"Shin kuna lura da ginin?" Ya tambayi wannan matsakaitan shekaru akan babur tare da karensa.

"Ah, si, "Na amsa a cikin Italiyanci na da kyar na iya wucewa.

"Bene,” ya amsa. Yayi kyau.

A gabanmu, injin guttural na baya ya yi kururuwa a cikin aiki kuma manyan motocin da ba kowa a cikin juji suka yi ta taho-mu-gama a kan hanya mai datti. Ihuwar maza ta nemi a kula da hayaniya na ƙarfe na atisaye da zato daga nesa. Manyan cranes goma sha tara sun bazu ko'ina cikin shimfidar wuri, tare da tsaunin Kudancin Alps na Italiya a baya. Fiye da guda 100 na kayan motsi na ƙasa, ma'aikata 250, da ginshiƙan zane-zane sun nannade abin da zai zama sabbin gine-gine 34 nan ba da jimawa ba.

Muna tsaye a gaban wani katafaren wurin gini mai girman eka 145 don “karamar Amurka” da ke tashi a ciki. Vicenza, sanannen birni na Italiyanci na gine-gine da wurin tarihi na UNESCO kusa da Venice. Wannan ya kasance Da Molin, sabon sansanin soji da sojojin Amurka ke shirin mayar da sojoji kusan 2,000 daga Jamus a shekara ta 2013.

Tun 1955, Vicenza kuma ya kasance gida ga wani babban tushe na Amurka, Camp Ederle. Suna daga cikin fiye da 1,000 sansanonin da Amurka ke amfani da su don buga duniya (tare da kusan 4,000 more a cikin jihohi 50 da Washington, D.C.). Wannan hadadden kayan aikin soja, wanda ba a taba yin irinsa ba a tarihi, ya kasance babba, idan an lura kadan, bangaren ikon Amurka tun yakin duniya na biyu.

A lokacin yakin cacar baka, irin wadannan sansanonin sun zama tushe na "dabarun gaba" da ke nufin kewaye Tarayyar Soviet da tura ikon sojojin Amurka a kusa da iyakokinta. A 'yan kwanakin nan, duk da rashin babban abokin hamayya, Pentagon ta yi niyya don jefa duniya tare da ƙananan ƙananan. "Lily pad" tushe, yayin da ake ci gaba da ginawa da kula da wasu manyan sansanonin kamar Dal Molin.

Amirkawa ba safai suke tunani game da waɗannan sansanonin ba, balle nawa ne kuɗin harajin su - da bashi - zai gina su da kula da su. Don Dal Molin da gine-ginen da ke kusa, gami da hedkwatar brigade, rukunin bariki guda biyu, masana'antar makamashin gas mai ƙarfi, asibiti, makarantu biyu, wurin motsa jiki, wuraren cin abinci, da ƙaramin kantuna, masu biyan haraji na iya yiwuwa. kashe akalla rabin dala biliyan. (Duk lokacin, a mafi rinjaye na jama'ar gari cikin sha'awa da surutu hamayya sabon tushe.)

Nawa ne Amurka ke kashewa a kowace shekara wajen mamaye duniya tare da sansanonin ta da sojojinta? Nawa ne yake kashewa kan kasancewarsa a duniya? Majalisar da ta tilasta wa yin lissafin kashe kudaden da ta ke kashewa a ketare, Pentagon ta sanya wannan adadi a kan dala biliyan 22.1 a shekara. Ya bayyana cewa ko da kiyasin ra'ayin mazan jiya na hakikanin halin kaka-nika-yi na garrisoning na duniya ya zo a kowace shekara jimillar kusan dala biliyan 170. A gaskiya ma, yana iya zama babba sosai. Tun daga farkon "Yaƙin Duniya na Ta'addanci" a cikin 2001, jimillar farashi don manufofin mu na garrisoning, don kasancewar mu a kasashen waje, tabbas ya kai dala tiriliyan 1.8 zuwa dala tiriliyan 2.1.

 

Nawa Muke Kashewa?

