Muna Kubvumbi 1953, Mutungamiriri achangobva kusarudzwa Dwight D. Eisenhower, mukuru wemauto ane nyeredzi shanu akarega basa akanga atungamirira kumhara paD-Day muFrance muna Chikumi 1944, akapa hurukuro yake ine simba zvikuru. Yaizozivikanwa seyake"Muchinjikwa Wesimbiโ kero. Mariri, Ike akanyevera nezvemutengo waizobhadharwa nevanhu kana makwikwi eCold War akatungamira kune nyika inotongwa nehondo uye zvombo zvisingagone kuchengetedzwa. Mushure mekufa kwemudzvanyiriri weSoviet Josef Stalin, Ike akawedzera bazi remuorivhi. kuvatungamiri vatsva veumambo ihwohwo. Akatsvaga, akadaro, kuisa America nenyika "mumugwagwa mukuru unoenda kurunyararo." Zvakanga, hongu, hazvingambove zvakadaro, sekusimuka kwenyika ino mauto-industrial-congressional complex (MICC) yakasarudza kuvaka mugwagwa une mauto (uye une mari yakawanda) unoenda kugehena.
Makore masere gare gare, mune yake yakakurumbira kero yekuonekana, purezidhendi akavhiringidzika uye akatyiswa akadana โnzvimbo yamauto-maindasitiri,โ achinyevera nenzira youporofita nezvechimiro chayo chokurwisana nedemocracy uye kuwedzera kune ngwavaira kwesimba rakaiswa panzvimbo isina kururama iro raimirira. Chete mugari akangwarira uye ane ruzivo, akabatikana zvizere mukugadzirisa, kuve, uye nekuimanikidza, akagumisa, aigona kuchengetedza democracy uye kusimbisa nzira nezvinangwa zvine rugare.
Mhinduro yeMICC yaive, yechokwadi, yekufuratira yambiro yake, uku vachirwa hondo ine hutsinye pacommunism muzita rekuva nayo. Mukuita kudaro, kurwisana kunotyisa yaizotangwa muVietnam, Laos, uye Cambodia sezvo kupararira kwehondo kwakapararira. Kutyisidzirwa nemukana werunyararo mushure mekudonha kweSoviet Union muna 1991, MICC yakadana nguva yayo nekushanda muIraq (Desert Storm), Bosnia, uye kumwewo, pamwe chete ne kuwedzera kweNATO, kusvikira yakwanisa kutanga Hondo Yenyika Yose pamusoro peKutyisa isingadzoreki mushure mekurwiswa kwaSeptember 11, 2001. Idzo "nguva dzakanaka" (dzakazara nehondo dzakarasika) dzakagara kusvika 2021 uye mhirizhonga yeU.S. yakabuda kubva kuAfghanistan.
Kuti irege kudziviswa nekuputika kwehondo inotyisa yehugandanga, MICC yakabata "hondo yechando nyowaniโNa China neRussia, iyo yakangowedzera apo, muna 2022, Vladimir Putin akapinda muUkraine zvakashata (sezvo US yakambopinda muAfghanistan uye Iraki) Zvakadaro zvakare, vanhu vekuAmerica vakaudzwa kuti vakatarisana nevavengi vakasimba vaigona kusangana navo chete simba guru rehondo uye, hongu, mari yakaenda nayo - zvakare muzita rekudzivirira uye kuchengetedza.
Neimwe nzira, muna 1953 uye gare gare muna 1961, Ike, zvakare, anga achikurudzira vanhu vekuAmerica kuti vatange hondo yekudzivirira, chete kurwisa muvengi wemukati: izvo zvaakadaidza kekutanga "nzvimbo yemauto-maindasitiri." Nezvikonzero zvakasiyana-siyana, takakundikana kuteerera nyevero dzake. Nekuda kweizvozvo, mumakore makumi manomwe apfuura, yakakura kutonga hurumende yemubatanidzwa pamwe netsika dzeAmerica munzira dzakawanda. Kusiya padivi mari uko kunopfuura kutonga, edza mabhaisikopu, TV inoratidza, yevhidhiyo, dzidzo, mitambo, unozvitumidza zita. Nhasi, iyo MICC haina kugadzikana zvinoshamisa. Mashoko aIke akanga asina kukwana uye, zvinosuruvarisa, zviito zvake kakawanda zvaipesana nechiratidzo chake (sekubatanidzwa kweCIA mune imwe nzira. kupandukira muIran muna 1953) Saka, hope dzake dzakaipisisa dzakazoitika. Muna 2023, pamwe nepasirese, America inorembera kubva pamuchinjiko wesimbi, ichitenderera padyo nehondo yenyukireya kupfuura chero nguva kubva paCuban Missile Crisis ya1962.
