naDanaka Katovich, CODEPINK, June 9, 2021
Pane imwe nguva zhizha re2018 risati rasvika, chibvumirano chemaoko kubva kuUS kuenda kuSaudi Arabia chakavharwa nekuunzwa. Bhomba 227kg rinotungamirwa neraser rakagadzirwa naLokheed Martin, mumwe wezviuru zvakawanda, yaive chikamu chekutengesa ikoko. PaAugust 9th, 2018 rimwe remabhomba eLokheed Martin aive akadonhedzwa bhazi rechikoro rakazara nevana veYemeni. Vakanga vari munzira kuenda kumunda rwendo apo hupenyu hwavo hwakaguma kamwe kamwe. Pakati pekuvhunduka uye kushungurudzika, vadiwa vavo vaizodzidza kuti Lockheed Martin ndiye aive nebasa rekugadzira bhomba rakauraya vana vavo.
Chavangangodaro vasingazive ndechekuti hurumende yeUnited States (Mutungamiriri neDhipatimendi reHurumende) vakabvumidza kutengeswa kwebhomba rakauraya vana vavo, mukuita izvi vachifumisa Lockheed Martin, iyo inoita mamirioni mubatsiro kubva mukutengesa zvombo gore rega rega.
Nepo Lockheed Martin achibatsirwa nekufa kwevana makumi mana veYemeni musi iwoyo, makambani epamusoro eUnited States ezvombo anoenderera mberi nekutengesa zvombo kumatunhu anodzvinyirira pasi rese, achiuraya vanhu vasingaverengeke muPalestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, uye nezvimwe. Uye muzviitiko zvakawanda, veruzhinji veUnited States havana zano rekuti izvi zviri kuitwa muzita redu kuti vabatsire makambani akazvimiririra akakurisa pasirese.
Zvino, chitsva $ Miriyoni 735 mune zvombo-zvinotungamirwa zvombo zviri kutengeswa kuIsrael- zvakafanirwa kuve nedambudziko rakafanana. Nhau nezvekutengesa uku dzakapunzika mukati mekurwiswa kweIzdaeri kweGaza kwakauraya vanopfuura mazana maviri ePalestine. Israeri painorwisa Gaza, zvinoita saizvozvo nemabhomba akagadzirwa neUS uye ndege dzehondo.
Kana tikashora kuparadzwa kunosemesa kwehupenyu kunoitika apo Saudi Arabia kana Israel inouraya vanhu nezvombo zvakagadzirwa neUS, chii chatingaite nezvazvo?
Kutengesa zvombo kuri kuvhiringidza. Imwe neimwe nguva mune imwe nyaya nhau ichapaza nezvechimwe chombo chinotengeswa kubva kuUnited States kuenda kune imwe nyika pasi rose icho chakakosha mamirioni, kana kunyangwe mabhiriyoni emadhora. Uye sevanhu vekuAmerican, isu hatina kana mukana wekuti mabhomba anoti "MADE IN USA" anoenda kupi. Panguva yatinonzwa nezvekutengesa, marezinesi ekutengesa kunze kwenyika anenge atobvumidzwa uye mafekitori eBoeing ari kuburitsa zvombo zvatisati tambonzwa nezvazvo.
Kunyangwe kune vanhu vanozvitora sevanonyatsoziva nezvemauto-maindasitiri nzvimbo vanozviwana vachirasika muwebhu yekuita uye nguva yekutengesa zvombo. Pane kushomeka kwakanyanya kwekujeka uye ruzivo rwunowanikwa kuvanhu veAmerica. Kazhinji, heino mashandisiro emaoko:
Pane nguva yekutaurirana inoitika pakati penyika inoda kutenga zvombo uye kungave hurumende yeUS kana kambani yakazvimiririra yakaita saBoing kana Lockheed Martin. Mushure mekunge chibvumirano chasvitswa, State department inodikanwa neArms Export Control Act kuzivisa Congress. Mushure mekunge ziviso yatambirwa neCongress, vane Mazuva gumi nemashanu kana makumi matatu ekuzivisa uye kupfuura Kugadziriswa kweJoint Disapproval kuvhara kuburitswa kwerezinesi rekutengesa kunze. Huwandu hwemazuva hunoenderana nekuti United States iri padyo sei nenyika ichitenga zvombo.
