Inkqubo ye-THAAD yokulwa ne-missile iqinisekile ukuba ilungile, batsho abahlalutyi abamivuzo yabo ihlawulwe ngumenzi we-THAAD.
BY UADAM JOHNSON, FAIR.
Njengoko ingxabano phakathi kwe-United States kunye neNorth Korea iqhubeka nokunyuka, itanki yokucinga enye, iZiko leSifundo seSicwangciso kunye neZizwe ngezizwe (CSIS), liye laba lilizwi eliqhelekileyo malunga nesihloko sokukhusela imijukujelwa, inikezela ngeeQuotes eziNgcaciso ezisemthethweni kwiintatheli ezininzi. Amajelo eendaba aseNtshona. Zonke ezi ngcaphuno zithetha ngesongelo esingxamisekileyo saseNyakatho Korea kwaye kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthunyelwa kwe-United States kwi-Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) inkqubo ye-missile yase-South Korea:
- "Ii-THAADs zilungelelaniswe nezo zisongelo eziphakathi kweNorth Korea e-spades-North Korea ibonisa rhoqo uhlobo lobuchule," kusho uThomas Karako, umlawuli weProjekthi yoKhuseleko lweMissile kwiZiko leSifundo seSicwangciso kunye neZizwe ngeZizwe. "IiTHAADs kanye luhlobo lwento onokuthi uyifune kwindawo yengingqi." (Wired, 4/23/17)
- Kodwa [CSIS's Karako] ibize [THAAD] inyathelo lokuqala elibalulekileyo. "Oku akukona malunga nokuba nekhaka eligqibeleleyo, oku malunga nokuthenga ixesha kwaye ngaloo ndlela kube negalelo ekuthembekeni okupheleleyo kokuthintela," utshilo uKarako. AFP. (France24, 5/2/17)
- I-THAAD iyindlela efanelekileyo, utsho uThomas Karako, umlawuli weProjekthi yoKhuselo lweMissile kwiziko leSifundo seSicwangciso kunye neSifundo saMazwe ngaMazwe (CSIS) eWashington, echaza irekhodi eligqibeleleyo lokuthintela kwiimvavanyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. (UMoni weNzululwazi yobuKristu, 7/21/16)
- Ukubona i-THAAD "njengesiphumo sendalo" soyikiso oluvela eNyakatho Korea, uBonnie Glaser, umcebisi omkhulu wase-Asia kwiziko leSifundo seSicwangciso kunye neHlabathi (CSIS), uxelele. NgoMvulo ukuba iWashington kufuneka iqhubeke nokuxelela iBeijing "le nkqubo ayijoliswanga eTshayina ... kwaye [iTshayina] kuya kufuneka iphile nesi sigqibo." (Izwi leMelika, 3/22/17)
- UVictor Cha, ingcali yaseKorea kunye negosa langaphambili le-White House ngoku kwiziko leSicwangciso soBuchule kunye neZifundo zaMazwe ngaMazwe eWashington, wadlala phantsi amathuba okuba i-THAAD ibuyiselwe. "Ukuba i-THAAD isetyenziswe ngaphambi konyulo kwaye inikwe isoyikiso somjukujelwa waseNyakatho Korea, andicingi ukuba kuya kuba bubulumko ukuba urhulumente omtsha acele ukuba abuyiselwe," utshilo u-Cha. (Reuters, 3/10/17)
- UThomas Karako, ugxa ophezulu kunye neNkqubo yoKhuseleko lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kwiZiko leSifundo seQhinga kunye neHlabathi, uthe amanyathelo angathanga ngqo eTshayina, ukuziphindezela malunga nokuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD kuya kuqinisa isisombululo soMzantsi Korea. Ubize ungenelelo lwaseTshayina “lumbono omfutshane.” (Izwi leMelika, 1/23/17)
The uluhlu iyaqhubeka. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, i-FAIR iye yaphawula i-30 yeendaba ezikhankanyiweyo ze-CSIS ezityhala inkqubo ye-missile ye-THAAD okanye isiphakamiso sayo sexabiso eliphantsi kwimidiya yase-US, uninzi lwazo kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo. I-Business Insider yayiyeyona ndawo inomdla kakhulu kubahlalutyi betanki yokucinga,ngokuqhelekileyo ukukopisha-kwaye-ukujija CSIS iindawo zokuthetha kumabali alumkisa ngengozi yaseNyakatho Korea.
