By Mtsinje Wachigawo cha Kumidzi ndi Kugwirizana Kwambiri, May 24, 2022
Kalata ya Transpartisan Yotsutsana ndi Maziko Atsopano a Asitikali aku US ku Europe ndi Kupereka Njira Zina Zothandizira Chitetezo cha Chiyukireniya, US, ndi Europe
Wokondedwa Purezidenti Joseph Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark A. Milley, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Mamembala a Congress,
Omwe adasainawo akuyimira gulu lalikulu la akatswiri ankhondo, akale, akatswiri, olimbikitsa, ndi mabungwe ochokera m'magulu onse andale omwe amatsutsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa zida zatsopano zankhondo zaku US ku Europe ngati zowononga komanso zowononga chitetezo cha dziko komanso omwe amapereka njira zina zoyankhira. nkhondo ku Ukraine.
Timapeza zotsatirazi ndikukulitsa mfundo iliyonse pansipa:
1) Palibe chiwopsezo chankhondo chaku Russia chomwe chingavomereze kukhazikitsidwa kwa zida zatsopano zankhondo zaku US.
2) Maziko atsopano aku US angawononge mabiliyoni a ndalama za okhometsa msonkho ndikusokoneza kuyesetsa
kuteteza chitetezo cha United States.
3) Maziko atsopano aku US awonjezera mikangano yankhondo ndi Russia, ndikuwonjezera
chiopsezo cha nkhondo ya nyukiliya yomwe ingakhalepo.
4) US akhoza ndipo ayenera kutseka maziko osafunika ku Ulaya ngati chizindikiro cha mphamvu pamene
kukulitsa njira zanzeru, zotsika mtengo ndi ogwirizana nawo.
5) Malingaliro oti akhale asitikali aku US ku Europe atha kupititsa patsogolo zokambirana kuti nkhondoyi ithe
ku Ukraine mwachangu momwe ndingathere.
- Palibe Chiwopsezo cha Asitikali aku Russia Cholungamitsa Maziko Atsopano aku US
Nkhondo ya Putin ku Ukraine yawonetsa kufooka kwa asitikali aku Russia, ndikupereka umboni wochulukirapo kuti sikuwopseza wamba ku United States ndi ogwirizana a NATO.
Ngakhale kuti kuopa Russia pakati pa ena ku Ulaya n’komveka, asilikali a ku Russia sali pachiwopsezo ku Ulaya kupyola mu Ukraine, Moldova, ndi Caucuses.
Pafupifupi 300 malo oyambira aku US ku Europe[1] ndi zina zoyambira ndi mphamvu za NATO kuphatikiza Ndime 5 ya NATO (yofuna mamembala kuti ateteze membala aliyense yemwe wawukiridwa) imapereka zoletsa zochulukirapo pakuukira kulikonse kwa Russia pa NATO. Maziko atsopano ndi osafunika.
Othandizira a NATO, okha, ali ndi zida zankhondo ndi magulu ankhondo omwe amatha kuteteza Europe ku nkhondo iliyonse yaku Russia. Ngati asitikali aku Ukraine atha kuyimitsa 75% ya asitikali aku Russia,[2] Othandizana nawo a NATO safuna zida zowonjezera zaku US ndi mphamvu.
Kuchulukitsa mopanda chifukwa cha magulu ankhondo aku US ndi asitikali aku Europe kungasokoneze asitikali aku US kuti asateteze United States.
- Maziko Atsopano Angawononge Mabiliyoni A Madola Olipira Misonkho
Kumanga maziko ndi mphamvu zaku US ku Europe kungawononge mabiliyoni a madola omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino pakugwetsa zomangamanga zaku US ndi zofunika zina zapakhomo. Okhometsa misonkho aku US amawononga kale ndalama zambiri pokonza maziko ndi mphamvu ku Europe: pafupifupi $30 biliyoni pachaka.[3]
Ngakhale ogwirizana nawo alipira maziko atsopano, okhometsa misonkho aku US adzawononga ndalama zambiri kuti asungitse magulu ankhondo aku US ku Europe chifukwa cha ndalama zoyendera, kuchuluka kwa malipiro, ndi zina zowonongera. Ndalama zamtsogolo zitha kukwera chifukwa mayiko omwe akukhala nawo nthawi zambiri amachotsa ndalama zothandizira mabungwe aku US pakapita nthawi.
