NguWilliam Boardman, February 1, 2018, Izindaba Ezixhasiwe.
Donald Trump uthanda i-F-35 kanjalo noMkhandlu Wedolobha laseBurlington - leso isimo sangempela senyunyana
yakhe yindaba emayelana nenkohlakalo yoMkhandlu Wedolobha laseBurlington, ekuzimiseleni kwawo okukhulu ukuphoqa idolobha elingumakhelwane ukuthi libe yisisekelo sesikhali esibhubhisayo, izikhali zenuzi I-F-35 fighter-bomber (eyathuthukiswa kusukela ngo-1992, yaqala ukundiza ngo-2000, namanje ayisebenziseki ngokwethembekile ku-2018, at izindleko zama- $ 400 billion nokubala). Yebo, indawo ngokwayo yonakele: IBurlington ingumnikazi wesikhumulo sezindiza eSouth Burlington, ngakho iSouth Burlington ayinalo izwi elisebenzayo lokuthi zingaki izindlu ezicekelwe yiBurlington eSouth Burlington ukuze kuhlangatshezwane namazinga emvelo ngokubeka indiza ye-F-35 ephihliza ithule emphakathini. lokho akukufuni futhi ngeke kuzuze kukho. Bonke “ubuholi” besifunda sase-Vermont, iningi labo okungamaDemocrats, sebechithe isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi benza lesi sihluku senzeke, ukubandakanyeka kwemidiya okwandile. Futhi uyazibuza ukuthi samthola kanjani uTrump njengoMongameli.
Ukuphikisana nokusekela i-F-35 endaweni okuhlalwa kuyo okungenani kudala njengokwesekwa okusemthethweni okungenangqondo, futhi abaphikisi bebelokhu okuningi okucacisayo, ukucabanga, futhi eningiliziwe. USenator uPatrick Leahy, ongowokuzalwa eDemocratic and Burlington, ubenentshisekelo yokulwa nedolobha lakubo kusukela ekuqaleni, eliphatha njengokungathi kufanele libonwe njengesiqephu esihloniphekile sengulube evela endaweni yezempi yezimboni. Ilungu lephalamende elizimele uBernie Sanders, njengelungu le-Democratic Congressman uPeter Welch, uye wabamba uxhaso kancane ekumesekeni kwakhe, kodwa akekho oseke wasondela esikhundleni esichazwe kahle, kancane kancane ukuphikiswa. Ababusi bawo womabili la maqembu babengabashayisibhakela, ikakhulukazi uPeter Shumlin, owathatha i-junket waya eFlorida ukuyolalela i-F-35 futhi wanquma ukuthi kwakungelona umsindo ongako (okwakungaphambi nje kokuba anqume ukuthi ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwendawo yonke kwakungeyona yonke into edingekayo) . Imeya yentando yeningi UMiro Weinberger, ozichazayo umuntu-owakha-izinto, iphakamisa umbono wentshe we-F-35, ithi, “Ngicabanga ukuthi lesi sinqumo senziwa kudala, futhi angikasizwa isizathu esinamandla sokusivula kabusha.” Ufana nawo wonke umuntu ebuholini baseVermont okhethe ukuphonsela inselelo impikiswano ye-Pentagon's Big Muddy ("isiwula esikhulu sithe asiqhubeke"), noma ngabe izimangalo ze-Pentagon zibe mbumbulu kangakanani futhi naphezu kokuntuleka kwezizathu eziqinile zokusekela i-F-35 eVermont.
Ngemuva kwamashumi eminyaka ewa ngemuva kwesheduli, i-Air Force ayikabi nayo i-F-35 elungele ukusetshenziswa e-Vermont ngaphambi kukaSepthemba 2019, uma kunjalo. Unalokhu engqondweni, abaphikisi be-F-35 ku LINDISA AMABHUKU ETHU KUSUKA KWA-F-35s wanquma ukuzama ukuthola umbuzo we-F-35 evotini lomhlangano wedolobha laseBurlington ngoMashi 6, 2018.
