Funga nezveIraq seAIG yehondo - mutsauko chete ndewekuti bailout ipapo haina kusanganisira chete matatu payout. Makore anopfuura masere mushure mekunge hutongi hwaBush hwapinda munyika iyoyo, kubvisirwa mari, zvisingaite, kuchiri kuitika. Kunyangwe mauto eUS achibuda, Dhipatimendi reHurumende riri kuronga kushandisa mabhiriyoni akawanda mumadhora emutero kuti atumire uto revapikisi vakahaya pfuti kuti vatsive. Afuganisitani? Inogona kunge iri Lehman Brothers yemakakatanwa, asi Barack Obama paakapinda muOval Office akasarudza iyo Citigroup muenzaniso pachinzvimbo, uye akawedzera mauto kaviri muna 2009. Nemamwe mazwi, akapeta-TARPyakarwisa hondo iyoyo, uye kubva ipapo, mari yekubhadhara yave ichifashukira mukati.
Kusvika parizvino - sekujekeswa kweOccupy Wall Street kuratidzira - "yakanyanya kutadza kukundikana" yaireva seti imwe chete yemasangano: zvipfeko zvemari zvinopamba zvakaita basa rakadaro mukubvisa hupfumi hweUS kumawere muna 2008, zvaiita sekunge vangangodaro. ivo pachavo vanowira mumurwi wezvibvumirano zvakaipa uye chikwereti, uye vakaburitswa neWashington. Haisi yekupedzisira nguva yekuwedzera iyo-yakakura-ku-kutadza chikamu kuti ubatanidze iyo Pentagon, iyo Sangano reU.S. Intelligence, uye kazhinji National Security Complex?
Iko kune, hongu, mumwe mutsauko mukuru pakati peaya akabhadhariswa-kunze masangano emari neComplex: kunyangwe ane simba mabhangi angave ane simba, kunyangwe mari yakawanda sei zvipfeko zvemari uye Wall Street. kunyura mukati K-Street lobbyists uye mishandirapamwe yesarudzo vezvematongerwo enyika, zvisinei nekuti vanokanganisa US Chamber of Commerce inogona kushandisa, apo-yakakura-ku-kukundikana masangano emari achizununguka, anofanirwa kuuya kuhurumende yehurumende hat (uye mabhonasi emangwana) ari muruoko.
Kune Pentagon uye National Security Complex, itori imwe nyaya. Mazuva ano kwangove kuwedzerera kushoma kutaura kuti ivo ndivo Washington uye kuti saizi yavo chaiyo, pesvedzero, uye simba zvinovadzivirira kubva kumhedzisiro yekutadza.
Mumakore gumi apfuura, sezvo โmautoโ akava anoera, akaenzana enyika na mifananidzo yechitendero, vakabatsirawo kuona kuti hapana Congress yaikwanisa kusadira mari muPentagon. (Regai hanya ne $450 bhiriyoni inotarisirwa kuderedza mumakore gumi anotevera. Mari iyi ichabva pa "kucheka" kukura kwakarongwa mune ramangwana uye chimwe chinhu chichava zvakapikiswa zvakasimbaMumakore gumi iwayo - tinotenda zvikuru kune ndege mbiri dzakapambwa dzakakuvadza New York kudarika zviroto zveAl-Qaeda - "kuchengetedzwa kweAmerica" โโ(kunotsanangurwa nepadiki se "kubva kumagandanga") yakava mantra yenguva. Nenguva isipi, yaive tsananguro yesarudzo kune chero mari yekushandisa: ichangoburwa drones, midziyo yekutarisa, yepamusoro-tech inofamba sensors, kana peeping-Tom tekinoroji panhandare dzendege.
"Mauto" akashandurirwa mukadhi yekubuda-yejeri-yemahara yePentagon, uye yakashanda sedumwa. Mumakore matatu kubva hupfumi hwanyungudika, apo zvakanyanya kukosha kune vazhinji vekuAmerica zvaive zvichidzikiswa kana kudzika-matanhatu, bhajeti iri rakanga richiri kuwedzera. Panguva ino, kwaiva neayo asingachinji infusions kutya ye "kuchengetedzwa kweAmerica," yakabatsirwa nehurongwa hwehugandanga kazhinji too inept kuita kukuvadza kudiki. Zvese izvi zvakave nechokwadi chekuti boka ratove rakakura rezvipfeko zvehungwaru raizochinja kuita labyrinthine bureaucracy yezviyero zvinokatyamadza.
