NaMedea Benjamin naNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, November 13, 2022
Kana vatungamiriri vane simba veSenate Armed Services Committee, maseneta Jack Reed (D) naJim Inhofe (R), vakaita nzira yavo, Congress ichakurumidza kudaidza nguva yehondo. masimba ekukurumidzira kuvaka zvakatokura matura ezvombo zvePentagon. The kugadzirisa Zvinofungidzirwa kuti zvakagadzirirwa kufambisa kuzadzazve zvombo zvakatumirwa neUnited States kuUkraine, asi kutarisa rondedzero yezvishuwo zviri kutaurwa mugadziriso iyi inoratidza imwe nyaya.
Pfungwa yaReed naInhofe ndeyekuisa shanduko yavo munguva yehondo muFY2023 National Defense Appropriation Act (NDAA) iyo ichapasiswa panguva yechikamu chelameduck gore risati rapera. Kugadziriswa kwakafamba nechikepe kuburikidza neArmed Services Committee pakati paGumiguru uye, kana ukava mutemo, Dhipatimendi reDziviriro richabvumidzwa kukiya muzvibvumirano zvemakore akawanda uye kupa zvibvumirano zvisiri zvemakwikwi kune vanogadzira zvombo zvezvombo zvine chekuita neUkraine.
Kana iyo Reed / Inhofe shanduko iri chaizvo chinangwa pakuzadzazve zvinhu zvePentagon, saka nei huwandu hwechido chayo huchipfuura zvakanyanya izvo yakatumirwa kuUkraine?
Ngatiite kuenzanisa:
- Nyeredzi iripo yerubatsiro rwemauto eUS kuUkraine ndiLockheed Martin's HIMARS rocket system, chombo chimwe chete US Marines yakashandiswa kubatsira kuderedza yakawanda yeMosul, guta rechipiri pakukura muIraq, kusvika marara mu 2017. The US chete akatuma 38 HIMARS hurongwa kuUkraine, asi Senators Reed uye Inhofe kuronga "reorder" 700 vavo, pamwe 100,000 zvitundumuseremusere, izvo zvingaita mari kusvika $4 bhiriyoni.
- Chimwe chombo chepfuti chakapihwa kuUkraine ndicho M777 155 mm seiitzer. Kuti "tsive" iyo 142 M777s yakatumirwa kuUkraine, maseneta anoronga kuronga 1,000 yavo, pamutengo unofungidzirwa we $ 3.7 bhiriyoni, kubva kuBAE Systems.
- HIMARS vanovhura vanogona zvakare kupisa Lockheed Martin kureba (kusvika 190 mamaira) MGM-140 ATACMS zvombo, izvo US haina kutumira kuUkraine. Kutaura zvazviri US yakangodzinga mazana mashanu nemakumi matanhatu avo, kunyanya kuIraq mu560.Precision Strike Missile,” yaimborambidzwa pasi pe INF Chibvumirano Yakarambwa naTrump, ichatanga kutsiva ATACMS muna 2023, asi Reed-Inhofe Amendment yaizotenga zviuru zvitanhatu zveATACMS, kakapetwa kagumi kupfuura zvakamboshandiswa neUS, pamutengo unofungidzirwa wemadhora mazana matanhatu emamiriyoni.
- Reed naInhofe vanoronga kutenga zviuru makumi maviri Inobaya anti-ndege zvombo kubva kuRaytheon. Asi Congress yakatoshandisa madhora mazana matatu nemakumi mana emamiriyoni e340 Stingers kutsiva 2,800 yakatumirwa kuUkraine. Reed uye Inhofe's Amendment "ichazadzisazve" masheya ePentagon kakapetwa gumi nemana pamusoro, izvo zvinogona kuita $1,400 bhiriyoni.
- United States yakapa Ukraine neaviri chete maHarpoon anti-ship missile masisitimu - yatove kukwira kwekusimudzira - asi shanduko inosanganisira chiuru cheBoeing. harpoon zvombo zvinokandwa (pamadhora 1.4 bhiriyoni) uye 800 itsva Kongsberg Zvombo zveNaval Strike (inenge $ 1.8 bhiriyoni), kutsiva kwePentagon kweHarpoon.
- The Patriot mhepo kudzivirira hurongwa ndechimwe chombo US haana kutumira kuUkraine, nokuti mumwe nomumwe hurongwa anogona mari bhiriyoni emadhora uye inokosha kudzidziswa kosi kuti nyanzvi kuchengeta uye kugadzirisa zvinotora anopfuura gore kupedza. Uye zvakadaro iyo Inhofe-Reed chishuwo rondedzero inosanganisira zviuru gumi zvePatriot zvombo, pamwe neanovhura, ayo anogona kuwedzera kusvika kumadhora mazana matatu emadhora.
