NaWilliam Boardman, Kukadzi 1, 2018, Reader Supported News.
Donald Trump anoda F-35 uye nekudaro Burlington City Council - ndiyo mamiriro chaiwo emubatanidzwa
yake inyaya inonyanya kutaura nezvekuita kwakaora neBurlington City Council, mukufunga kwayo kukuru kumanikidza guta rakavakidzana kuti rive musimboti wechiuto chekuparadza, iyo yenyukireya inogona F-35 kurwisa-bhomba (mukukura kubva 1992, yekutanga kubhururuka mu2000, ichiripo isingavimbike pakutendeka mu2018, panguva a mutengo we $ 400 bhiriyoni uye kuverenga). Ehe, iyo nzvimbo yacho pachayo ine uori: Burlington inovako airport ku South Burlington, saka South Burlington haina anoshanda akati kuti ingani dzimba dzimba Burlington inoparadza muSouth Burlington kusangana nemamiriro ekunze ekuisikidza iyo yakanyarara-inokanganisa F-35 jet munharaunda. izvo hazvidi uye hazvibatsirwe nazvo. "Hutungamiri" hwese hweVermont, kazhinji maDemocrats, hwapedza makore anopfuura gumi vachiita kuti hutsinye uitike, kupararira kwenhau kwakapararira. Uye iwe unoshamisika kuti takawana sei Trump seMutungamiri.
Kupikiswa kwekuseka iyo F-35 munharaunda yekugara nharaunda ingangove yekare seyekufunga kwepamutemo kusatsigira, uye kupikisa kwave zvikuru kutaura, kufunga, uye zvakadzama. Senator Patrick Leahy, anoshanda muDemocrat neBurlington, anga achifarira kuita zvehondo kumusha kubva pakutanga, achibata sekunge panofanirwa kuonekwa sechinhu chinokudzwa cheenguruve kubva kunhandare yemaindasitiri. Seneti yakazvimirira, Bernie Sanders, semutungamiriri weDemocratic, Peter Welch, akatenderedza zvishoma rutsigiro rwake, asi hapana asvika padyo nechinzvimbo chakabatanidzwa. Magavhuna emapato ese anga ari ma cheerleaders, kunyanya Peter Shumlin, uyo akaendesa junket kuFlorida kuti anoteerera kune F-35 uye akafunga kuti yakanga isiri iyo mhere (yaive pfupi asati asarudza hutano hwepasi rese hwaisave izvo zvaidikanwa) . Meya weDemocratic Miro Weinberger, yakazvirondedzera munhu-anovaka-zvinhu, inobata maonero ehurombo hweF-35, ichiti, "Ini ndinofunga kuti sarudzo iyi yakaitwa kare, uye handisati ndanzwa chikonzero chekuvhura zvekare." Akafanana nemunhu wese muhutungamiriri hweVermont akasarudza kupokana. iyo yePentagon's Big Muddy nharo ("benzi hombe rakati zvinyurire"), zvisinei nekuti zvataurwa zvePentagon zvave sei uye kunyangwe nekushaikwa kwavo kwezvikonzero zvekutanga iyo F-35 muVermont.
Mushure memakumi emakore ekudonha shure kwehurongwa, iyo Air Force haisati iine F-35 yakagadzirira kuisa muVermont pamberi paSeptember 2019, kana zvakadaro. Uine izvi mupfungwa, F-35 vanopikisa pa Chengetedza ZVESVI Zvedu Kubva kuF-35s akasarudza kuyedza kuwana F-35 mubvunzo pavhoti yemusangano wetaundi reBurlington musi waKurume 6, 2018.
Mushure mekunyora chikumbiro ichi, varongi veSOS vakaendesa mvumo yekuumba seGurlington Gweta Gweta Eileen Blackwood. Blackwood yakazvitendera. Vazvipiri vakaunganidza zvingangoita 3000 masiginecha mukutsigira chikumbiro, sezvakatenderwa neBlackwood. Munguva yakajairika yechiitiko, chikumbiro chakabvumidzwa chine masiginecha akakwana anoenda pavhoti sekuratidzwa.
