NguRobert Koehler, Izimangaliso Ezivamile
"Uhlelo lwe-F-35 Lightning II (olwaziwa nangokuthi yiJoint Strike Fighter Programme) luyindawo okugxilwe kuyo nguMnyango Wezokuvikela ekuchazeni izindlela ezingabizi zesiteleka sezindiza ezilandelayo ezingabizi kakhulu kuNavy, Air Force, Marines, kanye nakwabasebenzisana nathi. I-F-35 izoletha ubuchwepheshe obunqenqemeni kwempi yesikhathi esizayo. "
Ukuhlala ngemuva kwalokhu kufiphala okuncane kwe-PR, kusuka kwabakwa-F-35 iwebhusayithi, kuyisikhala lapho umphefumulo wesintu unyamalale.
Lokhu kungazi ngempi: kukhiyiwe endaweni, kuyaphithizela emalini. I-F-35 enamaphutha amabi kakhulu, uhlelo lwezikhali zamasosha ezibiza kakhulu emlandweni, ekugcineni kulindeleke ukuthi ibize ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1 trillion, kepha akunandaba: "Izoletha ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu ekulweni kwempi yesikhathi esizayo."
Kusho ukuthini lokho? Kuzwakala njengesikhangiso esilandelayo Star Trek movie, kepha kuyinqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US - noma, ngokunemba, ukucabanga kobuzwe: Sizohlala silwa nothile. Yisiprofetho esigcwaliseka ngokwakho sokugcwaliseka. Lapho sisebenzisa izigidigidi zamadola “ukulungiselela” impi, ngoNkulunkulu, sizothola isitha.
Lokhu kungukuqonda okufanele sikwedlule, kanye nesabelomali esiphikisayo sendlela ka-Lockheed Martin, engadingeki ngokuphelele-yezokuphepha kuzwelonke ye-F-35, okufanele ngabe ilungele ukuhamba nge-2019, empeleni indawo enhle qala.
"I-F-35 iyisikhali sempi ehlaselayo, ayisebenzi nhloso yokuvikela," kufunda i-The isikhalazo manje ekujikelezeni, okuqalwa yizinhlangano eziyishumi nambili. "Kuhlelwe ukubiza u-US $ 1.4 trillion weminyaka engu-50. Ngenxa yokuthi indlala emhlabeni ingaqedwa ngo- $ 30 billion kanye nokuntuleka kwamanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile ngama- $ 11 billion ngonyaka, okokuqala nokuphambili ngokulahleka kwezinsiza ezizobulawa yile ndiza indiza. . . .
“Izimpi zibeka engcupheni i-United States nabanye ababambe iqhaza kunokuba zivikele. Amathuluzi angekho emthethweni omthetho, ezokuxhumana, okusiza, ukuvimbela izinhlekelele, nokuvikela izikhali zenuzi okuqinisekisiwe kufanele kuthathelwe indawo ukuze kuqhubeke izimpi zokukhiqiza. Ngakho-ke, thina njengabasayinisi sikhalazo, sicela ukuthi konke kukhishwe ohlelweni lwe-F-35, kanye nokwesulwa kwamasu okususa noma yiziphi izimbiza eziyingozi nezinomsindo eduze kwezindawo ezinabantu abaningi. ”
Ekupheleni kwalesi sibhicongo, ama-F-35s, azosuselwa eBurlington, Vermont, naseFairbanks, e-Alaska, ayingozi kakhulu anganikeza izindawo zokuhlala eziseduzane ukuthi zingagadli. Izinga lomsindo omkhulu lingadala ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo ezinganeni, ngokusho kombiko we-World Health Organisation; futhi ingozi enkulu yezindiza yokuqhekeka, ehlanganiswe nezinto ezinobuthi ezisetshenziswa ekwakheni kwazo, yabeka izakhamizi zasendaweni engcupheni engamukelekile.
Kepha ubuwula bokufaka abantu ebungozini obunjalo bukhuliswa kakhulu ngokungabi nasidingo sokwenza kanjalo.
