Aloleni Adye Zida: Race ya Bizarre Arms Riz

Wolemba Lawrence Wittner, Juni 15, 2020

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Chakumapeto kwa Meyi chaka chino, Purezidenti Donald Woimira wapadera wa Trump pakuwongolera mikono adadzitama pamaso pa gulu loganiza ku Washington kuti boma la US lidakonzeka kuthana ndi Russia ndi China kuti lipambane mpikisano watsopano wa zida zanyukiliya. "Purezidenti wanena momveka bwino kuti tili ndi zoyesayesa komanso zowona pano," adatero. "Tikudziwa kupambana mipikisanoyi ndipo tikudziwa momwe tingagwiritsire ntchito mdani wathuyu kuti asakumbukike."

Ndemanga iyi siyinali yachilendo kwa wamkulu wa oyang'anira a Trump. Zowonadi, kubwerera mu Disembala 2016, atangosankhidwa kumene, Trump nayenso adalengeza kuti United States "ilimbikitse ndikulitsa" pulogalamu ya zida zanyukiliya ya boma la US, ndikuwonjezera mokakamiza kuti: "Limbani nkhondo. Tidzawaposa pa mayendedwe onse ndikuwaposa onse. " Pazovuta zatsopano ku Russia ndi China, adaperekedwa mu Okutobala 2018, A Trump adapitilizanso chisankho chake kuti apambane mpikisano wa zida zankhondo za nyukiliya, ndikufotokozera kuti: "Tili ndi ndalama zambiri kuposa wina aliyense."

M'malo mwake, oyang'anira a Trump atsatira lonjezo lawo lothira madola amisonkho aku America mu mpikisano wamagulu kudzera kukulira kwakukulu kwa bajeti yankhondo yaku US. Mu 2019 mokha (chaka chatha chomwe ziwerengero zapadziko lonse lapansi zimapezeka), ndalama pagulu lankhondo laku US yafika pa $ 732 biliyoni. (Katswiri wina wankhondos, omwe adaphatikizapo kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokhudzana ndi zankhondo, adayika $ 1.25 trilioni.) Zotsatira zake, a United States, pafupifupi 4 peresenti ya anthu padziko lonse lapansi, ndi 38% ya ndalama zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi. Ngakhale zili zowona mayiko ena nawonso omanga nawo zida zankhondo, China idangokhala ndi 14% yokha yazogwiritsira ntchito zida zankhondo chaka chonse, pomwe Russia idangokhala 3% yokha. Zowonadi, United States idawononga ndalama zambiri pazankhondo zawo kuposa mayiko 10 otsatira.

Kukula kwakukulu kunkhondo komwe United States idasangalala nako, komabe, sikunali kokwanira kwa oyang'anira a Trump. Mu February 2020, oyang'anira adakhazikitsa 2021 ndalama zoyendetsera chaka chilichonse izi zitha kupereka 55% ya ndalama zaku US $ 1.3 trilioni posankha zankhondo. Pofika chaka cha 2030, kuchuluka kwa asirikali aku federal kukwera mpaka 62 peresenti.

Masiku ano, pafupifupi miyezi inayi pambuyo pake, kufunafuna ndalama zankhondo kumatha kudabwitsa anthu ambiri aku America. Kupatula apo, mliri wamatenda ukupitilizabe kufukiza mtundu (ndi opitirira 117,850 amwalira pakadali pano), gawo lalikulu lazachuma lagwa, kusowa kwa ntchito kwafika pamavuto achuma a Great Depression, ndipo mizinda yaku America yang'ambika ndi mikangano. Kodi iyi siyikhala nthawi yoyenera kuyika ndalama zaku America pazaumoyo wa anthu, mwayi wamaphunziro, nyumba zabwino, ndi pulogalamu yayikulu pantchito - kapena, malinga ndi malamulo aku US, kuti "Limbikitsani moyo wabwino"? Koma akuluakulu aku Republican ati izi ndi njira zina zothandizira anthu ndi izi "Okwera mtengo kwambiri."

