Commentary: Rethink weapons exports

Isu tinobata sei vapikisi? Mune mademokrasi akasimba, tinovabatanidza mukutaurirana kwekudyidzana. Mune mademokrasi asina kusimba, isu tinovabvisa uye tinovakunda. Kana isu tisingabatsiri, tinogona kuvauraya.

Saka nei United States, mutungamiri werusununguko, akave mutengesi mukuru wezvombo pasi rese?

Mu2016, hurumende yeUS zvombo zvekutengesa kunze kwenyika zvinosvika madhora makumi matatu nemasere emadhora, inopfuura chetatu chemabhiriyoni zana emadhora ekutengesa zvombo pasirese. Izvo zvinosanganisira chete hurumende-kune-hurumende yekune dzimwe nyika kutengesa kwemauto, kunotenderwa neDhipatimendi reDziviriro. Izvo hazvisanganise mabhirioni akatengeswa mukutengesa kwakananga kwekushambadzira umo Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics nemamwe mafemu ezvombo vanogashira marezinesi eDhipatimendi reHurumende kutengesa zvakananga kuhurumende dzekunze.

Asi indasitiri yezvombo inonyanya kushamiswa mune bhizinesi rekusingaperi rinodzivisa vadzivisi.

Vamwe vacharamba vachiti: zvombo zveUnited States zvinodzivirira vanhu vasina mhosva kubva kune utsinye hunopisa. Oo, chaizvoizvo? Ndekupi kupi kuongororwa kwevatambi vekukonana kuti vaongorore kuti mafungiro evanhukadzi? Iko kupi kushandiswa kwehutano hwemagariro ekutengeserana kwemaoko? Vangani vakaurayiwa nemauto eUnited States kufa?

Chii chiri kushandiswa kwesainzi yese mukugadzira zvombo kana pasina sainzi mukuongorora mashandisirwo ezvombo kumatambudziko epasirese epasi?

Kana isu tiri kuzvitora nekutenda kuti zvombo zvinokurudzira nzanga dziri nani, kana tisiri kubvunzurudza nharaunda dzakabatwa nezvombo, kana tisiri kuenzanisa mabhenefiti emadhora 1 bhiriyoni kumaindasitiri emaoko kana kunongedzo isiri yechisimba yekugadzirisa, zvino kubhadhara mitero yekutsigira kugadzirwa kwezvombo yakaenzana nekubhadhara mutero kutsigira chitendero.

Kunyange zvakadaro mutungamiri weUnited States yose kubva muChnumX Nixon Doctrine ave ari mutengesi wemabhizimisi emishonga, achizvinyora, achiwedzera rubatsiro rwehurumende kwairi, achigamuchira mishandirapamwe kubva kune iyo, uye achideredza dzimwe nyika ye1969 nemishonga inouraya.

Uye kuve Number One Weapons Mutengesi hakuna kukwana. Mutungamiri Donald Trump vanoti Mapazi eHurumende neDziviriro haasi kusundidzira zvombo kunze kwenyika zvakakwana.

Agashira mamirioni makumi matatu emadhora kubva kuNRA, VaTrump vanotarisira kuendesa mutoro wekurwisa pfuti kunze kwenyika kubva kuDhipatimendi reHurumende, iro rinoona nezve kunze kwenyika zvombo zvinogona kukanganisa mhirizhonga, kuDhipatimendi Rezvekutengeserana, izvo zvisingaiti.

Obama, mukuru wemabhizimisi ezvombo, akanga atotanga kusunungura kutarisa, asi dzimwe zvirongwa zvakarongedzwa neAmerican mass shootings, izvo zvakaita kuti kuregererwa kwekutengeserana kweA-AR-15s kuonekwe semapenzi.

Hazvina mhosva kuti ndiani watinosarudza, zvigadzirwa zvemabhizimisi uye mitemo yekunze kune dzimwe nyika inotungamirirwa ne Iron Iron - kusanganiswa kwevaya vari muhurumende, mauto, uye indasitiri yezvombo inotarisana nekuwedzera misika dzezvombo uye kuisa kutyisidzira-"rugare."

