Kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II, amasosha ase-US abelokhu ekhona imisiwe ezisekelweni zamasosha ase-US emhlabeni wonke. Namuhla, zikhona ezungeze i-750 izisekelo ezinjalo emazweni athile nasemakoloni ayisishiyagalombili.
Kukalwe ngokwezisekelo zamasosha, i-United States ine umbuso omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni wezwe. Igcina 80 kumaphesenti angu-90 kuzo zonke izisekelo zamasosha angaphandle eMhlabeni.
Inhloso ebekiwe yale nkinga yamasosha ekhulayo ukugcina ukuthula, ukuvikela ababambisene nabo, ukuvikela imizila yezohwebo, nokusekela izinhloso zentando yeningi. Kepha ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi lezi zisekelo zinomphumela ohlukile: Zandisa ukungezwani komhlaba wonke, zibeka intukuthelo yendawo, zibeka engozini izivumelwano, zingcolisa umhlaba, futhi zandise namathuba empi.
IPentagon ibona inethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke yezisekelo njengengxenye yayoukubusa okugcwele. ” Kungabizwa futhi ngokuthi yi-imperialism, i-colonialism, noma izenzo zokugcina zokuphelelwa amandla zombuso owehlisiwe.
Ngisho nelungu eliphakeme kunawo wonke embuthweni wezempi, usihlalo we-Joint Chiefs of Staff uMark Milley, vumelana ukuthi iMelika, njengoba yabeka uDisemba odlule, "inengqalasizinda eningi kakhulu phesheya kwezilwandle." Ucele "ukubukeka okunzima," esho ukuthi izindawo eziningi zaphesheya kwezilwandle "zitholakala lapho iMpi Yezwe II yaphela khona."
Noma kunjalo izisekelo zihlala, zihlakazeke ezindaweni eziningi ezikude kakhulu lokho ngisho nePentagon Ungagcina ukubala. Kepha kubonakala sengathi inani lezisekelo bezilokhu lehla eminyakeni yamuva, lapho lisezingeni eliphansi kunawo wonke ngekhulu lamashumi amabili nanye leminyaka.
E-Afghanistan, azikho izisekelo zamasosha ase-US ezisele. Isikhathi esingaphezudlwana kwenyanga ngaphambi kokuthi amaTaliban anyukele ngamandla eKabul kuleli sonto, amasosha aseMelika ashiye inqaba yawo yokugcina, Inkundla yezindiza yaseBagram, phakathi kwamabili. Ngokudonswa okuqhubekayo e-Iraq, kuhlala abayisithupha kuphela lapho. Ngesikhathi “sempi yomhlaba wonke yokwesaba,” kwakukhona amakhulu ezisekelo nezindawo ezincane zokulwa kuwo womabili la mazwe.
Noma kunjalo, njengoba izisekelo zase-US zivala, okuningi kuhlongozwa noma kwakhiwa kwenye indawo. Futhi ngakho-ke inani eliphelele lezisekelo lihlala lingacacile futhi ligeleza, ilungiselelo elifanele iPentagon.
EGuam, ukwakhiwa manje kuyaqhubeka ukwakhiwa Camp Blaz, isizinda sokuqala samasosha ase-US endaweni kusukela ngo-1952. Kunconywa izisekelo eziningi kwezinye iziqhingi ezincane ePacific, kufaka phakathi IsiPalau, iYap nesiTinian. Kunenqwaba yezisekelo ezincane, eziyimfihlo ezungeze umhlaba, lokho ezempi manje ezibhekise kukho "Izisekelo ze-lily-pad." Lezi zingahlala ngasese amabutho angaphansi kwekhulu futhi zihlale ezindaweni ezikude ezingaziwa ngisho nasemalungwini amaningi eCongress.
Kungani iMelika idinga izisekelo eziningi zaphesheya kwezilwandle? Impendulo emfushane ukuthi akunjalo.
Ngokuphendula inani elimangazayo lezikhungo zamasosha ase-US phesheya, i Ukubambisana Nezimboni Zamasosha Ezingaphandle Zase-US, iqembu lezinhlangano eziyishumi nane ezizibophezele ukuvala zonke izisekelo zakwamanye amazwe, lenziwa ngo-2017. Ithi lezi zisekelo "ziyizinsizakusebenza eziyinhloko zokuphathwa kombuso womhlaba wonke kanye nokulimala kwemvelo" futhi zibona ukuvalwa njengesinyathelo esidingekayo esiya "ngokulungile, umhlaba ozinzile. ”
The I-Overseas Base Realignment and Closed Coalition, eyethulwe ngo-2018, ibuye ifune ukwenza umhlaba uphephe futhi uvikeleke, kanye nokonga izigidigidi zamaRandi, ngokunciphisa inani lezisekelo. Leli qembu, elenziwe ngoprofesa baseyunivesithi, izikhulu zamasosha ezisethathe umhlalaphansi, nezikhungo zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle, lithi ukunakekela izisekelo eziningi zakwamanye amazwe “kululaza ukuphepha kwezwe nomhlaba.”
World BEYOND War's "Awukho Umkhankaso Wezisekelo”Ifuna ukuvalwa kwazo zonke izizinda zamasosha angaphandle ase-US. IBlack Alliance Yokuthula, ne- “Inethiwekhi ye-US Out of Africa, ”Kufuna ukuthi kuhoxiswe ngokuphelele amabutho empi ase-US e-Afrika, ukuqedwa kwezwekazi lase-Afrika nokuvalwa kwazo zonke izikhungo zamasosha angaphandle emhlabeni wonke. Isizwe Esibomvu, inhlangano yezepolitiki eholwa ngabomdabu, icaphuna amakhulukhulu ezisekelo zamazwe angaphandle zase-US njengendawo enkulu yokuphikisana nayo ezikhathini zayo zakamuva kakhulu uhlelo lwezepolitiki.
La maqembu asebenzisa lesi sikhathi njengethuba lenguquko elandelayo. Abaphathi beBiden bazibophezele ku Ukuhlolwa Kokuma Komhlaba Wonke ukuhlaziya kabusha ukuthunyelwa kwamabutho empi emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokusho kuka-Andrew Bacevich, umongameli we Isikhungo saseQuincy Sokubophezelela Isitatimende, noDavid Vine, umbhali wezincwadi zakudala ngesihloko, Isizwe Sesizwe futhi Izwe laseMelika, le Global Posture Review inikeza ithuba “lokuvala izisekelo ngokucophelela nangokuzibophezela, yonge imali, futhi ibuyisele emuva imifelandawonye yase-United States kanye nobukhona bayo emhlabeni wonke.”
Kwabaningi kuhulumeni, kunzima ukucabanga nganoma yiluphi olunye uhlobo lwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ngaphandle kokugcizelela umhlaba. Kepha ingcindezi evela kulawa maqembu nezinhlangano, ukwakheka kwabo okwahlukahlukene, nokuzwakala kwezimpikiswano zabo, kwenza ushintsho lubonakale lunokwenzeka. Ezweni eligcwele impi, lolo shintsho alunakufika ngokushesha ngokwanele.
