'Ama-nukes axegayo ...' kahle, cishe noma yini.
Indaba esemthethweni ukuthi ngo-Aug. 30, i-US Air Force (AF) 'ngephutha' yalayisha imicibisholo ye-nuclear-tipped cruise-tipped ku-B-52 e-Minot, North Dakota futhi yandizela e-Barkdale, e-Louisiana ukuze iyekiswe ukusebenza.
Iphutha litholakele futhi isikhulu sezikhali eMinot samiswa emsebenzini kuze kube uphenyo.
Ngaphandle kokuthi indaba ayinawo umqondo futhi ayenzekanga ngendlela i-AF esho ngayo. Okungenani ngokwamakhulu ezikhulu zamasosha zamanje nezithathe umhlalaphansi (ama-NCO) anolwazi lwenuzi abhalela i-Army Times namawebhusayithi ezempi akhokhisa ukuthi i-AF inamanga.
'Akuyona indlela esihogweni ukuthi noma ubani osembuthweni waseMelika angenza noma yini' engazi 'nge-nuke,' kubhala i-NCO ethathe umhlalaphansi eyayisebenza ngezikhali zenuzi.
Omunye umakadebona onokuhlangenwe nakho okuningi uthi, 'izivikelo ezihilelekile ezikhalini zenuzi kuwo wonke amabutho ahlomile ziyinkimbinkimbi ngendlela emangalisayo,' futhi lapho kuhilelekile izikhali zenuzi, 'kucisha zonke izinhlobo zezibani ezibomvu ezimisweni zawo wonke umuntu.' Amasosha aqinile mayelana nezinqubo zezikhali zenuzi, kusho umlobi, kangangokuthi kwesinye isigameko i-NCO ephule indawo 'ekungahambeki kuyo' yabulawa unogada.
Kukhona noma yiziphi izinombolo zezinto ezingenangqondo mayelana nenguqulo 'esemthethweni'.
Phakathi kokunye, lapho izikhali zenuzi zinyakaziswa emoyeni, ziba kuyi-C-130 ekhethekile eklanyelwe ukuvimbela ukuvuza kwemisebe uma kwenzeka ingozi. Kodwa ngomcimbi wango-August 6, imicibisholo yaxhunywa ezimpikweni ze-B-52, njengoba enye i-wag yaphawula yayifana 'nokuthunyelwa kwezinhlamvu ngesibhamu.'
Okwesibili, ukube ama-nukes ayezoyekiswa ukusebenza, ngabe athunyelwa eKirtland Air Force Base, eNew Mexico. Ukusuka lapho ama-warheads abezodluliselwa esikhungweni se-Pantex e-Amarillo, eTexas ukuze ahlakazwe. I-Barkdale, ngokuphambene, ingesinye sezisekelo zesiteji esikhulu saseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Abanye abahlaziyi baphikisa ngokuthi okuwukuphela kwendlela umsebenzi obungagwema ngayo 'izibani ezibomvu' kwakuwukweqa uchungechunge lwemiyalo evamile. I-National Security Agency noma ihhovisi likaSekela-Mongameli u-Dick Cheney elinalolo hlobo lwejusi. Ngo-May 2001, u-Cheney wabekwa ukuba aphathe 'zonke izinhlelo zikahulumeni ezibhekene nezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu.'
Omunye umbono uthi uCheney ubezama ukuthumela ama-nukes eMpumalanga Ephakathi elungiselela isiteleka sase-Iran.
Kodwa ukuthutha ama-nukes ukuya eMpumalanga Ephakathi kungafana nokuthumela amalahle eNewcastle: Amasosha ase-US enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini agcwele izikhali zenuzi.
Owake waba yisikhulu ubhala ukuthi kungenzeka kube yindlela 'yokunciphisa izindleko'-yize kwakuyisimungulu - ukonga imali ngokubeka ama-nukes endizeni evamile kunokusebenzisa i-C-130 ebizayo, eklanywe ngokukhethekile.
Abanye baze basikisela ukuthi kwakuyitulo labavangeli abangamaKristu ababezama ukuletha i-apocalypse. Nakuba lokho kungase kuzwakale kuwubuwula, ucwaningo lwango-2006 olwenziwa e-US War College olwenziwa nguCol. William Millonig lwaphetha ngokuthi 'izindinganiso zobuKristu ezilandelanayo nezamaRepublican ziye zaba nomthelela ekuthathweni kwezinqumo kwamasosha kanye nezincomo zenqubomgomo.' futhi yaxwayisa ngokuthi 'Abacabangi bamasu baseMelika, amasosha kanye nezakhamuzi, kumele bakuqaphele lokhu kanye nemithelela yakho engaba khona ekwakhiweni kwenqubomgomo.'
Ngakho-ke izincazelo zama-nukes alahlekile zisukela ku-'Grand Conspiracy,' ukuncinza kwe-penny, kuya kuma-crazies eTestamente elisha. Ukungakwazi okukhulu kuyikhandidethi eliqinile futhi.
Futhi ubani owashaya impempe? Omunye umthombo wezempi uthi uma i-Army Times iqhuba le ndaba, kwakungenxa yokuthi othile ophakeme kakhulu we-command chain ubatshele ukuthi bayenze.
Ngokusho komthombo, ukuphela kwendlela le ndaba ebingaphuma ngayo ukube 'i-dime dropper igqoke okungenani izinkanyezi ezintathu, uma kungenjalo ezine.'
