Ngaphandle kokungavisisani malunga nezilungiso ezithile kwi-Senate, iNkongolo yase-United States ikulungele ukupasa i-778 yebhiliyoni yebhiliyoni yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi ngo-2022. Njengoko bebesenza unyaka nonyaka, amagosa ethu anyuliweyo alungiselela ukunikezela isabelo sengonyama - phezu kwe65% -yenkcitho ye-federal discretionary kumatshini wemfazwe wase-US, nanjengoko besonga izandla zabo ngaphezulu kokuchitha ikota yaloo mali kuMthetho woBuild Back Better.
Irekhodi elimangalisayo lomkhosi wase-US wokusilela okucwangcisiweyo-kutsha nje ukukhutshwa kwawo kokugqibela yiTaliban emva kweminyaka engamashumi amabini. ukufa, ukutshatyalaliswa kwaye buxoki e-Afghanistan-ikhalela ukuphononongwa okuphezulu ukuya ezantsi kwendima yayo ephambili kumgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US kunye nokuphononongwa kwakhona ngokugqibeleleyo kwendawo yayo efanelekileyo kwizinto eziphambili kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweNkongolo.
Endaweni yoko, unyaka nonyaka, amalungu eNkongolo anikezela ngesona sabelo sikhulu semithombo yelizwe lethu kweli ziko linobuqhophololo, ngokuhlolwa okuncinci kwaye akukho loyiko lucacileyo lokuphendula xa kuziwa ekunyulweni kwakhona kwabo. Amalungu eNkongolo asayibona njengobizo lwezopolitiko “olukhuselekileyo” lokubetha ngokungakhathali izitampu zabo zerabha kwaye avotele nangona kunjalo amakhulu eebhiliyoni zenkxaso-mali yePentagon kunye nabaxhasi beshishini lezixhobo baye bacenga iiKomiti zeeNkonzo ezixhobileyo ukuba zikhohlele.
Masingayenzi impazamo malunga noku: Ukhetho lweCongress lokugcina utyalo-mali kumatshini omkhulu wemfazwe, ongasebenziyo kwaye obiza imali eninzi awunanto yakwenza “nokhuseleko lwesizwe” njengoko uninzi lwabantu luyiqonda, okanye “ukhuselo” njengoko isichazi-magama siluchaza.
Uluntu lwase-US lujongene nezoyikiso ezinzima kukhuseleko lwethu, kubandakanywa nengxaki yemozulu, ubuhlanga obucwangcisiweyo, ukukhukuliseka kwamalungelo okuvota, ubundlobongela obunompu, ukungalingani okumasikizi kunye nokuxhwilwa kwamandla ezopolitiko. Kodwa enye ingxaki ngethamsanqa asinayo sisoyikiso sohlaselo okanye uhlaselo ngumhlaseli wehlabathi oxhaphakileyo okanye, enyanisweni, nalo naliphi na elinye ilizwe.
Ukugcina umatshini wemfazwe ogqwesileyo 12 okanye 13 imikhosi elandelayo inkulu ehlabathini kudityaniswe okunene kusenza Ngaphantsi ikhuselekile, njengoko ulawulo olutsha ngalunye luzuza inkohliso yokuba amandla omkhosi atshabalalisayo eUnited States anokuthi, kwaye ke ngoko, kufuneka asetyenziselwe ukujongana nawo nawuphi na umngeni ocingelwayo kwiminqweno yase-US naphi na emhlabeni-nangona kungekho sisombululo somkhosi kwaye xa abaninzi yeengxaki ezisisiseko zabangelwa kukusetyenziswa gwenxa kwamagunya omkhosi waseMelika kwasekuqaleni.
Ngelixa imingeni yamazwe ngamazwe esijongene nayo kule nkulungwane ifuna ukuzinikela ngokunyanisekileyo kwintsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe kunye nediplomacy, iCongress yabela kuphela i-58 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ngaphantsi kweepesenti ze-10 zebhajethi ye-Pentagon, kwi-diplomatic corps karhulumente wethu: iSebe likaRhulumente. Okubi nangakumbi, zombini ezolawulo lweDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi ziyaqhubeka nokuzalisa izikhundla eziphezulu zezozakuzo ngamagosa afundiswe kwaye abambelele kwimigaqo-nkqubo yemfazwe nokunyanzeliswa, enamava anqongopheleyo kunye nezakhono ezincinci kunxibelelwano olunoxolo esiludinga kakhulu.
