By William Boardman, Fabrairu 1, 2018, Karatu ya tallafawa News.
Donald trump Yana son F-35 Haka kuma Burlington City Council - wannan shine ainihin tsarin ƙungiyar
shi ne labarin da farko game da ayyukan cin hanci da rashawa ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Birnin Burlington, a kokarinsa na tilasta wa birnin makwabtaka da zama makami na makamin kisan kiyashi, makaman nukiliya F-35 mai kashe-kashe (a cikin ci gaba tun daga 1992, na farko ya gudana a 2000, har yanzu ba mai dogara ba ne a 2018, a Kudin dala biliyan 400 da kuma kirgawa). Haka ne, mahangar kanta kanta ta lalacewa: Burlington tana da filin jirgin sama a South Burlington, don haka South Burlington ba shi da tasiri game da yawan gidajen gida Burlington ya rushe a Kudu Burlington don magance ka'idodin muhalli don tabbatar da jigilar F-35 a cikin al'umma wannan ba ya son shi kuma ba zai amfana daga gare ta ba. Dukan "shugabanci" na Jihar Vermont, mafi yawancin Democrat, ya shafe fiye da shekarun da suka wuce da wannan yanayin ya faru, tare da matsakaicin watsa shirye-shirye. Kuma ku mamakin yadda muka samu Turi a matsayin Shugaba.
Harkokin adawa ga kafa F-35 a cikin unguwar zama shi ne mafi girma a matsayin mai goyon bayan hukuma, kuma masu adawa sun kasance yafi karin bayani, mai tunani, da cikakken bayani. Sanata Patrick Leahy, dan jam'iyyar Democrat da kuma Burlington, yana da matukar farin ciki game da safarar garinsa tun daga farko, yana maida shi kamar idan an yi la'akari da shi kamar wani naman alade mai daraja daga masana'antar soja da masana'antu. Sanata mai zaman kansa Bernie Sanders, kamar dan siyasar Democrat Peter Welch, ya soki kadan a cikin goyon bayansa, amma ba a kusa da matsayi mai mahimmanci ba, ƙananan 'yan adawa. Gwamnonin jam'iyyun biyu sun kasance masu gaisuwa, musamman ma Peter Shumlin, wanda ya dauki jaka a Florida don sauraron F-35 kuma ya yanke shawara ba duka murya ba (wanda ba da daɗewa ba kafin ya yanke shawarar kiwon lafiyar duniya ba duk abin da ke bukata) . Magajin gari mai mulki Miro Weinberger, wani kai-bayyana mutum-wanda-gina-abubuwa, ya kalli ra'ayi na jimlar F-35, yana cewa, "Ina tsammanin wannan shawarar an yi tun da daɗewa, kuma ban taɓa jin dalili mai mahimmanci don sake bude shi ba." Ya kasance kamar sauran mutane a cikin jagorancin Vermont wanda ya zaɓi ya ƙalubalanci Babbar Magana ta Big Muddy na Pentagon ("babban wawa ya ce ya danna kan"), komai yayinda Pentagon yayi ikirarin ya zama kuma duk da rashin dalilai masu dalili akan kafa F-35 a Vermont.
Bayan shekarun da suka wuce bayan da aka tsara, har yanzu Air Force ba shi da F-35 da za a shirya a Vermont kafin Satumba 2019, idan to. Da wannan a zuciyarsa, abokan adawar F-35 a SANTA DA SKI DAGA F-35s ya yanke shawarar ƙoƙari ya nemi F-35 tambaya a kan kuri'a don taro na garin Burlington ranar Maris 6, 2018.
Bayan daftarin takarda, masu shirya SOS sun gabatar da shi don amincewa da su ta hanyar da Babban Mai Shari'a na Burlington Eileen Blackwood ya kafa. Blackwood amince da shi. Masu ba da agaji sun tattara kusan 3000 sa hannu a cikin goyon bayan takarda, kamar yadda ta amince da Blackwood. A cikin yanayin da ake ciki, takarda da aka amince da takardun izini ya kasance a kan kuri'a kamar yadda aka gabatar.
Wannan gaskiya ne ko da ga roƙo kamar wannan daga Ƙungiyar War-War-Burlington a 2005 kira ga Vermont don kawo sojojin Amurka daga gida daga Iraki:
Cikakken Sakamakon: "Shin masu jefa kuri'a na Birnin Burlington za su ba da shawara ga shugaban kasa da majalisa cewa Burlington da jama'arta suna goyon baya ga maza da mata da suke aiki a dakarun Amurka a Iraki kuma sunyi imanin cewa hanya mafi kyau don tallafa musu ita ce kawo su gida yanzu? "
Babbar majalisa ta goyi bayan wannan ƙuduri, ta wuce a kowace unguwa a cikin birni (da 46 sauran garuruwan Vermont), kuma tana da goyon bayan 65.2% a Burlington. Wannan abu ne mai sauƙi a 2005, amma bayan shekaru goma sha uku, tare da majalisar gari mamaye mutane suna kiran kansu Progressives da Democrats, ra'ayin da ya tsayayya da yakin basasa ya zama, ko ta yaya, ya damu ga akalla 'yan majalisa guda uku: Jamhuriyar Republican Kurt Wright, don sake zaben, Independent David Hartnett, da kuma Shugaban majalisa Jane Knodell, mai cigaba wanda sake zabensa a majalisa a 2013 ya samo asali adawa da F-35. Daga bisani ta zabe a kan shawarwari don barin F-35 daga filin jirgin sama ta Burlington ko don jinkirta duk wani yanke shawara. Wani farfesa a fannin tattalin arziki a jami'ar Vermont, Knodell ya dauki kotu ta daya daga cikin kwamitocin "mai yiwuwa mutum ne mafi basira a teburin." Ta yarda da sha'awar zama magajin gari.
