Abathunywa be-24 abavela eJapan baseWashington, DC, kule veki bechasa ubukho kunye nokwakhiwa okutsha kweziseko zomkhosi wase-US e-Okinawa. Abathatha inxaxheba ngamalungu eNdlu yaseJapan yamaCeba, iNdibano yeSithili sase-Okinawa, kunye noorhulumente besixeko e-Okinawa, kunye nabaququzeleli abakhokelayo kunye neentloko zemibutho ebalulekileyo echasene nokuqhubeka komkhosi wase-US e-Okinawa.
Umhlawuli werhafu odumileyo wase-US, odla ngokubonwa eqhankqalaza ngokukrakra kwinkcitho ekhohlakeleyo yezigidi ezimbalwa zeedola, uhlawula iibhiliyoni zeedola ukugcina kunye nokwandisa iziseko zomkhosi ezingama-90 eJapan (kunye nokwenza abo benza inzuzo kwishishini elimdaka elinjalo). Amashumi amathathu anesine kwezo ziseko, eziqulethe i-74% yendawo yazo yonke yomhlaba, zise-Okinawa, yona ngokwayo iqulethe kuphela i-0.6% yomhlaba waseJapan. I-Okinawa ilawulwa ziziseko zomkhosi wase-US kwaye sele iyiminyaka engama-67 ukususela ekubeni i-US yahlutha ngenkani owona mhlaba ungcono.
Abantu baseOkinawa baxelela abavoti unyaka nonyaka ukuba bayachasa iziseko. Unyaka nonyaka banyula amagosa karhulumente achasene neziseko. Unyaka nonyaka bamatsha, bahlale ngaphakathi, baqhankqalaze baze bafune ukuphulaphulwa. Unyaka nonyaka, urhulumente welizwe laseJapan ujongana nalo mbandela yaye uyasilela ukuthabatha nawaphi na amanyathelo angqalileyo okuwucombulula. Unyaka nonyaka, abantu baseUnited States bahlala bevuya bengazi ukuba, njengakwezinye iindawo ezininzi emhlabeni, ukusebenza kwethu emkhosini e-Okinawa konakalisa ubomi babantu.
Amalungu abathunywa athethe eBusboys kunye neembongi eWashington, DC, ngoMvulo ebusuku. UToshio Ikemiyagi ubabulele abantu abeze kuvava waza wabonisa ukuba sonke sasikhangeleka sisempilweni kwaye sithe qwa. Wathi, kungenxa yokuba nilele. Ukwazile ukulala ebusuku ngaphandle kwengxolo yejethi evala iindlebe, utshilo. Ikemiyagi ligqwetha elikhokelayo kwityala elicela umngeni kungcoliseko lwengxolo yeKadena Air Base. Usidlalele ividiyo ngoMvulo ukuba kunjani. Kubantu abahlala apho, wathi, imfazwe eyaphela kwiminyaka engama-67 eyadlulayo ayizange iphele.
U-Keiko Itokazu, iLungu le-Japan National Diet, eliboniswe kulo mzobo, uthe abantu base-Okinawan babebuhlungu ngenxa yokuba bengakwazi ukukhusela intombazana eneminyaka eli-12 ubudala ekudlwengulweni kwemigulukudu ngamajoni ase-US ngo-1995. phakathi kweUnited States kunye neJapan inika imikhosi yase-US ukhuseleko ekutshutshisweni kweJapan. Phakathi kowe-1979 no-2008, imikhosi yase-US e-Okinawa yabangela iingozi ze-1,439 (i-487 yazo inxulumene neenqwelo-moya), kunye namatyala olwaphulo-mthetho angama-5,584 (ama-559 kuwo abandakanya ulwaphulo-mthetho olunobundlobongela). Olu luhlu lubandakanya izehlo zokuqhuba ezibulala abantu, ukuqhekezwa kweendawo zokuhlala, ukukhuthuzwa kweeteksi, ubundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo, nolunye ulwaphulo-mthetho olumandundu olujoliswe kubemi basekuhlaleni.
Ndithethile kutsha nje noMaria Allwine ozichaza "njengeqabane langaphambili leMarine Corps." Wathi, โKuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba abasebenzi basemkhosini basebenzise abafazi baseJapan โnjengama-sans,โ benaniselana ngemali yokucocwa kwendlu nangesondo. ukukopa kujongwa njengento engaqhelekanga ngoontanga babo."
Amapolisa ezesondo akakho nje ngesikhumba kwindawo abaqhele ukuvelela kuyo kwingxoxo yezopolitiko yase-US xa kufikwa ekuthatheni amazwe abanye abantu. Noko ke, khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wokomzuzwana nje, kwanesikhululo somkhosi waseJapan sisekho eUnited States, uze ube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wokuba nejoni elinye laseJapan lenze ulwaphulo-mthetho olunye. Ngaba unokuthelekelela ezinye izinto ezinokuthethwa ziintloko zikamabonwakude wase-US?
