By Shannonwatch, August 19, 2019
A Shannonwatch akufuna kuti awunikenso posachedwa za miyezo yotetezeka yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pazankhondo zankhondo zaku US ndi ankhondo ku Shannon Airport. Moto pa wonyamula gulu lankhondo la Omni Air International udabweretsa ndege kuyimilira Lachinayi 15th. Izi zikuwunikiranso zoopsa zomwe zimabwera chifukwa chankhondo zankhondo tsiku ndi tsiku pabwalo la ndege ngati Shannon.
Wonyamula zankhondo, yemwe akuti anyamula asitikali pafupifupi 150, anali paulendo wopita ku Middle East. Idafika kale kuchokera ku Tinker Air Force Base, ku Oklahoma USA.
A John Lannon a ku Shannonwatch anati: “Tikudziwa kuti si zachilendo kuti asitikali apandegezi azikhala ndi zida zawo. "Koma zomwe sitikudziwa, chifukwa boma la Ireland likukana kuyendera bwino ndege zankhondo zaku US ku Shannon, ndikuti mwina panali zida kapena ayi."
A Edward Horgan a Veterans for Peace adati "Zikuwoneka kuti panali moto waukulu pakunyamula pansi ndegeyo pomwe imanyamuka, ndikuti izi zimafunikira oyang'anira moto pabwalo la ndege kuti agwiritse ntchito chithovu choyaka moto kuzimitsa motowo. Mafupa otsekemera amoto omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuma bwalo ankhondo aku US padziko lonse lapansi akhala akuyipitsa kwambiri. Kodi akugwiritsanso ntchito nkhonya zozimitsa moto ku Shannon ngati gawo la bizinesi yankhondo yaku US? ”
Adanenedwa mu Julayi kuti Shannon ndiye eyapoti yoyamba mdziko muno yobweretsa matekinoloje atsopano a High Reach. "Kodi ichi ndi chitsanzo china cha zomwe asitikali aku US akuchita ku Shannon pothana ndi chiopsezo chogwiritsa ntchito eyapoti?" Adafunsa bambo Horgan.
Malinga ndi deta yomwe asonkhana ndi Shannonwatch, ndege yomwe idagwirizana ndiomwe moto udawomba, sabata yatha, idakhala ku Biggs Air Force Base ku Texas, Shaw Air Force Base ku South Carolina, komanso US Air Bases ku Japan ( Yokota) ndi South Korea (Osan). Adapitanso ku Al Udeid Air Base ku Qatar, kudzera ku Kuwait. Komanso kukhala malo oyambira ku US, Al Udeid amakhalanso ndi gulu lankhondo la Qatari lomwe lakhala gawo lankhondo lomwe lotsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen. Izi zasiya anthu mamiliyoni ambiri akukumana ndi njala kuyambira 2016.
Pafupifupi asitikali aku 3 miliyoni US adutsa pa Shannon Airport kuyambira 2001. Zonyamula za Troop zimapitilirabe kumtunda ndipo zimanyamuka ku Shannon tsiku ndi tsiku.
Kuphatikiza pa ndege zonyamula anthu zaku US, ndege zoyendetsedwa mwachindunji ndi US Air Force ndi Navy zimabweranso ku Shannon. Boma la Ireland lavomereza kuti pali zida zomwe zikunyamula zida zankhondo. Koma akuti ndege zina zankhondo zaku US sizinyamula mfuti, mfuti kapena zophulika ndipo sizili mbali ya masewera ankhondo kapena ntchito.
"Izi ndizodabwitsa kwambiri," anatero a John Lannon. "Sizachilendo kuti anthu ogwira ntchito yankhondo zankhondo zaku US azinyamula zida zawo, ndipo popeza masauzande ambiri awonjezeredwa mafuta ku Shannon kuyambira 2001 ndizosatheka kuti panalibe chida chilichonse ngakhale chimodzi mwazomwezi. Chifukwa chake timawona kuti ndizosatheka kukhulupirira "zitsimikiziro" zilizonse zogwiritsa ntchito ankhondo aku US ku Shannon. "
"Popeza ndege zankhondo yaku US ku Shannon zimachitika pafupipafupi, zochitika ngati moto Lachinayi m'mawa ndi ngozi zomwe zikuyembekezeka kuchitika." Anatero Edward Horgan. "Kuphatikiza apo, kupezeka kwa asitikali mazana ambiri aku US kumabweretsa chiopsezo chachikulu kwa aliyense amene akugwiritsa ntchito kapena wogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege."
Kugwiritsa ntchito eyapoti ya Shannon ndikutsutsana ndi mfundo zomwe dziko la Ireland lanena zakusalowerera ndale.
"Kugwiritsa ntchito kwa Shannon kuthandizira mwachindunji nkhondo zopanda chilungamo zaku US ku Middle East, kuphatikiza milandu yankhondo yomwe asitikali ena aku US ndi anzawo akuchita sikulondola ndipo sikuvomerezeka," atero a Edward Horgan a Veterans for Peace.
Malinga ndi RTÉ TG4 Exit Poll pambuyo pa zisankho za Meyi, 82% ya omwe adafunsidwa adati Ireland iyenera kukhalabe yopanda mbali iliyonse pazinthu zonse.
Roger Cole, Wapampando wa Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA), adati "Kuopsa kwa eyapoti ya Shannon komanso okwera ndege obwera chifukwa cha ndege zankhondo zaku US zomwe zimanyamula zida zankhondo kupita kunkhondo zopitilira ku US zawonetsedwa ndi Shannonwatch ndi PANA. PANA ikufunanso kuti ntchito ya Shannon Airport ithetsedwe ndi asitikali aku US ".
"Chofunika koposa zonse, boma la Ireland liyenera kusiya kuyanjana ndi US pakupha amuna, akazi ndi ana mazana zikwi," adaonjeza.
A Shannonwatch abwereza kuyitanitsa kwawo kuti kuthetse kugwiritsa ntchito konse kwa US Army ku Shannon Airport, pofuna kutetezedwa kwina ndi kukhazikika kwadziko lapansi.