Ndozvazviri kunyange nezvikumbiro zvakaita seiya kubva ku Burlington Anti-Hondo Kubatana mu2005 inoshevedza Vermont kuunza mauto eUS kumba kubva kuIraq:
Shanduko Yakazara: "Vachavhota Guta reBurlington vachipa zano Mutungamiriri neCongress kuti Burlington nevagari vemo vanotsigira varume nevakadzi vanoshanda muUnited States Mauto eIraq uye vanotenda kuti nzira yakanakisa yekuvatsigira ndeyokuvaunza kumba izvozvi? "
Kanzuru yeguta yakatsigira gadziriro iyi, yaipfuura mune yega yega guta (pamwe ne46 mamwe madhorobha eVermont), uye yakanga iine 65.2% yevavhoti rutsigiro muBurlington. Izvo zvaive nyore mu2005, asi makore gumi nematatu akazotevera, aine kanzuru yeguta inotongwa nevanhu vanozvidaidza kuti Progressives uye maDemocrats, pfungwa yekurwisa muchina wehondo yakava, neimwe nzira, ichitambudza kune angangoita matatu makanzuru emaguta: Republican Kurt Wright, kumusoro kwesarudzo, Independent David Hartnett, uye mutungamiri wekanzuru Jane Knodell, Progressive ine kusarudzwa zvakare kukanzuru mu2013 kwakavakirwa muchikamu kupikiswa kweF-35. Akazo vhota kupikisa Progressive zvirevo kuvharidzira iyo F-35 kubva kuBurlington International Airport kana kunonoka chero danho rekuisa pasi. Anovhenekerwa purofesa wezvehupfumi paUniversity of Vermont, Knodell anoonekwa nemumwe mukanzura "pamwe ndiye munhu akangwara pagome" Akabvuma chishuwo chekuva meya.
Vakatarisana nechisarudzo chavaipikisa, Wright, Hartnett, uye "munhu akangwara kwazvo patafura" vakasarudza kubvisa maitiro ehutongi, uye kuzviita nenzira yekusavimbika. Vakasarudza, vasina kuwana siginecha yemumwe munhu kusaina, kuisa chikumbiro chavo kuvavhoti, zvine simba zvakapokana. Vakagadzira Gweta reguta vachiseka. Maitiro acho aigona kunge asina kunyanya kuve akaora mune zvaanovavarira. Hapana kana mumwe wemakanzura matatu akapindura kune email kubvunza achibvunza, "Uri kufungei?"
Chikumbiro cheSOS chakatemerwa nevanenge vangangovhota 3000 chiri zviri nyore uye zvakananga:
"Isu isu here, isu vanovhota Guta reBurlington, sechikamu chetsigiro yedu yakasimba kuvarume nevakadzi veVermont National Guard, uye kunyanya shuviro yavo 'yekuchengetedza vagari veVermont,' kuraira City Council kuti:
1) kumbira kubviswa kwegadziriro yakarongwa yeF-35 paBurlington International Airport, uye
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Iyo SOS webhusaiti inopa 20 rutsigiro zvinyorwa uye zvisere zvinyorwa zvinotsigira iwo mutsara wechikumbiro. Iyo Vermont National Guard chinangwa - "chengetedza vagari veVermont" - inouya kubva kune yeWebhu saiti. SOS inotaura kuti "vagari veVermont" vanosanganisira vanhu, vazhinji varombo uye / kana vanobva kune dzimwe nyika, avo dzimba dziri kuparara uye hupenyu hwakakanganisika nekuda kweiyo nyore ndege yehondo isina basa rakakosha mudunhu iri.
