Wolemba Medea Benjamin ndi Nicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, November 13, 2022
Ngati atsogoleri amphamvu a Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Jack Reed (D) ndi Jim Inhofe (R), ali ndi njira yawo, Congress posachedwa ipempha nthawi yankhondo. mphamvu zadzidzidzi kuti apange zida zazikulu za Pentagon. The Kusintha akuyenera kuti adapangidwa kuti athandizire kubwezeretsanso zida zomwe United States idatumiza ku Ukraine, koma kuyang'ana mndandanda wazofuna zomwe zafotokozedwa mukusinthaku zikuwonetsa nkhani ina.
Lingaliro la Reed ndi Inhofe ndikuyika kusintha kwawo pankhondo mu FY2023 National Defense Appropriation Act (NDAA) yomwe idzapatsidwe gawo la lameduck kumapeto kwa chaka. Kusinthaku kudadutsa mu Komiti ya Zida Zankhondo pakati pa Okutobala ndipo, ngati likhala lamulo, Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo idzaloledwa kutseka mapangano azaka zambiri ndikupereka mapangano osapikisana nawo kwa opanga zida zankhondo zaku Ukraine.
Ngati kusintha kwa Reed / Inhofe kulidi cholinga pakubwezeretsanso zinthu za Pentagon, ndiye chifukwa chiyani kuchuluka komwe kuli pamndandanda wazofuna kumaposa anatumizidwa ku Ukraine?
Tiyeni tiyerekeze:
- Nyenyezi yapano ya thandizo lankhondo laku US ku Ukraine ndi Lockheed Martin's Zithunzi za HIMARS rocket system, chida chomwecho US Marines amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuthandiza kuchepetsa zambiri za Mosul, mzinda wachiwiri waukulu kwambiri ku Iraq, kuti bwinja mu 2017. US yekha anatumiza 38 kachitidwe HIMARS ku Ukraine, koma Senators Reed ndi Inhofe akukonzekera "kukonzanso" 700 mwa iwo, ndi 100,000 roketi, amene ndalama kwa $4 biliyoni.
– Wina zida zankhondo anapereka Ukraine ndi M777 155 mm kutalika. Kuti "m'malo" a 142 M777 atumizidwa ku Ukraine, aphungu akukonzekera kuyitanitsa 1,000 mwa iwo, pamtengo wokwana madola 3.7 biliyoni, kuchokera ku BAE Systems.
- Oyambitsa a HIMARS amathanso kuwotcha kutalika kwa Lockheed Martin (mpaka ma 190 miles) MGM-140 Mizinga ya ATACMS, yomwe US sinatumize ku Ukraine. M'malo mwake US idathamangitsapo 560 aiwo, makamaka ku Iraq mu 2003.Mphotho ya Precision Strike,” zomwe kale zinali zoletsedwa pansi pa lamulo la Mgwirizano wa INF atakanidwa ndi Trump, ayamba kusintha ATACMS mu 2023, komabe Reed-Inhofe Amendment idzagula 6,000 ATACMS, nthawi 10 kuposa momwe US inagwiritsapo ntchito, pamtengo wokwana $ 600 miliyoni.
- Reed ndi Inhofe akufuna kugula 20,000 Mbola zoponya zolimbana ndi ndege zochokera ku Raytheon. Koma Congress idawononga kale $ 340 miliyoni kwa 2,800 Stingers kuti alowe m'malo mwa 1,400 omwe adatumizidwa ku Ukraine. Kusintha kwa Reed ndi Inhofe "kubwezeretsanso" masheya a Pentagon nthawi 14, zomwe zingawononge $ 2.4 biliyoni.
- United States yapatsa Ukraine zida ziwiri zokha zolimbana ndi sitima zapamadzi za Harpoon - zomwe zakwera kale - koma kusinthaku kumaphatikizapo 1,000 Boeing Supuni zoponya (pafupifupi $1.4 biliyoni) ndi 800 atsopano Kongsberg Zida Zankhondo Zankhondo (pafupifupi $ 1.8 biliyoni), m'malo mwa Pentagon m'malo mwa Harpoon.
- The Mnyamata dongosolo ndege chitetezo ndi chida china US sanatumize ku Ukraine, chifukwa dongosolo lililonse akhoza ndalama madola biliyoni ndi mfundo zofunika maphunziro a amisiri kukhalabe ndi kukonza zimatenga zoposa chaka kumaliza. Ndipo komabe mndandanda wa zofuna za Inhofe-Reed umaphatikizapo mivi ya Patriot ya 10,000, kuphatikizapo oyambitsa, omwe amatha kuwonjezera $ 30 biliyoni.
