Wolemba William Boardman, February 1, 2018, Reader Supported News.
Donald Lipenga amakonda F-35 momwemonso Burlington City Council - ndiwo mkhalidwe weniweni wa mgwirizano
Nkhani yake imakamba za zinthu zoyipitsidwa ndi Burlington City Council, pakufuna kwake kukakamiza mzinda wapafupi kuti ukhale zida zankhondo zowononga, nyukiliya yomwe ingathe F-35 wankhondo wamkulu (mu chitukuko kuyambira 1992, ndege yoyamba ku 2000, idakalipo osadalirika mu 2018, pa mtengo wa $ 400 biliyoni ndi kuwerengera). Inde, malowa nawonso ndi achinyengo: Burlington ili ndi eyapoti ku South Burlington, kotero South Burlington ilibe kanthu komwe munganene kuti nyumba zingati Burlington akuwononga ku South Burlington kuti akwaniritse chilengedwe potengera kuti ndege ya F-35 ikhale chete sizikufuna ndipo sizipindula nazo. "Utsogoleri" wonse wa dziko la Vermont, makamaka a Democrat, watha zaka zoposa khumi ndikupanga izi zikuchitika, ndi Mitundu yofalitsa nkhani. Ndipo inu mukudabwa momwe ife timapezera Trump monga Purezidenti.
Kutsutsa kuyambitsa F-35 mdera lokhalamo anthu ndi kakale kwambiri ngati thandizo lopanda nzeru, ndipo wotsutsa wakhala zambiri kufotokoza, woganiza, ndi ndondomeko. Senator Patrick Leahy, mbadwa ya Democrat ndi Burlington, ali ndi chidwi chofuna kutengera dziko lakwawo kuyambira pachiwonetsero, ndikuchiwona ngati kuti chikuwoneka ngati chidutswa cha nkhumba cholemekezeka kuchokera ku gulu lankhondo lankhondo. Senate wodziyimira pawokha Bernie Sanders, ngati membala wachipani cha Democratic Peter Welch, adakwera pang'ono pothandizidwa naye, koma palibe amene wafika pafupi ndi malo olimbikitsidwa, osatsutsa kwenikweni. Olamulira a maphwando onse awiriwa akhala akuchita zachangu, makamaka Peter Shumlin, yemwe adatenga junket kupita ku Florida kuti akamvere F-35 ndipo adaganiza kuti sizinali zokhazokha (zomwe zinali posachedwa asanasankhe chithandizo chachipatala padziko lonse lapansi sizinali zofunikira zonse) . Meya waku Democratic Miro Weinberger, wodzifotokoza munthu-yemwe amamanga-zinthu, ikugwirizana ndi malingaliro a F-35, kuti, "Ndikuganiza kuti chisankhochi chidapangidwa kalekale, ndipo sindinamvepo chifukwa chomveka choti chibwererenso." Ali ngati wina aliyense mu utsogoleri wa Vermont yemwe wasankha kutsutsa Kutsutsana kwa a Big Muddy a Pentagon ("chitsiru chachikulu chidayankhulanso"), ngakhale zitakhala bwanji kuti zonenedwa za Pentagon zidakhalapobe ngakhale adalibe zifukwa zowakakamiza kukhazikitsa F-35 ku Vermont.
Pambuyo pazaka makumi ambiri osasiya dongosolo, Air Force akadalibe F-35 yokonzeka kufalitsa ku Vermont isanafike September 2019, ngati pamenepo. Poganizira izi, otsutsana ndi F-35 pa Pulumutsani ZITSOPANO Zathu KU F-35s adaganiza zoyesa kupeza funso la F-35 pavoti ya msonkhano waku tauni ya Burlington pa Marichi 6, 2018.
Atalemba chikalatacho, okonza bungwe la SOS anachipereka kuti avomereze kuti apangidwe ndi Woyimira Mumzinda wa Burlington Eileen Blackwood. Blackwood idavomereza. Odzipereka adasonkhanitsa pafupifupi 3000 siginecha kuti athandizire pempho, monga livomerezedwa ndi Blackwood. Mwambowu, pempho lovomerezeka lokhala ndi ma signature okwanira limaponya voti monga zikuperekedwa.
