Wolemba Primo Davril, Washington Post apoc, Epulo 1, 2022
BETHESDA, MD - Mpikisano wapachaka womwe umadziwika kuti umayambitsa ukali wapamsewu ku Bethesda, Maryland, wapeza dzina latsopano, mutu, komanso wothandizidwa ndi ndalama zambiri.
Kuyambira chaka chino ndi Keep It Going Marathon. Pokhala ndi mantha okhudza mgwirizano womwe wachitika ku Ukraine, otenga nawo mbali akuyenera kuvala zonse zabuluu ndi zachikasu "zowoneka bwino komanso moyandikana ndi mitundu yolondola yamitundu."
Adalongosola Emily d'Inferno, wolankhulira wothandizira mpikisano watsopano Lockheed-Martin, "Tiyesetsa kusangalatsa othamanga komanso anthu olimba mtima aku Ukraine, akufuula 'Pitirizani!' pa onse awiri.”
Ngakhale kuti mutu watsopano wa mpikisano ukuwoneka wotchuka pakati pa gulu la anthu omwe anafunsidwa, munthu wina wa ku Bethesda yemwe anasankha kuti asadziwike chifukwa cha chitetezo cha dziko adanena kuti nanny wa ana ake adanena posachedwapa kuti misonkho yake (ndi ena) inapatsa Lockheed-Martin $ 75 biliyoni chaka chatha. chifukwa chake ndiye anali kuthandizira kwenikweni liwiro.
Pa dziko lapansi lalikulu wogulitsa zida, Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin kudzitamandira pafupifupi kutenga zida maiko 50. Izi zikuphatikizapo ambiri mwa maboma opondereza kwambiri ndi olamulira ankhanza, ndi mayiko omwe ali kumbali zotsutsana za nkhondo. Ena mwa maboma omwe ali ndi zida za Lockheed Martin ndi Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy. , Japan, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, ndi Vietnam.
Zida za Lockheed Martin nthawi zambiri zimabwera ndi "mapangano a moyo wonse" momwe Lockheed yekha amatha kugwiritsa ntchito zida. Zida za Lockheed Martin zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito motsutsana ndi anthu aku Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, ndi mayiko ena ambiri. Kupatula pamilandu yomwe zinthu zake zimapangidwira, Lockheed Martin nthawi zambiri amakhala wolakwa chinyengo ndi zolakwika zina.
Lockheed Martin akuchita nawo ku US ndi UK nyukiliya zida, komanso kukhala wopanga zoopsa ndi zoopsa F-35, ndi zida zoponya za THAAD zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kukulitsa mikangano padziko lonse lapansi ndikupangidwa mkati 42 US ikunena kuti ndibwino kutsimikizira mamembala a Congress kuti amathandizira.
Ku United States mu zisankho za 2020, malinga ndi Tsegulani Zinsinsi, Othandizira a Lockheed Martin adawononga pafupifupi $ 7 miliyoni pa ofuna, zipani zandale, ndi ma PAC, ndipo pafupifupi $ 13 miliyoni pakukopa anthu kuphatikiza pafupifupi theka la miliyoni aliyense pa Donald Trump ndi Joe Biden, $ 197 pa Kay Granger, $ 138 miliyoni pa Bernie Sanders, ndi $ 114 zikwi pa Chuck Schumer.
Mwa anthu 70 a Lockheed Martin aku US, 49 adagwirapo ntchito zaboma. Lockheed Martin amalimbikitsa boma la US kuti liwononge ndalama zambiri zankhondo, zomwe mu 2021 zidakwana $778 biliyoni, zomwe $75 biliyoni. anapita molunjika kwa Lockheed Martin. Dipatimenti ya US State ndi gulu lazamalonda la Lockheed Martin, kukweza zida zake maboma.
Mamembala a Congress nawonso katundu wake mu ndikupindula ndi phindu la Lockheed Martin, kuphatikiza aposachedwa zida kutumiza ku Ukraine. Malingaliro a kampani Lockheed Martin tuluka nthawi iliyonse pakakhala nkhondo yayikulu yatsopano. Lockheed Martin kudzitamandira kuti nkhondo ndi yabwino kwa bizinesi. Mmodzi wa Congresswoman adagulidwa Lockheed Martin stock pa February 22, 2022, ndipo tsiku lotsatira adalemba "Nkhondo ndi mphekesera zankhondo ndizopindulitsa kwambiri ..."
Chipululu chosadziwa anakonza zionetsero za Lockheed Martin ku Bethesda ndi padziko lonse lapansi sabata ya Epulo 21-28.