Ngemva kokubhala uhlu lwezikhalazo, abagqugquzeli be-SOS bayethula ukuze bagunyazwe ukuthi lusungulwe nguMmeli weDolobha laseBurlington u-Eileen Blackwood. UBlackwood ukugunyazile. Amavolontiya aqoqe abantu abacishe babe ngu-3000 abasayiniwe ukweseka lesi sicelo, njengoba kuvunywe ngabakwaBlackwood. Esikhathini esijwayelekile somcimbi, isicelo esivunyiwe esinamasiginesha anele siqhubeka nokuvota njengoba kwethulwe.
Lokho kuyiqiniso ngisho nasezicelweni ezifana nalezi ezivela ku- IBurlington Anti-War Coalition ngo-2005 icela iVermont ukuthi ilethe amasosha ase-US ekhaya esuka e-Iraq:
Isixazululo Esigcwele: “Ingabe abavoti beDolobha laseBurlington bazokweluleka uMongameli kanye neCongress ukuthi iBurlington nezakhamizi zayo basekele ngokuqinile amadoda nabesifazane abasebenza e-United States Armed Forces e-Iraq futhi bakholelwa ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokubasekela ukubaletha ekhaya manje?"
Umkhandlu wedolobha waseseka lesi sinqumo, waphasiswa kuzo zonke izigceme zedolobha (kanye nakwamanye amadolobha angama-46 aseVermont), futhi waba nokusekelwa kwabavoti abangama-65.2% eBurlington. Lokho kwaba lula ngo-2005, kodwa ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nantathu, nge umkhandlu wedolobha ubuswa abantu abazibiza ngama-Progressives namaDemocrats, umqondo wokumelana nomshini wempi waba, ngandlela thize, wakhathaza okungenani amakhansela amathathu edolobha: u-Republican Kurt Wright, ozoqokwa kabusha, u-Independent David Hartnett, kanye umongameli womkhandlu uJane Knodell, i-Progressive ukukhethwa kwayo kabusha emkhandlwini ngo-2013 kwakusekelwe ngokwengxenye ukuphikiswa kwe-F-35. Kamuva ivota ngokumelene neziphakamiso eziqhubekayo ukuvimba i-F-35 esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Burlington International noma ukubambezela noma yisiphi isinqumo esisekelwe. Uprofesa wezomnotho oseqashiwe eNyuvesi yaseVermont, u-Knodell ubhekwa elinye ikhansela “mhlawumbe njengomuntu ohlakaniphe kakhulu etafuleni.” Uvumile ukuthi unesifiso sokuba imeya.
Bebhekene nesinqumo ababesiphikisa, u-Wright, u-Hartnett, kanye “nomuntu ohlakaniphe kakhulu etafuleni” banquma ukuhoxisa inqubo yentando yeningi, futhi bayenze ngokungathembeki. Banquma, ngaphandle kokuthola isignesha yesakhamuzi esisodwa, ukufaka isicelo sabo kubavoti, ngomphumela ophikisana kakhulu. Banyakazisa ummeli wedolobha. Le nqubo yayingeke ibe nenkohlakalo ngaphezu kwenhloso yayo. Alikho kulawo makhansela amathathu eliphendule imibuzo nge-imeyili ebuza ukuthi, "Ucabangani?"
Isicelo se-SOS esivunywe abavoti abacishe babe yi-3000 elula futhi eqondile:
“Ingabe thina, abavoti beDolobha laseBurlington, njengengxenye yokweseka kwethu ngokuqinile amadoda nabesifazane bonogada Base-Vermont National, futhi ikakhulukazi umgomo wabo 'wokuvikela izakhamuzi zaseVermont,' seluleka uMkhandlu Wedolobha ukuthi:
1) bacele ukwesulwa kwesisekelo esihleliwe se-F-35 e-Burlington International Airport, futhi
2) esikhundleni salokho zicele okokusebenza okusezingeni eliphansi elinomsindo ogciniwe oqinisekisiwe ofanele indawo enabantu abaningi?”
Iwebhusayithi ye-SOS inikeza amanothi okusekelwa angama-20 kanye nezingcaphuno eziyisishiyagalombili ezisekela isizathu sohlu lwezikhalazo. Imishini Yonogada Base-Vermont - “ukuvikela izakhamuzi zase-Vermont” - ivela kusizindalwazi Sonogada. I-SOS ithi "izakhamuzi zase-Vermont" zibandakanya abantu, ikakhulukazi abampofu kanye/noma abokufika, izindlu zabo ezicekelwa phansi nezimpilo eziphazamisekile ngenxa yendiza yempi engenawo umsebenzi ofanelekile esifundeni.