Ishiyiwe kuzo zonke ezi mbonakalo zemidiya ye-CSIS, nangona kunjalo, kukuba omnye wabanikeli abaphezulu be-CSIS, u-Lockheed Martin, yikontrakta ephambili ye-THAAD-i-Lockheed Martin ithatha inkqubo ye-THAAD ifanelekile. malunga ne $ 3.9 billion yedwa. U-Lockheed Martin uxhasa ngokuthe ngqo iNkqubo yeProjekthi yoKhuselo lweMissile e-CSIS, inkqubo leyo iintloko zayo zokuthetha zicatshulwa rhoqo ngamajelo eendaba ase-US.
Ngelixa kungacacanga ukuba yimalini kanye kanye i-Lockheed Martin anikela ngayo kwi-CSIS (iitotali ezithile azidweliswanga kwiwebhusayithi yabo, kwaye isithethi seCSIS asizukuyixelela i-FAIR xa sibuzwa), bangomnye wabanikezeli abalishumi abaphezulu, abadweliswe “kwi-500,000 yeedola ukuya phezulu. ” udidi. Akukacaci ukuba iphezulu kangakanani "kunye nephezulu", kodwa ingeniso yokusebenza yetanki yokucinga ngo-2016 yayi. $ 44 yezigidi.
Akukho nanye kwezi ziqwenga ezikhankanyiweyo ukuba i-56 pesenti yabantu baseMzantsi Korea ukuchasa ukusasazwa ye-THAAD, ubuncinci de kubanjwe ukhetho olutsha ngoMeyi 9. Umntu ohlaza ukuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD, owayenguMongameli uPark Geun-hye, washiya ehlazekile emva kwehlazo lobuqhetseba-uphosa ukufaneleka kokuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD, kwaye wayijika. kumba weqhosha elishushu kunyulo olulandelayo.
Ngenxa yokubekwa kwakhe ityala-kwaye, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, unyulo olothusayo lukaMongameli uTrump wase-US-uninzi lwabantu baseMzantsi Korea bayafuna ukulinda de kube lunyulo olutsha ngaphambi kokuba benze isigqibo nge-THAAD. Ngaphandle kwamanqaku ambalwa enza ireferensi ecacileyo kubantu baseMzantsi Korea “abaxubeneyo” ukuphendula, okanye ukuqaqambisa uqhanqalazo lwasekhaya, le nyani ayifakwanga kwiingxelo zeendaba zase-US ngokupheleleyo. UTrump, iPentagon kunye neekontraka zezixhobo zase-US zaziyazi eyona nto ilungileyo kwaye besiza kuhlangula.
Akukho nanye kweziqwenga ze-30 ezineentloko ezithetha nge-pro-THAAD ezivela kwi-CSIS ezicatshulwe ngabaphembeleli boxolo baseMzantsi Korea okanye amazwi achasene ne-THAAD. Ukufumana iinkxalabo zabagxeki be-THAAD yaseKorea, umntu kwafuneka ajike kwiingxelo zeendaba ezizimeleyo, njengoChristine Ahn's. Wesizwe (2/25/17):
"Iya kusongela ubomi bezoqoqosho kunye nentlalo yoluntu," utshilo [umhlalutyi wemigaqo-nkqubo waseKorea naseMelika uSimone Chun]….
"Ukuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD kuya kwandisa ukungavisisani phakathi koMzantsi kunye neNorth Korea," utshilo uHam Soo-yeon, umhlali waseGimcheon oye wapapasha iincwadana malunga nokuchasana kwabo. Kudliwanondlebe lomnxeba, uHam wathi i-THAAD "iya kwenza umanyano lweKorea lube nzima ngakumbi," kwaye "iya kubeka usingasiqithi waseKorea embindini we-US drive yamandla amakhulu kwi-Northeast Asia."
Akukho nanye kwezi nkxalabo eyenze ukuba ibe kula manqaku angasentla.