By dokar, Pentagon dole ne ya samar da shekara-shekara "Takaitacciyar Takaitaccen Kudin Waje(OCS) yana sanya farashi kan ayyukan soja a kasashen waje, daga sansanonin zuwa ofisoshin jakadanci da sauran su. Wannan yana nufin ƙididdige duk kuɗin da ake kashewa na soja yi, gyare-gyaren kayan aiki na yau da kullum, da kulawa, da farashin kulawa miliyan daya Sojojin Amurka da ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Tsaro da iyalansu a ƙasashen waje - ƙididdigar biyan kuɗi, gidaje, makarantu, motoci, kayan aiki, da jigilar ma'aikata da kayayyaki zuwa ketare da baya, da nisa, da ƙari.

Sabuwar OCS, na shekarar kasafin kuɗi ta 2012 da ta ƙare Satumba 30th, ta rubuta dala biliyan 22.1 a cikin kashewa, kodayake, a jagorancin Majalisa, wannan bai haɗa da ɗayan fiye da haka ba. $ 118 biliyan ya shafe wannan shekara a yakin Afghanistan da sauran wurare na duniya.

Yayin da dala biliyan 22.1 ke da adadi mai yawa, wanda ke wakiltar kusan adadin kasafin kuɗi ga Ma'aikatun Shari'a da Aikin Noma da kusan rabin kasafin Ma'aikatar Jiha ta 2012, ya bambanta sosai da ƙwararren masanin tattalin arziki Anita Dancs. $ 250 biliyan. Ta haɗa da kashe kashen yaƙi a cikin jimlarta, amma ko da ba tare da shi ba, adadinta ya kai kusan dala biliyan 140 - har yanzu dala biliyan 120 fiye da yadda Pentagon ke nunawa.

Ina son gano ainihin halin kaka-nika-yi na yakin duniya da kaina, fiye da shekaru uku, a matsayin wani bangare na binciken duniya na sansanonin kasashen waje, na yi magana da masana kasafin kudi, na yanzu da tsoffin jami'an Pentagon, da jami'an kasafin kudi na tushe. Mutane da yawa cikin ladabi sun ba da shawarar cewa wannan aikin wauta ne idan aka yi la'akari da adadin tushen da abin ya shafa, da sarƙaƙƙiyar bambance bambancen ƙetare da kashe kuɗin gida, sirrin kasafin kudin Pentagon, da "yawanci almara" yanayin alkaluman Pentagon. (Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta kasance hukumar tarayya kawai kasa wucewa kudi duba.)

Duk da wawa da makamai kawai tare da ikon PDFs masu bincike, amma duk da haka na shiga cikin duniyar lissafin Pentagon, inda wasu littatafai suke har yanzu. rubutun hannu kuma dala biliyan 1 na iya zama kuskuren zagaye. Na duba dubban shafuka na takardun kasafin kuɗi, rahotanni na gwamnati da masu zaman kansu, da ɗaruruwan abubuwan layi na komai daga kantunan kantuna zuwa leken asirin soja zuwa tallafin gidan waya.

Ina so in yi kuskure a bangaren mazan jiya, na yanke shawarar bi hanyoyi Majalisa ta ba da izini ga OCS, yayin da kuma neman farashin ƙasashen waje Pentagon ko Majalisa na iya yin watsi da su. Ba shi da ma'ana don ware, alal misali, kuɗin kula da lafiya da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ke biya wa sojoji a sansanonin ketare, kashe kuɗin ma'aikata a Kosovo, ko alamar farashi don tallafawa Asusun 550 muna da Afghanistan.

A cikin ruhun “sa ido kan ginin,” bari in jagorance ku kan taƙaitaccen bayani game da yunƙurina na fito da ainihin kuɗaɗen mamaye duniya.

 

Rasa farashin

Kodayake Takaitacciyar Takaitaccen Takaddun Kuɗi na Ƙasashen waje da farko na iya zama cikakke sosai, ba da daɗewa ba za ku lura cewa ƙasashen da aka san su da karɓar sansanonin Amurka sun ɓace. A zahiri, aƙalla ƙasashe 18 da yankuna na ƙasashen waje a kan jerin abubuwan Pentagon na sansanonin ƙasashen waje ba a bayyana sunansu ba.

