Ua maeʻa ona tuʻuina atu e le Komiti a le Senate ma le Coalition Faʻamaumauga se tusi e faʻamalosia ai le Senate ma le Komiti o Auaunaga a le Fale e aofia ai se manaʻoga faʻapitoa i nofoaga i fafo i le FY2020 NDAA e faʻateleina ai le saʻo, vagana ai lafoga a le au fai lafoga, ma faʻaleleia le saogalemu o le atunuu. O le tusi, faapipiiina ma lalo ifo, na sainia e le silia ma le luasefulu ma le lua fitafita vaega taualoa ma faʻalapotopotoga.

E mafai ona tuʻuina atu fesili i OBRACC2018@gmail.com.

Faatasi ai ma le faafetai,

David

David Vine
Polofesa
Matagaluega o Anthropology
Amerika Iunivesite
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016 USA

Aokuso 23, 2019

Afioga James Inhofe

Taitaifono, Komiti a le Senate i le Vaega o Auupega

 

Afioga Hon Jack Reed

Sui Usufono, Komiti Senate e uiga i Auaunaga Faauupegaina

 

O le Susuga a Atamu Samita

Taitaifono, Komiti o Auaunaga Faaupufale

 

Afioga ia Mac Thornberry

Sui Usufono, Komiti o Auaunaga Faaupufale a le Fale

 

Le Pele Pulepule Inhofe ma Smith, ma le Sui Pule Reed ma Thornberry:

O matou o se vaega o fitafita faʻavae fitafita mai le salafa o faiga faʻapolokiki faaupufai e faʻamalosia oe e faʻamautinoa le Secret. 1079 o le HR XUMUM, "Lipoti i Taunuuga Tau Tupe a le Au Faʻasalalau Taualoa a le Iunaite Sitete," i totonu o le Tulafono mo le Faʻasaoina o le Puipuiga a le Atunuu mo le Tausaga Faaletupe 2500. Afai e faʻatinoina ma le malosi, o lenei ripoti o le a faʻalauteleina le manino ma mafai ai ona sili atu le vaavaaiga i tupe faʻaalu a le Pentagon, fesoasoani i taumafaiga taua e faʻaumatia ai tupe faʻaalu a le militeli, ma faʻaleleia le sauniuni o le militeli ma le saogalemu o le atunuʻu.

Mo se taimi umi, e leai se malamalama manino e uiga i nofoaga autu a le US ma galuega i fafo. O loʻo iai nei faʻamaumauga a 800 US militeri ("nofoaga autu") i fafo atu o setete 50 ma Washington, DC. O loʻo salalau atu i latou i nisi o atunuʻu ma teritori o le 80-faʻafaigofie le faaluaina o le aofaʻi o atunuʻu talimalo e faʻatusatusa i le faaiuga o le Cold War. [1]

O suʻesuʻega ua leva ona faʻaalia e faapea, o tafaoga i atunuu i fafo e matua faigata lava ona tapunia pe a maeʻa. O le tele o taimi, o faʻamaumauga i fafo e tumau ona tatala ona o le pule faʻamalosia.^[2] O ofisa o le militeli ma isi e masani ona manatu e faapea afai ei ai se isi atunuu, e tatau ona aoga; E seasea lava ona faʻamalosia e le Konekaresia le militeli e iloilo pe faʻaalia le lelei o le saogalemu o le atunuu i nofoaga mamao.

Ole faʻamalosiʻau a le Navy "Fat Leonard", lea na mafua ai le fiasefulu miliona tala i le soona ova o le soifuaga ma le salalau o faiga piʻopiʻo i ofisa maualuga o le vaegaau, o se tasi lea o faʻataʻitaʻiga o le le lava o le vaʻavaʻaiga a tagata lautele i fafo. O le faatupulaia o le auai o le militeli i Aferika o le isi: Ina ua maliliu fitafita e toafa i le taua i Niger i le 2017, o le toatele o sui o le Konekeresi na faateia ina ua latou iloaina e tusa ma le 1,000 fitafita fitafita i lena atunuu. E ui lava ua leva ona fai mai le Pentagon e naʻo le tasi lona nofoaga i Aferika - i Djibouti-ua faʻaalia mai i suʻesuʻega, e tusa ma le 40 faʻatulagaina o fesuiaʻiga o la tetele (o le taʻitaʻi o le militeri na latou faʻailoa mai, 46 faʻapipiʻiina i le 2017). Atonu o oe o se tasi o vaega toʻaitiiti i le Konekeresi o loʻo latou iloa o loʻo aʻafia fitafita a le Iunaite Setete i taua i totonu o le 3 atunuʻu talu mai le 22, faʻatasi ai ma iʻuga mataʻutia. [2001]

