Tsiku la Chikumbutso ndi, ndi malamulo aboma, tsiku lopempherera mtendere wosatha. Koma kodi n’zotheka kupempherera mtendere moona mtima pamene dziko lathu lili kutali kwambiri padziko lonse pomenya nkhondo, kukhalapo kwa asilikali, kuwononga ndalama zankhondo ndiponso kugulitsa zida padziko lonse lapansi?
Nkhondo Yokhazikika
Kuyambira 1980 US yakhala ikuchita zankhondo zankhanza m'maiko 14 mdziko lachi Islam lokha, malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu Washington Post: Iran (1980, 1987-1988), Libya (1981, 1986, 1989, 2011), Lebanon (1983), Kuwait (1991), Iraq (1991-2011, 2014-present), Somalia (1992-1993-2007, 1995) panopa), Bosnia (1991), Saudi Arabia (1996, 1998), Afghanistan (2001, 1998-pano), Sudan (1999), Kosovo (2000), Yemen (2002, 2004-pano), Pakistan (XNUMX-panopa) ndipo tsopano Syria. Mu dziko lino, magulu ankhondo a U.S litalanda Grenada (1983) ndi Panama (1989) ndipo anafika asilikali 20,000 ku Haiti (1994).
US Global War Machine
US ili nayo miliyoni 1.3 anthu a usilikali, ndipo ena 1 miliyoni amagwira ntchito m'malo osungira usilikali. US ili ndi zida zankhondo zopitilira 700 m'maiko 63 padziko lonse lapansi, ndikutumiza asitikali ankhondo aku 255,000 aku US kumeneko. Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo imayendetsa mwalamulo nyumba zopitilira 555,000 pa katundu 4,400 mkati mwa U.S., komanso pa malo opitilira 700 padziko lonse lapansi. U.S. ali zida zopitilira 1,500 zankhondo zanyukiliya; ndege zankhondo zopitilira 13,000; sitima zapamadzi zambirimbiri, zambiri zomwe zimanyamula zida zanyukiliya; ndi 88 zombo zankhondo zowononga.
Global Harm
Pafupifupi 7,000 Asitikali aku US adamwalira chifukwa cha nkhondo zomwe a US adayambitsa kuyambira 9/11. Chofunika kwambiri, ku Iraq omenya nkhondo opitilira 216,000, ambiri mwa iwo ndi anthu wamba, amwalira kuyambira kuukira kwa 2003. Palibe amene anawerengera ngakhale imfa za anthu wamba ku Afghanistan kwa zaka zisanu zoyambirira za nkhondo yathu kumeneko. Zowukira zathu za drone zapha mazana a ana ndi achikulire omwe si wamba ku Pakistan, ndi ena ambiri ku Yemen.
Mtsogoleri Wadziko Lonse Pakuwononga Nkhondo
Ndalama zankhondo zaku US ndizo pafupifupi mofanana ndi chiwonkhetso cha ndalama zowonongedwa pankhondo ndi maiko asanu ndi atatu aakulu otsatira ataphatikizidwa - ndiko kuti, kuposa China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, India ndi Germany pamodzi.
Popeza 9/11 US kuwononga ndalama pankhondo yathu kumawononga ndalama zoposa $ 3 thililiyoni. Ndalama zomenyera mwachindunji ndi kumanganso nkhondo ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq kuyambira 9/11 zawononga okhometsa misonkho aku US $ 1.6 thililiyoni, malinga ndi Congressional Research Service. Ma thililiyoni owonjezera zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito kukulitsa bajeti ya Pentagon, ndipo pakadali pano komanso mtsogolo mapindu azaumoyo ndi olumala awonjezeka kwa omenyera nkhondo.
Asilikali aku U.S. alanda 55 peresenti ya ndalama zathu zadziko, ndipo kuwononga ndalama pothandizira omenyera nkhondo ndi 6 peresenti ina. Popeza ndalama zankhondo za 9/11 zawonjezeka ndi 50 peresenti, pomwe ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito ndalama zapakhomo zawonjezeka ndi 13 peresenti, malinga ndi National Priorities Project.
Corporate War Profiteers
Ma thililiyoniwa akugwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo, pali magulu ambiri amakampani omwe akupindula.