Musamman abin mamaki shine rashin Kosovo da Bosnia. Sojojin na da manyan sansanoni da daruruwan sojoji a can sama da shekaru goma, tare da wani pentagon Rahoton yana nuna farashin 2012 na dala miliyan 313.8. A cewar rahoton, OCS ta kuma rage farashin sansanonin a Honduras da Guantanamo Bay da kusan kashi uku ko dala miliyan 85.

Sannan kuma wasu abubuwan ban mamaki sun bayyana: a wurare kamar Australia da Qatar, Pentagon ta ce tana da kudade don biyan sojoji amma babu kudi don "ayyuka da kulawa" don kunna fitilu, ciyar da mutane, ko yin gyare-gyare na yau da kullun. Daidaita waɗannan kuɗin yana ƙara kimanin dala miliyan 36. A farkon, na samo:

Dala miliyan 436 na kasashen da suka bace da farashi.

Wannan ba shi da yawa idan aka kwatanta da dala biliyan 22 da chump canji a cikin mahallin duk kasafin kudin Pentagon, amma farkon farawa ne.

A jagorancin Majalisa, Pentagon kuma ta tsallake farashin sansanonin a cikin Amurka da aka manta da su. yankuna - Puerto Rico, Guam, Amurka Samoa, Arewacin Mariana Islands, da kuma U.S. Virgin Islands. Wannan baƙon abu ne saboda Pentagon yana ɗaukar su "a ƙasashen waje." Mafi mahimmanci, kamar yadda masanin tattalin arziki Dancs ya ce, "Amurka tana riƙe da yankuna… da farko don dalilai na soja da ƙaddamar da ikon soji." Ƙari ga haka, suna, da kyau, a zahiri ƙasashen waje.

Conservatively, wannan yana ƙara dala biliyan 3 a cikin jimlar kashe kuɗin soja ga OCS.

Koyaya, akwai ƙarin quasi-US. yankuna a cikin hanyar da aka manta da gaske na tsibirin tsibirin Tekun Pasifik a cikin "ƙaddamar da haɗin kai" tare da Amurka - tsibirin Marshall, Tarayyar Tarayyar Micronesia, da Palau. Tun lokacin da ta mallaki waɗannan tsibiran a matsayin "yankunan amincewa da dabaru" bayan yakin duniya na biyu, Amurka ta sami 'yancin kafa wuraren soji a kansu, gami da wurin gwajin makamin nukiliya a yankin. Bikini Atoll da Wurin Gwajin Makami mai linzami na Ronald Reagan sauran wurare a cikin Marshalls.

Wannan yana zuwa a musanya ga shekara biya taimako daga Ofishin Harkokin Insular, ƙara wani dala miliyan 571 da samar da jimlar farashin:

Dala biliyan 3.6 don yankuna da ƙasashen tsibirin Pacific.

Da yake magana game da tekuna, a umarnin Majalisa, Pentagon ya ware farashin kula da jiragen ruwa na ruwa a ketare. Amma jiragen ruwa na Navy da Marine Corps suna da gaske suna iyo (da kuma submersible) sansanonin da ake amfani da su don kula da kasancewar soja mai karfi a kan (da karkashin) tekuna. Ƙididdiga mai ra'ayin mazan jiya na waɗannan kuɗin yana ƙara wani dala biliyan 3.8.

Sa'an nan kuma akwai farashin jiragen ruwa na Navy da aka tsara a anka a duniya. Ka yi la'akari da su a matsayin wuraren ajiyar kayayyaki a teku, cike da makamai, kayan yaki, da sauran kayayyaki. Kuma kar a manta da hannun jari da aka riga aka tsara na Sojoji. Tare, suna zuwa kusan dala miliyan 604 a shekara. Bugu da kari, Pentagon ya bayyana yana barin wasu dala miliyan 861 don “sealift” na ketare da “lift” da “sauran tattarawa” kashe kudi. Duk abin da aka faɗa, lissafin yana girma ta:

Dala biliyan 5.3 don jiragen ruwa na ruwa da ma'aikata tare da kadarori na ruwa da na iska.

Har ila yau, abin ban mamaki bacewar daga Takaitaccen Takaitaccen Takaddun Kuɗi shine ɗan ƙaramin al'amari na farashin kula da lafiya. Kudin kasashen waje don Shirin Lafiyar Tsaro da sauran fa'idodin ga ma'aikata a ƙasashen waje suna ƙara kusan dala biliyan 11.7 kowace shekara. Sannan akwai dala miliyan 538 a cikin aikin soja da gina gidaje na iyali wanda Pentagon shima ya bayyana yana yin watsi da shi.