Izimpande Action, enye yezinhlangano ezifuna ukukhanselwa kwe-F-35, ichaza indiza eyilwayo ngokuthi "isikhali sokuqala esibi esenzelwe ukungena endaweni yomoya singatholakali. Izosetshenziselwa ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi nokucekelwa phansi ezimpini eziningi ezinjenge-Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria, neVietnam lapho kubulawe khona izisulu zabantu kwalimala izigidi zababaleki. ”
Noma kunjalo, lezi zimpi azizange zithuthukise noma iyiphi inqubo enengqondo. Abenzanga iMelika iphephe, kancane kakhulu “inkulu.” Ukuqinisekisa leli phuzu, isiza seRoots Action sinqamula kumqondisi we-CIA John Brennan, ethula ubufakazi ngaphambi kweKomidi Lezobunhloli lase-US ngoJuni ngonyaka owedlule:
"Ngeshwa," uBrennan utshela ikomidi, "yize yonke intuthuko yethu sibhekene ne-ISIL enkundleni yezempi nasezindabeni zezezimali, imizamo yethu ayinciphisanga amandla wobuphekula baleli qembu nokufinyelela emhlabeni jikelele."
Uqhubeka athi: "Izinsizakusebenza ezidingekayo zobushokobezi zincane kakhulu, futhi iqembu kuzodingeka lilahlekelwe kakhulu yindawo, amandla amakhulu nemali ukuze inani lamaphekula linciphe kakhulu."
Ake sihlale buthule ngala mazwi okwesikhashana.
Ekuthuleni, igama elithi "kungani" livela ngamandla amakhulu, ngamandla amaningi, mhlawumbe, kunokuba kungenzeka ukuthwala, okungenani lapho umuntu eqala ukufaka izindleko zemizamo yethu engaphumeleli. Kungani izikhali zempi zingukuphela kwamathuluzi esikhetha ukusebenzisa wona - okuwukuphela kwamathuluzi esingawacabanga ukusebenzisa, uma simelana nosongo esilubiza ngobuphekula? Kungani izinhlaka zikahulumeni ezigidigidi zamarandi zibhajwe ngezinga elibuthaka kangaka lokwazi - impi engazi - ukuthi abakwazi ukubona lutho ngaphandle kokulimala kwembubhiso enkulu ukuze 'basigcine siphephile,' lapho konke ngalomsebenzi kusenza buthaka , ukusibeka engozini, kusenza siphephe kakhulu?
Kuthiwani uma siqala ukulwela ukuthula nobushokobezi? Lokho kusho ukuthi, kuthiwani uma siqala ukukubona lokho ukuqonda Isitha yini ebaluleke kakhulu, ngenkathi sicabanga ukuthi singakuqeda esikwesabayo kungukukhohlisa kwezilinganiso ezinkulu?
Cabanga ngalokhu: "UMnyango Wezokuvikela udala izindiza zokulwa ezizohlasela ezindizeni eceleni kwendiza enabantu," New York Times kubikwa ngo-Okthoba. "Kuhlolwe imicibisholo enganquma ukuthi yini ezohlasela, futhi sekwakhe nemikhumbi engazingela imigwaqo eyisithela yesitha, yagoqa leyo ethola izinkulungwane zamamayela, ngaphandle kosizo lwabantu. . . .
"Izikhulu zezokuvikela zithi lezi zikhali ziyadingeka ukuze iMelika iqhubeke nokulwa ngaphezulu kweChina, iRussia kanye nezinye izimbangi, nabo abathela imali ocwaningweni olufanayo (njengoba kunjalo nakwabalingani baseBrithani nabakwa-Israyeli). Isabelomali sakamuva sePentagon sachaza imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 18 ukuthi isetshenziswe iminyaka emithathu kubuchwepheshe obehlanganisa obudingeka ezenzweni ezizimele. ”
Umhlaba onjani esihlelayo! Ngikholwa ukuthi sisekhona isikhathi sokushintsha izinkomba, kepha isidingo sokwenza kanjalo kufanele siqale namuhla.
