Zvisinei nekusawirirana pane zvimwe zvakagadziridzwa mudare reSeneti, United States Congress yave kuda kupasa bhiriyoni yemadhora mazana manomwe nesere emadhora ebhajeti regore ra778. Sezvavange vachiita gore negore, vakuru vakuru vedu vakasarudzwa vari kugadzirira kupa mugove weshumba - kupfuura 65% - ye federal discretionary yekushandisa kumuchina wehondo weUS, kunyangwe vachitsveta maoko avo pamusoro pekushandisa chikamu chimwe muzvina chemari iyoyo paBuild Back Better Act.
Uto reUS rekodhi rinoshamisa rekutadza kwakarongeka - nguva pfupi yadarika kuburitswa kwayo kwekupedzisira neTaliban mushure memakore makumi maviri. rufu, kuparadzwa uye nhema muAfghanistan-inochemera kuongororwa kwepamusoro-ku-pasi kwechinzvimbo chayo chikuru mugwaro rekunze reUS uye kuongororwa kwakadzama kwenzvimbo yayo yakakodzera mubhajeti reCongress.
Pane kudaro, gore negore, nhengo dzeCongress dzinopa chikamu chikuru chezviwanikwa zvenyika yedu kusangano rine huori, nekutariswa kushoma uye pasina kutya kuri pachena kwekuzvidavirira kana zvasvika pakusarudzwa patsva kwavo. Nhengo dzeCongress dzichiri kuzviona sekudaidzira "kwakachengeteka" kwezvematongerwo enyika kuti varove vasina hanya zvitambi zvavo zverabha uye kuvhotera mazana emabhiriyoni emari muPentagon nevanorwira indasitiri yezvombo vanyengetedza maArmed Services Committees kuti vanofanirwa kukosora.
Ngatisaite chikanganiso pamusoro peizvi: Sarudzo yeCongress yekuramba uchidyara muhondo huru, isingashande uye inodhura zvisingaite haina chekuita ne "kuchengetedzwa kwenyika" sekunzwisisa kunoita vanhu vazhinji, kana "kudzivirira" sekutsanangurwa kwazvinoitwa neduramazwi.
Nzanga yeUS inotarisana nekutyisidzirwa kwakanyanya kuchengetedzeka kwedu, kusanganisira dambudziko remamiriro ekunze, rusaruraganda, kuparara kwekodzero dzekuvhota, mhirizhonga yepfuti, kusaenzana kwakanyanya uye kubiwa kwemasimba ezvematongerwo enyika. Asi rimwe dambudziko ratisina rombo rakanaka nderekutyisidzira kwekurwiswa kana kupindwa nemunhu akapararira pasi rose kana, chokwadi, neimwe nyika zvachose.
Kuchengetedza muchina wehondo unodarika iwo 12 kana 13 mauto makuru anotevera munyika akabatanidzwa anototiita zvishoma yakachengeteka, sezvo hutongi hutsva hwega hwega hunotora nhaka yehunyengeri kuti simba remauto reUnited States rinoparadza zvakanyanya rinogona, uye naizvozvo rinofanira, kushandiswa kutarisana nedambudziko ripi zvaro rinofungidzirwa kune zvido zveUnited States chero kupi zvako munyika-kunyangwe pasina zvakajeka mhinduro yehondo uye apo vazhinji. yematambudziko aripasi akakonzerwa nekusashandiswa zvisizvo kwesimba remauto reUS pakutanga.
Nepo matambudziko epasi rese atinotarisana nawo muzana rino ramakore achida kuzvipira kwechokwadi kumubatanidzwa wepasi rose uye diplomacy, Congress inogovera chete madhora 58 bhiriyoni, isingasviki 10 muzana yebhajeti rePentagon, kumapoka ehurumende yedu: Dhipatimendi reHurumende. Zvakatonyanya kuipa, manejimendi eDemocratic neRepublican anoramba achizadza zvinzvimbo zvepamusoro nevakuru vakadzidziswa uye vakanyura mumitemo yehondo nekumanikidzana, vane ruzivo rushoma uye hunyanzvi hushoma murunyararo rwatinoda kwazvo.
Izvi zvinongosimudzira gwara rekunze rakakundikana rakavakirwa pasarudzo dzenhema pakati pezvirango zvehupfumi izvo vakuru veUN vakafananidza nazvo kukomba kwemuMiddle Ages, zvinokanganisa izvozvo kugadzikana nyika nematunhu kwemakumi emakore, uye hondo nemabhomba danidziro dzinouraya mamiriyoni yevanhu uye kusiya maguta ari matongo, senge Mosul muIraq uye Raqqa muSyria.
Kupera kweCold War waive mukana wegoridhe weUnited States kudzikisa mauto ayo uye bhajeti remauto kuti rienderane nezvinodiwa zvekudzivirira zviri pamutemo. Veruzhinji veAmerica vaitarisira uye vakatarisira "Rugare Mugove," uye kunyange veteran Pentagon vakuru vakaudza Senate Budget Committee muna 1991 kuti mari yemauto inogona. kuchekwa zvakachengeteka ne50% mumakore gumi anotevera.