Mutsara mumwechete iwoyo wakafefetera Dhipatimendi reHomeland Security, nyika yekuchengetedza nyika yakaenda nayo, uye inobatsira zvikuru homeland-security-industrial complex yakaenda nazvo - zvese zvichikura pane inoshamisa clip.
Iyo Inishuwarenzi Policy yeNational Security Complex
Fungidzira kwechipiri kuti, pakukwirira kweCold War, mumwe munhu akakuudza nezveramangwana umo US yakatarisana isina simba guru rine zvombo (kwete rimwe!) zviuru zvishoma zvemagandanga vakapararira pasirese, pamwe nekuzvininipisa vashoma vakapakata zvombo muIraq neAfghanistan. Fungidzira munhu iyeye achifanotaura izvi zvakare: mubhajeti uye saizi, iyo National Security Complex yenguva iyoyo yaizoisa iyo Cold War yakatangira mumumvuri.
Pasina kupokana, ungadai wakamudzinga somupengo. Dai mumwe munhu akaronga ramangwana rakadaro kune avo vaimhanya Hondo Yemashoko kare ikako, vangadai vakaidaidza kuti kukunda. Uye zvakadaro ndicho chokwadi chedu nhasi, nepo kukunda pachayo kwave iko rarest of vintages, haichawaniki chero kupi zvako munyika yedu yeAmerica.
Zviyero zveNational Security Complex zvino zvinokumbira fungidziro. Muchokwadi, zvese pamusoro pazvo zvinofanirwa kuita kuti ive yepasirese kuti "yakanyanya kutadza kukundikana." Iyo Pentagon bhajeti ndeye, semuenzaniso, nezve 50% yakakwirira nhasi kupfuura avhareji yeHondo Yemashoko uye inoverengera ingangoita hafu yezvese zvinoshandiswa nemauto pasi rose. Asi yakaramba ichikura; uye kana vakabhadhara bhengi rambai kuenda kumba mabhonasi avo sekutenda nekunyura nyika, mhando dzepamusoro dzePentagon dzinoramba dzichienda kumba kwavo penjeni yegoridhe neramangwana inotenderera-gonhi mikana munzvimbo yemauto-indasitiriiripo nguva dzose.
Kana iwe uchida kunyatso nzwisisa hukuru hweNational Security Complex, ingofunga nezve stat iyi: nhasi, mamiriyoni 4.2 vashandi vemubatanidzwa uye vashandi veakavanzika makondirakiti vane zvibvumirano zvekuchengetedza - nezve, kureva, iyo chizvarwa yeNew Zealand kana Lebanon.
Chero Washington yakatendeudzira kumabhangi, iyo Complex ine zvakanyanya nyore. Mushure mezvose, mamaneja vayo vanozvibhadhara zvakanyanya kana zvishoma izvo zvavanoshuvira muzita rekutsigira mauto nekusimudzira kuchengetedzeka kweAmerica. Hongu, vamiriri vedu vekongiresi vanoburitsa mari zviri pamutemo, asi ivo havana sarudzo kana zvasvika pakupa zvishoma pane izvo zvavakumbirwa kwavari. Uye makwikwi esarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika anogara achivharira vavhoti kupinda zvimwezve ye chete.
Saka heino chokwadi chechokwadi cheAmerica mumakore gumi echipiri chezana ramakore rechimakumi maviri nerimwe: Iyo Complex ine inishuwarenzi isingawanikwe kune vamwe vanhu vekuAmerica, nepo gumbeze rakakura rekuvanzika muzita rekuchengetedzwa kwenyika rinoita kuti vanhu vazhinji vekuAmerica havazive zviri kuitwa. nemari yavo. Mari yeComplex yakachengeteka uye vashandi vayo varipo pamusoro pomurayiro, pasinei nezvavangaita. Zvinoshamisa, Pentagon haina kana kumbove akapasa ongororo. Nekutadza, isu tinovimbisa iyo Complex kuti, chero zvichaitika kune vamwe maAmerican, masangano ayo nevashandi vacharamba vakachengeteka. Ndiyo tsananguro chaiyo yekuchengetedzeka kweAmerica - uye hazviratidzike senge mabhangi nemabhangi asingakundike?
