by Isikhungo saseQuincy Sokubophezelela Isitatimende, Ngo-September 30, i-2021
Ngaphandle kokuhoxiswa kwezisekelo zamasosha ase-US namasosha e-Afghanistan, i-United States iyaqhubeka nokugcina izisekelo zamasosha ezungeze i-750 phesheya emazweni angama-80 nakwamanye amazwe (izindawo).
Lezi zisekelo zibiza ngezindlela eziningi: kwezezimali, kwezepolitiki, kwezenhlalo nakwezemvelo. Izisekelo zase-US emazweni aphesheya zivame ukuphakamisa ukungezwani kwezepolitiki, zisekele imibuso engabuswa ngentando yeningi, futhi zisebenze njengethuluzi lokuqasha amaqembu ezimpi aphikisana nobukhona be-US kanye nohulumeni ubukhona bayo buqinisa.
Kwezinye izimo, izisekelo zakwamanye amazwe ziyasetshenziswa futhi zenze kwaba lula ukuthi i-United States iqalise futhi isebenzise izimpi eziyinhlekelele, kufaka phakathi lezo ezise-Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia naseLibya.
Kuwo wonke umkhakha wezepolitiki kanye nasemasosheni ase-US kunokwanda okukhulayo kokuthi izisekelo eziningi zaphesheya kwezilwandle bekufanele ngabe zivaliwe emashumini eminyaka adlule, kepha inertia yeziphathimandla kanye nezintshisekelo zezombusazwe ezingekho emthethweni ziye zabagcina bevulekile.
Lo mbiko ukhishwe nguDavid Vine, Patterson Deppen noLeah Bolger https://quincyinst.org/report/drawdow…
Amaqiniso asheshayo emaphethelweni ezempi ase-US aphesheya kwezilwandle:
• Cishe zingama-750 izindawo zamasosha aseMelika phesheya emazweni angama-80 namakoloni.
• I-United States inezizinda eziphindwe kathathu eziphakeme phesheya (i-750) njengamanxusa ase-US, amanxusa, nezithunywa emhlabeni jikelele (276).
• Ngenkathi kukhona cishe ukufakwa kwesigamu okuningi njengokuphela kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, izisekelo zase-US zisabalale zafinyelela emazweni namakholoni aphindwe kabili (kusuka kuma-40 kuye kwangama-80) ngasikhathi sinye, kunokugxila okukhulu kwezinsiza eMiddle East, e-East Asia , izingxenye zeYurophu, ne-Afrika.
• I-United States okungenani inezisekelo eziningi eziphindwe kathathu kunamanye amazwe ahlanganisiwe.
• Izisekelo zase-US phesheya zibiza abakhokhi bentela imali elinganiselwa ku- $ 55 billion ngonyaka.
• Ukwakhiwa kwengqalasizinda yamasosha phesheya kudle abakhokhi bentela okungenani ama- $ 70 billion kusukela ngonyaka ka-2000, futhi kungabiza ngaphezu kuka- $ 100 billion.
• Izisekelo zaphesheya zisize i-United States ukuqala izimpi neminye imisebenzi yokulwa okungenani emazweni angama-25 kusukela ngo-2001.
• Ukufaka kwe-US kutholakala okungenani emazweni angama-38 kanye namakholoni angabuswa ngentando yeningi.