Umkhosi wethu uzama ukwakha iziseko ezingakumbi e-Okinawa. Kutheni ubuza? Ilizwi elijikeleze idolophu lelokuba iPentagon icinga ukuba ayisebenzi nto, kodwa iMarine Corps iyathanda ukubambelela kuyo nantoni na enayo. Amajoni aseMarines ade athiya enye yeziseko zabo e-Okinawa ku-Smedley Butler, umbhali we "War Is A Racket," kunye nendoda awayevalelwe kuyo amaMarines eQuantico ngenxa yokuthetha kakubi ngoBenito Mussolini. Sukujonga ingqiqo. Khangela usukuzwano oluncinci kunye namandla, kudityaniswe nokungaziphenduleli kwaye thina bantu siphosakele esenzweni.
Esona siseko sincinci sidumileyo e-Okinawa mhlawumbi yi-Futenma Air Base, ehleli embindini wesixeko, kufutshane nezikolo, isibhedlele, kunye nezindlu-izindlu ezaziwa ngokuntlitheka iihelikopta zomkhosi. I-Marine Corps iceba ukuzisa i-MV-22 ye-Osprey i-tilt-rotor ye-aircraft yengozi kwi-Futenma kwi-2012. Ngokugqithiseleyo, abantu base-Okinawa bafuna isiseko sivaliwe, kwaye abafuni ukuba sifuduselwe kwindawo engaphantsi kwabantu, kwaye abafuni. idityaniswe nesinye isiseko esikhoyo. Kwiminyaka eyi-16 edlulileyo, abahlali baseHenoko, indawo ephantsi koqwalaselo lokufuduswa kwesiseko, baye babamba uqhanqalazo oluqhubekayo lokuhlala ngaphandle kokunqumama. Bakwabeke ubomi babo esichengeni bejinga kwiqonga elidadayo elwandle, berhangqwe ngamaphenyane okuloba axhasayo, bethintela ngempumelelo umkhosi ekuhloleni isiza ukuze kwakhiwe.
U-Hiroshi Ashitomi ube yinkokeli yokuchasana ngokungenabugorha eHenoko iminyaka eyi-16. "Sisebenzisa imizimba yethu," utshilo ngoMvulo, "ukuxhathisa izenzo ezinobundlobongela ngurhulumente waseJapan." Esalatha kumfanekiso kaGandhi kwikholaji eludongeni eBusboys, uAshitomi wathi, "Silandela umzekelo kaGandhi. Akulula. Sifumana izoyikiso ezivela emapoliseni. Kodwa sizimisele ukusebenzisa ukuxhathisa okungekho mthethweni, kwaye sifumana inkxaso eninzi evela kulo lonke elaseJapan Sizama ukukhusela okusingqongileyo, abantu abaninzi abaselula abavela kulo lonke elaseJapan beza ententeni yethu kwaye bathathe inxaxheba ekuchaseni kwethu.
Enyanisweni, okusingqongileyo kunye namalungelo ezilwanyana ezithile ezisengozini ziye zalawula intshukumo echasene nesiseko e-Okinawa. Kuyabonakala ukuba amalungelo abantu awanamdla kangako kunamalungelo e-black naped tern, i-coral eluhlaza, okanye ngaphezulu kwayo yonke idugong. I-dugong sisidalwa esifana ne-manatee kulo mfanekiso. U-Osamu Makishi weNethiwekhi yabemi be-Okinawan Biodiversity wathetha ngokushukumayo malunga nezi zilwanyana kunye ne-ecosystem yazo ngoMvulo, wathi zikhuselwe ngumnqophiso.
Abathunywa baseJapan badibana naMalungu eCongress, kuquka uSenator uJim Webb ngoLwesithathu, ebabongoza ukuba bavale kwaye badibanise iziseko. Ndakha ndahamba neqela lamaTaliyane kutyelelo oluphantse lufane kwiNkongolo. Abantu baseVicenza, eItali, bayayichasa iziseko zomkhosi wase-US kunye norhulumente wesizwe wase-Italiya ababeka kuzo, njengokuba abantu base-Okinawa benza. Amalungu enkongolo kunye nabasebenzi esadibana nabo ngelo xesha abazange bawajongele phantsi amalungelo oluntu okanye imekobume okanye uluvo oludumileyo. Andiqondi ukuba nabani na kubathunywa baseJapan balindele ukudibana nobuntu obunje kule veki. Ithemba labo kukugqamisa iindleko zemali kwi-United States yokuhlala eJapan. Ithemba lam lelokuba singabancedisa ngokuxelela abo basimela kakubi ukuba siyavumelana namalungu egqiza. Ukuba uthambekele ekuncedeni, nceda ufowunele ummeli wakho kunye neesenenja ezimbini ngalo myalezo.
