"Shin a matsayinmu na al'umma mun yi hauka, muna yaƙi a cikin Tekun Farisa yayin da al'umma ta rushe?" Seymour Melman ya yi tambaya cikin raha lokacin da na yi masa tambayoyi Mai Cigaba 19 shekaru da suka wuce.
Ko da yake Melman, a Farfesa Emeritus a makarantar injiniyan masana'antu ta Jami'ar Columbia, ya bar wannan rayuwar a cikin 2004, tambayarsa har yanzu tana damun al'ummarmu, kamar yadda Na'urar Yaƙin Amurka tun daga lokacin ta sami karɓuwa kawai, girma, duniya da zalunci.
Don amsa Melman: “I, mu da ya haukace." Wannan saboda shugabanni da shugabannin Pentagon sun fara sabbin yaƙe-yaƙe tun ma kafin su gama yaƙar tsoffin! Wanene zai iya tuna wani lokaci a tarihin mu lokacin da Amurka qaddamar m yaƙe-yaƙe da ƙasashe biyar (Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen)?
Tsakanin 1947 da 1989, Melman ya ce, Amurka ta kashe dala tiriliyan 8.2 (a cikin dala 1982) kan sojoji. Lokacin da na ce ba zan iya fahimtar adadi mai girma ba, Melman ya amsa, “Ka yi tunanin haka: A cikin 1982, jimillar kuɗin da ake samu na duk masana'antun Amurka, masana'antu da kayayyakin more rayuwa sun kai dala tiriliyan 7.3. Da kun kwaikwayi mafi girman abin da mutane ke yi a kasar nan da abin da sojoji suka samu." (Duk abin da kowa ya yi? Duk gidajen? Duk manyan hanyoyi? Duk makarantu? Duk asibitocin? Sabuwar Amurka? Komai?)
Melman ya ci gaba da cewa, “Rabin duk wata dala da kuke biya a harajin tarayya na shiga asusun soja. 'Yan kwangilar Pentagon sun cika da biliyoyin yayin da kayayyakin more rayuwa da ke durkushewar tattalin arzikinmu a kusa da mu kuma bala'in ɗan adam ya bazu ko'ina. "
Mai sauri-gaba: Yau, Pentagon har yanzu yana samun kusan rabin kowace dalar haraji. Kungiyar Resisters League ta kiyasta kashi 54% na kek ke zuwa sojoji idan aka kwatanta da 30% na duk albarkatun ɗan adam, kashi 11 na gwamnati gabaɗaya da 5% don albarkatun jiki.
'Yan kwangilar tsaro sun cika samun riba yayin da layukan ke tsawaita a wuraren dafa abinci, iyalai da ke kwance suna kwana a matsuguni, miliyan 20 ba su da aikin yi ko kuma ba su da aikin yi, amfani da tamburan abinci ya kafa tarihi, ayyukan bazara na matasa ya ɓace, kuma Shugaba Obama ya bayyana a shirye yake ya kori tsofaffi. Tsaron Jama'a da Medicare yana da tsada sosai yayin da yake ba da izinin sabbin hare-haren jiragen sama na CIA a Pakistan.
Kasafin kudin Pentagon yayi fiye da karbar dalar haraji. Yana azabtar da bangaren farar hula ta hanyoyi da dama. Misali, ta kawar da hazakar kimiyya da yawa da Amurka ta dade tun tana baya bayan Japan da Jamus a cikin sabbin fasahohi. "Muna biyan farashi don gina babban ikon soja," in ji Melman. “An kafa shi a cikin wani tsari na fasahohi, masana'antu da lalacewar ɗan adam. Muna asarar miliyoyin ayyuka masu fa'ida saboda kamfanonin Amurka da masana'antun Amurka ba za su iya ma rike kasuwanninmu na gida ba a kan gasar kasashen waje."
"Yayin da Pentagon ta fitar da masu fashewar B-2 a $ 865 miliyan kwafin, masu kirkiro na kasashen waje suna mamaye kasuwanninmu da motoci, kekuna, na'urar rikodin kaset, takalma, kayan aikin injin, kyamarori na fim, masu ƙididdigewa, saitin TV, da haɗaɗɗun microcircuits." Melman ya ce shekaru 19 da suka gabata kuma yana da gaskiya a yau.
Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da Amurka ta faɗi a baya, Melman ya bayyana, shine "kusan kashi 30 cikin ɗari na injiniyoyi, masana kimiyya da masu fasaha na ƙasar suna aiki kai tsaye ko a kaikaice ga sojoji. Asarar tattalin arzikin farar hula ba shi da iyaka." Ya ce na'urorin lantarki masu amfani da wutar lantarki, ya ce, "ya ragu sosai yayin da Gwamnati ke daukar dubunnan injiniyoyin lantarki a cikin dakunan gwaje-gwaje na soja."
