NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, November 13, 2022
Uma abaholi abanamandla beSenate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) kanye noJim Inhofe (R), benendlela yabo, iCongress izobiza isikhathi sempi maduze. amandla ezimo eziphuthumayo ukwakha inqwaba yezikhali zePentagon. I Ukuchitshiyelwa kuthiwa yakhelwe ukusiza ukugcwalisa izikhali i-United States ezithumele e-Ukraine, kodwa ukubheka uhlu lwezifiso oluhlongozwe kulesi sichibiyelo kuveza indaba ehlukile.
Umbono kaReed no-Inhofe uwukufaka isichibiyelo sabo sesikhathi sempi ku-FY2023 National Defence Appropriation Act (NDAA) ozophasiswa phakathi neseshini ye-lameduck ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka. Lesi sichibiyelo sahamba ngeKomidi Lezinsiza Zezikhali maphakathi no-Okthoba futhi, uma kuba umthetho, uMnyango Wezokuvikela uzovunyelwa ukuvala izinkontileka zeminyaka eminingi futhi unikeze izinkontileka ezingezona ukuncintisana kubakhiqizi bezikhali ngezikhali ezihlobene ne-Ukraine.
Uma ngabe isichibiyelo seReed/Inhofe siyiqiniso kuhloswe ekugcwaliseni izimpahla zePentagon, kungani-ke amanani ohlwini lwayo lwezifiso edlula ithunyelwe e-Ukraine?
Asenze isiqhathaniso:
– Inkanyezi yamanje yosizo lwezempi lwase-US oluya e-Ukraine eka-Lockheed Martin HIMARS uhlelo lwe-rocket, isikhali esifanayo Amasosha Asolwandle ase-US esetshenziswa ukusiza ukunciphisa ingxenye enkulu yeMosul, idolobha lesibili ngobukhulu e-Iraq, ukuba imfucumfucu ngo-2017. I-US ithumele kuphela izinhlelo ze-HIMARS ezingu-38 e-Ukraine, kodwa amaSenator Reed kanye ne-Inhofe bahlela "ukuhlela kabusha" i-700 yabo, ngamarokhethi angu-100,000, angabiza kuze kufike ku-$ 4 billion.
- Esinye isikhali sokudubula esinikezwe i-Ukraine yi- M777 155 mm ubude. Ukuze "ushintshe" ama-M142 angu-777 athunyelwe e-Ukraine, ama-seneta ahlela uku-oda i-1,000 yawo, ngezindleko ezilinganiselwe zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.7, ezivela ku-BAE Systems.
- Iziqalisi ze-HIMARS zingaphinda zishise ibanga elide lika-Lockheed Martin (kufika ku-190 miles) I-MGM-140 Imicibisholo ye-ATACMS, i-US engayithumelanga e-Ukraine. Eqinisweni i-US ike yaxosha kuphela abangu-560 kubo, ikakhulukazi e-Iraq ngo-2003. Uhla olude kakhulu “I-Precision Strike Missile,” okwakungavunyelwe ngaphambilini ngaphansi kwe Isivumelwano se-INF eyalahlwa nguTrump, izoqala ukufaka esikhundleni se-ATACMS ngo-2023, nokho i-Reed-Inhofe Amendment izothenga i-ATACMS engu-6,000, izikhathi eziyi-10 ngaphezu kweyake yasetshenziswa i-US, ngenani elilinganiselwa ku-$600 million.
- I-Reed ne-Inhofe bahlela ukuthenga i-20,000 I-Stinger imicibisholo elwa nendiza evela eRaytheon. Kepha iCongress isivele isebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-340 ukuthola ama-Stingers angama-2,800 ukuze athathe indawo ye-1,400 ethunyelwe e-Ukraine. Ukuchitshiyelwa kukaReed no-Inhofe “kuzophinda kugcwalise” amasheya ePentagon izikhathi eziyi-14, okungabiza u-$2.4 billion.
- Izwe laseMelika lihlinzeke i-Ukraine ngezinhlelo ezimbili kuphela ze-Harpoon anti-ship missile - osekuvele kuwukukhuphuka okuvusa inkanuko - kodwa isichibiyelo sihlanganisa i-1,000 Boeing Harpoon imicibisholo (cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.4) kanye nama-Kongsberg amasha angu-800 Imicibisholo ye-Naval Strike (cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.8), esikhundleni sePentagon seHarpoon.