Usabvunza, Usataura
Mumamiriro ezvinhu akadaro, mari haisi chinhu. Kusarudza muenzaniso wakasarudzika, imwe ye - count 'em - gumi nemanomwe zvipfeko zvinoumba US Intelligence Community ndiyo National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Ehe, kufanana ne17% yevaAmerica, hausati wambonzwa nezvazvo, uye zvakadaro ine vashandi zviuru gumi nematanhatu, "bhajeti dema rinofungidzirwa kunge ringangoita 99.9 bhiriyoni pagore," uye nyowani, ingangoita Pentagon-yakakura mahofisi makuru mu. Virginia iyo inodhura iwe, muteresi, nifty $ 16,000 bhiriyoni.
Uye rinoitei? Kukudzivirira, hongu. Ita shuwa kuchengeteka kwako, zvakasununguka. Kupfuura izvozvo, usabvunze kuti inoshandisa sei mari yako. Semunyori Gregg Easterbrook Anotsanangura, irwo ruzivo rwakanyanya. Sangano rinodaro murandu kupa "nguva, yakakodzera, uye yakarurama geospatial njere mukutsigira kuchengetedzwa kwenyika." Gutsikana.
Uye izvo hazvina anomaly. Mutero wako unogara uchibvisa iyo Complex. Iwe unovimbisa kugara kwayo, uye hapana anotombonetseka nekukupa tsananguro. Muna 2008, nyanzvi dzezvehupfumi Joseph Stiglitz naLinda Bilmes vakaita nhamba uye vakapa "inochengetedza" estimate yemitengo yekupedzisira yeHondo yeIraq: $ 3 trillion. Iye zvino Washington iri kuwedzera kutaridzika sezvairi kurasa tariro yekuchengeta chero yakakosha nhamba yemauto akamira muIraq, unogona kubvunza kuti chii chinoshamisira mari yakatenga maAmerican. Asi hapana mhinduro ichave iri kuuya. PaIraq, izwi raamai, uye hakuna munhu muWashington achazvidavirira.
Ah, uye usazvinetse kubvunza, nekuti hapana akakosha anofunga iwe unofanirwa kuziva. Zvichakadaro, tichitaura nezve maparachuti egoridhe, mutungamiri wenyika akatiendesa kuIraq akatichengeta ikoko ari kutarisira zvisikwa yeraibhurari yakatumidzwa zita rake uye nekupedzisira accounting yakanga yatopinda $ Miriyoni 15 paLecture circuit pa $ 100,000 kuti $ 150,000 a pop; mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika, uyo akanga ari mutambi anokosha muchisarudzo chokupinda nechisimba uye hondo yakatevera, akaenda kumba kupfuura $ Miriyoni 2 nokuda kwechiyeuchidzo chake chekutengesa; chipangamazano chezvekuchengetedzwa kwenyika, uyo akamupa zano rakanaka kumutungamiri wenyika nezveIraq, akawana vimbiso $ Miriyoni 2.5 pachibvumirano chemabhuku matatu uye ikozvino inobhadharisa kusvika$150,000 chitarisiko chekutaura zvisungo, uchigara munzvimbo dzeStanford University neHoover Institute; uye munyori wehurumende akaenda kuUN kuti adzivirire zvisina kufanira kupindira kuri kuuya neboka remanyepo akadhonza zvakafanana. $150,000 ($5,000 paminiti) yehurukuro dzake - uye aya angori mazita mashoma ekutanga pane rondedzero refu.
Nenzira, kana iwe uchifunga kuti zvapera muIraq, funga zvakare. Bhiri rekusimudzira reWashington renyika iyoyo richiri kushanda. Mukuru weKune dzimwe nyika, Peter Van Buren akanyora paHuffington Post iyo Dhipatimendi reHurumende ikozvino riri kukumbira Congress ye5 bhiriyoni yemadhora pamakore mashanu kugadzira mabasa emapurisa - mapurisa eIraqi, kureva.
Chirevo chazvino kubva kuBrown University's Watson Institute for International Studies inofungidzira kuti mutengo wekupedzisira wehondo dzeAfghan neIraq dzinogona kusvika kusvika. $ 4.4 tiririyoni (neimwe yakakura yekukurudzira pasuru inoenda kumapurisa eAfghan nemauto kwemakore anotevera). Uye ramba uchifunga kuti iwo matiririyoni haasanganisire hondo yepasi rose yehugandanga kana kushandisa mari pane yese yekuchengetedzwa kwenyika.