Oku kuphela kuqhubela phambili umgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle ongaphumeleliyo osekelwe kukhetho lobuxoki phakathi kwesohlwayo sezoqoqosho amagosa e-UN athelekise nawo ungqingo lwamaxesha aphakathi, ubhukuqa loo nto ukuzinzisa amazwe kunye nemimandla kangangamashumi eminyaka, kunye neemfazwe kunye namaphulo okudubula abulalayo zigidi yabantu kwaye ushiye izixeko ziyingqushu, njenge I-Mosul eIraq kwaye URaqaqa eSyria.
Ukuphela kweMfazwe Yomlomo yayilithuba legolide le-United States yokunciphisa imikhosi yayo kunye nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi ukuze lihambelane neemfuno zayo zokhuseleko ezisemthethweni. Uluntu lwaseMelika lulindele ngokwendalo kwaye lunethemba "Ulwahlulo loxolo, "kwaye namagosa angamagqala ePentagon axelele iKomiti yeSenethi yoHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali ngo-1991 ukuba inkcitho yasemkhosini ingakwazi. ngokukhuselekileyo ukusikwa ngama-50% kule minyaka ilishumi izayo.
Kodwa akuzange kwenzeke oko. Amagosa ase-US endaweni yoko azimisele ukuxhaphaza emva kweMfazwe ebandayo "ISahlulo saMandla,” ukungalingani okukhulu kwezomkhosi ngenxa yeUnited States, ngokuvelisa izizathu zokusebenzisa umkhosi ngokukhululekileyo nangakumbi ehlabathini lonke. Ngexesha lotshintsho kulawulo olutsha lukaClinton, uMadeleine Albright odumileyo Xa ebuzwa USihlalo weeNkosana eziManyeneyo zaBasebenzi uGeneral Colin Powell, "Yintoni inqaku lokuba nalo mkhosi ubalaseleyo osoloko uthetha ngawo ukuba asikwazi ukuwusebenzisa?"
Ngo-1999, njengoNobhala weLizwe phantsi koMongameli uClinton, u-Albright wafumana umnqweno wakhe, eqhuba kakubi kwi-UN Charter ngemfazwe engekho mthethweni yokukrola i-Kosovo ezimeleyo kumabhodlo aseYugoslavia.
UMqulu weZizwe eziManyeneyo uyakwalela ngokucacileyo isoyikiso okanye ukusetyenziswa yomkhosi wamajoni ngaphandle kwakwiimeko ze ukuzikhusela okanye xa IBhunga loKhuseleko le-UN lithatha inyathelo lomkhosi "ukugcina okanye ukubuyisela uxolo nokhuseleko lwezizwe ngezizwe." Oku kwakungenjalo. Xa unobhala wezangaphandle wase-UK uRobin Cook waxelela u-Albright ukuba urhulumente wakhe "unengxaki namagqwetha ethu" malunga nesicwangciso semfazwe esingekho mthethweni se-NATO, uAlbright wamxelela "ukufumana amagqwetha amatsha."
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesibini emva koko, iKosovo yeyona ndawo isithathu-amahlwempu ilizwe eYurophu (emva kweMoldova kunye ne-post-coup Ukraine) kunye nokuzimela kwayo ayikaqatshelwa Amazwe e-96. UHashim Thaçi, u-Albright ukhethwe ngesandla umncedisi oyintloko e-Kosovo kwaye kamva umongameli wayo, ulindele ukuxoxwa kwetyala kwinkundla yamazwe ngamazwe eHague, etyholwa ngokubulala ubuncinci abantu abangama-300 phantsi kwebhombu ye-NATO ngo-1999 ukuze bakhuphe kwaye bathengise amalungu abo angaphakathi kwimarike yokutshintshwa kwamanye amazwe.
