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Kana zvasvika kuhondo, kana vashandi vari mutemo, America ichiri mumatambudziko makuru.
Semauto akasiya basa Major Danny Sjursen achangobva kuratidza at TomDispatch, kana zvasvika kune mutemo wekunze, kanzuru itsva yeMutungamiri Joe Biden nevapi vemazano vakazadzwa vakuru vemauto vakarega basa, yakagadziridzwa neocons, vasina kukumbira ruregerero, uye zvakafanana vanoda hondo. Biden pachake akatora kukumbira Mwari kuti vadzivirire mauto pese paanoita hurukuro huru. (Zvakadini nekuvadzivirira nekuvaunza kumba kubva kuhondo dzedu dzisina maturo?) "Kudzivirirwa" kushandiswa, sezvinowanzozivikanwa kushandiswa kwehondo munyika ino, kunoramba kuri pahuwandu hwemadhora e740.5 mabhiriyoni egore rezvemari 2021. Hurukuro yehondo itsva inotonhora neRussia. kana China (kana zvese) zvinokatyamadza zvinodziya mahofisi ePentagon nemakorido aine imwe mari. Iyo chete njiva yerunyararo yaionekwa pakugadzwa kwaBiden yaive hofori golden brooch inopfekwa naLady Gaga. Saka chii chaizvo chinofanira kuitwa?
Mazano anofambiswa nerunyararo anofambira mberi haabude nyore kubva muraravungu kettle yehawks Biden yakaungana kusvika parizvino, asi kutaura kwekutanga yakataura nezvokutungamirira nokukurudzira vamwe munyika yose “kwete chete nomuenzaniso wesimba redu asi nesimba romuenzaniso wedu.” Kungadai kwakave kwakakodzera kutaura kunobudirira, kana zvisiri zve "hondo dzekusingaperi" dzenyika ino muAfghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, nekumwewo mhiri kweGreater Middle East neAfrica. Chokwadi chekurwa kwehondo muAmerica chinoratidza kuti "muenzaniso wesimba redu" uchiri muitiro wekushanda mukati meWashington Beltway. Ikoku kwaigona sei kuchinjwa?
Ndine mazano mashoma eBiden - chirongwa chegumi-mapoinzi, kutaura zvazviri, chekushandura nyoro yake rhetoric kuita hardball chokwadi. Funga, VaPresident, mienzaniso inotevera ine simba yaunogona kuisa semukuru-mukuru weAmerica.
1. Misa iyo US kubva pakuvaka zvizvarwa zvitsva zvezvombo zvenyukireya uye kuderedza yakakura iripo yeAmerican arsenal, uku uchitanga nhaurirano dzepasirese kuti dzishande mukubviswa kwezvombo zvese zvakadaro. Mauto eUS anotarisirwa kupedza mari yakawanda matiririyoni emadhora mumakumi amakore anotevera “kunatsiridza” nyukireya nhatu dzayo dzemabhomba uye zvombo zvinokandwa zvinokandwa pasi pegungwa. “Kudyara mari” kwakadaro kunongogona bedzi kuswededza nyika kuArmagedhoni yenyukireya. Kana America ichizotungamira nemuenzaniso kana zvasvika kune simba rekupedzisira papasi rino, wadii kutanga nekukanzura iyi trillion-dollar-nightmare sechikamu chehurongwa hutsva hwepasi rose hunopesana nenyukireya? Wadii kutipa, kwenguva refu, kubviswa kwezvombo zvenyukireya kwese kwese, tichienda kunotora "kwete-kutanga-kushandisa” mutemo?