Ndizowona ngakhale pamafunso ngati omwe akuchokera Burlington Anti-War Coalition mu 2005 ikufuna Vermont ibweretse magulu aku US aku Iraq kuchokera ku Iraq:
Kusintha Kokwanira: "Kodi amene adzavota a City of Burlington alangize Purezidenti ndi Congress kuti Burlington ndi nzika zake amathandizira mwamphamvu abambo ndi amayi omwe akutumikira ku United States Army a Iraq ndipo amakhulupirira kuti njira yabwino kwambiri yowathandizira ndi kuwabweretsa kunyumba tsopano? ”
Khonsolo yamzindawu idathandizira izi, idadutsa pamawadi onse mu mzindawo (komanso m'mizinda ya 46 ina ya Vermont), ndipo idathandizidwa ndi ovota a 65.2% ku Burlington. Izi zinali zosavuta ku 2005, koma zaka khumi ndi zitatu pambuyo pake, ndi a khonsolo yamzinda olamulidwa ndi anthu omwe amadzitcha Progressives and Democrats, lingaliro la kukana makina ankhondo linakhala, mwanjira ina, kuvutitsa osachepera makhansala atatu a mzindawo: Republican Kurt Wright, kuti asankhidwe, Independent David Hartnett, ndi Purezidenti wa khonsolo Jane Knodell, Progressive yemwe kukonzanso kwake ku khonsolo ku 2013 kudakhazikitsidwa kutsutsa kwa F-35. Pambuyo pake adavota motsutsana ndi malingaliro a Pang'onopang'ono kutchinga F-35 kuchokera ku Burlington International Airport kapena kuchedwetsa lingaliro lililonse loyambira. Pulofesa waukadaulo wazachuma ku Yunivesite ya Vermont, Knodell amamuwona ngati "m'bale wanzeru kwambiri patebulopo." Wavomereza kuti akhale meya.
Atakumana ndi malingaliro omwe amatsutsa, a Wright, Hartnett, ndi "munthu wanzeru kwambiri patebulo" adasankha kuchotsa machitidwe a demokalase, ndikuzichita mosaona mtima. Adaganiza, popanda kupeza nzika imodzi yoti asayine, kuti apereke zofuna zawo kwa anthu omwe adzaponya voti, koma zotsutsana nawo mwamphamvu. Anapangitsa loya wa mzindawo kudandaula. Izi sizingakhale zowonongeka pacholinga chake. Palibe ndi mmodzi mwa makhansala atatuwo omwe adayankha ku imelo kufunsa kuti, "Mukuganiza bwanji?"
Pempho la SOS lomwe limavomerezedwa ndi pafupifupi ovota a 3000 ndi yosavuta komanso yolunjika:
"Kodi, ngati tikuvota a City of Burlington, ngati gawo limodzi la othandizira amuna ndi akazi a Vermont National Guard, makamaka cholinga chawo 'kuteteza nzika za Vermont,' talangiza a City Council kuti:
1) ipempha kuti kuthetsedwe kwa maziko oyambira a F-35 pa Burlington International Airport, ndi
2) m'malo mwake, musagwiritse ntchito zida zamagetsi zokhala ndi phokoso lokhala ndi mbiri yotsimikizika yachitetezo chokwanira m'derali lomwe kuli anthu ambiri? "
Tsamba la SOS imapereka zolemba zothandizira za 20 ndi zolemba zisanu ndi zitatu zomwe zikugwirizana ndi zomwe pempholi lipempha. Ntchito ya Vermont National Guard - "titetezeni nzika za Vermont" - zimachokera patsamba la Guard. SOS ikuti "nzika za ku Vermont" zikuphatikiza anthu, osauka kwambiri komanso / kapena osamukira, omwe nyumba zawo zikuwonongeka ndipo miyoyo yawo yasokonezedwa chifukwa chotsogola ndege yomwe ilibe cholinga chilichonse m'derali.
