NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Juni 14, i-2022
Uhulumeni wase-US wathatha umndeni wawususa endlini yawo, emisebenzini, ezikoleni nakubangane, wavala wonke amalungu awo, wabe eseqala ukuyala amalungu omndeni wesilisa aneminyaka efanele ukuthi ajoyine amasosha ase-US futhi aqonde empini.
Lokhu bekungeyona inyanga edlule. Lokhu kwakungo-1941. Futhi akuzange kwenzeke nje. Umkhaya wawungowozalo lwamaJapane, futhi ukuboshwa kwakuhambisana nokusolwa ngokuba izidalwa ezingaphansi komuntu kodwa futhi njengamambuka angathembekile. Akukho kulokhu okwenza kwamukeleke noma kungabalulekile. Ukuhambisana kuboniswa isimo sengqondo sokubuza osanda kufunda kuso isihloko esingenhla. Ingabe umndeni wawusuka eningizimu yomngcele? Ingabe babengamaSulumane? Ingabe ayengamaRashiya? Izenzo ezimbi nezihlukumezayo bezilokhu zikhona kusukela kudala ngaphambi kokuhlukunyezwa kwamaJapan-America phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, futhi zisekhona nanamuhla.
Kuleli sonto, New York Times, ishicilele izithombe ezimbalwa ezintsha ezivela e-Guantanamo kanye bathi ukuthi lokhu kwakuyinto entsha, nakuba abantu kwase kungamashumi eminyaka bebona izithombe ezifanayo nezidume kakhulu zeziboshwa ezisawolintshi e-Guantanamo, ababhikishi babegqoke okuwolintshi futhi bafaka izithombe emaphostani amakhulu, izilwi ezinodlame ezimelene ne-US zazigqoke okuwolintshi. Amaphekula abethi athatha isinyathelo kulandela intukuthelo yaseGuantanamo. Yiqiniso, othile ufuna nje ukukhiqiza ukuchofoza ku- New York Times iwebhusayithi, kodwa akunanhlawulo yokusula izinto ezesabekayo noma ukuzithatha njengezikhethekile.
Emuva emndenini oseCalifornia. Imemori esanda kushicilelwa ka-Yoshito Kuromiya, enesandulelo sika-Lawson Inada, Isandulelo sika-Eric Muller, sahlelwa ngu-Arthur Hansen, sinesihloko esithi Ngaphandle Kokukhaphela: Isikhumbuzo SeMpi Yezwe Yesibili YaseJapan American Draft Resister of Conscience. U-Kuromiya ulandisa ngendlela umndeni wakhe owahlwithwa ngayo ezimpilweni zawo eCalifornia wafakwa ekamu elingale kocingo oluhlabayo e-Wyoming. Ekamu, othisha abamhlophe - ngakho-ke bathembekile futhi bayancomeka - bafundisa amalungu asemasha eqembu eliphansi ngodumo loMthethosisekelo wase-US kanye nayo yonke inkululeko emangalisayo oyidalayo. Futhi uYoshito wayalwa ukuba ajoyine impi yase-US futhi abulale noma afe eMpini Yezwe II (isintu esigcwele nokwethembeka akudingekile).
Njengoba isihloko sencwadi sinikeza, u-Yoshito Kuromiya wenqaba. Abaningi benqaba ndawonye, futhi abaningi balalela ndawonye. Kwaba nenkulumo-mpikiswano, njengoba ungase ucabange. Ingabe umuntu kufanele ahambe futhi abulale futhi afele ebulimani obusabekayo bempi? Futhi ingabe umuntu kufanele enze kanjalo kuhulumeni okuphatha njengalona? Akukaze kucace kimi, futhi mhlawumbe akuzange kube njalo kumbhali, noma ngabe wayephikisana nayo yonke impi. Ubhala ukuthi bekungaba kubi kangakanani ukubamba iqhaza. Ubhala nokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wahlanganyela ekubulaleni okungenangqondo ngaphansi kwezinye izimo. Nokho naye, eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, uzwakalisa ukusekela kwakhe ukwenqaba kuka-Ehren Watada ukuhlanganyela empini yase-Iraq. Mhlawumbe nalezo kwakuyizimo ezingalungile. Kodwa u-Kuromiya ubhala ukuthi uyazisola ngokungazange asungule ngesikhathi se-WWII ilungelo elingokomthetho lokwenqaba impi, futhi akakwazi ukungazi ukuthi bekungaba yini igalelo elibulalayo esikhungweni sempi. Futhi wayengeke akwazi ukuthi wayemelene nempi eyodwa kuphela yezimpi ezingenakubalwa zase-US eminyakeni edlule ye-75 abantu abaningi abazozama ukuyivikela njengezizathu zokuziphatha.
