Na Medea Benjamin lāua ʻo Nicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Nowemapa 13, 2022
Inā loaʻa i nā alakaʻi ikaika o ke Kōmike ʻOihana Koa Senate, ʻo Senatoa Jack Reed (D) a me Jim Inhofe (R), i ko lākou ala, e kāhea koke ʻo Congress i ka wā kaua. mana pilikia e kūkulu i nā waihona nui o nā mea kaua Pentagon. ʻO ka hoololi Ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻopiha ʻana i nā mea kaua a ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻouna ai i Ukraine, akā ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ka papa inoa makemake i manaʻo ʻia ma kēia hoʻololi e hōʻike ana i kahi moʻolelo ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka manaʻo o Reed lāua ʻo Inhofe e hoʻopili i kā lākou hoʻololi kaua i ka FY2023 National Defense Appropriation Act (NDAA) e hoʻoholo ʻia i ka wā lameduck ma mua o ka hopena o ka makahiki. Ua holo ka hoʻololi ma o ke Kōmike Hana Koa i ka waena o ʻOkakopa a, inā lilo ia i kānāwai, e ʻae ʻia ke Keʻena ʻOihana e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻaelike makahiki he nui a hāʻawi i nā ʻaelike hoʻokūkū ʻole i nā mea hana lima no nā mea kaua pili i Ukraine.
Inā maoli ka Reed/Inhofe hoʻololi makemakeʻia i ka hoʻopiha ʻana i nā lako o ka Pentagon, no ke aha i ʻoi aku ai ka nui o kāna papa inoa makemake i kēlā hoʻouna ʻia i Ukraine?
E hana kāua i ka hoʻohālikelike:
- ʻO ka hōkū o kēia manawa o ke kōkua pūʻali koa US iā Ukraine ʻo Lockheed Martin HIMARS ʻōnaehana rocket, ka mea kaua like US Marines hoʻohana ʻia e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hapa nui o Mosul, ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻelua o Iraq, i ka palapala ma 2017. Ua hoʻouna wale aku ka US i nā ʻōnaehana HIMARS 38 i Ukraine, akā hoʻolālā ʻo Senators Reed a me Inhofe e "hoʻonohonoho hou" i 700 o lākou, me 100,000 rockets, hiki ke lilo i $ 4 biliona.
– ʻO kekahi mea kaua pū i hāʻawi ʻia iā Ukraine ʻo ia ka M777 155 mm howitzer. No ka "hoʻololi" i nā 142 M777 i hoʻouna ʻia i Ukraine, hoʻolālā nā senators e kauoha i 1,000 o lākou, ma kahi kumukūʻai o $ 3.7 biliona, mai BAE Systems.
- Hiki i nā mea hoʻolaha HIMARS ke puhi i ka lōʻihi o Lockheed Martin (a hiki i 190 mau mile) MGM-140 ʻO nā missiles ATACMS, ʻaʻole i hoʻouna ʻia e ka US i Ukraine. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻokuʻu wale ʻo US i 560 o lākou, ʻo ka hapa nui ma Iraq i 2003. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka "Miile Paʻi pololei,” i pāpā mua ia ma lalo o ka Kuʻikahi INF haʻalele ʻia e Trump, e hoʻomaka e hoʻololi i ka ATACMS ma 2023, akā e kūʻai aku ka Reed-Inhofe Amendment i 6,000 ATACMS, 10 mau manawa ʻoi aku ma mua o ka US i hoʻohana ai, ma kahi kumukūʻai o $ 600 miliona.
- Hoʻolālā ʻo Reed a me Inhofe e kūʻai i 20,000 Paʻa nā missiles anti-aircraft mai Raytheon. Akā ua hoʻohana ʻo Congress i $340 miliona no 2,800 Stingers e pani i ka 1,400 i hoʻouna ʻia i Ukraine. ʻO ka hoʻololi a Reed lāua ʻo Inhofe e "hoʻopiha hou" i nā waihona o ka Pentagon he 14 mau manawa, hiki ke lilo i $ 2.4 biliona.