Tun da tsayayya da ƙuduri cewa sun yi tsayayya, Wright, Hartnett, da kuma "mutum mafi basira a teburin" sun yanke shawara su kauce wa tsarin demokuradiya, kuma suyi kuskure. Sun yanke shawarar, ba tare da sanya takardar dan kasa guda ɗaya ba, don sanya takardar kai ga masu jefa kuri'a, tare da nuna rashin amincewa. Suka sanya garin lauya mai ladabi. Tsarin zai yiwu ya kasance mafi cin hanci a cikin manufarta. Babu wani daga cikin manyan kwamitocin uku da suka amsa tambayoyin imel ɗin suna tambaya, "Me kake tunani?"
Takardar shaidar SOS da kusan kusan 3000 masu jefa kuri'a ke sauƙi da kai tsaye:
"Shin, mu, masu jefa kuri'a na Birnin Burlington, sun kasance wani ɓangare na goyon bayanmu na musamman ga maza da mata na tsare-tsaren Vermont, da kuma musamman aikinsu na 'kare' yan ƙasar Vermont, 'in ji City Council cewa:
1) na buƙatar sokewa da aka tsara na F-35 a filin jirgin saman Burlington, kuma
2) ya buƙaci maimakon kayan ƙananan ƙara-mota tare da tabbatar da rikodin bayanan da aka dace don yankin da aka gina? "
Yanar gizo na SOS Yana bayar da bayanan na 20 da sharuɗɗa guda takwas da ke goyan bayan abin da ke cikin takarda. Manufar Vermont National Guard - "kare mutanen ƙasar Vermont" - ya fito ne daga shafin yanar gizo na Guard. SOS yayi jayayya cewa "'yan ƙasa na Vermont" sun hada da mutane, mafi yawan matalauta da / ko baƙi, wadanda gidajensu ana rushewa kuma rayukansu sun rushe don saukakawar yaki ba tare da wata manufa ta musamman a yankin ba.
Knodell, Wright, da kuma Hartnett sun fara aikin da suka kulla a cikin kullin game da shirin Guard na kare Vermonters. Ba su ce dalilin da yasa ba, kawai bari lalacewar cin zarafi a can. Sun yi ƙarya ta ƙara wani sashe a ƙarshen, "gane cewa akwai bazai zama kayan aiki dabam dabam ba," ƙarya ce da aka ƙetace daga kasancewa mai fuskantar fuska ta hanyar "may". Wannan shine matsayin Pentagon, babu wani shiri B, amma wannan ba daidai ba ne. Dalilin da ya sa babu wani shiri na B ne saboda Pentagon ya dade a kan batun har tsawon shekaru. Za su iya yin Shirin B gobe idan sun zaba. Kyakkyawan kayan gyare-gyaren na Knodell yana kama da kwayar cutar guba wanda ya kara da cewa yana da cikakkiyar bangaskiya mara kyau. Wannan ra'ayi yana ƙarfafa lokacin da kake zuwa cikin labaran "alhãli kuwa-es" kungiyar ta Knodell ta sanya a gaban ƙuduri don ragewa a gaba, amma ya riga ya rigaya.
Ƙungiyar Knodell ba ta da wata hanyar yin adalci da kuma tsarin dimokra] iyya. Shirye-shiryensu don sanya nasu ƙaddara a wurin da aka shirya yadda ya dace ya zama doka da kuma rashin bin doka.
Wannan ya haifar da tsayayya ga taron majalisar gari na Janairu 29, inda abokan adawar F-35 suka shirya don sunyi wa Knodell chicanery karfi da ƙarfi. Sakamakon abu ne mai tsauri. Majalisar ta zabi 10-2 (Knodell a gare shi) don karɓar matakin SOS kamar yadda aka gabatar. Sai kawai Wright da Hartnett sun dage. Hidimar watsa labarai game da nasarar da ta dace daidai ya bambanta daga madaidaici to zazzagewa dariya to da ɗan peevish to maimakon takaici. Babu wanda ke magana game da yunkurin cin hanci da rashawa wanda ya kai ga kuri'un, amma ya rage yawan al'adun da ake yi wa F-35 da kwarewarsa. Kamar yadda a halin yanzu an kiyasta ta Pentagon, F-35 ba za ta iya harba kai tsaye ba kuma yana da fiye 200 sauran lahani, amma Australia na ci gaba da sayen 100 daga cikinsu. An Ostiraliya soja mai tunani mai tunani ya lura da rashin lafiya: "Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa har yanzu akwai matsalolin da ke faruwa a kai a kai a cikin jirgin sama wanda za mu fara kimanin shekaru goma daga baya fiye da yadda muke tunani".
Shawarar Maris na 6 a kan ƙuduri ne kawai shawara ne, don haka ko da akwai tallafi mai yawa ga madadin F-35, menene ƙananan irin wannan zabar dimokuradiyya ta rinjaye? Wannan shi ne da tsangwama. Yana buƙatar kudade na gaba don samun dala biliyan 716 a cikin aikin soja, kuma Vermont alama yana tunanin samun wasu daga cikin kuɗin na da muhimmanci fiye da wani abu.
William M. Boardman ya wuce shekaru 40 a wasan kwaikwayon, rediyon, TV, buga jarida, da ba da fiction ba, har da shekaru 20 a cikin shari'a na Vermont. Ya karbi darajar daga Guild of America, Kwamfuta don Watsa Labarun Jama'a, mujallar Vermont Life, da kuma Emmy Award daga cikin Cibiyar Leken Talabijin Arts da Kimiyya.