Don haka ma, ba za mu iya mantawa game da siyayya akan tushe ba, saboda mu masu biyan haraji muna tallafawa waɗancan fitattun Walmart-kamar PX (Canjin Canji) manyan kantunan kasuwanci a kan sansanonin duniya. Kodayake sojoji suna jin daɗin cewa tsarin PX yana biyan kansa saboda yana taimakawa wajen ba da gudummawar shirye-shiryen nishaɗin kan tushe, shugabannin Pentagon sun yi watsi da ambaton cewa PXs suna samun gine-gine da ƙasa kyauta, abubuwan amfani kyauta, da jigilar kayayyaki kyauta zuwa wurare na ketare. Suna kuma aiki ba tare da haraji ba.

Duk da yake babu wani ƙididdiga na ƙimar gine-gine, filaye, da kayan aiki waɗanda masu biyan haraji ke bayarwa, musayar ya ba da rahoton dala miliyan 267 a cikin tallafi daban-daban na 2011. (Harajin tarayya da aka yi watsi da shi zai iya ƙara dala miliyan 30 ko fiye da wannan adadi.) Ƙara a ciki kuma. tallafin gidan waya na akalla dala miliyan 71 kuma kuna da:

Dala biliyan 12.6 don kula da lafiya, sojoji da gidaje na iyali, siyayya da tallafin gidan waya.

Wani keɓancewar Pentagon shine hayar da ake biya ga wasu ƙasashe don ƙasar da muke sansanin. Ko da yake wasu ƴan ƙasashe kamar Japan, Kuwait, da Koriya ta Kudu a zahiri suna biyan Amurka don ba da tallafi ga sojojin mu - don jin daɗi. $ 1.1 biliyan a cikin 2012 - ya fi kowa yawa, bisa ga masanin tushe Kent Calder, “su ne lokuta inda Amurka biya kasashe don daukar nauyin sansanonin."

Idan aka yi la'akari da yanayin asirce na ginshiƙan yarjejeniyoyin da kuma sarƙaƙƙiyar cinikayyar tattalin arziki da siyasa da ke tattare da shawarwarin tushe, ba zai yiwu a samu takamaiman adadi ba. Koyaya, tallafin Pentagon bincike ya nuna cewa kashi 18 cikin 6.3 na jimlar taimakon soja na kasashen waje da na tattalin arziki na zuwa ne wajen siyan hanyar samun tushe. Wannan yana ƙara ƙarar daftarin mu da kusan dala biliyan 1.7. Biyan kuɗi ga NATO na dala biliyan XNUMX "don saye da gina kayan aikin soja da kayan aiki" da sauran dalilai, ya kawo mu:

Dala biliyan 6.9 a cikin kuɗin haya na "hayar" da gudummawar NATO.

Kodayake OCS dole ne ya ba da rahoton farashin duk ayyukan soji a ƙasashen waje, Pentagon ta tsallake $ 550 miliyan domin counternarcotics ayyuka da kuma $ 108 miliyan domin taimakon jin kai da jama'a. Dukansu suna da, a matsayin kasafin kuɗi Daftarin aiki yayi bayani game da agajin jin kai, ya taimaka "ci gaba da kasancewa a ketare," yayin da sojoji "suna samun dama ga yankuna masu mahimmanci ga muradun Amurka.."Ma'aikatar Pentagon ta kuma kashe dala miliyan 24 kan ayyukan muhalli a kasashen waje don sa ido da rage gurbatar yanayi, zubar da haɗari da sauran sharar gida, da kuma "ƙaddamarwa… don tallafawa tushen / ayyuka na duniya." Don haka lissafin yanzu yana girma ta:

Dala miliyan 682 don maganin miyagun ƙwayoyi, ayyukan jin kai, da shirye-shiryen muhalli.

