By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Fabrairu 26, 2021
The USA Today, zane akan aikin Cost of War Project, Quincy Institute, David Vine, William Hartung, da sauransu, sun wuce iyakokin kowace babbar hanyar watsa labarai ta Amurka, kuma fiye da abin da kowane memba na majalisar dokokin Amurka yayi, a cikin babban sabon jerin labarai game da yaƙe-yaƙe, tushe, da kuma yaƙi.
Akwai gazawa masu mahimmanci, wasu daga cikinsu (kamar ƙarancin ƙididdigar mutuwa da tsadar kuɗi) waɗanda suka samo asali daga stimar Kuɗin Yakin. Amma nasarar da aka samu gaba ɗaya - Ina fata - mai ban mamaki.
Labari na farko shine: “'Hisabi ya kusa': Amurka na da daular mulkin soja daga kasashen waje. Shin har yanzu tana bukatar sa? ”
Jawabin yana da nakasa sosai:
"Shekaru da dama, Amurka na jin daɗin mamayar sojan duniya, nasarar da ta haifar da tasirin ta, tsaron ƙasa da ƙoƙarin inganta demokraɗiyya."
Inganta abin? A ina ta taba inganta dimokiradiyya? Sojojin Amurka makamai, jiragen ƙasa, da / ko kuɗi 96% na gwamnatocin da suka fi zalunci a duniya ta hanyar lissafin kansa.
Tsaron kasa? Tushen samar da yaƙe-yaƙe da adawa, ba tsaro ba.
Daga baya a cikin wannan labarin, mun karanta: “'A duk waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe Amurka ta kashe kuɗi da yawa game da jini da ɗimbin dukiya tare da ainihin kaɗan don nunawa,' in ji Hartung na Cibiyar Manufofin Duniya. 'Hisabi ya kusa.' Yana da wahala a nuna wuri guda inda tsoma bakin da Amurka ta yi bayan-9/11 ya haifar da ko dai ci gaban dimokiradiyya ko kuma rage ta’addanci, ”in ji shi.
Statisticsididdiga ba su da ƙarfi:
"Ma'aikatar Tsaro na kashe sama da dala biliyan 700 a shekara kan makamai da shirin yaki - fiye da kasashe 10 masu zuwa a hade, a cewar kungiyar masu nazarin tattalin arziki gidauniyar Peter G. Peterson."
Hakikanin kuɗin sojojin Amurka shine $ 1.25 tiriliyan a shekara.
Amma, wanene ya damu idan lambobin ba daidai ba ne kuma ana nuna cewa abin da ya mamaye duniya yana da ma'ana kafin wannan lokacin? Wannan labarin ya bayyana girman daular tushe kuma yana ba da shawarar cewa ba za a ƙara 'buƙatar su' ba:
“Amma duk da haka a yau, a yayin canjin teku cikin barazanar tsaro, sojojin Amurka na kasashen waje na iya zama ba su da wata ma'ana kamar yadda take a da, in ji wasu manazarta kan harkokin tsaro, jami'an tsaro da tsoffin mambobin kungiyar sojan Amurka. ”
Har ila yau mawallafin ya ba da shawarar sauyawa daga samar da yaƙe-yaƙe zuwa aiki kan ainihin matsaloli:
“Barazanar da ta fi gaggawa ga Amurka, sun ce, ta zama ba ta yin aikin soja. Daga cikin su: hare-hare ta yanar gizo; ba da labari; Mamayar tattalin arzikin China; canjin yanayi; da kuma barkewar cututtuka irin su COVID-19, wadanda suka lalata tattalin arzikin Amurka kamar ba wani abin da ya faru tun bayan Tsananin Takaitawa. ”
Rahoton ya ɓace daga ra'ayin cewa ba lallai ne a buƙaci tushe don sanin su a matsayin cutarwa ba:
“Hakanan yana iya zama mara amfani. Parsi ya ce daukar 'yan ta'adda a Gabas ta Tsakiya ya danganta da kasancewar sansanin Amurka, misali. A halin da ake ciki, manyan 'yan koren Amurka, ba' yan ta'adda na kasashen waje ba, suna gabatar da mummunar barazanar ta'addanci ga Amurka, a cewar a rahoto daga Ma'aikatar Tsaron Cikin Gida bayarwa a cikin Oktoba - watanni uku kafin a wasu gungun mutane sun afkawa fadar gwamnatin. "
GASKIYA
Hakanan muna samun cikakken kimantawa game da tushen:
“A yau akwai har zuwa 800, bisa ga bayanai daga Pentagon da kuma wani masani daga waje, David Vine, malamin ilimin halayyar dan adam a Jami’ar Amurka da ke Washington. Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta ce, kimanin sojojin Amurka 220,000 da na farar hula suna aiki a cikin kasashe sama da 150.