Kumanga maziko atsopano aku Europe mwina kungakhudze bajeti ya Pentagon pomwe tikuyenera kudula bajetiyo pambuyo pa kutha kwa nkhondo ya Afghanistan. US imawononga nthawi zopitilira 12 zomwe Russia imagwiritsa ntchito pankhondo yake. Othandizira aku US ku NATO akuwononga kale Russia, ndipo Germany ndi ena akukonzekera kuwonjezera ndalama zawo zankhondo.[4]
- Maziko Atsopano Adzakulitsa Kukangana kwa US-Russia, Kuyika Nkhondo (Nyukiliya) Nkhondo
Kumanga maziko atsopano a US (kapena NATO) ku Europe kukulitsa mikangano yankhondo ndi Russia, ndikuwonjezera chiopsezo cha nkhondo yanyukiliya ndi Russia.
Kupanga zida zatsopano zankhondo zaku US ku Eastern Europe, kuyandikira ndi kufupi ndi malire a Russia, monga gawo la kukulitsa kwa NATO m'zaka makumi awiri zapitazi, zawopseza Russia mosafunikira ndipo adalimbikitsa Putin kuti ayankhe pankhondo. Kodi atsogoleri aku US ndi anthu akadayankha bwanji ngati Russia idamanga maziko posachedwa ku Cuba, Venezuela, ndi Central America?
- Kutseka Maziko Monga Chizindikiro cha Mphamvu ndi Njira Zina Zachitetezo
Asitikali aku US ali kale ndi zida zambiri zankhondo - kuzungulira malo 300 - komanso mphamvu zambiri ku Europe. Kuyambira kumapeto kwa Cold War, mabungwe aku US ku Europe sanateteze Europe. Zakhala ngati zoyambira pankhondo zoopsa ku Middle East.
US ikhoza ndipo iyenera kutseka maziko ndikuchotsa mphamvu ku Europe ngati chizindikiro cha mphamvu ndi chidaliro mu mphamvu za asitikali aku US ndi ogwirizana nawo a NATO komanso ngati chiwonetsero cha chiwopsezo chenicheni cha ku Europe.
Nkhondo ku Ukraine yawonetsa zomwe akatswiri ankhondo adziwa kale: magulu oyankha mwachangu amatha kutumiza ku Europe mwachangu kuti azikhala ku United States chifukwa chaukadaulo waukadaulo ndi zosindikizira. Asilikali ambiri omwe adayankha kunkhondo ku Ukraine adachokera ku United States m'malo mochokera kumadera aku Europe, zomwe zidabweretsa mafunso okhudza kufunikira kwa maziko ndi asitikali ku Europe.
Nkhondo ku Ukraine yawonetsa kuti mapangano olowera m'malo ochitirako zida, zonyamula zida ndi njira zokulirapo, makonzedwe ophunzitsira, ndi kufotokozera ndi njira zabwinoko komanso zotsika mtengo zothandizira ogwirizana a NATO kuteteza chitetezo ku Europe.
- Malingaliro Opititsa Patsogolo Zokambirana Zothetsa Nkhondo ku Ukraine
Boma la US litha kuchitapo kanthu pazokambirana polonjeza kuti silingapange maziko atsopano ku Europe.
Boma la US likhoza kulonjeza - poyera kapena mwachinsinsi, monga momwe zinalili ku Cuban Missile Crisis - kuchepetsa mphamvu zake, kuchotsa zida zowononga zida, ndikutseka maziko osafunikira ku Ulaya.
A US ndi NATO angalonjeza kuti sadzavomereza Ukraine kapena mamembala atsopano a NATO pokhapokha Russia itakhalanso membala.
US ndi NATO zitha kulimbikitsa kubwereranso kumapangano ku Europe olamulira kutumizidwa kwa mphamvu wamba ndi zida za nyukiliya, kuphatikiza kuwunika pafupipafupi komanso kuyang'anira m'malo.
