Congress yakataura kana zvasvika kune bhajeti regore rinouya rePentagon uye mhedzisiro, dai zvisiri izvo zvinoenderana nemaitiro apfuura, zvinofanirwa kutishamisa isu tese. Imba yeVamiririri yakavhota kuti iwedzere $ 37 bhiriyoni uye Senate $ 45 bhiriyoni kuchikumbiro chehutungamiriri che "dziviriro yenyika," nhamba inokatyamadza inosanganisira bhajeti rePentagon uye kushanda pazvombo zvenyukireya kuDhipatimendi reMagetsi. Kana ikamiswa, mari yeSeneti yaizosundira kushandiswa kwemauto kusvika pamadhora mazana masere nemakumi mashanu emadhora pagore, kupfuura - yakagadziridzwa kukwira kwemitengo - kupfuura pakukwirira kwehondo dzeKorea kana Vietnam kana makore epamusoro eCold War.
Kushandiswa kwemauto eUS, hongu, kwakakwira nenyeredzi - kupfuura iyo inotevera nyika pfumbamwe pamwe chete. Heino kicker, zvakadaro: iyo Pentagon (sangano rine haana kumbopfuura kuongororwa kwemari kwakadzama) haitombo bvunza iwo ese epagore ekuwedzera mari muzvikumbiro zvebhajeti kuCongress. Pane kudaro, Imba neSeneti vanoramba vachizvipa mamwe makumi emabhiriyoni emadhora pagore. Hazvina mhosva kuti Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ane zvakataurwa pachena iyo Pentagon ine zvese zvainoda kuti "iwane kugona ... kutsigira pfungwa dzedu dzekushanda" pasina huwandu hwakadai.
Chingave chinhu chimwe kana mari yakawedzerwa yakadaro yakange yagadzirwa maererano neyakatariswa nzira yekudzivirira. Kazhinji pane kwete, zvakadaro, yakawanda inoenda kumapurojekiti ezvombo emabhiriyoni emadhora ari kuvakwa mumatunhu kana nyika dzevamiriri vemitemo vakakosha kana zvinhu zviri paPentagon zvishuwo (zvinozivikanwa se "rondedzero yezvakakosha zvisina mariโ). Hazvizivikanwe kuti zvinhu zvakadaro zvingave sei "zvekutanga" ivo vasati vatombopinda muPentagon yatove yakakura bhajeti chikumbiro chebhajeti.
Pamusoro pezvo, kukanda imwe mari kudhipatimendi risingakwanisi kubata bhajeti rayo razvino chete mamwe matambudziko kugona kwayo kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvechirongwa uye mazuva ekutumira. Nemamwe mashoko, zvinotokanganisa kugadzirira kwechiuto. Chero chipi nechipi chine mari shoma chirango icho Pentagon chakaramba chichiwedzera kana vemitemo vachiwedzera bhajeti rayo, zvisinei. kusatarisira zvakanaka kwatekeshera zvichitungamira mukuenderera mberi kwemutengo uye kunonoka kuendesa pane zvinodhura zvakanyanya zvemauto (uye dzimwe nguva zvidiki-zvinonyatso fungwa) zvirongwa zvezvombo.
Muchidimbu, kushushikana kweparochial uye zvematongerwo enyika-zvekufarira zvinogara zvichiridza chero chinhu chingapfuura sechido chenyika, asi zvisingaite kuchengetedzeka nekuchengetedzeka kweUnited States. Pakupedzisira, yakawanda yemari iyoyo yakawedzerwa ingopeta mitsara yepasi yemakondirakiti makuru ezvombo seLockheed Martin uye Raytheon Technologies. Ivo zvirokwazvo havabatsire masevhisi edu, sevatsigiri vemusangano wepamusoro Pentagon mabhajeti vanogara vachida.
