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Chirevo "kuzvinanzva ice cream coneโ yakatanga kushandiswa muna 1992 kutsanangura hutongi hwakahwanda pa NASA. Asi, semufananidzo, yakatonyanya kukodzera kune yeAmerica mauto-indasitiri yakaoma, inzvimbo yakakura kwazvo kupfuura NASA uye yakanyatsozvipira kushandira kuenderera kwayo uye nezvimwe zvishoma.
Kufunga nezve izvo zvakanditungamira kune mumwe mutsara wakavakirwa paAmerica inoita senge isingaperi tambo yekukunda-shoma hondo: mauto anozvikunda. IUS, mushure mezvose, haisati yakunda kunetsana kukuru kubva Hondo Yenyika II, apo yakabatsirwa nemubatanidzwa mukuru waisanganisira mudzvanyiriri weSoviet Josef Stalin's vasingadi Mwari wemakominisiti. Uye zvakadaro hechino chishamiso chezvose: kunyangwe zvakadaro nhamo ye75-gore rekodhi rekodhi, kusanganisira zvese zveKorea neVietnam hondo dzezana ramakore rapfuura uye nehondo isingaperi yekutyisidzira kweiyi, mabhokisi ePentagon ari. kufashukira nemadhora emutero. Chii chinopa?
VaAmerica vanozviti kuda mauto โavo,โ asi chii chavari kuwana mukudzoka nokuda kwerudo rwose irworwo (nemari)? Zvishoma, zvinoita. Uye izvo hazvifanirwe kushamisa chero munhu anga achitarisa zvishoma, sezvo mauto aripo akagadzirwa zvishoma kuchengetedza nyika ino pane kuzvidzivirira, rombo rayo, uye simba rayo. Icho chokwadi chisingawanzo kurukurirwa chakabatsirawo kune maitiro uye pfungwa dzinoita kuti ive simba rinonyatsoshanda pachinhu chimwe chete: kukunda chero muvengi anofungidzirwa muWashington sezvaanoramba achikunda. mabhajeti makuru uye chiremera chetsika kuenderana. Kuti inorasikirwa zvakanyanya kwese kwese, inoratidzika, chikamu chekutengesa.
Rondedzero yezvinonetsa ichangoburwa inofanirwa kuve pachena sezvairi kutyisa: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Yemen (uye inonongedza nepakati nepakati). Uye kunyangwe chiri chokwadi chisingawanzo kutariswa mune zvenhau, hapana chimwe cheizvi chave chakavanzika kuvakuru vakuru vanomhanyisa mauto iwayo. Tarisa Pentagon Papers kubva panguva yeHondo yeVietnam kana Afghanistan Mapepa ichangobva kuburitswa ne Washington Post. Muzviitiko zvese izvi, vatungamiriri vemauto eUS vane mukurumbira vakabvuma kukanganisa kwakakosha mumaitiro avo ekugadzira hondo, kusanganisira kushaikwa kwehurongwa hwakabatana, kusanyatsonzwisisa hunhu uye hunyanzvi hwevavengi vavo, uye kusavapo zvachose kwekufambira mberi kwechokwadi mukukunda. , zvisinei mutengo.
Hongu, ongororo dzakatendeseka dzesimba rehondo renyika ino dzakaitwa muchivande, nepo vatauriri vemauto nevakuru veAmerica vakaisa chisikirini chehutsi cheveruzhinji kuvanza zvakaipisisa zvehondo idzodzo kubva kuvanhu veAmerica. Sezvavaitaura zvisizvo (uye muchivande) pakati pavo nezvekurasikirwa, vakataura nechido (uye pachena) kuCongress uye veruzhinji nezvekukunda. Kana iwe wanga usina kuona, munzvimbo dzakaita seAfghanistan neIraq kuti mauto aive, gore mushure megore risingaperi, kugadzira "budiriro"Uye"kukona.โ "Kutaura kunofadza" kwakadaro (musanganiswa wenhema uye kuzvinyengera) inogona kunge yakashanda kuchengetedza mari ichiyerera uye kutengeswa kwezvombo kuchikwira, asi zvakare yakachengeta mabhegi emuviri achipinda (uye vanhuwo zvavo vachifa munyika dziri kure) - uye pasina, kana chero chinhu netsanangudzo inonzwisisika ye "chengetedzo yenyika."
