Na Primo Davril, Washington Post apoc, ʻApelila 1, 2022
BETHESDA, MD - ʻO ka marathon makahiki i kaulana i kēia manawa no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka huhū alanui ma Bethesda, Maryland, ua loaʻa i kahi inoa hou, kumuhana, a me ke kākoʻo kālā nui.
E hoʻomaka ana i kēia makahiki ʻo ia ka Marathon Keep It Going. Me ka hopohopo e pili ana i kahi hoʻoholo kūkākūkā ma Ukraine, koi ʻia nā mea komo e ʻaʻahu i ka uliuli a me ka melemele "ʻike maopopo ʻia a i loko o kahi kūpono kūpono i nā kala kūpono."
Ua wehewehe ʻo Emily d'Inferno, ka mea haʻiʻōlelo no ke kākoʻo heihei hou ʻo Lockheed-Martin, "E hana mākou i kā mākou mea e hoʻohauʻoli ai i ka poʻe kukini a me nā Ukrainians wiwo ʻole, e kāhea ana 'E hoʻomau!' ia laua a elua.
ʻOiai ua kaulana ke kumumanaʻo lāhui hou i waena o ka papa o ka poʻe i nīnauele ʻia, ʻo kahi kamaʻāina ʻo Bethesda i koho e noho inoa ʻole no nā kumu palekana o ka ʻāina, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ke kahu o kāna mau keiki i kēia manawa ua hāʻawi kāna ʻauhau (a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) iā Lockheed-Martin $75 biliona i ka makahiki i hala. no laila ʻo ia ke kākoʻo maoli o ka heihei.
Ma kahi mamao loa o ka honua nui mea kūʻai mea kaua, ʻo Lockheed Martin i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Bethesda haaheo e pili ana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ma luna o 50 mau ʻāina. ʻO kēia ka nui o nā aupuni hoʻokaumaha loa a me nā dictatorships, a me nā ʻāina ma nā ʻaoʻao o ke kaua. ʻO kekahi o nā aupuni i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e Lockheed Martin ʻo Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy , Iapana, Ioredane, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Polani, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, a me Vietnam.
Hele pinepine mai nā mea kaua Lockheed Martin me nā "ʻaelike lawelawe ola" kahi e hiki ai iā Lockheed ke lawelawe i nā lako. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā mea kaua Lockheed Martin e kūʻē i ka poʻe o Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ma waho aʻe o nā hewa i hana ʻia ai kāna huahana, ʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo Lockheed Martin i hewa. hoʻopunipuni a me nā hana hewa ʻē aʻe.
Ua komo ʻo Lockheed Martin ma US a me UK 'ōpuni nā mea kaua, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea hana i nā mea weliweli a me ka pōʻino F-35, a me nā ʻōnaehana missile THAAD i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻonui i nā ʻāʻī a puni ka honua a hana ʻia ma 42 Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ʻAmelika e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ke kākoʻo o nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo.
Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka pōʻai koho 2020, e like me Wahi wehe, Ua hoopau ko Lockheed Martin i ka $7 miliona ma na moho, na aoao kalaiaina, a me na PAC, a aneane $13 miliona ma ka lobbying me ka aneane he hapalua miliona pakahi ma Donald Trump a me Joe Biden, $197 tausani ma Kay Granger, $138 tausani ma Bernie Sanders, a $114 tausani ma Chuck Schumer.
ʻO 70 mau lobbyists US a Lockheed Martin, 49 i paʻa i nā hana aupuni ma mua. ʻO Lockheed Martin i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke aupuni US no kahi bila hoʻolimalima pūʻali koa nui, i ka makahiki 2021 he $778 biliona, ʻo ia ka $75 biliona. hele pololei iā Lockheed Martin. ʻO ka US State Department he lima kūʻai aku ʻo Lockheed Martin, e hoʻolaha ana i kāna mau mea kaua i nā aupuni.
ʻO nā lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā kekahi waiwai ponoi iloko a loaʻa kālā mai ka loaʻa ʻana o Lockheed Martin, me nā mea hou loa mea kaua nā hoʻouna i Ukraine. Nā waihona waiwai o Lockheed Martin pela i kēlā me kēia manawa he kaua nui hou. Lockheed Martin haaheo maikaʻi kēlā kaua no ka ʻoihana. Hookahi Congresswoman kūʻai ʻO Lockheed Martin stock ma Pepeluali 22, 2022, a i ka lā aʻe i tweeted "He waiwai nui ke kaua a me nā lono o ke kaua ..."
Ua loaʻa i nā ʻāʻī naʻaupō hoʻolālā ʻia nā kūʻē a Lockheed Martin ma Bethesda a puni ka honua no ka pule o ʻApelila 21-28.