A Captured Congress
Vatsigiri vanotungamira vekuwedzera kushandiswa kwePentagon, maDemocrats nemaRepublicans zvakafanana, vanowanzoita kutsigira makondirakiti makuru munzvimbo dzavo. Mumiriri Jared Golden (D-ME), a co-sponsor yeHouse Armed Services Committee chisungo chekuwedzera madhora mazana matatu nemanomwe emadhora kubhajeti rePentagon, kazhinji akazviita shuwa. zvaisanganisira mari ye a $2 bhiriyoni inotungamirwa-missile muparadzi ichavakwa panzvimbo yeGeneral Dynamics 'shipyard muBath, Maine.
Saizvozvo, mubatsiri wake, Mumiriri Elaine Luria (D-VA), ane dunhu. abuts Huntington Ingalls Industries 'Newport News Shipyard, yakabudirira kutsigira kubatanidzwa kwemari yakawanda yekugadzira vatakuri vendege uye kurwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura panzvimbo iyoyo. Kana kuti funga Mumiriri Mike Rogers (R-AL), ari chinzvimbo cheRepublican paImba Yemauto Services Committee uye mumiriri ane simba wekuwedzera gore negore bhajeti rePentagon neinenge. 3% kuti 5% pamusoro peinflation. Anoshanda dunhu riri kumaodzanyemba kweHuntsville, Alabama, dubbed "rocket city" nekuti ndiyo imba kune akawanda mafemu anoshanda pakudzivirira missile nemapurojekiti ane hukama.
Kune kunyange akakosha congressional caucuses akazvipira chete kuwedzera Pentagon kushandisa uku uchidzivirira matambudziko kune chaiwo zvombo masisitimu. Izvi zvinobva kuImba kuvaka chikepe uye F-35 caucuses ku Seneti ICBM Coalition. Coalition iyoyo yanga iri kunyanya kushanda pakuchengeta kushandisa mari pane ramangwana-based intercontinental ballistic missile inonzi Sentinel iri munzira, uku ichikunda nhamburiko dzekudzikisa zvakanyanya huwandu hweICBMs muUS arsenal. "Kubudirira" kwakadaro kwauya nekuda kwe stalwart support yemaseneta kubva kuMontana, North Dakota, Utah, neWyoming, ese anoti ane mabhesi eICBM kana anobatanidzwa mukukura nekugadzirisa kweICBM.
Kadhi remabasa ndiro chishandiso chakasimba chekupesvedzera chinowanikwa kune indasitiri yezvombo mukuedza kwayo kuchengetedza Congress nekusingaperi ichiwedzera kushandiswa kwePentagon, asi kure kubva kune imwe chete. Mushure mezvose, chikamu cheindasitiri chemauto-industrial-congressional complex chakapa zvinopfuura $ Miriyoni 35 mumipiro yemushandirapamwe kunhengo dzeCongress muna 2020, iyo yakawanda inoenda kune avo vari mumasevhisi ezvombo uye makomiti edziviriro edziviriro vane masimba makuru pamusoro pebhajeti rePentagon uye zvarichashandiswa pazviri.
Parizvino, mukutenderera kwesarudzo dza2022, mafemu ezvombo akatopa $3.4 miriyoni kunhengo dze House Armed Services Committee, sekureva kwe ongororo by Vhura Secrets.org, sangano rinotevera kushandiswa kwemari yemushandirapamwe uye pesvedzero yezvamatongerwe enyika. Makambani anogadzira zvombo anoshandisawo parizvino inenge 700 ma lobbyists, anopfuura mumwechete kunhengo yega yega yeCongress, apo vachishandisa mamwe mamirioni kutsigira indasitiri-inoshamwaridzika matangi ekufunga anogara achisundidzira mari yePentagon uye yakawedzera hawkish mutemo wekunze.