Sezvineiwo, zvisinei nekusiyana kuri pachena pakati penhema dzemauto uye chokwadi, vanhu vekuAmerica, kana vangangoita vamiriri vavo muCongress, vakatenga nhema idzi muhuwandu uye nemitengo yenyeredzi. Zvakadaro kuramba kwenyika ino kutarisana nechokwadi chekukundwa kwakangovimbisa kupindira kwemauto kune njodzi. Mhedzisiro: uto rinozvikunda, rakabatikana nemari, richivavarira kukundwa kwakawanda kunyangwe richitarisa pabendekete raro nguva iri kuramba ichinyepa.
Ramangwana Ndiro Zvaraimbova
Kare, New York Yankee catcher uye gare gare maneja Yogi Berra akapfupikisa zvaizouya nenzira iyi: "Ramangwana harisi zvaraimboita." Uye yakanga isiri. Taigara tichirota, semuenzaniso, tichiona mota dzinobhururuka, jetpacks, marobhoti anosunungura, uye maoodles enguva yekutandara. Isu takatomborota nezvenzendo dzinotemesa pfungwa dzekuenda kuJupiter, semunaStanley Kubrick's epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sezvimwe zvimwe zvataifunga, zviroto izvi hazvina kunyatsobuda.
Asi heino mutsauko kuhuchenjeri hwaBerra: zvinoshamisa zvakakwana, kumauto eUS, ramangwana rinofanotaura sezvazvaive. Mushure mezvose, chiono chazvino chemangwana chevatungamiriri vemauto eAmerica ndeche - batisisa ngowani dzako dzeKevlar - a "itsva" hondo inotonhora neaimbova makwikwi ayo echikomonisiti Russia neChina. Uye ngatiwedzerei mune chimwe chikamu chechiratidzo chemangwana chemauto: hondo, sezvavanozviona, dzicharwiwa uye dzinogadziriswa neshanduro dzemazuva ano (uye dzinodhura zvakanyanya) dzeakare masystem ezvombo akatitakura kuburikidza nepakati pepakati. -zana remakore rechimakumi maviri: zvinogara zvichidhura zvinotakura ndege, matangi, uye pamusoro pemutsara wejet fighters uye mabhomba ane - hey! - pamwe mashoma anonyatso destabilizer tactical nukes kukandwa mukati, pamwe chete nezvakawanda zvinokandwa zvakagadziridzwa inotakurwa nendege dzemhando โdzisinganyareโ uye dzinodhura zvikuru. Funga: the F-35 murwi, hurongwa hwezvombo hunodhura zvikuru munhoroondo (kusvika ikozvino) uye B-21 bhomba.
Nezveramangwana rakadai, hongu, mauto anhasi haatomboda kuchinja, kana saka vakuru vedu nevamiriri vanopokana. Semuenzaniso, zvimwe zvikepe zvichange zvichidikanwa, hongu. Iyo Navy high command yave kutochemera 355 vavo, uku vachinyunyuta kuti rekodhi-kuisa $738 bhiriyoni yePentagon bhajeti ye2020 ndeye. zvakare "zvakaoma" kutsigira zvikepe zvakadaro.
Kwete kuti irege kupera kana zvasvika pakunyunyuta nezve "yakasimba" bhajeti, iyo Air Force iri kukakavara zvine mutsindo kuti inoda mamwe mabhiriyoni ekuvaka "zvikepe" zvendege dzinogona kumhanyisa. hondo huru mbiri kamwe chete. Zvichakadaro, Mauto anowanzo kutsvagira mutakuri wevashandi (kutsiva M2 Bradley) iyo esoteric. insiders joke ichafanirwa kugadzirwa ne "unobtainium".
Muchidimbu, zvisinei kuti imarii iyo hutongi hwaTrump neCongress inokanda kuPentagon, ivimbiso yekuti mukuru wemauto anongonyunyuta kuti zvakawanda zvinodikanwa, kusanganisira zvezvombo zvenyukireya kusvika padanho rekuti. $ 1.7 tiririyoni anopfuura makore makumi matatu. Asi kupeta kaviri pamusoro pezvimwe zvakafanana, mushure merekodhi yemakore 30 yekusakunda (tisingataure nezvekurasikirwa chaiko), kunopfuura kusindimara, kunopfuura grift. Hupenzi hwakadzama.
