NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Novemba 13, 2022
Ukuba iinkokeli ezinamandla zeKomiti yeeNkonzo zeSenethi ezixhobileyo, iiSenators uJack Reed (D) kunye noJim Inhofe (R), banendlela yabo, iCongress kungekudala iza kubhengeza ixesha lemfazwe. amandla kaxakeka ukwakha isitokhwe esikhulu ngakumbi sezixhobo zePentagon. I izilungiso Kucingelwa ukuba yenzelwe ukuququzelela ukuzalisa kwakhona izixhobo ezithunyelwe yi-United States e-Ukraine, kodwa ukujonga uluhlu lweminqweno oluxelwe kwesi sihlomelo luveza ibali elahlukileyo.
Umbono kaReed no-Inhofe kukufakela izilungiso zabo ngexesha lemfazwe kwi-FY2023 National Defence Appropriation Act (NDAA) eza kupasiswa ngexesha leseshoni ye-lameduck phambi kokuphela konyaka. Isilungiso sahamba ngeKomidi yeeNkonzo ezixhobileyo phakathi ko-Oktobha kwaye, ukuba iba ngumthetho, iSebe lezoKhuselo liya kuvunyelwa ukuba livale iikontraka zeminyaka emininzi kunye nokunikezela izivumelwano ezingenakukhuphisana kubavelisi bezixhobo ezinxulumene ne-Ukraine.
Ukuba iReed / Inhofe isilungiso ngokwenene ijoliswe ekuzaliseni iimpahla zePentagon, kutheni ke ukuba imiyinge kuluhlu lweminqweno idlula kakhulu ezo ithunyelwe eUkraine?
Masenze uthelekiso:
-Inkwenkwezi yangoku yoncedo lomkhosi wase-US ukuya eUkraine yiLockheed Martin's HIMARS inkqubo rocket, isixhobo efanayo US Marines esetyenziselwa ukunceda ukunciphisa uninzi lwaseMosul, isixeko sesibini ngobukhulu sase-Iraq, ukuya inkunkuma in 2017. I-US uye wathumela kuphela 38 iinkqubo HIMARS ukuba Ukraine, kodwa Senators Reed kunye Inhofe isicwangciso ukuba "reorder" 700 kubo, kunye 100,000 rockets, ezinokuxabisa ukuya ku $4 billion.
-Esinye isixhobo sokudubula esibonelelwe eUkraine yi M777 I-155 mm kwi-Howitzer. Ukuze "uthathe indawo" ye-142 M777s ethunyelwe e-Ukraine, iisenenja ziceba ukuyalela i-1,000 yazo, kwiindleko eziqikelelwayo ze-3.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, kwi-BAE Systems.
-Iziqhubi ze-HIMARS zinokutshisa umgama omde we-Lockheed Martin (ukuya kuthi ga kwiikhilomitha ezili-190) MGM-140 Imijukujelwa ye-ATACMS, engazange ithunyelwe yi-US e-Ukraine. Enyanisweni i-US ikhe yagxotha kuphela i-560 kubo, ubukhulu becala e-Iraq ngo-2003. Uluhlu olude ngakumbi "I-Precision Strike Missile,” eyayingavumelekanga phantsi kwe ISivumelwano se-INF Ulahliwe nguTrump, uya kuqalisa ukubuyisela i-ATACMS kwi-2023, kodwa i-Reed-Inhofe Amendment yayiza kuthenga i-6,000 ATACMS, amaxesha angama-10 ngaphezu kwe-US eyake yasebenzisa, kwiindleko eziqikelelwayo ze-600 yezigidi zeedola.