- Ua hoʻolako aku ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa iā Ukraine me ʻelua wale nō Harpoon anti-ship missile system - he piʻi hoʻonāukiuki - akā ʻo ka hoʻololi e pili ana i 1,000 Boeing Pūnaewele nā missiles (ma kahi o $ 1.4 biliona) a me 800 hou Kongsberg Naval Strike Missiles (e pili ana i $1.8 biliona), ka pani o ka Pentagon no ka Harpoon.
- Ke ʻO Patriot ʻO ka ʻōnaehana pale ea kekahi mea kaua ʻaʻole i hoʻouna ʻia e ka US i Ukraine, no ka mea hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻōnaehana ke kūʻai aku i hoʻokahi piliona kālā a ʻo ke kumu aʻo kumu no ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki e hoʻopau ai. Eia nō naʻe ka papa inoa makemake o Inhofe-Reed me 10,000 Patriot missiles, me nā mea hoʻolaha, hiki ke hoʻohui i $ 30 biliona.
ʻO ATACMS, Harpoons a me Stingers nā mea kaua a pau i hoʻopau ʻia e ka Pentagon, no laila no ke aha e hoʻolilo ai i nā piliona kālā e kūʻai aku i nā tausani o lākou i kēia manawa? He aha kēia e pili ana? ʻO kēia hoʻololi he hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi loa o ke kaua waiwai e ka pūʻali koa-industrial-Congressional paʻakikī? A i ʻole ke hoʻomākaukau maoli nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e kaua i kahi kaua honua nui me Russia?
ʻO kā mākou manaʻo maikaʻi loa he ʻoiaʻiʻo nā mea ʻelua.
Ke nānā nei i ka papa inoa o nā mea kaua, ka mea loiloi pūʻali koa a me Marine Colonel Mark Cancian i hoʻomaha kaulana: “ʻAʻole kēia e pani i ka mea a mākou i hāʻawi ai iā [Ukraine]. Ke kūkulu nei ʻo ia i nā waihona no ke kaua honua nui [me Russia] i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole kēia ka papa inoa āu e hoʻohana ai no Kina. No Kina, he papa inoa ʻokoʻa loa kā mākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Biden ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻouna i nā pūʻali koa US e kaua iā Rūsia no ka mea ʻo ia nō Ke Kaua Honua III. Akā ʻo ka lōʻihi o ke kaua a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka piʻi ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maopopo o ka pūʻali koa US e pili pono ana i nā ʻano he nui o ke kaua: kōkua i ka hoʻolālā Nā hana Ukrainian; hoolako ana ma muli o ka satellite naauao; e hooikaika ana kaua cyber; a me ka e hana malu ana i loko o Ukraine ma ke ʻano he pūʻali hana kūikawā a me CIA paramilitaries. I kēia manawa ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Rūsia i nā pūʻali hana kūikawā Pelekane kuleana pololei i loko o kahi hoʻouka kaua moana ma Sevastopol a me ka luku ʻana i nā pipeline gas o Nord Stream.
Ke piʻi aʻe nei ke komo ʻana o ʻAmelika i ke kaua ʻoiai ʻo Biden nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki, ua hoʻolālā paha ka Pentagon i nā hoʻolālā hoʻolālā no ke kaua holoʻokoʻa ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Rusia. Inā hoʻokō ʻia kēlā mau hoʻolālā, a inā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻomaka koke i ka hopena honua kaua nukelea, e koi lākou i nā mea kaua kikoʻī he nui, a ʻo ia ke kumu o nā waihona Reed-Inhofe.
I ka manawa like, e like me ka pane ʻana o ka hoʻololi hoopii e nā mea hana mea kaua e "neʻe mālie" ka Pentagon i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā kālā nui i hāʻawi ʻia no Ukraine. ʻOiai ma luna o $ 20 biliona ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no nā mea kaua, ʻo nā ʻaelike e kūʻai maoli i nā mea kaua no Ukraine a hoʻololi i nā mea i hoʻouna ʻia i laila a hiki i kēia manawa he $ 2.7 biliona wale nō i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Nowemapa.