ATACMS, Harpoons uye Stingers zvese zvombo izvo Pentagon yakanga yatopedza, saka sei uchipedzera mabhiriyoni emadhora kutenga zviuru zvaro izvozvi? Izvi ndezvei chaizvo? Ichi chigadziriso muenzaniso wakanyanya wakashata wekubatsira kwehondo nemauto-maindasitiri-Congressional yakaoma? Kana kuti United States iri kugadzirira kurwa hondo huru yepasi neRussia here?
Kutonga kwedu kwakanakisisa ndekwekuti zvose ndezvechokwadi.
Tichitarisa rondedzero yezvombo, muongorori wemauto uye pamudyandigere Marine Colonel Mark Cancian akadaro: “Izvi hazvisi kutsiva zvatakapa [Ukraine]. Iri kuvaka matura ehondo huru yepasi [neRussia] mune ramangwana. Iyi haisi rondedzero yaungashandisa kuChina. KuChina isu tingave nerunyorwa rwakasiyana kwazvo. "
Mutungamiri Biden vanoti havasi kuzotumira mauto eUS kunorwisa Russia nekuti ndizvo zvazvichaita Hondo Yenyika III. Asi iyo nguva yakareba iyo hondo ichienderera mberi uye iyo inowedzera kuwedzera, zvakanyanya kujeka kuti mauto eUS anobatanidzwa zvakananga mune zvakawanda zvehondo: kubatsira kuronga Ukrainian mashandiro; kupa satellite-based intelligence; waging cyber warfare; uye kushanda pachivande mukati meUkraine semauto akakosha anoshanda uye CIA paramilitaries. Iye zvino Russia yakapomera mauto eBritish special operations kuti mabasa akananga mugungwa drone kurwisa Sevastopol uye kuparadzwa kweNord Stream gasi pombi.
Sezvo kupinda kweUS muhondo kwakawedzera kunyangwe Biden's vimbiso dzakaputsika, Pentagon inofanira kunge yakagadzira hurongwa hwenjodzi yehondo yakazara pakati peUnited States neRussia. Kana izvo zvirongwa zvikamboitwa, uye kana zvikasakurumidza kukonzeresa kuguma kwenyika hondo yenyukireya, ivo vachada huwandu hukuru hwezvombo chaizvo, uye ndicho chinangwa cheReed-Inhofe stockpiles.
Panguva imwecheteyo, kugadzirisa kunoratidzika kupindura zvichemo nevagadziri vezvombo kuti Pentagon "yaifamba zvishoma nezvishoma" mukushandisa mari yakawanda yakagoverwa kuUkraine. Kunyange zvazvo mari inopfuura mabhiriyoni makumi maviri emadhora yakagoverwa zvombo, zvibvumirano zvekutenga chaizvo zvombo zveUkraine uye kutsiva izvo zvakatumirwa ikoko kusvika zvino zvinosvika madhora mabhiriyoni 20 chete kutanga kwaNovember.
Saka bonanza rekutengesa zvombo raitarisirwa rakanga risati raitika, uye vagadziri vezvombo vakanga vava kushivirira. With the kuzorora kwenyika vachiwedzera kudaidzira nhaurirano dzemumiriri, kana Congress ikasafamba, hondo inogona kupera isati yasvika vagadziri vezvombo jackpot yaitarisirwa zvakanyanya.
Mark Cancian akatsanangura kuDefenceNews, "Isu tanga tichinzwa kubva kumaindasitiri, patakataura navo nezvenyaya iyi, kuti vari kuda kuona chiratidzo chekuda."
Apo Reed-Inhofe Amendment yakafamba nemukomiti pakati paGumiguru, zvaive pachena kuti "chiratidzo chekuda" chaitsvakwa nevatengesi verufu. Mitengo yemasheya yeLockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman uye General Dynamics yakasimuka semabhomba ekurwisa ndege, ichiputika kusvika pakupera kwemwedzi.
Julia Gledhill, muongorori weProjekti pamusoro peHurumende Oversight, akashoropodza hurongwa hwekukurumidzira munguva yehondo mukugadziridzwa, achiti "zvinowedzera kushatisa nzira dzakatosimba dzekuchengetedza mauto kudzivirira kukwira kwemitengo yemauto."
Kuvhura mikova yemakore akawanda, asiri emakwikwi, emabhiriyoni emadhora emadhora zvibvumirano zvemauto zvinoratidza kuti vanhu veAmerica vakabatwa sei mukurwisana kwehondo uye kushandiswa kwemauto. Hondo imwe neimwe itsva inova chikonzero chekuwedzera kuwedzera kwemari yehondo, yakawanda yacho isingaenderani nehondo iripo iyo inopa chivharo chekuwedzera. Muongorori webhajeti remauto Carl Conetta akaratidzira (ona Executive Summary) mu2010, mushure memakore ehondo muAfghanistan neIraq, kuti "mabasa iwayo anoverengera (ed) chete 52% yekuvhiya" mukushandiswa kwemauto eUS panguva iyoyo.