Indasitiri yezvombo ine imwe lever yekudhonza zvakare kana zvasvika kumari yega yevamiriri vemitemo. Pane zvishoma, kana zviripo, zvirambidzo vachipesana nenhengo dzeCongress dzine kana dzekutengesa masheya emakambani edziviriro, kunyangwe avo vanogara pamakomiti ane chekuita nekuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Mune mamwe mazwi, zviri pamutemo zvachose kuti varoore zvido zvavo zvemari kune izvo zvevanodzivirira makondirakiti.
Mutengo weCoddling Contractors
Magweta anokanganisa mari yePentagon kunyangwe paine humbowo hwakajeka hwe kukara kwemakambani uye kukundikana kunodzokororwa kana zvasvika pakugadzirwa kwegadziriro itsva dzezvombo. Mumamiriro ezvinhu aya, hazvifanirwe kushamisa kuti kutora zvombo kuri paHurumende Accountability Office "High Risk List," zvichipiwa kusagadzikana kwavo kwekugara kwekurasa nekusatungamira zvakanaka. Muchokwadi, kupa mari yakawandisa kune dhipatimendi ratove nekunetsekana kunongobatsira mukugadzirwa kwezvinhu zvisina kunaka. Inobvumira Pentagon kutsigira zvirongwa vasati vanyatsoongororwa nekuongororwa.
Pane kusimbisa dziviriro yenyika, vagadziri vemitemo vakadaro vanongosimbisa makaro asingadzorwi evagadziri vezvombo. Mukuita kudaro, vanovimbisa njodzi dzekuwana ramangwana. Muchokwadi, yakawanda yemari Congress inowedzera kune Pentagon bhajeti ichaparara pamitengo yekukwira, mutengo wakakwira, uye. hutsotsi chaihwo. Nyaya inonyanyozivikanwa ichangoburwa ndeye TransDigm Group, iyo yakawedzera hurumende kusvika 3,850% kune imwe spare yeimwe chombo system uye ka10 kusvika ka100 yakawandisa kune vamwe.
Zvose zvakarasika: zvishoma $ Miriyoni 20.8. Uye iwo manhamba aive akavakirwa pamuenzaniso wemakore maviri nehafu ekutengesa kwekambani iyi kuhurumende, uye yanga isiri nguva yekutanga TransDigm yave. kukwira mutengo iyo Pentagon. Maitiro akadai, chokwadi, anotendwa seanojairwa neakawanda ekudzivirira makondirakiti. Kuverengerwa kuzere kwekuchaja kwakadaro pasina mubvunzo kwaizosvika kumabhiriyoni emadhora gore negore.
Ipapo kune masisitimu ezvombo senge Lockheed Martin's F-35 yekurwira ndege uye iyo imwecheteyo kambani Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Ose ari maviri mapurogiramu anodhura aratidza kuti haakwanise kuita basa raakapihwa. Iyo F-35 yakarongerwa kudhurira mutero weAmerica zvinokatyamadza $ 1.7 tiririyoni pamusoro pehupenyu hwayo, zvichiita kuti ive purogiramu yezvombo inodhura kupfuura dzose. Pasinei nematambudziko nekuita kwayo kweinjini, kugadzirisa, uye kugona kurwisa kwekutanga, ese ari maviri imba uye Senate yakawedzera kunyange yakawanda kupfuura iyo Pentagon yakakumbira kune yavo yazvino bhajeti zvirongwa. Sachigaro weDare reHome Armed Services Adam Smith (D-WA) akataura zvine mukurumbira kuti akange aneta ne "kukanda mari pasi pagomba iro," asi ndokupokana kuti chirongwa cheF-35 chaive kure zvakanyanya kuti chikanzure. Kutsungirira kwayo, iko iko, kwakamanikidza Pentagon kuita kutangazve mitsara yekare yekugadzira jet fighter yakaita seF-15, yakagadzirwa muma1970, kuti itore zvishoma. Kana US ichizomanikidzwa kutenga varwi vakura zvakadaro, kucheka F-35 kunogona kuponesa ipapo. $ 200 bhiriyoni mukutenga mari.
