By Brent Patterson, Oktoba 19, 2020
daga Rabble.ca
Yayinda ƙungiyoyin zamantakewar al'umma a duk duniya ke kira da a cire mutum-mutumin mutum-mutumi masu rikitarwa, rundunar sojan Kanada tana shirin yin abin tarihi ga jirgin yaƙi a sabon hedkwatarta da ke Carling Avenue a Ottawa (yankin Algonquin da ba a sare ba).
Jirgin yakin CF-18 zai yi a gwargwadon rahoton a ɗora a kan kwalin kankare a matsayin ɓangare na “dabarun saka alama” don sabon hedkwatar su.
Tare da wasu kayan aikin - gami da abin hawa mai sulke (LAV), kamar waɗanda aka yi amfani da su a Afghanistan, da kuma bindigar bindiga wacce ke nuna alamar shigar Kanada a cikin Yaƙin Boer a Afirka ta Kudu - farashin ayyukan abubuwan tunawa za su fi $ 1 miliyan.
Wane yanayi ne ya kamata mu kiyaye yayin tunanin abin tunawa da CF-18?
1,598 bamai bamai
Jiragen saman yakin CF-18s sun yi a kalla jiragen ruwan bama-bamai 1,598 a cikin shekaru 30 da suka gabata, gami da 56 bamai bamai yayin yakin Gulf na farko, ayyuka 558 akan Yugoslavia, 733 a kan Libya, 246 kan Iraki, biyar kuma a kan Syria.
Mutuwar farar hula
Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Kanada ta kasance mai sirri sosai game da mutuwar da ke da alaƙa da waɗannan ayyukan fashewar bam ɗin tana cewa, alal misali, tana da "Babu bayani" cewa duk wani hari ta sama a Iraki da Siriya ya kashe ko jikkata fararen hula.
Amma akwai rahotanni cewa bama-bamai na Kanada sun rasa abubuwan da suke so sau 17 yayin yakin sama a Iraki, wannan harin sama a Iraki ya kashe tsakanin fararen hula biyar zuwa 13 kuma ya ji rauni fiye da dozin, yayin da yawansu ya kai Fararen hula 27 suka mutu yayin wani tashin jirgin sama da matukan jirgin Kanada suka yi.
Kwalara, keta haƙƙin ruwa
Yakin da Amurka ta jagoranta na kai hare-hare ta sama a Iraki ya shafi tashar wutar lantarki ta kasar, wanda hakan ya haifar da karancin ruwa mai tsafta da kuma barkewar cutar kwalara mai yiyuwa yayi sanadin rayukan fararen hula dubu 70,000. Hakazalika, jiragen ruwan bama-bamai na NATO a Libya sun lalata samar da ruwan kasar da ya bar fararen hula miliyan huɗu ba tare da ruwan sha ba.
Rushewa, kasuwannin bayi
Bianca Mugyenyi ta kuma lura cewa Kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta yi adawa da harin bam din da aka kai a Libya tana mai cewa hakan zai dagula kasar da yankin. Mugyenyi highlights: "Wani tashin hankali a cikin adawa da Blackness, ciki har da kasuwannin bayi, daga baya ya bayyana a Libya kuma tashin hankali ya bazu zuwa kudu zuwa Mali da kuma duk yankin Sahel."
$ 10 biliyan a cikin asusun jama'a
Sama da dala biliyan 10 a cikin kuɗaɗen jama'a sun sauƙaƙe ayyukan kai harin bam na Kanada a cikin waɗannan ƙasashe.
Kudin CF-18s $ 4 biliyan don saya a 1982, dala biliyan 2.6 don haɓaka a cikin 2010, kuma $ 3.8 biliyan don tsawaita rayuwarsu a 2020. Da an kashe biliyoyi da yawa a kan farashin mai da kuma kulawar tare da $ 1 biliyan ya sanar a wannan shekara saboda sabbin makamai masu linzami na Raytheon.
Haɓakawar lalacewar yanayi
Hakanan an yi karin haske kan tasirin da CF-18s yayi a kan muhalli da kuma hanzarin lalacewar yanayi.
Mugyenyi yayi rubuta"Bayan fashewar bama-bamai na watanni shida a Libya a shekarar 2011, Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Kanada ta bayyana jiragen ta wadanda suka kai rabin dozin sun cinye fam miliyan 14.5 - lita miliyan 8.5 - na mai." Don sanya wannan a cikin hangen nesa, matsakaiciyar motar fasinjan Kanada tana amfani da shi Lita 8.9 na gas a kowace kilomita 100. Kamar wannan, aikin fashewar bam ya yi daidai da kusan motoci 955,000 da ke tuka wannan nisan.
Jiragen yaki a kasar da aka sata
4 Wing / Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake a Alberta na ɗaya daga cikin sansanonin sojojin sama biyu a cikin wannan ƙasar don ƙungiyar mayaƙan jirgin sama na CF-18.
An kori mutanen Dene Su'lene daga ƙasashensu don a iya gina wannan sansanin da kewayon makaman iska a shekarar 1952. Mai tsaron ƙasa Brian Grandbois yana da ya bayyana: “An binne kakana a can gefen wani tabki a inda suka jefa bam.”
Sake yin tunanin militarism
Abin tunawa wanda a zahiri ya sanya kayan yaƙi a kan tushe ba ya haifar da tunani kan fararen hula da sojojin da suka mutu a cikin rikice-rikice. Hakanan baya nuna halakar muhalli da na'urar yaƙi ke haifarwa. Hakan ba ya bayar da shawarar cewa zaman lafiya ya fi son yaƙi.
Wannan tunani mai mahimmanci yana da mahimmanci, musamman daga bangaren sojoji kimanin 8,500 a hedkwatar wadanda zasu ga jirgin yakin yayin da suke gudanar da aikinsu.
Yayin da gwamnatin Kanada ke shirin kashe dala biliyan 19 kan sayen sabbin jiragen yaki, ya kamata mu kasance muna tattaunawa a kan jama'a game da tarihi da rawar da ke ci gaba na jiragen yaki maimakon sanya su cikin nutsuwa.
Brent Patterson ɗan kwadagon Ottawa ne kuma marubuci. Yana kuma daga cikin yakin don dakatar da sayen sabbin jiragen yaki da dala biliyan 19 suka yi. Yana a @Bbchausa a kan Twitter.
