By Dunhu rekumaodzanyemba Kubatsira uye Kuvhara Sangano, May 24, 2022
Tsamba yeTranspartisan Inopikisa Zvigadziko Zvitsva zveMauto eUS muEurope uye Kukurudzira Dzimwe nzira dzekutsigira Ukrainian, US, uye European Security.
Vanodiwa Mutungamiri Joseph Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark A. Milley, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Nhengo dzeCongress,
Vakasaina pasi vanomiririra boka rakakura revaongorori vemauto, veterans, nyanzvi, vamiriri, uye masangano kubva kumativi ese ezvematongerwo enyika anopikisa kusikwa kwezvigaro zvemauto eUS muEurope sekuparadza nekukuvadza kuchengetedzeka kwenyika uye vanopa dzimwe nzira dzekupindura kune hondo muUkraine.
Isu tinowana zvinotevera uye tinowedzera pane imwe neimwe pfungwa pazasi:
1) Hapana kutyisidzira kwemauto eRussia kunoruramisa kusikwa kwezvigadziko zvitsva zveUS.
2) Mabhesi matsva eUS angapambadza mabhiriyoni emari yemutero uye kukanganisa kuedza
chengetedza kuchengetedzwa kweUnited States.
3) Zvigadziko zvitsva zveUS zvaizowedzera kusawirirana kwemauto neRussia, zvichiwedzera
njodzi yehondo ingangoita yenyukireya.
4) IUS inogona uye inofanirwa kuvhara zvigadziko zvisina basa muEurope sechiratidzo chesimba panguva
kudzamisa hungwaru, inodhura-inoshanda dzimwe nzira nevanodyidzana.
5) Zvikumbiro zvekumira kwemauto eUS muEurope zvinogona kufambisira mberi nhaurirano dzekupedza hondo
muUkraine nekukurumidza sezvinobvira.
- Hapana Kutyisidzira Kwemauto eRussia Inoruramisa Mabhesi Matsva eUS
Hondo yaPutin muUkraine yakaratidza kusasimba kwemauto eRussia, ichipa humbowo hwakawanda hwekuti haisi kutyisidzira kwakajairika kuUnited States neNATO vanobatana.
Nepo kutya pamusoro peRussia pakati pevamwe muEurope kunonzwisisika, mauto eRussia haasi tyisidziro kuEurope kupfuura Ukraine, Moldova, uye Caucuses.
Inosvika mazana matatu aripo eUS base saiti muEurope[1] uye mamwe mabhesi eNATO uye mauto pamwe neNATO Chinyorwa 5 (chinoda kuti nhengo dzidzivirire chero nhengo inorwiswa) inopa zvinopfuura zvakaringana kudzivirira chero kurwiswa kweRussia paNATO. Mabhesi matsva haana basa.
NATO vanobatana, voga, vane zvigadziko zvemauto uye mauto anopfuura anokwanisa kudzivirira Europe kubva kune chero kurwiswa kwemauto eRussia. Kana mauto eUkraine achigona kumisa anenge makumi manomwe neshanu muzana emauto eRussia ekurwa,[2] NATO vanobatana havadi mamwe mabhesi eUS nemauto.
Kuwedzera zvisina basa nhamba yezvigaro zvemauto eUS nemauto muEurope zvaizokanganisa mauto eUS kudzivirira United States.
- Mabhesi Matsva Aizorasa Mabhirioni eMuteresi Madhora
Kuvaka mabhesi nemauto eUS muEurope kwaizoparadza mabhiriyoni emadhora akashandiswa zviri nani mukupunzika kwezvivakwa zveUS nezvimwe zvinodiwa zvepamba. Vateresi veUS vatopedza yakawandisa kuchengetedza mabhesi nemauto muEurope: anenge madhora mabhiriyoni makumi matatu pagore.[3]
Kunyangwe kana vanobatana vachibhadhara mamwe mabhesi matsva, vateresi vekuUS vachashandisa mari yakawandisa kuchengetedza huwandu hukuru hwemauto eUS muEurope nekuda kwemitengo yekufambisa, yakawedzera mihoro, uye zvimwe zvinodhura. Mari yeramangwana inogona kuwedzera sezvo nyika dzinotambira dzinowanzobvisa rutsigiro rwemari kumabhesi eUS nekufamba kwenguva.
