Duk da Pola'idodi masu Kyau, Gangamin yaƙi da Siyan Jirgin Yakin Ba Zai Zama Mai Sauƙi ba

By Yves Engler, Nuwamba 24, 2020

daga Rabble.ca

Duk da kuri’un zaben da ke nuna yawancin ‘yan kasar ta Canada ba sa goyon bayan jiragen yakin da aka yi amfani da su wajen kashewa da lalata abubuwa a duk duniya, amma da alama gwamnatin tarayya ta kuduri aniyar kashe dubunnan biliyoyin daloli don fadada wannan karfin.

Duk da yake akwai wani yunkuri da ke ci gaba don toshe jiragen yakin masu sassaucin ra'ayi, zai bukaci gagarumin shiri don shawo kan masu karfi da ke neman kakkabo sabbin jiragen yaki.

A karshen watan Yulin, Boeing (Super Hornet), Saab (Gripen) da Lockheed Martin (F-35) sun gabatar da tayin kera jiragen yaki na Sojan Sama na Kanada. Farashin kwali don sabbin jiragen yaki 88 shine dala biliyan 19. Koyaya, dangane da makamancin sayan a Amurka, jimillar kudin kekunan jets na iya ninka kusan ninki biyu na farashin sitika.

Dangane da yadda gwamnatin ke ci gaba da shirin sayen jirgin, wani kamfen ya tashi don adawa da dimbin kudin da gwamnati ke bayarwa. An shafe kwanaki biyu ana aiki a ofisoshin 'yan majalisar wakilai dozin kan siyan jirgin yakin, wanda aka tsara don 2022.

Daruruwan mutane sun aika sakonnin imel zuwa ga dukkan ‘yan majalisar kan batun da kuma Cibiyar Ba da Manufofin Kasashen Waje ta Kanada kwanan nan kuma World BEYOND War webinar ya huce shirun majalisar game da shirin sayan jirgin yakin.

15 ga Oktoba "Llealubalantar Siyan Jirgin Yakin Dala Biliyan 19”Taron ya hada da dan takarar jam’iyyar Green Party da kuma mai sukar lamiri na waje Paul Manly, mai sukar tsaron NDP Randall Garrison da Sanata Marilou McPhedran, da kuma‘ yar gwagwarmaya Tamara Lorincz da mawaki El Jones.

Manly yayi magana kai tsaye game da sayan jirgi da kuma kwanan nan tashe batun a lokacin tambaya a cikin gidan Commons (Shugaban jam'iyyar Green Annamie Paul ya amsa Adawar Manly ga sayan a kwanan nan Hill Times sharhi).

A nata bangaren, McPhedran ya ba da shawarar abubuwanda suka fi dacewa game da manyan kudaden da aka ware don siyan jiragen yakin. A lura mai adawa da Falasdinawa, Garrison equivocated. Ya ce NDP ta nuna adawa da sayen F-35 amma a bude take don sayen wasu 'yan kunar bakin waken dangane da ka'idojin masana'antu.

Babu yakin neman jirgin yakin da yakamata ya dauki zuciya daga zaben Nanos na kwanan nan. Gangamin fashewar bama-bamai sun kasance mafi shahararrun zaɓuɓɓuka takwas da aka miƙa wa jama'a lokacin tambaye "Yaya mai ba da taimako, idan da gaske, kuna daga cikin waɗannan nau'ikan ofisoshin sojojin ƙasashen Kanada masu zuwa." Kashi 28 cikin 77 ne kawai suka goyi bayan "Samun Sojan Sama na Kanada da hannu a hare-haren sama" yayin da kashi 74 cikin XNUMX na wadanda aka jefa kuri'ar sun goyi bayan "Kasancewa a cikin bala'in bala'i a kasashen waje" kuma kashi XNUMX cikin dari na goyon bayan "aikin wanzar da zaman lafiya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

Jiragen saman yaƙi ba su da fa'ida sosai don masifu na bala'i, taimakon agaji ko kiyaye zaman lafiya, balle harin salon 9/11 ko annobar duniya. Waɗannan sabbin jiragen saman an tsara su ne don haɓaka ikon sojojin sama don shiga kamfen ɗin Amurka da NATO masu tayar da kayar baya.

Amma, yin amfani da sojoji don tallafawa NATO da kawayenta ma ya kasance mafi ƙarancin fifiko ga waɗanda aka zaba. Da Nanos ya tambaye shi "A ra'ayinku, menene rawar da ta fi dacewa ga Canadianungiyar Sojan Kanada?" Kashi 39.8 cikin ɗari sun zaɓi “kiyaye zaman lafiya” da kashi 34.5 cikin 6.9 “Kare Kanada.” “Tallafawa ayyukan NATO / kawayenta” sun sami goyon bayan kaso XNUMX cikin XNUMX na wadanda aka jefa kuri’ar.

