EBrussels, nge-19 ka-Okthobha, 2022 (iifoto: Julie Maenhout; Jerome Peraya)
NgoManyano lweBelgian ngokuchasene nezixhobo zeNyukliya, Vrede.be, Oktobha 19, 2022
Namhlanje, ngo-Okthobha umhla we-19, iBelgian Coalition Against Nuclear Weapons ibonise ngokuchaseneyo nomsebenzi wenyukliya wasemkhosini othi 'Steadfast Noon' owenzeka kumhlaba waseBelgian. Umfelandawonye waya kwikomkhulu le-NATO eBrussels ukuvakalisa umsindo wabo.
I-NATO ngoku iqhuba umthambo we-nyukliya wokubetha umoya. Lo msebenzi uququzelelwa minyaka le ngamanye amazwe angamalungu e-NATO ukuqeqesha abaqhubi beenqwelomoya, kuquka namaBelgians, ekuthuthweni nasekuziseni iibhombu zenyukliya. Amazwe amaninzi e-NATO athatha inxaxheba, kuquka iJamani, i-Itali, iNetherlands kunye neBelgium. La mazwe afanayo agcina iibhombu zenyukliya zase-US kwindawo yawo njengenxalenye "yokwabelana ngenyukliya" ye-NATO. Ubukho bezi zixhobo eBelgium, ukutshintshwa kwazo okuza kutshintshwa iibhombu ze-B61-12 zale mihla kunye nokubanjwa kwezi mithambo kukwaphulwa okucacileyo kweSivumelwano sokuNganandeli.
Umsebenzi wenyukliya walo nyaka uququzelelwa eBelgium, kwisiseko somkhosi waseKleine-Brogel, apho izixhobo zenyukliya zase-US zibekwe ukususela ngo-1963. Kuphela ukususela ngo-2020 ukuba i-NATO ibhengeze esidlangalaleni i-Steadfast Noon exercise. Ukugxininisa ubume bayo bonyaka kwenza ukuba ivakale njengesiganeko esiqhelekileyo. Yile ndlela i-NATO ibenza baqheleke ngayo ubukho bomsebenzi onjalo, ngelixa ikwajongela phantsi ukusetyenziswa kunye nobungozi bezixhobo zenyukliya.
Amazwe omanyano lwe-transatlantic athatha inxaxheba kumsebenzi olungiselela ukusetyenziswa kwesixhobo esibulala amakhulu amawaka abantu ngexesha kwaye kube nemiphumo ekungekho mbuso unokujamelana nayo. Iyonke intetho emalunga nezixhobo zenyukliya ijolise ekunciphiseni iziphumo zazo kunye nokwenza ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwazo kube yinto eqhelekileyo (umz. zithetha ngento ebizwa ngokuba yi “tactical” yezixhobo zenyukliya, ugwayimbo lwenyukliya “olulinganiselweyo”, okanye kule meko “isenzo senyukliya”). Le ntetho ifak’ isandla ekwenzeni ukusetyenziswa kwazo kucace ngakumbi nangakumbi.
Izixhobo zenyukliya ezihlaziyiweyo "ezinobuchule" eziya kuthi kungekudala zithathe indawo yezixhobo zenyukliya zangoku kumhlaba waseBelgium, zinamandla okutshabalalisa aphakathi kwe-0.3 kunye ne-50kt TNT. Ngokuthelekisa, ibhombu yenyukliya eyawisa iUnited States kwisixeko saseJapan iHiroshima, yabulala abantu abayi-140,000, yayinamandla e-15kt! Xa kujongwa iziphumo zobuntu zokusetyenziswa kwayo ebantwini, i-ikhosistim kunye nokusingqongileyo, kunye nobume bayo obungekho mthethweni nokuziphatha okubi ngokupheleleyo, izixhobo zenyukliya akufuneki zibe yinxalenye yalo naluphi na uhlobo lwezixhobo.
Ngexesha lokunyuka kwengxabano yamazwe ngamazwe, kwiiveki zamva nje izisongelo eziphindaphindiweyo zokusebenzisa izixhobo zenyukliya, ukuqhuba umkhosi wenyukliya akunaxanduva kwaye kwandisa kuphela umngcipheko wokujongana neRashiya.
Umbuzo akufuneki ube yindlela yokuphumelela ungquzulwano lwenyukliya, kodwa indlela yokuluphepha. Lixesha lokuba iBelgium ihloniphe izibophelelo zayo kwaye ithobele iSivumelwano sokuNganandeli ngokususa izixhobo zenyukliya kumhlaba wayo kwaye iqinisekise iSivumelwano soThintelo lwezixhobo zeNyukliya.
Ngokuchasa ukuqhubekeka koMsebenzi weNyukliya oSteadfast Noon kunye nokukhaba "ukwabelana ngenyukliya" kwe-NATO, iBelgium inokumisela umzekelo kwaye ivule indlela yokwehla kunye nokuthotywa kwezixhobo zehlabathi.