Ezintlanu zeCSIS abanikezeli bemali beshishini abakhulu abalishumi (“i-$500,000 nangaphezulu”) ngabavelisi bezixhobo: Ngaphandle kwe-Lockheed Martin, yi-General Dynamics, i-Boeing, i-Leonardo-Finmeccanica kunye ne-Northrop Grumman. Abathathu kubo ababoneleli bakarhulumente abane abaphambili (“i-$500,000 nangaphezulu”) yi-United States, Japan neTaiwan. I-South Korea iphinda inike imali kwi-CSIS ngokusebenzisa urhulumente waseKorea Foundation (i-$ 200,000-$ 499,000).
NgoAgasti ophelileyo (8/8/16), i ENew York Times utyhile amaxwebhu angaphakathi eCSIS (kunye neBrookings Institution) ebonisa ukuba iitanki zokucinga zisebenze njani njengabaxhasi abangachazwanga kubenzi bezixhobo:
Njengetanki yokucinga, iZiko loBuchule kunye neZifundo zaMazwe ngaMazwe alizange lifake ingxelo yokukhuthaza, kodwa iinjongo zomzamo zazicacile.
"Imiqobo yezopolitiko ukuthumela ngaphandle," ifundeka ngolu hlobo I-ajenda yomnyango omnye ovaliweyo "Iqela elisebenzayo" intlanganiso eququzelelwe nguMnu. Brannen equka uTom Rice, i-lobbyist kwi-General Atomics' ofisi yaseWashington, kuluhlu lwezimemo, ii-imeyile zibonisa.
U-Boeing kunye no-Lockheed Martin, abenzi be-drone ababenegalelo elikhulu kwi-CSIS, baye bamenywa ukuba baye kwiiseshoni, i-imeyile ibonisa. Iintlanganiso kunye nophando lwafikelela kuvuthondaba ngengxelo ekhutshwe kweyoMdumba yowama-2014 ebonisa izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kweli shishini.
"Ndaphuma ngamandla ekuxhaseni ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle," uMnu. Brannen, umbhali ohamba phambili wokufunda, wabhala nge-imeyile kuKenneth B. Handelman, usekela-nobhala wobuchwephesha bolawulo lwezokhuseleko.
Kodwa loo migudu ayizange iphelele apho.
UMnu. Brannen uqalise iintlanganiso kunye namagosa eSebe lezoKhuselo kunye nabasebenzi be-congressional ukunyanzelisa iingcebiso, ezibandakanya ukusekwa kweofisi entsha ye-Pentagon ukunika ingqalelo ngakumbi ekufumaneni nasekuhanjisweni kweedrones. Eli ziko likwagxininise imfuneko yokuthomalalisa imida yokuthumela impahla kumazwe angaphandle kwinkomfa yalo kusingathwa kwikomkhulu layo elinamagosa aphezulu asuka kuMkhosi waManzi, uMkhosi woMoya kunye noMbutho waseLwandle.
I-CSIS yaliwe kwi Maxesha ukuba imisebenzi yayo yayiquka ukuphembelela. Ukuphendula kwisicelo se-FAIR sokuhlomla, isithethi se-CSIS “sikhabe [i-FAIR] ngokupheleleyo inkcazo” yokuba kukho naluphi na ungquzulwano.
Ukukhuthaza okuthe gqolo kwe-CSIS kwenkqubo yezixhobo ezijulwayo zomnikeli wayo, ngokuqinisekileyo, inokuba yinto eyenzeka ngamabona-ndenzile. Iingcali ezibonisiweyo kwi-CSIS zinokukholelwa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseMzantsi Korea abalunganga, kwaye ukuthunyelwa kukaTrump kwe-THAAD lukhetho lobulumko. Okanye kusenokwenzeka ukuba iitanki zokucinga ezixhaswa ngemali ngabakhi bezixhobo azikhethi cala malunga nokuba izixhobo ezingakumbi ziyingcamango elungileyo—kwaye aziyomithombo eluncedo kubafundi abanethemba lokuphononongwa ngokungathathi hlangothi kwimibuzo enjalo.
