ndi Danaka Katovich, CODEPINK, June 9, 2021
Nthawi ina chilimwe cha 2018 chisanafike, mgwirizano wochokera ku US kupita ku Saudi Arabia udasindikizidwa ndikuperekedwa. Bomba lotsogozedwa ndi laser la 227kg lopangidwa ndi Lockheed Martin, m'modzi mwa masauzande ambiri, linali gawo logulitsako. Pa Ogasiti 9th, 2018 amodzi mwamabomba a Lockheed Martin anali Anatsikira basi yodzaza ndi ana aku Yemeni. Iwo anali paulendo wopita kumunda pomwe miyoyo yawo inatha mwadzidzidzi. Pakati pa kugwidwa ndi chisoni, okondedwa awo aphunzira kuti Lockheed Martin ndi amene adayambitsa bomba lomwe lidapha ana awo.
Zomwe sangadziwe ndikuti boma la United States (Purezidenti ndi State department) adavomereza kugulitsa bomba lomwe linapha ana awo, ndikupangitsa Lockheed Martin, yemwe amapeza phindu mamiliyoni ambiri pogulitsa zida chaka chilichonse.
Pomwe Lockheed Martin adapindula ndi kufa kwa ana makumi anayi aku Yemeni tsiku lomwelo, makampani opanga zida ku United States akupitiliza kugulitsa zida ku maboma ankhanza padziko lonse lapansi, ndikupha anthu ambiri ku Palestina, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, ndi ena ambiri. Ndipo nthawi zambiri, anthu aku United States samadziwa kuti izi zikuchitika mdzina lathu kuti zithandizire makampani azabizinesi zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Tsopano, zatsopano kwambiri $ Miliyoni 735 mu zida zotsogozedwa molondola zomwe zikugulitsidwa ku Israeli- zikuyembekezeranso zomwezo. Nkhani yokhudzana ndi kugulitsayi idachitika mkatikati mwa chiwonongeko chaposachedwa kwambiri ku Israeli ku Gaza chomwe chidapha oposa Palestina 200. Israeli ikaukira Gaza, zimatero ndi bomba zopangidwa ndi US komanso ndege zankhondo.
Ngati tikutsutsa kuwonongedwa konyansa kwa moyo komwe kumachitika Saudi Arabia kapena Israeli ikapha anthu okhala ndi zida zopangidwa ndi US, tingatani?
Kugulitsa zida ndikusokoneza. Nthawi ndi nthawi nkhani imafotokoza za zida zina zogulitsa kuchokera ku United States kupita kudziko lina padziko lonse lapansi zomwe zimakhala zokwanira mamiliyoni, kapena mabiliyoni amadola. Ndipo monga aku America, tilibe chonena komwe mabomba omwe amati "MADE IN USA" amapita. Pomwe timamva zakugulitsa, ziphaso zogulitsa kunja ndizovomerezedwa kale ndipo mafakitale a Boeing akutulutsa zida zomwe sitinamvepo.
Ngakhale kwa anthu omwe amadziona kuti ali ndi chidziwitso chokwanira pamakampani opanga zida zankhondo amapezeka kuti akusochera pa intaneti ndi nthawi yogulitsa zida. Pali kusoweka kowonekera komanso chidziwitso chopezeka kwa anthu aku America. Mwambiri, nazi momwe kugulitsa zida kumagwirira ntchito:
Pali nthawi yokambirana yomwe imachitika pakati pa dziko lomwe likufuna kugula zida komanso boma la US kapena kampani yabizinesi ngati Boeing kapena Lockheed Martin. Mgwirizano ukakwaniritsidwa, Dipatimenti ya Boma imafunika lamulo la Arms Export Control Act kuti lidziwitse Congress. Zitalandilidwa ndi Congress, akhala Masiku 15 kapena 30 kuti adziwe ndikudutsa Chisankho chakusavomerezana palimodzi choletsa kuperekera chilolezo chotumiza kunja. Kuchuluka kwa masiku kumadalira momwe United States ili pafupi ndi dziko logula zida.
Kwa Israeli, mayiko a NATO, ndi ena ochepa, Congress ili ndi masiku 15 oletsa kugulitsa kupitako. Aliyense amene amadziwa njira yovutikira ya Congress yochitira zinthu atha kuzindikira kuti masiku 15 si nthawi yokwanira yosinkhasinkha ngati kugulitsa zida zankhaninkhani / madola mabiliyoni ambiri kuli pankhani zandale ku United States.
Kodi nthawi imeneyi ikutanthauzanji kwa omwe amalimbikitsa kugulitsa zida? Zikutanthauza kuti ali ndi mwayi wawung'ono wofikira mamembala a Congress. Tengani chitsanzo chaposachedwa kwambiri komanso chotsutsana ndi $ 735 miliyoni ku Boeing ku Israel. Nkhaniyi idasweka kutangotsala masiku ochepa kuti masiku 15 aja asanakwane. Umu ndi momwe zidachitikira:
Pa Meyi 5, 2021 Congress idadziwitsidwa za kugulitsa. Komabe, popeza kugulitsa kunali kwamalonda (kuchokera ku Boeing kupita ku Israel) m'malo mwa boma ndi boma (kuchokera ku United States kupita ku Israel), pali kusoweka kowonekera kowonekera chifukwa pali njira zosiyanasiyana zogulitsa malonda. Kenako pa Meyi 17, kutangotsala masiku ochepa okha kuti masiku 15 a Congress ayimitse kugulitsa, a nkhani yogulitsa idasokonekera. Kuyankha kugulitsa patsiku lomaliza la masiku 15, chisankho chovomerezeka chovomerezeka chidayambitsidwa mnyumba mu Meyi 20. Tsiku lotsatira, Senator Sanders adayambitsa malamulo ake kuletsa kugulitsa ku Senate, masiku 15 atatha. Layisensi yotumiza kunja idavomerezedwa kale ndi State department tsiku lomwelo.
