Yini Egcina i-F-35 Iphila

By UDavid Swanson

Cabanga nje uma ibhizinisi lendawo edolobheni lakini lisungula ithuluzi elisha sha elalihloselwe ukuba nomthelela omangalisayo cishe emakhilomitha amaningi ukusuka lapha. Kodwa-ke, lapho ithuluzi laligcinwa futhi lisetshenziswa khona endaweni kwaba yindawo engaphephile ezinganeni. Izingane ezazisondela kuleli thuluzi zazivame ukuba nomfutho wegazi ophakeme kanye nama-hormone okucindezeleka akhuphukayo, amakhono aphansi okufunda, izinkumbulo ezimbi, ukuqonda okuphazamisekile kokuzwa nokukhuluma, kanye nokusebenza kahle kwezemfundo.

Iningi lethu lingakuthola lokhu kukhathaza okungenani kancane, ngaphandle kokuthi le ntsha esunguliwe yayihloselwe ukubulala abantu abaningi. Khona-ke kungaba kuhle.

Manje, cabanga ukuthi leli thuluzi elisha elifanayo lizobhubhisa izindawo zokuhlala ngoba abantu babengenakukwazi ukuhlala eduze kwalo ngokuphepha. Cabanga ukuthi uhulumeni bekufanele anxephezele abantu kodwa abaxoshe endaweni yokuhlala eduze nendawo lapho leli thuluzi likhona. Futhi, ngicabanga ukuthi, singase sikuthole lokho kukhathaza ukube ukubulala abantu abaningi bekungeyona injongo.

Cabanga futhi ukuthi leli thuluzi livame ukuqhuma, likhiphe amakhemikhali anobuthi obukhulu, izinhlayiya, kanye nemicu engaphephile ukuphefumula emoyeni amakhilomitha amaningi. Ngokuvamile, lokho kungaba yinkinga. Kodwa uma leli thuluzi lidingeka ekubulaleni abantu abaningi, sizosebenza namaphutha alo, akunjalo?

Manje, kuthiwani uma le gajethi entsha kulindeleke ukuthi ibize okungenani u-$1,400,000,000,000 eminyakeni engama-50? Futhi kuthiwani uma leyo mali kufanele isuswe kwezinye izindleko eziningi ezizuzisa kakhulu umnotho nomhlaba? Kuthiwani uma u-$1.4 trillion ukhishwa emnothweni okubangela ukulahlekelwa yimisebenzi kanye nokuncipha okukhulu kwezinsiza zemfundo, ezempilo, izindlu, ukuvikelwa kwemvelo, noma usizo lobuntu? Lokho bekungeke yini kube ukukhathazeka kwezinye izimo, ngisho kulezo zimo lapho ikhono lokubulala amathani abantu lalingekho engcupheni?

Kuthiwani uma lo mkhiqizo, ngisho noma usebenza kahle, wawungumbhubhisi ohamba phambili wemvelo yomhlaba?

Kuthiwani uma leli thoyizi lobuchwepheshe obuphezulu lingaklanywanga ukwenza lokho okwakulindelwe kulo futhi lingakwazi ngisho nokwenza lokho eliklanywe ngakho?

Ngokumangalisayo, ngisho nalezo ziphambeko azibalulekile uma nje inhloso iwukubulala okukhulu nokubhubhisa. Khona-ke, konke kuyathethelelwa.

Ithuluzi engilichazayo libizwa ngokuthi i-F-35. Ku-RootsAction.org ungathola isicelo esisha yethulwa ngabantu bendawo abacabanga ukuthi izosebenza emhlabeni wonke ezindaweni lapho i-F-35 ihloselwe ukuba khona. Futhi kuleso sixhumanisi uzothola izincazelo zendlela ithuluzi engilichaza ngayo i-F-35.

Lesi sicelo siqondiswe kwi-United States Congress kanye nohulumeni base-Australia, e-Italy, eNetherlands, eNorway, eTurkey, e-United Kingdom, e-Israel, eJapane naseNingizimu Korea abavela emhlabeni wonke kanye nakubantu baseBurlington, eVermont, naseFairbanks, e-Alaska, lapho kuzokwakhiwa khona i-F-35. Lo mzamo uqalwa yiVermont Stop the F35 Coalition, Save Our Skies Vermont, Western Maine Matters, Alaska Peace Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks Peace Club, North Star Chapter 146 Veterans For Peace, World Beyond War, RootsAction.org, Code Pink, kanye noBen Cohen.

The isikhalazo ufunda:

I-F-35 iyisikhali sempi yokuhlasela, engasizi ngalutho ekuzivikeleni. Kuhlelwe ukuthi izobiza amaRandi ayizigidigidi eziyi-1.4 aseMelika eminyakeni engama-50. Ngenxa yokuthi indlala emhlabeni ingaqedwa ngamaRandi ayizigidigidi ezingama-30 kanye nokuntuleka kwamanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile ngamaRandi ayizigidigidi eziyi-11 ngonyaka, okokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu ngokuchitha izinsizakusebenza le ndiza izoyibulala. Ukusetshenziswa kwezimali kwezempi, ngokuphambene nombono ovamile, nakho kuyalimaza umnotho wase-US (bheka lapha) kanye neminye iminotho. I-F-35 ibangela imiphumela emibi empilweni kanye nokukhubazeka kwengqondo ezinganeni ezihlala eduze kwezisekelo zayo. Yenza izindlu eziseduze nezikhumulo zezindiza zingafaneleki ukusetshenziswa njengezindawo zokuhlala. Inezinga eliphezulu lokuphahlazeka kanye nemiphumela emibi kulabo abahlala endaweni lapho iphahlazeka khona. Ukukhishwa kwayo kungcolisa kakhulu imvelo.

Izimpi zibeka i-United States kanye nezinye izizwe ezihlanganyelayo engozini kunokuba zizivikele. Amathuluzi omthetho angenalo udlame, ezobudiplomasi, usizo, ukuvimbela izinkinga, kanye nokususwa kwezikhali zenuzi okuqinisekisiwe kufanele kuthathelwe indawo yizimpi eziqhubekayo ezivimbela imiphumela emibi. Ngakho-ke, thina, esisayine ngezansi, sibiza ukukhanselwa ngokushesha kohlelo lwe-F-35 lonke, kanye nokukhanselwa ngokushesha kwezinhlelo zokusekela noma yiziphi izindiza eziyingozi nezinomsindo eduze kwezindawo ezinabantu abaningi. Siphikisana nokufaka i-F-35 esikhundleni sanoma yisiphi esinye isikhali noma ukusekela i-F-35 kunoma yiziphi ezinye izindawo. Siphinde sifune ukuqondiswa kabusha kwemali ye-F-35 emaphaketheni abakhokhi bentela, nasezidingweni zemvelo nezomuntu e-US, kwamanye amazwe amakhasimende e-F-35, nasemhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa ukulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukukhokha izikweletu zabafundi, ukwakha kabusha ingqalasizinda ewohlokayo, kanye nokuthuthukisa imfundo, ukunakekelwa kwempilo, kanye nezindlu.

Engeza igama lakho.