Naphezu kokungaboni ngaso linye mayelana nezichibiyelo ezithile eSigele, iCongress yase-United States isilungele ukuphasisa umthethosivivinywa wesabelomali sezempi esingu-$778 billion ngonyaka ka-2022. Njengoba kade benza unyaka nonyaka, izikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe zilungiselela ukunikeza ingxenye enkulu - ngaphezu kwe-65% - ukusetshenziswa kwemali kombuso ngokubona kwakhe emshinini wezempi wase-US, njengoba besonga izandla zabo phezu kokusebenzisa ingxenye yesine yaleyo mali ku-Build Back Better Act.
Irekhodi elimangalisayo lebutho laseMelika lokwehluleka okuhlelekile - muva nje ukwehliswa kwalo kokugcina yiTaliban ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili ukufa, ukubhujiswa futhi Amanga e-Afghanistan—ikhalela ukuthi kubuyekezwe kusuka phezulu kuya phansi kwendima yayo eyinhloko kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US kanye nokuhlolwa kabusha okuqinile kwendawo yayo efanele ezintweni eziza kuqala kubhajethi yeCongress.
Esikhundleni salokho, unyaka nonyaka, amalungu eNgqungquthela anikezela ingxenye enkulu yezinsiza zesizwe sethu kulesi sikhungo esikhohlakele, ngokungahlolisiswa okuncane futhi kungekho kwesaba okusobala kokuziphendulela uma kuziwa ekukhethweni kabusha kwawo. Amalungu eCongress asakubona njengocingo “oluphephile” lwezepolitiki lokukhipha izitembu zenjoloba ngokunganaki futhi avotele nokho izigidigidi ezingamakhulu ezinkulungwane zoxhaso lwePentagon kanye nabamele imboni yezikhali baye bancenga amaKomidi Wezinkonzo Zezikhali ukuthi kufanele akhwehlele.
Masingalenzi iphutha ngalokhu: Ukukhetha kukaKhongolose ukuqhubeka nokutshala imali emshinini wempi omkhulu, ongasebenzi futhi omba eqolo akuhlangene “nokuvikeleka kwezwe” njengoba abantu abaningi bekuqonda, noma “ukuzivikela” njengoba isichazamazwi sikuchaza.
Umphakathi wase-US ubhekene nezinsongo ezibucayi kwezokuphepha kwethu, okuhlanganisa inkinga yesimo sezulu, ukucwasa ngokwesistimu, ukuwohloka kwamalungelo okuvota, udlame lwezibhamu, ukungalingani okukhulu kanye nokudunwa kwezinkampani amandla ezombusazwe. Kodwa inkinga eyodwa esingenayo ngenhlanhla usongo lokuhlaselwa noma ukuhlaselwa umhlukumezi odlangile emhlabeni wonke noma, empeleni, yinoma yiliphi elinye izwe.
Ukugcina umshini wempi ongaphezu kwe 12 noma 13 amabutho alandelayo amakhulu emhlabeni ehlangene empeleni asenza Ngaphansi iphephile, njengoba abaphathi abasha ngamunye bezuza ifa lenkohliso yokuthi amandla ezempi ase-United States angakwazi, ngakho-ke kufanele, asetshenziselwe ukubhekana nanoma iyiphi inselele ecatshangwayo ezithakazelweni zase-US noma kuphi emhlabeni-ngisho nalapho kusobala ukuthi asikho isisombululo sezempi nalapho eziningi zezinkinga eziwumsuka zabangelwa ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla ezempi yase-US kwasekuqaleni.
Nakuba izinselelo zamazwe ngamazwe esibhekene nazo kuleli khulu leminyaka zidinga ukuzibophezela kwangempela ekubambisaneni namazwe ngamazwe, iCongress yabela amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-58 kuphela, ngaphansi kwamaphesenti angu-10 wesabelomali se-Pentagon, ezikhungweni zezombusazwe zikahulumeni wethu: uMnyango Wezwe. Okubi nakakhulu, kokubili abaphathi beDemocratic and Republican baqhubeka begcwalisa izikhundla eziphezulu zezikhulu ngezikhulu ezifundiswe futhi ezicwile ezinqubweni zempi nokuphoqelela, ezinolwazi oluncane kanye namakhono amancane ekukhulumeni okunokuthula esikudinga kakhulu.