KuIsrael, nyika dzeNATO, nevamwe vashoma, Kongiresi ine mazuva gumi nemashanu ekuvhara kutengeswa kupfuure. Chero ani anoziva nzira inonetsa yeCongress yekuita zvinhu anogona kuziva kuti mazuva gumi nemashanu haisi nguva yakakwana yekunyatso tarisa kana kutengesa mamirioni / mabhiriyoni emadhora muzvombo kuri mune zvematongerwo enyika kufarira kweUnited States.
Iyi nguva yenguva inorevei kune vanotsigira kupokana nekutengesa zvombo? Zvinoreva kuti vane hwindo diki remukana wekusvika kunhengo dzeCongress. Tora iyo ichangoburwa uye ine nharo $ 735 mamirioni Boeing kutengesa kuIsrael semuenzaniso. Nyaya yakatsemuka mazuva mashoma chete iwo mazuva gumi nemashanu asati apera. Hezvinoi zvakaitika sei:
Musi waMay 5, 2021 Congress yakaziviswa nezvekutengesa. Nekudaro, sezvo kutengesa kwaive kushambadzira (kubva kuBoing kuenda kuIsrael) pachinzvimbo chehurumende-ku-hurumende (kubva kuUnited States kuenda kuIsrael), pane kushaikwa kukuru kwekujeka nekuti pane nzira dzakasiyana dzekutengesa zvekutengesa. Zvino muna Chivabvu 17, kwasara mazuva mashoma chete mumazuva gumi neshanu Kongiresi inofanirwa kuvhara kutengesa, iyo nyaya yekutengesa yakaputsika. Kutarisana nekutengesa pazuva rekupedzisira remazuva gumi nemashanu, chibvumirano chekubvumirana chakatangwa muImba muna Chivabvu 15. Zuva rinotevera, Sénata Sanders akaunza mutemo wake kuvhara kutengesa muSeneti, kana mazuva gumi nemashanu apera. Rezinesi rekutengesa kunze rakange ratobvumidzwa neDhipatimendi reHurumende musi iwoyo iwoyo.
Mutemo wakaunzwa naSenator Sanders uye Mumiriri Ocasio-Cortez kuvhara kutengeswa kwaive kusingabatsiri sezvo nguva yakanga yapera.
Nekudaro, zvese hazvirasike, sezvo paine nzira dzinoverengeka yekutengesa inogona kumiswa mushure mekunge rezinesi rekutengesa rapihwa Dhipatimendi reHurumende rinogona kubvisa rezinesi, Mutungamiriri anogona kumisa kutengesa, uye Congress inogona kuunza mutemo chaiwo wekutadzisa kutengesa chero nguva kusvika zvombo zvaendeswa. Sarudzo yekupedzisira haina kumbobvira yaitwa kare, asi pane yechangobva kuitika muenzaniso inoratidza kuti zvinogona kunge zvisina kana chinangwa kuyedza.
Congress yakapasa bipartisan yakagadziriswa resolution yekusafarira mu 2019 yekuvhara kutengeswa kwemaoko kuUnited Arab Emirates. Ipapo Mutungamiri Donald Trump vakakwikwidza danho iri uye Congress haina mavhoti ekuti vakunde. Nekudaro, mamiriro ezvinhu aya airatidza kuti mativi ese eiyo nzira anokwanisa kushanda pamwechete kudzivirira kutengeswa kwemaoko.
