Ngakhale kuti pali kusagwirizana pa zosintha zina mu Senate, United States Congress ili pafupi kupereka ndalama zokwana madola 778 biliyoni zankhondo za 2022. Monga momwe akhala akuchitira chaka ndi chaka, akuluakulu athu osankhidwa akukonzekera kupereka gawo la mkango - zoposa 65% - ya federal discretionary ndalama ku makina ankhondo aku US, ngakhale pomwe amapotoza manja awo kugwiritsa ntchito kotala la ndalamazo pa Build Back Better Act.
Mbiri yodabwitsa ya asitikali aku US yakulephera mwadongosolo - posachedwa kugonjetsedwa komaliza ndi a Taliban patatha zaka makumi awiri. imfa, chiwonongeko ndi Mabodza ku Afghanistan-ikudandaula kuti iwunikidwe kuchokera pansi mpaka pansi pa udindo wake waukulu mu ndondomeko zakunja za US ndi kuunikanso mozama za malo ake oyenera pazofunikira za bajeti ya Congress.
M'malo mwake, chaka ndi chaka, mamembala a Congress amapereka gawo lalikulu kwambiri lazachuma za dziko lathu ku bungwe lachinyengoli, mosayang'ana pang'ono komanso osawopa kuyankha pankhani yosankhanso iwo eni. Mamembala a Congress akuwonabe ngati kuyitanidwa kwa ndale "kotetezeka" kuti atulutse masitampu awo ndikuvotera ngakhale mabiliyoni mazanamazana a ndalama zothandizira Pentagon ndi makampani a zida zankhondo anyengerera makomiti a zida zankhondo kuti atsokomole.
tisalakwitse pa izi: Kusankha kwa Congress kuti apitilize kugulitsa zida zankhondo zazikulu, zosagwira ntchito komanso zodula sizikugwirizana ndi "chitetezo cha dziko" monga momwe anthu ambiri amamvetsetsa, kapena "chitetezo" monga mtanthauzira mawu amafotokozera.
Anthu aku US akukumana ndi ziwopsezo zazikulu pachitetezo chathu, kuphatikiza zovuta zanyengo, kusankhana mitundu, kuwonongeka kwa ufulu wovota, ziwawa zamfuti, kusagwirizana kwakukulu komanso kubedwa kwamphamvu kwamakampani. Koma vuto limodzi lomwe mwamwayi sitikhala nalo ndilowopseza kuti adzaukiridwa kapena kuwukiridwa ndi wankhanza wapadziko lonse lapansi, kapena, dziko lina lililonse.
Kusamalira makina ankhondo omwe amaposa 12 kapena 13 gulu lotsatira lalikulu lankhondo mu dziko kuphatikiza kwenikweni amatipanga ife Zochepa otetezeka, popeza bungwe lililonse latsopano limalandira chinyengo chakuti mphamvu zankhondo zowononga kwambiri za United States zitha, choncho ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito kulimbana ndi vuto lililonse lomwe likuwoneka kuti likukhudzana ndi zofuna za US kulikonse padziko lapansi, ngakhale pamene palibe njira yothetsera nkhondo komanso pamene ambiri akukumana ndi mavuto. Mavuto omwe adayambitsa adayambitsidwa ndi kugwiritsa ntchito molakwika mphamvu zankhondo zaku US poyamba.
Ngakhale zovuta zapadziko lonse zomwe tikukumana nazo m'zaka za zana lino zimafuna kudzipereka kwenikweni ku mgwirizano wapadziko lonse ndi zokambirana, Congress imangopereka $ 58 biliyoni yokha, yochepera 10 peresenti ya bajeti ya Pentagon, ku mabungwe a boma lathu: Dipatimenti ya Boma. Choyipa kwambiri, maboma onse a Democratic ndi Republican akupitilizabe kudzaza maudindo apamwamba ndi akuluakulu ophunzitsidwa bwino komanso okhazikika m'malingaliro ankhondo ndi kukakamiza, osadziwa zambiri komanso luso lochepa pamakambirano amtendere omwe tikufunikira kwambiri.
Izi zimangopititsa patsogolo ndondomeko yachilendo yolephera kutengera zosankha zabodza pakati pa zilango zachuma zomwe akuluakulu a UN akuyerekeza kuzingidwa zakale, amatsutsa zimenezo kusokoneza maiko ndi zigawo kwa zaka zambiri, ndi nkhondo ndi kuphulitsa mabomba zomwe zimapha mamiliyoni anthu ndi kusiya mizinda kukhala bwinja, monga Mosul ku Iraq ndi Raqqa ku Syria.
Mapeto a Cold War anali mwayi wamtengo wapatali kwa United States kuti achepetse mphamvu zake ndi bajeti yake yankhondo kuti igwirizane ndi zofunikira zake zodzitetezera. Anthu aku America mwachibadwa amayembekezera ndikuyembekeza "Mgwirizano wamtendere," ndipo ngakhale akuluakulu a Pentagon adauza Komiti ya Senate Budget mu 1991 kuti ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo zingatheke. kudulidwa bwino ndi 50% pazaka khumi zikubwerazi.
