By UDavid Swanson
Abangaphenduki, abahlale bengalungile, abashisekeli baseMelika uMichael O'Hanlon noDavid Petraeus babhale “Ibutho Lezempi LaseMelika Elimangalisayo: Futhi Ungalenza Kanjani Lingcono Kakhulu,” ukuchazela sonke ukuthi akukho lutho olungalungile ngebutho lezempi laseMelika elikhulu kunawo wonke FUTHI ukuthi isesimweni esibuthakathaka ngendlela edabukisayo kangangokuthi uma izigidigidi ezengeziwe zingamoshwa kukho sizokufa sonke.
Khumbula, leli yibutho lezempi elifanayo igatsha elilodwa elinalo muva nje ilahlekelwe ngu-$6.5 trillion. Futhi idinga imali eyengeziwe. Kungani? Ngoba soooooooooo damn awesome!
Eqinisweni selizozinqoba izimpi elibhekene nazo e-Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, futhi I-Libya, kodwa uma ungafaki imfoloko ngaphezulu kwezigidigidi ngaphezulu izolahlekelwa kabi futhi kuzoba yiphutha lakho futhi izipoki zamabutho akhashiwe nangcwele zizokuhlupha esikhundleni sokuhlukumeza amahhovisi okulaliswa kwezibhedlela ze-VA eziphukile.
Ngaleso sikhathi uBill McKibben Ufuna, njengoba senza sonke kudala befuna, "impi" emelene nengozi yokubhujiswa kwesimo sezulu, kuphela ngaphandle kokukhipha imali endaweni kuphela engavela kuyo, amalungiselelo ezimpi zangempela, futhi ngenkathi i-hyping ukumangalisa kwezempi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi imali ihlala lapho.
Kodwa, sibuyele kubasunguli bempi esibathandayo. U-Petraeus no-O'Hanlon basigcwalisa ngezimfihlo ezilandelayo (futhi bekungadingeki ukuthi senze kanjalo yenza ucansi nabo!):
"I-United States inebutho lezempi elihle kunazo zonke emhlabeni namuhla, kuze kube manje. Amasosha ase-US anobuthakathaka obumbalwa, uma bukhona, nasezindaweni eziningi—kusukela ezimpini zasolwandle kuya emandleni okuteleka ngokunembayo, ukuya emandleni asemoyeni, kuye kwezobunhloli nokuhlola kabusha, kuya emisebenzini ekhethekile—adlala kwiligi ehluke ngokuphelele kwezempi yakwamanye amazwe. Futhi lesi simo ngeke sishintshe noma nini maduze, njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwe-US kwezokuvikela cishe kunkulu ngokuphindwe kathathu kunaleyo encintisana kakhulu ne-United States, i-China, futhi ibala cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yazo zonke izindleko zempi yomhlaba wonke—enye yesithathu ivela. Abalingani base-US nabalingani. "
Lokhu kubukela phansi ukusetshenziswa kwe-US ngenkathi yeqisa umbono wokuthi kusebenzela inhloso ethile ngaphandle kokuqalisa ubuphekula nokuhlupheka, kodwa uyawuthola umqondo. Nakhu kufika "noma kunjalo":
“Noma kunjalo, iminyaka eyi-15 yempi neminyaka emihlanu yokuncishiswa kwesabelomali kanye nokungasebenzi kahle kweWashington kubakhinyabeze kakhulu. Ibutho lezempi ngokuqinisekile aliphukile noma alilungele ukulwa, kodwa usayizi walo kanye namazinga ezinsiza kungaphansi kwalokho okutusekayo uma kubhekwa uhla lwezinsongo zamanje kanye nemishini okufanele liyilungiselele. Azikho izinguquko ezinkulu noma ukwakheka okukhulu okudingekayo. Kodwa umkhuba wokwehliswa kwesabelomali kufanele ume futhi uhlehliswe ngesizotha, futhi izimali zokuvikela kufanele zisingathwe ngendlela enengqondo nangobungcweti kunalokho obekwenzeka eminyakeni yamuva nje.”
Lokhu kusekelwe emangeni okuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwase-US bekulokhu kwehla. Ayikaze. Futhi kusekelwe ekuphikeni ukuba khona kwemijaho yezikhali kanye nemijaho yezikhali ehlehliswayo. Ukusetshenziswa kwemali emhlabeni jikelele kulandela ukusebenzisa kwe-US phezulu futhi kungakulandela kalula. Lokhu futhi kusekelwe ekwenqatshweni kwendima yase-US njengokungagcini nje ngokuchitha imali kude nakude ezikhalini kodwa futhi nomthengisi ohamba phambili wezikhali emhlabeni wonke, ehlomisa inzondo uphethiloli wayo wezimpi, okudala amathuba ezimpi eziningi.
“Izici eziningi eziyinhloko zenqubomgomo yezokuvikela yase-US zisesisekelweni esiqinile, naphezu kwezingxabano ezingenakubalwa phakathi kochwepheshe ngemininingwane eminingi. Kuso sonke isikhathi sangemva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, okunye okuhlukile kohlaka lokuhlela izimpi ezimbili (olunemihume) lujabulele ukwesekwa kwezinhlangothi ezimbili futhi kufanele luqhubeke lwenza kanjalo eminyakeni eminingi ezayo.”
Okuhle ukuthi i-US isezimpini eziyisikhombisa kuphela!
"Labo abakhathazeka ngebutho laseMelika okuthiwa liyancipha kufanele baphumule. Isabelomali samanje sezokuvikela sase-US esingaphezudlwana nje kwezigidigidi ezingama-600 zamarandi ngonyaka sidlula isilinganiso seMpi Yomshoshaphansi esingaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-525 zamaRandi (ngamadola ka-2016) futhi sidlula kakhulu isabelomali sokuvikela sangaphambi kuka-9/11 esingamabhiliyoni angama-400. Kuliqiniso ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezimali kwezokuvikela kusuka ku-2011 kuya ku-2020 kuncishiswe isamba esihlanganisiwe esingaba ngu-$1 trillion (ingabalwa ukwehliswa kwezindleko ezihlobene nempi). Kodwa bekunezizathu ezizwakalayo zalokho kuncishiswa okuningi, futhi ukuncishiswa kwesabelomali kwenziwa ngezinga eliphakeme kakhulu ngokomlando.”
Qaphela ukuthi u-$1 trillion eminyakeni eyi-10, ngesiNgisi esicacile, amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-100, nangesiNgisi esicacile, bamanga. Qaphela futhi ukuthi i-$ 600 billion ushiya ngaphandle uMnyango obizwa ngeHomeland obizwa ngeSecurity, uMnyango Wezamandla, uMnyango Wezwe, i-Veterans Administration, njll, njll. Kodwa kungani sibuyela ekungakhathazeki futhi? Singavele siyeke naleyo ngxenye yenkulumo-ze futhi singabuyeli emuva ekwesabeni ukwesaba?