Neiko, zvino, ichipfuurira? Mhinduro yaifanira kunge iri nekuti nyika ino haibati vatungamiriri vayo vemauto vanotadza kuzvidavirira. Pane kudaro, inovarumbidza nekuvasimudzira, ichivapa mibairo apo vanoenda pamudyandigere nenhamba-nhanhatu, kazhinji inowedzerwa ne mabasa akashata nemakondirakiti makuru ekudzivirira. Tichipihwa hurongwa hwakadai, sei vakuru veAmerica nevamiriri vemauto vachifanira kutaura chokwadi kune simba? Ivo ndivo simba uye vachachengeta chokwadi chakakasharara uye chisingafadzi kwavari, ndinokutendai zvikuru, kunze kwekunge vakaburitswa nemagamba akaita saDaniel Ellsberg panguva yeHondo yeVietnam neChelsea Manning munguva yeHondo yeIraq, kana kudzingwa kubva kwavari kuburikidza nedare rakafanana nerake. by the Washington Post izvo nguva pfupi yapfuura zvakatungamira kune izvo Afghanistan Papers.
Vamwene vangu vechiPolish vakandidzidzisa mutsara unoshandura sekuti, "Usataure chinhu" kune chero munhu. Kana zvasvika kuhondo dzeAmerica uye kufambira mberi kwavo kwechokwadi uye tarisiro, funga kuti chirevo chepamutemo chevatauri vePentagon. Asi kunyangwe hondo dzeAmerica dzichinyura muVietnam-style quagmires, mari inoramba ichiyerera, kunyanya kumapurogiramu ezvombo zvinodhura.
Funga nezvebasa rangu rekare, Mauto Emuchadenga. Seimwe yekudzivirira nhau saiti chiisei, "Vamiriri veCongress vakapa Air Force [uye Lockheed Martin] chipo chezororo muchibvumirano chekushandisa mari muna 2019โฆ $1.87 bhiriyoni kune makumi maviri ekuwedzera F-20 uye maspare parts akabatana.โ Huwandu hutsva hwa35 ndehwe "2020 ndege - 98 F-62As, 35 F-16Bs, uye makumi maviri F-35Cs - pamutengo unodhura wemadhora mazana mapfumbamwe nemazana matatu emadhora, kupfekedza F-20 sechirongwa chikuru chekutenga chePentagon." Uye handizvo zvoga. The Air Force (uye Northrop Grumman) vakawana chimwe chipo zvakare: $ 3 bhiriyoni zvimwe zvichaiswa mune yayo itsva, isina basa, B-21 stealth bhomba. Kunyangwe Boeing akaremerwa zvakanyanya, ane mutoro we njodzi 737 MAX chirongwa, ndawana chipo: ingangoita bhiriyoni yemadhora kune yakagadziridzwa F-15EX murwi, shanduro yakagadziridzwa zvikuru yendege yakatanga kubhururuka mukutanga kwema1970. Zvakadaro, zvisinei nezvipo izvo, vakuru veAir Force vanoramba vachiti nechiso chakatwasuka kuti sevhisi iri kuwana "huswa hupfupiโ muhondo dzemazuva ano dzebhajeti muPentagon.
Zvose izvi zvinorevei? Imwe mhinduro iri pachena ingave: hondo chete dzinokunda zvechokwadi dzePentagon ndidzo dzemadhora edu emutero.
"Dopes uye Vacheche" Galore
Handikwanise kutaura kuti ndakambofamba pakati pevakuru vemauto nevamiriri, kunyangwe ndakasangana nevashoma panguva yebasa rangu rechiuto. Zvakadaro, hapana anogona kukahadzika kuti vatungamiriri vedu vakazvipira. Mubvunzo chete ndewekuti: kuzvipira kune chii chaizvo - kuBumbiro reMitemo nevanhu vekuAmerica kana kune yavo yebasa rebazi, vaine ziso rekurenda uye kune pundutso pamudyandigere? Zvirokwazvo, kuvimbika kushumiro (uye kuenderana kunoenda naro), pane kuti kunze-kwe-bhokisi kufunga mune idzo hondo dzinorasika kusingaperi, kwakabatsira vazhinji vavo kukunda kukwidziridzwa kune chinzvimbo chemureza.
Zvichida ichi ndicho chimwe chikonzero nei, muna Chikunguru 2017, mukuru-mukuru-mukuru wemauto, Donald Trump, anonzi akatuka vanhu vake vepamusoro vekuchengetedza nyika mukamuri isina mahwindo yePentagon inozivikanwa se "Tangi." Akavadaidza - kusanganisira panguva iyoyo-Sachigaro weJoint Chiefs yeVashandi Joseph Dunford, Jr. - "boka re dopes uye vacheche.โ Sekutaura kwakaita mutungamiri wenyika, vatungamiriri vemauto eAmerica havachahwine uye, sekujekesa kwaakaita, hapana chakanyanya kuipa sekuva munhu akakundwa. Akawedzera kuti, โNdinoda kuhwina. Hatichahwina hondoโฆ Isu tinopedza madhora zviuru zvisere, munhu wese akawana mafuta uye hatisi kuhwina zvakare. " (Uye, ndapota cherechedza, izvo hazvina kuchinja zvishoma mugore nehafu kubva panguva iyoyo.)
