by Quincy Institute for Statecraft Yoyenera, September 30, 2021
Ngakhale kuti magulu ankhondo ndi asitikali aku US achoka ku Afghanistan, United States ikupitilizabe kusunga mabwalo azankhondo pafupifupi 750 akunja m'maiko akunja ndi madera (madera ena).
Izi ndizokwera mtengo m'njira zingapo: zachuma, zandale, zachikhalidwe, komanso zachilengedwe. Mabungwe aku US kumayiko akunja nthawi zambiri amakulitsa mikangano yandale, amathandizira maulamuliro osagwirizana ndi demokalase, ndipo amakhala ngati chida cholembera magulu ankhondo omwe amatsutsana ndi kupezeka kwa US komanso maboma kukhalapo kwawo kumalimbikitsa.
Nthawi zina, mabungwe akunja akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndipo zapangitsa kuti United States izitha kuyambitsa ndikumenya nkhondo zowopsa, kuphatikiza za ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, ndi Libya.
Ponseponse pazandale komanso m'gulu lankhondo laku US pali kuzindikira kuti mabwalo ambiri akunja amayenera kuti adatsekedwa zaka makumi angapo zapitazo, koma mabungwe azandale komanso malingaliro olakwika andale awatsegulira.
Ripotili lidapangidwa ndi David Vine, Patterson Deppen ndi Leah Bolger https://quincyinst.org/report/drawdow…
Mfundo zachangu pazomwe zidatumizidwa kunja kwa asitikali aku US:
• Pali malo okwana pafupifupi 750 aku US kumayiko ena m'maiko akunja ndi madera akutali.
• United States ili ndi malo opitilira katatu maulendo akunja (750) kuposa akazembe aku US, kazembe, ndi mishoni padziko lonse lapansi (276).
• Ngakhale kuli maofesi ochulukirapo pafupifupi theka pofika kumapeto kwa Cold War, malo aku US afalikira kumayiko ndi madera ochulukirapo (kuyambira 40 mpaka 80) nthawi yomweyo, okhala ndi malo ambiri ku Middle East, East Asia , mbali zina za ku Ulaya, ndi ku Africa.
• United States ili ndi malo osachepera katatu kuposa mayiko ena akunja.
• Malo aku US akunja amawononga okhometsa misonkho pafupifupi $ 55 biliyoni pachaka.
• Ntchito yomanga zida zankhondo kunja kwawononga okhometsa misonkho osachepera $ 70 biliyoni kuyambira 2000, ndipo zitha kukhala zoposa $ 100 biliyoni.
• Maziko akunja athandiza United States kuyambitsa nkhondo ndi zina zankhondo kumayiko osachepera 25 kuyambira 2001.
• Kukhazikitsa kwa US kumapezeka m'maiko osachepera a 38 komanso zigawo zomwe sizili za demokalase.
