Isithombe kusuka Ukubala Ngezempi.
NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 2, 2021
Imikhankaso yokhetho lukamongameli wase-US yaziwa ngokugxila esiqubulweni esithi “Umnotho, isiphukuphuku.”
Imizamo yokuchaza ukuziphatha kukahulumeni wase-US kufanele igxile kancane esiqubulweni esihlukile, esitholakala esihlokweni esingenhla.
Incwadi entsha emnandi ka-Andrew Cockburn, I-Spoils Yempi: Amandla, Inzuzo, kanye Nomshini Wempi YaseMelika, yakha icala lokuthi inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US iqhutshwa ngokuyinhloko inzuzo yezikhali, okwesibili yi-inertia ye-bureaucratic, futhi kancane uma kwenzeka nganoma yiziphi ezinye izintshisekelo, kungaba ukuzivikela noma ukusiza abantu, ukudabuka noma ukusangana. Ezinganekwaneni lapho abezindaba bebhizinisi bezungeza khona, yebo, izithakazelo zobuntu zikhula ngamandla futhi ibhizinisi lonke libhalwe “ukuvikela,” kanti ngokombono esengikubambe amashumi eminyaka namanje, awukwazi ukukuchaza konke ngenzuzo nokuphatha. - kufanele uphonsa ububi nokukhanukela amandla. (Ngisho noCockburn ubonakala ebona ukukhetha okunedumela elibi kwama-F35 ngaphezu kwama-A10 njengokungewona nje inzuzo kodwa nangenxa yokubulala abantu abaningi abangenacala nokwazi okuncane ngabo. Ngisho noCockburn ucaphuna uGeneral LeMay ethembisa ukuhlasela iRussia ngokuthanda kwakhe ngaphandle kwenzuzo. isithakazelo ekudlalweni.) Kodwa ukubaluleka kwenzuzo emshinini wempi akufanele kuvuleke izinkulumo-mpikiswano. Okungenani, ngingathanda ukubona othile efunda le ncwadi bese ephikisana nayo.
Iningi lencwadi kaCockburn labhalwa ngaphambi kukaTrump, okusho ukuthi ngaphambi kokuthi uMongameli wase-US abambe izingqungquthela zabezindaba ukuze asho izingxenye ezithule ngokuzwakalayo futhi amemezele esidlangalaleni, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwezikhali, kuwubuwula. Kepha ukubika kukaCockburn kukubeka kucace ukuthi uTrump washintsha kakhulu indlela izinto ezazikhulunywa ngayo, hhayi ukuthi zenziwa kanjani. Ukukuqonda lokhu kungasisiza siqonde izici ezengeziwe zokubusa ngale kwencwadi, njengokuthi kungani amasosha unikezwe ukuyekwa ezivumelwaneni zesimo sezulu, noma kungani izithakazelo zezikhali zenuzi shayela ukwesekwa kwe amandla enuzi - ngamanye amazwi, izinqubomgomo ezibonakala zingenangqondo ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zingatholakala zinengqondo lapho umuntu eyeka ukucabanga ngohulumeni wase-US njengento ehlukile kunomthengisi wezikhali.
Ngisho nezimpi ezingenangqondo, ezingapheli, eziyinhlekelele, nezingaphumeleli zivame ukuchazwa njengempumelelo ekhazimulayo enengqondo uma ziqondwa, hhayi ngokwenkulumo-ze ezisetshenziselwa zona, kodwa njengezinhlelo zokuthengisa izikhali. Yebo lokhu ngeke kusebenze kahle kunoma yimuphi omunye uhulumeni, njengoba uhulumeni wase-US kuphela ophethe ukuthengiswa kwezikhali emhlabeni wonke, futhi bambalwa ohulumeni abadlala indima enkulu kulo mkhakha nhlobo, kuyilapho ukuthengwa kwezikhali zikahulumeni wase-US (zezikhali zase-US) okulingana cishe nalokho okuchithwa umhlaba wonke ngezikhali.
Ubufakazi obuhlanganiswe nguCockburn buphakamisa iphethini ende yokunyuka kwemali esetshenziswa ezempi empeleni ikhiqiza impi engasebenzi kahle ngokwemibandela yayo. Sonke sijwayele ukubuka uKhongolose uthenga izikhali ezingasasebenzi iPentagon engazifuni nakuyifuna kodwa ezakhiwe ezifundeni nasezifundeni ezifanele. Kodwa ezinye izici ngokusobala ziyawuhlanganisa lo mkhuba. Uma isikhali siyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, inzuzo iba nkulu - le nto iyodwa ivamise ukuphumela enanini elincane lezikhali ezithandwa kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ezimweni eziningi, lapho izikhali zinephutha kakhulu, inzuzo iba nkulu, njengoba izinkampani zivele zikhokhelwe imali eyengeziwe ukuze zilungise izinto kunokuba zibhekane necala. Futhi lapho izimangalo zezikhali ziphakeme, ngisho nalapho zingaqinisekisiwe, inzuzo iba nkulu. Izimangalo akufanele zikholwe, inqobo nje uma zingamakethwa phesheya njengezinsongo. Futhi nalapho, akukho ukulindela ukukholelwa okudingekayo. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ngisho nokukholelwa esikhalini kungaholela empini, futhi ngenxa yokuthi izimboni zamasosha kwamanye amazwe zifuna izaba zokuthethelela izikhali zazo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izikhali eziphikisana nazo ziyakwazi ukulimaza impukane. U-Cockburn ulandisa nangesigameko esinesikhathi esisolisayo se-Soviet sub evela eduze ne-San Francisco ngesikhathi nje ivoti le-Conrgessional ngezikhali zase-US lisengozini.
