Zomwe Kuthetsa Nkhondo Kungawonekere

Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 5, 2021

Mukamaganiza zothetsa nkhondo, kodi mukuganiza kuti Purezidenti waku US akudandaula za kutaya kwa anthu ndalama zankhondo pomenyera nkhondo panthawi imodzimodziyo polamula kuti Congress iwonjezere ndalama zankhondo - komanso ponena za nkhondo zatsopano zomwe zingayambike?

Kodi mukuganiza kuti akuphulitsa mabanja ndi zida zoponyera ndege za ma loboti, ndikupitiliza kupitiliza "kunyanyala" kwinaku akunena kuti zinthu izi sizitanthauza kupitiliza nkhondo?

Kodi mumayembekezera kuti ngati nkhondo zaufulu zitatha titha kupeza ufulu, ufulu wathu wowonetsanso, Patriot Act itachotsedwa, apolisi am'deralo ataya matanki awo ndi zida zankhondo, malo atalandidwa makamera onse ndi zoyesera zitsulo. ndi galasi lowonetsa zipolopolo lomwe lakula kwazaka makumi awiri?

Kodi mumaganizira kuti anthu okhala m'makola a Guantanamo omwe sanakhalepo "pankhondo" sadzawonanso ngati chiwopsezo choti "abwerera" kumeneko "nkhondo itatha"?

Kodi mumaganizira kuti popanda nkhondo pakhoza kukhala china chofanana ndi mtendere, kuphatikiza kazembe, kuchotsa zilango, kapena kuwonongera chuma?

Kodi mwina mudayembekezera kupepesa ndi kubwezeredwa kuti mugwirizane ndi kuvomereza kuti zina mwazifukwa zazikulu zankhondo (monga "kumanga fuko") zinali zopanda pake?

Kodi mumayembekezera kuti Purezidenti wa US nthawi yomweyo kuti athetsa nkhondo ndikulamula kuti ndalama zankhondo zochulukirapo zilamulire zikalata zonena za Saudi mu 9/11 zomwe zidafotokozedwanso ndikugulitsanso zida zambiri ku Saudi Arabia?

Kodi ndinu okwanira wolota kuti mungaganize kuti kuphunzira mozama kungapangidwe kwa akufa, ovulala, okhumudwa, komanso osowa pokhala - mwina ngakhale kuti tingawone malipoti okwanira pa omwe aphedwa pankhondo ndi gawo lina la anthu aku US kuti mudziwe kuti, monga nkhondo zonse zaposachedwa, opitilira 90% a omwe adazunzidwa anali mbali imodzi, ndipo mbali iti inali?

Kodi mumayembekezera kuti mwina mudzangodzudzula omwe achitiridwa nkhanza, ena mwa zomwe zachitika pankhondo ndi zakale komanso zatsopano? Kodi mumamvetsetsa, mozama, kuti kunena za kutha kwa nkhondo kungakhale makamaka zachiwawa komanso nkhanza zakuyithetsa, osati kuzichita? Kodi idalowetsedwa m'mabuku a mbiriyakale komanso nyuzipepala zomwe ziziuza anthu kwanthawi zonse kuti boma la US likufuna kumuweruza Osama bin Laden koma a Taliban adakonda nkhondo, ngakhale kuti zaka 20 zapitazo nyuzipepalizi zidanenanso izi?

Zachidziwikire, palibe amene amaganiza kuti anthu omwe agwira ntchito zaka 20 kuti athetse nkhondoyo aloledwa pa TV. Koma kodi mumazindikira kuti akatswiri pamawayilesi angakhale anthu omwewo omwe adalimbikitsa nkhondo kuyambira pachiyambi ndipo, nthawi zambiri, amapindula kwambiri nayo?

Palibe amene amaganiza kuti Khothi Lalikulu Lapadziko Lonse kapena Khothi Lapadziko Lonse ladzudzula anthu omwe si Afirika, koma kodi mwina sanaganizire zakusavomerezeka kwa nkhondoyi kukhala nkhani yokambirana?

Kukambirana kokha komwe kumaloledwa ndikumakonza nkhondo, osathetsa. Ndikuyamikira kwambiri matani a ntchito yochitidwa ndi Costs of War Project, koma osati malipoti akuti zaka 20 zapitazi zankhondo zidawononga $ 8 trilioni. Ndikuyamikiranso matani a ntchito yomwe Institute for Policy Study idachita, makamaka kupereka malipoti pa $ 21 thililiyoni zomwe boma la US lachita pomenya nkhondo pazaka 20 zapitazi. Ndikudziwa bwino lomwe kuti palibe amene angaganizire manambala ochulukirapo kuposa onsewo. Koma sindikuganiza kuti ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo ndikukonzekera nkhondo komanso kupindulitsa nkhondo pazaka 20 zapitazi zakhala 38% yolakwika. Ndikuganiza kuti zakhala 100% yolakwika. Ndine 100% ndikudziwa kuti tili pachiwopsezo chobwezera pang'ono kuposa kuzichotsa zonse mwakamodzi. Koma titha kukambirana za mtengo wathunthu wankhondo, m'malo mongowongolera ambiri aiwo (ngati kuti anali achinthu china osati nkhondo), mosasamala kanthu zomwe tikuganiza kuti tichite.