Pentagon tally na farashin mamaye duniya kuma yayi watsi da farashin sansanonin sirri da shirye-shirye na ketare. Daga cikin jimlar kasafin kuɗi na Pentagon $ 51 biliyan domin 2012, Ina conservatively amfani kawai da kiyasta ketare rabo daga ayyuka da kuma kula da kashe kudi, wanda ya kara dala biliyan 2.4. Sannan akwai $ 15.7 biliyan Shirin Sirrin Soja. Ganin haka Dokokin AmurkaGabaɗaya ya hana sojoji shiga leƙen asiri na cikin gida, na kiyasta cewa rabin wannan kashe-kashen, dala biliyan 7.9, ya faru a ƙasashen waje.

Na gaba, dole ne mu ƙara a cikin CIA kayan kwalliya kasafin kudi, ayyukan bayar da kudade gami da sansanonin sirri a wurare kamar Somalia, Libya, da sauran wurare a cikin Middle East, da kuma kisan gilla shirin, wanda ya karu sosai tun lokacin da aka fara yaki da ta'addanci. Tare da dubbai sun mutu (ciki har da daruruwan fararen hula), ta yaya ba za mu yi la'akari da waɗannan kudaden soja ba? A cikin imel, John Pike, darektanGlobalSecurity.org, ya gaya mani cewa "yiwuwar kashi uku" na kasafin kudin CIA na $ 10 biliyan na iya zuwa yanzu farashin kayan aikin soja, yana haifar da:

Dala biliyan 13.6 don shirye-shiryen keɓancewa, bayanan soja, da ayyukan rundunar CIA.

Last amma lalle ba kalla zo da real biggie: da halin kaka na Asusun 550 Amurka ta gina a Afganistan, da kuma watanni uku na ƙarshe na rayuwa don sansanonin mu a Iraki, wanda sau ɗaya ya ƙidaya. 505 kafin ficewar Amurka daga waccan kasar (wato watanni uku na farko na shekarar kasafin kudi ta 2012). Yayin da Pentagon da Majalisa ke keɓance waɗannan farashin, hakan yana kama da ƙididdige biyan kuɗin New York Yankees yayin ban da albashi na babbar shekara. sa hannu na wakili kyauta.

Conservative bin tsarin OCS da aka yi amfani da shi don wasu ƙasashe, amma gami da farashi don kula da lafiya, biyan kuɗin soja a cikin kasafin kuɗi, haya, da “sauran shirye-shirye,” muna ƙara ƙiyasin:

Dala biliyan 104.9 don sansanonin soja da kasancewar sojoji a Afghanistan da sauran wuraren yaƙi.

Bayan farawa da adadi na OCS na dala biliyan 22.1, babban jimillar yanzu ya kai:

Dala biliyan 168 ($ 169,963,153,283 daidai).

Wannan kusan karin dala biliyan 150 ne. Ko da kun ware farashin yaki - kuma ina tsammanin Yankees ya nuna dalilin da yasa wannan mummunan ra'ayi ne - adadin har yanzu ya kai dala biliyan 65.1, ko kusan sau uku lissafin Pentagon.

Amma kar a yi tunanin cewa ƙarshen halin da muke ciki ke nan. Baya ga kashewa mai yuwuwa a ɓoye a cikin ɓangarorin kasafin kuɗin sa, akwai wasu kurakurai a cikin lissafin Pentagon. Farashin don ƙasashe 16 da ke karɓar sansanonin Amurka amma an bar su daga OCS gabaɗaya, gami da Colombia, El Salvador, Da kuma Norway, na iya jimlar fiye da dala miliyan 350. Kudin kasancewar sojoji a Kolombiya kadai na iya kaiwa ga dubun dubatar miliyoyin a cikin mahallin sama da dala biliyan 8.5 Shirin Colombia kudade tun 2000. Pentagon kuma ta ba da rahoton farashin kasa da dala miliyan 5 kowanne Yemen, Isra'ila, Uganda, Da Seychelles Tsibirin, wanda da alama ba zai yuwu ba kuma zai iya ƙara ƙarin miliyoyi.

