Los ntawm Medea Benjamin thiab Nicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Kaum Ib Hlis 13, 2022
Yog tias cov thawj coj muaj zog ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Tub Rog, Senators Jack Reed (D) thiab Jim Inhofe (R), muaj lawv txoj hauv kev, Congress yuav sai sai ua tsov rog. thaum muaj xwm ceev hwj chim los tsim kom muaj ntau qhov chaw khaws cia ntawm Pentagon riam phom. Cov kho yog supposedly tsim los pab txhawb ntxiv cov riam phom uas Tebchaws Meskas tau xa mus rau Ukraine, tab sis saib cov npe xav tau xav txog hauv qhov kev hloov kho no qhia txog zaj dab neeg sib txawv.
Reed thiab Inhofe lub tswv yim yog txhawm rau txhawm rau kho lawv lub sijhawm ua tsov rog rau hauv FY2023 National Defense Appropriation Act (NDAA) uas yuav dhau los ntawm kev sib tham lameduck ua ntej xyoo kawg. Qhov kev hloov kho sai sai dhau los ntawm Pawg Neeg Pabcuam Tub Rog nyob rau nruab nrab Lub Kaum Hli thiab, yog tias nws dhau los ua txoj cai, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv yuav raug tso cai kaw rau hauv ntau xyoo kev cog lus thiab muab cov ntawv cog lus tsis sib tw rau cov tuam txhab ua riam phom rau Ukraine cuam tshuam txog riam phom.
Yog tias Reed/Inhofe hloov kho tiag tiag tsom ntawm kev ntxiv cov khoom siv ntawm Pentagon, yog vim li cas thiaj li ua kom muaj nuj nqis hauv nws cov npe xav tau ntau tshaj cov xa mus rau Ukraine?
Cia peb ua qhov sib piv:
- Lub hnub qub tam sim no ntawm Asmeskas kev pab tub rog rau Ukraine yog Lockheed Martin's HIMARS foob pob ua ntxaij system, tib yam riam phom US Marines siv los pab txo ntau ntawm Mosul, Iraq lub nroog loj thib ob, mus rau rubble Nyob rau hauv 2017. Teb Chaws Asmeskas tsuas yog xa 38 HIMARS systems rau Ukraine, tab sis Senators Reed thiab Inhofe npaj "reorder" 700 ntawm lawv, nrog 100,000 foob pob hluav taws, uas tuaj yeem raug nqi txog $ 4 billion.
- Lwm yam riam phom loj uas muab rau Ukraine yog M777 155mm lub taub hau. Txhawm rau "hloov" 142 M777s xa mus rau Ukraine, senators npaj yuav xaj 1,000 ntawm lawv, ntawm tus nqi kwv yees ntawm $ 3.7 billion, los ntawm BAE Systems.
- HIMARS launchers tseem tuaj yeem tua Lockheed Martin qhov ntev (txog 190 mais) MGM-140 ATACMS missiles, uas US tsis tau xa mus rau Ukraine. Qhov tseeb, Asmeskas tsuas yog raug rho tawm haujlwm 560 ntawm lawv, feem ntau ntawm Iraq hauv 2003. Qhov ntev dua "Precision Strike Missile,” yav tas los txwv nyob rau hauv lub INF Treaty renounced los ntawm Trump, yuav pib hloov ATACMS hauv 2023, tseem Reed-Inhofe Hloov Kho yuav yuav 6,000 ATACMS, 10 npaug ntau dua li Asmeskas tau siv, ntawm tus nqi kwv yees $ 600 lab.
- Reed thiab Inhofe npaj yuav 20,000 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles los ntawm Raytheon. Tab sis Congress twb tau siv $ 340 lab rau 2,800 Stingers los hloov 1,400 xa mus rau Ukraine. Reed thiab Inhofe qhov kev hloov kho yuav "rov ntxiv" Pentagon cov khoom lag luam 14 zaug dhau los, uas tuaj yeem raug nqi $ 2.4 billion.
- Tebchaws Asmeskas tau muab rau Ukraine nrog tsuas yog ob lub Harpoon tiv thaiv lub nkoj foob pob hluav taws - twb tau ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov - tab sis kev hloov kho suav nrog 1,000 Boeing Harpoon missiles (txog $ 1.4 billion) thiab 800 tshiab Kongsberg Naval Strike Missiles (kwv yees $ 1.8 nphom), Pentagon hloov pauv rau Harpoon.