ATACMS, Harpoons ndi Stingers zonse ndi zida zomwe Pentagon inali itasiya kale, ndiye bwanji muwononge mabiliyoni a madola kugula masauzande aiwo tsopano? Kodi zonsezi ndi chiyani kwenikweni? Kodi kusinthidwa uku ndi chitsanzo choyipa kwambiri cha kupindula kwankhondo ndi asitikali-mafakitale-Congressional zovuta? Kapena kodi United States ikukonzekeradi kumenya nkhondo yaikulu yapansi yolimbana ndi Russia?
Kulingalira kwathu kopambana ndiko kuti zonsezo ndi zoona.
Kuyang'ana mndandanda wa zida, katswiri wankhondo komanso Colonel Mark Cancian wopuma pantchito adatchulidwa: “Izi sizikulowa m’malo mwa zimene tapatsa [Ukraine]. Ikumanga nkhokwe zankhondo yayikulu yapansi [ndi Russia] mtsogolomo. Uwu si mndandanda womwe mungagwiritse ntchito ku China. Kwa China tikhala ndi mndandanda wosiyana kwambiri. ”
Purezidenti Biden akuti satumiza asitikali aku US kuti akamenyane ndi Russia chifukwa zitha kutero Nkhondo Yadziko II. Koma pamene nkhondo ikupitirirabe ndipo ikukulirakulira, ndipamenenso zikuwonekeratu kuti asilikali a US akugwira nawo mbali zambiri za nkhondoyi: kuthandiza kupanga Chiyukireniya ntchito; kupereka satellite luntha; kukwera nkhondo za cyber; ndi kugwira ntchito mobisa mkati mwa Ukraine ngati magulu ankhondo apadera komanso magulu ankhondo a CIA. Tsopano Russia wadzudzula British wapadera ntchito asilikali a maudindo achindunji pakuwukira kwapanyanja ku Sevastopol komanso kuwonongeka kwa mapaipi a gasi a Nord Stream.
Pamene kulowererapo kwa US kunkhondo kukukulirakulira ngakhale a Biden malonjezano osweka, Pentagon iyenera kuti idapanga mapulani angozi zankhondo yayikulu pakati pa United States ndi Russia. Ngati mapulaniwo akwaniritsidwa, ndipo ngati sayambitsa kutha kwa dziko nthawi yomweyo nkhondo yankhondo, adzafuna zida zenizeni zambiri, ndipo ndicho cholinga cha nkhokwe za Reed-Inhofe.
Pa nthawi yomweyi, kusinthaku kumawoneka kuti kuyankha madandaulo ndi opanga zida kuti Pentagon "ikuyenda pang'onopang'ono" pakugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri zomwe zidaperekedwa ku Ukraine. Ngakhale kuti ndalama zoposa $20 biliyoni zaperekedwa ku zida, mapangano ogulira zida zankhondo ku Ukraine ndikusintha zida zomwe zatumizidwa kumeneko mpaka pano zidakwana $2.7 biliyoni pofika kumayambiriro kwa Novembala.
Chotero bonanza yoyembekezeka yogulitsa zida inali isanakwaniritsidwe, ndipo opanga zida anayamba kuleza mtima. Ndi dziko lonse kuyitanitsa zokambirana zaukazembe, ngati Congress sinasunthike, nkhondo ikhoza kutha asanafike jackpot yomwe akuyembekezeredwa kwambiri opanga zida.
Mark Cancian anafotokoza ku DefenseNews, "Takhala tikumva kuchokera kumakampani, tikamalankhula nawo za nkhaniyi, kuti akufuna kuwona chizindikiro."
Pamene Reed-Inhofe Amendment idadutsa mu komiti mkati mwa Okutobala, zinali zoonekeratu kuti "chizindikiro chofunikira" chomwe amalonda a imfa amafunafuna. Mitengo yamtengo wa Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman ndi General Dynamics inanyamuka ngati mivi yolimbana ndi ndege, ikuphulika mpaka kumapeto kwa mwezi.
Julia Gledhill, katswiri pa Project on Government Oversight, adadzudzula zomwe zachitika mwadzidzidzi panthawi yankhondo, nati "zikuwonjezanso zida zachitetezo zomwe zidali zofooka kale pofuna kupewa kukwera mtengo kwa asitikali."
Kutsegula zitseko zamapangano ankhondo azaka zambiri, osapikisana, okwera mabiliyoni ambiri kukuwonetsa momwe anthu aku America atsekerezedwa munkhondo yoyipa komanso kuwononga ndalama zankhondo. Nkhondo yatsopano iliyonse imakhala chifukwa chowonjezera ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo, zambiri zomwe sizikugwirizana ndi nkhondo yamakono yomwe imapereka chivundikiro cha kuwonjezeka. Katswiri wazankhondo wankhondo Carl Conetta adawonetsa (onani Chidule cha akuluakulu) mu 2010, patatha zaka za nkhondo ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq, kuti "ntchitozo zimawerengera 52% yokha ya opaleshoni" pakugwiritsa ntchito asilikali a US panthawiyo.