Zvichakadaro, iyo LCS, a ngarava isina mishoni iyo isingakwanise kuzvidzivirira muhondo, zvakadaro inoramba ichidzivirirwa nevamiriri vakaita seMumiriri Joe Courtney (D-CT), co-chair yeImba yekuvaka ngarava caucus. The yekupedzisira House uye Mabhiri emvumo yeSeneti yakadzivirira Navy kuti irege kusiya zvishanu zvezvipfumbamwe zveLCS izvo sevhisi yaitarisira kumisa basa nechikonzero chekuti yaisazobatsira mukutarisana nemauto neChina (kupokana kunofanirwa kudzivirirwa chero zvazvingaitika, zvichipihwa mhedzisiro inogona kukanganisa hondo pakati pemasimba maviri ane zvombo zvenyukireya).
Hazvishamisi, saka, kuti chikamu chakakura chemakumi emabhiriyoni emadhora Congress iri kuwedzera kune yazvino Pentagon bhajeti ichabatsira zvakananga makondirakiti makuru ezvombo achibhadharisa vashandi vemauto. MuImba vhezheni yebhiri rekushandiswa kwemauto, $ 25 bhiriyoni - inodarika zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zveimwe mari yayo - yakatemerwa kutenga zvombo uye tsvakiridzo iyo inonyanya kubatsira makondirakiti ezvombo.
chete $ 1 bhiriyoni yemari yakawedzerwa ichashandiswa kubatsira varwi nemhuri dzavo, kunyange sezvo vazhinji vavo vachitamburira kuwana dzimba dzinodhura kana kuchengetedza mararamiro akakwana. Saizvozvo, mumwe muvatanhatu mhuri dzemauto ikozvino hadzina kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu, chiratidzo chinoparadza chePentagon yechokwadi yekutanga.
Mune zvese, vashanu vepamusoro zvombo makondirakiti - Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, General Dynamics, uye Northrop Grumman - vakapatsanura kupfuura. $ 200 bhiriyoni mu "dziviriro" mari mugore rekupedzisira rezvemari, kunyanya kubva kuPentagon asiwo kubva kune mari yakawanda yekutengesa zvombo zvekunze. Zvikumbiro zvitsva zvebhajeti zvinongosimudzira izvo zvatove zvinokatyamadza nhamba.
Kusundidzira kumashure paContractor Makaro
Congress yakaratidza diki diki yekuzvibvisa munzira ipi neipi kubva kune ichiri kuzivikanwa se "indasitiri yekudzivirira." Pane, zvakadaro, nzira yakajeka yekuita kudaro, kana vamiriri vevanhu vaizobatana pamwe chete ndokutanga kusundira kumashure kukara kwevagadziri vezvombo.
Vamwe vamiriri vemitemo vatanga kuita mafambiro kudzivirira kukwira kwemitengo uku uchivandudza maitirwo ekutenga zvombo. Seneti Armed Services Committee, semuenzaniso, inosanganisirwa mukati shanduro yayo yebhajeti redziviriro gadziriro yekumisikidza chirongwa chaizovandudza mashandiro ekondirakiti kuburikidza nekukurudzira kwemari. Chinangwa chayo ndechekuita kuti Pentagon ive mutengi ane njere nekugadzirisa nyaya mbiri huru: kunonoka kuendesa uye kuwandisa kwemitengo, kunyanya nemakambani anoibhadharisa mitengo iri pamusoro-yemusika kupedha mitsetse yavo yepasi. Izvo zvaizomisa zvakare kugona kwevakontrakta kubhadharisa zvakanyanya pane zvinotsiva zvikamu uye zvinhu.
