NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Februwari 26, i-2021
The USA Today, edweba ngomsebenzi we-Cost of War Project, iQuincy Institute, uDavid Vine, uWilliam Hartung, nabanye, weqe umkhawulo wazo zonke ezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zezindaba zase-US, nangaphezulu kwalokho okwenziwe yilungu le-US Congress, ochungechungeni olukhulu lwezihloko ezikhuluma ngezimpi, izisekelo, nempi.
Kukhona ukushiyeka okuphawulekayo, okunye kwakho (okufana nokulinganiselwa okuphansi okungenangqondo kokufa nezindleko zezimali) okuvela kwi-Cost of War Project. Kepha impumelelo ephelele - ngithemba - ukuqhekeka komhlaba.
Isihloko sokuqala sithi: “'Ukubala kuseduze': IMelika inombuso omkhulu wamasosha aphesheya kwezilwandle. Ngabe usayidinga? ”
Isimo sinamaphutha amakhulu:
"Sekungamashumi eminyaka i-US ithokozela ukubuswa kwamasosha emhlabeni wonke, okuyimpumelelo eye yaxhasa ithonya layo, ukuphepha kwezwe kanye nemizamo yokukhuthaza intando yeningi."
Ukukhuthaza ini? Yake yakhuthaza kuphi intando yeningi? Amasosha ase-US izingalo, izitimela, kanye / noma izimali Ama-96% ohulumeni abacindezela kakhulu emhlabeni ngokubala kwabo.
Ukuphepha kwezwe? Izisekelo ukukhiqiza izimpi nokuphikisana, hhayi ukuphepha.
Kamuva kulo mbhalo ofanayo, sifunda ukuthi: “'Kuzo zonke lezi zimpi i-US isebenzise imali eningi mayelana negazi nengcebo ngokuncane kakhulu okukukhombisile,' kusho uHartung weCentre for International Policy. 'Ukubala kuseduze.' Kunzima ukukhomba indawo eyodwa lapho ukungenelela kwamasosha e-US ngemuva kuka-9/11 kuholele kwinkululeko yentando yeningi noma ukunciphisa ubuphekula, "kusho yena."
Izibalo zibuthakathaka:
"UMnyango Wezokuvikela usebenzisa imali engaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 700 ngonyaka ezikhali nasekulungiseleleni ukulwa - emazweni angaphezu kwayishumi alandelayo ehlangene, ngokusho kwethimba lezomnotho iPeter G. Peterson Foundation."
Ukusetshenziswa kwangempela kwezempi yaseMelika $ 1.25 isigidintathu unyaka.
Kepha, ngubani okhathalelayo uma izinombolo zingalungile nokuthi ukuzenzisa kugcinwa ukuthi ukuhlala emhlabeni kunengqondo ngaphambi kwalesi sikhathi? Le ndatshana ichaza ubukhulu bombuso wezisekelo futhi iphakamisa ukuthi kungenzeka zingabe zisadingeka “:
"Kodwa namhlanje, phakathi noshintsho olwandle ezinsongweni zokuphepha, amandla ezempi aseMelika phesheya kwezilwandle angahle angabe esabalulekile kunakuqala, kusho abanye abahlaziyi bezokuphepha, abaphathi bezokuvikela kanye namalungu ombutho wezempi wase-US wangaphambili futhi asebenzayo. ”
Umbhali uze uphakamise ukusuka kokudala izimpi kuye ekusebenzeni ezinkingeni zangempela:
“Izinsongo eziphuthuma kakhulu e-US, bathi, ziya ngokuya zingezona ezempi. Phakathi kwazo: ukuhlaselwa nge-cyber; ukungabi nalwazi; Ukubusa kweChina kwezomnotho; ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu; nokuqubuka kwezifo ezinjenge-COVID-19, okonakele emnothweni wase-United States ngokungakaze kube khona kusukela ngeNkathi Yokuwohloka Okukhulu Komnotho. ”
Umbiko empeleni uyaphambuka emcabangweni wokuthi izisekelo azidingeki nje ukuzibona njengezilimaza:
“Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi kube nomthelela omubi. UParsi uthe ukuqashwa kobuphekula eMiddle East kuhlobene nokuba khona kwezisekelo zase-US, ngokwesibonelo. Khonamanjalo, abaphathi bamhlophe baseMelika, hhayi amaphekula aphesheya, baletha usongo lobuphekula obukhulu e-US, ngokusho kuka-a umbiko ovela eMnyangweni Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya ekhishwe ngo-Okthoba - izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi komhla ka- isixuku esinodlame sahlasela iCapitol. "
IZISEKO
Siphinde futhi sithole ukuhlolwa okunembile kwezisekelo:
“Namuhla kunezigidi ezingama-800, ngokusho kwedatha evela ePentagon kanye nochwepheshe wangaphandle, uDavid Vine, uprofesa wesayensi yabantu e-American University eWashington. Balinganiselwa ku-220,000 abasebenzi bezempi baseMelika nabasebenza emphakathini abasebenza emazweni angaphezu kuka-150, kusho uMnyango Wezokuvikela. ”
“I-China, ngokuphambene nalokho, umnotho wesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni futhi ngawo wonke ama-akhawunti imbangi enkulu yase-United States, inesikhungo esisodwa nje samasosha aphesheya kwezilwandle, eDjibouti, oPhondweni lwe-Afrika. (ICamp Lemonnier, isikhungo esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika e-Afrika, iqhele ngamakhilomitha ambalwa nje.) IBrithani, iFrance neRussia banezisekelo ezingafinyelela kwezingama-60 zaphesheya kwezilwandle zihlangene, ngokusho kukaVine. Olwandle, i-US inabathwali bezindiza abangu-11. I-China inezimbili. I-Russia inenye.
