Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 26, 2021
The USA Today, kujambula ntchito ya Cost of War Project, Quincy Institute, David Vine, William Hartung, ndi ena, adutsa malire a mabungwe ena onse atolankhani aku US, komanso kuposa zomwe membala aliyense wa US Congress wachita, munkhani zatsopano zatsopano zankhondo, mabungwe, ndi zankhondo.
Pali zoperewera zazikulu, zina mwazo (monga kuyerekezera mopanda nzeru zakufa ndi ndalama) zochokera ku Cost of War Project. Koma kupindula konseku ndikuti ndikuyembekeza - kusokonekera.
Mutu woyamba ndi: "'Kuwerengera kwayandikira': America ili ndi ufumu waukulu wankhondo wakunja. Kodi chikufunikabe? ”
Cholinga chake ndi cholakwika kwambiri:
"Kwa zaka makumi ambiri, dziko la US lakhala likulamulidwa ndi asitikali apadziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zapangitsa kuti likhale ndi mphamvu, chitetezo chadziko komanso kuyesetsa kulimbikitsa demokalase."
Kulimbikitsa chiyani? Kodi idalimbikitsapo demokalase kuti? Asitikali aku US mikono, sitima, ndi / kapena ndalama 96% yamaboma opondereza kwambiri padziko lapansi powerengera kwawo.
Chitetezo cha dziko? Zitsulo kupanga nkhondo ndi zotsutsana, osati chitetezo.
Pambuyo pake m'nkhani yomweyi, timawerenga kuti: "'M'nkhondo zonsezi US idawononga ndalama zambiri potengera magazi ndi chuma popanda zochepa kwenikweni,' atero a Hartung a Center for International Policy. Chiwerengero chayandikira. ' Ndizovuta kuloza malo amodzi pomwe kulowererapo kwa asitikali apakati pa 9/11 aku US kwadzetsa demokalase yolimba kapena uchigawenga wochepa kwambiri, adatero. "
Ziwerengero ndizofooka:
"Dipatimenti ya Zachitetezo imagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zopitilira $ 700 biliyoni pachaka pazida komanso kukonzekera nkhondo - kuposa mayiko 10 otsatira, kuphatikiza a Peter G. Peterson Foundation."
Ndalama zenizeni zaku US zankhondo $ 1.25 zankhaninkhani, chaka.
Koma, ndani amasamala ngati manambalawo ndi olakwika ndipo chinyengo chimanenedwa kuti kukhala padziko lapansi kunali kwanzeru isanakwane nthawi ino? Nkhaniyi ikufotokoza kukula kwa mabomawo ndikuwonetsa kuti sangakhalenso "ofunika":
"Komabe lero, pakusintha kwanyanja pakuwopseza chitetezo, asitikali aku America kutsidya lina atha kukhala osafunikira kuposa kale, atero akatswiri ena achitetezo, achitetezo ndi omwe kale anali ogwira ntchito yankhondo ku US. ”
Wolembayo afunsanso kuti asinthe kuchoka kunkhondo kuti athetse mavuto enieni:
“Zikuwopseza kwambiri ku US, akuti, zikuwonjezeranso kukhala zosachita nawo zankhondo. Zina mwa izi: kuzunzidwa pa intaneti; kusokoneza; Ulamuliro wachuma ku China; kusintha kwa nyengo; ndi miliri ya matenda monga COVID-19, yomwe yawononga chuma cha US ngati chochitika chilichonse chiyambireni Kusokonezeka Kwakukulu. ”
Ripotilo lasochera pamalingaliro oti zoyambira sizofunikira kwenikweni kuzizindikira kuti ndizovulaza:
Zitha kukhalanso zopanda pake. Parsi adati kufunafuna uchigawenga ku Middle East kwalumikizidwa ndi kupezeka kwa US, mwachitsanzo. Pakadali pano, azungu aku America, osati zigawenga zakunja, ndi omwe akuwopseza US, malinga ndi a lipoti lochokera ku Dipatimenti Yachitetezo Chawo yoperekedwa mu Okutobala - miyezi itatu isanachitike gulu lachiwawa lidaukira Capitol. "
BASESI
Timapezanso kuwunika kolondola kwamaziko:
"Lero pali 800, malinga ndi kafukufuku wochokera ku Pentagon komanso katswiri wakunja, David Vine, pulofesa wa chikhalidwe cha anthu ku American University ku Washington. Pafupifupi asitikali aku 220,000 aku US komanso anthu wamba akugwira ntchito m'maiko opitilira 150, Unduna wa Zachitetezo watero. "
“Mosiyana ndi izi, dziko lachi China lomwe ndi lachiwiri kukula kwachuma komanso malinga ndi zomwe mpikisano wampikisano waukulu ku United States, uli ndi gulu limodzi lankhondo lomwe lili ku Djibouti, ku Horn of Africa. (Camp Lemonnier, likulu lalikulu kwambiri ku US ku Africa, ili pamtunda wa makilomita ochepa.) Britain, France ndi Russia zili ndi malo okwanira 60 akunja kuphatikiza, malinga ndi Vine. Kunyanja, US ili ndi zonyamula ndege 11. China ili ndi ziwiri. Russia ili ndi imodzi.
