Abenzi Bezikhali Zase-US Bashayela KuMpi Entsha Yomshoshaphansi

Okukhethekile: Ngemuva kwesiphithiphithi sezombusazwe saseMelika sempi entsha ebandayo neRussia ukutshala imali okukhulu okwenziwa yiMikhosi Yezimboni Yezimboni "emathangini okucabanga" nakwezinye izindawo zokusakaza inkulumo-ze, kubhala uJonathan Marshall.

NguJonathan Marshall, Izindaba ze-Consortium

Umbutho wamasosha aseMelika uzuze impi eyodwa enkulu kuphela selokhu kwaphela iMpi Yezwe II (iMpi YaseGulf of 1990-91). Kepha osonkontileka bezempi baseMelika bayaqhubeka nokuwina izimpi ezinkulu zesabelomali eCongress cishe minyaka yonke, okufakazela ukuthi akukho mandla emhlabeni ongamelana namandla abo okuphehla namandla ezepolitiki.

Cabanga ngemashi eqhubekayo yokuphumelela kohlelo olulodwa lwezikhali olulodwa emlandweni - ukuthengwa okuhleliwe kwamajethi aseLokheed-Martin F-35 asezingeni eliphezulu yiMpi Yezindiza, Amasosha Nasemanzini ngezindleko eziqikwayo ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1 trillion.

I-Air Force and Marines yomibili imemezele ukuthi iJoint Strike Fighter isilungele ukulwa, kanti iCongress manje isifuna imali engaphezulu kwezigidigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka ukuthola lokho okushaywayo ukuze kube yimikhumbi yama-2,400 jets.

Kodwa-ke ibhomu lamabhomu ebiza kakhulu emhlabeni alisebenzi kahle futhi kungenzeka lingaphinde lisebenze njengoba kukhangisiwe. Lokho akuyona “dezinformatsiya”Kusuka kochwepheshe“ bempi yolwazi ”yaseRussia. Lowo ngumqondo osemthethweni wokuhlaziya izikhali eziphezulu zePentagon, uMichael Gilmore.

Ku-an Aug, 9 memo etholwe yiBloomberg News, uGilmore uxwayise izikhulu eziphezulu zePentagon ukuthi uhlelo lwe-F-35 "empeleni alusendleleni ebheke empumelelweni kepha lusendleleni ebheke ukwehluleka ukuletha" amandla ethenjisiwe endiza. Uthe lolu hlelo "luphelelwa yisikhathi nemali yokuqedela ukuhlolwa kwendiza okuhleliwe nokusebenzisa ukulungisa okudingekayo nokulungiswa."

Umphathi wokuhlola ezempi wabika ukuthi izinkinga eziyinkimbinkimbi zesoftware nokushoda kokuvivinya “kusaqhubeka ukutholakala ngezinga elikhulu.” Ngenxa yalokho, izindiza zingahluleka ukulandela umkhondo oshukumisayo phansi, uxwayise abashayeli bezindiza lapho amasistimu we-radar wesitha ebabona, noma enza ukusetshenziswa kwebhomu elisanda kuklanywa. Ngisho nesibhamu se-F-35 kungenzeka singasebenzi kahle.

Ukuhlola Okuhlukumezayo

Ukuhlolwa kwangaphakathi kwePentagon bekuyamuva nje ohlwini olude lwe ukuhlolwa okubucayi okulimazayo kanye nezithiyo zokuthuthuka kwendiza. Kubandakanya ukumiswa kwendiza okuphindaphindekile ngenxa yemililo kanye nezinye izindaba zokuphepha; ukutholwa kokuqina kokuqina kwenjini; nezigqoko zokuvikela ezingadala i-whiplash ebulalayo. Indiza yaze yashayeka kahle lapho ibandakanyeka ekuhlekiseni nomuntu omdala kakhulu (futhi oshibhile) F-16.

