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uDonald Trump uthanda i-F-35 kunye neBhunga lesiXeko saseBurlington - yimeko yokwenene yomanyano leyo
Ibali lakhe libali ikakhulu malunga nezenzo zorhwaphilizo ezenziwa yiBhunga lesiXeko saseBurlington, ekuzimiseni kwayo ngokuphambili ukunyanzela isixeko esingummelwane ukuba sibe sisiseko sesixhobo sokutshabalalisa abantu abaninzi, isixhobo senyukliya esinamandla. I-F-35 umlwi-ibhombu (ekuphuhlisweni ukusukela ngo-1992, yaqala ukubhabha ngo-2000, nangoku ayinakuhanjiswa ngokuthembekileyo ngo 2018, e ixabiso le-400 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi nokubala). Ewe, indawo ngokwayo yonakele: iBurlington ingumnini wesikhululo seenqwelomoya eSouth Burlington, ke ngoko uMzantsi Burlington awunanto yakuthetha ukuba zingaphi iiyunithi zezindlu ezitshatyalaliswe yiBurlington eSouth Burlington ukuhlangabezana nemigangatho yokusingqongileyo yokunyanzeliswa kwejethi ye-F-35 ezolileyo eluntwini. ayifuni kwaye ayiyi kuxhamla kuyo. Lonke "inkokeli" yelizwe laseVermont, uninzi lweeDemokhrasi, ichithe ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka isenza esi sihelegu senzeke, ukuhambelana kweendaba ngokubanzi. Kwaye uyazibuza ukuba simfumene njani uTrump njengoMongameli.
Inkcaso yokuseka i-F-35 kwindawo yokuhlala ubuncinane indala njengenkxaso esemthethweni engenangqondo, kwaye inkcaso iye yaba. icace ngakumbi, ukucinga, kwaye ineenkcukacha. USenator uPatrick Leahy, umdemokhrasi kunye nenzalelwane yaseBurlington, ubenomdla wokulwa idolophu yakowabo kwasekuqaleni, eyiphatha ngokungathi ibonwa njengeqhekeza elibekekileyo lehagu evela kwindawo yezomkhosi. USenator ozimeleyo uBernie Sanders, njengomongameli weDemokhrasi uPeter Welch, uthintele kancinci kwinkxaso yakhe, kodwa akasondeli kwisikhundla esichazwe kakuhle, ngakumbi inkcaso. Iirhuluneli zamaqela omabini ziye zaba ngabalandeli, ngakumbi uPeter Shumlin, owathatha i-junket eFlorida ukuya kumamela i-F-35 kwaye wagqiba ekubeni yayingekho yonke into ekhwazayo (okwakukufutshane ngaphambi kokuba athathe isigqibo sokuba ukhathalelo lwezempilo jikelele lwalungekho yonke into eyimfuneko) . Usodolophu wedemokhrasi UMiro Weinberger, umntu ozichazayo umntu-owakha-izinto, igqabaza imbono yenciniba kwiF-35, ithi, “Ndicinga ukuba esi sigqibo senziwa kudala, kwaye andikasiva isizathu esinyanzelisayo sokusivula kwakhona.” Ufana naye wonke umntu okwinkokeli yaseVermont okhethe ukucela umngeni kwingxoxo yePentagon's Big Muddy ("isidenge esikhulu sithe masicinezele"), nokuba amabango ePentagon abubuvuvu kangakanani na ngaphandle kokunqongophala kwezizathu ezinyanzelisayo zokuseka i-F-35 eVermont.
Emva kwamashumi eminyaka ewa emva kweshedyuli, uMkhosi woMoya awukakabinayo i-F-35 elungele ukuthunyelwa eVermont ngaphambi kukaSeptemba ka-2019, ukuba kunjalo. Unale nto engqondweni, abachasi be-F-35 kwi SINDISA IZIZULU ZETHU KWI-F-35s isigqibo sokuzama ukufumana umbuzo we-F-35 kwivoti kwintlanganiso yedolophu yaseBurlington ngoMatshi 6, 2018.
Emva kokuyila uxwebhu lwezikhalazo, abaququzeleli beSOS balunikezele ukuze lwamkelwe njengoko lusekwe liGqwetha lesiXeko saseBurlington u-Eileen Blackwood. UBlackwood wayivuma. Amavolontiya aqokelele amalunga nama-3000 abasayiniweyo ukuxhasa uxwebhu lwezikhalazo, njengoko kuvunywe nguBlackwood. Ngexesha lesiqhelo, uxwebhu lwezikhalazo oluvunyiweyo olunotyikityo olwaneleyo luya kuvoto njengoko lubonisiwe.
