nguWalker Bragman, Iphepha lemihla ngemihla, Okthobha 4, 2021
Abenzi bomthetho kwiCongress balungiselela sihlole ukunciphisa okukhulu kwimeko engxamisekileyo ye- $ 3.5 trillion yoxolelwaniso eyilelwe ukulwa neapocalypse yemozulu kunye nokubonelela ngomnatha wokhuseleko kubantu baseMelika abasokolayo. Kwangelo xesha, abameli bezomthetho baqhubela phambili ngokungathandabuzekiyo isicwangciso sokuchitha inkcitho eya kubeka iMelika kumkhondo wokuchitha ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kwiPentagon kwangaxeshanye.
I-dichotomy ibonakalisa ukuba nasemva kwemfazwe e-Afghanistan, imeko yezomkhosi-yezemveliso ikulungele ukukhula okukhulu kwiminyaka ezayo. Ewe kunjalo, sisiphelo esipheleleyo sengxelo kaJulayi yenye yezona ndawo zinkulu zokubonisana, kunye neekhontrakthi zomkhosi zamva nje zemivuzo eyenzeka emva kokuphela kwemfazwe yase-Afghanistan.
Ngelixa ukuphela kweyona mfazwe inde eqhuba e-United States kunokubonakala ngathi kubabuyisela umva abatyali mali kwezomkhosi wokhuselo, iikontraki zomkhosi kunye nemidla yoshishino ebalandelayo balindele ukubona ukukhula okukhulu kwicandelo kule minyaka imbalwa izayo, nokuba hayi Ilizwe lizibandakanya kwimfazwe esemthethweni. Ngenxa yokwanda kokungazinzi kwehlabathi, ukuwa kubhubhane we-COVID-19, amabhongo e-US Space Force, kunye neetekhnoloji ezinamandla zemikhosi entsha, abo baxhamlayo kwimfazwe yehlabathi balindele isiphithiphithi- kunye nenzuzo- iminyaka elandelayo.
Kwaye olo qikelelo lwenzuzo luxhaswe yiCongress ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kuqhubeka nokwamkelwa kohlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluphezulu lwePentagon- kwaye ukwala amanyathelo ukunciphisa inkcitho yokhuselo.
Njengoko abameli beDemokhrasi bemanyano besoyikisa ngokubulala umthetho weqela kunye nemali yenkcitho yokhathalelo lwempilo, iqela liqhubela phambili nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lokhuselo olubeka ilizwe emgceni wokuchitha $ 8 zezigidi kukhuseleko lwesizwe kule minyaka ilishumi izayo- isixa esiphindwe kabini njengexabiso lomthetho wokhuseleko wenkululeko - kwaye ilingana imali iyonke ilizwe lichithe kwiimfazwe zalo zasemva kwe-9/11. Ukuba inkcitho ayincitshiswanga, oko kunokuthetha i-jackpot enkulu yeWall Street kunye nabathengisi beengalo.
UGqr. Anelle Sheline, ophanda naye kwinkqubo ye-Middle East eQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, ukhathazekile yindlela yokhuseleko kwezomkhosi kwimfazwe yexesha elizayo kunye noxinzelelo lwelizwe, kwaye uyakholelwa ukuba ubuqhophololo obudibeneyo bungabhebhethekisa ubutshaba obongezelelweyo.
Ukwanda kotyalo-mali lwamashishini abucala kwinkampani yezomkhosi-mveliso kuyakuba nefuthe lokuqhubeka nokwenza ubundlobongela, nokwenza abenzi bobundlobongela bangaphenduli kulawulo lwentando yesininzi, utshilo. “Oku kuyakwandisa ubungakanani bemikhosi yase-US, kwaye ithathwa njengombutho wezomkhosi.
"Yiya Phambili Komdlalo"
I-KPMG, enye yeefemu ze- "Big Four" ezibandakanya rhoqo iinkampani zeFortune 500, zikhuphe Ingxelo kaJulayi Isihloko esithi, "Ithuba labucala labucala kwiAerospace nezoKhuselo."
Ifemi, ethi wamangalelwa ngendima yayo kwingxubakaxaka yemali mboleko yangaphambi kwexesha, uqikelela ukuba "ngoku lelinye lawona maxesha mahle okulingana kwabucala ukusebenzisa amandla kunye nokuzibandakanya" nomkhosi wezomkhosi.