“Isibalo esiqondile sezizinda zaseMelika kunzima ukusicacisa ngenxa yemfihlo, ubuholi kanye nezincazelo ezixubekile. Isibalo sezisekelo ezingama-800 sikhuphukile, abanye bathi, ukwelashwa kwePentagon ngamasayithi amaningi esisekelo eduze kokunye njengokufakwa okuhlukile. I-USA NAMHLANJE inqume izinsuku zokuthi kuvulwe ngaphezulu kwalezi zisekelo ezingama-350. Akucaci ukuthi zingaki ezinye ezisetshenziswe ngenkuthalo. ”
Ngemuva kwalokho sithola umbhedo:
"'Babala zonke iziqeshana, wonke ama-antenna esiqongweni sentaba nocingo olungamamitha angu-8,' kusho uPhilip M. Breedlove, ujenene wezinkanyezi ezine osethathe umhlalaphansi e-US Air Force futhi owayesebenza njengeNATO Umphathi Omkhulu We-Allies wase-Europe. IBreedlove ilinganisela ukuthi kunezizinda ezimbalwa 'ezinkulu' zaseMelika ezingaphesheya kwezilwandle ezibalulekile kwezokuphepha kwezwe laseMelika. ”
Futhi isiphetho esihle:
"Kodwa-ke akukho kungabaza ukuthi utshalomali lwaseMelika kwezokuvikela kanye nempi yalo yezempi yamazwe omhlaba belukhula amashumi eminyaka."
UKUHAMBA IMALI
The USA Today I-athikili ithi i-COVID ibaluleke kakhulu kunezimpi ngoba ibulale kakhulu futhi yabiza kakhulu - okucishe kukwenza ufune ukuthokozela ukulinganisela okuphansi kokufa kwempi nezindleko. Kodwa-ke, sitshelwa ukuthi:
“Kepha ukuvimbela ukufa kwalolu hlobo kungenzeka kungabi nje yindaba yokuthatha imali ePentagon kepha kugudliswe ukugxila kuyo. Isibonelo, umeluleki omkhulu we-White House ophezulu we-COVID-19 u-Andy Slavitt umemezele uFebhuwari 5 ukuthi ngaphezu kuka Izinkulungwane zamabutho asebenzayo zizoqala ukuxhasa izindawo zokugoma ezungeze i-US ”izenzo ezinhle zamathokheni ezingenziwa kangcono ngaphandle kwamasosha kuyindlela yakudala yokugcina imali eningi isebenzisa izikhali, izisekelo, namasosha.
Le ndatshana ibuye ibhale ubungozi obukhulu bokuwa kwesimo sezulu futhi ngokubonga ayikhuthazi ezempi njengendlela yokubhekana nayo, kepha ayiphakamisi ukuhambisa imali edingeka ngokushesha kwi-Green New Deal noma.
ICHINA NERUSSIA
Ngokuncoma okukhulu, i USA Today iveza ukuthi iChina ayizibandakanyi nezikhali zaseMelika, kepha kunalokho ifaka imali emabhizinisini anokuthula futhi iyaziveza - into uMongameli wangaphambilini waseMelika uJimmy Carter ayikhomba kuMongameli wangaleso sikhathi waseMelika uDonald Trump owaphendula ngokwanda kwezempi.
Lo mbhalo ucwila kwiRussiagate, futhi uqokomisa "usongo" lokuhlaselwa kwe-cyber ngaphandle kokulokotha ukusho ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US ubelokhu enqaba iziphakamiso zaseRussia zesivumelwano sokuvimbela ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber, ubelokhu ehileleka ekuhlaselweni yi-cyber, ubelokhu eziqhayisa ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber. Kepha noma ngabe imuphi umbhedo ohambisa imali kusuka kumabhomu nasemicibisholo uye kumakhompyutha kufanele siyijabulele.
Okunye kwalokhu kuphikisana ngempi kuwubuwula nje: “Kukhona amathuba okuthi izitha zaseMelika e-Iran naseNyakatho Korea zenze izikhali zenuzi futhi ziqonde e-US” INorth Korea ibinezikhali zenuzi iminyaka eminingi. I-Iran ayinalo uhlelo lwezikhali zenuzi. Akekho kubo, ngakho-ke, owenza izikhali zenuzi.