Imfazwe eyoyikekayo nengekho mthethweni kaClinton kunye no-Albright bamisela umzekelo kwiimfazwe ezingaphezulu ezingekho mthethweni zase-US e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, eLibya, eSyria nakwezinye iindawo, ezineziphumo ezibi kunye nezoyikekayo. Kodwa iimfazwe zaseMelika ezisileleyo azikhange zikhokelele iCongress okanye abalawuli abalandelelanayo ukuba bacinge nzulu ngesigqibo sase-US sokuthembela kwizoyikiso ezingekho mthethweni kunye nokusetyenziswa komkhosi womkhosi ukuvelisa amandla ase-US kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye abakhange baphinde baqinise kwiitriliyoni zeedola etyalwe kula mabhongo omkhosi. .
Endaweni yoko, kwihlabathi elijonge phantsi ukonakele kwiziko Ezopolitiko zase-US, isizukulwana seemfazwe ezisileleyo kunye nezonakalisa ngokungenanjongo zinefuthe eligqwesileyo lokuqheleka ebiza kakhulu Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi kunexesha leMfazwe ebandayo, kunye nokunciphisa iingxoxo zenkongolo kwimibuzo yokuba zingaphi na ezingenamsebenzi. inkqubo yezixhobo kufuneka banyanzele abarhafi baseMelika ukuba bahlawule ityala.
Kubonakala ngathi akukho naliphi na inani lokubulala, ukuthuthunjiswa, intshabalalo enkulu okanye ubomi obonakalisiweyo kwihlabathi lokwenyani obunokugungqisa ubuqhetseba bomkhosi weqela lezopolitiko laseMelika, okoko nje i-"Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex" (amagama okuqala kaMongameli Eisenhower) evuna imbuyekezo. iinzuzo.
Namhlanje, uninzi lwezopolitiko kunye nemithombo yeendaba ezibhekiselele kwiNdibaniselwano yoMkhosi-mveliso ibhekisa kuphela kwishishini lezixhobo njengeqela elinomdla kwishishini elizisebenzelayo ngokulingana neWall Street, iBig Pharma okanye ishishini lamafutha efosili. Kodwa kweyakhe Intetho yokuvalelisa, uEisenhower wachaza ngokucacileyo, kungekuphela nje ishishini lezixhobo, kodwa “kwintlangano yomkhosi omkhulu kunye neshishini elikhulu lezixhobo.”
U-Eisenhower wayenexhala kanye malunga nefuthe elichasene nedemokhrasi yomkhosi njengeshishini lezixhobo. Iiveki ngaphambi kweNtetho yakhe yokuvalelisa, wa xelela abacebisi bakhe abakhulu, “UThixo makancede eli lizwe xa kukho umntu ohleli kwesi situlo ongawaziyo umkhosi njengam.” Uloyiko lwakhe luye lwenziwa kubo bonke oomongameli abalandelayo.
NgokukaMilton Eisenhower, umnakwabo mongameli, owamncedayo ekuyileni iNtetho yakhe yokuvalelisa, u-Ike naye wayefuna ukuthetha “ngomnyango ojikelezayo.” Iidrafti zokuqala zentetho yakhe kwabhekiselwa ku "Ishishini elisisigxina, elisekelwe emfazweni," kunye "neflegi kunye namagosa ngokubanzi athatha umhlala-phantsi eselula ukuba athathe izikhundla kwimizi-mveliso esekwe emfazweni, ebumba izigqibo zawo kwaye ekhokela isikhokelo kwinjongo yawo enkulu." Wayefuna ukulumkisa ngelithi kumele kuthatyathwe amanyathelo “okuqinisekisa ukuba ‘abarhwebi bokufa’ abezi ukuza kumisela umthetho welizwe.”
Njengoko u-Eisenhower wayesoyika, imisebenzi yamanani afana neeNjengele Austin kwaye Mattis ngoku anwenwele kuwo onke amasebe e-MIC conglomerate eyonakeleyo: ukuyalela uhlaselo kunye nemikhosi ehlala e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq; emva koko anike iisuti namaqhina ukuze kuthengiswe izixhobo kwiinjengele ezintsha ezazisebenza phantsi kwazo njengeentloko neekholoneli; kwaye ekugqibeleni baphinde baphuma kumnyango omnye ojikelezayo njengamalungu ekhabhinethi kwincopho yezopolitiko kunye norhulumente waseMelika.
