I-Hiroshima Haunting

NguDavid Swanson
Amazwi at Isikhumbuzo sika-Hiroshima-Nagasaki e-Peace Garden eLake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 6, 2017

Ngiyabonga ngokungimema ukuthi ngikhulume lapha. Ngiyabonga futhi ngihloniphekile, kodwa akuwona umsebenzi olula. Ngike ngakhuluma kumabonakude nezixuku ezinkulu kanye nezithombe ezibalulekile ezibalulekile, kodwa lapha ungicela ukuthi ngikhulume namakhulu ezinkulungwane zezipoki nezigidigidi zezipoki ezilindile. Ukuze sicabange ngalendaba ngokuhlakanipha kumelwe sizikhumbule zonke, kanye nalabo abazama ukuvimbela iHiroshima neNagasaki, labo abasinda, labo ababikayo, labo abaziphoqa ukuba bakhumbule ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuze bafundise abanye.

Mhlawumbe okunzima nakakhulu ukucabanga ngalabo abaphuthuma ukwenza konke lokho kufa nokulimala kwenzeke noma abahamba ngokungangabazeki, nalabo abenza okufanayo namuhla. Abantu abalungile. Abantu abahloniphekile. Abantu abafana nawe ngokukha phezulu. Abantu abangazihlukumezi izingane zabo noma izilwane ezifuywayo. Abantu mhlawumbe njengomphathi we-US Pacific Fleet owabuzwa ngesonto eledlule ukuthi uzohlasela yini iChina uma uMengameli uTrump emyala. Impendulo yakhe yayiwuyebo onesimiso futhi enengqondo, wayezolalela imiyalo.

Uma abantu bengayilaleli imiyalo, umhlaba uyahlakazeka. Ngakho-ke umuntu kufanele alalele imiyalo ngisho nalapho edwengula umhlaba - ngisho nemithetho engekho emthethweni, imiyalo ephula i-UN Charter, imiyalo engasinaki i-Kellogg-Briand Pact, imiyalo eqeda phakade konke okukhona noma inkumbulo yayo yonke inkumbulo enhle yobuntwana nayo yonke ingane. .

Ngokuphambene, uJeremy Corbyn, inhloko yeLabour Party e-UK, kanye nondunankulu olandelayo uma izitayela zamanje ziqhubeka, uthe akasoze asebenzisa izikhali zenuzi. Wagxekwa kakhulu ngokungacabangeli.

Singakwazi futhi kufanele sisuse izikhali zenuzi ebusweni bomhlaba ngaphambi kokuba zisetshenziswe ngamabomu noma ngephutha. Ezinye zazo ziphindwe izikhathi eziyizinkulungwane kulokho okwawiswa eJapane. Inani elincane lazo lingadala ubusika benuzi obuzosibulala ngendlala. Ukwanda kwabo kanye nokujwayelekile kuqinisekisa ukuthi inhlanhla yethu izophela uma singaziqedi. I-Nukes yethulwe ngephutha e-Arkansas futhi yawela ngephutha eNyakatho Carolina. (UJohn Oliver uthe ungakhathazeki, yingakho sinamaCarolinas AMABILI). Uhlu lwezinto ezicishe ziphuthelwe nokungaqondi kahle ziyamangaza.

Izinyathelo ezifana nesivumelwano esisha esithuthukiswe amazwe amaningi omhlaba zokuvimbela ukuba nezikhali zenuzi kufanele kusetshenzwe ngakho konke esinakho, futhi kulandelwe imikhankaso yokukhipha yonke imali, futhi kunwetshwe inqubo ibe namandla enuzi kanye ne-uranium eseyiphelile.

Kodwa ukuletha izizwe zenuzi, futhi ikakhulukazi le esimi kuyo, ukujoyina umhlaba kulokhu kuzoba isithiyo esikhulu, futhi kungase kube okungenakunqotshwa ngaphandle uma sithatha izinyathelo hhayi kuphela ngokumelene nalesi zikhali ezimbi kunazo zonke esezakhiwe manje kodwa futhi. ngokumelene nesikhungo sempi ngokwayo. UMikhail Gorbachev uthi ngaphandle kokuthi i-United States ihlehlise ulaka nokubusa kwayo kwezempi nezizwe ezingezona ezenuzi, ezinye izizwe ngeke ziyishiye imicibisholo yenuzi ezikholelwa ukuthi iyayivikela ekuhlaselweni. Kunesizathu esenza izingqapheli eziningi zibheke unswinyo lwakamuva olubhekiswe eRussia, North Korea, kanye ne-Iran njengesandulela sokulwa ne-Iran, hhayi kwezinye ezimbili.

