Sarah Rohleder, World BEYOND War, Ngo-Ephreli 11, i-2023
USarah Rohleder ungumkhankasi wokuthula ne-Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, umfundi e-University of British Columbia, umxhumanisi wentsha we-Reverse the Trend Canada, kanye nomeluleki wentsha kuSenator Marilou McPhedran.
NgoJanuwari 9, 2023, uNgqongqoshe “Wezokuvikela” waseCanada u-Anita Anand umemezele isinqumo sikaHulumeni waseCanada sokuthenga izindiza zempi ze-Lockheed Martin F-88 ezingama-35. Lokhu kufanele kwenzeke ngokwezigaba, ngokuthengwa kokuqala kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7 kuma-F-16's angu-35. Kodwa-ke, izikhulu zivumile esithangamini esivaliwe sezobuchwepheshe, ukuthi phakathi nomjikelezo wazo wokuphila amabhanoyi ezempi angadla imali elinganiselwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-70 zamaRandi.
I-F-35 Lockheed Martin fighter jet yakhelwe ukuphatha isikhali senuzi i-B61-12. Uhulumeni wase-US ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi i-F-35 iyingxenye yokwakhiwa kwezikhali zenuzi kuzibuyekezo zayo ze-Nuclear Posture. Ibhomu le-thermonuclear i-F-35 eklanyelwe ukuthwala inezinhlobonhlobo zesivuno, kusukela ku-0.3kt kuya ku-50kt, okusho ukuthi amandla ayo okubhubhisa kakhulu aphindwe kathathu ubukhulu bebhomu laseHiroshima.
Ngisho nanamuhla, ngokocwaningo lwe-World Health Organization, “ayikho isevisi yezempilo kunoma iyiphi indawo emhlabeni ebingakwazi ukubhekana kahle namakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu abalinyazwe kabi ukuqhuma, ukushisa noma imisebe ye-radiation ngisho nebhomu elilodwa elingu-megaton. .” Imithelela yezizukulwane ngezizukulwane izikhali zenuzi ezinayo isho ukuthi lezi zindiza zempi, ngokuphonsa ibhomu elilodwa, zingashintsha kakhulu izimpilo zezizukulwane ezizayo.
Ngaphandle kwefa lenuzi lezi zindiza zempi ezingaba nazo, uhulumeni waseCanada utshale enye imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.3 ukuze weseke ukufika kwama-F-35 amasha ngokwesabelomali esisanda kukhishwa sika-2023. Lokhu ukuzibophezela ekubhebhezeleni impi, okuzodala ukufa kanye nokucekelwa phansi okungenzeka kakhulu ezindaweni zomhlaba esezisengozini kakhulu, uma kungenjalo uMhlaba wonke.
Njengoba iCanada iyilungu le-NATO, izindiza zempi zaseCanada zingagcina ziphethe izikhali zenuzi ezikwesinye sezifundazwe ezihlome ngezikhali zenuzi ezingamalungu e-NATO. Yize lokhu kungafanele kumangaze uma iCanada ibambelela embonweni wokuvinjwa kwezikhali zenuzi okuyingxenye ebalulekile yenqubomgomo yezokuvikela ye-NATO.
ISivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi (i-NPT) esaklanyelwe ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nokuzuza ukuncishiswa kwezikhali zenuzi siye sahluleka kaningi ukudala isinyathelo sokuhoxiswa kwezikhali futhi sibe negalelo ekuphathweni kwezikhali zenuzi. Lesi isivumelwano esisodwa i-Canada eyilungu laso, futhi sizobe sephula uma ukuthengwa kwama-F-35 kungenzeka. Lokhu kubonakala ku-Article 2 mayelana nesivumelwano “sokungatholi ukudluliselwa kunoma yimuphi umdluliseli wanoma iziphi izikhali zenuzi .. ukungenzi noma ukuthola ngenye indlela izikhali zenuzi …” I-NPT ibonakale isize izikhali zenuzi zibe ingxenye eyamukelekayo ukuhleleka komhlaba wonke, naphezu kokubuzwa njalo amazwe angewona awenuzi, kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi.
Lokhu kuholele kuSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi (TPNW) okwaxoxwa ngaso ku-2017 yizizwe ezingaphezu kwe-135 futhi saqala ukusebenza nesiginesha saso sama-50 ngoJanuwari 21, 2021 esibonisa isinyathelo esibalulekile ekuqedweni kwezikhali zenuzi. Lesi sivumelwano sihlukile ukuthi ukuphela kwesivumelwano sezikhali zenuzi sokuvimba ngokuqondile amazwe ukuthi angathuthuki, ahlole, akhiqize, akhiqize, adlulise, aphathe, agcine, asebenzise noma asabise ngokusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi noma avumele izikhali zenuzi ukuthi zimiswe endaweni yazo. Futhi iqukethe ama-athikili aqondile mayelana nosizo lwabahlukunyeziwe ngenxa yokusetshenziswa nokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi futhi ifuna ukuba nezizwe ezizosiza ekulungiseni izindawo ezingcolisiwe.
I-TPNW iphinde ivume umthelela ongalingani kwabesifazane namantombazane kanye nabantu boMdabu, ngaphezu kokunye ukulimala okubangelwa izikhali zenuzi. Naphezu kwalokhu, kanye nenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseCanada okuthiwa ilwela amalungelo abantu besifazane, uhulumeni wobumbano wenqabile ukusayina lesi sivumelwano, wawela esikhundleni sokuduba izingxoxo ze-NATO kanye noMhlangano Wokuqala Wamaqembu Ombuso we-TPNW eVienna, e-Austria, naphezu kokuba namanxusa esakhiweni. Ukuthengwa kwezindiza zokulwa ezengeziwe ezinamandla ezikhali zenuzi kuqinisa kuphela lokhu kuzibophezela kwezempi kanye neziphathimandla zenuzi.
Njengoba ukungezwani komhlaba kukhula, thina, njengezakhamizi zomhlaba wonke, sidinga ukuzibophezela ekuthuleni kohulumeni emhlabeni wonke, hhayi ukuzibophezela ezikhalini zempi. Lokhu kwenziwa kubaluleke nakakhulu njengoba Iwashi Losuku Lwembubhiso lamiswa kumasekhondi angu-90 kuya phakathi kwamabili yi-Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, okuyindawo eseduze kakhulu eyake yaba khona enhlekeleleni yomhlaba wonke.
Njengabantu baseCanada, sidinga imali ethe xaxa esetshenziswe ekusebenzeni kwesimo sezulu nasezinsizeni zezenhlalakahle ezifana nezindlu nokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Izindiza zempi, ikakhulukazi lezo ezinekhono lenuzi zisiza kuphela ukubhubhisa nokulimaza ukuphila, azikwazi ukuxazulula izinkinga eziqhubekayo zobumpofu, ukungavikeleki kokudla, ukungabi namakhaya, isimo sezulu esibucayi, noma ukungalingani okuye kwathinta abantu emhlabeni wonke. Sekuyisikhathi sokuzibophezela ekuthuleni nasezweni elingenayo i-nuclear, thina kanye nezizukulwane zethu ezizayo eziyophoqeleka ukuba ziphile nefa lezikhali zenuzi uma singakwenzi lokho.
