Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Fepeluali 26, 2021
ka USA I kēia lā, e kahakiʻi ana i ka hana o ka Cost of War Project, Quincy Institute, David Vine, William Hartung, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua hele aku ma mua o nā palena o kēlā me kēia hui nui o ka US media media, a ma mua o ka mea a kekahi lālā o ka US Congress i hana ai. i loko o kahi pūʻulu hou nui o nā ʻatikala e pili ana i nā kaua, nā kumu, a me ka militarism.
He mau hemahema koʻikoʻi, ʻo kekahi o lākou (e like me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o nā make a me nā kumukūʻai kālā) mai ka Cost of War Project. Akā ʻo ka hoʻokō holoʻokoʻa - ke manaʻo nei au - groundbreaking.
ʻO ka poʻomanaʻo mua: "'Ua kokoke mai kahi helu': He aupuni koa nui ko ʻAmelika. Pono anei ia?"
Ua hewa loa ke kumu:
"No nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ua hauʻoli ʻo US i ka noho aliʻi o ka pūʻali koa honua, kahi hoʻokō i hoʻokumu i kāna mana, palekana aupuni a me nā hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka demokala."
Hoʻolaha i ke aha? Ma hea kahi i hāpai ai i ke aupuni demokala? ʻO ka pūʻali koa US nā lima, nā kaʻaahi, a me / a i ʻole nā kālā ʻO 96% o nā aupuni hoʻokaumaha loa ma ka honua ma kāna helu ponoʻī.
Palekana aupuni? ʻO nā kumu paha nā kaua a me ka hakakā, ʻaʻole ka palekana.
Ma hope mai o ka ʻatikala like, heluhelu mākou: "'I kēia mau kaua āpau ua hoʻolilo nui ka US i ke koko a me ka waiwai me ka liʻiliʻi loa e hōʻike ai,' wahi a Hartung o ka Center for International Policy. 'Ua kokoke mai ka helu.' He mea paʻakikī ke kuhikuhi ʻana i kahi wahi hoʻokahi i alakaʻi ʻia ai ka hana kaua ma hope o ka 9/11 US i kahi democracy holomua a i ʻole ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli, wahi āna.
Nawaliwali ka helu helu:
"Ke hoʻohana nei ka 'Oihana o ka Defence ma mua o $ 700 biliona i ka makahiki no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā mea kaua - ʻoi aku ma mua o nā ʻāina 10 e hiki mai ana i hui ʻia, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka Peter G. Peterson Foundation."
ʻO ka hoʻolimalima pūʻali koa US maoli $ 1.25 trillion i hoʻokahi makahiki.
Akā, ʻo wai ka manaʻo inā he hewa nā helu a mālama ʻia ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i ka noho ʻana i ka honua ma mua o kēia manawa? Hōʻike kēia ʻatikala i ka nui o ke aupuni o nā waihona a manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole "pono" hou lākou:
"Akā i kēia lā, ma waena o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kai i nā hoʻoweliweli palekana, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pūʻali koa o ʻAmelika i nā ʻāina ʻē ma mua o ka wā ma mua, wahi a kekahi poʻe loiloi palekana, nā luna pale a me nā lālā o ka pūʻali koa US. ”
Manaʻo ka mea kākau i kahi hoʻololi mai ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kaua i ka hana ʻana i nā pilikia maoli:
"ʻO nā hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi loa i ka US, ʻōlelo lākou, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nonmilitary ma ke ʻano. Ma waena o lākou: cyberattacks; kuhi hewa; ʻO ka hoʻokele waiwai o Kina; hoʻololi ea; a me nā maʻi maʻi e like me COVID-19, ka mea i hōʻino i ka ʻoihana US e like me ka hanana ʻole mai ka Great Depression.
Ua haʻalele maoli ka hōʻike mai ka manaʻo ʻaʻole pono nā kumu no ka ʻike ʻana he mea ʻino lākou:
“He mea kūʻē paha ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Parsi, ua hoʻopili ʻia ka hana hoʻoweliweli i ka Middle East me ka noho ʻana o ka waihona US, no ka laʻana. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka poʻe supremacist keʻokeʻo ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole nā mea hoʻoweliweli haole, ke hōʻike nei i ka hoʻoweliweli weliweli loa i ka US, e like me ka hoike mai ke Keena o ka Homeland Security hoʻopuka ʻia i ʻOkakopa - ʻekolu mahina ma mua o ka a ka poʻe hoʻomāinoino i ka Capitol. "
KUMUHANA
Loaʻa iā mākou kahi loiloi pololei o nā kumu:
"I kēia lā aia a hiki i ka 800, e like me ka ʻikepili mai ka Pentagon a me kahi loea o waho, ʻo David Vine, he kumu anthropology ma ke Kulanui ʻAmelika ma Wakinekona. Ma kahi o 220,000 US pūʻali koa a me nā limahana kīwila e lawelawe ana ma mua o 150 mau ʻāina, wahi a ka Defence Department.