Iyo inogutsa uye inonetesa nzira dzekutengesa maoko dzinoenda kuburikidza nekusimudza mibvunzo miviri yakakosha. Isu tinofanirwa here kunge tichitengesa zvombo kunyika idzi pakutanga? Uye panofanirwa kuve neshanduko yakakosha munzira yekutengesa zvombo kuti maAmerican vawane zvakawanda zvekutaura?
Zvinoenderana nezvedu mutemo, United States haifanire kunge iri kutumira zvombo kunyika dzakaita seIsrael neSaudi Arabia (pakati pevamwe). Nehunyanzvi, kuita izvi kunopesana neInternational Assistance Act, unova mumwe wemitemo mikuru inotonga kutengesa zvombo.
Chikamu 502B cheMutemo Wekubatsira Kunze kwenyika chinoti zvombo zvinotengeswa neUnited States hazvigone kushandiswa mukutyora kodzero dzevanhu. Saudi Arabia payakadonhedza iro Lockheed Martin bhomba pane avo vana veYemeni, hapana nharo inogona kuitirwa "kuzvidzivirira zviri pamutemo." Kana chinangwa chekutanga chea Saudi airstrikes muYemen iri michato, mariro, zvikoro, nenzvimbo dzekugara muSanaa, United States haina chikonzero chepamutemo chekushandisa kwavo zvombo zvakagadzirwa neUS. Israel painoshandisa Boeing pamwe chete kurwisa munitions kuyera dzimba dzekugara uye nhepfenyuro dzepasirese nzvimbo, ivo havasi kuita izvi nekuda kwe "zviri pamutemo kuzvidzivirira"
Muzuva rino nezera apo mavhidhiyo evabatsiri veUS vanoita mhosva dzehondo anowanikwa nyore nyore paTwitter kana pa Instagram, hapana munhu anogona kutaura kuti havazive zvombo zvakagadzirwa neUS zvinoshandiswa pasi rese.
Sevanhu veAmerica, pane matanho akakosha anofanirwa kutorwa. Tiri kuda kuisa kuedza kwedu mukushandura maitiro ekutengesa zvombo kusanganisira kuwedzera pachena uye kuzvidavirira? Isu tinodisa kukumbira kumitemo yedu pachedu? Zvinotonyanya kukosha: isu tinodisa here kuisa kuyedza kwedu mukuchinja zvakanyanya hupfumi hwedu kuitira kuti vabereki veYemeni nePalestine vanoisa yega yega rudo mukurera vana vavo havafanirwe kurarama vachitya kuti nyika yavo yese inogona kutorwa munguva pfupi? Sezvazviri, hupfumi hwedu hunobatsira nekutengesa maturusi ekuparadza kune dzimwe nyika Icho chinhu icho vanhu vekuAmerican vanofanirwa kuziva uye kubvunza kana paine imwe nzira iri nani yekuve chikamu chenyika. Nhanho dzinotevera dzevanhu vari kunetsekana nekutengeswa kwezvombo kutsva kuIsrael dzinofanirwa kunge dziri kukumbira kuDhipatimendi reHurumende uye kukumbira nhengo dzadzo dzeCongress kuti dziunze mutemo unodzivirira kutengeswa.
Danaka Katovich muchengeti wemushandirapamwe kuCODEPINK pamwe nemurongi weboka revadiki veCODEPINK iro Peace Collective. Danaka akapedza kudzidza kuDePaul University aine dhigirii reBachelor mune Zvematongerwo enyika Sayenzi munaNovember 2020 aine tarisiro mune zvematongerwo enyika. Kubva 2018 anga achishandira kupedzisa kutora chikamu kweUS muhondo muYemen, achitarisa kuCongressal war kugadzira masimba. KuCODEPINK anoshanda pakushambadzira kwevechidiki semubatsiri weRunyararo Rwekutarisana rinotarisana nedzidzo inopesana nevekutsiva pamwe nekudzingwa.
