Democrats na Ọganihu Push US War Machine na Vermont

-Gbọ elu F-35. (foto: US Air Force)

Site na William Boardman, February 1, 2018, Onye Na-akwado Akwụkwọ Na-akwado Ozi.

Donald opi hụrụ F-35 n'anya na otu obodo Burlington City Council - nke ahụ bụ ezigbo ọnọdụ njikọta ahụ

nke ya bu akuko banyere omume rụrụ arụ site n'aka Burlington City Council, na mkpebi siri ike ịmanye obodo agbata obi ka ọ bụrụ isi maka ngwa agha nke mbibi oke, ikike nuklia F-35 fighter-atụ bọmbụ (na mmepe kemgbe 1992, izizi ya na 2000, ka abughi ihe kwesiri ntukwasi obi na 2018, na a efu nke $ 400 ijeri na-agụta). Ee, ebumnuche ahụ n'onwe ya rụrụ arụ: Burlington nwere ọdụ ụgbọ elu dị na South Burlington, yabụ South Burlington enweghị ezigbo okwu na ọtụtụ ụlọ obibi Burlington na-ebibi na South Burlington iji gbasoo ụkpụrụ gburugburu ebe obibi maka itinye ụgbọelu F-35 na-akụda jụụ na obodo nke ahụ achọghị ya ma ọ gaghị erite uru na ya. Ndị “ndu” niile nke steeti Vermont, ọkachasị ndị Democrats, ejirila ihe karịrị afọ iri mee ka arụrụala a mee, ya mgbasa ozi zuru oke. You na-echekwa otu anyị siri nweta Trump dị ka Onye isi ala.

Iguzogide ntọala F-35 na mpaghara obibi dịkarịa ala dị ka agadi dị ka nkwado gọọmentị na-enweghị uche, na mmegide ahụ ọtụtụ ihe doro anya, echebara echiche, ma zuru ezu. Senator Patrick Leahy, onye Democrats na onye obodo Burlington, nwere ịnụ ọkụ n'obi banyere ịlụ agha nke obodo ya site na mbido, na-emeso ya dị ka a ga-ahụ ya dịka anụ ezi anụ ezi dị egwu site na ụlọ ọrụ ndị agha-ụlọ ọrụ. Onye nnọchi anya onwe ya bụ Bernie Sanders, dị ka onye nnọchiteanya Democratic Peter Welch, agbachiwo nkwado ya ntakịrị, mana ọ nweghịkwa nso na ọfụma ịkọwapụta nke ọma, obere mmegide. Ndị gọvanọ abụọ ahụ abụwo ndị nwere obi uto, ọkachasị Peter Shumlin, bụ onye kpọbatara oche na Florida iji gee ntị na F-35 ma kpebie na ọ bụghị oke ụda ahụ (nke dị obere tupu ọ kpebie nlekọta ahụike ụwa abụghị ihe niile dị mkpa) . Onye isi obodo Democratic Miro Weinberger kwuru, kọwara onwe ya mmadu-onye-wu-ihe, na-ekpuchi echiche enyí nke F-35, na-asị, "Echere m na mkpebi a mere ogologo oge gara aga, anụbeghịkwa m ezigbo ihe kpatara imeghe ya." Ọ dị ka onye ọ bụla ọzọ na ndị isi Vermont bụ ndị họọrọ ịgbagha arụmụka Big Muddy nke Pentagon ("onye nzuzu kwuru ka ọ gaa n'ihu"), n'agbanyeghị agbanyeghị nkwupụta Pentagon adịgboroja na n'agbanyeghị enweghị ezigbo ihe kpatara iji mee ka F-35 na Vermont.

Mgbe ọtụtụ iri afọ dapụrụ n'usoro oge, Air Force ka enweghị F-35 dị njikere itinye na Vermont tupu Septemba 2019, ọ bụrụ na mgbe ahụ. N'iburu nke a n'uche, ndị na-emegide F-35 na Zoputa igwe anyi SITE F-35s kpebiri ịgbalị ịnweta ajụjụ F-35 na votu maka nzukọ obodo obodo Burlington na Machị 6, 2018.

