Sibaphatha kanjani abaphikisana nabo? Emibusweni yentando yeningi eqinile, sibabandakanya engxoxweni ngokubambisana. Emibusweni yentando yeningi ebuthaka, siyayikhipha futhi siyayinqoba. Uma singenayo intando yeningi, singase sibabulale.
Pho kungani i-United States, umholi okusolwa ukuthi wentando yeningi, isiphenduke umthengisi omkhulu wezikhali emhlabeni?
Ngo-2016, ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali kukahulumeni wase-US kwaba nesamba semali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-38 zamaRandi, okungaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu yohwebo lwezikhali emhlabeni wonke oluyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-100. Lokho kubandakanya kuphela ukuthengiswa kwezempi kukahulumeni kuya kuhulumeni, okugunyazwe uMnyango Wezokuvikela. Akubandakanyi izigidigidi ezithengiswe ekuthengisweni kwezentengiselwano okuqondile lapho i-Lockheed Martin, i-Boeing, i-General Dynamics nezinye izinkampani zezikhali zithola amalayisense oMnyango Wezwe ukuze zidayisele ohulumeni bangaphandle.
Kodwa imboni yezikhali igxile kakhulu ebhizinisini lokuthulisa abaphikisi unomphela.
Abanye bazobhikisha: Izikhali zase-US zivikela abantu abangenacala kubahlaseli abanonya. Hawu ngempela? Zikuphi izinhlolovo zabahlanganyeli bokungqubuzana ukuze kuhlolwe lokho kuqagela kwenganekwane? Ziphi izitatimende ezithinta umphakathi zokuthunyelwa kwezikhali? Bangaki ababulawa izikhali zase-US abafanelwe ukufa?
Iyini ukusetshenziswa kwayo yonke leyo sayensi ekwakheni izikhali uma ingekho isayensi ekuhloleni ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali ezinkingeni zomhlaba wangempela?
Uma sikuthatha ngokukholwa ukuthi izikhali zithuthukisa imiphakathi engcono, uma singaxoxi nemiphakathi ethinteke ngezikhali, uma singaqhathanisi inzuzo yesigidigidi esingu-$1 embonini yezikhali noma ekuxazululeni izingxabano ezingenalo udlame, bese siyakhokha. izintela zokuxhasa umsebenzi wokukhiqiza izikhali zilingana nokukhokha izintela zokusekela inkolo.
Nokho cishe wonke umongameli wase-US kusukela ngo-1969 i-Nixon Doctrine ubengumthengisi wemboni yezikhali, eyehlisa ukulawulwa, ekhuphula uxhaso lomphakathi kuyo, ethola iminikelo yomkhankaso kuyo, futhi exukuza okungenani izizwe eziyi-100 ngemikhiqizo yayo ebulalayo.
Futhi ukuba nguNombolo One Weapons Salesman akwanele. UMongameli uDonald Trump uthi uMnyango Wezokuvikela kanye Nezokuvikela awuphushi ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali ngokwenele.
Ngemva kokuthola amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-30 ku-NRA, u-Trump uhlose ukudlulisela umthwalo wemfanelo wokuthunyelwa kwezibhamu ngaphandle koMnyango Wezwe, ocabangela imiphumela engaba khona yokuthunyelwa kwezikhali odlameni, eMnyangweni Wezohwebo, ongakwenzi lokho.
U-Obama, ohlomule kakhulu embonini yezikhali, wayeseqalile ukuxegisa ukugada, kodwa ezinye izinhlelo zaphazanyiswa ukudubula kwabantu abaningi baseMelika, okwenze ukuhoxiswa kokuthengiswa kwamanye amazwe kwama-AR-15 kubonakale kuwubulima kakhulu.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sikhetha bani, ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali kanye nenqubomgomo yangaphandle kugqugquzelwa i-Iron Triangle - inhlanganisela yalabo abakuhulumeni, amasosha, kanye nemboni yezikhali ematasatasa ngokwandisa izimakethe zezikhali kanye nokufaka "ukuthula" okusekelwe ezinsongweni.
