Ngiyabonga. Ngiyabonga ngokungemukela kulomhlaba ongcwele, onikezwe incazelo efana nezinsimu zaseGettysburg yilabo abafela lapha, ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi inkulumo engenza sengathi inezela.
Lokho kufa, lapha naseNagasaki, lawo makhulu ezinkulungwane zemiphefumulo eyabulawa ngamabhomu enuzi ashisayo, kwakuyikona konke. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-70 ngiqamba amanga ngalokhu, ake ngicacise, inhloso yokuwisa amabhomu kwakuwukuwisa amabhomu. Ukufa kuyanda kuba ngcono. Ukuqhuma okukhulu, ukubhujiswa okukhulu, indaba enkulu yezindaba, ukuvulwa kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi kuba ngcono.
UHarry Truman wakhuluma eSenate yase-US ngoJuni 23, 1941: "Uma sibona ukuthi iJalimane iyanqoba," esho, "kufanele sisize iRussia, futhi uma iRussia iwina kufanele sisize iJalimane, futhi ngaleyo ndlela bayibulale. abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka.” Yile ndlela umongameli wase-US owabhubhisa uHiroshima acabanga ngayo ngokubaluleka kokuphila kwaseYurophu. Mhlawumbe angidingi ukukukhumbuza ngenani amaMelika alibeka ezimpilweni zamaJapane phakathi nempi.
Inhlolovo Yamasosha AseMelika ngo-1943 yathola ukuthi cishe ingxenye yawo wonke ama-GI ayekholelwa ukuthi kwakuzodingeka kubulawe wonke umuntu waseJapane osemhlabeni. UWilliam Halsey, owayephethe ibutho lamasosha asolwandle e-United States eNingizimu Pacific phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wacabanga ngomsebenzi wakhe othi “Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill Japs more,” futhi wafunga ukuthi lapho impi isiphelile, ulimi lwesiJapane kungakhulunywa esihogweni kuphela.
Ngo-August 6, 1945, uMongameli Truman waqamba amanga emsakazweni ukuthi ibhomu lenuzi liwiswe endaweni yamasosha, hhayi edolobheni. Futhi wakuthethelela, hhayi njengokusheshisa ukuphela kwempi, kodwa njengokuziphindiselela emacaleni aseJapane. “UMnu. UTruman wayejabule,” kubhala uDorothy Day ngaleso sikhathi, kwaba njalo.
Abantu basekhaya, ake ngicacise, basakholelwa izizathu ezingamanga zokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu. Kodwa nakhu nginawe kule ndawo engcwele eqhele ngezinkulungwane zamakhilomitha, ngala mazwi egeleza kahle kakhulu kule teleprompter, futhi ngizovuma ngokugcwele. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi ingasekho ingxabano enkulu. Emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba kuphonswe ibhomu lokuqala, ngo-July 13, 1945, iJapane yathumela incwadi yocingo eSoviet Union izwakalisa isifiso sayo sokucela umaluju nokuqeda impi. I-United States yayiphule amakhodi aseJapane futhi yafunda i-telegram. UTruman ubhekise encwadini yakhe yezenzakalo “ngocingo oluvela ku-Jap Emperor ecela ukuthula.” UMongameli uTruman wayetshelwe ngeziteshi zaseSwitzerland nesiPutukezi mayelana nezingxoxo zokuthula zaseJapan ezinyangeni ezintathu ngaphambi kweHiroshima. 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 uByrnes “wayekulangazelela kakhulu ukuqeda indaba yaseJapane ngaphambi kokuba amaRussia angene.” UTruman wabhala encwadini yakhe ukuthi amaSoviet ayelungiselela ukumasha ngokumelene neJapane kanye “neFini Japs uma lokho kwenzeka.” UTruman wayala ukuthi ibhomu liphonswe eHiroshima ngo-Agasti 6 kanye nolunye uhlobo lwebhomu, ibhomu le-plutonium, amasosha ayefuna ukulihlola futhi alibonise, eNagasaki ngo-Agasti 9. Futhi ngo-August 9, amaSoviet ahlasela amaJapane. Emasontweni amabili alandelayo, amaSoviet abulala amaJapane angu-84,000 12,000 kuyilapho elahlekelwa amasosha awo angu-XNUMX XNUMX, futhi i-United States yaqhubeka iqhumisa amabhomu eJapane ngezikhali ezingezona zenuzi. Khona-ke amaJapane azinikela.
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 ayengawiswanga, 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.
Ngaphandle kombuzo wokuthi uTruman wangenelwa ngonya kangakanani esinqumweni sokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngabangaphansi kwakhe, ukuthethelele ukusetshenziswa kwesikhali esinobulwane ngamagama anobulwane, ethi: “Njengoba sesilitholile ibhomu silisebenzisile. Siyisebenzise kulabo abasihlasele ngaphandle kwesixwayiso ePearl Harbor, ngokumelene nalabo abaye babulawa indlala futhi bashaya futhi babulala iziboshwa zempi zaseMelika, kanye nalabo abaye balahla konke ukuzenzisa ukulalela umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wempi. "
Akazange enze sengathi unenhloso yokusiza abantu, ngendlela esibophekile ukuba senze ngayo kulezi zinsuku. Washo njengoba kwakunjalo. Impi ayidingi ukukhothama ngaphambi kwanoma yisiphi isibalo sokusiza abantu. Impi ingamandla amakhulu. Ngesikhathi sobumongameli bami, ngiqhumise ngamabhomu amazwe ayisikhombisa futhi nganikeza amandla ukulwa ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezindlela ezintsha. Kodwa bengilokhu ngenza sengathi ngizithiba ngandlela-thile. Ngike ngakhuluma ngokuqeda ama-nukes. Okwamanje ngitshala imali ekwakheni ama-nukes amasha, angcono manje esicabanga ngawo njengasebenziseka kakhulu.
Manje, ngiyazi ukuthi le nqubomgomo idala umjaho omusha wezikhali zenuzi, nokuthi ezinye izizwe eziyisishiyagalombili zenuzi zilandela lokho. Ngiyazi ukuthi ithuba lokuqeda yonke impilo ngengozi yenuzi, anginandaba nesenzo senuzi, liphindaphindeke kaningi. Kodwa ngizoqhubeka ngiqhubekisela phambili umshini wempi wase-US ngazo zonke izindlela, futhi imiphumela izolahlwa. Futhi ngeke ngixolise ngokubulawa kwabantu abaningi kule ngosi ngumanduleli wami, ngoba senginitshelile engikwaziyo. Iqiniso lokuthi ngiyasazi isimo sangempela futhi kufanele ngikwazi okufanele kwenziwe, nakuba ngingakaze ngikwenze, belilokhu lilihle ngokwanele ukwanelisa abasekeli bami ekhaya, futhi kufanele kube kuhle ngokwanele ukunelisa nina bantu. futhi.
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