Chithunzi kuchokera Mapu a Militarism.
Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 2, 2021
Makampeni a zisankho zapurezidenti waku US amadziwika kuti amayang'ana kwambiri mawu akuti "Ndi chuma, chopusa."
Kuyesera kufotokoza machitidwe a boma la US kuyenera kuyika chidwi kwambiri pa mawu ena opezeka pamutu womwe uli pamwambapa.
Buku latsopano losangalatsa la Andrew Cockburn, Zowononga Nkhondo: Mphamvu, Phindu, ndi Makina a Nkhondo yaku America, amamanga mlandu kuti mfundo zakunja zaku US zimayendetsedwa makamaka ndi phindu la zida, chachiwiri ndi inertia ya bureaucratic, ndipo pang'ono ngati zili ndi zofuna zina zilizonse, zikhale zoteteza kapena zothandiza anthu, zachisoni kapena zamisala. M'nkhani zomwe makampani ofalitsa nkhani amayendera, ndithudi, zokonda zaumunthu zimawonekera kwambiri ndipo bizinesi yonse imatchedwa "chitetezo," pamene malingaliro omwe ndakhala nawo kwa zaka zambiri ndipo ndikuchitabe, simungathe kufotokoza zonse ndi phindu ndi maulamuliro. - muyenera kutaya mphamvu ndi chilakolako champhamvu. (Ngakhale Cockburn akuwoneka kuti akuwona zokonda zodziwika bwino za F35s kuposa ma A10 osati kungopeza phindu komanso chifukwa chopha anthu ambiri osalakwa komanso kudziwa zochepa za iwo. Ngakhale Cockburn akugwira mawu General LeMay akulonjeza kuti adzaukira Russia mwakufuna kwake popanda phindu. chidwi pamasewera.) Koma kufunikira kwa phindu pankhondo sikuyenera kukhala kotseguka kuti tikambirane. Osachepera, ndikufuna kuwona wina akuwerenga bukhuli ndiyeno kulitsutsa.
Zambiri za buku la Cockburn zidalembedwa lisanachitike Trump, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti Purezidenti wa US asanachitike misonkhano ya atolankhani kuti anene mbali zabata mokweza ndikulengeza poyera, mwa zina, kuti ndizogulitsa zida, zopusa. Koma malipoti a Cockburn akuwonetsa kuti a Trump adasintha momwe zinthu zimayankhulira, osati momwe zimachitikira. Kuzindikira izi kungatithandize kumvetsetsa mbali zina zaulamuliro kuposa bukuli, monga chifukwa chake magulu ankhondo ali kupatsidwa chilolezo m'mapangano a nyengo, kapena chifukwa chake zida za nyukiliya zimakonda drive thandizo kwa mphamvu za nyukiliya - mwa kuyankhula kwina, ndondomeko zowoneka ngati zopanda pake m'madera osiyanasiyana zimatha kupezeka kuti zikhale zomveka pamene munthu asiya kuganiza za boma la US ngati chinthu chosiyana ndi wogulitsa zida.
Ngakhale nkhondo zopanda pake, zosatha, zowononga, ndi zosapambana kaŵirikaŵiri zimafotokozedwa kukhala zipambano zomveka bwino ngati zimvetsetsedwa, osati malinga ndi mabodza amene anthu amawagwiritsa ntchito, koma monga njira zotsatsira zida. Zachidziwikire kuti izi sizigwira ntchito bwino ku boma lina lililonse, chifukwa ndi boma la US lokha lomwe limayang'anira malonda a zida zapadziko lonse lapansi, ndipo maboma ochepa okha ndi omwe amatenga gawo lalikulu pantchitoyi, pomwe zida za boma la US zimagula (zida zaku US) Zofanana ndi zomwe dziko lonse lapansi limawonongera zida.
Umboni wopangidwa ndi Cockburn ukuwonetsa njira yayitali yowonongera ndalama zankhondo zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zigawenga zisamagwire bwino ntchito pazolinga zake. Tonse tinazolowera kuwonera Congress ikugula zida zosagwira ntchito zomwe Pentagon safuna ngakhale koma zomwe zimamangidwa m'maboma ndi zigawo zoyenera. Koma zikuoneka kuti pali zinthu zina zimene zikuwonjezera vutoli. Chidacho chikakhala chovuta kwambiri, chimapangitsa kuti phindu likhale lochulukirapo - chinthu chokhacho chokha nthawi zambiri chimapangitsa kuti pakhale zida zochepa kwambiri. Kuonjezera apo, nthawi zambiri, zida zomwe zili ndi zolakwika, zimapindula kwambiri, chifukwa makampani amangolipidwa kuti akonze zinthu m'malo momangoganizira. Ndipo kudzinenera kwa zida kukakhala kokwezeka, ngakhale ngati sikunatsimikizidwe, phindu lake limakulirakulira. Zomwe zimanenedwa siziyenera kukhululukidwa, bola ngati zitha kugulitsidwa kunja ngati zowopseza. Ndipo ngakhale pamenepo, palibe chiyembekezo choti munthu akhulupirire chomwe chimafunikira. Izi zili choncho chifukwa ngakhale kunamizira kukhulupirira chida kungayambitse nkhondo, komanso chifukwa mafakitale ankhondo m’mayiko ena akufunafuna zifukwa zodzilungamitsira zida zawo, mosasamala kanthu kuti zida zomwe akulimbana nazo zingathe kuvulaza ntchentche. Cockburn amafotokozanso za nthawi yokayikitsa ya munthu wina waku Soviet yemwe adawonekera pafupi ndi San Francisco pomwe mavoti a Conrgessional pa zida za US anali pachiwopsezo.