Lamulo lomwe linayambitsidwa ndi Senator Sanders ndi Woimira Ocasio-Cortez kuti aletse kugulitsa linali lopanda ntchito chifukwa nthawi inali itatha.
Komabe, zonse sizitayika, popeza pali njira zingapo zogulitsa zitha kuyimitsidwira chilolezo chakatumiza kunja chikaperekedwa. Dipatimenti Yaboma ikhoza kubweza layisensi, Purezidenti atha kuyimitsa malonda, ndipo Congress ikhonza kukhazikitsa malamulo apadera oletsa kugulitsa nthawi iliyonse mpaka zida zitaperekedwa. Njira yomaliza sinachitikepo m'mbuyomu, koma pali zitsanzo zaposachedwa posonyeza kuti mwina sizingakhale zopanda tanthauzo kuyesera.
Congress idapereka chigamulo cha bipartisan chosagwirizana ndi 2019 kuletsa kugulitsa zida ku United Arab Emirates. Kenako Purezidenti Donald Trump adavomereza chigamulochi ndipo Congress sinakhale ndi mavoti oti athetse. Komabe, izi zidawonetsa kuti mbali zonse ziwiri za kanjira zimatha kugwira ntchito limodzi poletsa kugulitsa zida.
Njira zotsitsimutsa komanso zotopetsa zogulitsa zida zankhondo zimabweretsa mafunso awiri ofunikira. Kodi tiyenera kugulitsanso zida kumayiko awa koyambirira? Ndipo kodi pakufunika kusintha kwakukulu pakugulitsa zida zankhondo kuti anthu aku America azitha kunena zambiri?
Malinga ndi zathu chilamulo, United States sayenera kutumiza zida kumayiko ngati Israel ndi Saudi Arabia (pakati pa ena). Mwaukadaulo, kuchita izi kumatsutsana ndi lamulo lothandizira zakunja, womwe ndi umodzi mwamalamulo oyang'anira kugulitsa zida.
Gawo 502B la Lamulo Lothandizira Kunja likuti zida zogulitsidwa ndi United States sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu. Saudi Arabia itaponya bomba la Lockheed Martin pa ana aku Yemeni, palibe chifukwa chodzitetezera. " Cholinga chachikulu cha ndege zaku Saudi ku Yemen ndi maukwati, maliro, masukulu, ndi malo okhala ku Sanaa, United States ilibe chifukwa chomveka chogwiritsa ntchito zida zopangidwa ndi US. A Israeli akagwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo zofananira ndi Boeing polumikizitsa nyumba zogona ndi malo atolankhani apadziko lonse lapansi, sakutero chifukwa "chodzitchinjiriza chovomerezeka".
Masiku ano pomwe makanema amgwirizano waku US omwe akuchita milandu yankhondo amapezeka mosavuta pa Twitter kapena Instagram, palibe amene anganene kuti sakudziwa zida zopangidwa ndi US zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi.
Monga Achimereka, pali zofunika kuchita. Kodi ndife okonzeka kuyesetsa kusintha njira zogulitsa zida zankhondo kuti zikhale zowonekera bwino komanso kuyankha mlandu? Kodi ndife okonzeka kugwiritsa ntchito malamulo athu? Chofunika koposa: kodi tili okonzeka kuyesetsa kusintha chuma chathu kuti makolo aku Yemeni ndi Palestina omwe amayika chikondi chilichonse pakulera ana awo asakhale mwamantha kuti dziko lawo lonse lingatenge nthawi? Momwe zikuyimira, chuma chathu chimapindula pogulitsa zida zowonongera mayiko ena. Izi ndichinthu chomwe aku America akuyenera kuzindikira ndikufunsa ngati pali njira yabwinoko yakukhalira mdziko lapansi. Njira zotsatirazi kwa anthu omwe ali ndi nkhawa ndi kugulitsidwa kumene kwankhondo kumeneku ku Israeli akuyenera kupempha Dipatimenti Yaboma ndikupempha mamembala awo a Congress kuti akhazikitse malamulo oletsa kugulitsa.
Danaka Katovich ndi wotsogolera ntchito ku CODEPINK komanso wotsogolera gulu la achinyamata la CODEPINK gulu la Peace Collective. Danaka adaphunzira ku DePaul University ndi digiri ya bachelor mu Political Science mu Novembala 2020 ndikuyang'ana ndale zadziko lonse. Kuyambira 2018 wakhala akugwira ntchito yothetsa kutenga nawo mbali ku US pankhondo ku Yemen, kuyang'ana kwambiri pakupanga nkhondo ku DRM. Ku CODEPINK amagwira ntchito yolalikira kwa achinyamata monga otsogolera gulu la Peace Collective lomwe limayang'ana kwambiri maphunziro a anti-imperialist ndikuchotsedwa.
