Ndi Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, December 7, 2021
Lamulo losainidwa ndi Bwanamkubwa wa Hawai'i kuti ayimitse ntchito ya tanki yamafuta ya Navy yaku US ndi "kuchepetsa" / kuchotsa mafuta m'matangi.
Pa Disembala 6, gehena itasokonekera pamisonkhano isanu yomwe idachitika kwa masiku angapo ndi Asitikali ankhondo aku US kuyesa kukhazika mtima pansi mabanja ankhondo omwe amamwa komanso kusamba m'madzi oipitsidwa ndi mafuta, Bwanamkubwa wa State of Hawai' ndi adapereka lamulo kwa Navy kuyimitsa kugwira ntchito kwa matanki akulu amafuta a jet ndi m'masiku 30 "kutsitsa mafuta" kapena kuchotsa mafuta m'matanki! Bwanamkubwa Ige adati anthu ataya chikhulupiriro mu Navy.
Chief of Naval Operations Michael Gilday, Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro ndi Rear Admiral Blake Converse. Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Star Advertiser.
Kwa sabata yatha, m'malo mopereka chidziwitso cholondola chokhudza kuipitsidwa kwa madzi akumwa, atsogoleri akuluakulu ankhondo adagwidwa ndi mauthenga olakwika operekedwa kwa mabanja omwe akhudzidwa ndi mafuta m'madzi…ndipo adaperekedwa ku State of Hawai'i. Pamapeto pa Disembala 5 Town Hall, mazana a asitikali omwe adakwiya nawo mwa munthu adanyoza akuluakulu akuluakulu, kuphatikiza Secretary of the Navy ndi Chief of Naval Operations, ndi mafunso akuthwa komanso ndemanga zopitilira 3,200 mu Facebook Live chat. .
Carlos del Toro, Mlembi wa Navy ndi Admiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations anafika ku Honolulu koyambirira kwa chikumbutso cha December 7 Pearl Harbor Day monga chisonyezero cha kuopsa kwa mavuto azachipatala ndi maganizo pa mabanja a Navy chifukwa cha kusayankhidwa kosauka kwa anthu. lamulo la Navy ku vuto la madzi oipitsidwa.
Pamene utsogoleri wa Navy ukuyesera kuti achire chifukwa cha kuyankha kwawo pang'onopang'ono kwa zikwi makumi ambiri m'gulu la asilikali omwe akhudzidwa ndi kuwonongeka kwa mafuta a jet, zotsatira za ndale za kutayikira kwa mafuta zinawonjezeka. Pachitukuko chachikulu, Lamlungu, Disembala 5, Mlembi wa Navy ndi Chief of Naval Operations adakumana ndi gulu lankhondo, Bwanamkubwa wa State of Hawai'i ndi mamembala anayi a nthumwi ya DRM. adalemba kuyitanitsa gulu lankhondo la US Navy kuti liyimitse ntchito zonse zosungira mafuta a ndege ya Red Hill "pamene akukumana ndi kuthetsa vutoli."
Tsiku m'mbuyomo, a Senators a US Brian Schatz ndi Mazie K. Hirono ndi Oimira US Ed Case ndi Kaiali'i Kahele pambuyo pa zotsatira zoyesa anapeza zonyansa zamafuta mumadzi a Navy, adagwidwa ndi kuopsa kwa matanki amafuta omwe akutha ndikutulutsa mawu kuti. kufuna kuti Navy isinthe chikhalidwe chake chomwe chimalola ngozi zambiri popanda kuyankha: "Zikuwonekeratu kuti Asitikali ankhondo alephera kuyendetsa bwino ntchito zake zamafuta, kuphatikiza Red Hill, pamlingo womwe umateteza thanzi ndi chitetezo cha anthu aku Hawai'i. Navy iyenera kuzindikira nthawi yomweyo, kudzipatula, ndi kukonza mavuto omwe alola kuti madzi akumwa aipitsidwe pa Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Izi zikuphatikizapo kusintha kwakukulu kwa chikhalidwe cha bungwe chomwe chalola ngozi zambiri kuchitika popanda kuyankha mlandu uliwonse. "
Kumayambiriro kwa sabata, Mabwanamkubwa awiri a State of Hawai'i, a John Waihee ndi a Neil Abercrombie, adayitanitsa kutseka a Navy's Red Hill malo osungira mafuta chifukwa cha kutayikira kwa akasinja.
Mnzake Wankhondo Lauren Bauer adafunsa mkuwa wa Navy ku Houlani Community Center. Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Civil Beat.
M’misonkhano ya m’tauniyo, okwatirana ambiri ankhondo anasimba za ana awo okhala ndi zidzolo, kupwetekedwa m’mimba ndi mutu. Ana angapo ndi amayi apakati adayenera kupita kuzipinda zangozi. Ziweto sizinatetezedwe ndi madzi oipitsidwa ndipo ambiri adatengedwa kupita kwa ma vets kuti akalandire chithandizo. Mabanja opitilira 1000 asamutsidwa kupita ku mahotela a Waikiki.
Ndizodabwitsa kuti ndikuyipitsidwa kwamafuta m'nyumba za mabanja ankhondo komwe kwabweretsa kuopsa kwa akasinja amafuta amtundu wa Red Hill wazaka 80.
Zomwe zachitika kwa mabanja ankhondo zikuwonetsa kuopsa kwa anthu a 400,000 okhala ku Honolulu omwe madzi awo angaipitsidwe ndi kutayikira kwakukulu komwe kunanenedweratu kuchokera ku matanki osungira mafuta pansi pa nthaka. Ngati aquifer ya Honolulu yaipitsidwa ndi mafuta, imakhala yoipitsidwa kwamuyaya. Madzi ochokera m'madera ena a chilumbachi anayenera kupatutsidwa ndipo madzi odzaza maboti anayenera kutengedwa kuchokera kumtunda.
Chitetezo cha dziko chimangokhudza kuteteza nzika.
Asitikali akayika miyoyo ya mabanja awo komanso nzika anzawo pachiwopsezo posunga akasinja amafuta a Red Hill, ndiye kuti pali cholakwika.
Nthawi yotseka kwamuyaya, akasinja amafuta a Red Hill amtundu wachitetezo cha anthu komanso chitetezo cha dziko.
Za Wolemba: Ann Wright adatumikira zaka 29 ku US Army/Army Reserves ndipo adapuma pantchito ngati Colonel. Analinso kazembe waku US ndipo adatumikira ku akazembe a US ku Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan ndi Mongolia. Adatula pansi udindo wake ku boma la US mu Marichi 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo ya US ku Iraq. Ndiwolemba nawo "Disent: Voices of Conscience."
