Wolemba Bianca Mugyenyi, Chiwembu, April 8, 2021
Sabata ino anthu 100 mdziko lonselo atenga nawo mbali mu Palibe Mgwirizano Wankhondo YankhondoMofulumira komanso kuyesetsa kutsutsa zomwe Canada akufuna kugula kwa ndege zankhondo zatsopano 88. Pulogalamu ya Mofulumira Kuyimitsa Ma Jets idzalemekezanso omwe adaphedwa ndi ndege zankhondo zaku Canada.
M'miyezi ikubwerayi, boma likuyembekezeka kutulutsa kuwunika koyambirira kwa malingaliro a ma jets atsopano. Ochita nawo mpikisano ndi Saab's Gripen, Boeing's Super Hornet ndi Lockheed Martin's F-35.
Funso la ndege yankhondo yawononga kwambiri boma la feduro. Pochitira umboni ku House of Commons Standing Committee on Defense Lachiwiri, wakale wakale wa Privy Council a Michael Wernick adanena kugula ndege zatsopano zankhondo ndi zina mwazinthu zomwe "zidatipangitsa kuti tisataye mtima" pazonena zakuchita zachiwerewere ndi wamkulu wakale wa achitetezo a Jonathan Vance.
Boma la feduro likuti likukonzekera kuwononga $ 19 biliyoni pama jets atsopano. Koma ndiye mtengo womata basi. Kutengera ndege yomwe yasankhidwa, mtengo wowona ungakhale wochulukirapo kanayi. Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa lomwe linatulutsidwa ndi No Fighter Jets Coalition, mtengo wamoyo - kuyambira kugula mpaka kusunga ndege - akuti $ Biliyoni 77.
Zomwezi zitha kupezedwa bwino kuti zibwezeretsere komanso ntchito za Green New Deal. Ndalama zoperekedwa pandege zankhondo zitha kuthetsanso mavuto amadzi amitundu yoyamba ndikutsimikizira madzi akumwa abwino m'malo aliwonse. Ndipo ndi ndalama zokwanira kumanga magawo masauzande ambiri a nyumba zachitukuko kapena njanji zingapo zopepuka m'mizinda yosiyanasiyana.
Koma si nkhani yongowononga ndalama zokha. Canada ili paulendo wotuluka kwambiri mpweya wowonjezera kutentha (GHGs) kuposa momwe adagwirizanirana mgwirizanowu wa 2015 Paris. Komabe tikudziwa kuti ndege zankhondo zimagwiritsa ntchito mafuta osaneneka. Pambuyo pa Kuphulitsa bomba kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ku Libya mu 2011, Gulu Lankhondo Laku Royal Canada kuwululidwa kuti ma jets ake khumi ndi awiri amadya malita miliyoni 8.5 a mafuta. Kuphatikiza apo, mpweya womwe umatuluka m'malo okwera kwambiri umatenthetsa kwambiri, ndipo zina "zotuluka" kuphatikiza nitrous oxide, nthunzi yamadzi ndi mwaye, zomwe zimakhudzanso nyengo.
Ndi mpweya wa carbon dioxide m'mlengalenga ukudutsa Magawo 420 pa miliyoni kwa nthawi yoyamba sabata yatha, ndi nthawi yopanda pake kugula ndege zankhondo zopitilira kaboni.
Dipatimenti ya National Defense ndi yomwe ili Kutulutsa kwakukulu kwama GHG m'boma. Chodabwitsa, komabe, kutulutsa kwa asitikaliwo sikungaperekedwe pakuchepetsa dziko.
Kuphatikiza pa kuwonetsetsa kuti sitingakwaniritse zolinga zathu zanyengo, ndege zomenyera nkhondo sizoyenera kuteteza aku Canada. Sizothandiza kwenikweni polimbana ndi mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi kapena kuwukira kwamtundu wa 9/11, kuthana ndi masoka achilengedwe, kupereka chithandizo padziko lonse lapansi kapena pantchito zosunga mtendere. Izi ndi zida zoyipitsa zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mphamvu zakumlengalenga zizigwirizana ndi US ndi NATO.
Makampeni a imfa ndi chiwonongeko
Kwa zaka makumi angapo zapitazi, ndege zankhondo zaku Canada zathandizira kwambiri pakuphulitsa bomba komwe kumatsogozedwa ndi US ku Iraq (1991), Serbia (1999), Libya (2011) komanso ku Syria ndi Iraq (2014-2016).
