ndi Walker Bragman, Chithunzi Chatsiku ndi Tsiku, Okutobala 4, 2021
Opanga malamulo ku Congress akukonzekera tikambirane Kuchepetsa kwakukulu ku ngongole yadzidzidzi ya $ 3.5 trilioni yoyeserera kulimbana ndi kuwonongeka kwa nyengo ndikupereka chitetezo kwa anthu aku America omwe akuvutika. Nthawi yomweyo, opanga malamulo akupanga mosadukiza njira yodzitchinjiriza yomwe ingapangitse America kutsatira ndalama zochulukirapo ku Pentagon munthawi yomweyo.
Dichotomy ikuwonetsa momwe ngakhale nkhondo itatha ku Afghanistan, malo azankhondo-mafakitale ali okonzeka kukula kwakukulu zaka zikubwerazi. Zowonadi, izi ndi zomwe zimachitika kumapeto kwa lipoti la Julayi la m'modzi mwamakampani akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi, komanso mafoni aposakontrakitala ankhondo omwe adachitika nkhondo ya Afghanistan itatha.
Ngakhale kutha kwa nkhondo yayitali kwambiri ku United States kungaoneke ngati kubwezera m'mbuyo mabungwe azachitetezo, omanga zankhondo ndi bizinesi yomwe imawatsata akuyembekeza kuwona kukula m'gawo lino pazaka zingapo zikubwerazi, kaya kapena ayi dzikoli likuchita nawo nkhondo. Chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira kwapadziko lonse lapansi, kutha kwa mliri wa COVID-19, zokhumba za US Space Force, ndi matekinoloje atsopano ankhondo, omwe amapindula ndi nkhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi akuyembekeza zaka zosokoneza - komanso zopindulitsa - zidzatsatira.
Ndipo zoneneratu za phindu zimasungidwa ndi Congress mpaka pano kupitiriza kuvomereza bajeti za Pentagon zomwe ndizokwera kwambiri - ndipo kukana njira kuchepetsa ndalama zoteteza.
Pomwe opanga malamulo ku Democratic Republic akuwopseza kuti apha ndalama zomwe chipani chimawononga pakagwiridwe kake ka zanyengo, chipanichi chikupita patsogolo ndi bajeti yodzitchinjiriza yomwe ikuyika dziko panjira yogwiritsira ntchito ndalama $ 8 zankhaninkhani, podziteteza dziko pazaka khumi zikubwerazi - ndalama zomwe ndizochulukirapo kuposa mtengo wamalamulo achitetezo a Democrats - komanso ofanana ndi ndalama zonse dzikolo linagwiritsa ntchito nkhondo zake pambuyo pa 9/11. Ngati ndalamazo sizichepetsedwa, zitha kutanthauza jackpot yayikulu kwa Wall Street komanso ogulitsa zida zankhondo.
Dr.Anelle Sheline, wofufuza ku Middle East pulogalamu ku Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, wakhumudwitsidwa ndi njira yodzitchinjiriza yankhondo yankhondo yankhondo komanso kuwonongeka kwapadziko lonse lapansi, ndipo amakhulupirira kuti nkhanza zamakampanizi zitha kuchititsa nkhanza zina.
"Kuchulukitsa kwa mabungwe azinsinsi pantchito zamagulu azankhondo zithandizira kupititsa patsogolo nkhanza, ndikupangitsa omwe akuchita zachiwawa kuti asayang'anire demokalase," akutero. "Izi zithandizira momwe asitikali aku US agwire, ndipo amadziwika kuti ndi gulu lankhondo.
"Patsogola Pamasewerawa"
KPMG, imodzi mwamakampani owerengera "Big Four" omwe nthawi zambiri amachita nawo makampani a Fortune 500, adatulutsa a Lipoti la Julayi lotchedwa "Mwayi Wachinsinsi Pakati pa Aerospace and Defense."
The firm, yomwe anaimbidwa mlandu chifukwa chazovuta zanyumba ya subprime, akuti "tsopano mwina ndi nthawi yabwino kwambiri kuti mabungwe azinsinsi azigwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo ndikukhala nawo" pamaofesi azankhondo.
