Kunyangwe isu takakurumidza kudaidza nzvimbo yekurwiswa kwe9/11 muNew York City "Ground Zero" - kamwe izwi rakachengeterwa kuputika kweatomu - vanhu vekuAmerica havana kumbobvira vabata pamwe nekubhomba kweatomu kweHiroshima neNagasaki kana nyukireya. zera ravakapinda.

Hapagoni kuva nomubvunzo kuti, sezvo kuputika kukuru kungapedza zvose, bhomba reatomu rakatambudza Cold War America. Mumakore iwayo, apo vadiki vaiona magumo enjodzi yenyukireya achichinjirwa mumabhaisikopo eB-horror, vanhu vakuru vaimhanyisa nyika yedu vakaenda pamusika mukuru wekutenga zvombo zvinopera pasi rose, vachivaka zvombo zvenyukireya zvakakura kusvika makumi ezviuru. zvezvombo.

Apo Hondo Yemashoko pakupedzisira yakapera nokuparara kweSoviet Union kune rugare, zvisinei, “mugove worugare” wenyukireya hauna kumbosvika. Nhumbi dzevaimbove mhandu dzine simba guru dzakaramba dzakanyarara, dzakadonhedzwa pasi asi dzisinganzwisisike, dzakamirira basa idzva, asi zvisingaonekwi, ruzivo rwekugadzira zvombo zvakadaro rwakapararira kune dzimwe nyika dzakagadzirira kutanga hondo dzavo dzinotyisa. .

Muna 1995, makore makumi mashanu mushure mekunge bhomba rekutanga rasimuka pamusoro peAioi Bridge muHiroshima, zvakaramba zvichiratidza kusakwanisika muUS kubvumirana pane ngano yekugadzira nyukireya. Ko August 6, 1945, akanga ari mhedziso yougamba kuhondo yenyika yose here kana kuti kutanga kunotyisa kwezera idzva? Enola Gay, ndege yakadonhedza bhomba reHiroshima, uye bhokisi rekudya remwana wechikoro rakapwanyika kubva kuHiroshima harisati rakwanisa, zvakazoitika, kugara panzvimbo imwe chete yekuratidzira paSmithsonian's National Air and Space Museum muWashington DC.

Nhasi, nepo hutongi hweBush huchisimudzira chizvarwa chitsva chenyukireya "bunker-busters" senzira yakanakisa yekurwisa hondo dzekurwisa kupararira kweramangwana, zvombo zvakadaro zvaimbotyisa pasirese zvakafanira kujoinha mutsetse wekumhanya-mhanya wezviitiko zvinopera munyika. zviroto zvevadiki vepasi redu. Kunyange zvakadaro, kuvanhu vezera rakati seni, Hiroshima ndipo pazvakatangira. Saka pane ino Nyamavhuvhu 6, ndinoda kuyedza, zvakare, kuisa zvidimbu zvenyaya yenyukireya izvo, kunyangwe mushure memakore ese aya, hapana mumwe wedu, zvinoita kunge, anogona kutaura.

Munyaya yangu, pane mavara matatu uye hapana nhaurirano. Pana baba vangu, avo vakazvipira nokuda kweChiuto cheAir Corps pazera ramakore makumi matatu namashanu, nokukurumidza pashure pokurwisa kweJapan paPearl Harbor. Akarwa muBurma, akanga akanyarara zvinorwadza pane zvakaitika munguva yehondo, uye akafa paPearl Harbor Day muna 1983. Ipapo pane ini, ndichikurira munyika umo hondo yababa vangu yaikudzwa kwose kwose, umo fungidziro dzangu dzokutamba mupaki ipi neipi dzaibatanidza kucheka. pasi pemasoja eJapan, asi hope dzangu dzaiva dzokuparadza kwenyukireya. Pakupedzisira, pane mukomana wechiJapan ane zita neramangwana zvisingazivikanwi kwandiri.

Iyi inyaya yekunyarara kwakawanda. Chekutanga kunyarara kwababa vangu hakuna kumbova chipinganidzo panyaya dzandaizvitaura. Kana paine chinhu, kunyarara kwake kwakavasimudzira, sezvo kuma1950, kunyarara kwechirume kwaiita senge hunhu (uye pamwe hwaive, kunyangwe zvisiri munzira yandaifungidzira panguva iyoyo). Mumakore iwayo, kugara murima naye pabhaisikopo ripi neripi reHondo Yenyika II kwaikwana kwandiri.

