Nepo Zuva reChirangaridzo richirangarira zviri pamutemo mauto eUS akafa panguva yechiuto, rinofanirawo kushanda sechiyeuchidzo chekuparadza kwehondo zvakanyanya - kwete chete maererano nehupenyu hwevanhu vakarasika, asiwo nekukanganisa kwayo kwezvakatipoteredza.
Kuno kuUnited States, munhu haawanzonzwa nezvekukuvara kwemazuva ese kwezvakatipoteredza zvine chekuita nehondo dzeUS uye mauto. Chokwadi, zvakajairika kudzidza nezve Pentagon kuedza "kuenda girini." Musoro weiyo 2010 mushumo nePew Charitable Trusts, semuenzaniso, unoratidzira Pentagon se "kufambira mberi kurwisa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze." Zvichakadaro, Mutungamiri Obama nguva pfupi yadarika vakarumbidza kuedza kwemauto kuderedza kushandiswa kwemafuta kuburikidza nehunyanzvi hwekushandisa biofuel, kunyanya yeNavy's FA/18 fighter jet, yakatumidza zita rekuti Green Hornet nekuda kwehunhu hwayo hwekuchengetedza eco, uye Marine Corp's Light Armored Vehicle.
"Kuwacha kwegirinhi" kwakadai kunovhara chokwadi chekuti mauto eUS ndiye mutengi mukuru wepasi rose wemafuta ezvicherwa, uye ndicho chimwe chinhu chine mutoro wekukanganisa mamiriro ekunze ePasi. Kumedza mbiya dzinosvika mazana matatu nemakumi matatu ezviuru pazuva (dhiramu rine marita makumi mana nemaviri), mauto eUS angadai akaiswa nhamba 330,000 maererano nekushandiswa kwemafuta dai yaive nyika-mberi kwenyika dzakaita sePhilippine, Portugal, neNigeria - maererano. iyo CIA Factbook.
Uye kunyangwe huzhinji hwehunyanzvi hwemauto hwave hwakanyanya kuita mafuta mumakumi mashoma emakore apfuura, huwandu hwemafuta anodyiwa pamurwi pazuva munguva yehondo hwakawedzera ne175 muzana kubva kuVietnam, zvichipihwa Pentagon kuwedzera kwekushandisa uye nhamba yemotokari. motokari. Chidzidzo che2010 naDeloitte, iyo kambani yezvemari, inoshuma kuti Pentagon inoshandisa 22 magaloni emafuta pamurwi anoiswa muhondo dzayo, nhamba inotarisirwa kukura 1.5 muzana pagore kunyangwe 2017.
Akanyanya kukanganisa iAir Force, iyo inodya 2.5 mabhiriyoni emafuta ekufambisa ndege pagore, uye inodarika hafu yekushandiswa kwesimba kwePentagon. Pasi pemamiriro ekunze ekubhururuka, ndege yeF-16 inopisa kusvika marita 2,000 emafuta paawa yekubhururuka. Kukanganisa kunokonzerwa nemamiriro ekunze ePasi kwakakura zvakanyanya pakiromita imwe chete yafambwa pane zvifambiso zvepasi zvine mota nekuda kwehurefu hunobhururuka ndege dzakasanganiswa nemusanganiswa wemagasi nezvimedu zvadzinoburitsa.
Pakati pezvinokatyamadza zvese izvi, zvakapihwa kuti chinangwa chepakati chehurongwa hwemauto eUS ndechekuona kuyerera kwemafuta kuenda kuUnited States (mutemo unozivikanwa seCarter Doctrine), ndeyekuti Pentagon's voracious appetite yesimba inobatsira kururamisa kwazvo. kuvapo uye kukura kunoratidzika kunge kusingagumi. Kubatanidzwa muhondo dzakawanda, uye netiweki yemazana ezvigadziko zvemauto kutenderera pasirese uye akawanda akawanda muUnited States, bhajeti rePentagon rave kuenzana nemauto ese epasi rose akasanganiswa.
Nenzira yakananga, hondo nehondo zvinoparira mamiriro ezvinhu nemhoteredzo yemhirizhonga. MuLaos, mhirizhonga isina kuputika kubva kuWashington zvisiri pamutemo uye yakavharika mabhomba mumaruwa, uye yakauraya nekuremadza zviuru kubva pakupera kwehondo, uye inoramba ichidaro pamwero weanenge munhu mumwe pazuva. MuVietnam, vana vangangosvika mazana mashanu ezviuru veVietnamese vakazvarwa kubva pakati pemakore ekuma500,000 vaine hurema hwekuzvarwa hunotendwa kuti hwakabatana neiyo defoliant Agent Orange iyo Pentagon yakarasa panyika.
Kupfuura nyika dzakanangidzirwa nehondo, kukanganisa kwekushandiswa kwemauto kwezviwanikwa zvezvakatipoteredza hazviremekedze miganhu yenzvimbo. Vanowedzera dambudziko remhoteredzo riri kukura pasi rose. Kubva pakushatiswa kwemakungwa epasi, kusvika pakudzikira kwakanyanyisa kwekusiyana-siyana kwezvipenyu uye kuwedzera kusagadzikana kwemamiriro ekunze, hondo nemauto zvinotyisidzira vanhu nehupenyu zvakanyanya munzira dzisina kumboitika.
PaZuva reChirangaridzo, ngatiyeukei vose vakafa vachiri muchiutoโpamwe chete nevakaurayiwa uye vakaremadzwa nehondo. Asi ngatitarisei pamusoro pekuparadza kwezvakatipoteredza kunounzwa nehondo nemauto. Zvinotokosha zvikuru, ngatizvipirei pachedu kuzvigumisa. Kupfuura nakare kose, vanhuโuye Amai Pasiโhavachakwanisi kuzvitenga.
Joseph Nevins anodzidzisa geography paVassar College muPoughkeepsie, New York. Pakati pemabhuku ake pane "Kufa Kurarama: Nyaya yeU.S. Immigration muZera reGlobal Apartheid" (Mabhuku eMaguta Mwenje).
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