Ripotilo limatsegulidwa pozindikira kuti mliri wa COVID-19 wawonjezera kusakhazikika padziko lonse lapansi - komanso kusakhazikika kwadziko kuli koyenera kwa achitetezo. Ripotilo lati "kukhazikika padziko lonse lapansi pakadali pano kuli kovuta kwambiri kuyambira pa nthawi ya Cold War, pomwe osewera atatuwa - US, China ndi Russia - akupitiliza kuwononga ndalama zambiri pachitetezo chawo ndikupititsa patsogolo ena momwe mayiko amawonongera kuteteza. ”
Ripotilo likuneneratu kuti pofika chaka cha 2032, ndalama zomwe amateteza ku Russia ndi China ziziwonjezeka poyerekeza ndi bajeti yaku US. Malinga ndi kafukufukuyu, zotsatira zake "zitha kukhala zowopsa pandale zomwe tikuganiza kuti ndalama zaku US zithandizira ngakhale izi zitha kuchitika."
Ofufuza za KPMG adathandiziranso momwe ndalama zimabwezera munkhondo. Adanenanso za "mgwirizano womwe ukukulirakulira kuti asitikali aposachedwa adzayendetsedwa kutali," ndikufotokozera kuti ma drones opanda mtengo omwe sanapangidwe amatha kuwononga matanki okwera mtengo. Olembawo ananenanso kuti kudalira kwachuma padziko lonse lapansi kudalira maluso pazinthu zakuthupi chinali chifukwa chabwino chobetchera nkhondo zapaintaneti ngati ndalama: Mpikisanowu ndi adani omwe ali pafupi ndi anzawo muntchito imeneyi. ”
Izi zikuwonetsa kuti olembawo, akupereka mwayi kwa opanga ndi osunga ndalama omwe amatha "kupita patsogolo pamasewerawa," ndikusintha magawo atsopano a nkhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi.
Sheline ku Quincy Institute akuti lipotilo likufotokoza zaukadaulo "ngati kuti ndikulakalaka chabe."
"Ali ngati, 'Ayi, ayi, zili bwino tsopano, mutha kugulitsa ndalama zowopsa izi chifukwa zachotsedwa; ndi kupha kwakutali; ndi machitidwe a drone; sikuti kwenikweni ndi mfuti, koma ndi mtundu wina wachiwawa womwe wachotsedwa, ”akutero.
Ripoti la KPMG lipitilizabe kutsimikizira omwe akugulitsa ndalama kuti "malo odalitsikawa amakhalabe ngakhale bajeti zitha kuponderezedwa kwakanthawi kochepa," chifukwa "kuchepa kwa bajeti kumalimbikitsanso mwayi wamaubizinesi azinsinsi." Ngati sangakwanitse kugula ukadaulo wam'badwo wotsatira, lipotilo likufotokoza, maboma adzafunika kukonzanso zida zomwe zilipo kale ndi kuthekera, kukulitsa kufunikira kwa ochita masewera wamba.
Sheline akuwona lipotili potengera ubale womwe ukukula pakati pa makampani aukadaulo a Silicon Valley ndi asitikali, zomwe amapeza. Kwa zaka zambiri, akuti, mabungwe azinsinsi sanasunge ndalama zogwirira ntchito zamagulu ankhondo chifukwa cha nthawi yosatsimikizika yobwerera. Ripoti la KPMG, akufotokoza, likuwoneka kuti likuyang'ana "iwo omwe sanalowe nawo pamasewerawa" ndikuyika ndalama m'gululi.
"Sitikuyembekezera Kuwona Kusintha Kwakukulu"
Mu Ogasiti, omanga angapo ankhondo adanenanso zomwe KPMG idaneneratu pamayendedwe achuma, ndikutsimikizira omwe akupanga ndalama kuti phindu lawo silidzakhudzidwa ndikutha kwa nkhondo yaku Afghanistan.