Mabungwe okonda mtendere (ndi Bernie Sanders) kwa zaka zambiri akhala akuwunikira zida zolakwika, zinyalala, chinyengo, ndi ziphuphu monga zifukwa zochepetsera ndalama zankhondo. Mabungwe othetsa nkhondo anena kuti zida zomwe sizigwira ntchito ndizo zida zoyipa kwambiri, kuti kusagwira ntchito kwawo ndizitsulo zasiliva, kuti kupatukana kwazinthu zomwe zili mkati mwawo ndikugulitsa koopsa pamene zosowa zaumunthu ndi zachilengedwe sizimalipidwa, koma zida zoyamba zotsutsa ndizo zomwe zimapha mwaluso kwambiri. Funso lomwe silinayankhidwe mokwanira ndiloti tingathe kugwirizanitsa ndi kukulitsa chiwerengero chathu mwa kuzindikira phindu la zida zankhondo monga gwero lalikulu la asilikali ndi nkhondo, osati cholakwika mu dongosolo lolemekezeka. Kodi tingaphunzire ndikuchitapo kanthu pa ndemanga ya Arundhati Roy kuti zida zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo, pamene nkhondo tsopano zapangidwira zida?
Zonena za US za "chitetezo cha mizinga" ndi zabodza komanso zokokomeza, monga momwe Cockburn amalembera. Chifukwa chake, zikuwoneka kuti zonena za Vladimir Putin zotsutsana ndiukadaulo wazopeka wokhala ndi mivi ya hypersonic. Chifukwa chake, zikuwoneka ngati zonena za US kuti zikutsata zida zofananira za hypersonic - monga akhala akuchita mosalekeza kuyambira pomwe adabweretsa woyendetsa akapolo wa Nazi dzina lake Walter Dornberger kuti azigwira ntchito yankhondo yaku US. Kodi a Putin amakhulupirira zonena za chitetezo cha mizinga yaku US, kapena akufuna kupereka ndalama zothandizira anthu ogulitsa zida, kapena kuchita mwachilakolako chake champhamvu? Ogulitsa zida ku US tsopano akulowa pamivi yawo yopanda chiyembekezo ya hypersonic mwina sasamala.
Nkhondo ya Saudi ku Yemen imayendetsedwa makamaka ndi kugulitsa zida za US ku Saudi Arabia. Momwemonso kuphimba kwa udindo wa boma la Saudi mu 9/11. Cockburn amafotokoza mitu yonse iwiriyi mozama. Saudi Arabia imalipiranso US $ 30 miliyoni pachaka kuti ilandire gulu lankhondo laku US lomwe limawagulitsa zida zambiri.
Afghanistan nayenso. M'mawu a Cockburn: "Zolemba zikuwonetsa kuti nkhondo yaku America ya ku Afghanistan sinali kanthu kena koma ntchito yayitali komanso yopambana - kubera okhometsa msonkho ku US. Osachepera kotala la miliyoni miliyoni aku Afghan, osatchulapo 3,500 US ndi asitikali ogwirizana, adalipira mtengo wokulirapo. "
Osati zida ndi nkhondo zokha zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi phindu. Ngakhale kukula kwa NATO komwe kunapangitsa kuti Nkhondo Yamalala ikhale yamoyo idayendetsedwa ndi zida zankhondo, chifukwa chofuna makampani ankhondo aku US kutembenuza mayiko aku Eastern Europe kukhala makasitomala, malinga ndi malipoti a Cockburn, pamodzi ndi chidwi cha Clinton White House kuti apambane Poland. -Vote yaku America pobweretsa Poland ku NATO. Sikungofuna kulamulira mapu apadziko lonse lapansi - ngakhale ndikufunitsitsa kutero ngakhale kutipha.
Kugwa kwa Soviet Union kukufotokozedwa mu lipoti la Cockburn ngati katangale wodzipangira yekha ndi gulu lake lankhondo, pulogalamu yopanda chiyembekezo kuposa mpikisano ndi United States. Ngati dziko lodziwika kuti lachikomyunizimu litha kugonja ku ntchito zankhondo (ife dziwani kuti ndalama zankhondo zimawononga chuma ndikuchotsa m'malo mowonjezera ntchito) kodi pali chiyembekezo chochuluka ku United States komwe capitalism ndi chikhulupiriro ndipo anthu amakhulupirira kuti zankhondo zimateteza "moyo wawo"?
Ndikukhumba kuti Cockburn akanapanda kunena patsamba xi kuti Russia idalanda Ukraine komanso patsamba 206 kuti anthu ochepa adamwalira pankhondo yaku Iraq. Ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti sanasiye Israeli m'buku chifukwa mkazi wake akufunanso kupikisana nawo ku Congress.
