NguDavid Swanson, Septemba 11, 2018
A ingxelo entsha NguMedea uBenjamin noNicolas Davies "bajolise kwizinto ezinhlanu ezinkulu zokuvelisa izixhobo zase-US - i-Lockheed Martin, i-Boeing, i-Raytheon, i-Northrop Grumman kunye ne-General Dynamics-kunye nokusebenzelana kwazo neentlanga eziphazamisayo ezintathu: i-Saudi Arabia, i-Israel neYiputa."
Oku kunokuba yindlela exabisekileyo. Ezi zintathu iintlanga zixela ngokusetyenziswa kwezixhobo ezivela e-US ezivela kwiinkampani ezibhalwe ngentla ukubulala, ukulimaza, nokuphazamisa inani elikhulu labantu abangenacala kwamanye amazwe nakwamanye amazwe. Urhulumente waseUnited States usebenza ukuqinisekisa ukuba izixhobo zokuthengiswa nokuthengiswa kwezinto ziza kwenzeka, ngokuzi kakuhle kakuhle ukuba zezixhobo ziya kusetshenziselwa ntoni, ngokuqhelekileyo ukuqeqesha amagosa athatha inxaxheba, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo uthatha inxaxheba ekubulaleni njengamadlelane kwimfazwe.
UBenjamin noDavies bekunokuthi bajolise kulokho uhulumeni wase-United States ngokwabo wenza ngokwabo ngezixhobo ezivela ezi nkampani. Kodwa ke, ngubani oya kukwazi ukuphakamisa ingxelo epheleleyo ngaphandle kokuncediswa kwimishini enzima? Kwaye bangaphi abantu abaye babeka imingcele yokuyiqonda, ngohlobo lwe-flag-waving patriotic horse horsehit?
Xa iUnited States yenza into ethile, yinkcazo eyamkelekileyo, iyancomeka. Kodwa xa iUnited States yenza oko, kudla ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba esinye isizwe senze isiqhwaba-ngokuqhelekileyo "ngokubhekiselele" kubantu "bodwa," okusobala kakhulu kunabo abanye abantu. Ngoko, uluntu lwase-US lisetyenziselwa ukuva iakhawunti malunga neendlela ezinokuthi uhulumeni waseYiputa, u-Saudi, no-Israyeli enze izizathu zokubhobhoza amabhomu ahluphekileyo kumazwe aphesheya.
Akukho nengozi yokuba iUnited States ibhoxise abathengi bayo abaphezulu kunye neeproxies, kodwa kukho izigidi zabantu baseMelika abaxhasi bezempi, kuquka izigidi zabasebenzi bezinto zokuthengisa izixhobo, ukulahlekelwa ngumbutho wezempi kunye nokuthandana, ngoko ke ukulungiswa ukubulala ngokukhulula ngandlela-thile efanelekileyo okanye ehloniphekileyo. Ukubulawa kwabantu abangaphandle kwamanye amazwe kuthatha ukujonga ngakumbi.
Mhlawumbi ezinye izixhobo ziza kufumana enye imisebenzi. Okanye mhlawumbi, njengoko abalobi banenjongo, ezinye iimali ziya kuba yahlulwa ukusuka kulabo bafumana inzuzo ekufeni.