– IReed kunye ne-Inhofe baceba ukuthenga i-20,000 Isitovu imijukujelwa echasene nenqwelomoya evela eRaytheon. Kodwa iCongress sele ichithe i-340 yezigidi zeedola kwi-2,800 Stingers ukuze ithathe indawo ye-1,400 ethunyelwe e-Ukraine. Ukulungiswa kweReed kunye ne-Inhofe kuya "kuzalisa kwakhona" isitokhwe sePentagon amaxesha angama-14 ngaphezulu, anokubiza i-2.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
-I-United States ibonelele nge-Ukraine ngeenkqubo ezimbini kuphela ze-Harpoon anti-missile ezichasene nenqanawa - esele ikukunyuka okuxhokonxayo - kodwa isilungiso sibandakanya i-1,000 Boeing. IHarpoon imijukujelwa (malunga ne-1.4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi) kunye ne-800 entsha yaseKongsberg Imijukujelwa yoLwaphulo loMkhosi waseLwandle (malunga ne-1.8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola), indawo yePentagon yeHarpoon.
-I Patriot inkqubo yokhuselo lomoya sesinye isixhobo i-US ayithumelanga eUkraine, kuba inkqubo nganye inokubiza ibhiliyoni yeedola kunye nekhosi yoqeqesho esisiseko yamagcisa ukugcina nokulungisa kuthatha ngaphezu konyaka ukugqiba. Kwaye uluhlu lweminqweno ye-Inhofe-Reed lubandakanya imijukujelwa eyi-10,000 ye-Patriot, kunye nabaqalisi, abanokongeza ukuya kwi-30 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
I-ATACMS, i-Harpoons kunye ne-Stingers zonke zizixhobo i-Pentagon eyayisele iphelile, kutheni uchitha iibhiliyoni zeedola ukuthenga amawaka azo ngoku? Yintoni kanye kanye le? Ngaba esi sihlomelo singumzekelo ombi kakhulu wokwenza inzuzo ngemfazwe ngumkhosi-mveliso-Congressional entsonkothileyo? Okanye ngaba iUnited States ilungiselela ngokwenene ukulwa imfazwe enkulu yomhlaba nxamnye neRashiya?
Eyona nto siyibonayo kukuba zombini ziyinyani.
Ukujonga kuluhlu lwezixhobo, umhlalutyi womkhosi kunye noColonel waselwandle odla umhlala-phantsi uMark Cancian phawula: “Oku akuthathi indawo yoko sikunike [eUkraine]. Yakha izitokhwe zemfazwe enkulu yomhlaba [neRussia] kwixesha elizayo. Olu ayiloluhlu onokuthi ulusebenzise eTshayina. KwiTshayina sinokuba noluhlu olwahluke kakhulu. ”
Umongameli uBiden uthi akazukuthumela imikhosi yase-US ukuba iye kulwa neRussia kuba iya kuba njalo IMfazwe Yehlabathi III. Kodwa ixesha elide imfazwe iqhubeka kwaye isiya isanda, kokukhona kuya kucaca ukuba imikhosi yase-US ibandakanyeka ngokuthe ngqo kwimiba emininzi yemfazwe: ukunceda ukucwangcisa imisebenzi Ukrainian; ukunika satellite-based ubukrelekrele; ukutyibilika Imfazwe ye-cyber; yaye ukusebenza ngokufihlakeleyo ngaphakathi eUkraine njengemikhosi yokusebenza ekhethekileyo kunye ne-CIA paramilitaries. Ngoku iRashiya iye yatyhola imikhosi ekhethekileyo yaseBritani iindima ezithe ngqo ekuhlaselweni kweedrone zaselwandle eSevastopol kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwemibhobho yegesi yeNord Stream.
Njengoko ukubandakanyeka kwe-US emfazweni kuye kwanda ngaphandle kweBiden izithembiso ezaphukileyo, i-Pentagon imele ukuba yenze izicwangciso zengozi yemfazwe epheleleyo phakathi kwe-United States neRashiya. Ukuba ezo zicwangciso zikhe zenziwa, kwaye ukuba aziqalisi ngokukhawuleza isiphelo sehlabathi imfazwe yenyukliya, baya kufuna izixa ezikhulu zezixhobo ezithile, kwaye leyo yinjongo yeReed-Inhofe stockpiles.