2. Kana zvasvika kune kuzvipira kweMutungamiri Biden kunonoka kuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze uye kuchenesa zvakatipoteredza, wadii kuita chimwe chinhu maererano nemauto? Mauto eAmerica ane zvombo kudya kukuru zvehuni. Iyo Pentagon zvakare ine sordid rekodhi kana zvasvika kune chepfu yezvakatipoteredza. (Chimbofunga nezvenhaka ye Mumiriri weOrange muVietnam, kana mauto kupisa makomba muIraq neAfghanistan, kana hurema hwekuzvarwa uye matambudziko akakomba ehutano akabatana nemauto ayo akashandiswa kurwisa guta reIraq. Fallujah muna 2004.) Kana mutungamiri wenyika achida kuratidza muenzaniso kana zvasvika pakubvisa mauto pasi redu rino rine zvombo zvakanyanyisa, rakasvibiswa zvakanyanya, kuderedza kuburitswa kwemafuta echipfuro nemauto ayo ane chepfu ingava nzira ine simba yekutanga.
3. Pedzisa hondo dzekusingaperi dzezana rino uye kuderedza zvakanyanya nyika ino isina kumboitika network yezvigaro zvemauto. Kutyaira hukuru hukuru hwemauto anhasi ndizvo izvo sevhisi yangu yekare, Air Force, inoda kudana iyo "kusvika kwepasi rose, simba repasi rose". Zvirinani mune dzidziso, iyo mishoni, zvakare, inobatsira kururamisa iyo sprawling network ye800 kana kupfuura zvigadziko zvemhiri kwemakungwa, network inodhura mari inodarika $100 bhiriyoni pagore kuchengetedza. Mabhesi akadaro haangopedzi zviwanikwa zvinodikanwa muno muUS uye anobatsira kudzoreredza idzo hondo dzekusingaperi, asi dzinopa zvibodzwa zvemhando yepamusoro kune vanopikisa uye zvinokurudzira kusanzwa uye kuramba kubva kunyika "dzinotambira". Saka, kudzikisira iyo yepasi rose chigadziro chingave chiito cherunyararo - uye hutsanana hwemari.
4. Ita kucheka kukuru mubhajeti rehondo yenyika. Mabhesi mashoma uye mashoma kana pasina hondo dzinofanirwa kushandura kuita yakadzikira bhajeti rekudzivirira. Kumwe kunharaunda yemadhora mazana mana emabhiriyoni emadhora gore rega rega kudzivirira nyika ino uye kuvhara zvido zvayo zve "chengetedzo yenyika" zvinoita sezvine musoro kune vanozviti vane masimba makuru. Mari yakachengetwa (inoda kusvika mabhiriyoni mazana matatu nemakumi mana emadhora zvichibva pabhajeti regore rino) inogona kuzodzoserwa zvakananga kumhuri dzeAmerica dzinoshaya denda iri. Zvichida mhuri yese yeAmerica inotambira mari isingasviki $400 pagore yaigona kuona kudzoreredzwa pamitero yavo yakanangana nekudzikisira bhajeti uye humambo hweAmerica mhiri kwemakungwa. Kutora peji kubva kuna Donald Trump, Mutungamiri Biden, semukuru weAmerica ane hunyanzvi uye achipa mukuru-mukuru, anogona kutoita kuti zita rake riiswe pamacheki ekudzoserwa. Idaidze kuti mugove werunyararo wakanonoka. Venguva dzose vekuAmerica, mushure mezvose, vanoda "migove" yakadai zvakanyanya kupfuura makondirakiti makuru ekudzivirira seBoeing kana Raytheon. Uye usaite kuti nditange pane kukosha kwekudyara mukuvakazve nyika ino kwezvivako panguva iyo migumo yakabatana nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze inotyisidzira kuparadza nzvimbo dzenyika.
