Gwero: The Nation
Fkapena anthu a ku Ukraine ndi Russia, ganizo la Vladimir Putin lotumiza asilikali mโmalipabuliki awiri opatukana mโchigawo chakumโmaลตa chakumโmaลตa kwa Ukraine cha Donbas sichidzabweretsa china koma zowawa ndi kuzunzika. Kupatula kufa ndi kuvulala kulikonse komwe kudzachitika - makamaka ngati Putin akulitsa kuwukira kwawo kupyola malire a mayiko omwe amadzitcha okha a Donetsk ndi Luhansk - kusunthaku kudzabweretsa mavuto akulu kwa anthu wamba ku Russia chifukwa zilango zokhwima zaku Western zikugwira ntchito komanso kuzunzika kwakukulu nthawi zonse. dera pamene mitengo mphamvu kukwera. Kwa ogulitsa zida ndi akazembe ankhondo ku Washington, komabe, ndi nthawi yokondwerera: Sikuti White House yatsala pang'ono kupereka ndalama zodzitchinjiriza za 2023, koma ma Democrat ndi ma Republican ku Congress - ogwirizana kuposa kale - ali. atsimikiza kuti awonjezera mabiliyoni mabiliyoni a madola kuti akhale ndi zida zowonjezera pamwamba pa zomwe Biden amawatumizira.
Zomwe zitha kutchedwa "kuphatikizana kwatsopano," atsogoleri amagulu awiriwa asiya kudana komwe kukuwonekera m'zaka zaposachedwa kuti agwirizane pakulanga Russia, kukhala ndi China, ndikulemeretsa makampani achitetezo. Izi zakhala zikuchitika kuyambira zaka zomaliza za kayendetsedwe ka Trump, koma zakula kwambiri chifukwa cha zovuta zomwe zikuchitika ku Ukraine.
M'malo mwake, kufunitsitsa kwapawiri kuti apereke ndalama zambiri kunkhondo kukuwonetsa kuvomerezana kwa Washington kuti "nkhondo zosatha" ku Middle East zidasokoneza kwambiri zida zankhondo zaku US komanso kuti China ndi Russia zidagwiritsa ntchito zida zaku America zakumayiko akunja kuti zithandizire. mphamvu, potero kuwononga mwayi wankhondo wa dziko lino. Pokhapokha pakulowetsedwa kwakukulu kwa ndalama zowonjezera, akuti, United States ingagonjetse vutoli ndikubwezeretsanso mpikisano wake.
"Tataya zinthu zambiri kwa anthu aku China pomwe takhala tikuyang'ana kwambiri zaka 20 zapitazi pakulimbana ndi uchigawenga komanso kupha anthu, ndipo adagwira ntchito ya AI [Artificial Intelligence], kuphunzira pamakina, ma hypersonics ndi zina zambiri. zinthu," adatero Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) "Ndikofunikira kwa ine kuti tipezenso zomwe tidataya ndikuwonetsetsa kuti dipatimenti yachitetezo ili ndi anthu odziwa bwino komanso okonzeka."
Pokhulupirira kuti pakufunika kuyesetsa kuti abwezeretse mphamvu zankhondo zaku US motsutsana ndi omwe akupikisana nawo amphamvu, mamembala amagulu onse awiri adalumbira kugwiritsa ntchito chilichonse chomwe angafune kuti akwaniritse cholingachi. Kugwirizana kwapawiri kumeneku kudapangidwa koyambirira kwa 2021, pomwe Congress idakambirana za bajeti yomwe Pentagon ikufuna chaka chachuma (FY) 2022, yoyamba kuperekedwa ndi oyang'anira a Biden.
Potsutsa kuti "China ili ndi vuto lalikulu kwambiri ku United States kwa nthawi yayitali," lingaliro la bajeti ya FY 2022 lidagogomezera kafukufuku waukadaulo wapamwamba monga AI ndi ma hypersonics komanso kupezeka kwa zombo zambiri, ndege, ndi zoponya. Monga momwe idaperekedwa ku Congress, pempholi lidaphatikizapo ndalama zogulira ndege zankhondo 85 F-15 (pamtengo wokwanira $12.0 biliyoni), ziwiri. Los Angeles-class attack submarines (kwa $ 6.9 biliyoni), ndi imodzi Arleigh Burke-owononga zida zamagulu ($ 2.4 biliyoni), mwa zinthu zina zamtengo wapatali.
Kuthandizira izi, ndi zina zazikulu zankhondo, oyang'anira Biden ndalama zomwe akufuna $ 715 biliyoni pa Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo mu FY 2022; $38 biliyoni ina idapemphedwa kuti igwire ntchito ya zida za nyukiliya ya dipatimenti ya Mphamvu ndi ntchito zokhudzana ndi chitetezo ndi mabungwe ena, zomwe zidabweretsa ndalama zokwana $753 biliyoni.
Koma pempho la bajeti ya Pentagon litangotumizidwa ku Congress pomwe ndewu idayamba chifukwa cha kukula kwake. Ma Democrat ena, makamaka mamembala a Congressional Progressive Caucus, anayesa Kuchepetsa pempho la Pentagon, ponena kuti zinali zochulukirapo panthawi yomwe nkhondo zosatha zinali kutha. Koma ambiri mu Congress, motsogozedwa ndi Democrats ndi Republican pa House and Senate Armed Services Committees, anafuna kutero wonjezani bajeti, ponena kuti pempho la Biden linali lochepa kwambiri kuti lingagonjetse chiwopsezo chomwe chikukulirakulira cha China ndi Russia.
