Uhlelo lwe-THAAD anti-missile luqinisekile, kusho abahlaziyi amaholo abo ngokwengxenye akhokhelwa ngumkhiqizi we-THAAD.
BY ADAM JOHNSON, ANO.
Njengoba ukushuba kwesimo phakathi kwe-United States neNorth Korea kuqhubeka nokukhula, ithangi elilodwa labacatshangelwayo, iCentre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), seliphenduke izwi elizwakala yonke indawo esihlokweni sokuvikela imicibisholo, linikeza i-Official-Sounding Quotes kwizintatheli eziningi. Imithombo yezindaba yaseNtshonalanga. Zonke lezi zingcaphuno zikhuluma ngosongo oluphuthumayo lwaseNyakatho Korea nokuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthunyelwa kwe-United States kwesistimu yemicibisholo ye-Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) eNingizimu Korea:
- "Ama-THAAD aklanyelwe lezo zinsongo ezisezingeni eliphakathi iNorth Korea enazo - iNorth Korea ikhombisa njalo lolo hlobo lwamandla," kusho uThomas Karako, umqondisi weMissile Defense Project eCentre for Strategic and International Studies. "Ama-THAAD awuhlobo lwento ongalufuna endaweni yesifunda." (Wired, 4/23/17)
- Kodwa i-[CSIS's Karako] ibize i-[THAAD] isinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile. "Lokhu akukhona ngokuba nesihlangu esiphelele, lokhu kumayelana nokuthenga isikhathi futhi ngaleyo ndlela kube neqhaza ekuthembekeni okuphelele kokuvimba," kusho uKarako. AFP. (I-France24, 5/2/17)
- I-THAAD iyindlela ehloniphekile, kusho uThomas Karako, umqondisi we-Missile Defense Project e-Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) eWashington, ekhuluma ngerekhodi eliphelele lokuvimbela ezivivinyweni kuze kube manje. (I-Christian Science Monitor, 7/21/16)
- Ukubona i-THAAD “njengomphumela wemvelo” wosongo oluvela eNyakatho Korea, uBonnie Glaser, umeluleki omkhulu wase-Asia esikhungweni se-Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), utshele. VOA ukuthi iWashington kufanele iqhubeke nokutshela iBeijing "lolu hlelo aluhlosiwe eChina ... futhi [iChina] kuzofanele iphile nalesi sinqumo." (Izwi leMelika, 3/22/17)
- UVictor Cha, uchwepheshe waseKorea futhi owayeyisikhulu se-White House manje osesikhungweni se-Strategic and International Studies eWashington, udlale phansi amathuba okuthi i-THAAD izobuyiselwa emuva. "Uma i-THAAD isetshenziswa ngaphambi kokhetho futhi inikezwe usongo lwemicibisholo yaseNyakatho Korea, angicabangi ukuthi kungaba ubuhlakani ukuthi uhulumeni omusha acele ukuthi ibuyiselwe emuva," kusho u-Cha. (Reuters, 3/10/17)
- UThomas Karako, uzakwabo omkhulu ku-International Security Programme eCentre for Strategic and International Studies, uthe izindlela zaseChina ezingaqondile, zokuziphindiselela mayelana nokuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD zizoqinisa isinqumo seSouth Korea. Ubize ukungenelela kwamaShayina ngokuthi “nombono omfishane.” (Izwi leMelika, 1/23/17)
The uhlu iyaqhubeka. Onyakeni odlule, i-FAIR iphawule izinkulumo ezingu-30 zabezindaba ze-CSIS ephusha uhlelo lwezicici ze-THAAD noma isiphakamiso sayo senani eliyisisekelo emithonjeni yezindaba yase-US, iningi lazo ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule. I-Business Insider bekuyindawo ebilangazelela kakhulu abahlaziyi be- think tank,njalo ukukopisha-futhi-ukunamathisela CSIS amaphuzu okukhuluma ezindabeni ezixwayisa ngosongo lwaseNyakatho Korea.
