Ibhalwe nguColonel Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, Ngo-Ephreli 29, i-2022
Ngokuvumelana ne abezindaba zendawo eKitsap, Washington, kulindeleke ukuthi kuthathe cishe iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ukuze kuphothulwe iphrojekthi yamathangi ayisithupha angaphezulu komhlaba ukuvala nokuvala amathangi kaphethiloli angaphansi kweNavy angama-33 esikhungweni sezempi saseMelika iManchester Fuel Depot eManchester, eWashington futhi kuzobiza uMnyango Wezokuvikela imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-200 zamaRandi.
Kuthathe uMnyango Wezokuvikela (DOD) iminyaka emi-3 ukuqala umsebenzi wokuvala amathangi ngemuva kokwenziwa kwesinqumo. Isinqumo sokuvala nokususa amathangi angama-33 okugcina uphethiloli angaphansi komhlaba kanye nokwakha amathangi amasha ayisithupha angaphezulu komhlaba senziwa ngo-2018 kodwa umsebenzi awuzange uqale ukuvala lesi sikhungo kwaze kwaba nguJulayi 2021.
Ithangi ngalinye kwayisithupha amasha, ngaphezu komhlaba lizokwazi ukuqukatha amalitha ayizigidi ezi-5.2 kaphethiloli wejethi yenkampani ye-JP-5 noma i-F-76 yasolwandle idizili emathangeni angamafithi angu-64 ubude, amafidi angu-140 ububanzi akhiwe ngamakholomu ensimbi ashiselwe ophahleni lwekhoni olumisiwe olusekelwe. Cishe Amamitha ayizigidi ezingu-75 agcinwe eManchester Fuel Depot manje.
Ngaleso silinganiso, kuzothatha iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili+ ukwehlisa uphethiloli nokuvala iRed Hill, kucatshangwa ukuthi iphethe amalitha ayizigidi eziyi-180 kaphethiloli.
Ngakho-ke, ingcindezi yezakhamizi ibalulekile ukugcina izinyawo ze-DOD zisemlilweni ukuze kwehliswe amafutha emathangi e-Red Hill ngaphambi kokuvuza kukaphethiloli okuyinhlekelele lapha e-O'ahu. !
Njengoba izakhamizi zigcina amasosha aseMelika ezama ukuvala iRed Hill, uMnyango Wezokuvikela ubhekene nezinselelo zokushintsha amathangi okugcina angaphansi komhlaba, isinqumo okufanele ngabe basenza emashumini eminyaka edlule.
Manje babhekene nengwadla yokubeka uphethiloli lapho bezowubeka kuphi. Kodwa ukubambezeleka okuzenzela kwesinqumo se-DOD akumele kuvunyelwe ukuqhubeka nokubeka engcupheni amanzi okuphuza e-Honolulu.
I-DOD yenze izinqumo ezinkulu kwezinye iziza zokunikezwa kukaphethiloli ngaphambi kokuvuza kukaphethiloli ka-November 2021 Red Hill futhi lezo zinqumo zazihilela i-Australia.
NgoSepthemba 2021, i-Australia, i-UK, kanye ne-United States basayina isivumelwano sezokuphepha esamenyezelwa kahle, esibizwa nge-“AUKUS” esasivumela ukwabelana ngobuchwepheshe bezokuvikela obuthuthukisiwe kanye nokuhlinzeka osonkontileka bezempi base-Australia ngolwazi lokuthi bangazakha kanjani imikhumbi-ngwenya enamandla enuzi, kuze kube sekupheleni. ukucasuka kweFrance eyayinenkontileka yokudayisa imikhumbi-ngwenya kadizili e-Australia.
Futhi ngoSepthemba 2021, ngesikhathi esifanayo kusayinwa isivumelwano se-AUKUS, uhulumeni wase-US wanikeza inkontileka yokwakha iphrojekthi ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-270 endaweni yokugcina uphethiloli wendiza ezogcina amalitha ayizigidi ezingama-60 kaphethiloli wejethi ezindaweni eziyi-11 ngaphezu kwamathangi okugcina amanzi. ukusekela imisebenzi yamasosha aseMelika ePacific. Ukwakhiwa kwesikhungo sepulazi lamathangi kwaqala ngoJanuwari 2022 futhi ihlelelwe ukuthi iqedwe eminyakeni emibili.
EGuam, nge inani labantu abangu-153,000 kanye nenani lezempi le-21,700 kuhlanganise nemindeni, uphethiloli wezempi uthunyelwa ngomkhumbi endaweni yokugcina impahla eGuam Naval Base.
Ukulungiswa kwe Amathangi kaphethiloli ayi-12 anamandla okugcina angama-38 amalitha ayizigidi asanda kuqedwa e-Andersen Air Base eGuam.