Kuvaka mabhesi matsva eEurope kungangowedzera bhajeti rePentagon apo isu tinofanirwa kunge tichicheka iyo bhajeti zvichitevera kupera kwehondo yeAfghan. IUS inoshandisa kanopfuura ka12 iyo Russia inoshandisa pamauto ayo. Vanobatana neUS muNATO vatove zvakanyanya kupfuura Russia, uye Germany nevamwe vanoronga kuwedzera mari yavo yehondo zvakanyanya.[4]
- Mabhesi Matsva Aizowedzera Kusawirirana kweUS-Russia, Kuisa Mungozi (Nyukireya) Hondo
Kuvaka zvigadziko zvitsva zveUS (kana NATO) muEurope kwaizowedzera kuwedzera kusawirirana kwemauto neRussia, zvichiwedzera njodzi yehondo yenyukireya neRussia.
Kugadzira zvigadziko zvitsva zvemauto eUS muEastern Europe, padhuze uye padyo nemiganhu yeRussia, sechikamu chekuwedzera kweNATO mumakore makumi maviri apfuura, kwatyisidzira Russia zvisina basa uye nekukurudzira Putin kuti apindure zvechiuto. Vatungamiriri veUS neveruzhinji vangadai vakapindura sei dai Russia yakavaka mabhesi nguva pfupi yadarika muCuba, Venezuela, neCentral America?
- Kuvhara Mabhesi seChiratidzo cheSimba uye Alternative Security Arangements
Mauto eUS atove nezvigaro zvemauto zvakawandisa - zvakatenderedza nzvimbo mazana matatu - uye masimba akawandisa muEurope. Kubva pakupera kweCold War, zvigadziko zveUS muEurope hazvina kuchengetedza Europe. Vakashanda senzira dzekutanga dzehondo dzine njodzi muMiddle East.
IUS inogona uye inofanira kuvhara mabhesi zvakachengeteka uye kubvisa mauto muEurope sechiratidzo chesimba uye chivimbo musimba remauto eUS neNATO vanobatana uye sechiratidzo chekutyisidzira chaiko kwakatarisana neEurope.
Hondo muUkraine yakaratidza izvo nyanzvi dzemauto dzaitoziva: mauto ekukurumidza anopindura anogona kuendesa kuEurope nekukurumidza zvakakwana kuti agare mukondinendi yeUnited States nekuda kwemhepo uye sealift tekinoroji. Mazhinji emauto aipindura kuhondo muUkraine akabva kuUnited States kwete kubva kumabhesi eEurope, achimutsa mibvunzo nezve kudiwa kwezvigadziko nemauto muEurope.
Hondo muUkraine yakaratidza kuti zvibvumirano zvekuwana pazvigadziko zvepasi, zvekutakura zvombo uye masystem akawanda ekugadzirisa zvinhu, gadziriro dzekudzidzisa, uye prepositioning dziri nani uye dzinodhura nzira dzekubatsira vanobatana neNATO kuchengetedza kuchengetedzeka kweEurope.
- Mazano eKufambisira mberi Nhaurirano dzekupedza Hondo muUkraine
Hurumende yeUS inogona kuita basa rinobatsira munhaurirano nekuvimbisa kusavaka mabhesi matsva muEurope.
Hurumende yeUS inogona kuvimbisa-pachena kana pachivande, sezvakaita muCuban Missile Crisis-kudzikisa mauto ayo, kubvisa masisitimu ezvombo zvinogumbura, uye kuvhara zvigadziko zvisina basa muEurope.
IUS neNATO vanogona kuvimbisa kusabvuma Ukraine kana chero nhengo nyowani dzeNATO kunze kwekunge Russia yava nhengo zvakare.
IUS neNATO inogona kukurudzira kudzokera kuzvibvumirano muEurope zvinotonga kutumirwa kwemauto echinyakare uye enyukireya, kusanganisira kuongororwa uye kutarisa pazvigadziko.