Imibono yempi, kanye nezikhali nezinhlangano zempi, elahla uJeremy Corbyn kuyilapho ishayela ihlombe indoda ethi iwulalela ngobumpumputhe umyalo ongekho emthethweni. Umuntu uyazibuza ukuthi amasosha amahle kanjalo namatilosi abheka u-Arkhipov u-Vasili Alexandrovich njengomuntu okhubazekile noma iqhawe. Yebo wayeyisikhulu seSoviet Navy esanqaba ukwethula izikhali zenuzi ngesikhathi senhlekelele yezikhali ezicitshwayo zaseCuba, ngaleyo ndlela esindisa umhlaba. Nakuba kujabulisa njengoba singathola wonke amanga nehaba kanye nobudemoni obuqondiswe eRussia yizikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe nezingakhethiwe kanye nemithombo yazo yezindaba, ngicabanga ukuthi ukumisa izithombe eziqoshiwe zikaVasili Arkhipov emapaki ase-US kungaba usizo kakhulu. Mhlawumbe eduze kwezithombe zikaFrank Kellogg.

Akuwona nje umbono wempi okufanele siwunqobe, kodwa ubandlululo, ubuzwe, ukucwasa, ubulili, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, kanye nenkolelo yelungelo lethu lokubhubhisa iplanethi, noma ngabe ngemisebe noma ngokusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli. Yingakho nginokungabaza ngento efana neMashi Yesayensi. Angikazwa ngemashi yokuhlakanipha noma i-rally yokuthobeka noma ukuboniswa komusa. Saze saba nomhlangano we-Nothing, owawuphikisana nemibuthano, owawuhlelwe usomahlaya eWashington, DC, ngaphambi kokuba sibe nombhikisho owodwa walezi ezinye izizathu ezibalulekile.

Kunomugqa osencwadini nakumuvi kaCarl Sagan othi Oxhumana naye okunomlingiswa oyinhloko ofuna ukubuza ngempucuko ethuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe ukuthi badlule kanjani esigabeni "sobusha bezobuchwepheshe" ngaphandle kokuzibhubhisa. Kodwa lesi akusona isikhathi sokuthomba kwezobuchwepheshe. Ubuchwepheshe buzoqhubeka bukhiqiza izinto eziyingozi kakhulu njengoba isikhathi sihamba. Ubuchwepheshe ngeke buvuthwe futhi buqale ukukhiqiza izinto eziwusizo kuphela, ngoba ubuchwepheshe akuwona umuntu. Lesi sikuso sobusha esiziphethe kahle. Sinikeza amandla amahlongandlebe anxusa amaphoyisa ukuba ashaye amakhanda nabangane bawo ukuze bahlasele abantu besifazane, nabazama ukuxazulula izinkinga ngezindonga ezinkulu, inkulumo-ze esezingeni eliphezulu, ukuphika ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, kanye nokudutshulwa njalo abantu.

Noma sinikeza amandla ngokulinganayo abalingisi benkosi yentsha njengomongameli wase-US owaya e-Hiroshima esikhathini esingaphezudlwana konyaka odlule futhi washo amanga ukuthi “Izinto zobuciko zisitshela ukuthi ukungqubuzana okunobudlova kwavela nomuntu wokuqala ngqa,” futhi owasinxusa ukuba sizisule thina ngokwethu. empini engapheli ngala mazwi: “Singase singakwazi ukuqeda amandla omuntu okwenza okubi, ngakho izizwe nemifelandawonye esiyenzayo kumelwe ibe nendlela yokuzivikela.”

