Wolemba John Reuwer, Epulo 22, 2020
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Ma Vermonters agawika m'malingaliro athu ngati F-35 iyenera kuwuluka kuchokera ku Burlington International Airport. Ngakhale ndikuvutika kwa anthu komanso kuwonongeka kwachuma komwe tikukumana nako chifukwa cha mliri wa coronavirus, ndege 15 za Vermont Air Guard zikupitilira kuwuluka pamwamba. Malinga ndi a Gov. Phil Scott, uku ndikukwaniritsa "ntchito yawo ya federal," yomwe pafupi ndi momwe ndikudziwira ndikumenya nkhondo kunja. Kufupi ndi kwathu, izi zikutanthauza kutulutsa phokoso lovulaza, kubzala mlengalenga mwathu ndi zowononga zomwe zimayaka 1,500 magaloni amafuta a jet pa ola limodzi kwa ndege iliyonse panthawi yomwe tikudziwa Kuipitsa mpweya kumafooketsa mapapo athu'Kukhoza kukana coronavirus.
Ma Vermonters amawoneka ogawidwa mofanana pakati pa chithandizo cha ndege izi ku BTV kapena kutsutsa. Manambala olimba okha omwe tili nawo ndi ochokera ku referendum ya mzinda wa Burlington wa 2018, pomwe ovota adaganiza 56% mpaka 44% kufunsa a Vermont Air National Guard kuti achite ntchito ina kusiyapo F-35. Ngakhale zikuoneka kuti anthu okhala ku South Burlington, Williston ndi Winooski angavotere maulendo apamwamba kwambiri, omwe akukhala m'madera omwe sali okhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ngozi ya ngozi ndi kuipitsa akhoza kuvota.
Ngakhale kuli kosangalatsa kumva kuti anthu amdera lathu asonkhana pamodzi kuthandizana, ngati mikhalidwe yoyambitsidwa ndi Covid-19 ikuipiraipira kapena kutsekeredwa m'ndende kwa miyezi yambiri, mzimu wathu wa mgwirizano udzakhala wovuta kuusunga. Kusagwirizana kwathu pa F-35 kumatsindika mzimu wa mgwirizano umenewo. Kodi tikutsutsana ndi chiyani kwenikweni?
Palibe amene adakayikirapo za Air Force's Impact Statement ya Air Force yomwe amatchula zovulaza ndege izi ayenera kuchita kwa ana athu, chilengedwe chathu, ndi thanzi lathu. Kusagwirizana kwathu kumabwera pakuwunika ngati phindu la ndegeyo ndi lokwanira mtengo wake. Ngakhale ntchito zili zofunika, kupanga ntchito kudzera mundege zomwe zimawononga $100 miliyoni imodzi ndi $40,000 pa ola kuti ziwuluke sizotsika mtengo. M'malo mwake, chifukwa champhamvu kwambiri chomwe timasankha ngati kukhala ndi F-35 pano kuli koyenera zimatengera nkhani yomwe timadziuza tokha zomwe zimatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka m'zaka za zana la 21. Ndipo tili ndi chosankha pankhaniyi.
Yoyamba ikupita motere: Nkhondo ndi ulendo waulemerero wopatsa ngwazi zathu zankhondo; Amereka nthawi zonse amamenya nkhondo kuti ateteze ufulu ndi demokalase; ndipo kupambana kuli koyenera mtengo uliwonse. Wankhondo wathu wamakono / woponya mabomba ndi chizindikiro champhamvu cha nkhaniyi. Kaya kuvulazidwa kwakung'ono kotani ku Vermonters ndiko kudzimana kofunikira komwe timapanga mokondwera kuti titetezeke.
Nkhani yachiŵiri ikunena chinachake chosiyana kwambiri: Nkhondo imachititsa imfa ya anthu ambiri ndi kulumala; imawononga chuma, imawononga chilengedwe, ndipo mwina sichidzatha. Zimawononga kwambiri anthu wamba, mwina mwadala kapena "kuwononga ndalama," ndipo m'malo motiteteza, zimapanga anthu okwiya omwe angakhale zigawenga. F-35 makamaka singatiteteze ku ziwopsezo zankhondo zamakono monga ma ICBM a nyukiliya kapena zoponya zapamadzi, ma cyberattack, kapena zigawenga. Ndipo nkhondo imakulitsa ziwopsezo zina zenizeni monga kuipitsidwa, kusintha kwanyengo, ndi miliri ya ma virus, kwinaku akukhetsa zinthu zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito kutiteteza kuzinthu zimenezo.
Ndi iti mwa nkhani ziwirizi zomwe mungadziuze zomwe zingakupatseni yankho ku phokoso la 105 decibel la F-35, kwa ana aang'ono omwe akuvutika kuphunzira ndi phokoso, kapena ku FAA kutiuza kuti anthu oposa 6,000 adzakhala ndi nyumba zawo zolembedwa " zosayenera kukhalamo.” Kutsatira nkhani No. 1, mukuganiza. "Aa, phokoso la ufulu. Chochepa chomwe tingachite ndikudzipereka kuti tipatse ankhondo athu olimba mtima zabwino kwambiri. ”
Komano ngati nkhani ya nambala 2 imveka bwino, mutha kuganiza kuti, “Kodi angachite bwanji izi kwa anthu ammudzi? N’chifukwa chiyani Mlonda samatiteteza osati kutivulaza?” Ndipo "Chifukwa chiyani, mayiko ambiri akamalimbana ndi mliri waukulu, kodi ife a Vermont tikhala tikuchita kupha anthu pakati pa dziko lonse lapansi?"
Kodi tingathetse bwanji vuto limeneli? Ndikuganiza kuti tifunse kaye, “Kodi nkhani yomwe ndimadziuza ndekha ndi nkhani LANGA, kapena ndimavomereza makamaka chifukwa cha zaka kapena zaka zambiri ndikuimva ikubwerezedwa? Kodi mtima wanga ndi chifukwa changa zimandiuza chiyani kuti zikutiyika pachiwopsezo? Chachiwiri, tiyeni titsegule zokambirana zambiri pamisonkhano ya City Council ndi mabwalo monga Front Porch Forum. Manyuzipepala ndi osindikiza pa intaneti amatha kuwongolera zokambirana za anthu. M'nthawi ya mliriwu womwe ulibe deti lotha ntchito, tingachite bwino kumvetsera zomwe wina aliyense akuopa ndi kugwirizana kwambiri za tsogolo lathu limodzi.
John Reuwer, MD ndi membala wa World BEYOND War's board of directors and adjunct professor of Conflict Resolution ku St. Michael's College ku Vermont.