Lokhu kuqhubekisela phambili inqubomgomo yezangaphandle ehlulekile esekelwe ekukhetheni okungamanga phakathi kwezijeziso zezomnotho izikhulu ze-UN eziqhathanise nazo ukuvinjezelwa kwenkathi ephakathi, uqeda lokho ukuzinzisa amazwe nezifunda amashumi eminyaka, nezimpi nemikhankaso yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ebulalayo izigidi labantu futhi ushiye amadolobha eyimfucumfucu, njengokuthi Mosul e-Iraq futhi URaqqa eSyria.
Ukuphela kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi kwakuyithuba elihle lokuthi i-United States inciphise amabutho ayo kanye nesabelomali sezempi ukuze ihambisane nezidingo zayo zokuzivikela ezisemthethweni. Umphakathi waseMelika ngokwemvelo wawulindele futhi unethemba lokuthi "Isabelo Sokuthula,” ngisho nezikhulu zePentagon ezimakadebona zatshela iKomidi Lesabelo-zimali seSenate ngo-1991 ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezimali kwezempi ukunqanyulwa ngokuphepha ngama-50% eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo.
Kodwa akuzange kwenzeke lokho. Izikhulu zaseMelika esikhundleni salokho zaqala ukuxhaphaza ngemuva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi "I-Power Dividend,” ukungalingani okukhulu kwezempi okuvuna i-United States, ngokusungula izizathu zokusebenzisa amabutho ezempi ngokukhululeka nangokubanzi emhlabeni wonke. Ngesikhathi sokushintshela ekuphathweni okusha kukaClinton, uMadeleine Albright odumile Ebuzwa USihlalo Wezikhulu Ezihlangene Zabasebenzi uGeneral Colin Powell, "Kuyini iphuzu lokuba naleli butho elihle kakhulu ohlale ukhuluma ngalo uma singakwazi ukulisebenzisa?"
Ngo-1999, njengoNobhala Wezwe ngaphansi kukaMongameli uClinton, u-Albright wathola isifiso sakhe, ephikisana ne-UN Charter ngempi engekho emthethweni yokuqopha i-Kosovo ezimele emanxiweni aseYugoslavia.
I-UN Charter ikwenqabela ngokucacile usongo noma ukusetshenziswa webutho lezempi ngaphandle kwamacala ukuzivikela noma uma I-UN Security Council ithatha izinyathelo zempi "ukugcina noma ukubuyisela ukuthula nokuvikeleka kwamazwe ngamazwe." Lokhu bekungekubi futhi. Ngenkathi uNobhala Wezangaphandle e-UK uRobin Cook etshela u-Albright ukuthi uhulumeni wakhe "unenkinga nabameli bethu" ngohlelo lwempi olungekho emthethweni lwe-NATO, u-Albright wamtshela ukuze "uthole abameli abasha."
Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nambili kamuva, iKosovo iyona okwesithathu-abampofu kakhulu izwe eYurophu (ngemuva kweMoldova kanye ne-post-coup Ukraine) kanye nokuzimela kwayo ayikaqashelwa Amazwe we-96. U-Hashim Thaçi, u-Albright okhethwe ngesandla umngane omkhulu e-Kosovo futhi kamuva umongameli wayo, ulindele ukuqulwa kwecala enkantolo yamazwe ngamazwe e-Hague, ebhekene necala lokubulala okungenani izakhamuzi ze-300 ngaphansi komshini wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-NATO ngo-1999 ukuze kukhishwe futhi kudayiswe izitho zabo zangaphakathi emakethe yamazwe ngamazwe okufakelwa kabusha.