Knodell, Wright, uye Hartnett vakatanga yavo hatchet basa nekucheka clause pamusoro peiyo Guard basa rekuchengetedza Vermonters. Havana kutaura kuti nei, ingorega kukuvadzwa kwemubatanidzwa kurara ipapo. Ivo vakanyepa nekuwedzera clause kumagumo, "vachiziva kuti panogona kunge pasina chimwe chigadzirwa chakafanana," manyepo ekuda kuponeswa kubva pakashinga-kutarisana nekuiswa kwe "may." Iyi ndiyo chinzvimbo chePentagon, kuti hapana chirongwa B, asi izvo ndezve kusatendeseka zvachose. Chikonzero chega chekuti hapana chirongwa B ndechekuti Pentagon yakaramba yakamira pamusoro penyaya kwemakore. Ivo vanogona kugadzira chirongwa B mangwana kana vakasarudza kudaro. Kugadziriswa kweKnodell kunoratidzika kunge piritsi yehupfu yeune nemaune yakawedzerwa mukutenda kwakashata. Iko kufunga kunosimbiswa kana iwe wasvika kune yekufungidzira "ne-es-" iyo Knodell timu yakaisa pamberi pechisarudzo chekuomesa nayo mberi, asi zvakakwana.
Chikwata cheKnodell hachina kungomhanyisa kwechokwadi chekuita uye kuita kwakasununguka kweruzhinji. Kuronga kwavo kuisa sarudzo yavo pachavo panzvimbo yeyakagadzirirwa akanyatso kutaridzika kunge kusiri pamutemo pamwe nekune zvisiri mubumbiro.
Izvi zvakamisa kukonana kwemusangano wekanzuru yeguta yaJanuary 29, panguva iyo vapikisi veF-35 vakagadzirirwa kuramba Knodell chicanery zvinonzwika uye zvine simba. Mhedzisiro yacho yaive anticlimax. Kanzuru yakavhota 10-2 (Knodell for it) kuti igamuchire SOS resolution sezvakaratidzwa. Wright naHartnett chete vakaramba. Midhiya kufukidzwa kwe kukunda kweyakafanira kukodzera maitiro hwakasiyana kubva zvakananga to kuseka chaiko to zvimwe zvakapusa to pane kushayisa hanya. Hapana mumwe wevhavha akataura nezve iyo yekuyedza maitiro ehuwori anotungamira kunovhota, zvakanyanya hutsika yetsika yakasvibiswa iyo F-35 inobudirira masks nekugona kwayo kusimba. Sezvo ikozvino kuongororwa nePentagon, iyo F-35 haigone kupfura zvakananga uye ine zvinopfuura 200 kumwe kushomeka, asi Australia iri kuenda mberi kutenga 100 yavo. MuAustralia wemauto anofunga yakaomesa musoro: "Zvinoshungurudza kuti kuchine kushomeka kukwira nguva dzose mundege yatichazosvika kwapera makore gumi gare gare kupfuura zvataifunga pakutanga."
Iko Kurume 6 vhoti pane yakagadziriswa inongova kuraira chete, saka kunyangwe kana paine rutsigiro rwakakura rweimwe nzira kune F-35, ndedzipi misiyano yesarudzo dzakasarudzika dzakawandisa? Ichi chi nguva yaTrump. Ari kukumbira bhajeti rinotevera kuve ne $ 716 bhiriyoni mukushandiswa kwemauto, uye Vermont inoita kunge inofunga kuwana imwe yemari iyoyo yakakosha kudarika chero chinhu chipi zvacho.
William M. Boardman ane makore anopfuura 40 ruzivo mumitambo yemitambo, redhiyo, TV, kudhindwa kwekutapura, uye zvisiri zvekunyepedzera, zvinosanganisira makore 20 mudare reVermont. Akawana rukudzo kubva kuVanyori Guild of America, Corporation for Broadcasting, magazini yeVermont Life, uye zita reEmmy Award kubva kuChikoro cheTerevhizheni Arts neSainzi.