5. Gadzira Dhipatimendi reRunyararo (heino kutarisa kwauri, Dennis Kucinich) zvine pesvedzero ingangosvika kune iya inonzi Dhipatimendi reDziviriro. Parizvino, mauto eUS ane chekuita nekufungidzira kwemagetsi, kutonga kwenzvimbo yehondo yepasi rose, uye mazwi akafanana anowedzera kuendesa mhirizhonga kunze kwenyika, special op by special op, drone by drone. Iwe ndizvo zvaunoita uye mauto eUS anoita hondo yekusingaperi nezvakawanda "rubatso kukuvara.” (Mufananidzo mutilated miviri yevatema neshava uye maguta nemataundi akatsetseka uye ane chepfu.) Kana hurumende yeUS ichikwanisa kugadzira Space Force kuti izadzise fungidziro dzaDonald Trump, saka sei usiri uto rerunyararo, zvakare? (America yazvino, inozvininipisa Peace Corps akabvunza $401 miriyoni yeFiscal Year 2021, ingangoita iyo mutengo wechina kusashanda zvakanaka F-35 jet fighters.) Rugare, kungofanana nehondo, haruitike zvoga. Iwe unofanirwa kushanda pazviri - uye izvo zvingave chaizvo basa reDhipatimendi reRunyararo.
6. Teerera, kamwe chete, kuMutungamiriri Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1961 kekekekeri kero uye kushandisa zvakasimba kutarisira uye kushingaira kutonga pamusoro mauto-industrial complex. Izvozvo zvinoreva kuguma iyo 2001 AUMF, mvumo yekushandiswa kweuto rehondo iyo Congress yakapfuura mumamiriro ekunze ekutya uye kutsiva munguva pfupi yapfuura ye9/11 (kunyangwe yaive kuva chete pamusoro peavo vanobatanidzwa neimwe fashoni nekurwiswa kwehugandanga), uye wechipiri Congress yakatenderwa muna 2002 mukugadzirira kurwisa kweBush kuIraq. Vave vachishandiswa zvisizvo nekushungurudzwa nevatungamiri kubva ipapo. Uyezve, gumisa kukakavara kupi zvako kusina kubvumirwa neCongressal declaration of war. Izvi zvinoreva kubvisa mauto ese eUS kubva kuIraq, Afghanistan, Syria, uye kumwewo mhiri kweGreater Middle East neAfrica. Kuchengetedzeka kweAmerica hakusi, kutaura zvazviri, kutyisidzirwa nenyika idzodzo. Sekuzvizivisa kwedemocracy, United States inofanira kuratidza muenzaniso nekusarwa hondo dzakabviswa kubva pakuda kwevanhu uye zvinodiwa zvechokwadi zvekudzivirira kwenyika.
7. Uye tichitaura nezveMutungamiri Eisenhower, America inofanirwa kumbundira chidzidzo chake chinomiririrwa nekushandiswa kwechiuto kuba kubva kuAmerica vane nzara, vanorwara, uye vanoda rubatsiro. Nokuda kwe“chengeteko yenyika,” nyika ino inoda zvipatara zvakawanda, dzidzo iri nani, zvokudya zvakakotsekana, mhoteredzo yakachena, uye, kupfuura zvose, mvura yakachena nemhepo yakachena. Eisenhower aiziva kuti zvikepe zvehondo nendege dzehondo zvaive nyore kwete mhinduro kune zvidikanwi zvevanhu veAmerica uye zvinomanikidza.
8. Ramba kutyisidzira inflation, kusanganisira hurukuro inosimudzira ye "new cold war" ne Rashiya or China kana zvekuenderera mberi"chizvarwa” hondo pakutyisa. Bvisa nhaurwa yeRed Menace nyowani, ingangove hondo neIran kana North Korea, kana yekudzokera kumashure kweAmerica mukutsvaga nekusimudzira cyberwarfare. ugandanga hachisi chinhu chitsva uye achagara ainesu mune imwe nzira (kusanganisira, vis-a-vis the Capitol musi wa6 Ndira, hugandanga hwemumba). Chokwadi, kubvira hondo is kutya, hondo yehugandanga inofanira kutorwa seoxymoron. Zviito zvehugandanga zvinonyanya kutorwa nevasina simba kana vachitora vane simba. United States haisi kuzovamisa nekusimba zvakadaro. Uyewo China neRussia havasi kuda kupinda munyika ino. (Izvi hazvisi Dawn Dzvuku.) Iran haisi kuuya kuzoisa mutemo weSharia uye North Korea haisi kuda kutanga nukes pamusoro pedu. Kana iri cyber-attacks, usazvinetse: zvisinei nezvawanzwa, hapana nyika inoita cyberwarfare nani kupfuura U.S.A.