Yinyani leyo nakwizibongozo ezinje ngale Burlington Anti-War Coalition Ngo-2005 ibiza iVermont ukuba izise imikhosi yase-US ekhaya isuka e-Iraq:
IsiGqibo esiPheleleyo: "Ngaba abavoti besiXeko saseBurlington bayakucebisa uMongameli kunye neCongress ukuba iBurlington kunye nabemi bayo baxhasa ngokuqinileyo amadoda nabasetyhini abasebenza kwi-United States Army Forces e-Iraq kwaye bakholelwa ukuba eyona ndlela ingcono yokubaxhasa kukubazisa. ekhaya ngoku?”
Ibhunga lesixeko liye lasixhasa esi sigqibo, laphumelela kwiwadi nganye edolophini (kunye nakwezinye iidolophu zaseVermont ezingama-46), kwaye lafumana inkxaso yabavoti eyi-65.2% eBurlington. Oko kwaba lula ngo-2005, kodwa kwiminyaka elishumi elinesithathu kamva, nge ibhunga lesixeko ilawulwa ngabantu abazibiza ngokuba yiProgressives kunye neDemokhrasi, ingcamango yokuchasana nomkhosi wemfazwe yaba, ngandlela-thile, yakhathaza ubuncinane ooceba abathathu besixeko: iRiphabhlikhi yaseRiphabhlikhi uKurt Wright, ukuya kunyulwa kwakhona, u-Independent David Hartnett, kunye umongameli webhunga uJane Knodell, iProgressive unyulo lwakhe kwakhona kwibhunga ngo-2013 lwalusekwe ngokuyinxenye inkcaso kwi-F-35. Kamva wavota ngokuchasene nezindululo eziqhubela phambili ukuvala i-F-35 ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBurlington okanye ukulibazisa nasiphi na isigqibo esisisiseko. Unjingalwazi oqeshiweyo wezoqoqosho kwiDyunivesithi yaseVermont, uKnodell uthathelwa ingqalelo lelinye ilungu lebhunga “mhlawumbi oyena mntu ukrelekrele etafileni.” Uwuvumile umnqweno wokuba ngusodolophu.
Bejamelene nesigqibo ababesichasile, uWright, uHartnett, “noyena mntu ukrelekrele etafileni” bagqiba kwelokuba bayiphelise inkqubo yedemokhrasi, baze bayenze ngokunganyaniseki. Baye bagqiba kwelokuba, ngaphandle kokufumana utyikityo lommi omnye, ukuba babeke esabo isicelo kubavoti, ngesiphumo esichaswe ngokugqithisileyo. Baye benza igqwetha lesixeko lashukuma. Le nkqubo yayingenakonakala ngakumbi kwinjongo yayo. Akukho namnye kwabathathu bebhunga ophendule kumbuzo we-imeyile ebuza, "Ucinga ntoni?"
Uxwebhu lwezikhalazo lwe-SOS oluvunywe ngabavoti abaphantse babe ngama-3000 elula kwaye ngqo:
“Ingaba thina, abavoti besiXeko saseBurlington, njengenxalenye yenkxaso yethu emandla kumadoda nabafazi bonogada beSizwe baseVermont, ngakumbi injongo yabo 'yokukhusela abemi baseVermont,' sicebisa iBhunga lesiXeko ukuba:
1) cela ukucinywa kwesiseko esicwangcisiweyo se-F-35 kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBurlington, kunye
2) endaweni yokucela isixhobo esikwinqanaba elisezantsi lengxolo enerekhodi eqinisekisiweyo yokhuseleko oluphezulu olufanelekileyo kwindawo enabemi abaninzi?
Iwebhusayithi yeSOS inikeza amanqaku enkxaso angama-20 kunye nezicatshulwa ezisibhozo ezixhasa ingqiqo yesikhalazo. Umsebenzi woMlindi weSizwe weVermont – “ukukhusela abemi baseVermont” – uphuma kwiwebhusayithi yoMlindi. I-SOS ixoxa ukuba "abemi baseVermont" babandakanya abantu, uninzi lwabo bangamahlwempu kunye / okanye abaphambukeli, abazindlu zabo zitshatyalaliswayo kwaye ubomi babo buphazamisekile ukulungiselela inqwelomoya yemfazwe engenanjongo ifanelekileyo kulo mmandla.