“ʻO Kina, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka lua o ka hoʻokele waiwai nui o ka honua a ma nā moʻolelo a pau ka mea hoʻokūkū nui loa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, he hoʻokahi wale nō kahua hoʻokele koa o nā ʻāina ʻē, ma Djibouti, ma ka Horn of Africa. (ʻO Camp Lemonnier, ke kahua nui loa o ʻAmelika ma ʻApelika, he mau mile wale nō ka mamao.) Aia ʻo Beretania, Farani a me Rūsia a hiki i 60 mau kahua o nā ʻāina ʻē i hui pū ʻia, e like me ka Vine. Ma ke kai, he 11 mau mokulele mokulele ka US. He ʻelua ʻo Kina. Loaʻa iā Rusia kekahi.
"He paʻakikī ka helu pololei o nā waihona ʻAmelika ma muli o ka hūnā, ka ʻoihana a me nā wehewehe ʻokoʻa. Hoʻonui ʻia ka helu kumu 800, hoʻopaʻapaʻa kekahi, e ka Pentagon i ka mālama ʻana i nā kahua kahua he nui kokoke i kekahi i kahi hoʻonohonoho kaʻawale. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo USA TODAY i nā lā no ka wehe ʻana o 350 o kēia mau waihona. ʻAʻole maopopo i ka nui o nā koena i hoʻohana ikaika ʻia.
A laila loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau mea lapuwale:
"'Ke helu nei lākou i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, kēlā me kēia antenna ma luna o kahi mauna me kahi pā 8-kapuaʻi a puni," wahi a Philip M. Breedlove, he pūkaua nui ʻehā-hōkū i ka US Air Force i lawelawe pū ma ke ʻano he NATO. Alied Alied Commander no ʻEulopa. Ua manaʻo ʻo Breedlove aia he mau kakini 'nui' US ma waho o nā waihona e pono ai no ka palekana aupuni o US.
A he hopena maikaʻi:
"Akā, ʻaʻohe nīnau no ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o ka US i ka pale kaua a me kāna mau kapuaʻi koa honua no nā makahiki he mau makahiki."
E NEE I KE DALA
ka USA I kēia lā Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka ʻatikala he mea nui ʻo COVID ma mua o nā kaua no ka mea ua make a ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai - ʻo ia ka mea e makemake ai ʻoe e hauʻoli no nā kuhi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o nā make a me nā kumukūʻai. Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻia mākou:
"Akā ʻo ka pale ʻana i kēlā mau make ʻaʻole ia he mea e lawe wale i ke kālā mai ka Pentagon akā e hoʻololi i ka manaʻo i loko. No ka laʻana, ua hoʻolaha ke kākāʻōlelo ʻo White House COVID-19 ʻo Andy Slavitt i ka lā 5 Pepeluali ma mua o 1,000 mau pūʻali koa hana e hoʻomaka e kākoʻo i nā wahi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a puni ka US" ʻO nā hana maikaʻi ʻo Token i hiki ke hana maikaʻi ʻia ma waho o ka pūʻali koa he hana kahiko no ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻolilo nui ʻana i nā mea kaua, nā kumu, a me nā pūʻali koa.
Hoʻomaopopo pū ka ʻatikala i ka pōʻino koʻikoʻi o ka hāʻule ʻana o ke aniau a me ka mahalo ʻaʻole ia e hāpai i ka pūʻali koa i ke ala e hoʻoponopono ai, akā ʻaʻole ia e manaʻo e hoʻoneʻe i ke kālā i makemake nui ʻia i kahi Green New Deal.
KINA ME RUSIA
No kona mahalo nui, ka USA I kēia lā Ke kuhikuhi neiʻo iaʻaʻoleʻo Kina e komo i ka militarism US-scale, a ke hoʻokomo neiʻo ia i nāʻoihana maluhia aʻoi aku ka maikaʻi iā lākou - kahi mea a ka Pelekikena muaʻo Jimmy Carter i kuhikuhi ai i ka Pelekikena Pelekikena Donald Trump i pane aku me ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka militarism.
Ka 'atikala luʻu i loko o Russiagate, a highlights ka cyber-hoouka "hooweliweli" me ka wiwo ole e olelo aku i ke aupuni US ua huli i lalo Russian manao no ke kuikahi banning cyber-attacks, ua komo i loko o ka cyber-hoouka, ua kaena e pili ana i kona. hoʻouka kaua cyber. Akā ʻo kēlā me kēia mea lapuwale e hoʻoneʻe i ke kālā mai nā pōkā a me nā missiles i nā kamepiula e hauʻoli ai mākou.
He mea lapuwale kekahi o ka weliweli: "Aia ka hiki i nā ʻenemi ʻAmelika ma Iran a me North Korea e hoʻomohala i nā mea kaua nuklea a hoʻopaʻa i ka US" Ua loaʻa i nā ʻĀkau ʻĀkau nā mea kaua nuklea no nā makahiki he nui. ʻAʻole loaʻa iā Iran kahi papahana mea kaua nuklea. No laila, ʻaʻohe o lākou e hoʻomohala nei i nā mea kaua nuklea.