Pa chidwi cha US, European, ndi chitetezo padziko lonse lapansi, tikukulimbikitsani kuti musapange zida zowonjezera zankhondo zaku US ku Europe ndikuthandizira zokambirana zaukazembe kuti nkhondo ya Ukraine ithe mwachangu.
modzipereka,
Anthu (ogwirizana ndi zolinga zozindikiritsa okha)
Theresa (Isa) Arriola, Wothandizira Pulofesa, Concordia University
William J. Astore, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)
A Clare Bayard, membala wa Board, Za Ankhondo Olimbana Ndi Nkhondo
Amy F. Belasco, Wopuma pantchito, Katswiri wa Bajeti ya Chitetezo
Medea Benjamin, Co-director, Codepink Wamtendere
Michael Brenes, Lecturer in History, Yale University
Noam Chomsky, Pulofesa wa Institute (emeritus), MIT; Laureate Pulofesa, University of Arizona
Cynthia Enloe, Pulofesa Wofufuza, Yunivesite ya Clark
Monaeka Flores, Prutehi Litekyan
Joseph Gerson, Purezidenti, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security
Eugene Gholz, Pulofesa Wothandizira, University of Notre Dame
Lauren Hirshberg, Pulofesa Wothandizira, Regis College
Catherine Lutz, Pulofesa, University of Brown
Peter Kuznick, Pulofesa wa Mbiri ndi Director, Nuclear Study Institute, American University
Miriam Pemberton, Wogwirizanitsa Ndi Anzake, Sukulu Yophunzitsa Maphunziro
David Swanson, Wolemba, World BEYOND War
David Vine, Pulofesa, American University
Allan Vogel, Bungwe la Atsogoleri, Foreign Policy Alliance, Inc.
Lawrence Wilkerson, Colonel, US Army (Ret.); Senior Fellow Eisenhower Media Network;
Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Ann Wright, Colonel, Asitikali aku US (Ret.); Mamembala a Advisory Board, Veterans for Peace
Kathy Yuknavage, Msungichuma, Chuma Chathu Chofanana 670
Mipingo
Za Ankhondo Ankhondo Olimbana ndi Nkhondo
Kampeni ya Mtendere, Kuthetsa Zida ndi Chitetezo Chofananira
CODEPINK
Mtendere ndi Chilungamo ku Hawaii
Ntchito Zikuru Padziko Lonse ku Institute for Policy Studies
Achikulire Achidemokera a ku America
Nzika Zachikhalidwe
RootsAction.org
Veterans For Peace Chaputala 113 - Hawai'i
Nkhondo Yopewera Nkhondo
World BEYOND War
[1] Lipoti laposachedwa kwambiri la Pentagon la "Base Structure Report" la FY2020 limatchula malo oyambira 274. Lipoti la Pentagon limadziwika kuti ndi lolondola. Masamba owonjezera 22 adziwika ku David Vine, Patterson Deppen, ndi Leah Bolger, "Drawdown: Kupititsa patsogolo US ndi Chitetezo Padziko Lonse Kudzera Kutsekedwa Kwa Asilikali Kumayiko Ena." Chidule cha Quincy No. 16, Quincy Institute for Statecraft Yoyenera ndi World BEYOND War, September 20, 2021.
[2] https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/2969068/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing-march-16-2022/.
[3] Lipoti la "Drawdown" (tsamba 5) likuyerekeza mtengo wapadziko lonse wa maziko, okha, a $ 55 biliyoni / chaka. Ndi 39% ya zowerengera za 750 US zakunja zomwe zili ku Ulaya, ndalama za kontinenti zili pafupi $ 21.34 biliyoni / chaka. Mitengo ya asitikali a 100,000 aku US tsopano ku Europe ndi pafupifupi $ 11.5 biliyoni, pogwiritsa ntchito kuyerekezera kocheperako kwa $ 115,000 / gulu lankhondo.
[4] Diego Lopes da Silva, et al., "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2021," SIPRI Fact Sheet, SIPRI, April 2022, p. 2.
