【ニッポンの新常識】 戦争抑止力は人命救助そのもの 平和に貢献する沖縄県民には深い敬意を
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Deterrence of War Is Precisely "Lifesaving"
We Honor Okinawans for Their Contribution to Peace
I have a strong affinity for Okinawa. The first time I went to Okinawa was in 1975 to work as a guide in the American Pavilion at the Okinawa International Ocean Exposition. During the 7 months I was there, I lived on the Kadena U.S. Air Force Base.
That was a time when the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird supersonic reconnaissance airplane would frequently conduct flyover missions to photograph military sites in North Vietnam and the Soviet Union. When the planes took off or landed, the noise would literally shake our reinforced concrete housing, but I was proud to be living in such a strategically important Okinawa.
Perhaps because of this intense experience, I envisioned Okinawa as the island housing the secret base of the “Thunderbirds,” a supermarionation puppet/animation television series broadcast on BBC starting in 1965. The setting was a secret base for an “international rescue team” hidden on a beautiful tropical island.
Men who are in their late forties or older will fondly remember the secret base replete with various clever gadgets and gimmicks, along with the TB-1 and TB-2 hypersonic planes used for fast response and rescue zone reconnaissance, and as mobile control bases.
Many people may think that a rescue team is opposite from navy, army, and air forces whose job is to kill the enemy in wartime, but that is very naïve.
Since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, compared with the number of lives lost in natural disasters and accidents, the number of people killed in wars, civil wars, and tyrannical governmental policies is much greater. Nazi Germany killed 6,000,000 Jews, and Stalin killed approximately 20,000,000, mainly his own Soviet Union citizens.
Under Mao Tse-tung, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, the Great Leap Forward and the Great Cultural Revolution resulted in deaths on the order of between 20,000,000 and 50,000,000 Chinese, either by starvation or execution.
In the Korean War, the fight between the two Koreas, it is estimated that 5,000,000 people lost their lives.
When it comes right down to facts, the most effective way to prevent loss of life is to prevent wars and civil wars. This includes effective sanctions on tyrannical governments. In short, the deterrent effect of a strong military is in and of itself lifesaving.
Okinawa is the keystone to preserving peace not only in Japan, but throughout Asia. The present residents of Okinawa, who contribute to peace by enduring danger and noise pollution, are the heroes who fought for and defended their home country during the war as well as their descendants. I honor them.
The residents of mainland Japan, including me, should take every opportunity to express to all of the past and present residents of Okinawa our profound gratitude. Okinawa merits that kind of sentiment. I sincerely hope that all the residents of Okinawa will have a feeling of pride in their noble role and place in history.
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