Nipasẹ Primo Davril, Washington Post apoc, Oṣu Kẹrin Ọjọ 1, Ọdun 2022
BETHESDA, Dókítà - Ere-ije gigun-ọdun ti o wa tẹlẹ ti a ṣe akiyesi julọ fun ti ipilẹṣẹ ibinu opopona ni ati nipa Bethesda, Maryland, ti ri orukọ titun kan, akori, ati onigbowo ti o ni owo pupọ.
Bẹrẹ ni ọdun yii o jẹ Ere-ije Ere-ije gigun. Pẹlu awọn ibẹru ti o nwaye ti ipinnu idunadura kan ni Ukraine, awọn olukopa nilo lati wọ mejeeji buluu ati ofeefee “ti o han gbangba ati laarin isunmọ to bojumu si awọn ojiji awọ to pe.”
Ṣalaye Emily d'Inferno, agbẹnusọ fun olugbọwọ ere-ije tuntun Lockheed-Martin, “A yoo ṣe diẹ lati ṣe itunu fun awọn asare ati fun awọn ara ilu Ukrainian akikanju, ti nkigbe 'Jeki O Lọ!' ninu awon mejeeji.”
Lakoko ti akori ije tuntun dabi pe o gbajumọ laarin kilasi ti awọn eniyan ti o fọkan si, olugbe Bethesda kan ti o yan lati wa ni ailorukọ fun awọn idi aabo orilẹ-ede ṣe akiyesi pe arabinrin ọmọ rẹ sọ laipẹ pe awọn owo-ori (ati awọn miiran) fun Lockheed-Martin $75 bilionu ni ọdun to kọja bẹ bẹ bẹ. nitorina o jẹ onigbowo gangan ti ije.
Nipa jina agbaye tobi julo oniṣòwo ohun ija, Bethesda-orisun Lockheed Martin nṣogo nipa ihamọra lori awọn orilẹ-ede 50. Iwọnyi pẹlu ọpọlọpọ awọn ijọba aninilara julọ ati awọn ijọba apanilẹṣẹ, ati awọn orilẹ-ede ni awọn ẹgbẹ idakeji ti awọn ogun. Diẹ ninu awọn ijọba ti o ni ihamọra nipasẹ Lockheed Martin jẹ Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy , Japan, Jordani, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, ati Vietnam.
Awọn ohun ija Lockheed Martin nigbagbogbo wa pẹlu “awọn adehun iṣẹ igbesi aye” ninu eyiti Lockheed nikan le ṣe iṣẹ ẹrọ naa. Awọn ohun ija Lockheed Martin ti lo lodi si awọn eniyan Yemen, Iraq, Afiganisitani, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, ati ọpọlọpọ awọn orilẹ-ede miiran. Yato si awọn irufin ti awọn ọja rẹ ti ṣelọpọ fun, Lockheed Martin nigbagbogbo jẹbi jegudujera ati awọn miiran iwa.
Lockheed Martin ṣe alabapin ninu AMẸRIKA ati UK iparun awọn ohun ija, bakanna bi jijẹ olupilẹṣẹ ti ẹru ati ajalu F-35, ati awọn eto misaili THAAD ti a lo lati mu awọn aifọkanbalẹ pọ si ni ayika agbaye ati ti iṣelọpọ ninu 42 AMẸRIKA sọ ohun ti o dara julọ lati ṣe idaniloju atilẹyin awọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ Ile asofin ijoba.
Ni Amẹrika ni akoko idibo 2020, ni ibamu si Ṣii Awọn asiri, Awọn alabaṣiṣẹpọ Lockheed Martin lo fere $ 7 milionu lori awọn oludije, awọn ẹgbẹ oselu, ati awọn PACs, ati pe o fẹrẹ to $ 13 milionu lori iparowa pẹlu fere idaji milionu kọọkan lori Donald Trump ati Joe Biden, $ 197 ẹgbẹrun lori Kay Granger, $ 138 ẹgbẹrun lori Bernie Sanders, ati $ 114 ẹgbẹrun pa Chuck Schumer.
Ti Lockheed Martin's 70 US lobbyists, 49 waye awọn iṣẹ ijọba tẹlẹ. Lockheed Martin lobbies ijọba AMẸRIKA ni akọkọ fun iwe-owo inawo ologun nla kan, eyiti o jẹ ni ọdun 2021 $ 778 bilionu, eyiti $ 75 bilionu lọ taara si Lockheed Martin. Ẹka Ipinle AMẸRIKA ni imunadoko ni apa titaja Lockheed Martin, igbega awọn ohun ija rẹ si awọn ijọba.
Congress omo egbe tun ara iṣura ni ati ere lati Lockheed Martin ká ere, pẹlu lati titun ohun ija awọn gbigbe to Ukraine. Lockheed Martin ká akojopo soar nigbakugba ti ogun nla titun ba wa. Lockheed Martin nṣogo ogun naa dara fun iṣowo. Obinrin Congress kan ra Lockheed Martin iṣura ni Kínní 22, 2022, ati ni ọjọ keji tweeted “Ogun ati awọn agbasọ ogun jẹ ere iyalẹnu…”
Alaimokan rabble ni ngbero ehonu ti Lockheed Martin ni Bethesda ati ni ayika agbaye fun ọsẹ ti Kẹrin 21-28.