“China, a akasin haka, kasa ta biyu mafi karfin tattalin arziki a duniya kuma ga dukkan alamu babbar mai hamayyar Amurka, tana da sansanin soja guda ne kawai a ketare, a Djibouti, a yankin Afirka. (Camp Lemonnier, sansanin Amurka mafi girma a Afirka, yana da nisan mil ne kawai.) Burtaniya, Faransa da Rasha suna da tashoshi 60 na kasashen waje hade, a cewar Vine. A cikin teku, Amurka tana da jigilar jiragen sama 11. China tana da biyu. Rasha na da ɗaya.
“Adadin yawan sansanonin Amurka yana da wahalar tantancewa saboda asirce, aikin hukuma da kuma ma'anar hade-hade. Basesididdigar asusun 800 an haɓaka, wasu suna jayayya, ta hanyar kula da Pentagon na ɗakunan shafuka da yawa kusa da juna azaman kayan shigarwa daban. Amurka A YAU ta ƙayyade ranakun da sama da 350 na waɗannan kafuwar suka buɗe. Ba a bayyana ko nawa ne sauran suke amfani da su ba. ”
Sannan zamu sami wasu maganganun banza:
"'Suna kirga duk wata karamar faci, kowace eriya a saman dutse mai shinge mai kafa 8 a kusa da ita,' in ji Philip M. Breedlove, wani janar mai tauraro hudu da ya yi ritaya a rundunar sojan sama ta Amurka wanda kuma ya kasance a matsayin NATO Babban Kwamandan Hadin Kan Turai. Breedlove ya kiyasta cewa akwai wasu 'manyan' manyan 'sansanonin Amurka da ke kasashen waje ba dole ba ne ga tsaron kasa na Amurka. ”
Kuma kyakkyawan ƙarshe:
"Duk da haka babu wata tambaya game da cewa saka hannun jari na Amurka a fannin tsaro da kuma sawun sojojin ta na kasa da kasa yana ta fadada shekaru da dama."
Motsa KUDI
The USA Today labarin yayi jayayya cewa COVID shine fifiko a kan yaƙe-yaƙe saboda ya kashe kashe kuma ya fi tsada - wanda kusan hakan ke sa ku so kuyi murna saboda ƙarancin ƙididdigar mutuwar yaƙi da farashin. Koyaya, an gaya mana:
“Amma hana irin wannan mace-macen bazai zama wani lamari ne na karbar kudi daga Pentagon ba amma sauya hankali a ciki. Misali, babban mashawarcin fadar White House mai ba da shawara COVID-19 Andy Slavitt ya sanar da 5 ga Fabrairu fiye da haka Dakarun da ke bakin aiki 1,000 za su fara tallafawa wuraren rigakafin a kewayen Amurka ”Kyakkyawan ayyukan alheri da za a iya yi a wajen soja wata dabara ce ta tsufa don kiyaye kashe kashe sosai kan makamai, sansanoni, da sojoji.
Har ila yau labarin ya lura da mummunan haɗarin rushewar yanayi kuma alhamdulillahi ba ya inganta sojoji a matsayin hanyar magance shi, amma ba ya ba da shawarar matsar da kuɗin da ake buƙata cikin gaggawa zuwa Green New Deal ko dai.
SINA DA RASHIYA
Don babbar daraja, da USA Today ya nuna cewa China ba ta tsunduma cikin harkar sojan Amurka ba, kuma a maimakon haka tana saka hannun jari a kamfanoni na zaman lafiya da nuna bajinta a gare su - wani abu da tsohon Shugaban Amurka Jimmy Carter ya nuna wa Shugaban Amurka na lokacin Donald Trump wanda ya amsa tare da kara karfin militar.
Labarin ya nutse a cikin Russiagate, kuma ya nuna yadda ake barazanar kai hare-hare ta hanyar yanar gizo ba tare da yin tsokaci ba game da cewa gwamnatin Amurka ta ki amincewa da shawarwarin Rasha don wata yarjejeniya ta hana kai hare-hare ta yanar gizo, tana cikin kai hare-hare ta yanar gizo, tana ta yin alfahari da ita hare-hare ta yanar gizo. Amma duk wani aikin banza yana motsa kuɗi daga bama-bamai da makamai masu linzami zuwa kwamfutoci ya kamata mu yi murna.
Wasu daga cikin abubuwan ban tsoro wauta ce kawai: “Akwai yiwuwar abokan adawar Amurka a Iran da Koriya ta Arewa su samar da makamin nukiliya da nufin kaiwa Amurka hari” Koriya ta Arewa tana da makaman nukiliya tsawon shekaru. Iran ba ta da shirin kera makamin nukiliya. Babu ɗayansu, don haka, kera makaman nukiliya.