Okukhishiwe kukho konke lokhu kuvela kwabezindaba kwe-CSIS, nokho, ukuthi omunye wabanikeli abaphezulu be-CSIS, u-Lockheed Martin, ungusonkontileka oyinhloko we-THAAD—Ukuthathwa kuka-Lockheed Martin ohlelweni lwe-THAAD kufanelekile. cishe i-$ 3.9 billion yedwa. U-Lockheed Martin uxhasa ngokuqondile i-Missile Defense Project Programme e-CSIS, uhlelo izinhloko zalo ezikhulumayo zicashunwa kakhulu abezindaba base-US.
Yize kungacaci kahle ukuthi u-Lockheed Martin unikela ngamalini ku-CSIS (inani eliphelele alikho ohlwini kuwebhusayithi yabo, futhi okhulumela i-CSIS ubengeke ayitshele i-FAIR lapho ebuzwa), bangabanye babanikeli abayishumi abahamba phambili, abasohlwini “kuma-$500,000 kuya phezulu. ” isigaba. Akukacaci ukuthi "kuya phezulu" kuya phezulu kangakanani, kodwa imali yokusebenza yethangi lokucabanga ngo-2016 $ 44 million.
Akukho kulezi zingcezu ezishilo ukuthi amaphesenti angama-56 abantu baseNingizimu Korea phikisa ukuthunyelwa we-THAAD, okungenani kuze kubanjwe ukhetho olusha ngoMeyi 9. Umuntu okhanyise ukuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD, uMongameli wangaphambili uPark Geun-hye, ushiye ehlazweni ngemuva kwehlazo lokukhwabanisa-ephonsa ukufaneleka kokuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD embuzweni, futhi wayiguqula. odabeni lwenkinobho eshisayo okhethweni olulandelayo.
Ngenxa yokuthweswa icala kwakhe—futhi, ngokungangabazeki, nokhetho olumangazayo lukaMongameli uTrump ongenangqondo e-US—iningi labantu baseNingizimu Korea ngokuqondakalayo lifuna ukulinda kuze kube ukhetho olusha ngaphambi kokwenza isinqumo nge-THAAD. Ngaphandle kwama-athikili ambalwa enza inkomba engacacile kubantu baseNingizimu Korea “abaxubene” ukusabela, noma ukukhalaza ngemibhikisho yasendaweni, leli qiniso alishiyiwe ngokuphelele emibikweni yabezindaba yase-US. UTrump, iPentagon kanye nosonkontileka bezikhali base-US babazi ukuthi yini engcono kakhulu futhi bebesiza.
Azikho izingcezu ze-30 ezinamakhanda akhuluma nge-pro-THAAD avela ku-CSIS acaphune izishoshovu zokuthula zaseNingizimu Korea noma amazwi amelene ne-THAAD. Ukuthola ukukhathazeka kwabagxeki be-THAAD yaseKorea, umuntu bekufanele aphendukele emibikweni yabezindaba ezimele, njengoChristine Ahn's The Nation (2/25/17):
"Kuzosongela impilo yezomnotho nenhlalo yemiphakathi," kusho [umhlaziyi wenqubomgomo waseKorea-America uSimone Chun]….
"Ukuthunyelwa kwe-THAAD kuzonyusa ukungezwani phakathi kweNingizimu neNyakatho Korea," kusho uHam Soo-yeon, isakhamuzi saseGimcheon obelokhu eshicilela amaphephandaba mayelana nokumelana kwabo. Engxoxweni yocingo, uHam uthe i-THAAD "izokwenza ukubumbana kweKorea kube nzima kakhulu," nokuthi "izobeka inhlonhlo yaseKorea enkabeni ye-US yokufuna amandla okubusa eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Asia."
Akukho nokukodwa kwalokhu kukhathazeka okufinyelele ezihlokweni ezingenhla.