- The I-Patriot uhlelo lwezokuvikela emoyeni lungesinye isikhali i-US engazange ithumele e-Ukraine, ngoba uhlelo ngalunye lungadla izigidigidi zamaRandi kanye nesifundo esiyisisekelo sokuqeqeshwa kochwepheshe ukuze silondoloze futhi silungise kuthatha isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ukuqeda. Futhi nokho uhlu lwezifiso lwe-Inhofe-Reed luhlanganisa imicibisholo ye-Patriot engu-10,000, kanye neziqhumane, ezingahlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-30.
I-ATACMS, Harpoons kanye ne-Stingers zonke izikhali i-Pentagon eyayivele iphelile, pho kungani uchitha izigidigidi zamaRandi ukuthenga izinkulungwane zazo manje? Kumayelana nani ngempela lokhu? Ingabe lesi sichibiyelo siyisibonelo esibi kakhulu sokuzuza impi ngamasosha-izimboni-Congressional eyinkimbinkimbi? Noma ingabe i-United States ilungiselela ngempela ukulwa nempi enkulu yaphansi ngokumelene neRussia?
Ukwahlulela kwethu okuhle kakhulu ukuthi zombili ziyiqiniso.
Uma sibheka uhlu lwezikhali, umhlaziyi wezempi kanye noColonel Mark Cancian osewathatha umhlalaphansi kuphawulwe: “Lokhu akuthathi indawo yalokho esikunikeze [i-Ukraine]. Yakha amasheya empi enkulu yaphansi [neRussia] esikhathini esizayo. Lolu akulona uhlu ongalusebenzisela i-China. E-China singaba nohlu oluhluke kakhulu. ”
UMengameli uBiden uthi ngeke athumele amasosha ase-US ukuthi ayolwa neRussia ngoba kuzoba njalo World War III. Kodwa uma impi iqhubeka futhi ikhula, kulapho kucaca khona ukuthi amabutho ase-US ahileleke ngokuqondile ezicini eziningi zempi: esiza ukuhlela imisebenzi Ukraine; ukuhlinzeka okusekelwe kwisathelayithi ubuhlakani; ukugijima impi ye-cyber; futhi ukusebenza ngokucashile ngaphakathi kwe-Ukraine njengamabutho akhethekile okusebenza kanye ne-CIA paramilitaries. Manje iRussia isole amabutho akhethekile aseBrithani izindima eziqondile ekuhlaselweni kwe-drone yasolwandle e-Sevastopol kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwamapayipi egesi e-Nord Stream.
Njengoba ukuzibandakanya kwe-US empini kuye kwanda naphezu kweBiden ezephuliwe izithembiso, iPentagon kumele ngabe yenze izinhlelo zezimo eziphuthumayo zempi egcwele phakathi kwe-United States neRussia. Uma lezo zinhlelo zike zenziwa, futhi uma zingaqali ngokushesha ukuphela komhlaba impi yenuzi, zizodinga inqwaba yezikhali ezithile, futhi lokho kuyinjongo yezitoko ze-Reed-Inhofe.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukuchitshiyelwa kubonakala kusabela izikhalo ngabakhiqizi bezikhali ukuthi i-Pentagon "yayihamba kancane kakhulu" ekusebenziseni izimali ezinkulu ezabelwe i-Ukraine. Nakuba imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-20 yabelwe izikhali, izinkontileka zokuthengela i-Ukraine izikhali futhi esikhundleni salezo ezithunyelwe lapho kuze kube manje zenze isamba semali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.7 ekuqaleni kukaNovemba.
Ngakho ibonanza yokuthengiswa kwezikhali eyayilindelwe yayingakafiki, futhi abakhi bezikhali base bephelelwa isineke. Nge umhlaba wonke ngokuya ngokubiza izingxoxo zamanxusa, uma iCongress inganyakazi, impi ingase iphele ngaphambi kokuba kufike i-jackpot elindelwe ngabakhiqizi bezikhali.
UMark Cancian wachaza ku-DefenseNews, "Besilokhu sizwa embonini, lapho sikhuluma nabo ngalolu daba, ukuthi bafuna ukubona uphawu lwesidingo."
Ngenkathi i-Reed-Inhofe Amendment idlula ekomitini maphakathi no-Okthoba, ngokusobala “bekuwuphawu lwesidingo” abathengisi bokufa ababelufuna. Izintengo zesitoko sika-Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman kanye ne-General Dynamics zisuke njengemicibisholo elwa nendiza, zaqhuma zaba phezulu kakhulu ekupheleni kwenyanga.