Mukufarira kweUS, Europe, uye kuchengetedzeka kwepasirese, tinokukurudzira kuti usagadzire mamwe mabhesi emauto eUS muEurope uye kutsigira nhaurirano dzezvematongerwo enyika kupedza hondo muUkraine nekukurumidza sezvinobvira.
pachokwadi,
Vanhu (zvibvumirano zvezvinangwa zvekuzivikanwa chete)
Theresa (Isa) Arriola, Mubatsiri Purofesa, Concordia University
William J. Astore, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)
Clare Bayard, Nhengo yeBhodi, Nezve Chiso Veterans Kurwisa Hondo
Amy F. Belasco, Retired, Defence Budget Nyanzvi
Medea Benjamin, Co-director, Codepink Yerunyararo
Michael Brenes, Mudzidzisi muNhoroondo, Yale University
Noam Chomsky, Institute Purofesa (emeritus), MIT; Laureate Purofesa, Yunivhesiti yeArizona
Cynthia Enloe, Muongorori wePurofesa, Clark University
Monaeka Flores, Prutehi Litekyan
Joseph Gerson, Mutungamiriri, Campaign Yorunyararo, Disarmament uye Zvakajairika Chengetedzo
Eugene Gholz, Mubatanidzwa Purofesa, Yunivhesiti yeNotre Dame
Lauren Hirshberg, Mubatanidzwa Purofesa, Regis College
Catherine Lutz, Purofesa, Brown University
Peter Kuznick, Purofesa weNhoroondo uye Director, Nuclear Study Institute, American University
Miriam Pemberton, Shamwaridzana Navo, Sangano Rezvidzidzo zvePolisi
David Swanson, Munyori, World BEYOND War
David Vine, Purofesa, American University
Allan Vogel, Bhodhi revatungamiriri, Kunze kwenyika Policy Alliance, Inc.
Lawrence Wilkerson, Colonel, US Army (Ret.); Senior Fellow Eisenhower Media Network;
Shamwari, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Ann Wright, Colonel, Mauto eU.S. (Ret.); Advisory Board Nhengo, maVeterans eRunyararo
Kathy Yuknavage, Treasurer, Yedu Yakajairika Pfuma 670
Misangano
Nezve Kuso Veterans Kupesana neHondo
Mushandirapamwe weRunyararo, Kusagadzikana uye Chengetedzo Yakajairika
CODEPINK
Hawaii Rugare uye Ruramisiro
National Priorities Project kuInstitute for Policy Zvidzidzo
Vanofambira mberi maDemocrat eAmerica
Public Citizen
RootsAction.org
Veterans For Peace Chapter 113 – Hawaii
War Prevention Initiative
World BEYOND War
[1] Pentagon's ichangoburwa "Base Structure Report" yeFY2020 inoratidza mazana maviri nemakumi manomwe nemana masaiti. Chirevo chePentagon hachina kurongeka. Dzimwe nzvimbo makumi maviri nembiri dzinoonekwa muDavid Vine, Patterson Deppen, naLeah Bolger, "Drawdown: Kuvandudza US uye Kuchengetedzeka Kwepasirese Kuburikidza Nekuvharwa Kwemauto Kune Dzimwe Nyika." Quincy Muchidimbu nhamba. 274, Quincy Sisitimu Yekuzvidavirira Statecraft uye World BEYOND War, September 20, 2021.
[2] https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/2969068/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing-march-16-2022/.
[3] Mushumo we "Drawdown" (p. 5) inofungidzira mari yepasi rose yezvigadziko, chete, ye $ 55 mabhiriyoni / gore. Ne 39% yeanofungidzirwa 750 US mabhesi kune dzimwe nyika ari muEurope, mari yekondinendi inenge madhora 21.34 bhiriyoni / gore. Mutengo wemauto e100,000 eUS ikozvino muEurope anokwana madhora zviuru gumi nemazana mashanu emadhora, vachishandisa fungidziro inochengetedza ye11.5/mauto.
[4] Diego Lopes da Silva, et al., "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2021," SIPRI Fact Sheet, SIPRI, Kubvumbi 2022, p. 2.