Knodell, Wright, ndi Hartnett adayamba ntchito yawo yopanga hatchet podula mawu onena za ntchito ya Guard yoteteza ma Vermonters. Sananene chifukwa chake, ingololani kuwonongeka kwa mgwirizano kugoneke pamenepo. Amanama powonjezera clause kumapeto, "pozindikira kuti sipangakhale zida zina," bodza lazolinga zopulumutsidwa kuti likhale lolimba mtima ndikuphatikizidwa kwa "may." Awa ndi udindo wa Pentagon, kuti palibe Dongosolo B, koma ndizoonadi zopanda chilungamo. Chifukwa chokha choti mulibe mapulani B ndikuti Pentagon yakhala ikukhudzidwa kwazaka zambiri. Atha kupanga pulani B mawa ngati atasankha. Kusintha kwa Knodell kumawoneka ngati piritsi la poyizoni dala lomwe limawonjezeredwa m'chikhulupiriro cholakwika choyipa. Malingaliro amenewo amalimbikitsidwa mukakafika pa "pre-" "gulu la Knodell loyikapo lingaliro kuti lifooketse patsogolo, koma zokwanira kale.
Gulu la a Knodell silimangoyendetsa machitidwe owona mtima komanso machitidwe a demokalase. Dongosolo lawo loti akhazikitse lingaliro lawo m'malo mwa lomwe lakonzedwa bwino, limawoneka ngati losaloledwa komanso losemphana ndi malamulo.
Izi zidakhazikitsa kusamvana pamsonkhano wa khonsolo yamzinda wa Januware 29, pomwe otsutsana ndi F-35 adakonzekera kutsutsa Knodell chicanery mofuula komanso mwamphamvu. Mapeto ake anali anticlimax. Khonsolo idavotera 10-2 (Knodell for it) kuvomereza chigamulo cha SOS monga aperekedwa. Ndi Wright ndi Hartnett okha omwe adatsutsa. Kuphatikiza media of kupambana kwa zoyenera chifukwa ndondomeko zosiyanasiyana zosiyanasiyana molunjika ku akunyoza ku owoneka bwino ku m'malo mopeputsa. Palibe chobisa chomwe chinayankhula za zoyesayesa zachinyengo zomwe zimabweretsa voti, makamaka chikhalidwe chamakhalidwe chomwe F-35 imachita bwino poyesetsa kuthana. Monga zoyesedwa pano ndi Pentagon, F-35 sitha kuwombera molunjika ndipo ilinso ndi zoposa 200 zolephera zina, koma Australia akupita patsogolo kugula 100 ya iwo. Wa ku Australia woganiza bwino wankhondo inanena mosabisa kuti: "Ndikukhumudwitsa kuti pali zovuta zina zomwe zimangokhalira kupanga ndege zomwe tati tipeze zaka 10 pambuyo pake monga momwe timaganizira kale."
Kuvota kwa Marichi 6 pazomwekugwirizana ndi upangiri wa upangiri chabe, kotero ngati kuli ndi chithandizo chochulukirapo cha njira ina ya F-35, ndizovuta ziti zosankha demokalase zomwe zilipo? Izi ndi nthawi ya Lipenga. Akufunsa kuti bajeti yotsatira ikhale ndi $ 716 biliyoni pakugwiritsa ntchito ankhondo, ndipo Vermont akuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti kupeza zina mwa ndalamazo ndikofunika kuposa china chilichonse.
William M. Boardman ali ndi zaka zoposa 40 zochitika mu zisudzo, wailesi, TV, kusindikiza zolemba, komanso zosakhala zabodza, kuphatikizapo zaka 20 mu milandu ya Vermont. Akulandira ulemu kuchokera kwa Writers Guild of America, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Vermont Life magazini, ndi mphotho ya Emmy kusankhidwa kuchokera ku Academy of Television Arts ndi Sciences.