Ngonyaka odlule, a esihlokweni ku-Conservative Buyekeza National wathi "usongo olukhulu amabutho ase-US abhekene nalo emashumini ambalwa eminyaka okugcina akuyona eyokucekela phansi impi yama-anti-Ship ballistic yama-carriers, noma ukwanda kwezinhlelo ezingabizi kakhulu zokuhlaselwa kukagesi udizili, noma nezinhlelo zase-China nase Russia. Usongo olukhulu kakhulu luvela ku-F-35. . . Kulokhu kutshalwa kwemali oku-trillion-dollar-plus sithola indiza ihamba kancane kakhulu kune-1970s F-14 Tomcat, indiza enengaphansi kwesigamu sobubanzi be-A-40 Intruder eneminyaka engu-6. . . nendiza eyayinikezwe ikhanda yi-F-16 ngesikhathi somncintiswano owawusanda kwenziwa ama-firefoight. ”

Ukufanisa i-F-35 nohlelo lwangaphambilini lwe-fitness jet ehlulekile, uColonel Dan Ward osathatha umhlalaphansi waqaphela ngonyaka odlule, "Mhlawumbe isimo esihle kakhulu seJoint Strike Fighter ukuthi ilandele ezinyathelweni ze-F-22 futhi inikeze amandla okulwa angahlobene nezidingo zangempela zempi. Ngaleyo ndlela, lapho yonke imikhumbi ibalelwa ngenxa yephutha elingalawuleki, umthelela esimweni sethu sokuzivikela ungabe usulungile. "

Isikhungo sika-Lockheed's 'Pay-to-Play Ad Agency'

Iza ekuvikelweni kohlelo muva nje kwakuhlaziya umhlaziyi wezempi uDan Goure, kubhulogi kamagazini ohlonishwayo, Intshisekelo Yezwe. UGoure wayezincisha ihlazo abagxeki eHhovisi lePentagon's Operational Test and Evaluation "njengabantu" abanamehlo aluhlaza, njengama-goblins eGingott's ochungechungeni lukaHarry Potter. "

Echaza i-F-35 "njengengxenyekazi yezinguquko," umemezele, "Amandla ayo okusebenza angatholakali endaweni yomoya enobutha, iqoqa imininingwane futhi ibhekise nemininingwane kuzitha zezulu naphansi, ngaphambi kokuqalisa ukuhlaselwa okungalindelekile kukhombisa inzuzo enkulu kunamasistimu osongo akhona . . . . Uhlelo lokuhlola lwe-Joint Strike Fighter luyathuthuka ngezinga elisheshayo. Okwengeziwe, ngisho nangaphambi kokuba igcwalise ithempulethi yokusebenza eqinile ebekwe yi-DOT & E, i-F-35 isikhombisile amakhono adlula kude noma yimuphi umshayeli wamanje waseNtshonalanga. ”

Uma lokho kufunda kancane kufana nencwajana yokukhangisa yeL Lockheed-Martin, cabanga ngomthombo. Embhalweni wakhe, uGoure uziveze yena kuphela njengoMongameli oyiphini leLexington Institute, izikweletu uqobo njenge "nhlangano engenzi inzuzo yenqubomgomo yomphakathi ebuswa e-Arlington, eVirginia."

Okungashongo uGoure - neLexington Institute ayivezi ngokujwayelekile - ukuthi "ithola iminikelo evela kwizikhulu ezinkulu zezokuvikela uLokheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman nabanye, abakhokhela uLexington" ukuphawula ngokuzivikela, " I-2010 Iphrofayili inI-Politico.

Ngasekuqaleni konyaka ofanayo, Harper sika umsiza uKen Silverstein esibizwa I-tank ecabanga kabanzi "inkampani yezokuvikela ekhokhela ukudlala imidlalo." Ubuye wengeza, "Izingubo ezifana neLexington zikhiqiza izingqungquthela zabezindaba, amaphepha ezikhundla kanye nezindaba ezigcina imali yamasosha igelezela kosonkontileka bezokuvikela."

Ukuhlangana okungaqondile kukaGoure noR Lockheed kunikeza umbono wokuthi kungani izinhlelo ezinjenge-F-35 ziyaqhubeka nokuchuma yize kukhona ukwehluleka ukusebenza, izindleko ezinkulu zokudlula, kanye nokubambezeleka kokubambezeleka okungaqala ukuphenya okwenziwe ngesihloko okungekho emaphephandabeni futhi kukhiqize nemifudlana yokuhlanya okucasulayo evela kubahlaziyi beFox News mayelana nokwehluleka kukahulumeni.

Ukuphakamisa impi entsha yeCold

Cabanga amathangi afana neLexington Institute abahamba phambili ngemuva komkhankaso wenkulumo-ze yasekhaya wokuvuselela iMpi Yomshoshaphansi ngokumelene nesimo saseRussia esinciphile futhi sithethelele nezinhlelo zezikhali ezifana neF-35.

