Ngo-Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, Disemba 7, 2021
Umyalo osayinwe uMbusi wase-Hawai'i wokumisa ukusebenza kwethangi likaphethiloli le-US Navy kanye "nokwehlisa uphethiloli" / ukususa uphethiloli emathangeni.
Ngomhla zi-6 kuZibandlela, ngemva kokugqashuka kwesihogo emhlanganweni ngamunye kwemihlanu yehholo ledolobha eyayibanjwe izinsuku ezimbalwa yi-US Navy ukuzama ukuthulisa imindeni yamasosha ebiphuza futhi igeza ngamanzi angcolile kaphethiloli, uMbusi Wesifunda SaseHawaii' i wakhipha umyalo eMbuthweni Wezempi ukumisa ukusebenza kwamathangi amakhulu kaphethiloli wejethi futhi zingakapheli izinsuku ezingama-30 “anciphise” noma akhiphe uphethiloli emathangeni! UMbusi u-Ige uthe umphakathi usulahlekelwe ukuwethemba uMbutho Wamanzi.
Inhloko Yezokusebenza Kwemikhumbi Yasemanzini uMichael Gilday, unobhala weNavy Carlos del Toro kanye ne-Rear Admiral Blake Converse. Isithombe ngu-Star Advertiser.
Evikini elidlule, esikhundleni sokuhlinzeka ngolwazi olunembile mayelana nokungcoliswa kwamanzi okuphuza, ubuholi bezempi obuphezulu babanjwe kuwebhu yabo yolwazi olunganembile olunikezwe imindeni yezempi ethintwa uphethiloli emanzini…futhi lwanikezwa iSifundazwe Sase-Hawaii. Ekupheleni kweHholo LeDolobha langomhla zi-5 kuZibandlela, amakhulukhulu amalungu omphakathi athukuthele eveva izikhulu eziphezulu, okuhlanganisa noNobhala Wezempi Yasemanzini kanye neNhloko Yezokusebenza Zasolwandle, ngemibuzo ebukhali kanye nokuphawula kuka-3,200 engxoxweni ye-Facebook Live. .
UCarlos del Toro, uNobhala Wezempi Yasemanzini kanye No-Admiral Michael Gilday, Isikhulu Sophiko Lwezokusebenza Kwemikhumbi Yasemanzini wayefike e-Honolulu ngasekuqaleni kukaDisemba 7 Pearl Harbour Day njengenkomba yobunzima bokuhlukumezeka kwezempilo kanye nemizwelo emindenini yeNavy ngenxa yokusabela kabi kwe umyalo weNavy enkingeni yamanzi angcolile.
Njengoba ubuholi beNavy buzama ukululama ekuphenduleni kwabo kancane emashumini ezinkulungwane emphakathini wezempi othintwe yinhlekelele yokungcoliswa kukaphethiloli wendiza, imiphumela yezepolitiki yokuvuza kukaphethiloli yanda. Entuthukweni enkulu, ngeSonto, ngoDisemba 5, njengoba uNobhala Wezempi Yezempi kanye noMphathi Wezokusebenza Kwezempi babehlangene nomphakathi wezempi, uMbusi Wesifunda SaseHawaii kanye namalungu angu-4 ethimba leCongressional. ikhishwe isitatimende icela uMbutho Wezempi Wasesosha wase-US ukuthi umise ukusebenza kwawo wonke umsebenzi omkhulu wokugcina uphethiloli wendiza ye-Red Hill "njengoba ubhekene futhi ulungisa le nkinga."
Ngosuku olwedlule, Izigele zaseMelika uBrian Schatz kanye noMazie K. Hirono kanye nabameleli baseMelika u-Ed Case kanye noKaiali'i Kahele ngemuva kokuthi imiphumela yokuhlolwa ithole ukungcola kwe-petroleum ohlelweni lwamanzi lweNavy, babanjwa nezingozi zamathangi kaphethiloli avuzayo base bekhipha isitatimende sokuthi. efuna ukuthi iNavy iguqule isiko layo elivumela izingozi eziningi ngaphandle kokuziphendulela: “Kuyacaca ukuthi iNavy yehlulekile ukuphatha ukusebenza kukaphethiloli, okuhlanganisa neRed Hill, ngezinga elivikela impilo nokuphepha kwabantu baseHawaii. I-Navy kumele ihlonze ngokushesha, ihlukanise, futhi ilungise izinkinga ezivumele ukungcoliswa kwamanzi okuphuza e-Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Lokho kuhlanganisa noshintsho olukhulu esikweni lenhlangano esivumele izingozi eziningi ukuba zenzeke ngaphandle kokuziphendulela.”
Ngasekuqaleni kwesonto, ababusi ababili beSifundazwe SaseHawaii, u-John Waihee kanye no-Neil Abercrombie, wabiza ukuvalwa endaweni yokugcina uphethiloli yeNavy's Red Hill okuthile ngenxa yokuvuza kwamathangi.
Umlingani Wezempi uLauren Bauer ubuze ngethusi leNavy eHoulani Community Center. Isithombe nge-Civil Beat.
Emihlanganweni yamahholo edolobha, abangane bomshado abaningi bezempi bakhuluma ngabantwana babo abanokuqubuka, izisu ezibuhlungu kanye nekhanda elibuhlungu. Izingane eziningana nabesifazane abakhulelwe kudingeke ukuthi baye emagumbini aphuthumayo. Izilwane ezifuywayo zazingavikelekile emanzini angcolile futhi eziningi zaziyiswa kodokotela bezilwane ukuze zelashwe. Imindeni engaphezu kuka-1000 ithuthelwe emahhotela e-Waikiki.
Kuyaxaka ukuthi ukungcoliswa kukaphethiloli kwamanzi ezindlini zemindeni yezempi okulethe ubungozi besikhulu esineminyaka engu-80 ubudala, esivuzayo samathangi e-jet-fuel e-Red Hill.
Okwenzekile emindenini yamasosha kugcizelela izingozi kubahlali be-400,000 e-Honolulu lapho amanzi abo azongcoliswa ukuvuza okukhulu okubikezelwe okuvela emathangeni okugcina amafutha angaphansi komhlaba. Uma i-aquifer ye-Honolulu ingcoliswe uphethiloli, ingcoliswa unomphela. Amanzi avela kwezinye izingxenye zesiqhingi kuzodingeka aphambukiswe futhi amanzi agcwele izikebhe kufanele alethwe evela ezweni elikhulu.
Ukuphepha kwezwe kumayelana nokugcina izakhamizi ziphephile.
Lapho amasosha ebeka engcupheni izimpilo zemindeni yawo kanye nezakhamizi ezikanye nawo ngokugcina amathangi kaphethiloli eRed Hill evulekile, khona-ke kukhona okungalungile.
Isikhathi sokuvala unomphela, amathangi kaphethiloli e-Red Hill kukokubili ukuphepha kwabantu nokuvikeleka kwezwe.
Mayelana Nombhali: U-Ann Wright usebenze iminyaka engama-29 eButhweni Lezempi Yase-US/Army Reserves futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengoColonel. Ubuye abe ngusomaqhinga wase-US futhi wasebenza ezindlini zamanxusa aseMelika eNicaragua, eGrenada, eSomalia, e-Uzbekistan, eKyrgyzstan, eSierra Leone, eMicronesia, e-Afghanistan naseMongolia. Wesula kuhulumeni wase-US ngoMashi 2003 ephikisana nempi yase-US e-Iraq. Ungumbhali ohlangene we "Disent: Voices of Conscience."