Esikhundleni sokuxazulula izingxabano, abadayisi bezikhali bayachuma phakathi kwayo, njengezilokazane ezihlasela isilonda. Njengoba uWilliam Hartung echaza kwethi “Abaprofethi Bempi,” u-Lockheed Martin uye wanxenxa ukuthi aqhubekisele phambili inqubomgomo yangaphandle ekufezeni izinhloso zenkampani zokwandisa ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe ngamaphesenti angama-25.
U-Lockheed uphushele ukunwetshwa kwe-NATO emnyango waseRussia ukwenza izivumelwano zezikhali zamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane namalungu amasha. I-Project for the New American Century, "ithangi lokucabanga" elinethonya elinomphathi we-Lockheed Martin njengomqondisi, liphushelwe ukuhlasela i-Iraq.
Imboni yezikhali ithola ukwesekwa ngokusabalalisa imisebenzi yenkontileka yezikhali kuzo zonke izifunda zekhongolose. Imisebenzi ngokusobala yenza ukubulala kube nenzuzo. Khumbula ukuthi amaphesenti angama-70 kuye kwangama-80 emali engenayo yezinkampani zezikhali zase-US ivela kuhulumeni wase-US. Uma sisebenzisa izintela ukuxhasa imisebenzi, kungani singasebenzisi imisebenzi ukulwa nokusha kwamahlathi? Ukuhamba ngelanga?
Ukuthela uxhaso embonini yezikhali kuklinya ukukhiqizwa nokuqanjwa kabusha kwabantu. Abafundi bakho banephupho lokuba ososayensi? Zilungiselele for the straitjacket wezempi. Ngeke kube lula ukuthola uxhaso ngaphandle kwalo. Iningi lezimali zocwaningo nentuthuko zikahulumeni ziya emisebenzini ehlobene nezempi.
Ngokuphawulekayo, ukusebenzisa imali emkhakheni wezokuvikela ngePentagon yayo engahloliwe, izinto ezinenani elingaphezulu, ukweqiwa kwezindleko ezinkulu, kanye nezinkontileka ezingabhidi kanye nezindleko kubangela ukulahlekelwa okuphelele kwemisebenzi ezweni lonke. Iningi leminye imikhakha yezomnotho ikhiqiza imisebenzi eyengeziwe ngedola ngalinye lentela.
Okwenza isivumelwano sabakhokhintela base-US sibe sibi nakakhulu iminikelo yomkhankaso wemboni, amaholo e-CEO, ukungcola kwemvelo, ukufumbathisa okukhulu kwezikhulu zakwamanye amazwe, kanye nokunxenxa izindleko - $74 million ngo-2015. Ngokungakholakali, izintela zethu zize zixhase ukuthenga kwamanye amazwe izikhali zase-US - $6.04 billion 2017.
Khonamanjalo, ubani olalela izinkulungwane zabantu baseNingizimu Korea abafuna ukususwa kohlelo lwe-Lockheed Martin's Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense?
Ubani olalela abazali babafundi baseMexico ababulawa amasosha aseMexico? Bathi izikhali zaseMelika ezidayiselwa iMexico ziyingozi kakhulu kunezidakamizwa zaseMexico ezithengiselwa abantu baseMelika. Udonga lukaTrump luzobavikela kanjani abantu baseMexico ku-Weapons Pusher Number One?
Imboni yezikhali ithola ama-handouts mahhala ngaphandle kokufakwa kwentando yeningi, akukho ukuhlolwa, akukho sibopho ngemiphumela, futhi akukho okulindelekile ukuthi izikhali zizoxazulula izimbangela zokungqubuzana. Mayelana nokufinyelela imigomo yenqubekelaphambili yezenhlalo, yezombangazwe, yezomnotho, neyemvelo, izikhali azidubuli lutho ngaphandle kokudutshulwa.
Njengazo zonke izitho zomzimba, imboni yezikhali ibalulekile, kodwa lapho umsebenzi wayo oyimpoqo wokuziphakamisa ususa umsebenzi womzimba, uncisha ezinye izitho umsoco, futhi ufaka ushevu emzimbeni, sekuyisikhathi sokuhlinzwa nokwelashwa.
U-Kristin Christman uneziqu ze-Russian nezokuphatha zomphakathi ezivela e-Dartmouth, Brown, nase-SUNY Albany.
