NguJohn LaForge
I-cocktail eqhumayo yokungabikho kozinzo kwezopolitiko exutywe neebhombu ze-H ezingama-90 zase-US ziphakamisa imbonakalo yengozi okanye ukuzibulala kwebhombu yenyukliya eTurkey okanye kufutshane. Lo mngcipheko weziswa kwisiqabu esibukhali lizama ukubhukuqa umbuso apho phakathi kuJulayi.
NgoJuni, ndalumkisa ukuba i-Pentagon ye-180 ye-thermonuclear B61 ibhombu ye-gravity esetyenziswe kulo lonke elaseYurophu - i-50 ukuya kwi-90 ikwi-Incirlik Air Force Base eTurkey - iyingozi kakhulu kwi-terrorism yobudala. IiB61 zaseTurkey ziikhilomitha ezili-100 ukusuka kumhlaba we-Islamic State, indawo yemfazwe. Ngoku ke Los Angeles Times, i Japan Times, Nkqubo welizwe langaphandle, iSan Antonio Iindaba zeVidiyo kunye namanye amaphepha amakhulu abona i-Pentagon's outsourced B61s eTurkey njengesihloko esishushu.
As UTobin Harshaw uxele NgoJulayi 25, "Kuze kube kutshanje, umbuzo wokuba i-United States kufuneka iqhubeke nokumisa imijukujelwa yenyukliya [sic] eTurkey yayinomdla kuphela kwi-passel ye-geeks yezokhuseleko lwelizwe kunye nabameli be-nonproliferation. Olunye uqhanqalazo olwasilelayo kamva, ingxoxo iye yasasazeka kwi-CNN, INew Yorker, i ENew York Times, i Washington Post nakwezinye iindawo.”
UJeffrey Lewis waxoxa Nge-18 kaJulayi, emva kobhukuqo-mbuso, "iTurkey ayisosiseko sinengqondo sokuthintela inyukliya." Kodwa kummandla ongekho ngqiqweni wokucwangciswa kwemfazwe yenyukliya, ii-US B61s zigcinwa e-Incirlik, apho kwakucwangciswe khona ukubhukuqa, kuba iihawks zase-US zinyanzelisa, uHarshaw wabhala, "ngokugcina amandla okuhlasela i-Iran" ngeebhombu ze-H. Ungaze ucinge ngentlekele elandelayo njengoko iRussia nePakistan zinokuphindezela ngezixhobo zenyukliya ukuba i-US isebenzise eyakhe ngokuchasene neIran.
Ubhukuqo-mbuso olunegazi, olungenabungozi ngaphakathi eTurkey lukhulisa izizathu zokuba kutheni ukwanda kwe-US kwezixhobo zenyukliya kwamanye amazwe kufana nempambano yenyukliya. Ukungabi namsebenzi kunye nokuba sesichengeni kwee-B61s kuxelwe ngamajelo eendaba amakhulu ukusuka eNew York ukuya eTokyo. Abaqhankqalazi abachasene nemfazwe amaxesha amaninzi unyukile ukhuseleko oludlulileyo kwiziseko ze-NATO apho zigcinwe khona. Emva kohlaselo lwama-20 lwabanqolobi ngaphakathi eTurkey, izizathu zokuchithwa kwayo ngenyukliya ziye zahamba phambili:
1) Los Angeles Times uthe NgoJulayi 23 ukuba i-Incirlik AFB "yayiliziko lokusebenza lokuzama ukubhukuqa," abathi, iingcali zomkhosi wase-US, zibonise "inqanaba elixhalabisayo lokungazinzi kumyalelo wezempi waseTurkey kufutshane ne-B61s." Isiseko's abathetheli abaphezulu babanjwa bonke.
I-2) ii-US B61s ezigcinwe e-Incirlik zenzelwe i-jet fighter ye-McDonnell Douglas Corp ye-F-15E kunye ne-Lockheed Martin's F-16,ngokutsho kweWashington Post. Nangona kunjalo, "i-US ayinayo inqwelomoya e-Incirlik ekulungeleyo ukuhambisa izixhobo," i-LA Times yaphawula. "Ukuze izixhobo zisetyenziswe ngokwenene, i-US kuya kufuneka ibhabhe iqela leenqwelomoya kwi-Incirlik ukuze ilayishe iibhombu, zonke ezinokuthi ziqwalaselwe yiRashiya kwaye mhlawumbi zenze isiseko ekujoliswe kuso kugwayimbo lokuqala." Ezi bhombu kuphela zibeke esichengeni abaninizo nabo bonke abantu ababangqongileyo!
3) Iibhombu ze-B61 ziyilelwe ngokhuseleko lokuthintela ukusetyenziswa okungagunyaziswanga okwaziwa “njengolawulo lokusetyenziswa” kunye “namakhonkco esenzo esivumelayo.” Kodwa i<em>LA Times inikela ingxelo yokuba uRobert Peurifoy, “owayila iindlela zokuqala zokulawula izixhobo ezisekelwe eYurophu” ngoxa eseSandia National Laboratory ulumkisa ngelithi “ulawulo lokusetyenziswa kwezinto lunokuthintela kuphela yaye alibazise umgrogrisi. … Mhlawumbi ugcinwe elugcinweni okanye ulindele ilifu lesikhowa.”
4) Jikelele u-Eugene Habiger, u-USAF Ret., owayesakuba ngumphathi wazo zonke izixhobo zenyukliya ezide nowayekhokela iStrategic Command ukusuka kwi-1996 ukuya kwi-1998, uxelele iSan Antonio Express News NgoJulayi 22 "iibhombu [zeB61] azisenamsebenzi wasemkhosini." Kwaye uHabiger uthe, "Sisixhobo esiyingozi kakhulu ngokweziphumo zomkhosi, iziphumo zezopolitiko, kwaye ndicinga ukuba okwenzekileyo eTurkey kuqaqambisa iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga zokuba nezixhobo zenyukliya zithunyelwe ukuba akukho mfuneko yomkhosi."
Ngenxa yokuba iibhombu eziqhelekileyo zitshabalalisa ngokwaneleyo, uGen. Habiger uyabuza, "Kutheni i-NATO idinga izixhobo zenyukliya?" Njengoko uJeffrey Lewis waphawulayo: “Emva kweziganeko zempelaveki edlulileyo, ukuzishiya zisendaweni kubonakala kuyoyikisa ngokwenene.” Ukusoyikisa kuthi oko kukuthi, ekubeni i-B61s eTurkey ayinayo inkqubo yokuhambisa. Ke, iTurkey yasendle iba sesona sizathu samva nje nesona sihle sokususa ngokusisigxina izixhobo zenyukliya zase-US eYurophu.