Ngati kusiyana pakati pa $ 8 thililiyoni ndi $ 21 thililiyoni sikumvetsetseka, titha kuzindikira kusiyanasiyana kwakukulu kwa zabwino zomwe aliyense akadachita akadasinthidwa kukhala zosowa zaumunthu ndi zachilengedwe. Titha kuzindikira kuti wina amakhala pafupifupi katatu winayo. Ndipo mwina titha kuwona kusiyana pakati pa manambala ocheperako, $ 3 biliyoni ndi $ 25 biliyoni.

Otsutsa ambiri - kuti awakhulupirire - ngakhale mamembala ambiri a Congress amafuna kuti ndalama zankhondo zichepetsedwe kwambiri ndikusamutsidwa m'malo opindulitsa. Mutha kupeza mamembala ambiri a Congress ndi magulu mazana amtendere kuti asayine makalata kapena ndalama zothandizira kuti muchepetse ndalama zankhondo ndi 10 peresenti. Koma Biden atapempha kuti achulukitse ndalama zankhondo, mamembala a "Congress" omwe adatsogola adayamba kukana zakuchulukirachulukira kuposa zomwe Biden adachita, ndikuwongolera a Biden - pomwe magulu ena amtendere adatsata mzere watsopano.

Chifukwa chake, ndikutsutsana ndi kuwonjezeka kwa $ 25 biliyoni, koma ndikutsutsa kwambiri kuwonjezeka kwa $ 37 biliyoni ngakhale gawo lina limathandizidwa ndi Biden pomwe gawo lina ndi bipartisan DRM kuyesetsa kuti titha kumenya yerekezerani kuti mukuimba mlandu ma Republican okha.

Chifukwa chiyani ndili ndi zotsutsana zambiri, zonyansa, komanso zogawana panthawi ino yamtendere komanso yopepuka komanso kuthetsa - pamapeto pake - za "nkhondo yayitali kwambiri m'mbiri ya US" (bola Amwenye Achimereka sianthu)?

Chifukwa ndimaganizira china chosiyana ndikaganiza zothetsa nkhondo.

Ndikulingalira kuthana, kuyanjananso, ndi kubwezeredwa - mwina kuphatikiza kuweruza ndi kuweruza. Ndikulingalira kupepesa ndikuphunzira kwamaphunziro. Wolemba mbiri m'modzi kapena womenyera ufulu akadagwira ntchito yabwinoko kuposa makina onse ozonda asitikali- "kazembe" mwa kukana bizinesi yamisala yakupha anthu ambiri (monga membala m'modzi wa Congress), ndikuyembekeza kusintha kwina - kusintha kwa chitsogozo chodzichotsera pang onopang ono mu bizinesi ya nkhondo, osati yoti nkhondo zolondola zichitike.

Ine ndikuwona oyang'anira chowonadi ndi kuyankha. Ndikulingalira zosintha zinthu zofunika kwambiri, kuti 3% ya ndalama zankhondo zaku US zomwe zitha kuthetsa njala pa Dziko lapansi zitero - ndi zozizwitsa zina zofananira za 97% zina.

Ndikulingalira kuti US atha kutha kugulitsa zida zankhondo, kusiya kudzaza dziko lapansi ndi zida zaku US, ndikutseka mabwalo omwe ali padziko lapansi omwe akuyambitsa mavuto. A Taliban akafunsa momwe aliri oyipa kuposa Saudi Arabia ndi maboma ena ambiri omwe US ​​akuwathandiza, ndikuyembekeza yankho - yankho lina, yankho lililonse - koma yankho loti US adzasiya kuyambitsa maboma opondereza kulikonse, osati malo omwe akuti akutha nkhondo yawo (kupatula kupitiliza kuphulitsa bomba).

Zomwe anthu opitilira atatu mwa anthu aku US amauza atolankhani kuti zikuthandizira kutha kwa nkhondo (kutsatira "kufalitsa" kosatha kwa kutha kwa nkhondo kukhala tsoka), zikuwonetsa kwa ine kuti sindili ndekha pakulakalaka china chake bwinoko kuposa chomwe tikupita kuti tithane ndi nkhondo.