MILLEY
Wannan ya hada da: “Ko a kwanan nan shugaban hadadden Shugabannin Ma’aikata ya ce Amurka ya kamata sake tunani game da manyan matakan dakarunta na dindindin a cikin yankuna masu haɗari na duniya, inda zasu iya zama masu rauni idan rikice-rikicen yanki suka ɓarke. Amurka na buƙatar kasancewar ƙasashen waje, amma ya kamata ta kasance 'episodic,' ba ta dindindin ba, Milley ya ce a cikin Disamba. 'Manya-manyan sansanonin Amurka na kasashen ketare na iya zama tilas ga sojojin juyawa su shiga da fita, amma sanya dakaru na Amurka na dindindin ina ganin yana bukatar muhimmiyar ma'ana game da nan gaba,' in ji Milley, duk saboda tsada da kuma hadari ga dangin sojoji. . ”
GASKIYA GASKIYA GASKIYA
“Kuma yayin da har yanzu ba a bayyana yawan sansanoni ba, in akwai, wadanda aka rufe a karkashin Trump, tun shekarar 2016 ya bude wasu sansanonin a Afghanistan, Estonia, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Niger, Norway, Palau, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Somalia, Syria da Tunisia, a cewar bayanai daga Pentagon da Vine. Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Amurka, wacce Trump ya kafa a watan Disambar 2019, ta riga ta kasance tana da wata tawaga ta sojojin sama 20 da aka girka a tashar jirgin saman Al-Udeid na Qatar, da kuma wasu wurare na kasashen waje don sanya ido kan makamai masu linzami a Greenland, United Kingdom, Ascension Island a cikin Pacific Ocean da a cikin Diego Garcia da ke dauke da makamai a tekun Indiya, a cewar mujallar Stars and Stripes, wata jaridar sojojin Amurka. ”
KASHE KASHE KASHE KASHE TRUMP
“A cikin shekarar 2019, kawancen da Amurka ke jagoranta wadanda ke marawa gwamnatin Afghanistan baya kan‘ yan tawayen Taliban sun jefa karin bama-bamai da makamai masu linzami daga jiragen yaki da marasa matuka fiye da kowace shekara ta yakin da aka fara tun daga 2001. Jiragen yakin sun harba makamai 7,423 a shekarar 2019, a cewar bayanan Sojojin Sama. An kafa tarihin da ya gabata a shekarar 2018, lokacin da aka jefa makamai 7,362. A shekarar 2016, shekarar karshe ta gwamnatin Obama, wannan adadi ya kai 1,337. ”
Mai rakiyar USA Today labarin ake kira "Musamman: Ayyukan ta'addanci na Amurka sun shafi kasashe 85 a cikin shekaru 3 da suka gabata kadai."
“Sabon bayanai daga mai binciken Stephanie Savell don Kuɗin Kuɗi na aikin yaki a Cibiyar Watson ta Jami'ar Brown ya nuna cewa a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata Amurka ta kasance tana aiki aƙalla ƙasashe 85. ”
Wasu manyan taswira:
Taswirar da ke sama dole ne ta cire “atisayen” da NATO ke gudanarwa.
Taswirar da ke ƙasa ya fi kyau akan USA Today site inda yake sabunta kowace shekara.
Ga wanda ke da girman da'irori wanda yake nuna yawan sojojin Amurka:
Labari na uku daga USA Today ana kiran shi "Biden ya sa kafar wando daya da 'Amurka ta Farko' duk da cewa yana kokarin warware manufofin Trump na kasashen waje."
A ciki, masu magana da yawun Biden sun ba da shawarar cewa zai kawar da Amurka daga ayyukan ta'addanci da kuma kula da bukatun bil'adama da muhalli.
Zai yi kyau idan wannan ya dace da shaidar har zuwa yanzu game da karya alkawari a Afghanistan, rabi da rashin cika alkawari a Yemen, babu wani motsi kan sauya kudin soja zuwa ayyukan lumana, karya alkawari kan yarjejeniyar Iran, yarjejeniyar makamai zuwa m kama-karya ciki har da Misira, ci gaba da dumu-dumu a Syria, Iraki, Iran, kin fitar da dakaru daga Jamus, goyon bayan juyin mulki da za a yi a Venezuela, gabatar da dimbin masu son shiga cikin manyan mukamai, ci gaba da sanya takunkumi kan Kotun Manyan Laifuka ta Duniya, ci gaba da bautar da Mai mulkin kama karya na Saudiyya, ba tare da gurfanar da duk wani laifin yaki a gabanin Biden ba, ci gaba da keɓancewa ga militarism daga yarjejeniyar yanayi, da sauransu.