Impi kaClinton no-Albright enyantisayo nengekho emthethweni yabeka isibonelo sezimpini zase-US ezingekho emthethweni e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, eLibya, eSyria nakwezinye izindawo, kwaba nemiphumela elimazayo nesabekayo ngokufanayo. Kepha izimpi ezihlulekile zaseMelika azizange ziholele iCongress noma abaphathi abalandelanayo ukuthi bacabangisise ngesinqumo saseMelika sokuthembela ezinsongweni ezingekho emthethweni nasekusetshenzisweni kwebutho lezempi ukuveza amandla e-US emhlabeni wonke, futhi azizange ziqinise ezigidini zamadola atshalwe kulezi zifiso zombuso. .
Kunalokho, emhlabeni obheke phansi we ukhohlakele ezikhungweni Ipolitiki yase-US, isizukulwane sezimpi ezihlulekile nezicekela phansi ngokungenanjongo ziye zaba nomthelela ongemuhle wokujwayelekile ibiza kakhulu isabelomali sezempi kunesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi, kanye nokunciphisa inkulumo-mpikiswano yengqungquthela emibuzweni yokuthi zingaki eziningi ezingenamsebenzi ngamunye uhlelo lwezikhali kufanele baphoqe abakhokhi bentela base-US ukuthi balandele umthethosivivinywa.
Kubonakala sengathi akukho sibalo sokubulala, ukuhlukunyezwa, ukucekelwa phansi kwabantu abaningi noma izimpilo ezonakaliswa emhlabeni wangempela ezinganyakazisa ukukhohlisa kwezempi kwesigaba sezombangazwe saseMelika, inqobo nje uma "I-Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex" (amagama okuqala kaMongameli Eisenhower) ivuna izinzuzo.
Namuhla, izinkomba eziningi zezombusazwe nabezindaba ze-Military-Industrial Complex zibhekisela kuphela embonini yezikhali njengeqembu lebhizinisi elizisebenzelayo elilingana ne-Wall Street, i-Big Pharma noma imboni yamafutha ezinsalela. Kodwa kweyakhe Ikheli lokuvalelisa, u-Eisenhower waveza ngokucacile, hhayi nje embonini yezikhali, kodwa “ekuhlanganiseni kwebutho elikhulu lezempi nemboni enkulu yezikhali.”
U-Eisenhower wayekhathazeke kakhulu ngomthelela wokulwa nentando yeningi wamasosha njengemboni yezikhali. Emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kwenkulumo yakhe yokuvalelisa, utshele abeluleki bakhe abakhulu, “UNkulunkulu asize leli lizwe uma kukhona umuntu ohlezi kulesi sihlalo ongawazi amasosha njengami.” Ukwesaba kwakhe kubonakale kuzo zonke izikhundla zomongameli ezalandela.
NgokukaMilton Eisenhower, umfowabo kamongameli, owamsiza ekubhaleni Inkulumo yakhe yokumvalelisa, u-Ike naye wayefuna ukukhuluma “ngomnyango ojikelezayo.” Imibhalo yokuqala yenkulumo yakhe okubhekiselwe kuye "imboni ehlala njalo, esekelwe ezimpini," "enefulegi kanye nezikhulu ezijwayelekile ezithatha umhlalaphansi zisencane ukuze zithathe izikhundla endaweni yezimboni ezisekelwe empini, zibumba izinqumo zayo futhi ziqondise isiqondiso senhloso yayo enkulu." Wayefuna ukuxwayisa ngokuthi kumelwe kuthathwe izinyathelo “zokuqinisekisa ukuthi ‘abathengisi bokufa’ abezi ukuzobeka umthetho wezwe.”