Sezvazvakazoitika, chikamu chega chehondo yake chandaive nacho chaive chiitiko chayo chekupedzisira, uye pane izvi zvakare, kwakakura kunyarara kunokatyamadza. Pfungwa yokuparadza kwenyukireya yakaita seyaisamubata. Sevamwe vana vechikoro, ndakapfuura nekurovera kwenyukireya-nemasairini achichema panze, nepo - ndakanga ndisina kupokana - akaramba achishanda asina kunetseka muhofisi yake. Ini ndini ndakatarisa majuru akabatidzwa uye zvikara zvine nyukireya zvehupenyu hwedu hwevechiri kuyaruka zvichitsika Pasi. Ndakanga ndini ndakaenda kufirimu rechiFrench rinonzi Hiroshima Mon Amour, kwandakakatyamadzwa nekuona kwangu kwokutanga kwevanhu vakakuvadzwa neA-bombing, uye kuBeach kuti ndione kuti nyika ingaguma sei. Ndini ndakaona gore rehowa richisimuka muhope dzangu, ndakanzwa kupisa kwaro richipisa ruoko rwangu ndisati ndapepuka. Pamusoro paizvozvi zvose handina kutaura shoko rimwe kwaari, kana iyewo kwandiri.

Pavavengi vavo vekare, zvisinei, baba vangu havana kunyarara. Aivenga maJapan nechishuwo chehondo. Akandiudza kuti vakanga vaita “zvinhu” zvaisagona kukurukurwa ku“vakomana” vaaiziva. Nhoroondo yakatevera - kugarisana kweAmerica kuJapan kana kubuda kwenyika yakakundwa semubatsiri - hazvina kuita sekumubata.

Kuvenga kwake zvinhu zvese zvechiJapan kwaive kusiri kuda kutonga kwehudiki hwangu nekuti Japan yaive isipo muhupenyu hwedu. Pakanga pasina chiJapan mumba medu (mumwe haana kutenga zvigadzirwa zvavo); takadzivisa nzvimbo yokudyira yechiJapan bedzi murutivi rwetaundi rwedu; uye hapana muJapan akambouya kuzoshanya. Kunyange maJapan akaipa andakaona mumabhaisikopo ehondo, anogona kunyomba nokunyomba achiti, “Ndakadzidziswa muYunivhesiti yenyu yeSouthern California” vasati vasangana nokuzviuraya kwavo, ndava kuziva, vaigara vachiridzwa nevatambi vasiri vechiJapan.

Pakupedzisira, kunyanguvezvo, ndakatevera nzira yangu ndimene yokuenda kuHiroshima, ndichikweverwa zvichida kunyika iyo baba vangu yakarambwa zvikuru kwazvo. Muna 1979, somupepeti, ndakabudisa Moto usingakanganwiki, mifananidzo yevagari veHiroshima vakanga vararama zuva iroro. Yakanga iri, ndinofungidzira, kekutanga chero nhamba yakakura yemifananidzo yekukuvadzwa kwevanhu ikoko yakaita kuti ive tsika yeAmerica. Ndakashanyira Japan muna 1982, nemhaka yomupepeti webhuku wechiJapan akandiendesa kuHiroshima—chiitiko chandakazviwana ndisingakwanisi kutaura pamusoro pacho pakudzoka. Izviwo zvakabva zvaita kuti tinyarare ini nababa vangu.

Kuita nyaya kusvika pari zvino, zvingaite sezviri nyore. Zvizvarwa zviviri zvinotarisana mugomba rehondo uye chiito chakazviparadzanisa. Ndiyo nyaya yatinoziva tese. Uye zvakadaro, pane hunhu hwangu hwechitatu uye kunyarara kwechitatu - mukomana wechiJapan akanyura mukuziva kwangu mushure mekusavapo kweanoda kusvika makumi mana emakore makore mashoma apfuura. Ini handichayeuke - handitombofungidzire - kuti iye neni takaiswa sei mune imwe nguva pakati pemakore ekuma1950. Kufanana neni, shamwari yangu yechinyoreso yekuJapan inofanirwa kunge yanga ine makore gumi nerimwe kana gumi nemaviri. Kana takapanana mapikicha, handichayeuki chiso chake, kana zita hariuye mumusoro. Kana ndikakwanisa kuyeuka ndichiita zvekuseka ndichinyora kero yangu pazera iroro (“New York City, New York, USA, Planet Earth, the Solar System, the Galaxy, the Universe”), handiyeuki ndichinyora yake. Ndakanga ndatoziva panguva iyoyo kuti nzvimbo inonzi Albany rakanga riri guta guru reNew York State, asi Guta reNew York rakanga richiri kuratidzika kwandiri kuva pakati penyika. Munzira dzakawanda, ndakanga ndisina kukanganisa.

Kunyange dai aigara muTokyo, shamwari yangu yechinyoreso yokuJapan ingadai isina kuva nefungidziro dzakadaro. Kufanana neni, hapana mubvunzo kuti akanga aberekwa muHondo Yenyika II. Zvichida mugore rake rokutanga roupenyu akanga abviswa mune rimwe ramaguta akatsva eJapan. Kwaari, hondo iyoyo ine ngwavaira ingadai isina kuva yeuko. Dai akaenda kumabhaisikopo nababa vake muma1950s, angadai akaona Godzilla (kwete US Air Force) achibvisa Tokyo uye angadai asina kurangarira makore iwayo akaoma ehupfumi ekutanga ekugara kweAmerica. Asi panguva iyoyo aisagona kuzvifungidzira ari pakati pechisiko chapose pose.