Mwachitsanzo, kampani yankhondo PAE Incorporate, adauza ogulitsa ake mu Ogasiti 7 mayendedwe achuma kuti "sitikuyembekeza kuwona kusintha kwakukulu" chifukwa chakumapeto kwa nkhondo yaku Afghanistan chifukwa oyang'anira a Biden anali akukonzekera kukhala ndi kazembe ku Kabul. Izi zikutanthauza kuti ntchito zamakampani, zomwe zidaphatikizapo kuphunzitsa achitetezo am'deralo m'mbuyomu, mwina adzafunikirabe.
"Tikuwunika momwe zinthu ziliri ku Afghanistan, kuphatikiza nkhawa zachitetezo zomwe zafotokozedwa, koma pakadali pano sitikuwona zomwe zingakhudze phindu lathu kapena phindu pa pulogalamuyi," watero woimira kampaniyo pakuyimba. Chaka chatha, kampani yodziyimira payokha kugulitsidwa PAE ku kampani yopezera zolinga zapadera yomwe imathandizidwa ndi kampani ina yabizinesi yodziyimira payokha.
CACI International, yomwe yakhala ikuthandizira luntha ndi ma analytics kwa asitikali aku Afghanistan, adauza osunga ndalama mu Ogasiti 12 malipiro opeza kuti pamene kutha kwa nkhondo kunali kuvulaza phindu lake, "Tikuwona kukula kwabwino muukadaulo ndipo tikuyembekeza kuti ipitilizabe kupititsa patsogolo ukatswiri, palimodzi kuthana ndi mavuto omwe akuwonjezeka ku Afghanistan."
CACI, yomwe ikukumana ndi mlandu waboma ku akuti amayang'anira mndende ku ndende ya Abu Ghraib ku Iraq, akadali ndi nkhawa zakutha kwa nkhondo yaku US. Kampaniyo ili nayo akhala akuthandizira zida zoganizira za nkhondo kukankhira kumbuyo motsutsana ndi kuchotsedwa.
Sheline akuda nkhawa kuti zonenedweratu za akatswiri a KPMG ndi makontrakitala achitetezo pamikangano yopindulitsa yomwe ikubwera zizikhala zowona.
Ngakhale Biden mwina atha nkhondo yayitali kwambiri ku America ndikulengeza patatha milungu ingapo atayamba kugwira ntchito kuti dzikolo silithandizanso ntchito zoyipa za Saudi Arabia ku Yemen, Sheline akuti izi sizikuyimira kukonzanso kwathunthu mfundo zakunja zaku America. Akuti US idapitilizabe kuthandizira nkhondo zaku Saudi Arabia, ndikuti kuchoka kwa Afghanistan ndi gawo limodzi lamaphunziro olimbana ndi China.
Komanso Sheline alibe chidaliro kuti opanga malamulo ku US asintha njira zawo pankhondo yapadziko lonse. Akulozera ku 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), yomwe, yokwana $ 768 biliyoni, inali bajeti yotsika mtengo kwambiri m'mbiri. Mademokrasi Amnyumba adavomereza Zosintha ziwiri zomwe zikadachepetsa bajetiyo - ndipo onse adalandira mavoti ochepa poyerekeza ndi omwe adachita chaka chatha.
Mwezi watha, Nyumbayi idatenga gawo pochepetsa nyimbo za asirikali podutsa kusintha kwa NDAA yolembedwa ndi Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Zomwe zingachotse chilolezo cha DRM kuti US ichite nawo nkhondo ku Saudi Arabia ku Yemen. Koma tsiku lomwelo, Nyumbayo idadutsa kusintha kwina kuchokera kwa a Rep. Gregory Meeks, D - NY, omwe ali ndi mawu osavuta omwe Sheline akuti "amasinthanso chilankhulo chomwe Biden adaligwiritsa ntchito kale mu February za Yemen."
Senate tsopano ikukonzekera kulingalira zosintha zonse ziwiri popeza ikugwira ntchito yopititsa NDAA. Sheline anati: "Mwina achotsa kusintha kwa Khanna ndikupita ndikusintha kwa Meeks ndikusunga zonse momwe ziliri," akutero Sheline.