Asi hapana kutema kwakadaro kwakaitika. Vakuru veUS vakaronga kushandisa iyo post-Cold War "Power Dividend,” kusaenzana kukuru kwemauto achitsigira United States, nokutanga zvikonzero zvokushandisa mauto akasununguka uye munyika yose. Munguva yekuchinja kune hutsva Clinton hutongi, Madeleine Albright ane mukurumbira Abvunzwa Sachigaro weJoint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell, "Chii chinangwa chekuva nemauto epamusoro aya aunogara uchitaura nezvawo kana isu tisingakwanise kuishandisa?"
Muna 1999, seSecretary of State pasi peMutungamiri Clinton, Albright akawana chishuwo chake, achimhanyisana neUN Charter nehondo isiri pamutemo yekugadzira yakazvimirira Kosovo kubva mumatongo eYugoslavia.
UN Charter inorambidza zviri pachena kutyisidzira kana kushandiswa zvemauto kunze kwenyaya dze kuzvidzivirira kana apo UN Security Council inotora mauto "kuchengetedza kana kudzorera rugare rwepasi rose nechengeteko." Izvi zvakanga zvisiri izvo. Munyori weKune dzimwe nyika weUK, Robin Cook, paakaudza Albright hurumende yake "ine dambudziko nemagweta edu" pamusoro pehurongwa hweNATO hwehondo zvisiri pamutemo, Albright achipenga. ndakamuudza "kutora magweta matsva."
Makore makumi maviri nemaviri gare gare, Kosovo ndiyo wechitatu-varombo nyika muEurope (mushure Moldova uye post-coup Ukraine) uye kuzvimirira kwayo haisati yazivikanwa ne Nyika dze96. Hashim Thaçi, Albright's akasarudzwa nemaoko main ally muKosovo uye gare gare mutungamiri wayo, vakamirira kutongwa mudare repasi rose kuHague, vachipomerwa mhosva yekuponda vanhu vangangoita mazana matatu pasi pechivharo chekubhomba kweNATO muna 300 kuti vabvise uye vatengese nhengo dzavo dzemukati pamusika wepasi rose wekutamisa.
Hondo yaClinton naAlbright inotyisa uye isiri pamutemo yakaisa muenzaniso kune dzimwe hondo dzisiri pamutemo dzeUS muAfghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria nekumwewo, nemhedzisiro inoparadza uye inotyisa. Asi hondo dzakakundikana dzeAmerica hadzina kuita kuti Congress kana masangano anoteedzana afunge zvakare nezve danho reUS rekuvimba nekutyisidzira zvisiri pamutemo uye kushandiswa kwemauto kuendesa simba reUS pasirese, uye havana kudzoreredza mumabhiriyoni emadhora akaiswa mune izvi zvishuvo zveumambo. .
Pane kudaro, munyika yakatsiga-pasi ye uori hwemasangano Zvematongerwo enyika zveUS, chizvarwa chehondo dzakakundikana uye dzinoparadza zvisina musoro zvakave nemhedzisiro yekumisikidza kunyangwe zvinodhura bhajeti remauto kupfuura panguva yeCold War, uye kuderedza gakava remusangano kumibvunzo yekuti vangani pane imwe neimwe isina basa. zvombo system vanofanirwa kumanikidza vateresi veUS kuti vatsigire bhiri racho.
Zvinoita sekuti hapana huwandu hwekuuraya, kurwadziswa, kuparadzwa kwevanhu vakawanda kana hupenyu hwakaparadzwa munyika chaihwo hunogona kuzunungusa manyepo echiuto eboka rezvematongerwo enyika reAmerica, chero bedzi "Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex" (President Eisenhower's original wording) iri kukohwa. zvinobatsira.
Nhasi, mareferensi mazhinji ezvematongerwo enyika nevezvenhau kuMilitary-Industrial Complex anongoreva indasitiri yezvombo seboka rinozvishandira remakambani pamwe chete neWall Street, Big Pharma kana indasitiri yemafuta emafuta. Asi mune yake Farewell Address, Eisenhower akanongedza zvakajeka, kwete chete indasitiri yezvombo, asi “kubatanidzwa kwenzvimbo huru yemauto neindasitiri huru yezvombo.”
Eisenhower aingonetsekana nezve anti-democracy maitiro emauto seindasitiri yezvombo. Masvondo asati asvika Kero yake yekuonekana, iye akaudza “Mwari batsirai nyika ino kana munhu akagara pachigaro ichi asingazive zvechiuto sezvandinoita ini.” Kutya kwake kwakaonekwa muhutungamiriri hwese hunotevera.
