by IZiko iQuincy loRhulumente oChaphazelekayo, Septemba 30, 2021
Ngaphandle kokurhoxiswa kweziseko zomkhosi wase-US kunye nemikhosi evela e-Afghanistan, i-United States iyaqhubeka nokugcina malunga ne-750 yeziseko zomkhosi phesheya kwi-80 yamazwe angaphandle nakwiikholoni (imimandla).
Ezi ziseko zibiza ngeendlela ezininzi: ngokwezezimali, kwezopolitiko, kwezentlalo nakwezendalo. Iziseko zase-US kumazwe aphesheya zihlala ziphakamisa ukungavisisani kwezopolitiko, ukuxhasa ulawulo lwentando yesininzi, kunye nokusebenza njengesixhobo sokugaya amaqela omlo aphikisana nobukho be-US kunye noorhulumente ubukho bayo buqinisa.
Ngamanye amaxesha, iziseko zamanye amazwe ziyasetyenziswa kwaye zenze kwalula e-United States ukumilisela nokwenza iimfazwe eziyintlekele, kubandakanya ne-Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia ne Libya.
Kuyo yonke imeko yezopolitiko nakwimikhosi yase-US kukho ukukhula okuqaphelekayo ukuba iziseko ezininzi zaphesheya kwezilwandle bekufanele ukuba zavalwa kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, kodwa inertia yezobupolitika kunye nemidla ephosakeleyo yezopolitiko ibagcine bevulekile.
Le ngxelo iveliswe nguDavid Vine, Patterson Deppen noLeah Bolger https://quincyinst.org/report/drawdow…
Iinyani ezikufutshane nemikhosi yezomkhosi yaphesheya yase-US:
• Zimalunga nama-750 iindawo zasemkhosini zaseMelika phesheya kumazwe angama-80 angaphandle nakwikholoni.
• I-United States iphantse iphindaphindwe kathathu iziseko zaphesheya (i-750) njengoonozakuzaku base-US, oonozakuzaku kunye nemishini kwilizwe liphela (276).
• Ngelixa kukho malunga nesiqingatha sofakelo oluninzi njengokuphela kweMfazwe ebandayo, iziseko zase-US zisasazeke kumazwe nakumakoloni aphindwe kabini (ukusuka kuma-40 ukuya kwangama-80) ngaxeshanye, kugxilwe kakhulu kwizibonelelo kuMbindi Mpuma, eMpuma Asia , iinxalenye ezithile zeYurophu neAfrika.
• I-United States inezihlandlo eziphindwe kathathu kwiziseko zaphesheya njengamanye amazwe adityanisiwe.
• Iziseko zase-US phesheya zibiza abarhafi eqikelelwa kwi-55 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka.
• Ulwakhiwo lwezixhobo zomkhosi phesheya kuxabise abahlawuli berhafu ubuncinci i-70 yezigidigidi ukusukela ngo-2000, kwaye ingangaphezulu kwe-100 yezigidigidi.
• Iisiseko ezingaphandle ziye zanceda i-United States ukuba isungule iimfazwe kunye neminye imisebenzi yokulwa ubuncinci kumazwe angama-25 ukusukela ngo-2001.
• Ukufakwa kwe-US kufunyanwa ubuncinci kumazwe angama-38 angenademokhrasi kunye neekoloni.
