Ibhalwe nguPrimo Davril, I-Washington Post apoc, Ephreli 1, 2022
BETHESDA, MD - Umjaho waminyaka yonke phambilini owaziwa kakhulu ngokudala ulaka e-Bethesda, eMaryland, uthole igama elisha, itimu, kanye nomxhasi oxhaswe kakhulu ngezimali.
Kusukela kulo nyaka i-Keep It Going Marathon. Njengoba kunovalo lwesivumelwano okuxoxiswana ngaso e-Ukraine, ababambiqhaza kudingeka bagqoke kokubili okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokuphuzi “okubonakala ngokucacile futhi endaweni eseduze nethunzi elifanele lombala.”
Kuchaza u-Emily d'Inferno, umkhulumeli wabaxhasi abasha bomjaho u-Lockheed-Martin, “Sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukujabulisa abagijimi kanye nabantu base-Ukraine abanesibindi, simemeza sithi 'Qhubeka!' kuzo zombili.”
Nakuba itimu entsha yomjaho ibonakala idumile phakathi kwekilasi labantu okwaxoxwa nabo, isakhamuzi saseBethesda esikhethe ukungadalulwa ngenxa yezizathu zokuphepha kwezwe saphawula ukuthi umzanyana wezingane zakhe usanda kuphawula ukuthi izintela zakhe (kanye nezinye) zinikeze u-Lockheed-Martin amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-75 ngonyaka odlule. ngakho-ke wayengumxhasi wangempela we umjaho.
Emhlabeni kude kekulu umthengisi wezikhali, i-Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin uyaqhosha mayelana nokuhlomisa amazwe angaphezu kwama-50. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ohulumeni abaningi abacindezela kakhulu futhi omashiqela, kanye namazwe ezinhlangothini ezihlukene zezimpi. Abanye bohulumeni abahlonyiswe nguLockheed Martin yi-Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy. , Japan, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.
Izikhali ze-Lockheed Martin zivame ukuza "nezivumelwano zesevisi yesikhathi sonke" lapho u-Lockheed kuphela ongasevisa amathuluzi. Izikhali ze-Lockheed Martin zisetshenziswe ngokumelene nabantu baseYemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, namanye amazwe amaningi. Ngaphandle kwamacala enzelwe imikhiqizo yawo, u-Lockheed Martin uvame ukutholwa enecala ukukhwabanisa nokunye ukungaziphathi kahle.
U-Lockheed Martin ubambe iqhaza e-US nase-UK nyukliya izikhali, kanye nokuba ngumkhiqizi wezinto ezimbi neziyingozi F-35, kanye nezinhlelo ezicitshwayo ze-THAAD ezisetshenziselwa ukukhulisa ukungezwani emhlabeni wonke futhi zenziwe ngaphakathi 42 I-US ithi kungcono ukuqinisekisa ukwesekwa kwamalungu eCongress.
E-United States emjikelezweni wokhetho lwango-2020, ngokusho kuka Vula Izimfihlo, Abasebenzisana no-Lockheed Martin basebenzise cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-7 kukhetho, amaqembu ezombusazwe, nama-PAC, futhi cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-13 ekukhuthazeni okuhlanganisa cishe ingxenye yesigidi umuntu ngamunye kuDonald Trump noJoe Biden, amaRandi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-197 kuKay Granger, amaRandi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-138 kuBernie Sanders, kanye $ 114 ayizinkulungwane ku-Chuck Schumer.
Kubantu baka-Lockheed Martin baseMelika abangama-70, abangama-49 bebephethe imisebenzi kahulumeni phambilini. U-Lockheed Martin unxenxa uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi akhokhe imali enkulu yokusebenzisa imali yezempi, okwathi ngo-2021 yafinyelela ku- $ 778 billion, okuyi- $ 75 billion. wahamba aqonde ku-Lockheed Martin. UMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika uyingalo yokuthengisa ye-Lockheed Martin, ephromotha izikhali zawo kohulumeni.
Amalungu eCongress nawo isitoko sakho ku kanye nenzuzo ngenzuzo ka-Lockheed Martin, okuhlanganisa neyakamuva izikhali ukuthunyelwa e-Ukraine. Izimpahla zika-Lockheed Martin phuma noma nini lapho kunempi enkulu entsha. Lockheed Martin uyaqhosha leyo mpi ilungele ibhizinisi. Omunye uKhongolose uthenge Isitoko sika-Lockheed Martin ngoFebhuwari 22, 2022, kwathi ngakusasa sabhala ku-Twitter “Impi namahemuhemu empi kunenzuzo emangalisayo…”
Isiphithiphithi esingazi lutho imibhikisho ehleliwe ka-Lockheed Martin eBethesda nasemhlabeni jikelele ngesonto lika-Ephreli 21-28.
