Wolemba Bonnie Kristian, US Kulimbana ndi Nkhondo
Monga taphunzirira mobwerezabwereza m'zaka zaposachedwa, pali njira zambiri zomwe zida zankhondo zaku America ndi zida zimatha kukhala m'manja mwa adani. Nthawi zina zida zabedwa kapena kugwidwa, monga pamene Islamic State anatenga zikwi ya Humvees yoperekedwa ndi US - yamtengo wapatali kwambiri $ Biliyoni 1-kuchokera ku gulu lankhondo la Iraq ku Mosul lokha. Nthawi zina zigawenga "zachikatikati" zophunzitsidwa ku America zimapereka mwachindunji zinthu zawo kwa ogwirizana ndi al Qaeda, monga zachitika ku Syria.
Ndipo nthawi zina zinthu zimangosowa, monga momwe zidakhalira zida mazana masauzande ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan pazaka khumi ndi theka zapitazi. Monga The New York Times posachedwa, Pentagon ikhoza kungowerengera pafupifupi kotala la zida zazing'ono zomwe boma lathu lasamutsira kwa ogwirizana amtundu wosiyanasiyana m'maiko awiriwa. Ambiri mwa ena tsopano akuwonjezera msika wakuda wakuda womwe umapereka zida kwa anthu ocheperako a Mideast, ISIS ikuphatikizidwa kwambiri.
M'chilimwe wa 2014, mwachitsanzo, zida zoposa 200,000, 43 peresenti ya zida zazing'ono zomwe US inatumiza ku Afghanistan panthawiyo, zidalembedwa molakwika, ndi manambala osowa kapena obwereza mu zolemba za Pentagon.
Kumbali yolandila, chithunzicho chinali choyipa kwambiri: Asitikali aku Afghanistan adapezeka kuti alibe "dongosolo lokhazikika kapena lodziyimira pawokha" kuti azisunga zida zomwe adalandira. “Pali kuthekera kwenikweni kwakuti zida zimenezi zigwere m’manja mwa zigaŵenga,” lipotilo linanena momvekera bwino lomwe lipotilo, “zimene zidzadzetsa chiwopsezo chowonjezereka kwa ogwira ntchito ku United States, ANSF, ndi anthu wamba a ku Afghanistan.” Ndipo bwanji!
Zisanachitike, mu 2009, zida ndi zida zotengedwa m'matupi a zigawenga za Taliban zidapezeka kuti zidachokera ku America. Ngakhale zida zina zikanapezeka pankhondo, zikutheka kuti zidachokera kwa "ogwirizana" achinyengo aku Afghan.
Ngakhale kale, mu 2007, tinaphunzira kuti 30 peresenti ya zida zomwe zinatumizidwa ku Iraqi Security Forces kuyambira June 2004 mpaka December 2005 zinalibe chimodzimodzi. Zida 190,000 zomwe zidatayika zidaposa 14,000 zomwe zimadziwika kuti zidasowa. chaka chapitachondipo iwowo akhala ochuluka kwambiri kuyambira pamenepo.
Lerolino vuto lomweli likupitirizabe. Tikupereka zida kwa adani athu makamaka chifukwa cha kusasunga bwino zolemba, ntchito yomwe ikuwoneka kuti ndi yofunika kwambiri yomwe boma lathu silinathebe kuyithetsa. Chowiringula choperekedwa kwa a Times inali nkhani yachangu: Kuvutikira kulemba manambala a zida zomwe tidatumiza kunja kukadachepetsa nkhondo yolimbana ndi zigawenga, adatero wolankhulira Pentagon. Chifukwa kuchita zinthu mwachangu kunali kofunika kwambiri. iye anati, "kulephera kuyankha mlandu wa zida zina zomwe zidatumizidwa kunachitika."
Zimalepheretsa kukhulupilika kwanthawi yayitali kuganiza kuti kutenga nthawi yosunga bwino kukanapangitsa kuti ma boondoggle athu a Mideast aipire kwambiri kuposa momwe alili lero. M’malo mwake, kusunga bwino zida zimenezi kukanatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka kwambiri.
Ngakhale pali umboni wazaka zambiri woti kusamutsidwa kwa zida mosasamala kumathandizira kuti pakhale chipwirikiti chachigawo, kayendetsedwe ka Obama akutumiza Zambiri zida zamphamvu zogawira ku Middle East. Panthawiyi, onse awiri Hillary Clinton ndi Donald Lipenga anena zolimbikitsa kupatsa zida zankhondo "zaubwenzi" ku Iraq ndi Syria, kutsimikizira msika wakuda wa zida zankhondo zaku America zomwe zikuyembekezeka mtsogolo.
Pamene kuzungulira kowononga ndi koopsa kumeneku kudzatha ndi kubetcha kwa aliyense. Panthawi imeneyi, zimakhala zovuta kuti zichitike.