"Chiwerengero chenicheni cha mabungwe aku America ndi chovuta kudziwa chifukwa chachinsinsi, utsogoleri komanso matanthauzidwe osakanikirana. Ziwerengero za 800 zikukhudzidwa, ena amati, momwe Pentagon imathandizira malo angapo oyandikana wina ndi mnzake ngati makhazikitsidwe osiyana. USA Lero latsimikiza madeti omwe mabungwe opitilira 350 atsegulidwa. Sizikudziwika bwinobwino kuti ndi zina zingati zomwe zikugwiritsidwa ntchito mwakhama. ”
Kenako timapeza zamkhutu:
"'Awerengera chidutswa chilichonse, tinyanga tonse tokwera pamwamba pa phiri tokhala ndi mpanda wa 8 mita,' atero a Philip M. Breedlove, wamkulu wachinyamata wopuma pantchito ku US Air Force yemwe adagwiranso ntchito ngati NATO Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Allies ku Europe. Breedlove akuganiza kuti pali mabungwe `` akulu akulu '' aku US akunja omwe ndiofunika kwambiri ku chitetezo cha dziko la US. ”
Ndipo yankho labwino:
"Komabe palibe kukayikira kuti ndalama zaku US zodzitchinjiriza komanso gulu lankhondo lapadziko lonse lapansi zakula zaka makumi ambiri."
KUSINTHA NDALAMA
The USA Today Nkhaniyi ikuti COVID ndiyofunika kwambiri pankhondo chifukwa yapha zochulukirapo komanso kuwononga zambiri - zomwe zimakupangitsani kuti musangalale ndi malingaliro akunyoza akumwalira ndi ndalama. Komabe, timauzidwa kuti:
"Koma kupewa kufa kotereku sikungakhale kungotenga ndalama ku Pentagon koma kusunthira mkati mwake. Mwachitsanzo, mlangizi wamkulu wa COVID-19 ku White House a Andy Slavitt adalengeza Feb. 5 kuti kuposa Asitikali 1,000 ogwira ntchito molimbika amayamba kuthandiza malo opatsirana ndi katemera mozungulira US "Ntchito zabwino zachitetezo zomwe zingachitike bwino kunja kwa asirikali ndi njira yakale yokhalira kuwononga ndalama zambiri pazida, mabasiketi, ndi asitikali.
Nkhaniyi ikufotokozanso za kuwopsa kwa kugwa kwanyengo ndipo mwachisangalalo sikulimbikitsa asitikali ngati njira yothanirana ndi izi, koma sikunenanso kuti kusunthira ndalama zomwe zikufunika mwachangu ku Green New Deal mwina.
CHINA NDI RUSSIA
Chifukwa cha mbiri yake, a USA Today akunena kuti China sichichita nawo zankhondo zaku US, ndipo m'malo mwake ikugulitsa mabizinesi mwamtendere ndikuwapambana - zomwe Purezidenti wakale wa US a Jimmy Carter adauza Purezidenti wa US a nthawi imeneyo a Donald Trump omwe adachita zankhondo zochulukirapo.
Nkhaniyi yalowerera mu Russiagate, ndikuwunikiranso za "kuwopseza" kwa cyber osayerekeza kunena kuti boma la US lakhala likukana malingaliro aboma aku Russia pangano loletsa kuzunzidwa kwa cyber, lakhala likuchita ziwopsezo pa intaneti, lakhala likudzitamandira kuukira kwa cyber. Koma zilizonse zamkhutu zomwe zimasuntha ndalama kuchokera ku bomba ndi mivi kupita pamakompyuta tiyenera kuzisangalala nazo.
Zina mwazomwe zimamenyera nkhondozo ndizopusa: "Pali kuthekera kuti adani aku America ku Iran ndi North Korea apange zida za nyukiliya ndikulimbana ndi US" North Korea yakhala ndi zida za nyukiliya kwazaka zambiri. Iran ilibe pulogalamu ya zida za nyukiliya. Palibe mwa iwo omwe akupanga zida za nyukiliya.