Idan ya zo ga kasancewar Amurka gabaɗaya a ƙasashen waje, sauran farashin suna da wahala sosai don ƙididdige dogaro, gami da farashin ofisoshin Pentagon a Amurka, ofisoshin jakadanci, da sauran hukumomin gwamnati waɗanda ke tallafawa sansanonin da sojoji a ketare. Don haka, ma, wuraren ba da horo na Amurka, dakunan ajiya, asibitoci, da ma makabarta suna ba da damar sansanonin ketare suyi aiki. Sauran kashe-kashen sun haɗa da farashin canjin kuɗi, kuɗin lauyoyi da diyya da aka samu a shari’ar da ake yi wa sojoji a ƙasashen waje, “aikin wucin gadi na wucin gadi,” sojojin Amurka da ke halartar atisaye a ƙasashen waje, kuma watakila ma wasu ayyukan soja na NASA, sararin samaniya- makaman da aka dogara da su, kaso na yawan kuɗin daukar ma’aikata da ake buƙata zuwa sansanonin ma’aikata a ƙasashen waje, ribar da ake biya a kan bashin da ake dangantawa da halin kaka-nika-yi na baya-bayan nan na sansanonin ƙasashen waje, da farashin Gudanarwar Tsohon Sojoji da sauran kashe kashen ritaya ga ma’aikatan soja da suka yi aiki a ƙasashen waje.

Bayan kiyasi na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, lissafin gaskiya na yaƙin duniya zai iya kusantar dala biliyan 200 a shekara.
 

"Kudin Kuɗi"

Waɗancan, ta hanyar, su ne kawai farashi a cikin kasafin kuɗin gwamnatin Amurka. Jimlar farashin tattalin arziƙin ga tattalin arzikin Amurka yana da girma har yanzu. Yi la'akari da inda albashin da ake biyan haraji na sojojin a waɗancan sansanonin ke zuwa lokacin da suke ci ko sha a gidan abinci ko mashaya na gida, siyayya don sutura, hayan gida, ko biyan harajin tallace-tallace na gida a Jamus, Italiya, ko Japan. Waɗannan su ne abin da masana tattalin arziki ke kira "spillover" ko "multiplier effects." Lokacin da na ziyarci Okinawa a cikin 2010, alal misali, wakilan Marine Corps sun yi alfahari game da yadda kasancewarsu ke ba da gudummawar dala biliyan 1.9 kowace shekara ga tattalin arzikin gida ta hanyar kwangilar tushe, ayyuka, sayayya na gida, da sauran kashe kuɗi. Ko da yake alkalumman na iya wuce gona da iri, ba abin mamaki ba ne 'yan majalisa irin su Sanata Kay Bailey Hutchison suka yi kira da a yi wani sabon salo. "Gina a Amurka" manufofin don kare "lafin kudi na al'ummarmu."

Kuma har yanzu farashin yana da faɗi yayin da mutum yayi la'akari da cinikin ciniki, ko ƙimar damar da ke tattare da hakan. kashe kudi na soja ya haifar ƙananan ayyuka a kowace dala miliyan da aka kashe fiye da miliyan ɗaya da aka saka a cikin ilimi, kiwon lafiya, ko ingantaccen makamashi - kusan rabin adadin saka hannun jari a makarantu. Ko da mafi muni, yayin da kashe kuɗin soja a fili yana ba da fa'idodi kai tsaye ga Lockheed Martins da kuma KBRs na soja-masana'antu hadaddun, wadannan zuba jari ba, a matsayin masanin tattalin arziki James Heintz ne adam wata ya ce, habaka “dadewar da ake samu na sauran kamfanoni masu zaman kansu” yadda jarin samar da ababen more rayuwa ke yi.

Don daidaita wani sanannen layi daga shugaban kasa Dwight Eisenhower: kowane tushe da aka gina yana nuna a ma'anar karshe ta sata. Tabbas, yi tunani game da abin da rabin dala biliyan na Dal Molin na abubuwan more rayuwa zai iya yi idan aka yi amfani da farar hula. Sake amsawa Ike, da kudin Daya daga cikin tushe na zamani shine: Yara 260,000 masu karamin karfi suna samun kulawar lafiya na shekara guda ko 65,000 za su je shekara guda na Head Start ko kuma 65,000 tsoffin sojoji suna karbar kulawar VA na shekara guda.
 