The chirongwa kudzivirira mberi kukwira kwemutengo ine nzira dzinoverengeka dzinogona kuenda kudhesiki reMutungamiri Biden. Seneta Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) uye Mumiriri John Garamendi (D-CA) akaisanganisirawo mubicameral. Misa Mutengo Kukwidza Mutemo Wemauto, chikumbiro chekuda kuchengetedza Pentagon kubva kune zvinokatyamadza makondirakiti akawandisa. Bhiri racho raizoita kuvhara maburi mumutemo uripo unobvumira makambani kubvarura zvachose Dhipatimendi reDziviriro.
Zviripachena kuti pane zvipingamupinyi zvakawandisa munzira yekubvisa zvishuwo zvine mari kubva kugwaro rekudzivirira, asi kugadzira chimiro chekukurudzira chekuvandudza mashandiro ekontrakiti uye kubuda pachena kungave, ingave danho rekutanga rinodiwa. Zvinogonawo kukurudzira pfungwa huru yeruzhinji mukugadzira mitemo yakadai.
Secrecy, Inc.
Hechino chokwadi chinosiririsa chenyika yekuchengetedza nyika: isu vateresi tichafokora inoda kusvika bhiriyoni nehafu yemadhora gore rino mukushandiswa kwekuchengetedzwa kwenyika uye zvakadaro nzira yekugadzira mitemo iri shure kwekubuda kwakadaro icharamba iri kunze kwekutonga kwedu. Dare reSenate Armed Services Committee rinowanzoita nharo uye kukurukura vhezheni yaro yeNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) kuseri kwemasuo akavharwa. Kunzwa kwekomiti diki kwakavhurirwa veruzhinji kashoma kupedzisira - uye hongu, ichi hachisi chikanganiso! - anopfuura maminitsi gumi nemashanu. Nomuzvarirwo, Imba neSeneti ichayananisa chero misiyano pakati peshanduro dzavo muchivande, zvakare. Mune mamwe mazwi, pane kujeka kushoma kana zvasvika kune inoratidzika kunge isina chinhu cheki iyo vamiriri vedu vanonyora kutidzivirira gore rega rega.
Zvinosuruvarisa, hurongwa hwakadaro hunobvumira vagadziri vemitemo, vakawanda vavo kuchengetedza mari dzemari muindasitiri yezvidziviriro, kuita nemaune pamusoro pekushandiswa kwePentagon uye zvimwe zvinhu zvekuchengetedza nyika pasina kuisirwa neveruzhinji. PaPentagon, kutaura zvazviri, ruzivo rwakakosha haruna kungochengetwa rwakavanzika; zviri kushingaira kudzvinyirirwa uye mamiriro acho ezvinhu akatowedzera kuipa nekufamba kwemakore.
Heino muenzaniso mumwechete wemaitiro iwayo: muna Ndira 2022, Hofisi yayo yeMukuru weKushanda Test & Evaluation yakapa ripoti yegore negore pamitengo yezvombo uye kuita. Kekutanga mukati anopfuura makore 30, zvisinei, yakasiya dzinenge ruzivo rwese rwekutanga runodiwa kuongorora maitiro ekutenga zvombo zvePentagon. Kugadzirisa ruzivo pamusoro pezvirongwa makumi maviri nemaviri ekutora, mutungamiriri aibata data yakambogoverwa seyakarongwa. Tichifunga nezvePentagon's rocky track rekodhi kana zvasvika pakuwedzeredza mari uye pasi-yekuedza zvombo, zviri nyore kuti ufunge kuti sei vakuru vayo vangashanda nesimba kuchengetedza ruzivo rusina kuvharwa pachivande.
Kubiridzira muteresi kwave nzira yehupenyu kune kuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Isu tinofanirwa kuve negwara rakajeka, rekutonga kwedemocracy. Vakuru vedu vakasarudzwa vane chikwereti us kuvimbika kwavo, kwete hofori dzeindasitiri yezvekudzivirira dzinopa mipiro yakakura kudaro ichisimbisa masheya evamiriri vemitemo.
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