I-Bluenosing the Military Industrial Complex

Ibhalwe ngu-kathrin winkler, World BEYOND War, Ngo-Ephreli 7, i-2022

Ukuziqhenya kweNova Scotia Maritime ngefa lakhe lokwakha umkhumbi kubizwe ukuthi kuthuthukiswe ifa elisha laseLunenburg, ngokusho kukaBrett Ruskin we-CBC. Lesi sihloko enesihloko esithi “Umlando wobuciko bezandla uyaqhubeka eLunenburg njengoba inkampani yasemkhathini yakha izingxenye zejethi i-F-35” kusho ukuthi ukwenza izingxenye zejethi eLunenburg kuxhumene nesiko elikhulu le-Maritime lokwakha imikhumbi.

Ebika ngenjabulo ngokuvakasha kwakhe eLunenburg enkampanini yezindiza iStelia, uRuskin waqagela ukuthi izingxenye zasendaweni, ezenziwe ngezandla zizokhonjiswa maduze ezindizeni zezempi ze-RCAF futhi “... isizukulwane” sizophinda sisenze ingxenye yomlando.

Isiphakamiso sokuthi imoto eqhuba kahle kakhulu - iBluenose, eklanywe ngobuchule futhi eyakhelwe ukuthi ihambe ngesivinini esinamaseyili aphelele emoyeni ovumayo singaqhathaniswa neqembu lezindiza zempi ezingama-88 F35 aziwagcini amanzi. Akukho iconsi lenhloso yokuzijabulisa noma ukusimama emshinini wokubulala osezingeni eliphezulu - owenzelwe ukwethula izikhali ze-thermonuclear ngenkathi iqinisekisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni enkulu kangaka, ebulalayo okuhloswe ngayo kwesimo sezulu kuwela ngaphansi kokuyalelwa yi-NATO. Ukuqhathanisa phakathi kwakho kokubili kuphumelela kuphela njengesibonelo esiphezulu se-media spin.

Ukuvusa umlando ukuze kuthethelelwe ukuthengwa okulindelekile kwamajethi e-US Lockheed Martin akushoda ngokudabukisayo ngemininingwane. Izindleko nokuqeqeshwa kungaba indawo yokuqala. Emikhunjini yokudoba, ukufunda kwendabuko kwenziwa ngolwazi nolwazi lwadluliswa. Ukukhalipha nesibindi kwakuwuphawu lwabasebenzi. Ukaputeni u-Angus Walters wafunda emsebenzini kanye nasemalini, bekuyindlala kakhulu ukugcina iBluenose kulezi zigwini. Izikhathi zishintshile futhi lapho sicabangela umugqa wesabelomali sezempi sibona ukuthi uyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka, kuyilapho izimo eziphuthumayo zezimali zilinganiselwe ngokuqhathaniswa.

Njengoba u-inki usulungele ukungena kuleyo nkontileka yokuthengwa kwamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-19 yezindiza zempi ze-88 F35, imali ingena embonini yezikhali yase-US. Ngesikhathi sokuphila kwamajethi izindleko zikhuphukela okungenani ku-$77 billion, kodwa ungabalali. Ngeke sazi ukuthi mangaki amaphutha amakhulu e-F-35 eza nesivumelwano, njengoba kubonakala sengathi iPentagon ayizimisele ukwabelana ngalolo lwazi. I-RCAF ayikwazi ukuqasha abashayeli bezindiza abanele abazimisele ukushayela amabhomu, futhi ukubuyekeza amajethi kudinga uhlelo lokuqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza olulungiswe ngokuphelele, oluyizigidigidi.

Imikhumbi namajethi - umlando ohlukile, ikusasa elihlukile. Masingawushayi indiva umlando we-Lockheed Martin. I-Enola Gay, ibhomu le-B-29 elinesibopho sokulahla ibhomu le-athomu lokuqala e-Hiroshima, eJapane ngo-Agasti 6, 1945 yakhiwe e-GL Martin Company e-Nebraska - eyaba ngu-Lockheed Martin. Ingabe sifuna ngempela ukuqhubeka njengengxenye yaleli fa?

Amashimu asetshenziswa ukuvula nokuvala izicabha ze-arms bay kumabhomu e-F35 enziwe ngesandla e-Lunenburg. Lapho ibhomu le-RCAF F35 liqondise futhi lishaya izakhamuzi ngubani ozobheka phezulu esibhakabhakeni ngokuziqhenya ebungaza ubuhlakani basekhaya obakha amashimu? Masisebenzise izixazululo zezamanxusa futhi sicele ubuhlakani bokuxazulula izingxabano, yebo, ukudala ukuthula njengesiko lalelizwe.