Andrew Lautz wa National Taxpayers' Union tsopano akuwerengera kuti bajeti ya Pentagon idzapitirira $1 thililiyoni pachaka pofika 2027, zaka zisanu m'mbuyomo kuposa momwe ofesi ya Congressional Budget Office inanenera. Koma ngati tipereka ndalama zosachepera $ 230 biliyoni pachaka pamitengo yokhudzana ndi usilikali m'mabungwe am'madipatimenti ena, monga Energy (za zida za nyukiliya), Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Justice (FBI cybersecurity), ndi State, ndalama zowononga dziko zakhala zikuyenda bwino. idagunda kale mathililiyoni a dollar pachaka, kukwera awiri mwa magawo atatu ya pachaka discretionary ndalama.
Kugulitsa kwakukulu kwa America mumbadwo watsopano uliwonse wa zida kumapangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kuti andale a chipani chilichonse azindikire, osalola kuvomereza kwa anthu, kuti zida ndi nkhondo zaku America zakhala zikuyambitsa mavuto ambiri padziko lapansi, osati yankho, ndipo sangathetsenso vuto laposachedwa la mfundo zakunja.
Aphungu a Reed ndi Inhofe adzateteza kusinthidwa kwawo ngati sitepe yanzeru yolepheretsa ndikukonzekera kukwera kwa nkhondo ku Russia, koma kukwera kwachitukuko komwe timatsekeredwa sikuli mbali imodzi. Ndi zotsatira zakuchitapo kanthu kwa mbali zonse ziwiri, ndipo kukhazikitsidwa kwa zida zazikulu zomwe zavomerezedwa ndi kusinthaku ndikukweza koopsa kwa mbali ya US komwe kungapangitse ngozi ya Nkhondo Yadziko Lonse yomwe Purezidenti Biden adalonjeza kuti apewe.
Pambuyo pa nkhondo zoopsa komanso kuwerengera ndalama zankhondo zaku US zazaka 25 zapitazi, tiyenera kukhala anzeru pofika pakukula kwa nkhanza zomwe tagwidwa. Ndipo titatha kukopana ndi Armagedo kwa zaka 45 m’Nkhondo Yamawu yotsiriza, tiyeneranso kukhala anzeru ku ngozi yopezekapo ya kuchita nawo mtundu woterewu waubwenzi ndi Russia wokhala ndi zida zanyukiliya. Kotero, ngati tili anzeru, tidzatsutsa Reed / Inhofe Amendment.
Medea Benjamin ndi Nicolas JS Davies ndi omwe adalemba Nkhondo ku Ukraine: Kumvetsetsa Mkangano Wopanda Nzeru, yopezeka ku OR Books mu Novembala 2022.
Medea Benjamin ndiye woyambitsa wa CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, ndi wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikizapo M'kati mwa Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies ndi mtolankhani wodziyimira payekha, wofufuza ndi CODEPINK komanso wolemba wa Mwazi M'manja Mwathu: Kubowola Kwa America ndi Kuwonongeka kwa Iraq.
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Kungochoka pamwamba pamutu panga - apatseni theka la chilichonse chomwe angapemphe ndikusiya 475 biliyoni kuti athane ndi kusintha kwanyengo.
Izi ndikuziyika pa mfundo yakuti sitili pa nkhondo. Lingaliro lakuti tiyenera kupatsa asilikali ufulu wochita zinthu ngati kuti tili pankhondo (kwamuyaya?) ndizopusa.
Nkhondo yapansi panthaka ndi Russia? Zomwe ndikumva akulemba asilikali ochokera kumayiko ena ndikukokera nzika zosafuna kuchoka m'misewu kuti zidzaze mapepala awo ku Ukraine kumene nzika zomwezo zidzakhala ndi chakudya chokwanira ndi zipangizo komanso makhalidwe oipa omenyana nawo.
Ndikukupatsani nkhondo ya nyukiliya ndi chiopsezo chokulirapo pakadali pano koma palibe chida chamtengo wapatali chomwe chingachepetse chiwopsezocho kuchokera kwa mdani wofunitsitsa kukankha batani.
Kumbali inayi, nkhondo yamafuta amafuta omwe palibe amene amakamba zakwiya. Makampaniwa atha kupha anthu ochulukirapo kuposa zida zonse zankhondo koma tiwapatsa mwayi woboola paphompho chifukwa tikapanda kutero adzakwera mtengo wazinthu zawo.
Sindikuganiza kuti tingavutike kugwidwa ndi achifwamba awiri osatopa nthawi imodzi.
Ichi ndi "chipongwe" (m'lingaliro lililonse) lamulo loperekedwa lomwe liyenera kulembedwanso bwino ndi anthu oganiza bwino osati kugwirizana ndi makampani a zida zankhondo!