Ngokukodwa, igqiza licela ukuvalwa kweSikhululo soMoya i-US Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station; ukurhoxiswa kwezicwangciso zokwakha isiseko esitsha soMbutho waseLwandle womoya eCape Henoko; ukunciphisa ingxolo enganyamezelekiyo ebangelwa yimisebenzi yomoya eKadena Air Base; ukurhoxiswa kwaso nasiphi na isindululo sokudibanisa amaqela eenqwelomoya e-Futenma kwimisebenzi ye-Kadena; ukuphela kokwakhiwa kwee-helipad ezintsha ezintandathu kwihlathi laseYanbaru kumantla e-Okinawa; kunye nohlaziyo lweSivumelwano soBume beMikhosi base-US-Japan ukuvumela ukutshutshiswa okufanelekileyo kolwaphulo-mthetho.
Ekugqibeleni, nangona kunjalo, amalungu egqiza afuna ukuba zonke iziseko zivalwe. Yaye abafuni ukuba bafuduselwe eGuam okanye eOstreliya okanye naphi na kwenye indawo, ngaphandle kokuba mhlawumbi basiwe eUnited States. U-Itokazu ucebise ukuba urhulumente wase-US angagcina imali kwaye avelise imisebenzi ngokuzisa iziseko ekhaya. Kodwa, ewe, asifuni kujongwa njengasemkhosini njengoko iJapan isenza, kwaye kwaloo mali inye iya kuvelisa imisebenzi emininzi ukuba isetyenziswe kumzi-mveliso ongengowasemkhosini.
Abachasi baseOkinawa basebenza nabanye eKorea, eGuam, naseHawaii, kunye nabahlali baseDiego Garcia, kunye nabanye kwihlabathi liphela. Inkomfa yezizwe ngezizwe ebizwa ngokuba yi "Dialogue Under Occupation" yabanjwa e-Okinawa ngehlobo elidlulileyo. Ngapha koko, abantu basebenza nzima kakhulu kwizixeko kwihlabathi liphela ukuvala okanye ukuthintela ukwakhiwa kweziseko zomkhosi ezinkulu esizihlawulelayo thina e-United States kwaye sisengozini kodwa sinolwazi oluncinci kakhulu.
UJohn Feffer weZiko leZifundo zoMgaqo-nkqubo (bona http://closethebase.org ) ukholelwa ukuba i-Futenma inokuvalwa kwaye inokusebenza njengomzekelo wokuvala ngaphezulu. Kunzima kakhulu, nangona kunjalo, uFeffer uthi, ukufezekisa ukuvalwa kwesiseko ngokucocekileyo ngaphandle kohlobo oluthile lweenkwenkwezi ezincanyathiselwe. Xa isiseko sasivaliwe eSeoul, eKorea, kwavulwa esinye ngaphandle kwaso. Xa iziseko zazivaliwe kwiiPhilippines, kwaqulunqwa iSivumelwano sokuTyelela uMkhosi. Nangona kunjalo, uMkhosi waManzi washiya i-Vieques, kwaye uMongameli wase-Ecuador ubonakala efumene ifomyula yomlingo kwisindululo sakhe sokuba nasiphi na isiseko sase-US e-Ecuador sifaniswa nesiseko se-Ecuadorean eFlorida.
Nasi esinye isindululo: yizisa i-IAEA ukuze ihlolwe. Akukho mbutho uzimeleyo uqinisekisile amabango ase-US ukuba awusayi kuzigcina izixhobo zenyukliya eJapan. Kwimodeli ye-Iran, ukuba uhlolo olupheleleyo aluvunyelwanga, yithi, ngoLwesine, okanye nokuba kunjalo, kufuneka sithathele ingqalelo ngokunzulu ukusungula ugwayimbo lwangaphambi kwethu. Umgaqo-siseko owamiselwa yiUnited States eJapan kwiminyaka engama-65 eyadlulayo uyakwalela ukulungiselela imfazwe, ukanti iUnited States iqeqesha imikhosi yayo eJapan ukuba ilwe iimfazwe kwenye indawo ehlabathini. Ngaba sisasaza idemokhrasi okanye uhanahaniso? Ngaba sisakha ukuthembana okanye ubutshaba?
U-Ikemiyagi uthi idemokhrasi ifuna ukurhoxa kwe-US e-Okinawa. Njengakwindawo yezityalo zamandla enyukliya eJapan, uthi, urhulumente waseJapan ufuna iziseko zomkhosi zingabonakali. Ukuba uTokyo ufuna iziseko, utsho, zibeke eTokyo. Abantu baseOkinawa baye bafumana ngokwaneleyo.
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