Unobhala Wezokuvikela e-Austin ngoMashi 7, 2022 isitatimende sokunyathelisa iveze ukuthi i-DOD izokwandisa amandla ayo okuhlakazeka olwandle ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nokususwa kweRed Hill kunethiwekhi yamafutha asePacific.
U-Austin uthe, “Ngemuva kokubonisana eduze nabaholi abaphezulu bezakhamuzi nabezempi, nginqume ukumisa uphethiloli futhi ngivale unomphela indawo yokugcina uphethiloli eyinqwaba eRed Hill eHawaii. Indawo yokugcinwa kukaphethiloli eyinqwaba yaleli zinga cishe yaba nengqondo ngo-1943, ngesikhathi kwakhiwa iRed Hill. Futhi iRed Hill isebenzele amabutho ethu ahlomile kahle amashumi eminyaka amaningi. Kodwa kwenza umqondo omncane kakhulu manje.
Isimo esisabalalisiwe nesiguquguqukayo sokuma kwamandla ethu e-Indo-Pacific, izinsongo eziyinkimbinkimbi esibhekana nazo, kanye nobuchwepheshe obutholakalayo kithi budinga amandla alinganayo athuthuke ngokulinganayo futhi akhuthazele okuphehla uphethiloli. Ngokwezinga elikhulu, sesivele sizisebenzisa amafutha ahlakazekile olwandle nasogwini, ahlala njalo futhi ajikelezayo. Manje sizokwandisa futhi sisheshise lokho kusatshalaliswa kwamasu.”
Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaTrump, u-US Maritime Administrator Rear Admiral Mark Buzby uxwayise uKhongolose kaningi ukuthi i-US Merchant Marine yayingenayo imikhumbi yamathangi eyanele noma amatilosi angabadayisi afanelekayo ukuze alwe ngisho nempi elinganiselwe.
Ochwepheshe be-US Merchant Marine bathi lesi sinqumo ukuvala i-Red Hill akunaki ubudala nesimo somkhumbi wamathangi wemikhumbi yezempi yase-US Military Sealift Command, imikhumbi enesibopho sokugcwalisa uphethiloli olwandle kuyo yomibili imikhumbi nezindiza. Ochwepheshe bokwakha imikhumbi bakuthola mancane kakhulu amathuba okuthi u-Austin angakwazi ukuthola uxhaso noma izindawo zemikhumbi zidinga ukwakha iqoqo lamathangi omthengisi “anekhono elilinganayo neliqinile lokuphehla uphethiloli.
Ukuphendula, iCongress yaphasisa isinyathelo esiphuthumayo ngo-2021 esibizwa nge-US Tanker Security Program. Kulo mthethosivivinywa, i-United States ikhokhela zombili izinkampani ezizimele njengeMaersk imali yokuphinda ihlabe umkhosi ngamathangi azo “aseMelika.”
"Ukuphepha kwethangi bekuyisinyathelo esiphuthumayo sokumisa igebe," kusho esinye isikhulu se-MARAD ibhulogi yezindaba eziku-inthanethi gCaptain kuxoxwa naye. “Ayihlangabezani neze nezidingo eziyisisekelo zamasosha ethu futhi ayinakuthatha indawo yamakhono aseRed Hill. UNobhala Wezokuvikela kungenzeka ukuthi akanalo ulwazi ngokuphelele noma uyakhohlisa uma ecabanga ngenye indlela. "
Ukuhlela okungalungile koMnyango Wezokuvikela akusona isizathu sokuqhubeka nokubeka engcupheni amanzi okuphuza ezakhamuzi zase-O'ahu. Amathangi okugcina uphethiloli e-Red Hill kufanele avalwe ngokushesha ….hhayi eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye!
Sicela ujoyine i-Sierra Club, i-Earthjustice, i-Oahu Water Protectors kanye ne-Hawaii Peace and Justice nezinye izinhlangano zengcindezi ye-Congressional, ubufakazi kumazinga kazwelonke, esifunda, esifunda nawomakhelwane, ukunyakazisa izimpawu, nezinye izenzo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi amasosha ayazi ukuthi siyayifuna. amathangi e-Red Hill azoncishiswa futhi avalwe ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu kune-Manchester Fuel Depot.
Mayelana nombhali: U-Ann Wright ukhonze iminyaka engama-29 eButhweni Lezempi lase-US/Army Reserves futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengoColonel. Ubuye waba ngusomaqhinga wase-US iminyaka eyi-16 futhi wasebenza kumaNxusa aseMelika eNicaragua, eGrenada, eSomalia, e-Uzbekistan, eKyrgyzstan, eSierra Leone, eMicronesia, e-Afghanistan naseMongolia. Wesula kuhulumeni wase-US ngo-2003 ephikisana nempi yase-US e-Iraq. Ungumbhali ohlangene we "Disent: Voices of Conscience."
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