9. Kugumisa tsika yekubatsira kune dzimwe nyika kutora maitiro erubatsiro rwemauto. Apo vateresi vanopa rubatsiro kunyika dzekunze, runofanira kuva muchimiro chezvokudya, mishonga, nezvimwe zvinokosha, kwete mabhomba eboka, F-16, uye. Zvombo zvehero yemoto.
10. Dzidza kubva kuna Abraham Lincoln. Mukutaura kwaMutungamiri Biden munguva pfupi yapfuura, sekudaidzira kubatana kwenyika, iye akaita reference kuchikumbiro chaLincoln chekutanga ku "ngirozi dziri nani dzehunhu hwedu." Asi aifanira kunge akatarisa kuna Lincoln Kero Yechipiri Yekutanga, kutaura kwakanakisisa kwati kwambotaurwa napurezidhendi chero upi zvake. Sezvakataurwa naLincoln panguva iyoyo, kana zvasvika pakupedza Hondo yeVanhu veAmerica:
“Musaitira vamwe zvakaipa; norudo kuna vose; nokusimba mukururama, sokupiwa kwatakaitwa naMwari kuti tione zvakarurama, ngatishingairire kupedza basa ratiri; kusunga maronda erudzi; kuti titarisire uyo wakarwa hondo, nechirikadzi yake, nenherera yake, kuti tiite zvose zvingagona kuwana nokuchengeta rugare rwakarurama, rusingaperi, pakati pedu, namarudzi ose.”
Lincoln akanga asingatyi kutaura nekutsvaga rugare rwakanaka uye rusingaperi. Muzana rino ramakore, kusvika angangoita makore aTrump, vanhu vekuAmerica vaiwanzonzwa vatungamiriri vavo vachitaura nezve “zvakasarudzika” nyika ino. Chii chingava chechienzi, chinorumbidzwa zvikuru, kupfuura kutsvaka rugare rwenyika yose rusingagumi?
Biden, seni, iRoman Catholic. bhaibheri rangu reKatorike (Mateo 5:9) rinondiudza kuti Kristu akati, "Vakaropafadzwa vanoyananisa, nekuti ivo vachanzi vana vaMwari." Panzvimbo pekuteterera Mwari kuti vachengetedze mauto anogara achitumirwa nevatungamiriri veAmerica munjodzi, Joe Biden anogona kukumbira makomborero kune vanorwira runyararo muAmerica. Kuti echo Lincoln zvakare, izvo zvingave zvechokwadi nyaya ye kuita zvakanaka simba, pachinzvimbo chekugona-kuita-chakanaka chiono icho a mauto America yanyanya kurerukirwa.
Mugari Wechiziviso uye Anoziva
Saka kare kare, Mutungamiri Eisenhower akataura nezvayo kukosha kwekuve ne "mugari akasvinura uye ane ruzivo." Haisati yasvika here nguva yekuti vezvenhau vakurukure chaiye, anotsoropodza, anoferefeta utori venhau hwaizonyatso zivisa avo vagari vemo nezvekushandisa kweAmerica kusiririsa kwemauto uye hondo dzisingaperi, uku ichipa vadzidzisi zvinhu zvakakosha. kudzidzisa vadzidzi vavo nezvemitengo inotyisa yehondo? Nyika ino inofanirwa kusunungura pfungwa dzayo dzakabatanidzwa kubva kune iripo yekusingaperi-yehondo rondedzero. Kudimikira Crosby, Stills, uye Nash, kana tikadzidzisa vana zvakanaka, zvichida havazodzokorora hero yababa vavo.