Ingxelo ivula ngokuqaphela ukuba ubhubhane we-COVID-19 unyuse ukungazinzi kwehlabathi- kunye nokungazinzi kwehlabathi kulungile kumzi-mveliso wokhuselo. Ingxelo yaphawula ukuba "indawo yokuhlala ngoku kungoyena mntu ubuthathaka ukusukela ngeMfazwe Yomlomo, nabadlali abathathu abaphambili- i-US, i-China ne-Russia-beqhubeka nokuchitha ngaphezulu kwizakhono zabo zokuzikhusela kwaye befaka impembelelo yokuhla Inkcitho yezizwe. ”
Ingxelo iyaqhubeka ukuqikelela ukuba nge-2032, inkcitho edibeneyo yokhuselo eRussia nase China iya kuba semngciphekweni wokudlula uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwaseMelika. Ngokutsho kohlalutyo, esi siphumo sinokubakho "siyakuba nobungozi kwezopolitiko kangangokuba kukuthelekelela kwethu ukuba inkcitho yase-US izakuhlawula ngaphezulu komngcipheko woko kwenzekayo."
Abahlalutyi be-KPMG nabo badlale ukubuya kwemali kwezobuchwephesha kwimfazwe. Bayiqaphele "imvumelwano ekhulayo yokuba oomkhosi bexesha elizayo baya kuqhutywa kude," bachaza ukuba ii-drones ezingabizi kakhulu ezingenamntu ziyakwazi ukubulala amatanki abizayo. Ababhali bakwatsho ukuba ukwanda koqoqosho lwehlabathi ukuthembela kwipropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda kwizinto zexabiso ezizezona zazisisizathu esivakalayo sokubheja kwimfazwe ye-cyber njengotyalo-mali: ukhuphiswano lwezixhobo kunye neentshaba ezikufutshane kule meko. ”
Olu phuhliso, qaphela ababhali, lubonisa ithuba kubavelisi kunye nabatyali mali abanokuthi "bahambe phambili komdlalo," balungelelanise iiparameter ezintsha zemfazwe zehlabathi.
Sheline eQuincy Institute uthi inkcazo yengxelo yobuchwephesha obunobundlobongela “iphantse yavakala ngathi yinto enqwenelekayo.”
Bafana, 'Hayi, hayi, kulungile ngoku, ungatyala imali kwezi nkqubo zibulalayo kuba isusiwe; kukubulala kude; ziinkqubo zeedrone; ayisiyompu, yindlela yokususa ubundlobongela, ”utshilo.
Ingxelo ye-KPMG iyaqhubeka nokuqinisekisa abatyali-zimali ukuba "le meko ithembisayo yotyalo-mali ihleli nokuba uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali luphantsi koxinzelelo lwexesha elifutshane," kuba "uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olucuthweyo luyaliqinisa ityala lotyalo-mali kwicandelo labucala." Ukuba abakwazi ukufikelela kubuchwephesha besizukulwana esilandelayo, ingxelo iyacacisa, oorhulumente bayakufuna ukuphucula izixhobo ezikhoyo kunye namandla, ukonyusa ibango labadlali bezinto zabucala.
USheline ubona ingxelo kwimeko yobudlelwane obukhulayo phakathi kweenkampani zetekhnoloji yeSilicon Valley kunye nomkhosi, awufumeneyo malunga nawo. Kwiminyaka emininzi, utshilo, ubulungisa babucala bubalekile kutyalo mali kwinkampani yezomkhosi-mveliso ngenxa yexesha elingaqinisekanga lembuyekezo. Ingxelo ye-KPMG, uyacacisa, ibonakala ijolise "kwabo bangekangeni emdlalweni" kwaye batyale imali kwicandelo.
“Asilindelanga ukuba silubone utshintsho olukhulu”
Nge-Agasti, uninzi lweekhontrakthi zomkhosi zaphinda zangqina ingqikelelo ye-KPMG kwiminxeba yokufumana umvuzo, iqinisekisa abatyali mali ukuba inzuzo yabo ayizukuchaphazeleka sisiphelo semfazwe yase-Afghanistan.
