NguJosh Farley, I-Kitsap Sun, Januwari 23, 2021
Isivumelwano sehora le-11 sokugcina kuphila isivumelwano sokugcina esisele esinciphisa izikhali zenuzi phakathi kwe-United States neRussia sibonakala sisakhiwa.
"Ngingaqinisekisa ukuthi i-United States ihlose ukufuna ukwelulwa kweminyaka emihlanu ye-New START, njengoba isivumelwano sivuma," kusho okhulumela uMongameli uJoe Biden uJen Psaki kusho ngoLwesine weSivumelwano Esisha Sokunciphisa Izikhali. “Umengameli sekucacile isikhathi eside ukuthi iSivumelwano SOKUQALA Esisha sisezintweni zokuphepha zikazwelonke wase-United States. Futhi lokhu kunwetshwa kunengqondo ngokwengeziwe lapho ubudlelwano neRussia buphikisana, njengoba bunjalo namanje. ”
NgoLwesihlanu, abaseRussia bakhombise ukuthi bazovulekela nokwelulwa kwesivumelwano esigcine womabili la mazwe enqwelweni eyizi-1,550 esetshenzisiwe kanye nemicibisholo namabhomu ayi-700 eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
"Singayamukela kuphela intando yezepolitiki yokwelula lo mbhalo," kusho uDmitry Peskov, okhulumela uMengameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin, ekhuluma engqungqutheleni nabezindaba kanye kubika i-Associated Press. "Kodwa konke kuzoncika emininingwaneni yesiphakamiso."
Noma kunjalo, iwashi selikhathele. Ucingo lukaBiden ngolokwelulwa kweminyaka emihlanu - futhi isivumelwano kufanele senziwe ngoFebhuwari 5, ngaphansi kwamasonto amabili kusukela manje.
UKUQALA okusha, okuyisivumelwano uMongameli uBarack Obama asayina noDmitry Medvedev ngo-2010, kunomthelela eKitsap County. Iningi lemikhumbi yesizwe yemikhumbi-ngwenya yemicibisholo - ephethe lezo zikhali zenuzi - izinze eNaval Base Kitsap-Bangor kuHood Canal. INTSHA entsha empeleni ikhawulela lokho kubhaliselwa kumicibisholo engama-20 lilinye, noma ingalayisha ifike ku-24.
Izimpawu zokunwetshwa zibonakala ziza njengezindaba ezamukelekile ePentagon. Isikhulumi uJohn Kirby uthe ngoLwesine ukuthi ukunwetshwa kwemingcele ezinqolobaneni zamasu ezikhali zenuzi “kuthuthukisa ukuzivikela kwesizwe” futhi kugcina abaseMelika “bephephe kakhulu.”
"Ngeke sikwazi ukulahlekelwa ngamathuluzi wokuhlola nezaziso amasha we-START," esho esitatimendeni. "Ukwehluleka ukwelula ngokushesha i-START entsha kuzonciphisa ukuqonda kweMelika amabutho enuzi aseRussia akude kakhulu."
Ubuye wengeza ukuthi kunika nesikhathi kula mazwe womabili ukwengeza ezinye izivumelwano zokulawulwa kwezikhali.
"Futhi uMnyango umi ngomumo ukweseka ozakwethu eMnyangweni Wezwe njengoba benza lokhu kunwetshwa futhi behlola lawo malungiselelo amasha," esho.
Kodwa uxwayise ngokuthi iPentagon nayo "izohlale icacile ngezinselelo ezilethwa yiRussia futhi izibophezele ekuvikeleni izwe ezenzweni zalo zobudedengu neziphikisayo."
Lokhu kunwetshwa kungenzeka ngesikhathi lapho isivumelwano esisha seZizwe Ezihlangene, esivele saqala ukusebenza ngoLwesihlanu, sisho ukuthi ukutholakala nezikhali zenuzi akukho emthethweni. Ukukhumbula lesi sivumelwano esisha, iPoulsbo-based Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action kanye World Beyond War, elinye iqembu lezikhali ezilwa nenuzi, selakhe amabhodi amakhulu azungeze iPuget Sound athi: “Izikhali zenuzi manje azikho emthethweni. Bakhiphe kuPuget Sound! ”
Izwe libuye liphakathi kokuvuselelwa kwenqwaba yezikhali zenuzi. Ukuphathwa kukaTrump kufaka phakathi ama- $ 15.6 billion ngo-2021 eMnyangweni Wezamandla Kazwelonke Wezokuphathwa Kwezokuphepha Kwenuzi emisebenzini yezikhali zenuzi, ukwanda okungama-25% ngaphezu konyaka odlule.
UJosh Farley uyintatheli emboza ezempi kwiKitsap Sun. Ungatholwa ku-360-792-9227, josh.farley@kitsapsun.com noma ku-Twitter ku- @ joshfarley.
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