Mgbe ha dechara akwụkwọ mkpesa ahụ, ndị nhazi SOS gosipụtara ya maka nkwado nke onye ọka iwu Burlington City Eileen Blackwood. Blackwood kwadoro ya. Ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo gbakọtara ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ 3000 nkwado iji kwado arịrịọ ahụ, dị ka Blackwood kwadoro. Na usoro omume nkịtị, arịrịọ akwadoro nwere mbinye aka zuru ezu na-aga na votu dị ka e gosipụtara.

Nke ahụ bụ eziokwu ọbụlagodi arịrịọ dị ka nke sitere na Njikọ aka agha nke Burlington na 2005 na-akpọ Vermont ka ọ kpọta ndị agha US n'ụlọ si Iraq:

Mkpebi zuru ezu: “Ndị ntuli aka nke Obodo Burlington ga-enye Onye isi ala na Congress ndụmọdụ na Burlington na ụmụ amaala ya na-akwado ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị na-eje ozi na United States Armed Forces na Iraq ma kwenye na ụzọ kachasị mma iji kwado ha bụ ịkpọta ha n'ụlọ ugbu a? ”

Ndị kansụl obodo ahụ kwadoro mkpebi a, ọ gafere na mpaghara ọ bụla n'obodo ahụ (yana n'obodo 46 ndị ọzọ dị na Vermont), ma nwee nkwado ndị ịtụ vootu na 65.2% na Burlington. Nke ahụ dị mfe na 2005, mana afọ iri na atọ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, yana a okuko obodo nke ndị mmadụ na-akpọ onwe ha ndị na-aga n'ihu na ndị Democrats, echiche nke iguzogide igwe agha ghọrọ, n'ụzọ ụfọdụ, na-enye nsogbu ma ọ dịkarịa ala ndị isi obodo atọ: Republican Kurt Wright, maka ntuli aka ọzọ, Independent David Hartnett, na onye isi oche kansụl Jane Knodell, Onye Ọganihu onye nhoputa ndi ochichi na 2013 dabere na akụkụ ya mmegide megide F-35. O mechara tụọ vootu megidere amụma Progressive igbochi F-35 site na Burlington International Airport ma ọ bụ igbu oge na mkpebi ọ bụla. Onye prọfesọ na-akụzi akụnụba na Mahadum Vermont, Knodell bụ onye otu onye kansụl na-atụle “ikekwe onye kacha mara ihe na tebụl.” O kwetawo ọchịchọ ịbụ onyeisi obodo.

Gbanyere mkpebi ha megidere, Wright, Hartnett, na "onye kacha mara ihe na tebụl" kpebiri ịhapụ usoro onye kwuo uche ya, na ime ya emeghị ihe n'eziokwu. Ha kpebiri, na-enwetaghị mbinye aka nke otu nwa amaala, itinye akwụkwọ nke ha nye ndị ntuli aka ahụ, na-emegide oke mmetụta. Ha mere onye ọka iwu obodo ahụ ụjọ. Usoro ahụ agaraghị emerụ emerụ na ebumnuche ya. Onweghi onye n'ime ndị isi obodo atọ ahụ zara ajụjụ email na-ajụ, "Gịnị ka ị na-eche?"

Arịrịọ SOS nke ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ndị ntuli aka 3000 kwadoro dị mfe ma kwụ ọtọ:

“Anyi ga - a ndi nhoputa ndi mmadu nke Obodo Burlington, dika akuku nke nkwado siri ike anyi nye ndi nwoke na ndi nwanyi nke ndi Vermont National nche, ma okachasi ebum n’uche ha‘ ichebe ụmụ amaala nke Vermont, ’nyere ndi Council Council City ndụmọdụ ka ha:

1) rịọ ka akagbuo atụmatụ ezubere maka F-35 na Burlington International Airport, na

2) rịọ kama iji ngwa ngwa mkpọtụ nke nwere nnukwu nchekwa dị mma maka ebe ndị mmadụ bi? ”

Weebụsaịtị SOS na-enye nkwado nkwado 20 na amaokwu asatọ na-akwado ebumnuche nke arịrịọ ahụ. The Vermont National Nche ozi - “kpuchido ụmụ amaala nke Vermont” - si na Nche si na ebe nrụọrụ weebụ. SOS na-ekwu na "ụmụ amaala nke Vermont" gụnyere ndị mmadụ, ọkachasị ndị ogbenye na / ma ọ bụ ndị mbata, bụ ndị a na-ebibi ụlọ ha na ndụ na-akpaghasị maka ịdị mma nke ụgbọ agha na-enweghị ozi dị mkpa na mpaghara ahụ.