- Tus Patriot huab cua tiv thaiv kab ke yog lwm yam riam phom uas US tsis tau xa mus rau Ukraine, vim hais tias txhua lub kaw lus tuaj yeem raug nqi ib txhiab daus las thiab cov kev qhia yooj yim rau cov kws tshaj lij los tswj thiab kho nws yuav siv sijhawm ntau dua ib xyoos kom tiav. Thiab tseem Inhofe-Reed xav tau daim ntawv teev npe suav nrog 10,000 Patriot missiles, ntxiv rau cov launchers, uas tuaj yeem ntxiv txog $ 30 billion.
ATACMS, Harpoons thiab Stingers yog txhua yam riam phom uas Pentagon twb dhau mus lawm, yog li vim li cas thiaj siv nyiaj ntau lab daus las los yuav ntau txhiab tus tam sim no? Qhov no yog dab tsi tiag tiag? Puas yog qhov kev hloov kho no yog ib qho piv txwv tshwj xeeb ntawm kev ua tsov rog profiteering los ntawm cov tub rog-kev lag luam-Congressional complex? Lossis puas yog Tebchaws Meskas tiag tiag npaj tawm tsam kev tsov rog hauv av loj rau Russia?
Peb qhov kev txiav txim zoo tshaj plaws yog tias ob qho tib si muaj tseeb.
Saib ntawm daim ntawv npe riam phom, tub rog kws tshuaj ntsuam thiab so haujlwm tubrog nkoj Colonel Mark Cancian sau tseg: “Qhov no tsis yog hloov qhov peb tau muab rau [Ukraine]. Nws tab tom tsim cov khoom khaws cia rau kev ua tsov rog hauv av loj [nrog Russia] yav tom ntej. Qhov no tsis yog daim ntawv uas koj yuav siv rau Suav teb. Rau Suav teb peb yuav muaj cov npe sib txawv heev. "
Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden hais tias nws yuav tsis xa cov tub rog Asmeskas los tawm tsam Russia vim qhov ntawd yuav yog Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog III. Tab sis ntev dua kev ua tsov ua rog mus ntxiv thiab ntau nws nce ntxiv, nws pom tseeb tias Asmeskas cov tub rog tau koom nrog ntau yam ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog: pab npaj Ukrainian kev ua haujlwm; muab satellite raws kev txawj ntse; kev sib tw kev sib ntaus sib tua cyber; thiab ua haujlwm zais cia nyob rau hauv Ukraine raws li kev ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb rog thiab CIA paramilitaries. Tam sim no Russia tau liam British cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb ntawm ncaj qha luag hauj lwm Nyob rau hauv ib tug maritime drone nres ntawm Sevastopol thiab kev puas tsuaj ntawm Nord Stream gas pipelines.
Raws li Asmeskas kev koom tes hauv kev ua tsov rog tau nce ntxiv txawm tias Biden cov lus cog tseg lawm, Pentagon yuav tsum tau teeb tsa cov phiaj xwm xwm txheej rau kev ua tsov rog puv ntoob ntawm Tebchaws Meskas thiab Russia. Yog tias cov phiaj xwm no puas tau ua tiav, thiab yog tias lawv tsis ua tam sim ntawd ua rau lub ntiaj teb xaus nuclear tub rog, lawv yuav xav tau ntau yam riam phom tshwj xeeb, thiab qhov ntawd yog lub hom phiaj ntawm Reed-Inhofe stockpiles.
Tib lub sijhawm, qhov kev hloov kho zoo li teb rau kev tsis txaus siab los ntawm cov tuam txhab tsim riam phom uas Pentagon tau "txav qeeb dhau" hauv kev siv nyiaj ntau heev uas tsim nyog rau Ukraine. Thaum tshaj $ 20 nphom tau muab faib rau riam phom, cov ntawv cog lus tiag tiag yuav riam phom rau Ukraine thiab hloov cov xa mus rau tam sim no tsuas yog $ 2.7 nphom thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis.