Ngelo xesha, ukulungiswa kubonakala kusabela izikhalazo ngabavelisi bezixhobo ukuba iPentagon "ihamba kancinci kakhulu" ekuchitheni iimali ezinkulu ebekelwe iUkraine. Ngelixa ngaphezulu kwe-20 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zabelwe izixhobo, izivumelwano zokuthenga izixhobo zaseUkraine kwaye zithathe indawo ezo zithunyelwe apho ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ziphelele kwiibhiliyoni ezi-2.7 zeedola ekuqaleni kukaNovemba.
Ke ibonanza yokuthengisa izixhobo ebilindelwe ibingekaveli, kwaye abenzi bezixhobo bebephelelwa ngumonde. Ne lonke ihlabathi ngokunyuka ukubiza uthethathethwano lwezozakuzo, ukuba iCongress ayikhange ihambe, imfazwe inokuba iphelile ngaphambi kokuba i-jackpot ebilindelwe ngabenzi bezixhobo ifike.
Mark Cancian wachaza kwi-DefenceNews, "Besiva kwimizi-mveliso, xa sithetha nabo ngalo mbandela, ukuba bafuna ukubona umqondiso wemfuno."
Xa iReed-Inhofe Amendment yayihamba ngekomiti phakathi ku-Okthobha, ngokucacileyo yayiluphawu “lwemfuno” ababelufuna abarhwebi bokufa. Amaxabiso esitokhwe se-Lockheed Martin, iNorthrop Grumman kunye neGeneral Dynamics zahamba njengemijukujelwa echasene nenqwelomoya, iqhuma ukuya kuthi ga ekupheleni kwenyanga.
UJulia Gledhill, umhlalutyi kwiProjekthi yokuJonga uRhulumente, ugxekile amalungiselelo kaxakeka ngexesha lemfazwe kwisihlomelo, esithi "iyawohloka ngakumbi indawo yokugada esele ibuthathaka ukuze kuthintelwe ukunyuswa kwamaxabiso omkhosi."
Ukuvula iingcango zeminyaka emininzi, engakhuphisaniyo, iikhontrakthi zomkhosi ezizizigidi ngezigidi zeedola zibonisa indlela abantu baseMelika abavaleleke ngayo kwimfazwe ekhohlakeleyo kunye nenkcitho yasemkhosini. Imfazwe nganye entsha iba sisithsaba sokunyuka okuthe kratya kwinkcitho yasemkhosini, uninzi lwayo olunganxulumananga nemfazwe yangoku ebonelela ngokhuseleko lokunyuka. Umhlalutyi wohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi uCarl Conetta ubonisile (bona Isishwankathelo sebhunga) kwi-2010, emva kweminyaka yemfazwe e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, ukuba "loo misebenzi i-akhawunti (ed) kuphela i-52% yotyando" kwinkcitho yasemkhosini yase-US ngelo xesha.
U-Andrew Lautz weManyano yeSizwe yabarhafi ngoku ubala ukuba isiseko sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon luya kudlula $ 1 yetriliyoni ngonyaka ngo-2027, kwiminyaka emihlanu ngaphambili kunokuba kuqikelelwe yi-Ofisi yoHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali yeCongressional. Kodwa ukuba sijonga ubuncinci i-230 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka kwiindleko ezinxulumene nomkhosi kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwamanye amasebe, njengaMandla (ezixhobo zenyukliya), iMicimbi yeVeterans, uKhuseleko lweLizwe, ubuLungisa (i-FBI cybersecurity), kunye neLizwe, inkcitho yokungakhuseleki kwelizwe iye yafikelela kwixabiso eliphantsi. sele ibethe itriliyoni yedola ngonyaka, inyuka ezimbini zesithathu yenkcitho yonyaka ngokwesigqibo.
