NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Julayi 10, i-2020
Ifilimu elisha, Isithembiso Esivela kuHiroshima, ilandisa ngodaba lukaSetsuko Thurlow owayeyintombazane yesikole eHiroshima ngenkathi iMelika ilahla ibhomu lokuqala lenuzi. Wakhishwa esakhiweni lapho abashonile afunda nabo abangama-27. Wabona ukulimala kabi nokuhlupheka okubuhlungu nokungcwatshwa kwabantu abaningi ababathandayo, abantu engabajwayele nabantu engabazi.
USetsuko ubephuma emndenini ophila kahle futhi uthi bekufanele asebenze ekunqobeni ukubandlulula kwakhe ngabampofu, nokho wanqoba izinto eziningi ezimangazayo. Isikole sakhe kwakuyisikole sobuKhrestu, futhi usitholile njengethonya empilweni yakhe isiyalo sikathisha sokuba azibandakanye nezishoshovu njengendlela yokuba ngumKristu. Ukuthi isizwe sangaphambi kobuKristu sasisanda kubhubhisa idolobha laso elalingewona nezebuKristu sasingenandaba. Ukuthi abaseNtshonalanga abakwenzile akubanga nandaba. Wathandana nowesilisa waseCanada owayehlala futhi esebenza eJapan.
Uphinde wamshiya okwesikhashana eJapan waya eNyuvesi yaseLynchburg eduze kakhulu nalapho ngihlala khona eVirginia - into ebengingayazi ngaye ngaze ngabuka ifilimu. Ukwesabeka nokuhlukumezeka ayekade ebhekene nakho kwakungasho lutho. Ukuthi wayesezweni angalazi kwakungasho lutho. Ngenkathi i-United States ivivinya izikhali eziningi zenuzi eziqhingini zasePacific lapho yayixoshe khona abahlali, uSetsuko wakhuluma ngokumelene nayo kwabezindaba baseLynchburg. Imeyili enenzondo ayitholile ayinandaba. Lapho othandekayo wakhe ejoyina futhi bengakwazanga ukushada eVirginia ngenxa yemithetho yobandlululo emelene "nokuganiselana" eyayiphuma emcabangweni ofanayo wobandlululo owawudale ukuqhuma kwamabhomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki, lokho kwakungasho lutho. Bashade eWashington, DC
Ukuthi izisulu zezimpi zaseNtshonalanga bezine futhi cishe azinalo izwi kwabezindaba zaseNtshonalanga futhi nomphakathi awunandaba. Ukuthi izikhumbuzo eziye zamukelwa kumakhalenda aseNtshonalanga futhi cishe ziseyimpi pro-pro, imperial, pro-colonial, noma ngenye indlela umgubho wenkulumo-ze ka-pro -hulumeni awukhathalelanga. USetsuko nabanye emzabalazweni ofanayo banqume ukudala okungenani okuhlukile kule mithetho. Ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo, izikhumbuzo zokubulawa kwamabhomu enuzi ngo-Agasti 6th futhi 9th kukhunjulwa emhlabeni wonke, futhi izikhumbuzo zesikhumbuzo zempi yempi kanye nezikhumbuzo kanye namapaki okuphawula ukuthi lezi zinhlekelele zikhona endaweni yomphakathi ezisalawulwa ngamathempeli we-pro-war kanye nemifanekiso eqanjiwe.
USetsuko akagcinanga ngokuthola izwi lomphakathi elikhulume ngezisulu zempi, kepha wasiza ekwakheni umkhankaso wesishoshovu wokuqeda izikhali zenuzi esidale isivumelwano esivunyelwe amazwe angama-39 futhi sikhuphuka - umkhankaso ogxile ekufundiseni abantu ngezisulu ezedlule kanye nalabo abangaba izisulu zesikhathi esizayo yempi. Ngisikisela ukujoyina lowo mkhankaso, ukutshela uhulumeni wase-US ukujoyina lesi sivumelwano, futhi ukutshela uhulumeni wase-US ukukhipha imali ngezikhali zenuzi nezinye izinto zomshini wempi. Umkhankaso iSetsuko usebenze nawo uzuze noMklomelo Wokuthula weNobel, obeka uphawu lokuhamba kweKomidi likaNobel obekulokhu kuthambekele ekunikezeni lowo mklomelo kunoma ngubani osebenza ukuqeda impi (yize kubhalwe ngentando ka-Alfred Nobel ukuthi naye udinga lokho).
Kuthiwani uma besingathatha umsebenzi we-Setsuko kanye nezinto esizifezile hhayi njengento eyisimanga nje esingemangazwa, kodwa njengesibonelo esizophindwa? Vele, amabhomu enuzi ayingqayizivele (futhi kungcono aqhubeke enjalo noma sizoshabalala), kepha akukho lutho olungafani namabhomu, noma izakhiwo ezivuthayo, noma ukuhlupheka, noma ukubhubhisa izibhedlela, noma odokotela ababulewe, noma ukulimala okukhulu, noma ukungcola okuhlala njalo nezifo, noma ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali zenuzi uma sicabangela izikhali ze-uranium eziphelisiwe. Izindaba ezivela emadolobheni acekelwe phansi umlilo eJapan angazange athulwe zingaxineki njengezaseHiroshima naseNagasaki. Izindaba zakamuva ezivela eY Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Congo, Philippines, Mexico, njalo njalo, ziyahamba nje.
Kuthiwani uma isiko lase-US - elihileleke ekuguqulweni okukhulu njengamanje, lidiliza izikhumbuzo futhi mhlawumbe lifaka ezimbalwa - belizokwenzela izisulu zempi isikhala? Uma abantu bengafunda ukulalela ukuhlakanipha kwesisulu saseHiroshima, kungani izisulu zaseBaghdad naseKabul naseSanaa zingakhulumi emicimbini emikhulu yomphakathi (noma iZoom izingcingo) emaqenjini amakhulu nasezikhungweni eziseMelika? Uma abafile abangama-200,000 befanelwe ukunakwa, akumele yini ukuthi i-2,000,000 noma ngaphezulu ivela ezimpini zakamuva? Uma abasindile enuzi bengaqala ukuzwakala eminyakeni eminingi elandelayo, singasheshisa inqubo yokuzwa kwabasindile ezimpini ezishukumisa ukutholwa kwenuzi ngohulumeni abehlukene?
Inqobo nje uma i-United States iqhubeka nokwenza izinto ezesabekayo, nghlangothi linye, ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi okude abantu umphakathi wase-US batshelwa okuncane ngabo, izizwe eziqondisiwe ezinjengeNorth Korea neChina ngeke zizinikele izikhali zenuzi. Futhi uma nje bengakwenzi - ukuvimbela ukukhanyiselwa okuguqukayo ngaphakathi noma ukuphikiswa okukhulu kwesibindi ngaphandle kwe - i-United States nayo ngeke. Ukuqeda ubuntu bezikhali zenuzi kuyisobala, okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuphela uqobo nesinyathelo sokuqala sokuziqeda impi, kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuthi kwenzeke ngaphandle kokuthi siqhubekele phambili ekuzikhipheni sonke isikhungo sempi ngasikhathi sinye.