Andrew Lautz weNational Taxpayers 'Union ikozvino anoverenga kuti base Pentagon bhajeti ichapfuura $1 trillion pagore na2027, makore mashanu apfuura pane zvakarongwa neCongressional Budget Hofisi. Asi kana tikaisa mari inosvika mabhiriyoni mazana maviri nemakumi matatu emadhora pagore mumari inoenderana nemauto mumabhajeti emamwe madhipatimendi, seMagetsi (yezvombo zvenyukireya), Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Justice (FBI cybersecurity), uye State, kushandiswa kwemari yekusachengeteka kwenyika kwave. yakatorova matrillion emadhora pagore, ichikwira zvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu yegore negore discretionary mari.
Kudyara kweAmerica kwakanyanya muchizvarwa chitsva chezvombo kunoita kuti zvisaite kuti vezvematongerwo enyika verimwe bato vazive, tirege kubvuma kune veruzhinji, kuti zvombo zveAmerica nehondo zvave zvakakonzera matambudziko mazhinji epasirese, kwete mhinduro, uye izvo. havakwanise kugadzirisa dambudziko rezvematongerwo enyika rekunze.
Seneta Reed naInhofe vanozodzivirira kugadziridzwa kwavo sedanho rakangwara rekudzivisa uye kugadzirira kuwedzera kweRussia kwehondo, asi kukwira kwekuwedzera kwatakavharirwa mazviri hakusi kudivi rimwe. Izvi mhedzisiro yezviito zvekuwedzera nemativi ese, uye kuvakwa kwemaoko kwakakura kwakatenderwa neshanduko iyi kuwedzera zvine njodzi kudivi reUS izvo zvichawedzera njodzi yeHondo Yenyika iyo yakavimbiswa neMutungamiri Biden kudzivirira.
Mushure mehondo dzinotyisa uye kubhejera mabhajeti emauto eUS emakore makumi maviri neshanu apfuura, tinofanira kunge takachenjera pari zvino kusvika pakukura kwehuipi hwatinobatwa mairi. Uye mushure mekutamba neAmagedhoni kwemakore makumi mana neshanu muHondo Yemashoko yekupedzisira, tinofanirawo kuva vakachenjera kune ngozi iripo yekubatanidzwa mumhando iyi yehukama neRussia yakashongedzerwa zvombo zvenyukireya. Saka, kana takachenjera, tichapikisa Reed/Inhofe Amendment.
Medea Benjamin naNicolas JS Davies ndivo vanyori ve Hondo muUkraine: Kuita Sense yeKusawirirana Kusina Mufungo, inowanikwa kubva kuOR Books muna Mbudzi 2022.
Medea Benjamin ndiye muvambi we CODEPINK Rugare, uye munyori wemabhuku akawanda, kusanganisira Mukati Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies mutori wenhau akazvimirira, muongorori neCODEPINK uye munyori we Ropa pamaoko edu: IAmerican Invasion uye Kuparadza kweIraq.
2 Mhinduro
Kubva pamusoro pemusoro wangu - vape hafu yezvese zvavanokumbira uye izvo zvaizosiya 475 bhiriyoni kurwisa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze.
Ini ndinotsigira izvi pane chokwadi chekuti hatisi kuhondo. Pfungwa yekuti tinofanira kupa mauto rusununguko rwekuita sekunge tiri muhondo (nokusingaperi?) inoseka.
Hondo yepasi neRussia? Kubva pane zvandinonzwa vari kuunganidza masoja kubva kune dzimwe nyika uye vachikwevera vagari vasingadi kubva mumigwagwa kuti vazadze mabheti avo muUkraine uko vagari vakafanana vachave vasina kudya kwakakwana uye midziyo pamwe chete nemafungiro asina kunaka ekurwisa nawo.
Ndinokupa hondo yenyukireya injodzi yakawedzera parizvino asi hapana chimwe chezvishandiso izvi zvinodhura zvinoderedza njodzi iyi kubva kumuvengi anosuwa zvekusundira bhatani iro.
Kune rimwe divi, iyo fossil mafuta hondo iyo isina munhu anotaura nezvayo inoshatirwa. Indasitiri iyi inogona kunge iri kuuraya vanhu vakawanda kudarika zviito zvemauto zvabatanidzwa asi tichavapa nzvimbo yakawanda yekuchera mugomba nekuti tikasadaro vachakwidza mutengo wechigadzirwa chavo zvakatokwira.
Handifunge kuti tinogona kutambura kubatwa nembavha mbiri panguva imwe chete.
Iri i“bullish” (mupfungwa yese yeizwi) chidimbu chemutemo chinodiwa chinofanirwa kunyorwa zvakare neane pfungwa dzakachena kwete mukubatana neindasitiri yezvombo!