Nekusunungurwa kwayo ripoti yegore negore pamusoro pekugona kwemauto eChina pakupera kwaKurume, Pentagon iri kuita chikamu chayo kuchengetedza kutyisidzira kweiyo dzvuku njodzi.
Bhajeti yemauto eChina yakakwira kusvika pamabhiriyoni makumi matanhatu emadhora, kuwedzera kwegumi nesere muzana gore rapfuura, asi vakuru veUS vakayambira kuti nhamba yacho iri pakati pemadhora zana nemakumi mashanu nemazana mashanu emadhora pagore.
Pasina kuseka, mushumo unoratidza kushushikana nezve, "chinangwa chichashandiswa simba remauto reChina razvino uye remangwana," uye rinopa zano kuti Beijing inogona kushandisa mauto ayo "kuti ive nechokwadi chekuwana zviwanikwa kana kumanikidza zvirevo munzvimbo dzine gakava. .โ
Unonzwika wakajaira? Eya, Washington sezviri pachena inoda kudzidzirazve nheyo yetsika yepasi rose: Chii chakaipa kuti vamwe vaite, chinofanirawo kuva chisina kururama kwatiri.
Muna Kukadzi, hutongi hwaObama hwakakumbira mari inoshamisa yemadhora mazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu emadhora kumauto eUS mugore rinotevera remari - kanopfuura kagumi bhajeti repamutemo reChina. Muchokwadi, iyo US inoshandisa inokwana mari yakaenzana pa "kudzivirira" gore rega rega sedzimwe nyika dzese pasirese dzakasanganiswa, maererano nemvumo yedata reStockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Uye zvakanyanya seChina, kuverengera kweWashington kuzvinhu zvakadaro kuri kushaikwa pachena. Mari yakawanda iyo munhu wepakati angafunga nezvekudzivirira-senge mari yeDhipatimendi reHomeland Security, Dhipatimendi reVeterans Affairs, Dhipatimendi reMagetsi kuchengetedza nyukireya, rubatsiro rwechiuto kune vanobatana, uye chikamu chekubhadhara mubereko. chikwereti chenyika chinogona kuverengerwa nekushandiswa kwechiuto chekare - chakavigwa mune zvimwe zvikamu zvebhajeti remubatanidzwa. Kana zvese izvi zvinodhura zvekuwedzera zvawedzerwa, bhajeti remauto reUnited States risiri pamutemo rinokwira kupfuura $1 trillion.
Kuita kuti zvive nyore, Robert Higgs, mumwe mukuru weIndependent Institute, akanyora, "Mutemo wakanyatsosimbiswa wegunwe kutora Pentagon's (inogara ichishambadzirwa zvakanaka) bhajeti rekutanga uye ripeta kaviri.'
Uye ndiani kunze kwemiganhu yedu angati "zvinangwa" zvemuchina wemauto eUS hazvina kunaka kana kuti kupinda kweIraq hakuna chekuita ne "zviwanikwa"? Zvingave zvakaoma kuti chero munhu atore nharo iyoyo zvakanyanya apo mauto edu achitora nyika mbiri uye achibhomba chetatu nemadrones asina kunyorwa pavhiki.
Chokwadi ndechekuti mari zhinji dzakapihwa neUS neChina kuhondo dzemunguva yemberi kutambisa kunosiririsa kwezviwanikwa zvisingaperi, kunyanya kupihwa kuenderera mberi kwematambudziko emari uye ezvakatipoteredza atinotarisana nawo. Matambudziko anofanirwa kuburitswa pachena. Tinoda here kushandisa mari yakawanda paF-35 Joint Strike Fighters - pamari inoshamisa yemadhora zana pachidimbu - kana kushandisa iyo mari yekudya nepekugara kune mamiriyoni akaiswa muurombo nekuda kwekuparara kwehupfumi? Tinoda kushandisa imwe $ 100 bhiriyoni mwedzi wega wega kune anotevera 2 kana 5 makore kurwisa hondo muAfghanistan, kana mari iyo inofanira kushandiswa kuenderera mberi nekutsvaga mune rimwe simba uye kuvaka njanji yekumhanya-mhanya munyika yose? Hatigoni kuva nazvo zvose.
Senator Barney Frank mumwe wevamiriri vemitemo paCapitol Hill vanga vachida kugadzirisa nyaya iyi. Kwemwedzi yakawanda, anga achisundidzira kuderedzwa kwe25 muzana kubhajeti remauto. Kunyange chirevo chake chichionekwa sechakanyanya neruzhinji muCongress, bhajeti rePentagon rinogona kutora chikamu che40 muzana uye mari yaro yaizongodzokera kwayaive pakupera kwetemu yekupedzisira yaClinton - nekuda kwekushandisa kwaPresident Bush kwemakore masere ekubhinya muchiuto.
Kusvikira United States yabvuma chikara mugirazi uye yotanga kucheka zvakanyanya bhajeti rayo remauto, Mutungamiri Obama ari kukwira pamusoro pekudiwa kwehukama hwakasiyana, hune ruremekedzo nenyika dzese zvinosuruvarisa kuti acharamba ari mazwi asina maturo.
Uye kana China ichizononoka kana kuderedza mashandisiro ayo echiuto, sesimba remauto ega pasirese, US inofanirwa kutungamira nemuenzaniso.
Eric Stoner mutori wenhau anoshanda akazvimirira anogara muNew York, uye anopa rubatsiro kune Foreign Policy In Focus. Zvinyorwa zvake zvakabuda mukati The Guardian, Amai Jones uye The Nation. Anogona kufonerwa kuburikidza newebhusaiti yake: ericstoner.net
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