Chris Hellman weNational Priorities Project akaita masvomhu eTomDispatch uye akawana - zvakare, fungidziro inochengetedza - kuti vateresi vekuAmerica vari kubuda. zvishoma $1.2 trillion pagore kumubatanidzwa mukuru wemauto, hungwaru, uye kuchengetedzwa kwenyika unoshanda muzita ravo.
Zvese izvi kukuchengetedza kubva kune inotevera underwear bomber. Zvechokwadi, kana iwe uchigara muTopeka kana El Paso kana Sacramento kana Juneau, une mukana wakafanana wekuiswa mungozi negandanga sekusangana nengirozi. Zvichireva kuti whoever's safety net iyo mari iri kuenda, haisi yako. Matrillioni iwayo haachengetedze imba yako kuti isapinda โpasi pemvura,โ kana kuti mari yaunowana kubva pamawere, kana mudyandigere wako kubva pakupupuma, kana kuti basa rako kuti risadzikire kudhaini kana mhiri kwemakungwa, kana vadzidzisi vemunharaunda yako (ndisingataure. yemapurisa) kubva pakupihwa mapingi, kana raibhurari iri munharaunda yako kubva pakuvhara, kana kuti โyakawedzerwaโ imba yekudzima moto iri pedyo newe kuti isavharwe.
Zvakanyanya Kukotsekana Kuti Ukundikane?
Kana nyika anoshandisa "zvakawanda pakudzivirira kupfuura nyika gumi nenomwe dzinoshandisa mari yepamusoro dzakasanganiswa" uye haugone kuhwina muhondo, unofanirwa kuziva kuti pane chakashata, uye kuti "yakakura kwazvo" uye "kutadza" zvinomira mune imwe hukama kune imwe neimwe. Washington, zvisinei, haina.
Parizvino, United States ichiri kubatanidzwa mukukonana, kuziviswa kana kusaziviswa, pachena kana kuvanda, muIraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, neYemen. Vhiki rapfuura chete, Mutungamiri Obama vakasimudza ante, nekuzivisa kuti vachadaro tuma iyo (yekutanga) 100 maGreen Berets ane zvombo "anopa zano nekubatsira basa" kuUganda nedzimwe nyika nhatu dzemuAfrica idzo vazhinji vekuAmerica vaisakwanisa kuwana pamepu.
Vanofanira kubatsira kubvisa Lord's Resistance Army, uto rinotyisa, kana riri duku, remagandanga rave richiita zvinhu zvinotyisa kwemakore (asi risina kuisa United States mungozi). Izvi, muchidimbu, payback nekuda kwekubatsira kwakaita mauto eUganda kusimudzira hondo yeAmerica yehugandanga muSomalia. Chero zvimwe zvingave, zvinotyisidzirawo kuve imwezve diki-diki mhirizhonga isingaperi - uyezve rimwe zuva rinogona kubhadhara reNational Security Complex.
Dambudziko chete: kunze kwekunge iwe uri mukati meiyo Complex kana kubatanidzwa mukugadzira zvombo kana zvimwe midziyo yayo, harisi zuva rako rekubhadhara, kungobhadhara kwako. Iwe, muteresi, wakabvisa AIG, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, uye muenzi yemamwe mafemu emari ari kuparara. Wakachengeta matehwe avo nemabhonasi avo (uye hapana chawakawana). Iyo chete inopenya nzvimbo: iyo yaive imwe-nguva, mbiri-nguva, kana katatu-nguva madhiri.
Iyo Complex ndeyekusingaperi (zvirinani sekuona kwemaneja ayo). Zvisinei nekupokana kwakadzikama muWashington nezve Pentagon uye bhajeti rehungwaru uye kushomeka, haingotarirwe seyakakura kuti ikundike, asi kazhinji yakakura kwazvo kubvunza, uye yakadzika zvakanyanya kufunga nezvakawanda.
Hazvishamisi kuti TARPing hondo yave nguva yeWashington.
Tom Engelhardt, mubatsiri-muvambi weAmerican Empire Project uye munyori we Iyo American Way of War: Hondo dzaBush dzakava sei dzaObama naizvozvowo Mugumo Wekukunda Muitiro, inoshandisa Nation Institute's TomDispatch.com, pakatanga kubuda chinyorwa ichi. Bhuku rake razvino, United States of Fear (Haymarket Books), ichaburitswa muna Mbudzi.