Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Bring peace to the Middle East! 29: about terrorism 9 : Two combatants





< 1. Kamikaze Special Attack Units >


Today, we approach the difference from the terrorism of the Middle East, through confessions of two combatants. 





<  2.  Kaiten Special Attack Units  >


Farewell note of a suicide attacker
"Mother, please forgive me .
I think about the sadness of my family.
However, it must be an importance for me, but I can't think seriously so.
Now, I am thinking of me as a child of this country more than as a child of mother, because I know that my small life even become a big key of the enemy destruction.
But surely I think to be able to die with having pride that I am a child of father and mother.
(annotation 1)

This is a farewell note of a dead youth at Kaiten Special Attack Units in the end stage of the Pacific War.
They had to enter the navy while he was still in college.
One day, they were said from a senior officer suddenly.
"The person who wants to enter the special attack units should apply by tomorrow morning"
In the result, 40 out of 400 people applied for it, and he was one of then.
Though, after all, the remaining youths also were assigned to the special attack units.
(annotation 2)

This note indicates this young man's thought, “ As much as possible, I want to stop the crisis of our country destroyed by own life.”
I see a dignity (self-sacrifice) common to all humankind to the youth who applied for it.
This suicide attack was a brave act from Japanese side, but the U.S.A. (enemy country) viewed it as an insane action and seemed to be afraid of it.

This was a desperate measure that the Navy brass created on the occasion of an approaching defeat.
But there were many youths who responded it by own life.
This background had a factor of Japanese culture including Bushido, but the most important was the war situation being continuous for half a century such as creating many war heroes.

This is a thing to be connected with a Palestinian suicide bomber mentioned above, except at "killing private citizens" and " blessing".







<3.  Terrible sight of the capital of Chechnya in 2000>

Explanation of a bomb terrorist
Chechen Islamic militant caused a bomb terror in Russia, and the criminal was arrested.
He spoke like this to the authorities.
"I murdered tens of people, but, the Russia killed tens of thousands people of our citizens."

He thinks his act is nothing more than insufficient retaliation.




Difference from the terrorism of Palestine
Thing being common to two examples mentioned above and the terrorism of Palestine is a response a small armaments does against huge armaments.

I pick up this example from the world.
Guerrilla is subtly different from the terrorism, but these are used in the similar situation.





< 4. Spanish independence war by Goya >



Guerrilla in wartime.
The Spanish guerrilla against Napoleon forces in Spanish independence war.
The Chinese guerrilla against Japanese military in the Japan-China War.
The Yugoslav Partisan against German military in the World War II.
The guerrilla of Viet Cong against the U. S. Armed Forces in the Vietnam War.
These were mainly fights local citizen performed against the invading army.

Terrorism during a conflict
The terrorism having aimed at abolition of Apartheid in South Africa.
The terrorism by the IRA having aimed at independence of Ireland in the U.K.
The terrorism aiming at independence of Palestine in Israel.
The terrorism by Islamic extremist advocating anti-western idea all over the world.
It is said that these aim at giving the authority fear mainly.

A difference of killing combatants is outstanding between these terrorism and these guerrillas, but it is only difference in situation.

In fact, there are many private citizens massacred by regular army in the war, such as Dresden bombing, Chongqing bombing, atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, retaliation to guerrilla (Nanjing Incident and My Lai Massacre).






<5. Former IRA>



Important thing
Terrorism is a crime that we should hate.

However, there were lots of villainy before then, such as discrimination, destruction and slaughter.
Originally, it should be brought to justice as war crimes together.
Unfortunately it is difficult to punish rulers, and it is usual that the information is deflected by these rulers.

The important thing is we don't look away from the background that the terrorism occurs on.

Mutual understanding was indispensable for the end of bloody conflict that happened in the world.
When there was not it, there only was submission or erasure.

On the next time, I approach a relation of religion and terrorism.





注釈1
本「特攻隊だった僕がいま若者に伝えたいこと」p40より。

注釈2
日本の特別攻撃の航空(神風)・海中(回天)・海上を合わせて約6000名が死んだ。
冥福をお祈りします。


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