Chokwadi, Trump akakanda hasha dzakajairwa, asi zvaakataura nezvekurasikirwa nemutengo wakakwira zvakanyanya aive (uye anoramba) ari pachiratidzo, kwete kuti aive aine zano rekushandura hondo dzekuAmerica dzakarasikirwa nevatungamiriri vavo vakarasikirwa kuva vakundi. Nenzira dzakawanda, "zano" rake rakaratidza zvinoshamisa sezvakaitwa nevatungamiri vaviri vakapfuura, George W. Bush naBarack Obama. Send mamwe mauto kuMiddle East. Drone uye bhomba zvachose zvimwe, kwete mukati chete Afuganisitani uye Iraki asi kunyange munzvimbo dzakadai Somaria uye Ribhiya. Rebesa kuzvipira kwedu kuhondo "dzakakundwa" sedziya dzeAfghan, kunyangwe tichitaura zvisingapere nezvekudzipedza uye kuunza mauto kumba. Uye ramba uchi "kuvakazve" mauto mamwe chete iwayo, uchipa simba "madope nevacheche," nemamwe madhora emutero.
Mhedzisiro yave-yakanyanya kufanofungidzira. Vakuru vemauto eAmerica nevamiriri vane mari yakawanda zvekuti havafanirwe kuita sarudzo dzakaoma zvechokwadi. Havatombofaniri kufunga. Mauto eMhepo, semuenzaniso, anongoramba achironga uye nekutenga mamwe anodhura-anodhura varwi uye mabhomba kuti varwe Hondo Yemashoko yatinoti takakunda makore makumi matatu apfuura. Zvichakadaro, kutyisidzira chaiko kweramangwana "chengetedzo yenyika" senge njodzi dzine chekuita nemamiriro ekunze kana denda harina kugadziriswa. Ndiani ane hanya navo kana nyika ino ichange iine varwi vehondo uye vanobhomba zvakanyanya pasi rose?
Kune Pentagon, ramangwana rakapfuura uye rakapfuura, remangwana. Sei vatungamiriri vemauto vachifanira kufunga kana mutungamiri neCongress vachiramba vachivapa mubairo wemanyepo nekutadza kwemarudzi ese?
VaTrump vanotenda kuti America haichahwine nekuti isu hatina hutsinye hwakakwana. Tora mafuta, mudiwa! Chikonzero chaicho: nekuti hondo dzeAmerica hadzina kuhwina kubva kugit-go (chimwe chinhu makore ekupedzisira e18 aifanira kunge akaratidzira nenzira isina kujeka) uye - kunyomba kwezvose zvisinganzwisisiki - zvachose zvisingakoshi kubva pakuona kwechokwadi chekudzivirira kwenyika. Iko hakuna nzira yekuti mauto eUS akunde "moyo nepfungwa" mhiri kweGreater Middle East neAfrica nemapfuti emoto weGehena. Muchokwadi, kune nzira imwe chete yeku "kukunda" hondo dzakadai: kudzipedza. Uye pane nzira imwe chete yekuramba uchihwina: nekudzivisa ramangwana.
Nehurongwa hwaisakwanisa kushanda zvirinani (muWashington), mauto eAmerica anoramba kubvuma izvi. Pane kudaro, vakuru vakuru vedu vanongoramba vachikwazisa zvine hungwaru vakarara paruzhinji (izvo zvatichaziva nezvazvo chete kana "mapepa" anotevera aburitswa rimwe zuva). Panguva ino, kana zvasvika pakuda uye kuwana madhora emitero, vaisagona kuve nehunyanzvi. Nenzira iyoyo, uye izvo zvoga, ndivo vakundi vekupedzisira.
"Dopes nevacheche," Baba President? Aiwa, varume chete vane hunyanzvi hwepachokwadi muhunyanzvi hwechibvumirano. Zvishoma zvinoshamisa mutungamiri weAmerica akatsamwa. Nekuti kana zvasvika kune yemauto-maindasitiri yakaoma uye simba rayo uye prerogatives, kunyangwe Trump asangana nemutambo wake. Aive ari out-conned. Uye kana isu tose tikaramba tinyerere panyaya iyi, saka isu takadaro.
William Astore, a TomDispatch dzose, ndilieutenant colonel akarega basa (USAF) uye purofesa wenhoroondo. Yake yega blog ndeye Bracing Views.
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