By World BEYOND War, September 17, 2021
Nthawi yothetsera nkhondo yomwe imawonedwa ngati ngozi yazaka 20, itatha $ 21 zankhaninkhani, pa zankhondo pazaka 20 izi, ndipo mphindi yomwe funso lalikulu kwambiri la DRM pazofalitsa ndikuti ngati United States ingakwanitse $ 3.5 trilioni pazaka 10 pazinthu zina osati nkhondo, si nthawi yokhayo yowonjezerapo ndalama zankhondo, kapena ngakhale kuisunga patali pamlingo wake wapano.
Tizigawo tating'ono ta ndalama zaku US ndikanakhoza dziko labwino ku United States komanso padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ngozi zowopsa kwambiri zomwe tikukumana nazo zikuwonjezeka, osati kusinthidwa, ndi izo. Izi zikuphatikizapo kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, ngozi zanyukiliya, miliri ya matenda, ndi umphawi. Ngakhale pankhani zachuma zokayikitsa zokha, kugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo ndi kuda, osati chowonjezera.
Zankhondo nthawi zambiri zimangirizidwa ku "demokalase," pomwe boma la US likukonzekera msonkhano wapadziko lonse wokhudza demokalase ngakhale pano zida Maboma ambiri opondereza padziko lapansi. Koma kugwiritsa ntchito demokalase kuboma la US kungachepetse ndalama zankhondo malinga ndi zofufuzira pambuyo zofufuzira pambuyo zofufuzira pambuyo zofufuzira. Chaka chatha mamembala a 93 a US Congress adavota kuti achepetse gawo la Pentagon pazogwiritsa ntchito yankhondo ku US ndi 10%. Mwa 85 mwa anthu 93 omwe adayimira chisankho, 85 adasankhidwanso.
Zomwe tikufuna kwa mamembala a Nyumba ya US ndi Nyumba ya Senate ndikuyenera kudzipereka pagulu kuti asavote NO pa National Defense Authorization Act ngati itapereka ndalama zoposa 90% za zomwe idalipira chaka chatha. Tikufuna kuwona malonjezowo ataperekedwa pagulu komanso motsimikiza, ndikuyesetsa kulimbikitsa anzawo kuti achite zomwezo. Kuti palibe mtsogoleri wa US Congress yemwe akuchita izi ndichinthu chochititsa manyazi.
Kuti mamembala ena a Congress omwe akuti akufuna kuti ndalama zankhondo zichepetsedwe ali kulandira Kuwonjezeka koperekedwa ndi Purezidenti Joe Biden pomwe akutsutsana ndi kuwonjezeka koperekedwa ndi makomiti a DRM ndizoyipa. Ambiri Zambiri anthu amwalira padziko lapansi omwe miyoyo yawo ikadapulumutsidwa ndikubwezeretsanso gawo lina lamagulu azankhondo kuposa omwe amaphedwa pankhondo.
Tikufuna kuwona cosponsor a H.Res.476, lingaliro losakakamiza lomwe likufuna kuchotsa $ 350 biliyoni kuchokera mu bajeti ya Pentagon. Koma mpaka itakhala ndi mwayi wopitilira nyumba zonse ziwiri, maumboni amenewo sangatisangalatse. Tikufuna kuwawona akuvotera zosintha kuti achepetse kuwonjezeka kwa DRM $ 25 biliyoni, ndikuchepetsa ndalama zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito mpaka 90% ya chaka chatha. Koma mpaka zisinthazo zitakhala ndi mwayi wopita, tiziwombera m'manja mwakachetechete.
Ngati Republican ikutsutsa NDAA m'nyumba imodzi yokha ya Congress (pazifukwa zawo zachilendo), zimangotenga ochepa okha a Democrat omwe akuumirira kuti ndalama zochepetsedwa ziyimitsidwe kapena kukonzanso ndalamazo. Chifukwa chake kufunikira kwathu: dziperekeni kuvota motsutsana ndi NDAA mpaka ndalama zankhondo zitatsika - osachepera - 10%. Pangani kudzipereka kosavuta. Kenako tikuthokozani kuchokera pansi pamtima.
