Rhoqo ngo-Agasti, njengoko kusondele isikhumbuzo seHiroshima neNagasaki, amagqabantshintshi aqalisa ngezigqibo zaseMelika ekupheleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Phezu kwako nje ukudlula iminyaka engama-65, iimbono ezishushu ziyaphindwa njengeziyinyaniso yaye iintsomi ziye ziguquke zibe yinyaniso. Ngaphandle kokugqwetha ingxelo yembali, ukucinga ngayo kusikhokelela ekubeni siphinde iimpazamo zangaphambili ngeendlela ezintsha ngokuchasene neentshaba ezintsha.
Phakathi kwezinto ezingachanekanga zezi:
1) IJapan yayilungele ukulwa kude kube sekupheleni. Inyaniso: Kwintambo ebanjwe ngoJulayi 12, 1945, uMlawuli uHirohito watyhila isigqibo sakhe sokungenelela ukuze aphelise imfazwe. Kwijenali kaTruman wawuchaza lo myalezo “njengocingo oluvela kuMlawuli waseJap ecela uxolo.” I-Tokyo yayikulungele ukunikezela ngaphandle kwemiqathango ukuba ubukhosi buya kugcinwa, kanye isikhundla esamkelwa ngama-Allies emva kweHiroshima. Kwiintsuku ezintlanu kamva uTruman waxela kwangaphambili ukuba uStalin wayeza “kube ekwimfazwe yaseJap ngoAgasti 15. IFini Japs xa oko kusenzeka.” Sekunjalo, wayalela ukuba kuqhushumbiswe iHiroshima ngo-Agasti 6. I-U.S.S.R. yangena emfazweni ngo-Agasti 8. UTruman wayalela ukuba kuqhushumbiswe iNagasaki.
2) Ukuwisa ibhombu kwakuyimfuneko ukukhusela ukuhlasela kweMelika. Izibakala: Ngowe-1946, ingxelo yeU.S. Strategic Bombing Survey esekelwe kubukrelekrele obufumaneka kwiWhite House yaqukumbela ngelithi: “ngokuqinisekileyo ngaphambi komhla wama-31 kuDec., 1945 yaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba ngaphambi komhla woku-1 kuNovemba 1945, iJapan yayiza kunikezela nokuba iathom yayiza kunikezela. Iibhombu zazingazange zijulwe, kwanokuba amaRashiya ayengangenanga emfazweni, kwanokuba kwakungekho luhlaselo lwalucetyiweyo okanye kucingwa ngalo.”
3) Ukuwisa ibhombu kusindise ubomi. Iinyani: Uphononongo lwesazi-mlando saseStanford uBarton Bernstein kumaxwebhu adityanisiweyo afumanise ukuba eyona meko imbi kakhulu ngabacwangcisi bezomkhosi yayikukufa kwe-46,000 ukuba i-US ihlasele zombini iziqithi zaseKyushu naseHonshu. Ukusukela eHiroshima, olu qikelelo luye lwakhula ngokukhawuleza ngokungathi luyathethelela ukusebenzisa ibhombu. Kumanqaku, uTruman ukhankanya abantu abenzakeleyo abangama-250,000 (ababhubhileyo, abonzakeleyo, abalahlekileyo). Imemo yakhe epapashiweyo iphakamisa inani ukuya kuma-500,000 abafileyo. Kamva, wathetha ngokusindisa ubomi besigidi. Ngowe-1991, uMongameli H.W. UBush wathi le bhombu yasindisa “izigidi”. Kuba bobabini abongameli, phakathi kwabanye abaninzi, balutyeshela uVavanyo lwe-US Strategic Bombing Survey ukuba uhlaselo lwalungeyomfuneko, akumangalisi ukuba abantu baseMelika abaphakathi benza okufanayo. Zonke ezi zibalo zothusayo ziyasibetha ngoyaba isibakala esicacileyo sokuba abantu abangaphezu kwe-187,000 bafela eHiroshima.
4) Ngelo xesha, iinkokeli zomkhosi kunye nabahlali bavuma ukuba ibhombu yayiyimfuneko. Inyaniso: UMphathi oPhezulu oManyeneyo uDwight D. Eisenhower waxelela uSosiba weMfazwe uStimson, “iJapan yayisele yoyisiwe yaye ukuwisa ibhombu kwakungeyomfuneko kwaphela. I-Fleet Admiral uWilliam Leahy, iNtloko yaBasebenzi kuMongameli uRoosevelt kunye noTruman, wabhala kwiinkumbulo zakhe, "ukusetyenziswa kwesi sixhobo sikhohlakeleyo eHiroshima naseNagasaki kwakungekho ncedo lwento kwidabi lethu nxamnye neJapan. AmaJapan asele oyisiwe yaye ekulungele ukunikezela.” Phakathi kwabantu abambalwa ababesazi ngebhombu, izazinzulu ezili-155 zeProjekthi yaseManhattan zatyikitya izicelo eziphakamisa iinkxalabo ngokuziphatha ngokuqhushumba kwezixeko zaseJapan. Ingxelo eyakhutshwa yingcali yefiziksi kaNobel uJames Franck ngoJuni 1945 yacebisa umboniso wokuqhushumba kwebhombu kwisiqithi esingenamntu kwaye kwakulindeleke ukuba kudalwe ugqatso lwezixhobo oluyingozi.
5) Abemi baseJapan baxwayiswa kwangaphambili. Inyaniso: Babengekho.
Abantu baseMelika bawajongela phantsi ngokufanelekileyo amazwe asebenzisa iimbali zabo, nokuba luhlaziyo lukaStalinist okanye iJapan amnesia malunga nokuhenyuza okunyanzelwayo "kokuthuthuzela abafazi." Nangona kunjalo, ukukholelwa okunamandla kwiimbono zaseMelika kunye nozuko lweenjongo zethu, kusikhokelela ekubeni senze okufanayo. Isiphumo, njengakwi-Hiroshima, ngumsantsa phakathi kwembono yoluntu kunye nenyaniso yembali, phakathi kweengcamango kunye nenyaniso.
Ukuba asizange sisebenzise ibhombu ukuphelisa imfazwe esele yoyisiwe, ngekungeyomfuneko ukuba sixoxisane “nobukhosi obungendawo” obunye (N. Korea) ukuze siyeke ukwenza izixhobo zenyukliya, okanye sixhalabele ukuba obunye “ubukhosi obungendawo” (i-N. I-Iran) iyabaphuhlisa ngasese, ngelixa lonke eli xesha ixhasa umhlobo ongazinzanga (iPakistan) esele inabo.
URussell Vandenbroucke, uNjingalwazi kunye noSihlalo woBugcisa beTheatre kwiYunivesithi yaseLouisville, umbhali we-Atomic Bombers, umdlalo osasazwa kwirediyo yoluntu ukukhumbula iminyaka engama-50 ye-Hiroshima.
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