There’s nothing new about this, which is why I know it’s there before having seen the new budget proposal. The United States funds most of the world’s most oppressive militaries, sells them weapons, and trains them. It has done so for many years. But if you’re going to propose an enourmous budget that relies on deficit spending, and you’re going to claim that a gargantuan military budget (bigger than the Vietnam War budget that derailed LBJ’s domestic priorities) is somehow justified, then I think you ought to have to stand and justify every bit of it, including the 40% or so of U.S. foreign “aid” that’s actually money for weapons and militaries — first and foremost for Israel.
A U.S.-government-funded source for a list of the oppressive governments of the world is Freedom House, which laharana firenena as “free,” “partly free,” and “not free.” These rankings are supposedly based on civil liberties and political rights within a country, with apparently no consideration of a country’s impact on the rest of the world.
Heverin'ny Freedom House ho “tsy afaka” ireto firenena 50 manaraka ireto (firenena ihany no alaina ao amin'ny lisitry ny Freedom House fa tsy faritany): Afghanistan, Alzeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarosia, Brunei, Burundi, Kambodza, Kamerona, Repoblikan'i Afrika Afovoany, Tchad, Sina, Repoblika Demokratikan'i Kongo (Kinshasa), Repoblikan'i Kongo (Brazzaville), Kiobà, Djibouti, Ejipta, Ginea Ekoatorialy, Eritrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Iran, Irak, Kazakhstan, Laos, Libya, Maoritania, Nicaragua, Korea Avaratra, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Arabia Saodita, Somalia, Sodàna Atsimo, Sodàna, Syria, Tajikistan, Tailandy, Torkia, Turkmenistan, Oganda, Emirà Arabo Mitambatra, Uzbekistan, Venezoelà, Vietnam, Yemen.
Ny governemanta amerikana dia mamela, mandamina, na amin'ny toe-javatra sasany aza dia manome famatsiam-bola ho an'ny fivarotana fitaovam-piadiana amerikana amin'ny 41 amin'ireo firenena ireo. Izany dia 82 isan-jato. Mba hamokarana io tarehimarika io dia nijery ny fivarotana fitaovam-piadiana amerikana teo anelanelan'ny 2010 sy 2019 aho araka ny voarakitra an-tsoratra na ny Stockholm Fikarohana iraisam-pirenena momba ny fandriam-pahalemana dia mitaky angon-drakitra ara-barotra, na nataon'ny tafika amerikana tamin'ny antontan-taratasy mitondra ny lohateny "Fivarotana miaramila avy any ivelany, varotra fanamboarana miaramila an-dafy ary fiaraha-miasa amin'ny fiarovana hafa: zava-misy ara-tantara: hatramin'ny 30 septambra 2017." Ireto ny 41: Afghanistan, Alzeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Burundi, Kambodza, Kamerona, Repoblikan'i Afrika Afovoany, Tchad, Shina, Repoblika Demokratikan'i Congo (Kinshasa), Repoblikan'i Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Ejipta, Guinée équatoriale, Érythrée, Eswatini (Soazilandy taloha), Etiopia, Gabon, Irak, Kazakhstan, Libya, Maoritania, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Arabia Saodita, Sodàna, Syria, Tajikistan, Tailandy, Torkia, Turkmenistan, Oganda, Arabo Mitambatra Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
These graphics are screenshots from a mapping tool called Sarin'ny Militarism.
Of the nine “not free” nations to which the United States is not shipping weapons, the majority of them (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela) are nations commonly designated as enemies by the U.S. government, offered as justifications for budget increases by the Pentagon, demonized by the U.S. media, and targeted with significant sanctions (and in some cases attempted coups and threats of war). These countries’ status as designated enemies also, in the view of some critics of Freedom House, has a lot to do with how some of them got onto the list of “not free” rather than “partly free” nations. Similar logic could explain the absence of some countries, such as Israel, from the “not free” list.
China may be the “enemy” you hear the most about from the U.S. government, but the U.S. government still collaborates with China, not only on bioweapons labs but also by allowing U.S. companies to sell it weapons.
Ankehitriny, andeha horaisintsika ny lisitr'ireo governemanta mampahory 50 ary hojerentsika hoe iza amin'ireo no omen'ny governemanta Amerikana fiofanana miaramila. Misy ambaratonga samihafa amin'ny fanohanana toy izany, manomboka amin'ny fampianarana taranja tokana ho an'ny mpianatra efatra ka hatramin'ny fanomezana taranja maro ho an'ireo mpiofana an'arivony. Ny Etazonia dia manome fiofanana ara-miaramila amin'ny karazana iray na hafa amin'ny 44 amin'ny 50, na 88 isan-jato. Mifototra amin'ny fitadiavana fiofanana voatanisa ao amin'ny 2017 na 2018 amin'ny iray na roa amin'ireto loharano ireto aho: Ny Departemantam-panjakana amerikana Tatitra momba ny fampiofanana ara-tafika vahiny: Fisky taona 2017 sy 2018: Tatitra iraisana amin'ny volan'ny Kongresy I ary II, ary ny masoivohon'ny United States for International Development (USAID) Fanamarinana ny teti-bola eo amin'ny Kongresy: FAMPISORIANA AN-TENY: FIVORIANA MANARAKA: Fiscal Year 2018. Ireto ny 44: Afghanistan, Alzeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarosia, Brunei, Burundi, Kambodza, Kamerona, Repoblikan'i Afrika Afovoany, Tchad, Shina, Repoblika Demokratikan'i Kongo (Kinshasa), Repoblikan'i Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Ejipta, Eswatini (Soazilandy taloha), Etiopia, Gabon, Iran, Irak, Kazakhstan, Laos, Libya, Maoritania, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Arabia Saodita, Somalia, Sodàna Atsimo, Tajikistan, Thailand, Torkia, Turkmenistan, Oganda, Emirà Arabo Mitambatra, Uzbekistan, Venezoelà, Vietnam, Yemen.
Now let’s take one more run through the list of 50 oppressive governments, because in addition to selling them weapons and training them, the U.S. government also provides funding directly to foreign militaries. Of the 50 oppressive governments, as listed by Freedom House, 32 receive “foreign military financing” or other funding for military activities from the U.S. government, with — it’s extremely safe to say — less outrage in the U.S. media or from U.S. tax payers than we hear over providing food to people in the United States who are hungry. I base this list on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Fanamarinan'ny teti-bola eo amin'ny Kongresy: FAMPISORIANA FAMPISORIANA: FIVORIANA FIVORIANA: Fiscal Year 2017, ary Fanamarinana ny teti-bola eo amin'ny Kongresy: FAMPISORIANA AN-TENY: FIVORIANA MANARAKA: Fiscal Year 2018. Ireto ny 33: Afghanistan, Alzeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarosia, Kambodza, Repoblikan'i Afrika Afovoany, Shina, Repoblika Demokratikan'i Kongo (Kinshasa), Djibouti, Ejipta, Eswatini (Soazilandy taloha), Etiopia, Irak, Kazakhstan, Laos , Libya, Maoritania, Oman, Arabia Saodita, Somalia, Sodàna Atsimo, Sodàna, Syria, Tajikistan, Tailandy, Torkia, Turkmenistan, Ouganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
These graphics are again screenshots from Sarin'ny Militarism.
Out of 50 oppressive governments, the United States militarily supports in at least one of the three ways discussed above 48 of them or 96 percent, all but the tiny designated enemies of Cuba and North Korea. And this generosity by U.S. taxpayers extends well beyond 50 countries. Look at the last map above. There are very few white spots on it.
For more on this topic, see 20 Dictator izay tohanan'ny Etazonia