Utyalo-mali olugqithisileyo lwaseMelika kwisizukulwana esitsha ngasinye sezixhobo lwenza ukuba kube nzima ukuba abezopolitiko balo naliphi na iqela baqonde, singasathethi ke ngokuvuma eluntwini, ukuba izixhobo kunye neemfazwe zaseMelika zibe ngunobangela weengxaki ezininzi zehlabathi, hayi isisombululo, kwaye oko. abanako ukusombulula ingxaki yamva nje yomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle.
IiSenetha uReed kunye no-Inhofe baya kukhusela uhlengahlengiso lwabo njengenyathelo lobulumko lokuthintela kunye nokulungiselela ukunyuka kwemfazwe yaseRussia, kodwa ukunyuka kokunyuka esivaleleke kuyo akucalanye. Sisiphumo sezenzo ezinyukayo ngamacala omabini, kwaye ukwakhiwa kweengalo ezinkulu ezigunyaziswe sesi sihlomelo kukunyuka okuyingozi kwecala lase-US okuya kwandisa ingozi yeMfazwe yeHlabathi uMongameli uBiden athembise ukuyiphepha.
Emva kweemfazwe eziyintlekele kunye nebhaluni yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi wase-US kule minyaka ingama-25 idlulileyo, kufanele ukuba sibenobulumko ngoku ukuya kwinqanaba lokunyuka kobungendawo esibanjwe kubo. Kwaye emva kokudlala ngothando ngeArmagedon iminyaka engama-45 kwiMfazwe Yomlomo yokugqibela, kufuneka sibe nobulumko kwingozi ekhoyo yokubandakanyeka kolu hlobo lobudlelwane neRussia exhobe ngenyukliya. Ke, ukuba silumkile, siya kuchasa iReed/Inhofe Amendment.
UMedea Benjamin kunye noNicolas JS Davies bangababhali be Imfazwe e-Ukraine: Ukwenza ingqiqo yongquzulwano olungenangqiqo, efumaneka kwi-OR Books ngoNovemba 2022.
UMedea uBenjamin ngumseki we CODEPINK yoxolo, kunye nombhali weencwadi ezininzi, kubandakanya Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Imbali Yembali kunye nezopolitiko zeRiphabhliki yase-Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimeleyo, umphandi nge-CODEPINK kunye nombhali we Igazi ezandleni zethu: Invasion yaseMelika kunye nokuTshatyalaliswa kwe-Iraq.
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Imfazwe yomhlaba kunye neRashiya? Ngokuvayo, baqesha amajoni avela kwezinye iintlanga kwaye barhuqa abemi abangafuniyo ukuba baphume ezitratweni ukuze bagcwalise amaphepha abo e-Ukraine apho abo bemi banye baya kuba nokutya okungonelanga kunye nezixhobo kunye nesimilo esibi sokulwa.
Ndiyaninika imfazwe yenyukliya ngumngcipheko owongeziweyo okwangoku kodwa akukho nasinye kwezi zixhobo zixabisayo siya kunciphisa umngcipheko kutshaba olufuna ukucofa elo qhosha.
Kwelinye icala, imfazwe yefosili ekungekho mntu uthetha ngayo iyavutha. Eli shishini lisenokuba libulala abantu abaninzi ngaphezu kwazo zonke izenzo zomkhosi zidityanisiwe kodwa siya kubanika indawo eyongezelelekileyo yokugrumba kwigophe kuba ukuba asikwenzi oko baya kulinyusa ixabiso lemveliso yabo.
Andiqondi ukuba singabandezeleka ukuba sithinjwe abaqweqwedisi ababini abangayekiyo ngaxeshanye.
Oku “bubullish” (ngayo yonke ingqiqo yegama) isindululo somthetho esicetywayo ekufuneka siphinde sibhalwe ngokucokisekileyo ziingqondo eziphilileyo ezingadibaniyo neshishini lezixhobo!