Ezinhlanu ze-CSIS abanikeli abakhulu abayishumi (“$500,000 nangaphezulu”) bangabakhiqizi bezikhali: Ngaphandle kuka-Lockheed Martin, yiGeneral Dynamics, Boeing, Leonardo-Finmeccanica kanye noNorthrop Grumman. Abathathu kubo abanikela ngohulumeni abane abaphambili (“$500,000 nangaphezulu”) yi-United States, Japan kanye ne-Taiwan. I-South Korea iphinde inikeze imali ku-CSIS ngokusebenzisa i-Korea Foundation kahulumeni ($200,000-$499,000).
Ngo-Agasti odlule (8/8/16), the New York Times yembule imibhalo yangaphakathi ye-CSIS (kanye ne-Brookings Institution) ebonisa ukuthi ama- think tanks asebenza kanjani njengabameleli abangadalulwanga babakhiqizi bezikhali:
Njengethangi lokucabanga, iCentre for Strategic and International Studies ayizange ifake umbiko wokunxenxa, kodwa izinhloso zomzamo zazicacile.
“Izithiyo zezombangazwe zokuthunyelwa ngaphandle,” kufundeka kanjalo i-ajenda yomnyango owodwa ovaliwe Umhlangano “weqembu elisebenzayo” obuhlelwe nguMnu. Brannen obuhlanganisa u-Tom Rice, umgqugquzeli wehhovisi le-General Atomics' Washington, ohlwini lwezimemo, ama-imeyili abonisa.
U-Boeing kanye no-Lockheed Martin, abenzi be-drone ababenegalelo elikhulu ku-CSIS, nabo bamenyiwe ukuba bathamele amaseshini, kubonisa ama-imeyili. Le mihlangano kanye nocwaningo kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngombiko owakhishwa ngoNhlolanja wezi-2014 owawuveza izinto ezibalulekile kule mboni.
"Ngaphuma ngokuqinile ekusekeleni ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe," uMnu. Brannen, umbhali oholayo wocwaningo, wabhala nge-imeyili ku-Kenneth B. Handelman, iphini likanobhala wezwe lokulawula ukuhweba kwezokuvikela.
Kodwa umzamo awugcinanga lapho.
UMnu. Brannen uqale imihlangano nezikhulu zoMnyango Wezokuvikela kanye nabasebenzi bekhongolose ukuze baphushele izincomo, ezihlanganisa nokumisa ihhovisi elisha le-Pentagon ukuze kugxilwe kakhulu ekuthengeni nasekusatshalalisweni kwama-drones. Lesi sikhungo siphinde sagcizelela isidingo sokwehlisa imikhawulo yokuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe engqungqutheleni yaso phethwe ekomkhulu layo elihlanganisa izikhulu eziphezulu zeNavy, i-Air Force kanye ne-Marine Corps.
I-CSIS inqatshelwe ku- Times ukuthi imisebenzi yayo ihlanganisa ukunxenxa abantu. Ephendula isicelo se-FAIR sokuphawula, umkhulumeli we-CSIS “ukunqabile ngokuphelele ukugomela [kwe-FAIR] kokuthi kukhona ukungqubuzana.
Ukuphromotha okungaguquki kwe-CSIS kohlelo lwemicibisholo yomxhasi wayo kungaba, vele, kube ukuqondana okuphelele. Ochwepheshe ababukwayo e-CSIS bangakholelwa ngokweqiniso ukuthi iningi labantu baseNingizimu Korea alilungile, futhi ukuthunyelwa kukaTrump kwe-THAAD kuyisinqumo esihlakaniphile. Noma kungase kube ukuthi ama- think tank axhaswa abenzi bezikhali awawona amanqamuli angakhethi ukuthi izikhali ezengeziwe ziwumqondo omuhle yini—futhi aziyona imithombo ewusizo kubafundi abanethemba lokuhlaziywa okungathathi hlangothi kwemibuzo enjalo.
