<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - ULeon Panetta, uNobhala Wezokuvikela wase-United States, wanikeza inkulumo eyisihluthulelo eHalifax Forum 2011. UPanetta wachaza i-US njengalokhu ibhekene namaqiniso ezezimali anezinsiza ezilinganiselwe futhi wachaza ikusasa lempi yase-US ukuthi, nakuba incane, iyashesha, iguquguquke, isetshenziswe futhi ifakwe ubuchwepheshe ukuze ibhekane nezinsongo zesikhathi esizayo. UNobhala Panetta futhi wanxusa amanye amazwe ukuba ahlanganyele emthwalweni wokulondoloza ukulondeka komhlaba wonke. Naphezu kwengcindezi yesabelomali, uPanetta wazwakalisa ukuqiniseka kwakhe ngezimali zohlelo lwezindiza zamazwe amaningi i-Joint Strike Fighter F-35. Kanye nozakwabo wase-US, uPeter MacKay, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela Kazwelonke waseCanada, baqinisekisa uhlelo luka-Ottawa lokuthenga izindiza ezingama-65 ze-F-35. U-MacKay uthe isimo eSyria nase-Iran, yizindaba ezimbili ezibalulekile kule nkundla, ukuthi umsebenzi we-NATO eLibya  <response>: kwakungenayo i-blueprint yokungenelela okufanayo. Kukhona ingozi ekwakheni isimo sokuthi kukhona amaphoyisa omhlaba azoqala ukukhetha amazwe futhi agcizelele lokho labo hulumeni - abasemthethweni noma cha - okufanele bakwenze, kusho uMacKay kubahlanganyeli besithangami. UNgqongqoshe wezokuVikela waseCanada wanezela ukuthi noma yiziphi izenzo zamazwe ngamazwe eSyria zizodinga isinqumo se-UN Security Council esifana naleso esiphathelene neLibya. Wabuye waveza ithemba lakhe lokuthi iRussia neChina bazovumelana ngezijeziso zezomnotho ezibhekiswe eSyria. Ekhuluma eHalifax, uSenator John McCain wazwakalisa ukuqiniseka kwakhe ngokuthi i-Arab Spring iyigciwane elizohlasela iMoscow neBeijing. 