Nokho izwe elibuswa ngezempi alizuzi lutho nhlobo lokuzivikela kuma-nukes. Azikuvimbeli ukuhlasela kwamaphekula ngabalingisi abangewona ohulumeni nganoma iyiphi indlela. Futhi abengezi iota emandleni ebutho lezempi lase-US ukuvimba izizwe ekuhlaseleni, uma kubhekwa ikhono le-United States lokucekela phansi noma yini noma kuphi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngezikhali ezingezona ezenuzi. Abazinqobi futhi izimpi, kanti i-United States, iSoviet Union, i-United Kingdom, i-France ne-China alahlekelwe yizimpi ngokumelene namandla angewona enyukliya ngenkathi ephethe ama-nukes. Futhi, uma kwenzeka kuba nempi yenuzi yomhlaba wonke, ingabe izikhali eziningi ezimbi zingavikela i-United States nganoma iyiphi indlela ku-apocalypse.

Kufanele sisebenzele ukuqeda izikhali zenuzi, kusho uMongameli uBarack Obama ePrague naseHiroshima, kodwa, wathi, mhlawumbe hhayi esikhathini sakhe sokuphila. Akukho okunye esingakwenza ngaphandle kokubonisa ukuthi wayenephutha ngaleso sikhathi.

Kudingeka siguquke ngale kwalokho abaholi bethu abasitshela kona ngezikhali zenuzi, okuhlanganisa nalokho izikole zethu ezikutshela khona izingane zethu ngeHiroshima neNagasaki. Emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba kuwiswe ibhomu lokuqala, iJapane yathumela incwadi yocingo eSoviet Union izwakalisa isifiso sayo sokuzinikela nokuqeda impi. I-United States yayiphule amakhodi aseJapane futhi yayifunda i-telegram. UMongameli uHarry Truman ubhekise encwadini yakhe yezenzakalo “ngocingo oluvela ku-Jap Emperor ecela ukuthula.” IJapane yenqaba kuphela ukuzinikela ngokungenamibandela futhi idele umbusi wayo, kodwa i-United States yaphikelela kuleyo mibandela kwaze kwaba ngemva kokuwa kwamabhomu, okuyilapho yavumela iJapane ukuba igcine umbusi wayo.

Umeluleki kamongameli uJames Byrnes utshele uTruman ukuthi ukuwisa amabhomu kuzovumela i-United States ukuthi "ibeke imigomo yokuqeda impi." UNobhala Webutho Lamanzi UJames Forrestal wabhala encwadini yakhe ukuthi u-Byrnes 'wayekulangazelela kakhulu ukuqeda indaba yaseJapane ngaphambi kokuba amaRussia angene.' Bangena ngosuku olufanayo iNagasaki yabhujiswa ngayo.

I-United States Strategic Bombing Survey yaphetha ngokuthi, “… ngokuqinisekile ngaphambi komhla zingama-31 kuZibandlela, 1945, futhi cishe ngaphambi komhla lu-1 kuLwezi, 1945, iJapan yayiyobe izinikele noma ngabe amabhomu e-athomu ayengazange awiswe, noma ngabe iRussia yayingangenanga. impi, futhi ngisho noma kwakungekho ukuhlasela okwakuhleliwe noma okwakucatshangwa.” Omunye ophikisayo owayeveze lo mbono ofanayo kuNobhala Wezempi ngaphambi kokuqhuma kwamabhomu kwakunguGeneral Dwight Eisenhower. USihlalo Wezikhulu Ezihlangene Zezisebenzi U-Admiral William D. Leahy wavuma: “Ukusetshenziswa kwalesi sikhali esinonya eHiroshima naseNagasaki kwakungelona usizo oluphathekayo empini yethu neJapane. AmaJapan abevele ehluliwe futhi esekulungele ukuzinikela,” kusho yena.

I-United States idinga ukuyeka ukuziqamba amanga futhi iqale ukuhola umjaho wezikhali ohlehlayo. Lokhu kuzodinga ukuthobeka, ukwethembeka okujulile, nokuvuleleka ekuhlolweni kwamazwe ngamazwe. Kodwa njengoba uTad Daley ebhale, “Yebo, ukuhlolwa kwamazwe ngamazwe lapha kuzophazamisa ubukhosi bethu. Kodwa ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-athomu lapha nakho kuzophazamisa ubukhosi bethu. Umbuzo nje uthi, yikuphi kulokhu kugxambukela okubili esikuthola kungathandeki kangako.”