Koma palibe kudulidwa koteroko kunachitika. Akuluakulu aku US m'malo mwake adayamba kupezerapo mwayi pa Cold War "Power Dividend,” kusalinganika kwakukulu kwa asilikali m’malo mwa United States, mwa kukhazikitsa zifukwa zogwiritsira ntchito magulu ankhondo momasuka ndiponso mofala padziko lonse. Panthawi yosinthira ku utsogoleri watsopano wa Clinton, Madeleine Albright wotchuka anafunsa Wapampando wa General Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell, "N'chifukwa chiyani kukhala ndi asitikali apamwambawa omwe mumangolankhula ngati sitingathe kuwagwiritsa ntchito?"
Mu 1999, monga Secretary of State motsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti Clinton, Albright adapeza zokhumba zake, akuthamangitsana ndi Charter ya UN ndi nkhondo yosaloledwa kuti awononge Kosovo yodziyimira pawokha ku mabwinja a Yugoslavia.
Charter ya UN imaletsa momveka bwino kuwopseza kapena kugwiritsa ntchito zankhondo kupatula milandu ya kudziteteza kapena pamene UN Security Council ikuchitapo kanthu pankhondo "Kusunga kapena kubwezeretsa mtendere ndi chitetezo padziko lonse lapansi." Izi sizinali choncho. Pamene Mlembi Wachilendo Wachilendo ku UK Robin Cook adauza Albright kuti boma lake "lili ndi vuto ndi maloya athu" pa ndondomeko ya nkhondo yosaloledwa ya NATO, Albright anamuuza iye kuti "nditenge maloya atsopano."
Zaka makumi awiri ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake, Kosovo ndiye wachitatu wosauka dziko ku Ulaya (pambuyo Moldova ndi pambuyo kulanda boma Ukraine) ndi ufulu wodzilamulira akadali anazindikira ndi Maiko a 96. Hashim Thaçi, wosankhidwa ndi Albright wothandizira wamkulu ku Kosovo ndipo pambuyo pake purezidenti wake, akuyembekezera kuzengedwa mlandu kukhothi lapadziko lonse ku Hague, akuimbidwa mlandu wopha anthu wamba 300 mobisa chifukwa cha bomba la NATO ku 1999 kuti achotse ndikugulitsa ziwalo zawo zamkati pamsika wapadziko lonse lapansi.
Nkhondo yowopsa komanso yosaloledwa ya Clinton ndi Albright idakhala chitsanzo cha nkhondo zosaloledwa za US ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria ndi kwina, zomwe zili ndi zotsatira zowononga komanso zowopsa. Koma nkhondo zomwe zalephera ku America sizinapangitse Congress kapena maulamuliro otsatizana kuganizira mozama lingaliro la US kudalira ziwopsezo zosaloledwa ndikugwiritsa ntchito asitikali kuti awonetse mphamvu za US padziko lonse lapansi, komanso sanakhazikitsenso mabiliyoni ambiri a madola omwe adayikidwa pazifuno zachifumuzi. .
M'malo mwake, mu dziko mozondoka-pansi katangale pamabungwe Ndale zaku US, m'badwo wankhondo zolephera komanso zowononga zopanda pake zakhala ndi zotsatira zoyipa zokhazikika okwera mtengo bajeti zankhondo kuposa nthawi ya Cold War, ndikuchepetsa mikangano yama congressional ku mafunso oti angati omwe alibe chilichonse zida zankhondo akuyenera kukakamiza okhometsa misonkho aku US kuti apereke ndalamazo.
Zikuwoneka kuti palibe kupha, kuzunza, kuwononga anthu ambiri kapena miyoyo yowonongedwa mdziko lenileni yomwe ingagwedeze chinyengo chankhondo cha gulu la ndale la America, bola ngati "Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex" (mawu oyamba a Purezidenti Eisenhower) akukolola phindu.
Masiku ano, nkhani zambiri zandale komanso zawayilesi za Military-Industrial Complex zimangotanthauza makampani a zida zankhondo ngati gulu lodzisamalira lokha lomwe likugwirizana ndi Wall Street, Big Pharma kapena mafakitale amafuta. Koma mu zake Adilesi Yotsazikana, Eisenhower anatchula mosapita m’mbali, osati makampani a zida zankhondo okha, koma “mgwirizano wa gulu lalikulu lankhondo ndi makampani aakulu a zida zankhondo.”
Eisenhower anali ndi nkhawa kwambiri ndi momwe asitikali akutsutsa demokalase monga momwe zida zankhondo zimagwirira ntchito. Kutatsala milungu ingapo kuti alankhule motsanzikana, iye anawauza alangizi ake akuluakulu, "Mulungu athandize dziko lino pamene wina atakhala pampando uwu yemwe sadziwa usilikali monga momwe ine ndimadziwira." Mantha ake akhala akukwaniritsidwa mu utsogoleri uliwonse wotsatira.
