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E-Okinawa-Ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 2015, nganginabashoshozeli bokuthula be-3 base-Okinawa kanye nesishoshovu sobumbano saseBrithani ohambweni lokumelana nendawo ezisekelweni zamasosha ase-US. Ngemva kwehora sihamba ngemoto sisuka edolobheni laseNago sibheke enyakatho sisuka edolobheni laseNago, siwela izihosha ezijulile namatheku aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, sasondela ehlathini elicinene, lapho okuwukuphela kwayo isikhungo sokuqeqesha amasosha ase-US, phezulu engxenyeni esenyakatho yesiqhingi sase-Okinawa.
Njengoba siqhubeka nokushayela, umgwaqo omkhulu wavinjwa izimoto zamasosha ezinkulu, ezifihlekile, saphuma siyohlola. Enye yalezi zimoto bekuyizisebenzi ezihlomile zinamasosha acishe abe ngu-25 phakathi, amanye ayesigqolozele ngokubuza. Ngaqhweba futhi abambalwa babo baqhweba emuva. Sabuka amasosha amabili ephuma futhi eqondisa izimoto eduze kohide lwezimoto, kuyilapho elinde ukungena esangweni elikhulu lesikhungo sokuqeqesha. Kwaphela imizuzu embalwa sicula sishaya izigubhu esangweni. Lapho imoto yokuqala isisuse noma yikuphi ukuphazamiseka esangweni, zonke izimoto ngokushesha zaphuma emgwaqweni omkhulu zanyamalala endaweni yokuqeqesha.
Umbono onjalo ubonakala uvamile kule ndawo, nokho ukukhathazeka okukhulu nakakhulu ukuthi izindiza zamasosha zindizela phansi phezu kwemizi yabantu nasemasimini. Omunye umkhaya, ogcina i-decibel meter emzini wawo, uthi izinga lomsindo ngezinye izikhathi lifinyelela kuma-decibel ayikhulu futhi ngezinye izikhathi ubuso babashayeli bezindiza buyabonakala. Ukuqhuma kokushisa okuvela emishinini endizayo kanye nephunga likaphethiloli kuthukuthelisa izinzwa.
Umbutho Wezempi Wasemoyeni wase-US uhlela ukwakha ama-helipad amasha ayisithupha ehlathini njengengxenye yesivumelwano sokunikeza cishe ingxenye eyodwa ye-acreage yesikhungo sokuqeqesha ibuyele e-Japan. Nokho, phakathi nalezi zindawo ezihlongozwayo ze-helipad kukhona i-Takae, idolobhana elinezakhamuzi ezingaphezu kuka-150. Bangabantu abazobhekana nokukhuphuka kwethrafikhi yezindiza okuqinisekile ukuthi umphumela uma ama-helipad akhiwe. Kuzodingeka babhekane nokwenzeka kokuphahlazeka—kuye kwaba okungenani izingozi zezindiza ezingu-46 kusukela ngo-1972, futhi ngo-1959 indiza eyayithwele imicibisholo emi-2 yaphahlazeka esikoleni, kwashona abantu abangu-17 kwalimala abangu-200.
Manje njengoba umbutho wezomoya usunethoyizi elisha, indiza enophephela emhlane i-MV-22 Osprey, sekube nenqwaba yabashayeli bamabhanoyi abaqeqeshwayo abaphuma beyojima. Ngeshwa, i-Osprey isungule irekhodi lokuphepha elibi uma liqhathaniswa namamodeli angaphambili, futhi okwenza ithemba lokuphahlazeka liphazamise nakakhulu kubantu basemaphandleni ukuthi ophephela bayo baklanyelwe ngokuqondile ukuphahlazeka futhi bahlakazeke eceleni, kude nomshayeli. . Lesi sici "sokuphepha" ngeke siphephe kubantu abangaba khona.
Izakhamuzi zaseTakae zikholelwa nokuthi amasosha ase-US angathanda ukusebenzisa idolobhana lawo njengengxenye yokuqeqeshwa, umbono ongabonakali ungenakwenzeka ngemva kokucabangela okwenzeka phakathi neMpi YaseVietnam. Ngaleso sikhathi, amasosha ase-US akha idolobhana “eliyiziduli” ehlathini futhi abuthela ngenkani izakhamuzi zaseTakae, eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala, ukuba zigqoke izingubo ezimnyama futhi ziqhubeke sengathi zihlala endaweni eyinqaba yaseVietcong. Abahlali ababuthiwe kuze kwadingeka ukuthi benze ukuhlasela okuhlekisayo endaweni.
Manje, izakhamuzi zase-Takae nezishoshovu zobumbano ezivela kwezinye izingxenye ze-Okinawa zigcina amakamu okubhikisha angu-2 avala noma ikuphi ukuphela komgwaqo ofinyelela ezindaweni ezimbili zokwakha i-helipad. Ezinye izindlela zokungena ezi-2 zama-helipad asevele zakhiwe zivinjwe unomphela ngezimoto ezishayayo ezipakiwe zizungezwe uhlobo lwesikafula esishiselwe. Okungenani izishoshovu ezimbalwa zibuka umgwaqo oya kuma-helipad angaqediwe amahora angu-24 ngosuku, ngokuvamile ngamashifu ajikelezayo. Kuze kube manje, izimoto zokwakha azikwazanga ukungena emgwaqeni ongenela ukuze ziqedele ukwakha ama-helipad.
Ngosuku engavakashela ngalo ikamu lokubhikisha, ngahlangana noProfesa Kosuzu, waseNyuvesi yaseRyukyu. Ngokuvamile uchitha izimpelasonto zakhe ekamu likaTakae. Uchwepheshe wezwe laseNyakatho Melika, ikakhulukazi esifundeni saseCaribbean, uthi inhlangano yeTakae ithola ugqozi olukhulu emzabalazweni wama-1990 owaqeda ukuqeqeshwa kwezempi yase-US esiqhingini sasePuerto Rican, i-Vieques.
"Omunye wabakhankasi basePuerto Rican weza e-Okinawa ukuzosisiza ukuthi sizungeze ngokuphelele i-Futenma Air Base emuva ngo-1995. Ngizwa sengathi ubudlelwano base-US ne-Okinawa buwuhlobo lobukoloniyali."
Inhloso yami yokuvakashela e-Okinawa ukutshela abanye abantu base-US mayelana nalelo qiniso, lezisekelo ezigcinwe emhlabeni othathwe ngamandla. Ngokwanele kwesiyaluyalu esiqhubekayo, esivela ohlangothini lwe-Okinawa nasohlangothini lwase-US, sizokwenza kube nzima nakakhulu ukuthi i-US igcine izisekelo zayo zaphesheya kwezilwandle, kunokuba imane ivale.
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NjengoPuerto Rican, ngiyazi ukuthi ama-Okinawans adlule kuphi. Phuma amasosha ase-US e-Okinawa!
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Kufanele sihambe e-Okinawa. Ngiyazi ukuthi isiqhingi esincane futhi esihle futhi amasosha ethu asilimaza ngokuba khona kwawo. Akulungile neze ukuthatha ezinye izindawo zemvelo ukuze zisetshenziswe ezempi e-Okinawa. Manje yisikhathi sokuba amasosha ethu asuke e-Okinawa aye kubantu abahlala lapho.