Knodell, Wright, na Hartnett bidoro ọrụ hatchet ha site na igbutu ahịrịokwu gbasara ọrụ nchekwa nke ndị Vermonters. Ha ekwughi ihe kpatara ya, hapụ ka mmebi ụlọ ahụ dina. Ha ghagha ụgha site n'ịgbakwunye otu nkebi ahịrịokwu na njedebe, “na-amata na enwere ike ọ gaghị enwe akụrụngwa ndị ọzọ na ya," ụgha nke ebumnuche zọpụtara site n'inwe nkwuwa okwu ihu na nsonye nke "nwere ike" Nke a bụ ọnọdụ Pentagon, na enweghị atụmatụ B, mana nke ahụ bụ emeghị ihe n'eziokwu. Naanị ihe kpatara enweghị atụmatụ B bụ n'ihi na Pentagon kwụgidere n'okwu a kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ. Ha nwere ike ime atụmatụ B echi ma ọ bụrụ na ha ahọrọ. Mmeghari Knodell ahụ dị ka ọgwụ na-egbu egbu ejiri gbakwunye na okwukwe ọjọọ zuru oke. A na-eme ka echiche ahụ sikwuo ike mgbe ị rutere na preambulatory "ebe-es" ndị otu Knodell tinyere n'ihu mkpebi iji belata ya n'ihu, mana ezuola ugbua.

Ndi otu Knodell achughi ime ihe n'eziokwu na omume onye kwuo uche ya. Atụmatụ ha itinye mkpebi nke ha n'ọnọdụ nke onye akwadoro nke ọma yiri ka iwu akwadoghị yana nke ekwekọghị n'ụkpụrụ.

Nke a guzobere esemokwu maka nzukọ kansụl obodo nke Jenụwarị 29, nke ndị mmegide F-35 dị njikere ịjụ Knodell chicanery n'olu siri ike. Ihe si na ya pụta bụ anticlimax. Ndị kansụl ahụ tozuru oke 10-2 (Knodell maka ya) ịnakwere mkpebi SOS dị ka egosiri. Naanị Wright na Hartnett jụrụ. Mgbasa mgbasa ozi nke mmeri nke ezi uche dị na usoro dị iche na n'ụzọ ziri ezi na vaguely ịkwa emo na dịtụ peevish na kama na-eleda anya. Onweghi mkpuchi a na-ekwu maka usoro nrụrụ aka a nwapụtara na-eduga na ntuli aka ahụ, ọ ga-abụrịrị na ihere ọdịnala rụrụ arụ nke F-35 ji ihe ịga nke ọma kpuchie ya. Dị ka ugbu a enyochare site na Pentagon, F-35 enweghị ike ịgbanye ogologo ma nwee karịa 200 emezighị emezi ndị ọzọ, ma Australia na-aga n'ihu ịzụrụ 100 n'ime ha. Onye Australia agha stratejik thinker kwuru hoo haa, sị: “Ọ na-akụda mmụọ na a ka nwere emezighị emezi na-abịa mgbe niile n'ụgbọ elu nke anyị ga-enweta ihe dịka afọ iri gachara karịa ka anyị siri chee na mbụ.”

Ntinye aka na March 6 na mkpebi ahụ bụ naanị ndụmọdụ, yabụ ọbụlagodi na enwere nnukwu nkwado maka ọzọ na F-35, kedu nsogbu nke ụdị ochichi onye kwuo uche ya na-agbaso? Nke a bụ oge opi. Ọ na-arịọ maka mmefu ego ọzọ ka o nwee $ 716 ijeri na mmefu agha, na Vermont yiri ka ọ na-eche ịnweta ụfọdụ n'ime ego ahụ dị mkpa karịa ihe ọ bụla ọzọ.

 


William M. Boardman nwere ihe karịrị 40 afọ ọhụụ na ihe nkiri, redio, TV, na-ebipụta akwụkwọ akụkọ, na akụkọ na-abụghị akụkọ, tinyere afọ 20 na ndị ọkàikpe ikpe Vermont. Ọ natara nsọpụrụ site na Guild America, edemede maka mgbasa ozi ọha na eze, magazin Vermont Life, na Emmy Award nomination from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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