanyo lomkhosi waseMelika ngowe-1943 lwafumanisa ukuba phantse isiqingatha sazo zonke iiGIs sikholelwa ukuba kuya kufuneka kubulawe wonke umntu waseJapan osemhlabeni. UWilliam Halsey, owayephethe imikhosi yasemanzini yaseUnited States kuMzantsi Pasifiki ebudeni beMfazwe Yehlabathi II, wacinga ngothumo lwakhe “njengokubulala iJaps, bulala iJaps, ubulale iiJaps ezingakumbi,” yaye wafunga ukuba xa imfazwe yaphelayo, ulwimi lwaseJapan luthetha ulwimi lwaseJapan. kuya kuthethwa esihogweni kuphela.
NgoAgasti 6, 1945, uMongameli Truman waxoka kunomathotholo esithi ibhombu yenyukliya iphoswe kwindawo yomkhosi, kunokuba iphoswe esixekweni. Kwaye wayithethelela, kungekhona njengokukhawulezisa ukuphela kwemfazwe, kodwa njengempindezelo kulwaphulo-mthetho lwaseJapan. "Mr. UTruman wayevuya,” wabhala uDorothy Day ngoko nangoko.
Abantu basekhaya, ndivumele ndicace, basakholelwa kwizizathu zobuxoki zokuqhushumba. Kodwa apha ndikunye nawe kule ndawo ingcwele amawaka eekhilomitha kude, ngala mazwi aqukuqela kakuhle kule teleprompter, kwaye ndiza kwenza uvumo olupheleleyo. Kangangeminyaka emininzi akusekho mpikiswano inzulu. Kwiiveki ngaphambi kokuba kuwiswe ibhombu yokuqala, ngoJulayi 13, 1945, iJapan yathumela ucingo kwiSoviet Union ivakalisa umnqweno wayo wokunikezela nokuphelisa imfazwe. IUnited States yayizaphulile iikhowudi zaseJapan yaza yayifunda itelegram. UTruman ubhekisele kwidayari yakhe “kwitelegram evela kuMlawuli waseJap ecela uxolo.” Umongameli uTruman wayexelelwe ngeetshaneli zaseSwitzerland kunye nesiPhuthukezi zoxolo lwaseJapan kwiinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kweHiroshima. IJapan yayichasa kuphela ukunikezela ngaphandle kwemiqathango kwaye inikezele umlawuli wayo, kodwa iUnited States yagxininisa kuloo migaqo de emva kokuwa kweebhombu, apho yavumela iJapan ukuba igcine umlawuli wayo.
Umcebisi kaMongameli uJames Byrnes uxelele uTruman ukuba ukuwisa iibhombu kuya kuvumela iUnited States ukuba "imisele imiqathango yokuphelisa imfazwe." Unobhala womkhosi wamanzi uJames Forrestal wabhala kwidayari yakhe ukuba uByrnes “wayekuxhalabele kakhulu ukulungisa imicimbi yaseJapan ngaphambi kokuba amaRashiya angene.” UTruman wabhala kwidayari yakhe ukuba iiSoviets zazilungiselela ukuqhankqalaza ngokuchasene neJapan kunye "neFini Japs xa oko kusenzeka." UTruman wayalela ukuba ibhombu iphoswe e-Hiroshima ngo-Agasti 6th kunye nolunye uhlobo lwebhombu, ibhombu ye-plutonium, apho umkhosi wawufuna ukuvavanya nokubonisa, eNagasaki nge-9 ka-Agasti. Kwakhona ngo-Agasti 9, iiSoviets zahlasela amaJapan. Kwiiveki ezimbini ezalandelayo, iiSoviets zabulala amaJapan angama-84,000 ngelixa ziphulukana ne-12,000 yamajoni azo, kwaye iUnited States yaqhubeka idubula iJapan ngezixhobo ezingezizo ezenyukliya. Emva koko amaJapan anikezela.
I-United States Strategic Bombing Survey yagqiba kwelokuba, "... ngokuqinisekileyo ngaphambi kwe-31 kaDisemba, 1945, kwaye konke okunokwenzeka ngaphambi komhla woku-1 kuNovemba, 1945, iJapan yayiza kunikezela nokuba iibhombu zeathom zazingazange ziwiswe, nokuba iRussia yayingangenanga. emfazweni, nokuba akukho luhlaselo lucetyiweyo okanye lucetywayo.” Omnye umchasi owathi wavakalisa lo mbono kuNobhala weMfazwe ngaphambi koqhushumbo nguGeneral Dwight Eisenhower. USihlalo weeNkosana eziManyeneyo zaBasebenzi bakaAdmiral uWilliam D. Leahy wavuma: “Ukusetyenziswa kwesi sixhobo sikhohlakeleyo eHiroshima naseNagasaki akuzange kusincede kwizinto eziphathekayo kumlo wethu nxamnye neJapan. AmaJapan asele oyiswe kwaye alungele ukunikezela, ”utshilo.
Ngaphandle kombuzo wokuba uTruman waqhutywa ngobukrwada njani kwisigqibo sokuqhushumba ngabantu abaphantsi kwakhe, wakuthethelela ukusetyenziswa kwesixhobo esikhohlakeleyo ngendlela ekhohlakeleyo, esithi: “Emva kokuba siyifumene ibhombu siyisebenzisile. Siyisebenzisile ngokuchasene nabo basihlasele ngaphandle kwesilumkiso ePearl Harbour, ngokuchasene nabo balambileyo kwaye babetha kwaye babulala amabanjwa emfazwe aseMelika, kunye nakwabo balahle konke ngathi bathobela umthetho wemfazwe wamazwe ngamazwe. "
Akazange enze ngathi unenjongo yobuntu, ngendlela esibophelelekile ukuba senze ngayo kule mihla. Wayithetha njengoko yayinjalo. Imfazwe akufuneki igobe phambi kwayo nayiphi na isibalo sobuntu. Imfazwe ngamandla okugqibela. Ngexesha lobumongameli bam, ndiqhushumbise amazwe asixhenxe kwaye ndixhobise imfazwe ngeendlela zonke ezintsha. Kodwa bendisoloko ndizenza ngathi ndiyazibamba. Ndikhe ndathetha ngokubhangisa iinukes. Ngeli xesha ndityala imali ekwakheni ezintsha, ii-nukes ezingcono esicinga ukuba zisebenziseka ngakumbi.
Ngoku, ndiyazi ukuba lo mgaqo-nkqubo udala ugqatso olutsha lwezixhobo zenyukliya, kwaye ezinye izizwe ezisibhozo zenyukliya zilandela ngokulandelayo. Ndiyalazi ithuba lokuphelisa bonke ubomi ngengozi yenyukliya, ungaze ucinge ngesenzo senyukliya, liphindaphindeke kaninzi. Kodwa ndiza kuqhubeka ndityhalela phambili umatshini wemfazwe wase-US ngandlela zonke, kwaye iziphumo ziya kugwetywa. Kwaye andizukuxolisa ngokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi kule ndawo ngumanduleli wam, kuba sele ndinixelele into endiyaziyo. Isibakala sokuba ndiyayazi imeko yokwenyani kwaye kufuneka ndiyazi into emayenziwe, nangona ndingazange ndiyenze, ibisoloko ilungile ngokwaneleyo ukwanelisa abaxhasi bam ekhaya, kwaye kufanele ukuba ilungile ngokwaneleyo ukunelisa nina bantu. ngokunjalo.
Enkosi.
Kwaye uThixo aSikelele iZizwe eziManyeneyo eMelika.
