By
ukusuka Amanye amagama, UDisemba 24, 2018
Kweli xesha loxolo (elithenjelwe) uxolo kunye nokulunga, kufanelekile ukukhangela izinto ilizwe lethu elahluleleneyo elinokuvumelana ngalo. Kwaye ekubeni sonke sifuna ukukwazi ukuthembela kurhulumente ekusebenziseni ngobulumko, sinokufumana unobangela ofanayo kwindawo emangazayo: uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwePentagon.
Xa ucinga ngoosopolitiki bethuka ngokuchaseneyo nePentagon (ukuba ungacinga nangayiphi na into) inokuba ngumntu osekhohlo, onje USenator uBernie Sanders. Yiyo loo nto ndonwabile kukubona uSenator wase-Iowa u-Chuck Grassley ethatha uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwePentagon kutshanje ungene ngemvume The New York Times.
Yinto enqabileyo ukwenzeka kwezopolitiko zayo nayiphi na inkolelo yokugxeka iPentagon- kodwa ngakumbi kwiRiphabhlikhi ekhuselekileyo njengoGrassley. (Oko kwathiwa, emva kwexesha USenator uJohn McCain, xa wayenesimo esifanelekileyo, wayenokuyenza nabona bagqwesileyo. Kwaye ayisiyiyo kaGrassley rodeo yokuqala, nokuba.)
IPentagon ifanele ukugxekwa. Phantse iminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo, iCongress yacela iPentagon ukuba igqibezele uphicotho olunokubonisa iinkokeli zomkhosi ziyazi apho iya khona imali yethu. Kulo nyaka, iPentagon ekugqibeleni yahambisa iziphumo: Emva kokulinda phantse iminyaka engama-30, iPentagon aluphumelelanga uphicotho-zincwadi lwayo lokuqala.
Eyona nto iphazamisayo kukuba iinkokeli zePentagon aziphazamiseki kangako malunga noku. USekela Nobhala Wezomkhosi uPatrick Shanahan, igosa lesibini kwiPentagon, xelele i intatheli"Asiluphumelelanga uphicotho-zincwadi, kodwa besingalindelanga ukuluphumelela."
Kukho izizathu zokuba iinkokheli zePentagon zisuka kuNobhala Wezomkhosi uJim Mattis ezantsi ukuba abe neentloni ngesi siphumo.
Yonke enye iarhente enkulu yaseburhulumenteni inayo igqityiwe kwaye yaphumelela uphicotho ngelo xesha, amaxesha ngamaxesha. Ukuba iPentagon ayazi ukuba iyaphi imali yayo, banokusiqinisekisa njani ukuba isetyenziswa kakuhle? Ngohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwePentagon $ 647 billionkulo nyaka-nditsho nokubala iindleko zemfazwe- ukubakho kwenkunkuma kunye nobuqhetseba kuphezulu esibhakabhakeni.
Siyazi ngemizekelo emininzi yenkunkuma-uGrassley ukhankanye a $ 14,000 isihlalo sangasese njengomzekelo ogqibeleleyo wemifanekiso- kodwa akukho mathandabuzo ngokungabalekiyo ngakumbi esingaziyo. Olu ayilo luvo lomntu lolawulo olufanelekileyo.
UGrassley ucebisa ukuba iinkokheli zePentagon kufuneka zonyuse kwaye zifumane ukuzithemba esibanika zona. Kodwa ukuba khange bayenze kwiminyaka engama-30, yintoni eza kutshintsha ngoku?
Iinkokeli zePentagon azibonanga ziphumo zokungahoywa kohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwesizwe. Ukuba kukho into enye enokufumana ubunkokeli bePentagon, kuya kufuna ukuba bapase uphicotho-zincwadi ngaphambi kokuba bafumane enye idola kwingxowa kawonkewonke.
Endaweni yoko, okuchaseneyo kubonakala ngathi kuyenzeka. ICongress iqhubeka nokuvuza iPentagon ngohlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluhlala lukhona. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi wase-US lungaphezulu kwe- $ 200 yezigidigidi ngaphezulu kunakwiminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo.
Kwaye iyaqhubeka. Ngaphantsi kweveki emva kokubiza uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwangoku lwePentagon "luphambene," uMongameli uTrump yavumelana neenkokheli zomkhosi ukuba sidinga uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi. Kwaye kusuku nje olunye phambi kokuba kubhengezwe uphicotho-zincwadi olungaphumelelanga, ikomiti ejongene neNkongolo yabhengeza ukuba ilizwe lifuna phantse i-1 trillion yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi yi 2024.
Ukuba siqhubeka ngale ndlela, siza kumosha izixhobo ezinokusetyenziswa naziphi na ezinye iindlela: ukudala imisebenzi, ukulwa ubhubhane we-opioid, ukwakha inkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo olusebenzela thina sonke, ukulungisa iindlela zethu ezigungxulwayo kunye iibhlorho, njl.
Kude kube babonisa ukuba bayayazi into abayenzayo, iPentagon kufuneka inqunyulwe kulonyuso olongezelelekileyo ukuze sikwazi ukugxila kwezixhobo kwenye indawo.
Ke, ukuba uninzi lweendaba lubonakala lunoyilo ukuthetha ngecookies zeKrisimesi ezigugileyo, zama uphicotho-zincwadi lwe-Pentagon olungaphumelelanga. Unokumangaliswa ukuba ungavuma nabani na.