Zomwe sizotsika mtengo kwambiri ndi mapulogalamu akuluakulu oyendetsa matikiti, omwe, ngakhale malinga ndi mfundo zankhondo, ndiopanda phindu. N'zosadabwitsa kuti Trump anapitiliza kutsanulira ndalama pogula ndege ya Lockheed Martin's F-35, yomwe, ngakhale a ntchito tsoka, anali atalipira okhometsa misonkho aku US $ 1.4 trilioni pofika 2017. Ntchito ina yoweta, yomwe inalandiridwa mwachangu ndi a Trump, inali yatsopano komanso yotsika mtengo Wonyamula ndege waku US, Yotumizidwa ndi gulu lankhondo kumapeto kwa Meyi 2017 chifukwa cha $ 13 biliyoni. Vuto lake lokhalo linali loti zinali ndi vuto kuyambitsa ndege kuchokera padenga lake ndikuthandizira kufikira kwawo. Ntchito ina yankhondo yotsika mtengo kwambiri ndi Chitetezo chankhondo cha US. Poyamba kunyozedwa ngati "Star Wars" pomwe Ronald Reagan adayamba kuyiyambitsa m'ma 1980, yakhala yovuta kwambiri kwa a Republican, omwe adakwanitsa kupeza ndalama zopitilira $ 250 biliyoni ku boma la US mpaka pano. Komabe, ikupitilizabe kulephera mayeso ake ambiri motsutsana ndi zoponya zapakati pazakuyenda, ngakhale kuti mayeserowa adalembedwa kwambiri.

Chimodzi mwazomwe zidaswedwa kwambiri pantchito za zida zankhondo zaku US tsopano chida chomenyera. Wokhoza kuyenda maulendo asanu mwachangu kuposa liwiro la phokoso (3,800 mph), mivi yonyenga yokhala ndi zida zanyukiliya ikusangalatsa kwambiri magulu ankhondo aku Russia, China, ndi United States. Pankhaniyi, komabe, palinso vuto lalikulu: Popeza kuti msangawo umathamanga kwambiri, umatulutsa kutentha kwakukulu mukamayenda m'mlengalenga, potero mukuupotoza kapena kuuwononga usanafike pomwe umafuna. Ngakhale zili choncho, polojekitiyi iyenera kupanga bonanza ina kwa Lockheed Martin, wopanga zida zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, yemwe walandila kale $ 3.5 biliyoni pantchito yoyambirira.

Zachidziwikire, kayendetsedwe ka Trump sichinaiwale za kuchuluka kwa zida zake zapamwamba kwambiri zomwe do ntchito. Amereka Zida za nyukiliya za 5,800, zokhoza kukhazikitsidwa kuchokera kumtunda, panyanja, ndi mlengalenga, zimapereka mphamvu zozimitsa moto zokwanira kuwononga zamoyo zambiri padziko lapansi. Zida zamakono za nyukiliya, komabe, zimawoneka ngati zosakwanira ndi oyang'anira a Trump, omwe akuchita zambiri Dongosolo la "makono" kukonzanso zida zonse za zida za nyukiliya, kuphatikiza zida zopangira zatsopano, zida zankhondo, mabomba, ndi njira zoperekera zida. Mtengo woti nyukiliya yayikuluyi ipangidwe, yomwe ichitike mzaka makumi atatu zikubwerazi, akuti akuti osachepera $ 1.5 thililiyoni.

Potsutsana ndi kugwa kwachuma ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu, kuphatikiza kuwonongeka komwe kungachitike padziko lapansi, chinthu chodziwikiratu choti ndichite ndichoti tichotse mpikisano wamtengo wapatali komanso wodabwitsawu, m'malo mwake, tikulimbikitsa mgwirizano wamalamulo ndi zida zankhondo ndi mayiko ena. Koma Trump akuwoneka wotsimikiza kusiya chilichonse chomwe apitawo omwe adalipo kale, ndikuchotsa Pangano la INF, kuchoka pamgwirizano wanyukiliya waku Iran, kuthetsa Pangano Latsopano la START, ndikusokoneza Pangano la Open Skies. Pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana-mabungwe akuluakulu opindulitsa, kusinthidwandipo wolamulira dziko―Trump akadali wokonzekera "kupambana" mpikisano wa zida.

Ponena za anthu aku America omwe akutaya mtima kwambiri, miyoyo yawo ndi moyo wawo zikuchepa, uthenga wake ukuwoneka kuti: Asiyeni azidya zida!

Lawrence Wittner (https://www.lawrenceswittner.com/ ) ndi Professor of History Emeritus ku SUNY / Albany ndi mlembi wa Kulimbana ndi Bomba (Pressford University Press).