Wannan gaskiya ne lokacin da Melman yayi magana kuma gaskiya ne a yau. Muna da dakaru na masana kimiyyar kisa da ke aiki tukuru a cikin dakunan gwaje-gwaje na yaki (dala biliyan 50 da aka yi hasarar a kan wannan bincike na tashin hankali kadai tun daga 9/11), a cikin dakin gwaje-gwajen sararin samaniya, a cikin dakin gwaje-gwajen makaman nukiliya, a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje na lantarki, da kuma a dakin gwaje-gwajen kwararru hanyoyin kashe mutane na al'ada.
Melman ya ce dalili guda na ci gaba da mamaye MIC shine cewa Amurka "yanzu wani nau'i ne na soja na jari-hujja na jihohi wanda manyan manajoji na sojojin soja da tattalin arzikinsu ke da iko - tattalin arziki, siyasa da soja." Fassara: Dokokin Pentagon!
A yau, Melman na iya ƙara yawan kuɗin da Pentagon ke kashewa don yaƙi fiye da duk jihohin 50 da ke kashewa don duk dalilai na zaman lafiya; cewa sojojin Pentagon sun fi kasashe goma sha biyu masu zuwa girma a hade; cewa Pentagon ta jagoranci duniya wajen sayar da makamai; da kuma cewa Pentagon yana aiki da sansanonin 800 na ƙasashen waje don "kare" lokacin da, a gaskiya, ana amfani da su, kamar Diego Garcia a cikin Tekun Indiya, don zalunci.
Ya zuwa ranar 1 ga watan Janairu na wannan shekara, Cibiyar ba da fifiko ta kasa ta Northampton, Mass., ta ce, Pentagon ta kashe dala biliyan 445 don yakin Afghanistan da dala biliyan 815 ga Iraki, jimillar dala tiriliyan 1.26. Wannan a daidai lokacin da Ƙungiyar Injiniyoyi ta Amurka ta yi la'akari da cewa ana buƙatar dala tiriliyan 2.2 don maido da ababen more rayuwa. Misali: 33% na duk hanyoyin suna cikin rashin ƙarfi ko matsakaici. Shin Pentagon na buƙatar kashe dala biliyan 19.3 akan makamashin nukiliya lokacin da adadin kuɗin zai iya biyan malaman firamare 295,000?
Yanke Pentagon zuwa girman da juyawa zuwa tattalin arzikin farar hula zai buƙaci "sabon haɗin gwiwar ma'aikata, ƙwararru, ƙungiyoyin kasuwanci, masu unguwanni - duk suna fama da wadatar masana'antar soja-masana'antu, duk suna buƙatar juyowa daga yaƙi." "Abin da muke bukata," in ji Melman, "yan adawar siyasa ce da za ta rushe dukkan tsarin soja."
Mun ga mafi ƙarancin bege na canji a cikin watan Yuni lokacin da Babban Taron Amurka na Magajin Gari ya zartar da wani kuduri na kashe dala biliyan 125 a gida da Pentagon ke barar da yaƙe-yaƙe a wannan shekara a Gabas ta Tsakiya. A cikin Detroit mai rauni, matakin rashin aikin yi shine 38% kuma dan majalisa John Conyers (D-Mich.) ya zargi rashin jagoranci na Fadar White House saboda rashin samar da ayyukan yi. Idan aka yi la’akari da buƙatun kayan aikin mu kaɗai, me ya sa ba a samun aiki ko horon aiki ga kowane mutumin da ke son yin aiki?
Don tallafawa yakin basasa na Shugaba Obama shine abin da Farfesa Melman zai kira "mahaukaci." Ya dace da ma'anar ƙamus na hauka a matsayin "marasa hankali" da "marasa hankali." Hakanan ya dace da mahaukata wanda ke lura cewa mahaukata suna maimaita kuskuren su akai-akai. Wannan shine injin yaƙi na yau, ya fi girma da mutuwa fiye da kowane lokaci. Barka da zuwa United Loony Bin of America.
Sherwood Ross yana gudanar da kamfanin hulda da jama'a saboda kyawawan dalilai kuma yana ba da gudummawar labarai akai-akai daga Sabis ɗin Labarai na Anti-War. Duk gudummawar da aka karɓa cikin fara'a. Ku isa gare shi a [email kariya].
ZNetwork ana samun kuɗi ta hanyar karimcin masu karatun sa.
Bada Tallafi