Lingaliro limodzi lotere, lovomerezedwa ndi House Armed Services Committee mothandizidwa ndi 14 Democrats, linawonjezera $ 24 biliyoni pazowonjezera zankhondo zapamadzi, kuphatikiza ina. Arleigh Burke-wowononga kalasi ndi ntchito yoyambira pachitatu Los Angeles- class submarine. "Kuvomereza kosinthika kwanga kumapereka chidziwitso chomveka bwino: zomwe Purezidenti adapereka sizinali zokwanira kuti zigwirizane ndi kukwera kwa China komanso Russia yomwe ikubweranso," adatero woimira Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), wolemba zakusintha ndi membala wamkulu wa komiti ya Nyumba.
Pamapeto pake, Congress idapatsa Pentagon $ 740 biliyoni mu National Defense Authorization Act ya FY 2022, kuphatikiza zinthu zambiri zowonjezera zofunidwa ndi Woimira Rogers ndi ma hawks ena a congressional kuchokera kumagulu onse awiri. "Ndili wokondwa kuti Nyumba ya Seneti yavota mwachidwi kuti ipereke chigamulo chachitetezo cha chaka chino," atero Senator Jack Reed (DR.I.), wapampando wa Senate Armed Services Committee. "Imakhudzanso zovuta zambiri, kuyambira mpikisano wopambana ndi China ndi Russia, mpaka matekinoloje osokonekera monga ma hypersonics, AI, ndi quantum computing, kupititsa patsogolo zombo zathu, ndege, ndi magalimoto."
Tsopano pakubwera kukhazikitsidwa kwa bajeti ya FY 2022, ndipo onse ochita masewerawa akukonzekera mpikisano kuti awone yemwe angawonjezere kwambiri pazambiri zilizonse zomwe Biden angapereke. White House isanatulutse pempho lake la bajeti, koma magwero a Washington akuti Office of Management and Budget yavomereza bajeti ya Pentagon ya $ 773 biliyoni mu FY 2023-$ 58 biliyoni kuposa momwe inafunira mu FY 2022-ndi zida za nyukiliya ndi zokhudzana nazo. ndalama zomwe zimabweretsa pempho lachitetezo cha dziko lonse zoposa $ 800 biliyoni. Ndalama zambiri zowonjezera za Pentagon zikuyembekezeka kupita ku kafukufuku waukadaulo wa zida zapamwamba komanso kugula kwachangu kwa F-35s, owononga, sitima zapamadzi, ndi zida zina zapamwamba.
Mungakhale otsimikiza, komabe, chifukwa cha kulowererapo kwa Russia ku Ukraine, ma Democrats ndi ma Republican ku Congress akhala akugwa wina ndi mnzake poyesa kuwonjezera pempho la Biden ndi makumi mabiliyoni a madola, motero kulola kugula kwa Biden. pa more za zida zapamwambazo.
Kumayambiriro kwa zomwe zikubwera, gulu la ma seneti ndi oyimira awiri omwe adzakhale nawo pa msonkhanowo Msonkhano wa chitetezo ku Munich pa February 21, motsogozedwa ndi aphungu a Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) ndi Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.), anapereka chikalata chogwirizana cholonjeza mgwirizano wa congressional kutsutsana ndi Moscow. "Ife monga nthumwi zapawiri tibweretsanso mgwirizano womwewo komanso malingaliro omwe tawona pakati pa ogwirizana nawo aku Atlantic motsutsana ndi nkhanza zaku Russia," adatero. "Tikulonjeza kuti tidzayesetsa kukwaniritsa malamulo owonjezera adzidzidzi omwe angathandizire ogwirizana athu a NATO ndi anthu aku Ukraine, ndikuthandizira ufulu ndi chitetezo padziko lonse lapansi."
Ndipo kotero tsopano tili ndi chithunzi chomveka bwino cha zomwe tingayembekezere Congress ikakumananso pa February 28: mpikisano wamawu okhudzidwa ndi khalidwe lachinyengo la Putin komanso kufunikira kolimbikitsa chitetezo cha America ku Russia ndi China, pamtengo uliwonse. Zomwe zatsala pazokambirana zapakhomo za Biden zidzaseseredwa pomwe ma Democrat otsogola akufuna kupitilira anzawo aku Republican popereka zowonjezera ku bajeti yankhondo ndi njira zina zolimbikitsira mphamvu zankhondo zaku America. Zikangoyambika, ziwawa zankhondozi zitha kukhala zosatheka kuyimitsa, kutanthauza kuti, chilichonse chomwe chingachitike ku Europe, mgwirizano watsopano wapawiri udzalamula kuti US igwiritse ntchito patsogolo.
Michael T. Klare, mtolankhani wa chitetezo cha The Nation, ndi pulofesa wotuluka pa koleji ya Hampshire College komanso mlendo wamkulu wa bungwe la Arms Control Association ku Washington, DC Posachedwapa, ndi amene analemba bukuli. Gehena Yonse Ikusweka: Malingaliro a Pentagon pa Kusintha kwa Nyengo.
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