Ikhontrakthi yomkhosi i-PAE Incorporate, umzekelo, uxelele abatyali mali bayo kwi Agasti 7 umnxeba womvuzo ukuba "asilindelanga ukubona utshintsho olukhulu" ngenxa yokuphela kwembambano yase-Afghanistan kuba abaphathi be-Biden babeceba ukugcina i-ambassy eKabul. Oko kuthetha ukuba iinkonzo zenkampani, ezibandakanya uqeqesho lwemikhosi yezokhuseleko kwixa elidlulileyo, kusenokwenzeka ukuba kusafuneka.
"Sijonge imeko e-Afghanistan, kubandakanya nokukhathazeka okuye kwaphakanyiswa, kodwa okwangoku asiboni mpembelelo kwingeniso yethu okanye kwinzuzo kule nkqubo," utshilo ummeli wenkampani kule fowuni. Kunyaka ophelileyo, inkampani yabucala yokulingana thengiswa I-PAE kwinkampani yokufumana injongo ekhethekileyo exhaswa yenye inkampani yabucala yokulingana.
I-CACI International, ebibonelela ngenkxaso yezobuntlola kunye nohlalutyo emkhosini e-Afghanistan, uxelele abatyali mali nge-12 ka-Agasti umnxeba ngelixa ukuphela kwemfazwe kwakusonakalisa inzuzo yayo, "Sibona ukukhula okuhle kwitekhnoloji kwaye silindele ukuba iqhubeke nokukhupha ukukhula kobuchwephesha, ngokudibeneyo isuse ifuthe lokwehla kweAfghanistan."
I-CACI, ejongene nesigwebo somthetho kutyholwa ukongamela intuthumbo yamabanjwa Kwintolongo yase-Abu Ghraib e-Iraq, isakhathazekile ngokuphela kwemfazwe yase-US. Inkampani inayo ibixhasa ngemali itanki lokucinga Ukutyhala umva ngokuchasene nokurhoxa.
USheline unexhala lokuba iingqikelelo zabahlalutyi beKPMG kunye neekontraki zokhuselo 'zongquzulwano oluzayo oluza kubakho ziya kungqina zichanekile.
Ngelixa iBiden isenokuba iphelise eyona mfazwe inde eMelika kwaye yabhengeza iiveki emva kokuthatha i-ofisi ukuba ilizwe alisayi kuphinda lixhase imisebenzi yase-Saudi Arabia "ekhubekisayo" e-Yemen, uSheline uthi ezi ntshukumo azibonisi kulungiswa ngokupheleleyo komgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle waseMelika. Uthi i-US iqhubekile nokuxhasa iinzame zemfazwe zase-Saudi Arabia, kwaye uthi ukurhoxa e-Afghanistan bekuyinxalenye yeqhinga elibanzi lokuzibandakanya "kwimfazwe ebandayo ne-China."
Kwaye uSheline akazithembi ukuba abenzi bomthetho baseMelika bazokutshintsha ikhosi kwimfazwe yehlabathi. Ukhomba kwi-2022 yoGunyaziwe woKhuseleko kuZwelonke (NDAA), ethi, nge-768 yezigidigidi zeedola, ibhajethi yokhuselo ebiza kakhulu kwimbali. Iidemokhrasi zeNdlu bavotelwe izilungiso ezimbini ezinokuthi zilutshitshise kancinci uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali - kwaye bobabini bafumana iivoti ezimbalwa kunemizamo efanayo kunyaka ophelileyo.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iNdlu yathatha inyathelo lokunciphisa isigubu somkhosi ngokudlula lungiso kwi-NDAA ebhalwe ngu-Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Eziza kurhoxisa isigunyaziso se-DRM sokuzibandakanya kwe-US kwimfazwe yase-Saudi Arabia e-Yemen. Kodwa kwangolo suku lunye, iNdlu yadlula esinye isilungiso ukusuka kuMmeli uGregory Meeks, D-NY, oqulethe ulwimi oluthambileyo athi uSheline "uphinde asebenzise ulwimi olwalusetyenziswa nguBiden phaya ngoFebruwari malunga neYemen."
I-Senate ngoku icwangciselwe ukuba ithathele ingqalelo izilungiso zombini njengoko isebenza ukudlula i-NDAA. "Mhlawumbi bazokuhlutha uhlengahlengiso lukaKhanna kwaye bahambe nezilungiso ze Meeks kwaye bagcine yonke into ngendlela eyiyo," utshilo uSheline.