U-Knodell, uWright, kunye noHartnett baqala umsebenzi wabo we-hatchet ngokusika igatya malunga nomsebenzi woMkhosi wokukhusela iiVermonters. Abakhange batsho ukuba kutheni, vumela nje umonakalo owenziweyo ulale apho. Baye baxoka ngokongeza igatya ekugqibeleni, "beqonda ukuba akunakubakho esinye isixhobo esilinganayo," ubuxoki benjongo bokusindiswa ekubunjweni bubukroti ngokufakwa kuka "May." Esi sisikhundla sePentagon, ukuba akukho Sicwangciso B, kodwa oko kukunganyaniseki ngokupheleleyo. Ekuphela kwesizathu sokuba kungabikho iPlani B kukuba iPentagon imile kulo mba iminyaka. Bangenza iPlan B ngomso ukuba bakhethe njalo. Isilungiso seKnodell sijongeka njengepilisi yetyhefu ngabom eyongezwe ngokholo olubi olugqibeleleyo. Olo luvo luyaqiniswa xa ufika kwi-preambulatory "kanti-es" iqela le-Knodell libeka phambi kwesigqibo sokuyenza buthathaka ngakumbi, kodwa ngokwaneleyo sele.
Iqela le-Knodell alizange livele liphazame ngokuziphatha okunyanisekileyo kunye nokuziqhelanisa nedemokhrasi efanelekileyo. Isicwangciso sabo sokubeka esabo isisombululo endaweni yeso esilungiswe ngokufanelekileyo sibonakale singekho mthethweni kwaye sichasene nomgaqo-siseko.
Oku kwaseka ungquzulwano kwintlanganiso yebhunga lesixeko kaJanuwari 29, apho abachasi be-F-35 babekulungele ukuchasa i-Knodell chicanery ngokuvakalayo nangamandla. Umphumo waba yinkcitha-xesha. Ibhunga ivotele i-10-2 (i-Knodell ngayo) ukuba yamkele isisombululo se-SOS njengoko sibonisiwe. Kuphela nguWright noHartnett abaphikisayo. Ukuhanjiswa kweendaba zoloyiso lwenkqubo efanelekileyo efunekayo kwahluka ukusuka ngqo ukuba ukuhlekisa ngokungacacanga ukuba kancinci kancinci ukuba kunokuba ujongele phantsi. Akukho nanye kwiingxelo ezithethileyo malunga nenkqubo yokuzama urhwaphilizo ekhokelela kuvoto, singasathethi ke ngenkcubeko eyonakeleyo ethi i-F-35 igqume ngempumelelo ngesakhono sayo sobuqhetseba. Njengoko ivavanywa ngoku yi-Pentagon, i-F-35 ayikwazi ukudubula ngokuthe tye kwaye ingaphezu 200 nezinye iintsilelo, kodwa iOstreliya iya phambili ithenga ezili-100 kubo. Umntu waseOstreliya ingcibi yeqhinga lomkhosi waphawula okomileyo: “Iyadanisa into yokuba kusekho iintsilelo ezenzeka rhoqo kwinqwelo-moya esiza kuzifumana malunga neminyaka elishumi kamva kunokuba besicinga ngaphambili.”
Ivoti ye-6 kaMatshi malunga nesisombululo licebiso kuphela, ke nokuba kukho inkxaso eyothusayo yolunye uhlobo lwe-F-35, athini amathuba okhetho olunjalo lwedemokhrasi? Yi le ixesha likaTrump. Ucela uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olulandelayo ukuba lube ne-716 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwinkcitho yasemkhosini, kwaye iVermont ibonakala icinga ukuba ukufumana enye yaloo mali kubaluleke kakhulu kunayo nayiphi na enye into.
UWilliam M. Boardman uneminyaka engaphezu kwama-40 yamava kwithiyetha, unomathotholo, iTV, ushicilelo lweendaba, kunye neengxelo ezingezizo ezenyani, kuquka iminyaka engama-20 kwinkundla yaseVermont. Ufumene amawonga kubabhali beGuild of America, iQumrhu loSasazo loLuntu, imagazini yeVermont Life, kunye nembasa ye-Emmy yokuchongwa kwiAkhademi yeTelevishini yobuGcisa kunye neSayensi.