Okulahlekayo kukho konke lokhu ukuthi i-Advanced Cruise Missile ipakisha i-W-80 warhead enamandla asukela ku-150 kuya ku-220,000 kilotons. Ibhomu le-athomu elacekela phansi i-Hiroshima futhi labulala abantu abangu-100,000-13 kubo nge-millisecond-yayiyi-XNUMX kilotons. Ukuhlela lezi zinto nxazonke 'ngephutha' yinto okumele iCongress, hhayi i-Air Force, iyiphenye.
Ukuhlonza ukuthi ubani ogunyaze ukusebenza kuzohamba ibanga elide ekutholeni ukuthi izikhali zenuzi eziyisithupha zahamba kanjani i-AWOL.
Mhlawumbe abezindaba kufanele balahle i-OJ futhi baqale ukubuza imibuzo ethile?
'Izindiza zempi ezixegayo...' akucaci kahle ukuthi yimaphi lawo majethi akwa-Israel aphule indawo yendiza yaseSyria Sept.
Ezingu-6, ngaphandle kokuthi bezingekho ngenxa yezizathu ezifunwa uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika.
Indiza, ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseSyria, u-Walid Muallem, iwise 'amabhomu' emathafeni asenyakatho eSyria 'namathange kaphethiloli' eTurkey. AbaseTurkey babize lesi sigameko 'ngamukelekile.'
Ama-Israyeli omama.
NgoSepthemba 11, 'izikhulu' ezingashiwongo ngamagama kuBush Administration zatshela i-New York Times ukuthi ama-Israel aqhumisa 'inqolobane yezikhali' iSyria eyayiyithumela kuHezbollah eLebanon. Kodwa leyondaba yayingenayo imilenze. Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu-uma bekukhona-kwenzeke emngceleni weTurkey-Syria, kude nomngcele osenyakatho weLebanon. Phezu kwalokho, iHezbollah iseningizimu yeLebanon.
Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, u-Andrew Semmel, ibamba likanobhala wezwe wenqubomgomo ye-nuclear nonproliferation, wethula enye incazelo: U-Israyeli waqhumisa ibhomu uhlelo lwenuzi olucashile olwasungulwa ngabaseNyakatho Korea.
NgokukaDaniel Levy, owayengumxhumanisi wokuthula wakwa-Israel kanye nozakwabo omkhulu ku-New American Foundation, ama-neoconservatives kuBush Administration azama ukucekela phansi izingxoxo neNyakatho Korea nanoma yikuphi ukuvinjelwa kweSyria. 'Bafuna [neocons] ukuphikisa isivumelwano saseNyakatho Korea' futhi 'baqinisekise ukuthi akukho ukubambisana eSyria.'
Futhi ngokuphazima kweso, lowo owayeyiNxusa le-UN kanye neqhawe le-neocon u-John Bolton wayebhala ku-Wall Street Journal ukuthi 'i-Iran, i-Syria, nezinye zingase zibe 'izindawo eziphephile' zokuthuthukiswa kwezikhali zenuzi zaseNyakatho Korea, noma kungenzeka ukuthi sezihlomulile kukho. ' Wabe esetshela i-New York Times ukuthi ukuqhubeka nezingxoxo neNorth Korea mayelana nokuqeda uhlelo lwayo lwezikhali zenuzi 'kungaba iphutha elikhulu.'
Ubengenele ummeli wase-US u-Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, oklelise iRiphabhulikhi eKomidini Lezangaphandle Lendlu, owabhala ku-New York Sun, 'iDamaseku ibithuthukisa izindawo zayo zenuzi,' futhi waxwayisa, 'I-Syria ibeka usongo olukhulayo ukuthi i-US kufanele ngibhekane nayo.'
Kodwa lapho i-International Atomic Energy Agency iphenya iSyria ngo-2004, ayizange ithole ubufakazi bohlelo lwenuzi.
UJoseph Cirincione, umqondisi wenqubomgomo yenuzi e-Center for American Progress, uthi 'Indaba ewumbudane.' Uthi uhlelo lwenuzi lwaseSyria oluneminyaka engu-40 'luyisisekelo kakhulu ukusekela noma yimaphi amandla ezikhali. Amanyuvesi anezinhlelo ezinkulu kuneSyria.'
Okunye okungenzeka ukuthi ama-Israel alungiselela ukushaya i-Iran. INorthern Syria ingeminye yemigudu yakwa-Israyeli eya e-Iran (enye idlula eJordani naseSaudi Arabia). Ngokusho kwe-Time, ukuhlasela kwe-Israel kwakuklanyelwe ukuhlola uhlelo lokuvikela umoya lwase-Syria lwe-Pantsyr yaseRussia, ingxube yemicibisholo ecitshwayo kanye nezinganono ezingama-30 mm okusolakala ukuthi azikwazi ukuminyana. Ngokusho kwe-Time, i-Iran iphinde ithumele i-Pantsyr ezindaweni zayo zenuzi.
Incazelo yephaseji inengqondo, ukuhlola i-Pantsyr akwenzi. Lokhu kwakamuva kuwuhlelo lwesu lwebanga elifushane futhi noma yikuphi ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwezinhloso zase-Iranian kuzosuka endaweni ephakeme kusetshenziswa izikhali eziqondiswa ngesathelayithi. Ngisho nesistimu yezikhali ezicitshwayo zaseSyria entsha ye-SA-24 ingafinyelela ezinyaweni ze-22,000 kuphela, hhayi ukuphakama ngokwanele ukukhathaza kakhulu izindiza zase-US noma zakwa-Israel.
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