No laila ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia ka bonanza kūʻai lima i manaʻo ʻia, a ua hoʻomanawanui ka poʻe hana mea kaua. Me ka koena o ka honua ke piʻi nui nei ke kāhea ʻana i nā kūkākūkā pili aupuni, inā ʻaʻole neʻe ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, ua pau paha ke kaua ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka jackpot i manaʻo nui ʻia e nā mea hana lima.
Mark Cancian wehewehe i DefenseNews, "Ua lohe mākou mai ka ʻoihana, ke kamaʻilio mākou iā lākou e pili ana i kēia pilikia, makemake lākou e ʻike i kahi hōʻailona koi."
I ka holo ʻana o ka Reed-Inhofe Amendment ma ke komite i ka waena o ʻOkakopa, ʻo ia ka "hōʻailona koi" a ka poʻe kālepa o ka make e ʻimi nei. ʻO nā kumukūʻai kumukūʻai o Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman a me General Dynamics i lawe ʻia e like me nā missiles anti-aircraft, e pahū ana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma ka hopena o ka mahina.
ʻO Julia Gledhill, ka mea loiloi ma ka Project on Government Oversight, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka wā kaua i ka hoʻololi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana "e hōʻemi hou ana i nā pale pale nāwaliwali i kahi e pale aku ai i ke kumu kūʻai o ka pūʻali koa."
ʻO ka wehe ʻana i nā puka i nā makahiki he nui, ʻaʻole hoʻokūkū, nā ʻaelike pūʻali koa multi-biliona kālā e hōʻike ana i ka paʻa ʻana o ka poʻe ʻAmelika i loko o kahi ʻano ʻino o ke kaua a me ka hoʻolimalima kaua. ʻO kēlā me kēia kaua hou e lilo i kumu no ka hoʻonui hou ʻana i nā hoʻolimalima koa, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mea ʻaʻole pili i ke kaua o kēia manawa e hāʻawi i ka uhi no ka hoʻonui. Ua hōʻike ʻo Carl Conetta ka mea loiloi kālā pūʻali koa (ʻike hooko Summary) ma 2010, ma hope o nā makahiki o ke kaua ma Afghanistan a me Iraq, "ʻo ia mau hana (ed) no ka 52% wale nō o ka piʻi ʻana" i ka hoʻolimalima pūʻali koa US i kēlā manawa.
Ua helu ʻo Andrew Lautz o ka National Taxpayers 'Union e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka waihona kālā Pentagon $1 trillion i kēlā me kēia makahiki e 2027, ʻelima mau makahiki ma mua o ka manaʻo o ka Congressional Budget Office. Akā inā mākou e helu ma ka liʻiliʻi he $ 230 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā kumukūʻai pili i ka pūʻali koa i loko o nā waihona kālā o nā keʻena ʻē aʻe, e like me Energy (no nā mea kaua nuklea), Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Justice (FBI cybersecurity), a me ka mokuʻāina, ʻo ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka palekana o ka ʻāina. ua paʻa mua i ka trillion dollar i kēlā me kēia makahiki mark, gobbling up ʻekolu hapakolu o ka hoʻolilo hoʻolilo makahiki.
ʻO ka hoʻokomo nui ʻana o ʻAmelika i kēlā me kēia hanauna hou o nā mea kaua e aneane hiki ʻole i nā kālai'āina o kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao ke hoʻomaopopo, e ʻae wale aku i ka lehulehu, ʻo nā mea kaua a me nā kaua ʻAmelika ke kumu o nā pilikia he nui o ka honua, ʻaʻole ka hopena, a ʻo ia. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia hou o nā kulekele ʻē aʻe.