Yog li qhov kev cia siab ntawm caj npab muag bonanza tseem tsis tau tshwm sim, thiab cov neeg tsim riam phom tau ua siab ntev. Nrog rau chaw so nce kev hu xov tooj rau kev sib tham hauv kev sib tham, yog tias Congress tsis tau txav mus, kev ua tsov rog yuav dhau mus ua ntej cov neeg tsim riam phom 'kev cia siab ntau npaum li cas puas tau tuaj txog.
Mark Cancian piav qhia rau DefenseNews, "Peb tau hnov los ntawm kev lag luam, thaum peb tham nrog lawv txog qhov teeb meem no, tias lawv xav pom cov teeb liab thov."
Thaum Reed-Inhofe Amendment tau caij nkoj los ntawm pawg thawj coj hauv nruab nrab Lub Kaum Hli, nws tau pom meej tias "kev xav tau teeb liab" cov tub lag luam ntawm kev tuag tab tom nrhiav. Cov nqi Tshuag ntawm Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman thiab General Dynamics tau tawm zoo li cov foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv dav hlau, tawg mus rau txhua lub sijhawm siab thaum kawg ntawm lub hli.
Julia Gledhill, tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas ntawm Txoj Haujlwm ntawm Tsoomfwv Saib Xyuas Kev Saib Xyuas, tau txiav txim siab txog kev ua tsov rog thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev hauv kev hloov kho, hais tias nws "tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam ntxiv lawm cov kev tiv thaiv tsis muaj zog nyob rau hauv qhov chaw los tiv thaiv kev lag luam tus nqi ntawm cov tub rog."
Qhib lub qhov rooj rau ntau xyoo, tsis muaj kev sib tw, ntau txhiab daus las kev cog lus ua tub rog qhia tau hais tias cov neeg Amelikas raug kaw hauv kev ua tsov ua rog thiab kev siv tub rog. Txhua qhov kev ua tsov rog tshiab dhau los ua ib qho piv txwv rau kev siv tub rog ntxiv, feem ntau ntawm nws tsis cuam tshuam nrog kev ua tsov rog tam sim no uas muab npog rau kev nce ntxiv. Tub rog tus kws tshuaj ntsuam nyiaj txiag Carl Conetta tau qhia (saib Executive Summary) hauv 2010, tom qab xyoo ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog hauv Afghanistan thiab Iraq, uas "cov haujlwm no (ed) tsuas yog 52% ntawm qhov nce ntxiv" hauv Asmeskas kev siv tub rog nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd.
Andrew Lautz ntawm National Taxpayers 'Union tam sim no suav tias lub hauv paus Pentagon pob nyiaj yuav tshaj $ 1 trillion toj xyoo los ntawm 2027, tsib xyoos ua ntej tshaj qhov kev npaj los ntawm Congressional Budget Office. Tab sis yog tias peb suav nrog tsawg kawg yog $ 230 nphom hauv ib xyoos hauv cov nqi tub rog hauv cov peev nyiaj ntawm lwm lub tuam tsev, xws li Zog (rau nuclear riam phom), Veterans Affairs, Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Teb Chaws, Kev Ncaj Ncees (FBI cybersecurity), thiab Xeev, kev siv nyiaj tsis ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws muaj. twb ntaus tus trillion duas las ib xyoos twg, gobbling ob feem peb ntawm kev siv nyiaj txhua xyoo.
Teb Chaws Asmeskas kev nqis peev ntau tshaj plaws hauv txhua tiam tshiab ntawm riam phom ua rau nws yuav luag tsis yooj yim rau cov nom tswv ntawm ob tog los lees paub, cia ib leeg lees paub rau pej xeem, tias Asmeskas riam phom thiab kev tsov rog tau ua rau muaj ntau yam teeb meem hauv ntiaj teb, tsis yog kev daws teeb meem, thiab qhov ntawd. lawv tsis tuaj yeem daws qhov teebmeem kev cai txawv tebchaws tshiab kawg.