O nei vaʻavaʻaiga faiga e le lava mo le Konekeresi ma tagata lautele e faʻatino ai le faʻatonutonuina o le va o tagata i pulega a le militeri ma gaioiga i fafo. O le Pentagon's faaletausaga "Base Faatulagaga Faatulagaga Lipoti" maua ai nisi faʻamatalaga e uiga i le numera ma le tele o tulaga nofoaga i fafo atu, peitaʻi, ua le mafai ona lipotia le tele o lauiloa lauiloa faʻalauiloaina i atunuʻu i le lalolagi atoa ma masani ona maua ai le maeʻa pe le saʻo faʻamatalaga. [5] Toatele e masalosalo e le iloa e le Pentagon le numera moni o faʻapipiʻi i fafo.

O le Vaega o le Puipuiga o le "Lipoti Faʻaalu I fafo," o loʻo tuʻuina atu i ana tala o le tupe, o loʻo tuʻuina mai ai faʻamatalaga tau faʻapitoa e uiga i mea faʻapipiʻi i nisi, ae le o atunuu uma o loʻo umia ai e le militeli ia nofoaga. O faʻamaumauga a le Lipoti e masani ona le atoatoa ma e masani ona le maua i le tele o atunuu. Mo le sili atu ma le sefulu tausaga, ua lipotia mai e le DoD le tau o tau taʻitasi i atunuʻu i fafo atu o le $ 20 piliona. O se iloiloga tutoatasi o loo faailoa mai ai le moni o le tau o le faagaoioia ma le tausia o faavae i fafo atu e sili atu nai lo le faaluaina o lena fuainumera, e sili atu i le $ 51 piliona i tausaga taitasi, ma le tau atoa (e aofia ai tagata faigaluega) e tusa ma le $ 150 piliona [6] O le leai o se vaavaaiga i na tupe faaalu e sili ona maofa i le tuuina atu o le sefulu piliona o tala e tafe atu i setete ma itumalo a sui o le Konekeresi i nofoaga i atunuu i fafo i tausaga uma.

Afai e faʻatino lelei, o le lipoti e manaʻomia e Sec. O le 1079 o HR XUMUM o le a sili atu ona faaleleia le manino o faagaioiga a le militeri i fafo ma faatagaina ai le Fono Aoao ma tagata lautele e faatinoina le vaavaaiga lelei a tagata lautele i luga o le Pentagon. Matou te aioi atu ia te oe ia aofia ai le Sec. 2500 i le FY1079 NDAA. Matou te fautuaina foi oe e toe teuteuina le gagana a le teuteuga ina ia paʻi upu i le parakalafa 2020, "e aofia ai i luga o le lisi o le lisi o le lisi." Ona o le le atoatoa o le Ripoti o le Faavae, o le lipoti manaomia e tatau ona tusia ai tau ma faamanuiaga o le saogalemu lautele US installations i fafo atu.

Faafetai mo le faia o nei laasaga taua ina ia faateleina ai le manino, sei vagana ai lafoga a le au fai lafoga, ma faaleleia le saogalemu o le atunuu.

le faamaoni lava,

Faʻatulagaina o le Faʻatulagaina o Faʻamaumauga ma Faʻasalalauga

Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ

Andrew J. Bacevich, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Medai Benjamin, Codirector, Codepink

Phyllis Bennis, Faatonu, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Policy

Lea Bolger, CDR, US Navy (ret), Peresitene World BEYOND War

Noam Chomsky, Polofesa Laureate o Linguistics, Agnese Nelms Haury Nofoa, Iunivesite o Arizona / Polofesa Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cynthia Enloe, Professor Research, Clark University

Faiga Faʻavae a Malo Aufaatasi, Inc.

Joseph Gerson, Peresitene, Taualoa mo le Filemu, Puipuiga ma le Puipuiga Masani

Tavita C. Hendrickson, Kolisi o Colorado

Mataio Hoh, Uso Sinia, Nofoaga Tutotonu mo Faiga Faʻavae Faʻavaomalo

Guahan Coalition mo le Filemu ma le Faʻamasinoga

Kyle Kajihiro, Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice

Gwyn Kirk, Tamaitai mo le Saogalemu Saogalemu

MG Dennis Laich, US Army, Ua litaea

John Lindsay-Polani, Taofi Umu taulima i Mekisiko Coordinator Project, Global Exchange; tusitala, Emperor i le Jungle: O le Talafaasolopito natia o le US i Panama

Catherine Lutz, Thomas J. Watson, Jr Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs ma le Matagaluega o Anthropology, Brown University