Izinhlangano ezigxile ekuthuleni (kanye noBernie Sanders) iminyaka eminingi ziye zagqamisa izikhali ezinamaphutha, imfucuza, ukukhwabanisa, nenkohlakalo njengezimpikiswano zokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezempi. Izinhlangano zokuqeda izimpi ziphikise ngokuthi izikhali ezingasebenzi ziyizikhali ezimbi kakhulu, ukuthi ukungasebenzi kwazo kuwumugqa wesiliva, ukuthi ukuphambukiswa kwezinsiza kuzo kuwukuhweba okubulalayo lapho izidingo zobuntu nezemvelo zingaxhaswa ngemali, kodwa ukuthi izikhali zokuqala ukuphikisa yizo empeleni ezibulala ngempumelelo kakhulu. Umbuzo ongakaphendulwa ngokwanele ngowokuthi singakwazi yini ukuhlanganisa nokwandisa izinombolo zethu ngokuqaphela inzuzo yezikhali njengomthombo oyinhloko wezempi nezimpi, kunokuba kube nephutha ohlelweni oluhloniphekile. Singakwazi ngempela ukufunda futhi senze ngokuvumelana nokuphawula kuka-Arundhati Roy ukuthi izikhali ezisetshenziselwa izimpi, kanti izimpi manje zenzelwe izikhali?
Izimangalo zase-US "zokuvikela imicibisholo" zingamanga futhi zinehaba kakhulu, njengemibhalo kaCockburn. Ngakho-ke, ngokusobala izimangalo zikaVladimir Putin zokuphikisa lobo buchwepheshe obuqanjiwe ngemicibisholo ye-hypersonic. Ngakho-ke, ngempela, kubonakala sengathi izimangalo zase-US zokuphishekela ngokusobala izikhali ezifanayo ze-hypersonic - njengoba bezilokhu ziqhubeka njalo selokhu zaletha umshayeli wezigqila wamaNazi ogama lakhe linguWalter Dornberger ukuthi azosebenzela amasosha aseMelika. Ingabe u-Putin uyazikholelwa izimangalo zokuvikela imicibisholo yase-US, noma ufuna ukuxhasa izinkampani ezidayisa izikhali, noma enze ngokuthanda kwakhe amandla? Abathengisi bezikhali base-US manje abasebenzisa imicibisholo yabo ye-hypersonic engenathemba cishe abanandaba.
Impi yaseSaudi e-Yemen iqhutshwa kakhulu ukuthengiswa kwezikhali zase-US eSaudi Arabia. Kanjalo nokumbozwa kwendima kahulumeni waseSaudi ngo-9/11. UCockburn uhlanganisa zombili lezi zihloko kabanzi. ISaudi Arabia ize ikhokhele i-US $30 million ngonyaka ukuze isingathe ithimba laseMelika elidayisa izikhali elibadayisela izikhali ezengeziwe.
I-Afghanistan futhi. Emazwini ka-Cockburn: “Irekhodi libonisa ukuthi impi yase-Afghan yaseMelika yayingelutho ngaphandle komsebenzi owathatha isikhathi eside futhi ophumelele ngokuphelele - ukuphanga umkhokhi wentela wase-US. Okungenani ingxenye yesine yesigidi sama-Afghan, ingasaphathwa eye-3,500 US kanye namasosha ahlangene, akhokhe inani elinzima kakhulu. "
Akuzona nje izikhali nezimpi eziqhutshwa yinzuzo. Ngisho nokwanda kwe-NATO eyagcina iMpi Yomshoshaphansi iphila kwakuqhutshwa izithakazelo zezikhali, isifiso sezinkampani zezikhali zase-US zokuguqula amazwe aseMpumalanga Yurophu abe ngamakhasimende, ngokusho kombiko kaCockburn, kanye nentshisekelo yeClinton White House ekunqobeni iPoland. - Ivoti laseMelika ngokuletha iPoland ku-NATO. Akuwona nje ugqozi lokubusa imephu yomhlaba - nakuba kuwukuzimisela ukwenza kanjalo ngisho noma kusibulala.
Ukuwa kweSoviet Union kuchazwa embikweni ka-Cockburn njengenkohlakalo yokuzenzela umathanda ezimbonini zezempi, okuwuhlelo lwemisebenzi engenathemba kunokuncintisana ne-United States. Uma izwe okuthiwa lingamakhomanisi linganqotshwa uxhaxha lwemisebenzi yezempi (si kwazi lokho ukusetshenziswa kwezempi empeleni kulimaza umnotho futhi kususe esikhundleni sokwengeza imisebenzi) ingabe liningi ithemba nge-United States lapho i-capitalism iwukholo futhi abantu empeleni bakholelwa ukuthi impi ivikela "indlela yabo yokuphila"?
Ngifisa sengathi u-Cockburn akazange asho ekhasini xi ukuthi iRussia yathatha i-Ukraine futhi ekhasini 206 ukuthi inani elincane ngendlela ehlekisayo labantu lafa empini yase-Iraq. Futhi ngethemba ukuthi akazange amshiye u-Israyeli encwadini ngoba umkakhe ufuna ukuphinde angenele uKhongolose.