UJulia Gledhill, umhlaziyi weProject on Government Oversight, ukugxekile izinhlinzeko zezimo eziphuthumayo ngesikhathi sempi kulesi sichibiyelo, wathi "kuqhubeka kubhebhethekisa izindlela zokugada ezivele zibuthaka ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuqolwa kwamanani ezinkampani zamasosha."
Ukuvula iminyango yenkontileka yezempi yeminyaka eminingi, engaqhudelani, yezigidigidi zamadola kubonisa indlela abantu baseMelika abavaleleke ngayo obishini lwempi nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi. Impi ngayinye entsha iba izaba zokukhuphuka okwengeziwe kwezindleko zezempi, okuningi kwakho okungahlobene nempi yamanje ehlinzeka ngekhava yokwanda. Umhlaziyi wesabelomali samasosha uCarl Conetta ubonisile (bona Isifinyezo esiphezulu) ngo-2010, ngemva kweminyaka yempi e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, ukuthi "leyo misebenzi i-akhawunti (ed) kuphela i-52% yokuhlinzwa" ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi yase-US ngaleso sikhathi.
U-Andrew Lautz weNyunyana Kazwelonke Yabakhokhi Bentela manje ubala ukuthi isabelomali esiyisisekelo sePentagon sizodlula $1 trillion ngonyaka ngo-2027, eminyakeni emihlanu ngaphambi kwalokho okwakubikezelwe iHhovisi Lesabelomali Se-Congressional. Kodwa uma sifaka okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-230 ngonyaka ezindlekweni ezihlobene nezempi kwizabelomali zeminye iminyango, njengaMandla (ezikhali zenuzi), Indaba Zamasosha, Ezokuphepha Kwasekhaya, Ubulungiswa (i-FBI cybersecurity), kanye noMbuso, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kazwelonke ngokungavikeleki isivele ishaye ama-trillion dollar ngonyaka, ikhuphuka amashumi amabili nantathu wokusebenzisa imali ngokubona konyaka.
Ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kweMelika esizukulwaneni esisha sezikhali kwenza kucishe kungenzeki ukuthi osopolitiki banoma yiliphi iqembu babone, ingasaphathwa eyokuvuma emphakathini, ukuthi izikhali nezimpi zaseMelika kube yimbangela yezinkinga eziningi zomhlaba, hhayi isixazululo, nokuthi abakwazi ukuxazulula inkinga yakamuva yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle futhi.
AmaSenenja uReed kanye no-Inhofe bazovikela ukuchitshiyelwa kwabo njengesinyathelo esihlakaniphile sokuvimbela nokulungiselela ukwanda kwempi yaseRussia, kodwa ukukhuphuka kokunyuka esivalelwe kukho akukona uhlangothi olulodwa. Kungumphumela wezenzo ezikhuphukayo yizinhlangothi zombili, futhi ukwakhiwa kwezikhali okukhulu okugunyazwe yilesi sichibiyelo kuwukukhuphuka okuyingozi okwenziwa uhlangothi lwase-US okuzonyusa ubungozi beMpi Yezwe uMongameli Biden athembise ukuyigwema.
Ngemuva kwezimpi eziyinhlekelele kanye nebhaluni yesabelomali samasosha ase-US eminyakeni engama-25 edlule, kufanele sihlakaniphe manje mayelana nesimo esishubileyo sokuzungeza okunonya esibanjwe kukho. Futhi ngemva kokudlala ngothando nge-Armageddon iminyaka engu-45 eMpini Yomshoshaphansi yokugcina, kufanele futhi sihlakaniphe engozini ekhona yokuhlanganyela kulolu hlobo lobuhlobo neRussia ehlome ngezikhali zenuzi. Ngakho-ke, uma sihlakaniphile, sizophikisana nesichibiyelo soMhlanga/I-Inhofe.
UMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies bangababhali be Impi e-Ukraine: Ukwenza Umuzwa Wengxabano Engenangqondo, etholakala ku-OR Books ngoNovemba 2022.
UMedea Benjamin ungumsunguli we CODEPINK for Ukuthula, kanye nombhali wezincwadi eziningana, kuhlanganise Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Weqiniso Nezombangazwe YeRiphabhulikhi Yase-Islamic yase-Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi we-CODEPINK kanye nomlobi we Igazi ezandleni Zethu: I-American Invasion kanye nokubhujiswa kwe-Iraq.
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