Mabomba a masiku 78 a dziko lomwe kale linali Yugoslavia kuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi ngati United Nations Security Council kapena boma la Serbia adavomereza. Zomwezo zitha kunenedwanso kuphulika kwaposachedwa kwambiri ku Syria. Mu 2011, Security Council avomereza malo osayendetsa ndege kuteteza anthu wamba aku Libyan, koma bomba la NATO lidapitilira chilolezo cha UN.
Mphamvu yomweyo idaseweredwa ndi Iraq koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 90. Pa nthawi ya nkhondoyi, ndege zankhondo zaku Canada zachita nawo zomwe zimatchedwa "Bubiyan Turkey Shoot" anawononga a Iraq zombo zapamadzi zopitilira zana, komanso kuphulitsa bomba kwamgwirizano zidawononga zida zambiri zankhondo zaku Iraq. Kupanga magetsi mdzikolo kudawonongedwa makamaka monga madamu akulu, malo opangira zimbudzi, zida zamafoni, ma doko ndi zoyengera mafuta. Asitikali aku Iraq zikwi makumi awiri ndi anthu wamba zikwizikwi anaphedwa.
Ku Serbia, anthu mazana ambiri adamwalira pa bomba lomwe NATO idaphulitsa bomba mu 1999 ndipo masauzande ambiri adathawa kwawo. Mabomba a NATO "Kuwononga malo ogulitsa ndi zomangamanga kunayambitsa zinthu zowopsa zowononga mpweya, madzi ndi nthaka." Kuwonongeka kwadala kwa mankhwala opangira mankhwala kunayambitsa kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa chilengedwe.
Ku Libya, ndege zankhondo za NATO zawononga kwambiri madzi amtsinje wa Great Manmade. Kuwukira gwero la 70 peresenti ya madzi a anthu mwina kunali nkhanza za nkhondo. Chiyambireni nkhondo ya 2011, mamiliyoni aku Libyria akumana ndi zovuta vuto lamadzi. Pakati pa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yankhondo, mgwirizanowu udatsika 20,000 mabomba pazolinga pafupifupi 6,000, kuphatikiza zoposa nyumba za boma za 400 kapena malo olamula. Ambiri, mwina mazana, a anthu wamba adaphedwa pa ziwonetserozi.
Mwezi wa Okutobala Kafukufuku wa Nanos adawulula kuti kampeni yophulitsa bomba ndimagwiritsidwe ntchito osakondedwa ndi asitikali. Omwe anafunsidwa atafunsidwa "momwe mukuthandizira, ngati mulidi othandizira, ngati muli amitundu yotsatirayi yaku Canada mishoni zapadziko lonse lapansi," kuwombera ndege ndi komwe sikunali kotchuka pamitundu isanu ndi itatu yomwe idaperekedwa.
Makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu ndi awiri% adathandizira "kutengapo gawo pothandiza pakagwa masoka achilengedwe kunja" ndipo 74% adathandizira "mabungwe amtendere a United Nations," pomwe 28% yokha mwa omwe adafunsidwa adathandizira "kuchititsa gulu lankhondo laku Canada kuchita nawo ziwombankhanga." Kuphatikiza apo, kugwiritsa ntchito gulu lankhondo kuthandizira maimidwe a NATO ndi omwe amatsogozedwa ndi omwe anali anzawo sikunali kofunika kwenikweni kwa omwe adafunsidwa.
Poyankha funso, "Mukuganiza kwanu, ndi udindo uti woyenera kwambiri ku Gulu Lankhondo Laku Canada?" 6.9 peresenti ya omwe adafunsidwa adati, "kuthandizira amisili / mabungwe a NATO" pomwe 39.8% adasankha "kusunga mtendere" ndipo 34.5% asankha "kuteteza Canada." Komabe, kuwononga $ 77 biliyoni pomenya ndege zankhondo zanzeru kumangomveka pazinthu zomwe akufuna kumenya nawo nkhondo mtsogolo muno ku US ndi NATO.
Ngati boma la Canada likufunitsitsa kuteteza moyo padziko lapansi, sikuyenera kugula ndege 88 zosafunikira, zowononga nyengo, zowopsa zatsopano.
Bianca Mugyenyi ndi director of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.
Chithunzi cha ngongole: John Torcasio / Unsplash