UMILLEY
Lokhu kufakiwe: “Ngisho nosihlalo we Joint Chiefs of Staff muva nje uthe i-US kufanele cabanga kabusha ngamazinga amakhulu amakhulu wamabutho ezingxenyeni eziyingozi zomhlaba, lapho bengaba sengozini khona lapho kungqubuka izingxabano zezifunda. Izwe laseMelika lidinga ukuba khona phesheya kwezilwandle, kepha kufanele libe 'yisikhashana nje,' hhayi unomphela, kusho uMilley ngoDisemba. 'Izisekelo ezinkulu zase-US ezingaphesheya kwezilwandle kungadingeka ukuthi amabutho ajikelezayo angene futhi aphume, kepha ukumisa unomphela amabutho ase-US ngicabanga ukuthi kudinga ukubukwa okukhulu ngekusasa,' kusho uMilley, zombili ngenxa yezindleko eziphezulu nobungozi emindenini yempi . ”
UKWANDA KWESIBHAMU
“Futhi yize kungakacaci ukuthi zingaki izisekelo, uma zikhona, ezivaliwe ngaphansi kukaTrump, kusukela ngo-2016 wavula izisekelo ezengeziwe e-Afghanistan, Estonia, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Niger, Norway, IPalau, iPhilippines, iPoland, iRomania, iSaudi Arabia, iSlovakia, iSomalia, iSyria neTunisia, ngokusho kwedatha evela ePentagon naseVine. I-US Space Force, esungulwe nguTrump ngoDisemba 2019, isivele ineqembu labasebenzi bomoya abangama-20 abasebenza eQatar's Al-Udeid Air Base, kanye nezikhungo zaphesheya kwezilwandle zokubhekela imicibisholo eGreenland, e-United Kingdom, e-Ascension Island ePacific Ocean nase esiqhingini sezempi sase-Diego Garcia e-Indian Ocean, ngokusho kwephephabhuku i-Stars ne-Stripes, iphephandaba lezempi lase-US. ”
UKWANDA KWE-TRUMP DRONE
“Ngo-2019, umfelandawonye oholwa yi-US owawusekela uhulumeni wase-Afghanistan uvukela abavukeli beTaliban wawisa amabhomu amaningi nemicibisholo eyayivela ezindizeni zempi nasezindizeni kunanoma yimuphi omunye unyaka wempi eyaqala ngonyaka ka-2001. Izindiza zempi zadubula izikhali ezingu-7,423 ngo-2019, ngokusho kwedatha ye-Air Force. Irekhodi langaphambilini lalisethwe ngo-2018, lapho izikhali ezingama-7,362 zadedelwa. Ngo-2016, unyaka wokugcina wokuphatha kuka-Obama, lelo nani laliyi-1,337. ”
Okuhambisana USA Today ebizwa ngokuthi "Okukhethekile: Imisebenzi yaseMelika yokulwa nobuphekula ithinte amazwe angama-85 eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule."
“Imininingwane emisha evela kumcwaningi uStephanie Savell we Izindleko zeprojekthi ye-War eBrown University eWatson Institute ikhombisa ukuthi eminyakeni emithathu edlule i-US ibisebenza okungenani emazweni angama-85. ”
Amanye amamephu amahle:
Imephu engenhla kumele ikhiphe ngaphandle “izivivinyo” eziqhutshwa yi-NATO.
Imephu engezansi ingcono ku- USA Today isayithi lapho ivuselelwa unyaka nonyaka.
Nayi eyodwa enosayizi wemibuthano ekhombisa inani lamasosha ase-US:
I-athikili yesithathu evela ku- USA Today kubizwa "UBiden ubeka i-'American First 'ngonyawo ngenkathi efuna ukweqa umgomo kaTrump wezangaphandle."
Kuyo, abakhulumela iBiden basikisela ukuthi uzosusa i-US kude nezempi futhi anakekele izidingo zomuntu nezemvelo.
Kungaba kuhle uma lokhu kufanelana nobufakazi kuze kube manje ngesithembiso esaphukile e-Afghanistan, isithembiso esiphakathi nendawo futhi esingacacile e-Yemen, akukho mnyakazo odlulisa imali yezempi kumaphrojekthi anokuthula, isithembiso esaphuliwe esivumelwaneni se-Iran, izikhali eziphathelene nobushiqela obunonya kufaka phakathi iGibhithe, ukuqhubeka nokufudumala eSyria, e-Iraq, e-Iran, ukwenqaba ukukhipha amasosha eJalimane, ukuxhasa ukuthi kube nokuvukela umbuso eVenezuela, ukuphakanyiswa kwabaningi abashushumbisa izikhundla eziphezulu, ukuqhubeka nokujeziswa kweNkantolo Yezobugebengu Yomhlaba Wonke, nokuqhubeka nokuqoma Umashiqela waseSaudi wasebukhosini, akukho ukushushiswa kwanoma yibuphi ubugebengu bempi yangaphambi kweBiden, okuqhubeka nokukhululwa kwezempi ezivumelwaneni zesimo sezulu, njll.