Kada yakin neman jirgin yakin ya hada da dala biliyan 19 da aka sayo jirgi zuwa tarihin Kanada na kwanan nan na shiga cikin hare-haren bama-bamai da Amurka ta jagoranta kamar Iraq (1991), Serbia (1999), Libya (2011) da Syria / Iraq (2014-2016). Duk waɗannan kamfen ɗin fashewar bom - zuwa digiri daban-daban - sun keta dokar ƙasa da ƙasa kuma sun bar waɗannan ƙasashe mafi muni. Babu shakka, Libya ta ci gaba da yaƙi shekaru tara bayan haka kuma tashe-tashen hankula a can suka bazu zuwa kudu zuwa Mali da kuma duk yankin Sahel na Afirka.

Kamfen ɗin ba jiragen yaƙi ma daidai ne don bayyana irin gudummawar da jiragen yaƙi ke bayarwa ga matsalar sauyin yanayi. Suna da ƙwazo sosai kuma siyan tarin sabbin kaya masu tsada kwata kwata basu dace ba da ƙwarin gwiwar Kanada na kaiwa ga gurɓataccen iska mai kama da 2050.

Misali a lokacin harin bam na 2011 na Libya, alal misali, jiragen saman Kanada sun ƙone 14.5 miliyan fam na mai da bama-bamai sun lalata mazaunin. Yawancin Kanada ba su da masaniya game da ikon iska da lalata muhalli.

Don bikin Makon kwance damara, 'yar majalisar NDP Leah Gazan kwanan nan tambaye a shafin Twitter "Shin kun san cewa bisa ga dabarun Tsaro na Kanada da Tsarin Muhalli na 2017, duk ayyukan soja da ayyukansu BANGANE daga maƙasudin rage fitowar ƙasa !! ??"

DND / CF ita ce guda ɗaya mafi girma da ke fitar da iskar gas a cikin gwamnatin tarayya. A cikin 2017 ta fitar da kilotons 544 na GHGs, 40 da cent fiye da Ayyukan Jama'a Kanada, ma'aikatar gaba mafi girma.

Yayinda batutuwan baya da lambobin zaben suka nuna cewa masu yakin neman zabe suna da kyau don sanya ra'ayoyin jama'a game da sayan jirgin yaki na dala biliyan 19, har yanzu akwai babban tsauni da za a hau. Sojoji da masana'antun haɗin gwiwa suna da tsari sosai kuma suna san abubuwan da suke so. Sojojin Kanada suna son sabbin jiragen sama kuma CF / DND na da jama'a mafi girma ayyukan hulɗa a cikin ƙasa.

Hakanan akwai manyan kamfanoni masu ƙarfi waɗanda aka saita don samun riba mai tsoka daga kwangilar. Manyan gasa biyu, Lockheed Martin da kuma Boeing, thinkwararrun masu ba da kuɗi kamar Cibiyar Nazarin Harkokin Duniya ta Kanada da Taron Associungiyoyin Tsaro. Dukkanin kamfanonin uku suma mambobi ne na Eroungiyar Masana'antu ta Aerospace na Kanada, wanda ke tallafawa sayan jirgi.

Boeing da Lockheed suna tallatawa da karfi a cikin wallafe wallafen da masu shiga cikin Ottawa suka karanta kamar su iPolitics, Jaridar Kasuwanci ta Ottawa da kuma Hill Times. Don sauƙaƙe samun damar zuwa ga jami'an gwamnati Saab, Lockheed da Boeing suna kula da ofisoshin yan tsiraru daga Majalisar. Suna jan hankalin 'yan majalisa da jami'an DND kuma suna da hayar manyan hafsoshin sojojin sama da suka yi ritaya zuwa manyan mukamai kuma sun ba da kwangila ga kwamandojin rundunonin sojan da suka yi ritaya don neman su.

Cire duka sayen jirgin yakin 88 bazai zama da sauki ba. Amma mutane masu hankali ba za su iya yin zaman dirshan ba yayin da aka keɓe kuɗi mai yawa ga ɗayan ɓangarorin ɓarna na soja, wanda ke cikin mafi munin abubuwan da ke cikin gwamnatinmu.

Don dakatar da sayan jirgin yakin, akwai buƙatar ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar waɗanda ke adawa da yaƙi, suna damuwa game da mahalli da duk wanda ya yi imanin cewa akwai mafi amfani ga dala harajinmu. Sai kawai ta hanyar tara mutane masu yawa don adawa da sayan jirgin saman ne kawai zamu iya fatan shawo kan karfin masu cin ribar yaki da kuma farfagandarsu.

Yves Engler marubuci ne kuma ɗan rajin siyasa. Shi memba ne na World BEYOND Warkwamitin shawarwari.