Senators Reed thiab Inhofe yuav tiv thaiv lawv qhov kev hloov kho raws li qhov ua tau zoo los tiv thaiv thiab npaj rau kev nce qib Lavxias ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, tab sis cov kauv ntawm kev nce ntxiv peb raug kaw tsis yog ib sab. Nws yog qhov tshwm sim los ntawm kev ua kom nce ntxiv los ntawm ob tog, thiab kev tsim riam phom loj uas tau tso cai los ntawm qhov kev hloov kho no yog qhov ua rau muaj kev phom sij txaus ntshai los ntawm Asmeskas sab uas yuav ua rau muaj kev phom sij ntawm Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum Ob uas Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden tau cog lus tias yuav zam dhau.
Tom qab muaj kev tsov rog loj heev thiab foob pob nyiaj siv tub rog Asmeskas ntawm 25 xyoo dhau los, peb yuav tsum muaj kev txawj ntse los ntawm tam sim no mus rau qhov kev nce siab ntawm qhov vicious kauv uas peb raug ntes. Thiab tom qab flirting nrog Armageddon rau 45 xyoo nyob rau hauv Tsov Rog Txias zaum kawg, peb kuj yuav tsum tau ua tib zoo xav txog qhov muaj kev phom sij ntawm kev koom nrog hauv qhov kev sib tw zoo li no nrog nuclear-armed Russia. Yog li, yog peb txawj ntse, peb yuav tawm tsam Reed/Inhofe Amendment.
Medea Benjamin thiab Nicolas JS Davies yog cov kws sau ntawv Kev ua tsov ua rog hauv Ukraine: Ua kom muaj kev sib cav tsis sib haum xeeb, muaj los ntawm OR Phau Ntawv thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2022.
Medea Benjamin yog lub cofounder ntawm CODEPINK rau Kev Kaj Siab, thiab tus sau ntau phau ntawv, suav nrog Inside Iran: Cov Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb thiab Txoj Cai ntawm Islamic koom pheej ntawm Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies yog ib tus neeg sau xov xwm ywj pheej, tshawb fawb nrog CODEPINK thiab tus sau Ntshav Ntawm Peb Tes: Asmeskas Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Puas Tsuaj ntawm Iraq.
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Tsuas yog tawm ntawm kuv lub taub hau - muab rau lawv ib nrab ntawm txhua yam lawv thov thiab qhov ntawd yuav tawm 475 billion los tawm tsam kev hloov pauv huab cua.
Kuv pib qhov no ntawm qhov tseeb tias peb tsis yog tsov rog. Lub tswv yim uas peb yuav tsum tso cai rau tub rog txoj kev ywj pheej coj zoo li peb nyob hauv kev ua tsov rog (mus ib txhis?) yog qhov tsis zoo.
Hauv av tsov rog nrog Russia? Los ntawm qhov kuv tau hnov lawv tab tom nrhiav tub rog los ntawm lwm haiv neeg thiab rub cov pej xeem tsis txaus siab los ntawm txoj kev mus rau lawv cov billets hauv Ukraine qhov twg tib neeg pej xeem yuav muaj zaub mov tsis txaus thiab khoom siv nrog rau kev coj tsis zoo uas yuav tawm tsam.
Kuv tso cai rau koj ua tsov rog nuclear yog qhov muaj kev pheej hmoo siab tam sim no tab sis tsis muaj ib qho ntawm cov cuab yeej kim no yuav txo qhov kev pheej hmoo ntawm tus yeeb ncuab txaus ntshai txaus los thawb lub pob ntawd.
Ntawm qhov tod tes, kev tsov rog fossil roj uas tsis muaj leej twg hais txog kev npau taws. Qhov kev lag luam no tej zaum yuav tua neeg ntau dua li txhua qhov kev ua tub rog ua ke tab sis peb yuav muab chaw rau lawv ntau dua rau kev tho hauv gulf vim yog peb tsis ua lawv yuav jack tus nqi ntawm lawv cov khoom ntau dua.
Kuv tsis xav tias peb tuaj yeem raug kev tsim txom los ntawm ob tus neeg nyiag khoom tsis txaus ntseeg ib txhij.
Qhov no yog ib qho "bullish" (hauv txhua qhov kev nkag siab ntawm lo lus) tau hais txog cov kev cai lij choj uas yuav tsum tau sau rov qab zoo los ntawm lub siab tsis zoo tsis nyob hauv kev sib koom tes nrog kev lag luam riam phom!