Ndine ndangariro shoma yokunzwa kwetsamba dzake; hutete hwakatetepa pasina mubvunzo hwaireva kuchengetedza huremu husingaverengeki (uye saka, mari). Takanyora, hongu, muChirungu, kune yakawanda yepasi, kana isiri iyo solar-system-galaxy-universe, yakanga yava kutanga kushanda mumutauro iwoyo wepasirese waiita seunopenya kubva kuguta rekumusha kwangu kuenda kupasi semaranzi emhepo. zuva. Asi chandinonyanya kurangarira zvitambi zvinotaridzika chaizvo zvakasvika pa(kana) mutsamba dzake. Nokuti ini, nababa vangu, ndaiva muchengeti wezvitambi anoshingaira. Masikati eSvondo, baba vangu neni takagadzirira uye tikaisa zvitambi zvedu, tichibvunza zvedu Scott's Catalog, ndokuanamatidza. Neiyi nzira, chikamu chechiJapan chearubhamu yedu chakazadzwa nezvinopiwa zvomukomana iyeyo; pasina kutaura, asiwo pasina kupokana nababa vangu.

Takatsinhana netsamba, isina kana imwe yadzo, kwegore kana maviri, ipapo ndiani anoziva mhindu yangu (kana yake) yatikunda; zvichida vakomana vanopikisa chete ndivo vanogona kunyora tsamba. Chero zvazvingava, iyewo akapinda munzvimbo yerunyararo. Izvo chete zvino, ndichirangarira nguva idzodzo dzakanyarara dzepedyo apo ini nababa vangu takashanda pamaalbum edu, ndinoona kuti aivepo kwenguva pfupi uye pasina kurukurirano muhupenyu hwedu. Akavapo nokuda kwedu tose, zvichida, munzvimbo isina kujeka iyo kunyarara kunogona kugadzira. Uye zvino ndinoshamisika dzimwe nguva kuti rudzii rwezviroto zvenyukireya izvo baba vangu vangave vakave nazvo.

Nokuda kwedu tose mupfungwa yakati, Pasi rakabviswa panzvimbo yaro pana August 6, 1945. Panguva imwe chete iyoyo, hondo yababa vangu yakapera uye hondo yangu—Hondo Yemashoko—yakatanga. Asi mumaonero angu, zvinoita sekunge zvakapusa kupfuura izvozvo. Nekuti isu nemukomana iyeye takaramba tichigara munyika imwe chete kwenguva yakareba, tichigamuchirana uye tichishongedzana kunyarara.

Bhomba richiri kumhanya senge fissure, asiwo seyazvino inokwezva - kubatana kwakavanzika - kuburikidza nehupenyu hwedu. Rendi yayakabvarura munhoroondo yakanga yakadzika uye kupatsanurwa kwezvizvarwa, zvichipiwa zviitiko zveavo vaikura kumativi ose ayo, zvakadzika. Asi chero nyaya yaizofanirawo kubata nzira, zvakadzika nekuoma kunzwisisa, umo mataigara mazviri pamwe chete mukurwadziwa, ruvengo, rudo, uye zvakanyanya kunyarara.

Mugore rino rechimakumi matanhatu nerimwe mushure meHiroshima, gore rine mhosva isina chinangwa chegore negore zvachose, zvichida tichafunga zvishoma nezvenyaya dzatisingagoni kutaura, uye pamusoro pemvura yepasi pemhepo inotyisa inobatanidza isu. tichaenda kunyangwe, semuna 1995, tinoedza kuratidza Enola Gay sechiratidzo chine mbiri kana kuiviga muPasi nedanda kuburikidza nemoyo wayo wesimbi. Pamusoro penyaya yangu, iyo yandisati ndambonyatsokwanisa kutaura, pane mukomana wechiJapan aisafanira kuva, asi muchidimbu aive nesu; uyo zvichida anorarama nhasi nendangariro dzake pachake dzokunyarara kwakasiyana zvikuru. Pandinofunga nezvake zvino, pandinoona kuti ivo, baba vangu, uye ini handisati tichigona kugara munhau imwe cheteyo kunze kwokunyarara, rudzi rwechienzi rwemirangariro runouya mandiri, rwakaoma kutsanangura.

Tom Engelhardt, anomhanyisa National Institute's Tomdispatch.com ("mushonga wenguva dzose kune vezvenhau"), pakatanga kubuda chinyorwa ichi, ndiye muvambi we iyo American Empire Project uye munyori we Mugumo Wekukunda Muitiro, nhoroondo yekukunda kweAmerica muCold War, Mazuva Ekupedzisira Ekudhinda, novel, uye mumatsutso, Basa Risina Kupedzwa (Mabhuku eNyika), muunganidzwa wekutanga weTomdispatch kubvunzurudza.

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