Wani nau'i na "Spillover"

Bases kuma suna haifar da wani daban "cirewa" a cikin kuɗaɗen kuɗi da kuɗin da ba na kuɗi ƙasashen da ke karbar bakuncin ba. A cikin 2004, alal misali, a kan biyan kuɗin da aka biya na "nauyi mai nauyi" kai tsaye, ƙasashen da suka karɓi ba da gudummawa sun ba da gudummawa iri-iri. $ 4.3 biliyan don tallafawa sansanonin Amurka. Baya ga amincewa da kashe biliyoyin daloli don kwashe dubban sojojin ruwa na Amurka da iyalansu daga Okinawa to Guam, gwamnatin Japan ta biya kusan$ 1 biliyan zuwa gidajen farar hula da ba su da sauti a kusa da sansanonin jiragen sama na Amurka a Okinawa da kuma asarar miliyoyi don nasarar ƙarar ƙarar hayaniya. Hakazalika, a matsayin gwani na tushe Mark Gillem rahotanni, tsakanin 1992 zuwa 2003, gwamnatocin Koriya da Amurka sun biya diyyar dala miliyan 27.3 saboda laifukan da sojojin Amurka da ke Koriya suka aikata. A cikin shekaru uku guda, ma'aikatan Amurka "sun aikata laifuka 1,246, daga laifuffuka zuwa manyan laifuka."

Kamar yadda waɗannan laifuffuka suka nuna, tsadar al'ummomin gida ya wuce tattalin arziki. 'Yan Okinawan kwanan nan sun fusata da abin da ya bayyana wani a wani dogon jerin laifukan fyade da sojojin Amurka suka aikata. Wanne misali ɗaya ne kawai na yadda, daga Japan to Italiya, Akwai abin da Anita Dancs ya kira "kudin tashin tashin hankali" akan tushe. Lalacewar muhalli yana haifar da kuɗaɗen kuɗi da na kuɗi fiye da haka. Ƙirƙirar tushe akan Diego Garcia a cikin Tekun Indiya ya aika da dukan mutanen Chagossian na gida gudun hijira.

Don haka, ma, sojojin Amurka da iyalansu suna ɗaukar wasu kuɗin da ba na kuɗi ba saboda yawan motsawa da rabuwa yayin balaguron balaguron balaguro a ƙasashen waje, tare da yawan adadin masu halarta. saki, m tashin hankali, magungun abu, cin zarafin jima'i, Da kuma mutum ya kashe kansa.

“Ba kowa, ba wanda yake so,” wani dattijo mai taurin kai ya gaya mani sa’ad da nake barin wurin ginin. Ya tuna da Amurkawa sun zo a 1955 kuma a yanzu suna rayuwa a gaban tushen Dal Molin. "Idan don amfanin jama'a ne, to, amma ba don amfanin mutane ba."

“Wa ke biya? Wa ke biya?” Ya tambaya. "Noi,” in ji shi. Muna yi.

Tabbas, daga waccan dala biliyan 170 zuwa kudaden da ba za mu iya ƙididdige su ba, duk muna yi.

David Vine, a Tom Dispatch na yau da kullun, mataimakin farfesa ne a fannin ilimin dan adam a Jami'ar Amurka, a Washington, DC. Shi ne marubucin Island of Shame: Asirin Tarihin Tarihin Soja na Amurka akan Diego Garcia (Princeton University Press, 2009). Ya rubuta don New York Times, da Washington Post, da Guardian, Da kuma Uwar Jones, a tsakanin sauran wurare. A halin yanzu yana kammala wani littafi game da sansanonin sojojin Amurka sama da 1,000 da ke wajen Amurka. Don karanta cikakken bayanin lissafin da aka kwatanta a cikin wannan labarin kuma duba ginshiƙi na farashin kasancewar sojojin Amurka a ƙasashen waje, ziyarci www.davidvine.net.

Wannan labarin ya fara bayyana TomDispatch.com, wani gidan yanar gizo na Cibiyar Nation, wanda ke ba da ci gaba mai gudana na hanyoyin daban-daban, labarai, da ra'ayi daga Tom Engelhardt, editan dogon lokaci a cikin wallafe-wallafe, wanda ya kafa Aikin Daular Amurka, Marubucin Ƙarshen Nasara Al'adu, kamar na novel, Kwanakin Karshen Bugawa. Sabon littafinsa shine Hanyar Yakin Amurka: Yadda Yakin Bush Ya Zama Na Obama (Littattafan Haymarket).

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