Khury Petersen-Smith, Institute for Studies Policy

Del Spurlock, Fesoasoani Muamua ma Failautusi Fesoasoani o le US Army mo Manpower ma Reserve Affairs

David Swanson, Faatonu Sili, World BEYOND War

David Vine, Polofesa, Matagaluega o Anthropology, Iunivesite a Amerika

Stephen Wertheim, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft ma le Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University

Colonel Ann Wright, US Army ua litaea ma o le sui o le US diplomat

Faʻaiʻuga

[1] David Vine, "Lisi o US militeri Nofoaga i Atunuʻu," 2017, American University, http://dx.doi.org/10.17606/M6H599; David Vine, Malo Faʻavae: Faʻafefea Avea Faʻamasinoga a Amerika i Atunuʻu i Amerika ma le Lalolagi (Metropolitan, 2015). E sili atu faʻamatalaga ma fuainumera e uiga i US i fafo atu o loʻo avanoa i www.overseasbases.net/fact-sheet.html.Fesili, nisi faʻamatalaga: OBRACC2018@gmail.com / www.overseasbases.net.

[2] O se tasi o faʻataʻitaʻiga e le masani ai a le Konekeresi i nofoaga faʻavae a le Iunaite Setete ma le auai ai i atunuʻu i fafo, na faʻaalia ai, "o le taimi lava e faʻamautu ai se ofisa mai Amerika i fafo atu, e amata ai foi lona olaga .... O misiona muamua atonu ua le toe aoga, ae o ni misiona fou ua atiaʻe, e le gata i le faʻamoemoe ia tuʻu pea le nofoaga, ae masani ona faʻalauteleina. " United States Senate, "United States Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad," Fofogaina i luma o le Senate Subcomm Komiti on United States Security Agreements and Commitments I fafo atu o le Komiti mo Fafo Fafo, Iva sefulu ma le tasi Konekeresi, Vol. 2, 2417. Ole tele o suʻesuʻega talu ai nei na faʻamaonia ai lenei mauaina. Eg, John Glaser, "Aveʻesea mai Atunuʻu i Fafo: Aisea e le manaʻomia ai se tulaga o le militeri i luma, tuai, ma matautia," Faʻavasegaina Faʻavae 816, CATO Institute, Iulai 18, 2017; Chalmers Johnson, O Faanoanoa o le Emepaea: Militarism, Secrecy, ma le Iʻuga o le Malo Tele (New York: Metropolitan, 2004); Vine, Malo Malo.

[3] Nick Turse, "Fai mai le militeri a Amerika, e i ai lona" Light Footprint "i Aferika. O nei pepa o loʻo faʻaalia mai ai se lautele lautele o faʻavae, ” O le Faʻatonuga, Tesema 1, 2018,https://theintercept.com/2018/12/01/u-s-military-says-it-has-a-light-footprint-in-africa-these-documents-show-a-vast-network-of-bases/; Stephanie Savell ma le 5W Infographics, "O lenei Faʻafanua o loʻo faʻaalia le mea o iai i le lalolagi o le militeri a Amerika o loʻo faʻafefe ai faʻasalaga," Smithsonian Magazine, Ianuari 2019, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/map-shows-places-world-where-us-military-operates-180970997/; Nick Turse, "O le taua a Amerika i tulaga taua i Aferika o loʻo faalilolilo e le militeri a le militeri Amerika, se faaputuga fetu o Amerika i itu uma o lena konetineta," TomDispatch.com, Aperila 27, 2017, http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176272/tomgram%3A_nick_turse%2C_the_u.s._military_moves_deeper_into_africa/.

[4] Afghanistan, Pakistan, Filipaina, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Uganda, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, the Central Africa Republic, Syria, Kenya, Cameroon, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic o Kongo, Saudi Arabia, ma Tunisia. Vaʻai Savell ma 5W Infographics; Nick Turse ma Sean D. Naylor, "Faʻaalia: O le US militeri's 36 Code-called Operations in Africa," Yahoo News, Aperila 17, 2019, https://news.yahoo.com/revealed-the-us-militarys-36-codenamed-operations-in-africa-090000841.html.

[5] Nick Turse, “Faʻavae, Faʻavae, Soʻo Se Mea… Seʻi vagana ai le Lipoti a le Pentagon,” TomDispatch.com, Ianuari 8, 2019, http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176513/tomgram%3A_nick_turse%2C_one_down%2C_who_knows_how_many_to_go/#more; Vine, Malo Malo, 3-5; Vine, "Lisi o Malo Taua a Amerika i fafo."

[6] David Vine, American University, fuafuaina o tau faʻavae mo OBRACC, vine@american.edu, faʻafouina faʻatusatusaga i Vine, Malo Malo, 195-214.