Panzvimbo pekugadzirisa gakava, vatengesi vezvombo vanokura mukati maro, kunge zvipembenene zvinokanganisa ronda. Sekutsanangura kunoita William Hartung mu "Vaporofita veHondo," Lockheed Martin akatsigira kufambisa mutemo wekunze kune zvinangwa zvekambani zvekuwedzera kunze kwenyika nezvikamu makumi maviri nezvishanu muzana.

Lockheed akasundira kuwedzera kweNATO pasuwo reRussia kuita mabhiriyoni emadhora zvombo anobata nenhengo nyowani. Iyo Project yeiyo New American Century, ine simba "yekufunga tank" ine Lockheed Martin mukuru semukuru, akasundira kupinda muIraq.

Maindasitiri emaoko anotsvaga rutsigiro nekuparadzira zvombo zvechibvumirano mabasa kumatunhu ekongiresi. Mabasa sezviri pachena anoita kuti kuuraya kuve kwakakodzera. Ziva kuti 70 muzana kusvika makumi masere muzana emari yemabhizimusi eUS anowanikwa kubva kuhurumende yeUS. Kana isu tiri kushandisa mutero kubhadhara mabasa, wadii mabasa kurwisa moto wesango? Kuenda zuva?

Kudurura rubatsiro mumabhizimusi emaoko kunokanganisa kugadzirwa kwevagari uye hunyanzvi. Vadzidzi vako vanorota kuva masayendisiti? Vagadzirire ivo veuto rehondo. Izvo hazvizove nyore kuwana mari pasina icho. Ruzhinji rwefesheni yekutsvagisa nekusimudzira mari inoenda kuzviitiko zvine chekuita nemauto.

Zvinonzwisisika, kushandiswa kwekuchengetedzwa kwenyika pamwe nePentagon isina kuonekwa, zvinhu zvakanyanyisa, zvinodhura zvinodhura, uye kwete-mari yekutengesa-pamwe nezvibvumirano zvinokonzera kukanganisa kwenyika yose mumabasa. Zvizhinji zvimwe zvezvematongerwe enyika zvinowedzera mamwe mabasa pamatare emari.

Kuita kuti chibvumirano chevabhadharira mutero weUS chinyanye kuoma ndyiko dzemushandirapamwe dzemushandirapamwe, mibairo yeECO, zvinosvibisa zvakatipoteredza, chiokomuhomwe chikuru kuvakuru vekunze, nekukumbira mari - madhora makumi manomwe nemana emadhora mugore ra74. 2015.

Zvichakadaro, ndiani anoteerera kuzviuru zvevanhu vekuSouth Korea vachikumbira kubviswa kwaLokheed Martin's Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system?

Ndiani anoteerera vabereki vevadzidzi veMexico vakapondwa nemauto eMexico? Vanoti zvombo zveUS zvakatengeswa kuMexico zvinokuvadza kupfuura zvinodhaka zveMexico zvinotengeswa kumaAmerican. Rusvingo rwaTrump ruchadzivirira sei maMexico kubva kuzvombo zvePusher Nhamba Yekutanga?

Indasitiri yezvombo inowana rubatsiro rusununguko pasina ruzivo rwezvematongerwo enyika, hapana kuongorora, hapana mutoro wemigumisiro, uye hapana zvatinotarisira kuti zvombo zvingagadzirisa zvinokonzera kukakavara. Mukutaura kwekurova kwezvinangwa zvehupfumi, zvematongerwo enyika, zvehupfumi, uye yekufambira mberi kwezvakatipoteredza, zvombo zvinopfura chero chinhu kunze kwemavara.

Kunge nhengo yese mumuviri, indasitiri yemaoko yakakosha, asi kana basa rayo rekumanikidza rekuzvikurudzira rikasiya basa remuviri, rinobvisa dzimwe nhengo dzekudya, uye rinosvibisa muviri, inguva yekuvhiyiwa uye kupodzwa.

Kristin Christman ane degrees mumutauro weRussia uye hurumende kubva kuDartmouth, Brown, uye SUNY Albany.

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