E pale aku ʻo Senatoa Reed lāua ʻo Inhofe i kā lākou hoʻololi ʻana ma ke ʻano he hana naʻauao e pale a hoʻomākaukau no ka piʻi ʻana o ke kaua ʻo Rūsia, akā ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka piʻi ʻana a mākou i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ʻaʻole ia he ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi. ʻO ia ka hopena o nā hana escalatory e nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, a ʻo ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea kaua nui i ʻae ʻia e kēia hoʻololi, he piʻi hoʻonāukiuki weliweli ia e ka ʻaoʻao US e hoʻonui ai i ka pōʻino o ke Kaua Honua a Pelekikena Biden i hoʻohiki ai e pale aku.
Ma hope o nā kaua pōʻino a me ka pale ʻana i nā kālā pūʻali koa US o nā makahiki 25 i hala iho nei, pono mākou e naʻauao i kēia manawa i ke ʻano piʻi o ke ʻano ʻino i hopu ʻia ai mākou. A ma hope o ka lele ʻana me Armageddon no 45 mau makahiki i ke Kaua Cold i hala, pono mākou e naʻauao i ka pilikia o ke komo ʻana i kēia ʻano brinkmanship me Russia. No laila, inā naʻauao mākou, e kūʻē mākou i ka Reed/Inhofe Amendment.
ʻO Medea Benjamin lāua ʻo Nicolas JS Davies nā mea kākau o Ke Kaua ma Ukraine: Ke Manaʻo ʻana i kahi Kūʻē Kūʻē, loaʻa mai OR Books i Nowemapa 2022.
ʻO Medea Benjamin ka puʻukū o ʻO CODEPINK no ka maluhia, a me ka mea kākau o kekahi mau puke, e komo pū ai I loko o Iran:ʻO ka moʻoleloʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka politika o ka moku'Alapila o Iran.
He kanaka hana kūlohelohe ʻo Nicolas JS Davies, he mea noiʻi me CODEPINK a ʻo ka mea nāna i kākau ʻO ke koko ma ko mākou mau lima: Ke komohewa aku nei ʻo ʻAmelika a me ka luku ʻana iā Iraq.
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Ma waho aʻe o koʻu poʻo - hāʻawi iā lākou i ka hapalua o nā mea āpau a lākou e noi ai a waiho ʻia ʻo 475 biliona e hakakā i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau.
Hoʻokumu wau i kēia ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole mākou i ke kaua. ʻO ka manaʻo e hāʻawi mākou i ka pūʻali i ke kūʻokoʻa e hana me he mea lā e kaua ana mākou (mau loa?) He mea ʻakaʻaka.
Kaua honua me Rusia? Mai kaʻu mea i lohe ai, ke kiʻi nei lākou i nā koa mai nā aupuni ʻē aʻe a me ka huki ʻana i nā kamaʻāina makemake ʻole mai nā alanui e hoʻopiha i kā lākou billet ma Ukraine kahi e loaʻa ʻole ai kēlā mau kamaʻāina i nā meaʻai kūpono ʻole a me nā ʻano kino maikaʻi ʻole e hakakā ai.
Ke hāʻawi aku nei au iā ʻoe i ke kaua nuklea he pilikia kiʻekiʻe loa i kēia manawa akā ʻaʻohe o kēia mau mea waiwai e hoʻēmi i kēlā pilikia mai ka ʻenemi makemake nui e pana i kēlā pihi.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ke kaua wahie fossil ʻaʻohe mea e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka huhū. Ke pepehi nei paha kēia ʻoihana i nā kānaka he nui aʻe ma mua o nā hana pūʻali a pau i hui pū ʻia akā hāʻawi mākou iā lākou i kahi lumi hou e wili ai i ke awāwa no ka mea inā ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻonui lākou i ke kumukūʻai o kā lākou huahana.
Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke pilikia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana i ʻelua mau hijacker hoʻomau i ka manawa like.
He ʻāpana kānāwai i manaʻo ʻia he "bullish" (ma kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka huaʻōlelo) pono e kākau hou ʻia e nā noʻonoʻo maʻemaʻe ʻaʻole i hui pū me ka ʻoihana lima!