Murwiyo rwake "Fungidzira," John Lennon akatikumbira isu tose kufungidzira nyika yakasiyana uye akati zviri nyore kana ukaedza. Lennon akawana chikamu chekutanga uye chakakosha kwazvo, asi chikamu chechipiri chinosuruvarisa hachishande, zvirinani kunyika ino muzana rino remakore. Mazuva ano, vanhu vekuAmerica vakanyura mutsika inotungamirwa nehondo, purofiti, uye kushandiswa zvekuti hazvisisiri nyore kufungidzira chimwe chinhu kunze kwehondo. Dai vanhu vekuAmerica vakanyatsoteerera kuhondo, padhuze uye semunhu sezvavaigona kuwana, vaitanga kubata hupenzi nehuipi hwayo uye nekudaro vosiya izvo zvandanga ndafunga nezvazvo. musungwa-wehondo mentality maererano nazvo. Vangatotanga kuputsa mhinganidzo dzepfungwa dzorugare.
Usaverengere kuCongress kuzviita, zvakadaro. Congress ndiyo ne incestuously part yeinofanira kunzi mauto-industrial-congressional complex. Usaverengere kuti mauto ari kuzviita futi. Varume nevakadzi vakuru vayo vakasarudzwa nemazvo, groomed, uye vakasimudzirwa nekuti vanotenda muhurongwa uhu, hunosanganisira kuramba vachitsvaga zvombo zvakawanda uye kuwedzeredza kutyisidzira kwenyika ino kuti iwane. Ivo varipo kuti varwe hondo; isu vamwe tinofanira kuda kurwira rugare.
Shanduko, kana uye kana yasvika, ichafanirwa kufambiswa nevanhu vakaita sesu.
Hazvizove nyore, asi zvakakosha kuti America ipone. Uye hazvigone kuuya pasina shanduko yemari yemushandirapamwe uye mari yeruzhinji yesarudzo. Mune "kubhadhara-kutamba" oligarchy yakavharwa sedemocracy, makambani makuru ekugadzira zvombo anongobhadhara zvakanyanya kupfuura zvaunoita uye saka taura nema megaphones, achikusiya uine mic yakafa. Kunze kwekunge hutongi hwemapato ezvematongerwo enyika edu hwadzikiswa, vanhuwo zvavo vekuAmerica vacharamba vachipopota nekuremerwa nemabellicose nemakaro, vachisiya nyika zvachose kuhondo.
Hazvizove nyore kushandira runyararo, asi chokwadi zvakakodzera kuedza. Chokwadi sezvo gehena rinokunda imwe nzira yepfuti, mabhomba, uye zvombo zvinokandwa zviri kugadzirwa semasoseji mazhinji mu zvechiuto nyika inogara yakafanana naGeorge Orwell's mufananidzo wehusiku remangwana se "bhutsu inotsika pachiso chemunhu - zvachose."
Mutungamiri mutsva weAmerica akatidaidzira kuti titungamire nesimba remuenzaniso wedu kwete kungotevedzera simba redu. Ini handigone kufunga nezvechimwe chinhu chine muenzaniso uye chine simba kupfuura kuzvipira kwakasimba pakuita hondo.
William Astore, lieutenant colonel akarega basa (USAF) uye purofesa wenhoroondo, TomDispatch yakajairwa uye mumwe wevakuru kuEisenhower Media Network (EMN), sangano revashandi vemauto anonetsa uye vezvekuchengetedza nyika. Yake yega blog iri Bracing Views.
Chinyorwa ichi chakatanga kuoneka paTomDispatch.com, weblog yeNational Institute, iyo inopa kuyerera kwakadzikama kwemamwe masosi, nhau, uye maonero kubva kuna Tom Engelhardt, mupepeti wenguva refu mukutsikisa, co-muvambi weAmerican Empire Project, munyori we Kupera Kwekukunda Tsika, seyenoveli, Mazuva Ekupedzisira Ekudhinda. Bhuku rake razvino ndereRudzi Rusina Kugadzirwa Nehondo (Haymarket Books).
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