Njengoba uLee Fang kuqashelwe kamuva nje in I-Intercept, "Ukwanda kwenkulumo elwa neRussia emkhankasweni kaMongameli wase-US kuza phakathi kwesenzo esikhulu sosonkontileka bezempi sokubeka iMoscow njengesitha esinamandla okumele siphikiswe nokwenyuka okukhulu kwemali esetshenziselwe ezempi emazweni e-NATO."

Kanjalo ne-Lockheed-funded Aerospace Industries Association Uxwayisa ukuthi abaphathi baka-Obama behluleka ukusebenzisa imali eyanele “ezinhlelweni zezindiza, emikhunjini nasekwalweni” ukubhekana kahle “nolaka lwaseRussia emnyango we-NATO.” U-Lockheed- no-Pentagon baxhaswe ngemaliIsikhungo sokuhlaziya inqubomgomo yase-Europe sikhipha ukusakazwa kwe imibiko yama-alist mayelana nezinsongo zamasosha aseRussia eziya eMpumalanga Yurophu.

Futhi uMkhandlu we-Atlantic onomthelela omkhulu - Uxhaswe ngemali ngu-Lockheed-Martin, uRaytheon, i-US Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, kanye ne-Ukraine World Congress - ekhuthaza izihloko njenge- "Kungani Ukuthula Akunakwenzeka ngoPutin" no limenyezelwe ukuthi i-NATO kumele "izibophezele ekusebenziseni imali enkulu yezempi" ukubhekana neRussia evuselelayo.

Imvelaphi yokwanda kweNATO

Umkhankaso wokuveza iRussia njengengozi, oholwa ngabasebenza ngama-pundits nabahlaziyi abaxhaswa ngemali, uqalile ngokushesha ngemuva kokuphela kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi. E-1996, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Lockheed uBruce Jackson isungulwe IKomidi laseMelika le-NATO, ngesiqubulo salo esithi “Qinisa iMelika, Vikela IYurophu. Vikela amanani. Nweba i-NATO. "

Umsebenzi wayo wagijima ngokuqondile uthembisa ngabaphathi bakaGeorge HW Bush ukuthi bangakhuphi ubumbano lwamasosha aseNtshonalanga empumalanga ngemuva kokuwa kweSoviet Union.

Ukujoyina uJackson kwakuyizikhulu zobucwebecwebe ezinjengoPaul Wolfowitz, uRichard Perle noRobert Kagan. Umuntu oyedwa ofaka i-neocon obizwa ngokuthi nguJackson - obuye waqhubeka nokuthola iKomidi Lokukhululeka kwe-Iraq - "umugqa phakathi komkhakha wezokuvikela kanye neoconservatives. Usiguqulela kubo, nathi bona basihumushe. ”

Imizamo yenhlangano enkulu futhi ephumelele kakhulu yokuphekelela ayizange ibonwe. Ku-1998, i- New York Times kubika ukuthi "abakhiqizi bezingalo zaseMelika, abafuna ukuthola izigidigidi zamaRandi ngokuthengisa izikhali, amasistimu okuxhumana nezinye izinto zamasosha uma iSenethi livuma ukunwetshwa kweNATO, benze imali enkulu kubasizi bezokuvakasha kanye nemikhankaso yokuxhasa imbangela yabo eWashington. . . .

"Izinkampani ezine eziyishumi ezinebhizinisi lazo eliyizingalo ezinkulu ziveze abantu abazongenela ukhetho ngemali engu- $ 32.3 million selokhu kwawa ubuKhomanisi eMpumalanga Yurophu ekuqaleni kweminyaka eyishumi. Ngokuqhathanisa, indawo yokuhlala ugwayi yachitha u- $ 26.9 million kuleso sikhathi, i-1991 kuya ku-1997. ”

Umkhulumeli weLokheed uthe, "Sithathe indlela yesikhathi eside yokwandiswa kweNATO, sisungula ubudlelwano. Lapho usuku lufika futhi lawo mazwe asethubeni lokuthenga izindiza zokulwa, impela sihlose ukuba ngumqhudelwano. ”

Ukuvuselela umsebenzi kusebenze. Ku-1999, ngokumelene nokuphikisana neRussia, I-NATO yathatha iCzech Republic, iHungary nePoland. Ku-2004, ingeze iBulgaria, i-Estonia, iLatvia, iLithuania, iRomania, iSlovakia neSlovenia. I-Albania neCroatia bajoyine ngokulandelayo kwi2009. Okuxaka kakhulu, e2008 NATO imeme i-Ukraine ukuthi ijoyine umfelandawonye waseNtshonalanga, ibeka isigaba sezingxabano eziyingozi phakathi kweNATO neRussia ngalelo lizwe namuhla.