Malinga ndi a Milton Eisenhower, mchimwene wake wa pulezidenti, yemwe adamuthandiza kulemba Mawu ake otsanzikana, Ike ankafunanso kunena za "khomo lozungulira." Zolemba zoyambirira za mawu ake kutchulidwa "makampani okhazikika, okhazikika pankhondo," okhala ndi "mbendera ndi akuluakulu akupuma pantchito adakali aang'ono kuti atenge maudindo m'mafakitale olimbana ndi nkhondo, kupanga zisankho zake ndikuwongolera zomwe akufuna kuchita." Iye ankafuna kuchenjeza kuti zinthu ziyenera kuchitidwa “kuti ‘amalonda a imfa’ asabwere kudzalamulira dziko.”
Monga Eisenhower amawopa, ntchito za anthu ngati Generals Austin ndi Mattis tsopano ikuyang'ana nthambi zonse za MIC conglomerate yachinyengo: kulamulira magulu ankhondo ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq; kenaka nkupereka masuti ndi matayi kuti agulitse zida kwa akazembe atsopano amene ankatumikira monga akuluakulu ndi atsamunda; ndipo potsiriza ndikutulukanso pakhomo lomwelo lozungulira ngati mamembala a nduna pachimake cha ndale za America ndi boma.
Nanga ndichifukwa chiyani mkuwa wa Pentagon umapeza chiphaso chaulere, ngakhale anthu aku America akumva kuti akukangana kwambiri ndi zida zankhondo? Ndipotu, asilikali ndi amene amagwiritsa ntchito zida zonsezi kupha anthu komanso kuwononga maiko ena.
Ngakhale ikutha nkhondo pambuyo pa nkhondo ya kutsidya kwa nyanja, asitikali aku US achita bwino kwambiri kuti awotche chithunzi chake m'mitima ndi m'maganizo mwa anthu aku America ndikupambana nkhondo iliyonse ya bajeti ku Washington.
Kuphatikizika kwa Congress, gawo lachitatu la chopondapo pakupanga koyambirira kwa Eisenhower, kumasintha nkhondo yapachaka ya bajeti kukhala chiwonongeko. "mkaka" kuti nkhondo ya ku Iraq imayenera kukhala, popanda kuyankha pankhondo zotayika, milandu yankhondo, kupha anthu wamba, kukwera mtengo kapena utsogoleri wankhondo wosagwira ntchito womwe umayang'anira zonse.
Palibe mtsutso wa congressional pazovuta zazachuma ku America kapena zotsatirapo zake pazandale padziko lonse lapansi pakuyika ndalama zazikuluzikulu za zida zamphamvu zomwe posachedwa zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kupha anansi athu ndikuphwanya mayiko awo, monga adachitira kale. Zaka 22 komanso nthawi zambiri m'mbiri yathu yonse.
Ngati anthu atha kukhala ndi vuto lililonse pakuyenda kovutirako komanso koopsa kwa ndalama, tiyenera kuphunzira kuwona kupyolera mu nkhani zabodza zomwe zimabisa katangale wodzichitira okha kumbuyo kwa zofiira, zoyera ndi zabuluu, ndikulola mkuwa wankhondo kuchitapo kanthu. monyoza kutengera ulemu wachilengedwe wa anthu kwa anyamata ndi atsikana olimba mtima omwe ali okonzeka kuyika miyoyo yawo pachiswe pofuna kuteteza dziko lathu. Pa Nkhondo ya ku Crimea, anthu a ku Russia ankatcha asilikali a ku Britain kuti “mikango yotsogoleredwa ndi abulu.” Uku ndikulongosola kolondola kwankhondo zamasiku ano zaku US.
Zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi pambuyo pa Nkhani Yotsanzikana ya Eisenhower, ndendende monga momwe adaneneratu, "kulemera kwa kuphatikiza kumeneku" kwa akuluakulu a katangale ndi akuluakulu achinyengo, "amalonda a imfa" opindula omwe amagulitsa katundu wawo, ndi ma Senator ndi Oyimilira omwe amawapatsa ndalama zokwana madola mabiliyoni ambiri. za ndalama za anthu, zimapanga maluwa athunthu a mantha akulu a Purezidenti Eisenhower pa dziko lathu.
Eisenhower anamaliza kuti, "Nzika yokhayo yatcheru komanso yodziwa bwino yomwe ingakakamize kulumikizidwa koyenera kwa zida zazikulu zodzitetezera zamafakitale ndi zankhondo ndi njira ndi zolinga zathu zamtendere." Kuyitana kumeneku kumamvekanso kwazaka zambiri ndipo kuyenera kugwirizanitsa anthu aku America munjira iliyonse yokonzekera demokalase ndi kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake, kuyambira zisankho kupita ku maphunziro ndi kulimbikitsa ziwonetsero za anthu ambiri, kuti potsirizira pake akane ndikuchotsa "chikoka chosayenera" cha Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex.
Medea Benjamin ndi amene amapanga CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, ndi wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikiza M'kati mwa Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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