U-Knodell, u-Wright, kanye no-Hartnett baqale umsebenzi wabo wokubamba ama-hatchet ngokusika isigatshana esimayelana nomsebenzi Wonogada ukuvikela ama-Vermonters. Abazange basho ukuthi kungani, vumela umonakalo wesibambiso ulale lapho. Baqamba amanga ngokwengeza isigatshana ekugcineni, "ngokuqaphela ukuthi kungase kungabi khona enye into efanayo," amanga enhloso agcinwe ekubhekaneni nesibindi ngokufaka elithi "May." Lesi yisimo sePentagon, sokuthi alukho uhlelo B, kodwa lokho kuwukungathembeki nakancane. Okuwukuphela kwesizathu sokuthi akukho Plan B yingoba iPentagon imile odabeni iminyaka. Bangenza iPlan B kusasa uma bekhethe. Ukuchitshiyelwa kwe-Knodell kubukeka njengephilisi likaphoyizeni langamabomu elengezwe ngokholo olubi ngokuphelele. Lowo mbono uyaqiniswa uma ufika ku-preambulatory "kanti-es" ithimba le-Knodell libeka ngaphambi kwesinqumo ukuze lilenze buthaka ngokuqhubekayo, kodwa sekwanele kakade.
Ithimba le-Knodell aligcinanga nje ngokungahambisani nokuziphatha okuqotho kanye nenqubo yentando yeningi enengqondo. Uhlelo lwabo lokubeka esabo isinqumo esikhundleni sesinqumo esilungiswe kahle belubukeka lungekho emthethweni futhi lungahambisani nomthethosisekelo.
Lokhu kwadala ukungqubuzana emhlanganweni womkhandlu wedolobha wangomhla zingama-29 kuMasingana, lapho abaphikisi be-F-35 babezimisele ukuphikisa ngokuzwakalayo nangamandla e-Knodell chicanery. Umphumela waba umvuthwandaba. Umkhandlu uvotele u-10-2 (u-Knodell ngakho) ukuthi wamukele isinqumo se-SOS njengoba sethulwe. U-Wright no-Hartnett kuphela abenqaba. Ukusabalala kwemidiya yokunqoba kwenqubo efanele ephusile kuye kwahluka ngqo kuya ukubhuqa ngokungacacile kuya kancane kuya kunalokho ilula. Akukho neyodwa indaba eyakhuluma ngenqubo yokuzama inkohlakalo eholela evotini, ingasaphathwa eyokuthi i-F-35 ifihle imikhuba ekhohlakele ngekhono layo lokuzifihla. Njengoba ehlolwayo njengamanje ngePentagon, i-F-35 ayikwazi ukudubula iqonde futhi inokungaphezu kwalokho 200 okunye ukushiyeka, kodwa i-Australia izoqhubeka nokuthenga ezingu-100 zazo. Owase-Australia wezempi umcabango wamasu waphawula ngokungananazi: “Kuyadumaza ukuthi kusenezinkinga ezibonakala njalo endizeni esesizozithola ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi kunalokho esasikucabanga ekuqaleni.”
Ivoti langomhla zi-6 kuNdasa mayelana nesinqumo liyiseluleko kuphela, ngakho-ke noma ngabe kunokusekelwa okumangazayo kwenye i-F-35, angakanani amathuba okhetho olunjalo lwentando yeningi olukhona? Lokhu isikhathi sikaTrump. Ucela ukuthi isabelomali esilandelayo sibe namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-716 ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi, futhi iVermont ibonakala icabanga ukuthi ukuthola enye yaleyo mali kubaluleke kakhulu kunanoma yini enye.
UWilliam M. Boardman unesipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwe-40 kwimidlalo yeshashalazi, umsakazo, i-TV, ubuntatheli bokuphrinta, kanye nezinsumansumane, kufaka phakathi iminyaka ye-20 ekwahlulelweni kwejaji eVermont. Uthole ukuhlonishwa kwababhali be-Writers Guild of America, i-Corporation for Broadcasting, iphephabhuku i-Vermont Life, kanye ne-Emmy Award yokuqokwa kwi-Academy yeTelevishini yezobuciko kanye neSayensi.