Wopindula kwambiri pankhondo ndi Lockheed Martin, Malinga ndi USA Today, ndi malonda a zida zapachaka a $36 biliyoni. Nzosadabwitsa, Lockheed Martin amawononga ndalama zoposa $14 miliyoni pachaka pa kukopa anthu amene amasankha zochita pa nkhani ya ndalama zomwe zikugwiritsidwa ntchito pogula zida ndi zida zomwe zidzagulidwe. CEO wawo amalipidwa kuposa $15 miliyoni, malinga ndi lipoti lawo la 2015, ndipo pagulu lawo pali James Ellis, yemwe kale anali kazembe komanso wamkulu wa US Strategic Air Command, yemwe amalipidwa kuposa $277,000 pantchito yaganyu, ndi James Loy, yemwe anali Wachiwiri kwa Secretary Secretary wa Homeland Security, yemwe amalandila ndalama zoposa $260,000. ntchito yake yaganyu. Lockheed amalandira makontrakitala akuluakulu aboma, kuchuluka kwake, ndi kuwerengera kumodzi, kupitirira $260 kuchokera kunyumba iliyonse yokhoma msonkho ku U.S. Iwo ali ndi ufulu kotero kuti a Kufufuza kwapadera kwa 2014 ndi U.S. Department of Energy adapeza kuti Lockheed adagwiritsa ntchito ndalama za okhometsa misonkho kukopa ndalama zambiri za okhometsa msonkho.
Wopindula wankhondo wachiwiri ndi Boeing, zogulitsa zida zapachaka zokwana madola 31 biliyoni. Boeings amawononga ndalama zoposa $16 miliyoni pachaka pa kukopa. Mabungwe ena khumi apamwamba omwe amapindula ndi nkhondo zikuphatikizapo BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Raytheon, EADS, Finmeccanica, L-3 Communications, ndi United Technologies. Mutha kuyang'anira zopereka zawo zamabungwe kwa mamembala a Congress, makamaka andale omwe ali m'makomiti a Appropriations of the House ndi Senate, pa Tsegulani Zinsinsi.
pamene ndalama zambiri zokopa anthu zapita kwa aku Republican, amalonda onse a zida amalemba ganyu olimbikitsa anthu omwe angathe kukopa ma Democrats ndi Republican, malinga ndi Center for Responsive Politics.
Ndipo opindula pankhondo awa samangogulitsa ku boma la U.S. U.S. anagulitsa zida zoposa $26 biliyoni ku mayiko akunja ndipo wakhala nambala wani kwa nthawi yayitali, ngakhale posachedwapa mutuwo wakhala ukupita ndi Russia.
Zoyenera kuchita
Pa April 4, 1967, mu nkhani yake yotchuka ya Riverside Church, Martin Luther King Jr. anati boma la U.S. linali loyambitsa zachiwawa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Poyankha, iye anapempha kuti pakhale kusintha kwenikweni kwa makhalidwe abwino. Kusinthaku kumatipangitsa kukayikira chilungamo ndi chilungamo cha ndondomeko zathu zambiri zakale ndi zamakono, kuphatikizapo nkhondo ndi kusiyana kwa chuma ndi umphawi m'dziko lathu komanso padziko lonse lapansi.
Pamene adachoka, Purezidenti wakale wa U.S. ndi General Dwight Eisenhower anachenjezedwa nzika zakukula kwamagulu ankhondo ndi mafakitale. Anaona chisonkhezero cha gulu lankhondo ndipo analimbikitsa nzika zonse kukhala tcheru ndi kukakamiza “nkhondo zazikulu za mafakitale ndi zankhondo zotetezera” kulabadira demokalase ndi zikhumbo za anthu za mtendere.
Kodi tiyenera kuchita chiyani? Choyamba, tiyenera kuphunzira zowona ndikuyang'anizana ndi chowonadi chakuti US ndiye wamkulu wankhondo padziko lonse lapansi. Chachiwiri, tiyenera kudzipereka tokha ndikukonzekera ena ku kusintha kwenikweni kwa makhalidwe abwino ndikukumana ndi mabungwe ndi ndale omwe akupitiriza kukankhira dziko lathu kunkhondo ndikuwonjezera bajeti ya asilikali ndi mpweya wotentha wa mantha okhazikika. Chachitatu, tiyenera kuvomereza zomwe dziko lathu lakhala likuchita zolakwika, ndipo tiyenera kukonza ziwawa zomwe US yachita m'maiko padziko lonse lapansi. Chachinayi, tiyenera kuchotsa asilikali athu ku mayiko ena onse, kuchepetsa kwambiri asilikali athu, kuchotseratu zida zathu za nyukiliya, ndikupitiriza kuteteza dziko lathu. Chachisanu, tiyenera kuyesetsa kupeza njira zothetsera mikangano kunyumba kwathu komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Pokhapokha tikamagwirira ntchito tsiku lomwe US sakhalanso mtsogoleri wapadziko lonse pankhondo m'pamene tidzakhala ndi ufulu wopempherera mtendere pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso.
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