Nkhondo Kumayiko

Ndi Kathy Kelly, Juni 27, 2020

Nthawi yopanga zida zankhondo yadutsa ngati msika wogwira ntchito ku dziko lathu, ngakhale atsogoleri ena andale samamatira pazachuma zam'mbuyomu.-Lisa Savage, phungu wa Senate waku US ku Maine

Lachinayi pa 25 Juni, zomwe Purezidenti Trump adasankhidwanso zidamupititsa ku "bwalo lankhondo" m'boma la Wisconsin, komwe adayendera bwalo la zombo la Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Adanyoza ma Democrat ngati mdani wowopsa kuposa Russia kapena China. Anakondweretsanso kupambana kwa Wisconsin pa adani apakhomo monga boma la Maine poteteza ntchito yayikulu yomanga zombo. "FFG (X) yoyamba [frigate] yoyamba sikuti idzangokhala yopambana kwa ogwira ntchito ku Wisconsin; kudzakhalanso kupambana kwakukulu kwa gulu lathu lankhondo, "a Trump anati. “Tzombo zochititsa chidwi zidzapereka mphamvu, kupha, ndi mphamvu zomwe tikufunikira kuti tigwire adani a America kulikonse komanso nthawi iliyonse. ” M'malingaliro ambiri ankhondo, zikuwoneka, anali China.

"Mukangoyang'ana madera a Indo-Pacom, zombozi zimatha kupita m'malo ambiri omwe owononga sangapiteko," anati Woimira kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Wisconsin a Mike Gallagher, a Republican a hawkish amafunitsitsa kuti atenge nkhondo zamtsogolo mu 'Indo-Pacific Command': makamaka, nkhondo ndi China. “… Osati ma frig okha, koma zombo zopanda munthu… zidzagwirizana bwino ndi zambiri zomwe a Marine Corps Commandant akukamba pankhani yopanga phindu pangozi yomwe idachitika posachedwa [Pangano la Zida Zanyukiliya], ndikuwotcha moto wapakati. ”

Woyang'anira yemwe akufunsidwa, Gen. David Berger, ali anafotokoza: "Zomwe zatipangitsa kuti tifike pomwe tili pano ndikusintha kwa China posunthira kunyanja…" Berger akufuna zombo "zoyenda mwachangu" kuti asunge ma marine aku America m'malo osakhalitsa ku China, popeza "a Kutalikirana ndi China, asunthira kwa iwe. ”

Fincantieri, kampani yaku Italiya, idapeza sitima yapamadzi ya Marinette ku 2009, ndipo, mwezi watha, adalandira mgwirizano wopindulitsa wa US Navy kuti amange pakati pa frigri imodzi ndi 10, kuyimira kusintha kwa owononga akulu. Chojambulidwa ndi Lockheed Martin chokhala ndi machubu okwana 32 owongoka komanso "makina a SPY-6 aukadaulo," okhala ndi mphamvu zokwanira "zida zankhondo zamagetsi", frigate izitha kumenya nkhondo zapamadzi nthawi imodzi, zolowera kumtunda komanso zombo zapamtunda . Ngati zombo zonse 10 zimangidwa pamalo okonzera sitimayo, mgwirizanowu uzikhala wokwanira $ 5.5 biliyoni. Rep. Gallagher ndi Purezidenti Trump onse akuthandiza cholinga cha utsogoleri wa Asitikali kukulitsa zombo zaku US kupitilira zida zawo zapa 355, ndikuwonjezera zombo zingapo zomwe sizinachitike. . 

Marinette anali akuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi ma boti ena angapo, kuphatikiza Bath Iron Work ku Maine, pa mgwirizano wamabiliyoni ambiri. Pa Marichi 2, mgwirizano wapadera wa aphungu a 54 WI anali asaina a kalata kulimbikitsa Purezidenti Trump kuti awongolere mgwirizano wa zomangamanga wa ku Navy ku US kupita ku bwato la Marinette. "Tikukhulupirira kuti gulu lankhondo la US lilinganiza zobweretsa zina zowonjezereka zachitetezo ku boma la Wisconsin," alembi adalemba m'ndime yawo yomaliza, akuti mwayiwu siwofunika kungokhala malo osungira zimbudzi a Wisconsin, "koma kwa anthu aku America opambana amene adzapindule zaka zambiri pantchito yofunika komanso yothandiza dziko lathu. ”

Mgwirizanowu ukhoza kuwonjezera ntchito 1,000 mderali ndipo wopanga zombo akufuna kupatula $ 200 miliyoni kukulitsa malo a Marinette chifukwa cha mgwirizano. Chifukwa chake inali nthawi yopambana pamsanja, komanso kwa a Donald Trump, omwe atha kupeleka ntchitoyi ku malo "omenyera nkhondo" ofunikira chiyembekezo chake pachisankho chikubwerachi. Kodi msonkhano uwu ukadachitika mgwirizano ukanapita ku Maine's Bath Iron Works?  Lisa Savage akuchita kampeni ngati Green Independent kuti ayimire Maine ngati Senator waku US. Atafunsidwa kuti afotokoze ngati Maine "wataya" pomwe mgwirizano wapita ku Wisconsin, adapereka izi:

Bath Iron Works ku Maine pakadali pano akuchita zokambirana za mgwirizano wa mabungwe kuti alimbikitse mfundo zake zopititsa patsogolo ntchito yobweretsera mgwirizano womwe sugwirizana. Izi zikutsatira zaka zambiri zosapanga mgwirizano ndi mgwirizano wake waukulu, S6, BIW imafuna kuti ogwira ntchito azipereka ndalama kuti eni ake azilipira wamkulu wake mamiliyoni a madola pachaka ndikugulitsanso malo ake. General Dynamics imatha kulipira ogwira ntchito moyenera, malinga ndi $ 45 miliyoni yomwe msonkho wa Maine unapereka wopanga wamkulu wankhondo, ndipo $ 900 miliyoni yomwe kampaniyo idapereka ikupereka kale gawo la SEC.  

Nthawi yopanga zida zankhondo yadutsa ngati msika wogwira ntchito ku dziko lathu, ngakhale atsogoleri ena andale samamatira pazachuma zam'mbuyomu. Mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi ukugogomezera kwa ife kulumikizana kwathu konse kwadziko lapansi ndi kupusa, kuwononga, ndi kulephera kwamakhalidwe pazankhondo m'njira zonse. Tiyenera kusintha malo monga BIW ndi Marinette kukhala zida zopangira yankho lavuto la nyengo, kuphatikizaponso zoyendera pagulu, zothandizira popanga mphamvu zatsopano, komanso zombo zothandiza pakagwa tsoka. 

Kupanga zida zamagetsi zoyera kumatha kupeza ntchito zochulukirapo mpaka 50% kuposa kupanga zida zankhondo malinga kafukufuku ndi akatswiri azachuma. Zowopseza zazikuluzikulu ku United States pakadali pano ndizovuta zanyengo ndi COVID-19. Makontrakitala a Pentagon akhala akuthandiza kwanthawi yayitali pamavuto azanyengo, ndipo nthawi yakusintha tsopano.

Mliriwu usanachitike, ndipo asanaperekedwe mgwirizano wa Navy US ku Marinette, omenyera ufulu anzanga ku Voices for Creative Nonviolence anali akukonzekera zionetsero zopita ku ngalawa ya Marinette. Monga momwe Trump adaonera mukulankhula kwake ku Marinette, pakali pano akumanga Zingwe za Littoral Combat Zogulitsa ku Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ofufuza zaukadaulo anati, chakumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019, gulu lankhondo la US silikufunanso kugula Sittoral Combat Suits pabwalo, Marinette bwato anali "opulumutsidwa ndi a Saudis”Ndi a Lockheed Martin, omwe anathandiza kukonza mgwirizano. 

Asitikali aku Saudi akhala akugwiritsa ntchito sitima zapamadzi zaku Littoral (pafupi ndi gombe) zaku US kutsekereza madoko a Yemen, omwe akukumana ndi mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha njala yomwe ikuwonjezedwa ndi kutsogozedwa ndi Saudi komanso kuwukira komwe kumachitika mlengalenga mosalekeza kuphulitsa bomba. Miliri ya kolera, kukumbukira zaka zapitazo, zinali zotsatira zina zakuti nkhondo idachedwetsa zakupha ndi kuchepa kwa anthu aku Yemeni posowa mafuta, chakudya, mankhwala ndi madzi oyera. Nkhani yothandiza anthu ku Yemen, yomwe idakulirakulira chifukwa cha kufalikira kwa COVID-19, tsopano ili yolakalaka kotero kuti mkulu wa United Nations wothandiza anthu, a Mark Lowcock, adachenjeza Yemen idzachita "kugwa pathanthwe”Popanda thandizo lalikulu la ndalama. Purezidenti Trump adatenga ngongole yonse pamgwirizano wa Saudi pamsonkhano wapano.  

Dziko lomwe maufumu athu padziko lonse lapansi amalipanga mwachangu, kudzera munkhondo zathu zowononga mafuta ku Middle East komanso nkhondo zathu zozizira ndi Russia ndi China, ndi dziko lopambana. Maine atha kupeza zifukwa zokwanira zokondwerera kutaya nkhondo yake pamalopo ngati ataganizira za mwayi wopindulitsa womwe Savage akutikumbutsa momveka bwino: kutembenuka, phindu lopeza ntchito, ku mafakitale omwe amatikonzekeretsa kuthana ndi zowopsa zomwe tikukumana nazo: zowononga Kusintha kwanyengo, mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi, komanso chamanyazi oyipa a nkhondo yosatha. Tiyenera kukana kusaina mapangano ndi opanga zida zaphindu chifukwa chakuzunza kosalekeza ku Middle East ndi mipikisano yopanda mphamvu yolowera nkhondo yankhondo yathunthu. Mapangano oterowo, omwe amalembedwa m'magazi, adzawononga mbali iliyonse ya dziko lathu lapansi kuonongeka ngati malo ankhondo. 

Kathy Kelly imalumikizidwa ndi PeaceVoice, mogwirizana Mauthenga a Zopanda Chilengedwe ndipo ndi mlangizi wa mtendere ndi mamembala a board World BEYOND War.