Mayina omwe ali ndi dzina Milily
Izi zikuphatikizidwa: "Ngakhale wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff posachedwa adati US iyenera Ganiziraninso za magulu ake akuluakulu osatha m'malo owopsa padziko lapansi, komwe atha kukhala pachiwopsezo ngati mikangano yamagawo ingayambike. United States ikufuna kukhalanso kunja, koma iyenera kukhala 'episodic,' osakhalitsa, Milley adatero mu Disembala. 'Mabwalo akuluakulu aku US okhazikika kutsidya lina atha kukhala ofunikira kuti magulu oyenda mozungulira azilowa ndikutuluka, koma kuyikiratu magulu ankhondo aku US ndikuganiza kuti akufunika kuyang'ana zamtsogolo,' atero a Milley, chifukwa chokwera mtengo komanso chiopsezo m'mabanja ankhondo . ”
KULIMBITSA KWAMBIRI KWA BANDA
"Ndipo pakadali pano sizikudziwika kuti ndi zingati, ngati zilipo, zomwe zidatsekedwa pansi pa a Trump, kuyambira 2016 adatsegula zowonjezera ku Afghanistan, Estonia, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Niger, Norway, Palau, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Somalia, Syria ndi Tunisia, malinga ndi kafukufuku wochokera ku Pentagon ndi Vine. US Space Force, yokhazikitsidwa ndi Trump mu Disembala 2019, ili ndi gulu lankhondo la 20 lomwe lili ku Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base, komanso malo akunja oyang'anira zida zankhondo ku Greenland, United Kingdom, Ascension Island ku Pacific Ocean ndi malinga ndi nyuzipepala yankhondo yaku US, a Diego Garcia.
KUWONJEZEKA KWA TRUMP DRONE
"Mu 2019, mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US womwe umathandizira boma la Afghanistan motsutsana ndi zigawenga za Taliban udaponya bomba ndi zida zambiri kuchokera ndege zankhondo ndi ma drones kuposa chaka china chilichonse cha nkhondo kuyambira 2001. Ndege zankhondo zidawombera zida za 7,423 mu 2019, malinga ndi chidziwitso cha Air Force. Zolemba zam'mbuyomu zidakhazikitsidwa mu 2018, pomwe zida 7,362 zidaponyedwa. Mu 2016, chaka chomaliza cha Obama, chiwerengerocho chinali 1,337. ”
Chotsatira USA Today nkhani amatchedwa "Zokha: Magulu olimbana ndi uchigawenga aku US akhudza mayiko 85 pazaka zitatu zapitazi."
“Zatsopano kuchokera kwa wofufuza Stephanie Savell wa Ndalama za polojekiti ya nkhondo ku Watson Institute ku Brown University akuwonetsa kuti pazaka zitatu zapitazi US yakhala ikugwira ntchito m'maiko osachepera 85. "
Mamapu ena abwino:
Mapuwa pamwambapa ayenera kuti sanaphatikizepo "zochitika" za NATO.
Mapuwa pansipa ndi abwino pa USA Today malo komwe zimasintha chaka ndi chaka.
Nayi imodzi yokhala ndi kukula kwa mabwalo omwe akuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku US:
Nkhani yachitatu yochokera USA Today akutchedwa "Biden amapotoza 'America Choyamba' ngakhale akufuna kusintha malingaliro a Trump akunja."
Mmenemo, omwe amalankhula ndi Biden akuwonetsa kuti asamutsa US kuti isamenye nkhondo komanso kuti isamalire zosowa za anthu komanso zachilengedwe.
Zingakhale zabwino ngati izi zikugwirizana ndi umboni wa malonjezo osokonekera ku Afghanistan, theka komanso lonjezo losamveka bwino laku Yemen, osasunthira kusintha ndalama zankhondo kuzinthu zamtendere, lonjezo losweka pamgwirizano wa Iran, zida zankhondo zankhanza kuphatikiza Egypt, kupitilizabe kutentha ku Syria, Iraq, Iran, kukana kutenga asitikali ku Germany, kuthandizira anthu ofuna kupandukira boma ku Venezuela, kusankha osankhika ambiri ku ofesi yayikulu, kupitilizabe kulangidwa ku International Criminal Court, kupitilizabe milandu Wolamulira mwankhanza ku Saudi Arabia, osazengereza milandu yankhondo ya Biden asanachitike, akupitilizabe kumenya nkhondo pazomvana, ndi zina zambiri.
