NguBianca Mugyenyi, I-Rabble, Ngo-Ephreli 8, i-2021
Kule mpelasonto abantu abayikhulu ezweni lonke bazobamba iqhaza kwi Ayikho iFighter Jet CoalitionKuyashesha futhi kuphakanyisiwe ukuphikisana nokuthengwa okuhleliwe kweCanada kwezindiza ezintsha ezingama-88. I- Ishesha ukumisa amaJets izophinde ihloniphe labo ababulewe yizindiza zempi zaseCanada.
Ezinyangeni ezizayo, uhulumeni wesifundazwe kulindeleke ukuthi akhiphe ukuhlolwa kokuqala kweziphakamiso zezindiza ezintsha zempi. Abancintisana nabo yiGripen kaSaab, iSuper Hornet kaBoeing noF-35 kaLokheed Martin.
Umbuzo we-fighter jet udle amandla amaningi kuhulumeni wesifundazwe. Njengobufakazi beKomidi Elimele Lezindlu Lezomkhandlu Wezokuvikela ngoLwesibili, owayengumabhalane woMkhandlu WabaPhethe uMichael Wernick ukuphakanyiswa ukuthengwa kwezindiza ezintsha zempi kwakungezinye zezinto "ezasenza salahlekelwa ukugxila" kulezi zinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle ngokocansi ngowayengumphathi wezokuvikela jikelele uJonathan Vance.
Uhulumeni wesifundazwe uthi uhlela ukusebenzisa cishe ama- $ 19 billion kumajets amasha. Kepha leyo yinani lesitika nje. Ngokuya ngendiza ekhethiwe, izindleko zangempela zingaba lelo nani eliphindwe kane. Ngokombiko wakamuva okhishwe yiNo Fighter Jets Coalition, izindleko zokuphila - kusuka ekutholakaleni kuze kube sekugcineni kuze kulahlwe izindiza - kulinganiselwa ku $ 77 billion.
Lezo zinsizakusebenza zingatshalwa kangcono ekutholakaleni okulungile nemisebenzi ye-Green New Deal. Izimali ezinikelwe ezindizeni zempi zingaphinde zilungise inkinga yamanzi yeZizwe Eziqala futhi ziqinisekise amanzi okuphuza anempilo kuyo yonke indawo ebekiwe. Futhi kuyimali eyanele yokwakha amashumi ezinkulungwane zamayunithi ezindlu zenhlalo noma ojantshi bezitimela abaningi abakhanyayo emadolobheni ahlukene.
Kepha akuyona nje indaba yemfucuza yezezimali. ICanada isezingeni lokukhipha amagesi abamba ukushisa kakhulu (GHGs) kunalokho okuvunyelwene ngakho esivumelwaneni seParis sango-2015. Kodwa-ke siyazi ukuthi izindiza zempi zisebenzisa amanani kaphethiloli amangalisayo. Ngemuva kwe- ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okwathatha izinyanga eziyisithupha eLibya ngo-2011, iRoyal Canadian Air Force embule ukuthi amajethi ayo ayingxenye yeshumi nambili adle amalitha ayizigidi eziyi-8.5 kaphethiloli. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ezindaweni eziphakeme kunomphumela wokufudumala okukhulu, nokunye "okukhiphayo" okubandakanya i-nitrous oxide, umusi wamanzi nomsizi, okukhiqiza eminye imithelela yesimo sezulu.
Ngokuhlushwa kwesikhutha emkhathini odlulayo Izingxenye ezingama-420 ngesigidi ngasinye okokuqala ngempelasonto edlule, yisikhathi esingenangqondo sokuthenga izindiza zempi ezinamandla kakhulu ngekhabhoni.
UMnyango Wezokuvikela Kuzwelonke yiwona i-emitter enkulu yama-GHG kuhulumeni wesifundazwe. Kuyamangalisa, noma kunjalo, ukukhishwa kwamabutho ahlomile akukhululiwe kuzinhloso zokunciphisa izwe.
Ngaphezu kokuqinisekisa ukuthi asikwazi ukufeza izinhloso zethu zesimo sezulu, izindiza zokulwa akudingeki ukuthi zivikele abantu baseCanada. Azisizi ngalutho ekubhekaneni nobhadane lomhlaba wonke noma ukuhlaselwa kwesitayela se-9/11, ukuphendula ezinhlekeleleni zemvelo, ukuhlinzeka usizo lomhlaba wonke lokusiza abantu noma emisebenzini yokugcina ukuthula. Lezi yizikhali ezihlaselayo ezenzelwe ukuthuthukisa amandla ombutho wezomoya wokujoyina imisebenzi ne-US ne-NATO.
