Daga Primo Davril, Washington Post, Afrilu 1, 2022
BETHESDA, MD - Marathon na shekara-shekara wanda aka fi sani da shi don haifar da fushin hanya a ciki da kusa da Bethesda, Maryland, ya sami sabon suna, jigo, da mai ba da tallafi mai tarin yawa.
A farkon wannan shekara shi ne ci gaba da Marathon. Tare da fargabar neman sulhu a Ukraine, ana buƙatar mahalarta su sanya duka shuɗi da rawaya "a bayyane kuma a cikin kusancin madaidaicin inuwar launi."
Emily d'Inferno, mai magana da yawun sabuwar tseren mai daukar nauyin Lockheed-Martin ta bayyana cewa, "Za mu yi bakin kokarinmu don farantawa 'yan gudun hijira da kuma jajirtattun 'yan kasar Yukren, suna ihun 'Ku Ci gaba!' a duka biyun."
Yayin da sabon taken tseren ya zama sananne a cikin rukunin mutanen da aka yi hira da su, wani mazaunin Bethesda wanda ya zaɓi a sakaya sunansa saboda dalilan tsaron ƙasa ya lura cewa mai kula da yaransa kwanan nan ya ce harajin ta (da sauran) ya ba Lockheed-Martin dala biliyan 75 a bara don haka. don haka ita ce ainihin mai daukar nauyin tsere.
Har ila yau duniya babbar dillalin makamai, Lockheed Martin na Bethesda alfahari game da makamai sama da kasashe 50. Wadannan sun hada da da yawa daga cikin gwamnatocin da suka fi zalunci da kama-karya, da kuma kasashe da ke sabanin yaƙe-yaƙe. Wasu daga cikin gwamnatocin da Lockheed Martin dauke da makamai sune Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Kamaru, Kanada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Masar, Habasha, Jamus, Indiya, Isra'ila, Italiya. , Japan, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Korea ta Kudu, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, da Vietnam.
Makaman Lockheed Martin sau da yawa suna zuwa tare da "yarjejeniyoyin sabis na rayuwa" wanda Lockheed kaɗai zai iya ba da kayan aikin. An yi amfani da makaman Lockheed Martin akan mutanen Yemen, Iraki, Afganistan, Siriya, Pakistan, Somaliya, Libya, da sauran kasashe da dama. Baya ga laifuffukan da aka kera samfuran sa, ana samun Lockheed Martin da laifi akai-akai zamba da sauran munanan ayyuka.
Lockheed Martin yana cikin Amurka da Burtaniya nukiliya makamai, da kuma kasancewa mai samar da mummuna da bala'i F-35, da kuma tsarin makami mai linzami na THAAD da aka yi amfani da su don tayar da tashin hankali a duniya da kerawa a ciki 42 Amurka ta ce mafi kyawun tabbatar da goyon bayan membobin Majalisa.
A Amurka a zaben 2020, a cewar Bude asirin, Ƙungiyoyin Lockheed Martin sun kashe kusan dala miliyan 7 a kan 'yan takara, jam'iyyun siyasa, da PACs, da kuma kusan dala miliyan 13 a kan lobbying ciki har da kusan rabin miliyan kowanne a kan Donald Trump da Joe Biden, $ 197 dubu kan Kay Granger, $ 138 dubu akan Bernie Sanders, da kuma $ 114 dubu akan Chuck Schumer.
Daga cikin masu fafutuka 70 na Lockheed Martin na Amurka, 49 a baya suna rike da ayyukan gwamnati. Lockheed Martin ya nemi gwamnatin Amurka da farko don wani babban kudirin kashe kudaden soji, wanda a shekarar 2021 ya kai dala biliyan 778, daga ciki dala biliyan 75. tafi kai tsaye zuwa Lockheed Martin. Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ta kasance hannun tallata Lockheed Martin, tana tallata makamanta ga gwamnatoci.
Yan majalisa kuma hannun jari a ciki da riba daga ribar Lockheed Martin, gami da daga na baya-bayan nan makamai kaya zuwa Ukraine. Lockheed Martin's hannun jari soar a duk lokacin da aka yi sabon babban yaki. Lockheed Martin alfahari cewa yakin yana da kyau ga kasuwanci. 'Yar majalisa daya sayi Lockheed Martin hannun jari a kan Fabrairu 22, 2022, kuma washegari tweeted "Yaki da jita-jita na yaki suna da riba mai ban sha'awa..."
Jahilai jahilai suna da zanga-zangar da aka shirya na Lockheed Martin a cikin Bethesda da kuma duniya baki daya na mako na Afrilu 21-28.