Inzuzo yabenzi bezingalo zaseMelika yakhuphuka. "Nge-2014, amalungu amasha ayishumi nambili [i-NATO] ayethenge cishe izikhali ezingabiza u- $ 17 billion wezikhali zaseMelika," ngokusho ku-Andrew Cockburn, “ngenkathi. . . Izwe laseRomania ligubhe ngokufika kohlelo lokuqala lokuvikela izivakashi eMelika i-East 134 million.

Ukuwa kokugcina, I-Washington Business Journal kubika ukuthi “uma noma ngubani ehlomula ngokungabi bikho phakathi kweRussia nomhlaba wonke, kuzofanele kube yiLokheed Martin Corp (NYSE: LMT) ezinze eBethesda. Le nkampani ikulungele ukwenza inzuzo enkulu ngalokho okungahle kube yimali yamazwe omhlaba echithwa omakhelwane baseRussia. ”

Icaphuna inkontileka enkulu yokuthengisa imicibisholo ePoland, leli phephandaba lingeze lathi, “Izikhulu zaseLokheed azimemezeli ngokusobala ukuthi ubungcweti bukaMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin e-Ukraine bulungele ibhizinisi, kodwa abazihluphi ngokuthola ithuba lokuthi iPoland ebethula njengoba iWarsaw iqhubeka nomsebenzi omkhulu wesimanjemanje wezempi - lowo osheshise njengoba isimo sishuba eMpumalanga Yurophu. ”

Umshini weLobby Lobby

URobheed uyaqhubeka nokufaka imali ohlelweni lwezepolitiki lwaseMelika ukuqinisekisa ukuthi luhlala lunenkontileka enkulu kwezempi ezweni. Kusuka ku-2008 kuya ku-2015, yayo yokwengeza izindleko kudlule izigidi ezingama- $ 13 izigidi kodwa unyaka owodwa. Inkampani ibhizinisi lokufafaza kusuka kuhlelo lwe-F-35 kwi-46 ithi futhi ikhiqiza amashumi ezinkulungwane zemisebenzi.

Phakathi kwezifundazwe ze18 ezijabulela umthelela wezomnotho obangelwe ngaphezulu kwe- $ 100 yezigidi kusuka endizeni yokulwa ne-Vermont - yingakho i-F-35 ithola ukwesekwa ngisho noSen. Bernie Sanders.

Njengoba atshela omunye umhlangano wehholo ledolobha, “Isebenzisa amakhulu abantu. Inikeza imfundo yasekolishi yamakhulu abantu. Ngakho-ke kimi umbuzo akukhona ukuthi sinayo i-F-35 noma cha. Kulapha. Umbuzo kimi ukuthi ngabe useBurlington, Vermont noma utholakala eFlorida. ”

E-1961, uMongameli u-Eisenhower waphawula ukuthi "ukuhlangana kwamasosha amakhulu kanye nomkhakha omkhulu wezikhali" sekuqalile ukuthonya "yonke imizi, yonke indlu yoMbuso, wonke amahhovisi kahulumeni Wenhlangano."

Enkulumweni yakhe edumile yesizwe, u-Eisenhower uxwayise ngokuthi "kufanele sikuqaphele ukutholwa kwethonya elingafanele, noma lifunwa noma lingafunwanga, yinkampani yezempi yezimboni. Amandla okuqhamuka kwenhlekelele yamandla angahleliwe akhona futhi azophikelela. ”

Wayenembile kangakanani. Kepha ngisho u-Ike wayengeke acabange izindleko ezibucayi esizweni sokuhluleka ukubamba lelo bhodi e-bay - esukela kuhlelo lwe-jet-fighter jet trillion kuya ekuvukeni okungenasidingo nokuyingozi kakhulu kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi ikhulu leminyaka ngemuva kokuba iWest iphumelele ukunqoba.