Imemori kaKuromiya isinika umongo. Ulandisa ngokufuduka kwabazali bakhe kanye nobunzima ngaphambi kweMpi Yezwe II. Uthi ubehlale ekhungethwe ububha, ngaphambi kokuvinjwa onogada nokubiya. Ngemva kwempi, uchaza ukuguqulwa kwezinto, ngendiza emhlophe evela ezindaweni lapho amaJapane aseMelika akwazi ukungena khona. Ulandisa nangokuhlukana kwemibono phakathi kweziboshwa, naphakathi konogada. Uchaza ijele laseWashington State lapho yena nabanye abenqaba ngenxa kanembeza abathunyelwa khona, okuhlanganisa izici ezinhle zalo, kuhlanganise nonogada basejele okwakuzodingeka bahlale lapho isikhathi eside kuneziboshwa.
U-Kuromiya kanye nabanye ababemelene naye baye enkantolo futhi bagwetshwa ijaji elicwasa ngokwebala, base benethuba lokuthola isinqumo esivunayo nokwaphetha ngokuthi u-Truman axole kwabaphikisayo. Uhulumeni wase-US kamuva wavuma iphutha lakhe ngokuvalela yonke leyo mindeni. Kunetshe lesikhumbuzo eWashington, DC, efunga ukuthi ngeke baphinde bakwenze. Kodwa uhulumeni akakaze avume ukuthi kukhona okungalungile ngohlaka. Eqinisweni, ukube bekungewona amaRepublican athanda ubulili, amaDemocrat ngabe kade anezela abesifazane ukuthi babhalise. Futhi uhulumeni wase-US, ngokwazi kwami, akakaze avume esidlangalaleni noma yini engalungile mayelana nenhlanganisela yokuvalela abantu bese ubabhala. Eqinisweni, isavumela izinkantolo ukuthi zinikeze iziboshwa ukhetho lwezempi ngaphezu kwesinye isijeziso, ivumela abokufika benqatshelwe ubuzwe ngaphandle kokuthi bajoyine amasosha, ivumela noma ngubani ukuthi angakwazi ukufinyelela imfundo ngaphandle kokuthi ajoyine amasosha ukuze bathole imali yasekolishi, futhi izingane zikhulela ezindaweni eziyingozi kangangokuthi amasosha abukeka njengenketho ephephile.
I-akhawunti ka-Kuromiya yalokho abhekana nakho akukhona ozokufunda kumbhalo womlando ogunyazwe yibhodi lesikole. Ufakazi womuntu wokuqala walokho okwenzekile ngaphandle kokucekelwa phansi ubukhulu bobuqhawe be-FDR noma ububi bokuthethelela amaNazi. Futhi imicabango engalungile ka-Kuromiya ayishiywanga. Uyazibuza ukuthi kungani amaJalimane namaNtaliyane-aseMelika ayengaphathwa njengamaJapane-aseMelika. Uyaqaphela ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US wathatha izinyathelo zokungena empini neJapane, eshiya umfundi ezibuza ukuthi ngabe lelo khono lokubona kudlule ezinye ze-propaganda, ingasaphathwa ikhono lokubona abantu baseJapane njengabantu, kungenzeka kube nomthelela ezenzweni zikaKuromiya. - kanye nokuzibuza ukuthi amakhono afanayo ayengasho ukuthini uma esabalele.