Sekureva kwaMilton Eisenhower, mukoma wemutungamiri wenyika, akamubatsira kunyora Kero yake yekuonekana, Ike aidawo kutaura nezve "musuwo unotenderera." Zvinyorwa zvekutanga zvekutaura kwake zvinotaurwa "Indasitiri yechigarire, ine hondo," ine "mureza nevakuru vakuru vanosiya basa vachiri vadiki kuti vatore zvinzvimbo munzvimbo yehondo-yakavakirwa maindasitiri, vachigadzira sarudzo dzayo uye kutungamira kutungamira kwayo kukuru." Aida kunyevera kuti matanho anofanira kutorwa kuti “vaone kuti ‘vatengesi vorufu’ havauye kuzorayira mitemo yenyika.”
Sezvo Eisenhower aitya, mabasa evanhu vakaita seMaGeneral Austin uye Mattis ikozvino tora mapazi ese ehuori MIC conglomerate: kuraira kupinda nemauto muAfghanistan neIraq; ipapo kupa masutu nezvisungo zvekutengesa zvombo kuvakuru vemauto vatsva vaishanda pasi pavo sevakuru nemakoroni; uye pakupedzisira kubuda zvakare kubva pamusuwo umwechete unotenderera senhengo dzedare remakurukota pamusoro pezvematongerwo enyika nehurumende yeAmerica.
Saka nei Pentagon brass ichiwana mahara pass, kunyangwe maAmericans anonzwa achiwedzera kupokana nezve indasitiri yezvombo? Pamusoro pazvo, mauto ndiwo anoshandisa zvombo zvese izvi kuuraya vanhu uye kukanganisa mune dzimwe nyika.
Kunyangwe ichirasikirwa nehondo mushure mehondo mhiri kwemakungwa, mauto eUS aita rakabudirira zvakanyanya kupisa mufananidzo waro mumoyo nemupfungwa dzevaAmerica uye kuhwina muhondo yese yebhajeti muWashington.
Iko kuwirirana kweCongress, gumbo rechitatu rechigaro mune Eisenhower yekutanga kuumbwa, inoshandura hondo yegore negore yebhajeti kuita "cakewalk" kuti hondo muIraq yaifanirwa kunge iri, isina kuzvidavirira kuhondo dzakarasika, mhosva dzehondo, kupondwa kwevanhu, kukwira kwemitengo kana hutungamiriri hwemauto husina basa hunotungamira zvese.
Iko hakuna gakava remusangano pamusoro pemamiriro ehupfumi muAmerica kana mhedzisiro yezvematongerwo enyika pasirese yekudyara kukuru kwerabha-kudzvanya mari muzvombo zvine simba izvo zvichazoshandiswa kuuraya vavakidzani vedu nekupwanya nyika dzavo, sezvavakaita kare. 22 makore uye zvakanyanya zvakanyanya munhoroondo yedu.
Kana veruzhinji vachizove nekukanganisa pane iyi isingaite uye inouraya mari-kuenda-kutenderera, isu tinofanirwa kudzidza kuona kuburikidza nemhute yeparaganda inovhara huwori hwekuzvishandira kuseri kwered, chena uye bhuruu bunting, uye inobvumira mauto ndarira tichishandisa ruremekedzo rweruzhinji rwevanhu kuvarume nevakadzi vakashinga vakagadzirira kuisa hupenyu hwavo panjodzi kuti vadzivirire nyika yedu. MuHondo yeCrimea, vaRussia vakadana mauto eBritain kuti “shumba dzinotungamirirwa nembongoro.” Ndiyo tsananguro yechokwadi yemauto eUS anhasi.
Makore makumi matanhatu mushure meEisenhower's Farewell Kero, sezvaakafanotaura, "huremu hwemusanganiswa uyu" wevakuru vemauto nevanoyemura vane huwori, "vatengesi verufu" vane pundutso vane zvinhu zvavanotengesa, uye maSeneta nevamiriri vanovapa neupofu mabhirioni emadhora. yemari yeruzhinji, inoumba maruva akazara ekutya kukuru kweMutungamiri Eisenhower kunyika yedu.
Eisenhower akapedzisa achiti, "Mugari akasvinura uye ane ruzivo ndiye anogona kumanikidza kusangana kwakaringana kwemaindasitiri makuru nemauto edziviriro nenzira dzerunyararo nezvinangwa." Kushevedzera uku kunoungira mukati memakumi emakore uye kunofanirwa kubatanidza vanhu vekuAmerica mumhando dzese dzekuronga kwedemocracy uye kuvaka kufamba, kubva kusarudzo kuenda kudzidzo uye kureverera kusvika pakuratidzira kwakawanda, kusvika pakupedzisira kuramba nekudzinga "pesvedzero isina kurongeka" yeMasoja-Industrial-Congressional Complex.
Medhiya Bhenjamini ndiye anodzidzisa CODEPINK Rugare, uye munyori wemabhuku akati wandei, 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.