Imikhankaso yokufa nokubhujiswa
Emashumini ambalwa edlule, izindiza zempi zaseCanada zibambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekuqhunyisweni kwamabhomu okuholwa yi-US e-Iraq (1991), Serbia (1999), Libya (2011) kanye nase-Syria nase-Iraq (2014-2016).
Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwezinsuku ezingama-78 ezweni elaliyiYugoslavia wephule umthetho wamazwe omhlaba njengoba kungewona uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha WeZizwe Ezihlangene noma uhulumeni waseSerbia ikuvumile. Kungashiwo okufanayo ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwakamuva eSyria. Ngo-2011, uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha ivume indawo ekungahanjwa mpukane kuyo ukuvikela izakhamizi zaseLibya, kepha ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kweNATO kweqa kakhulu ukugunyazwa yi-UN.
Amandla afanayo ayedlala ne-Iraq ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90s. Ngaleyo mpi, izindiza zempi zaseCanada zazibandakanyeka kulokho okubizwa nge- "Bubiyan Turkey Shoot" lokho wabhubhisa i-Iraq imikhumbi yempi yasolwandle eyikhulu nengaphezulu, kanye nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu omfelandawonye kwacekela phansi ingqalasizinda enkulu yabantu base-Iraq. Ukukhiqizwa kukagesi ezweni kudilizwe kakhulu njengamadamu amakhulu, izindawo zokuhlanza indle, imishini yezokuxhumana, izindawo zamachweba nezindawo zokuhluza uwoyela. Amasosha ase-Iraq ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nezinkulungwane zezakhamizi babulawa.
ESerbia, amakhulu afa ngesikhathi sokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwe-NATO ngo-1999 kwathi amakhulu ezinkulungwane ashiya amakhaya awo. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eNATO "Ukucekela phansi izindawo zezimboni nengqalasizinda kubangele izinto eziyingozi ukungcolisa umoya, amanzi nomhlabathi." Ukucekelwa phansi ngamabomu kwezitshalo zamakhemikhali kubangelwe umonakalo omkhulu wemvelo.
ELibya, izindiza zezimpi zeNATO zilimaze kakhulu uhlelo lwe-Great Manmade River aquifer system. Ukuhlaselwa komthombo wamaphesenti ama-70 wamanzi wabantu kungenzeka kwaba yi ubugebengu bempi. Kusukela ngempi ka-2011, izigidi zabantu baseLibya babhekane nokugula okungapheli inkinga yamanzi. Phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha zempi, umfelandawonye wehla 20,000 amabhomu kuzinhloso ezicishe zibe yi-6,000, kufaka phakathi izakhiwo ezingaphezu kuka-400 zikahulumeni noma izikhungo zemiyalo. Kwabulawa inqwaba yabantu, mhlawumbe abangamakhulu, ezitelekeni.
Umhla ka-Okthoba Inhlolovo yeNanos iveze ukuthi imikhankaso yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu iwukusetshenziswa okungathandeki kwamasosha. Lapho abaphendulile bebuzwa ukuthi “usekela kangakanani, uma kunjalo, ungalezi zinhlobo ezilandelayo zamabutho aseCanada ohambweni lwamazwe omhlaba,” ama-airstrikes ayengawathandwa kakhulu ezinkethweni eziyisishiyagalombili ezinikeziwe.
Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisikhombisa nesikhombisa asekele "ukubamba iqhaza ekusizeni izinhlekelele zemvelo phesheya" kanti amaphesenti angama-74 asekele "ohambweni lokugcina ukuthula lweZizwe Ezihlangene," kuyilapho kuphela amaphesenti angama-28 alabo abavotelweyo asekela "ukuba neCanada Air Force ibandakanyeke ezindizeni zezindiza." Ngokwengeziwe, ukusebenzisa ezempi ukuxhasa imisebenzi ye-NATO neyayiholwa ngabalingani kwakuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kulabo abavotelwe.
Ukuphendula lo mbuzo, "Ngokubona kwakho, iyiphi indima efaneleke kakhulu eMbuthweni Wezempi waseCanada?" Amaphesenti angu-6.9 alabo okwaxoxwa nabo athi, "sekela ohambweni / nabalingani beNATO" ngenkathi amaphesenti angama-39.8 ekhethe "ukugcinwa kokuthula" kwathi amaphesenti angama-34.5 akhetha "ukuvikela iCanada." Kodwa-ke, ukuchitha imali engamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 77 ezindizeni zokulwa ezinqenqemeni kunengqondo kuphela esimweni sezinhlelo zokulwa ezimpini ezizayo zase-US naseNATO.
Uma uhulumeni waseCanada ezimisele ngempela ngokuvikela impilo eMhlabeni, akufanele ngabe uthenga izindiza ezintsha ezingama-88 ezingadingekile, ezibhubhisa isimo sezulu, eziyingozi.
UBianca Mugyenyi ungumqondisi we-Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.
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