Ke kutheni i-Pentagon brass ifumana ukupasa kwasimahla, njengoko abantu baseMelika beziva bephikisana kakhulu malunga neshishini leengalo? Ngapha koko, ngumkhosi osebenzisa zonke ezi zixhobo ukubulala abantu nokwenza umonakalo kwamanye amazwe.
Nanjengoko iphulukene nemfazwe emva kwemfazwe phesheya, umkhosi wase-US uye waqhuba owaphumelela ngakumbi ukutshisa umfanekiso wawo ezintliziyweni nasezingqondweni zabantu baseMelika kwaye uphumelele lonke idabi lohlahlo lwabiwo-mali eWashington.
Ukuthotyelwa kweCongress, umlenze wesithathu wesitulo ekuyilweni kwe-Eisenhower yasekuqaleni, ijika idabi lonyaka lohlahlo lwabiwo-mali libe yi- "icakewalk" ukuba imfazwe yase-Iraq bekufanele ukuba ibekho, ngaphandle kokuphendula ngeemfazwe ezilahlekileyo, ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe, ukubulawa kwabantu, ukugqithiswa kweendleko okanye ubunkokeli bomkhosi obungasebenziyo obulawula yonke into.
Akukho ngxoxo-mpikiswano yenkongolo malunga nefuthe lezoqoqosho eMelika okanye iziphumo zemo yezopolitiko kwihlabathi lotyalo-mali olukhulu lwerabha-lunyathela ngerabha kwizixhobo ezinamandla eziya kuthi kungekudala okanye kamva zisetyenziswe ukubulala abamelwane bethu kunye nokuqhekeza amazwe abo, njengoko benzile kwixesha elidlulileyo. Iminyaka engama-22 kwaye rhoqo kakhulu kwimbali yethu.
Ukuba uluntu lunokuthi lube nayo nayiphi na impembelelo kule mali ingasebenziyo kwaye ibulalayo, kufuneka sifunde ukubona ngenkungu yepropaganda efihla ubuqhophololo bokuzenzela emva kobomvu, obumhlophe kunye noluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye ivumele ubhedu lomkhosi ukuba ngokuphoxayo baxhaphaza intlonipho yendalo yoluntu kubafana nabafazi abakhaliphileyo abakulungeleyo ukubeka ubomi babo esichengeni ukukhusela ilizwe lethu. KwiMfazwe yaseCrimea, amaRashiya abiza imikhosi yaseBritani ngokuthi “ziingonyama ezikhokelwa ziidonki.” Leyo yinkcazo echanekileyo yomkhosi wanamhlanje wase-US.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathandathu emva kweNtetho yokuvalelisa kaEisenhower, kanye njengoko wayexele kwangaphambili, "ubunzima bale ndibaniselwano" yeenjengele kunye nabalandeli bakhe abakhohlakeleyo, "abarhwebi bokufa" abanenzuzo abathengisa iimpahla zabo, kunye noSenenja kunye naBameli ababanikezela ngeetriliyoni zeedola ngokumfamekileyo. yemali yoluntu, iquka ukudubula okupheleleyo koloyiko olukhulu lukaMongameli Eisenhower kwilizwe lethu.
U-Eisenhower uqukumbele ngelithi, “Kuphela ngabemi abaphaphileyo nabanolwazi abanokunyanzela ukudityaniswa okufanelekileyo koomatshini abakhulu bemizi-mveliso nomkhosi wokhuselo ngeendlela neenjongo zethu zoxolo.” Elo khwelo lokucacisa livakala kumashumi eminyaka kwaye kufuneka limanyanise abantu baseMelika kulo lonke uhlobo lolungelelwaniso lwedemokhrasi kunye nolwakhiwo lwentshukumo, ukusuka kunyulo ukuya kwimfundo kunye nokukhuthaza ukuya kuqhanqalazo oluninzi, ekugqibeleni ukukhaba kunye nokugxotha "impembelelo engafanelekanga" yoMkhosi weMilitary-Industrial-Congressional Complex.
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