MILLEY
Hoʻopili ʻia kēia: "ʻO ka luna hoʻomalu o nā Luna Nui o nā limahana i ʻōlelo hou aku nei ʻo ʻAmelika e noʻonoʻo hou i kona mau pae koa mau loa ma nā wahi pōʻino o ka honua, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke pilikia inā paʻa nā hakakā kūloko. Pono ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi noho ma waho, akā he 'episodic,' ʻaʻole mau loa, wahi a Milley i Dekemaba. "He mea pono paha nā kahua paʻa paʻa nui o ʻAmelika i nā ʻāina ʻē no nā pūʻali rotational e hele i loko a i waho, akā hoʻonoho mau i nā pūʻali koa US i koʻu manaʻo he pono e nānā hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Milley, ma muli o ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a me ka pilikia i nā ʻohana koa. .”
HOOLAHA KUMU TRUMP
"A ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo i ka nui o nā waihona, inā he, i pani ʻia ma lalo o Trump, mai ka makahiki 2016 ua wehe ʻo ia i nā waihona hou ma Afghanistan, Estonia, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Niger, Norway, Palau, Philippines, Polani, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Somalia, Suria a me Tunisia, e like me ka ʻikepili mai ka Pentagon a me Vine. ʻO ka US Space Force, i hoʻokumu ʻia e Trump i Dekemaba 2019, ua loaʻa iā ia he squadron o 20 airmen i hoʻonoho ʻia ma Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base, a me nā hale ʻē aʻe no ka mākaʻikaʻi missile ma Greenland, United Kingdom, Ascension Island i ka Moana Pākīpika a. i loko o ka Diego Garcia militarized atoll ma ka moana India, e like me ka Stars and Stripes magazine, he nūpepa koa US.
HOOLAHA PEPEHIHI O TRUMP DRONE
"I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui hui alakaʻi US i ke aupuni Afghan e kūʻē i ka poʻe kipi Taliban i hāʻule i nā pōkā a me nā missiles mai nā mokulele kaua a me nā drones ma mua o nā makahiki ʻē aʻe o ke kaua e pili ana i 2001. Ua puhi nā Warplanes i nā mea kaua 7,423 i 2019, e like me ka ʻike Air Force. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka moʻolelo mua ma 2018, i ka wā i hāʻule ai nā mea kaua 7,362. I ka makahiki 2016, ʻo ka makahiki hope loa o ke aupuni ʻo Obama, ʻo ia helu he 1,337.
He hele pū USA I kēia lā kapa ʻia ka ʻatikala "Kūʻokoʻa: Ua hoʻopā nā hana counterterrorism US i nā ʻāina 85 i nā makahiki 3 i hala iho nei."
"ʻIke hou mai ka mea noiʻi ʻo Stephanie Savell no ka Nā kumukūʻai o ka hoʻolālā kaua ma Brown University's Watson Institute e hōʻike ana i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei ua hana ʻo US ma ka liʻiliʻi o 85 mau ʻāina.
ʻO kekahi mau palapala ʻāina nui:
ʻO ka palapala ʻāina ma luna nei ua kāpae ʻia nā "hoʻoikaika" holo ʻana o NATO.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka palapala ʻāina ma lalo USA I kēia lā paena kahi e hoʻonui ai i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Eia kekahi me ka nui o nā pōʻai e hōʻike ana i ka nui o nā pūʻali koa US:
He ʻatikala ʻekolu mai USA I kēia lā kāheaʻia "Hoʻopili ʻo Biden i ka 'America First' ʻoiai ʻo ia e neʻe nei e wehe i ke kulekele ʻē aʻe o Trump."
I loko o ia mea, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo a Biden e neʻe ʻo ia i ka US mai ka militarism a me ka mālama ʻana i nā pono kanaka a me ke kaiapuni.
He mea maikaʻi inā kūpono kēia i nā hōʻike a hiki i kēia manawa o kahi hoʻohiki haʻihaʻi ma Afghanistan, kahi hapalua a maopopo ʻole i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki ma Yemen, ʻaʻohe neʻe i ka neʻe ʻana i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka pūʻali koa i nā papahana maluhia, kahi ʻōlelo haʻihaʻi ma ka ʻaelike Iran, nā mea kaua e pili ana i nā dictatorships. me ʻAigupita, e hoʻomau ana i ka hoʻomehana ʻana ma Suria, Iraq, Iran, hōʻole ʻole e lawe i nā pūʻali mai Kelemania, kākoʻo no ka hoʻokahuli aupuni ma Venezuela, koho ʻana i nā mea hoʻomehana he nui no ke keʻena kiʻekiʻe, hoʻomau ka hoʻopaʻi kūʻē i ka International Criminal Court, hoʻomau i ka hoʻokipa ʻana o ka ʻO Saudi dictator aliʻi, ʻaʻohe hoʻopiʻi o nā hewa kaua ma mua o Biden, hoʻomau i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia no ka militarism mai nā kuʻikahi aniau, etc.