Njengoba u-Eisenhower esaba, imisebenzi yabantu abafana noJenene Austin futhi Mattis manje seluhlanganisa wonke amagatsha e-MIC conglomerate ekhohlakele: amabutho alawulayo ahlaselayo kanye namasosha e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq; bese benikela ngamasudi nothayi ukuze kudayisele ojenene abasha izikhali ababesebenza ngaphansi kwabo njengezinduna namakholoneli; futhi ekugcineni iphinde ivele emnyango ofanayo ozungezayo njengamalungu ekhabhinethi esicongweni sepolitiki nohulumeni waseMelika.
Pho kungani i-Pentagon brass ithola ukudlula kwamahhala, njengoba nje abantu baseMelika bezizwa bephikisana kakhulu ngemboni yezikhali? Phela ibutho yilona elisebenzisa zonke lezi zikhali ukubulala abantu nokudala umonakalo kwamanye amazwe.
Noma ihlulwa yimpi ngemuva kwempi yaphesheya kwezilwandle, amasosha ase-US alwele impumelelo enkulu kakhulu ukushisa isithombe sawo ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni zabantu baseMelika futhi awine yonke impi yesabelomali eWashington.
Ukusebenzisana kweCongress, umlenze wesithathu wesihlalo ekwakhiweni kwasekuqaleni kuka-Eisenhower, kuguqula impi yaminyaka yonke yesabelomali ibe yimpicabadala. “uhambo lwekhekhe” ukuthi impi yase-Iraq bekufanele ibe khona, ngaphandle kokuziphendulela ngezimpi ezilahlekile, ubugebengu bezimpi, ukubulawa kwabantu, ukukhuphuka kwezindleko noma ubuholi bezempi obungasebenzi obungamele konke.
Ayikho inkulumo-mpikiswano yeCongress ngomthelela wezomnotho eMelika noma imiphumela yezepolotiki emhlabeni wonke wokutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kwezikhali ezinamandla ezizosetshenziswa maduze noma kamuva ukubulala omakhelwane bethu futhi kuphahlaze amazwe abo, njengoba benzile esikhathini esidlule. Iminyaka engama-22 futhi kaningi kakhulu emlandweni wethu.
Uma umphakathi ungaba nomthelela kulokhu kusakazwa kwemali okungasebenzi futhi okubulalayo, kufanele sifunde ukubona ngenkungu yenkulumo-ze efihla inkohlakalo yokuzisebenzela ngemuva kokubomvu, okumhlophe nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, futhi ivumele ithusi lezempi ukuthi sisebenzisa kabi inhlonipho yemvelo yomphakathi ngezinsizwa nezintombi ezinesibindi ezilungele ukubeka impilo yazo engozini ukuze zivikele izwe lethu. EMpini YaseCrimea, abaseRussia babiza amasosha aseBrithani ngokuthi “amabhubesi aholwa izimbongolo.” Leyo incazelo enembile yezempi yanamuhla yase-US.
Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha ngemva kwenkulumo ka-Eisenhower yokumvalelisa, njengoba nje ayebikezele, “isisindo salokhu kuhlanganiswa” kojenene nabaphathi abakhohlakele, “abathengisi bokufa” abanenzuzo abathengisa izimpahla zabo, kanye namaSenatha nabameleli ababaphathisa izigidigidi zamaRandi ngobumpumputhe. wemali yomphakathi, uhlanganisa ukuqhakaza okuphelele kokwesaba okukhulu kukaMongameli Eisenhower ngezwe lethu.
U-Eisenhower uphethe ngokuthi, “Yisakhamuzi esiqaphile futhi esinolwazi kuphela esingaphoqa ukuhlanganiswa okufanele kwemishini emikhulu yezokuvikela yezimboni nezempi ngezindlela nemigomo yethu enokuthula.” Lolo cingo olucacile lunanela emashumini eminyaka adlule futhi kufanele luhlanganise abantu baseMelika kuzo zonke izinhlobo zokuhlela zentando yeningi nokwakha umnyakazo, kusukela okhethweni kuye kwezemfundo kanye nokumela imibhikisho emikhulu, ukuze ekugcineni kwenqabe futhi kuqedwe “ithonya elingagunyaziwe” le-Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex.
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