Kuvandudza Ike's Cross of Iron Speech yeNhasi
Zvichida ndima inokorwa zvikurusa muhurukuro iyoyo ya1953 yakataura nezvechokwadi mari yehondo, naIke achiiisa mumusha, inobatika nyore, mazwi. Akatanga nokuti, โPfuti yose inogadzirwa, ngarava dzose dzehondo dzinobudiswa, roketi rose rinopfurwa zvinoreva, mupfungwa yokupedzisira, kuba kune vaya vane nzara uye vasingadyiswa, vaya vanotonhorwa uye vasina kupfeka. (Padivi: Ungafungidzira here Donald Trump, Joe Biden, kana chero mumwe mutungamiri achangoburwa achipokana nekushandiswa kwePentagon uye zvechiuto zvine hukasha?)
Ike akabva awedzera kuti:
โNyika ino mune zvombo haisi kushandisa mari yoga. Riri kupedza ziya revashandi varo, nyanzvi dzesainzi dzaro, tariro dzevana varo. Mutengo weimwe yemazuva ano inorema bhomba ndeiyi: chikoro chemazuva ano chezvidhina mumaguta anopfuura makumi matatu. Iwo maviri emagetsi emagetsi emagetsi, imwe neimwe inoshanda dhorobha re30 vagari. Zvipatara zviviri zvakanaka, zvine midziyo yakakwana. Inenge mamaira makumi mashanu epavhu rekongiri. Tinobhadhara ndege imwe chete yehondo ine hafu yemiriyoni yegorosi. Tinobhadhara muparadzi mumwe chete ane misha mitsva yaigona kugara vanhu vanopfuura 60,000 8,000.โ
Akagumisa nomufananidzo unotyisa: โIyi haisiriyo nzira youpenyu zvachose, mupfungwa ipi neipi yechokwadi. Pasi pegore rehondo inotyisidzira, vanhu vakarembera pamuchinjikwa wesimbi.โ
Kuparara kwemitengo yaIke yepfuti zvichipesana nebhota, zvombo zvinopesana nemidziyo yevanhuwo zvavo, zvakandiita kuti ndifunge nguva pfupi yadarika: Zvaizotaridzika sei kana aigona kupa kutaura ikoko nhasi? Tiri kuwana mamwe bang kune emauto megabucks atinoshandisa, kana zvishoma? Zvakawanda sei vanhu vekuAmerica vanobayira kuna mwari wavo wehondo anopambadza uye asingadi?
Ngatitarisei zvakanyanya. Yekuchengetedza mutengo wekufungidzira kune imwe yeAir Force's nyowani "inorema" zano remabhomba enyukireya, iyo B-21 Raider, inosvika mamiriyoni mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu emadhora. Kufungidzira kwekuchengetedza kune imwe chete ndege yehondo, mune iyi nyaya F-35 Lightning II, $100 mamiriyoni. Mumwe muparadzi weNavy, a Zumwalt-kirasi chikepe, ichave chero kubva pamadhora mana kusvika kumadhora 4 bhiriyoni, asi ngatirambei nechimiro chepasi. Uchishandisa izvo zvombo, uye imwe inokurumidza Internet sleuthing, heino nzira iyo ndima yaIke inogona kuverenga kana akamira pamberi pedu izvozvi:
โMutengo weimwe yemazuva ano inobhomba inorema ndouyu: chikoro chemazuva ano chinovaka zvidhinha uye chikoro chekongiri chakasimbiswa mumaguta 75. Iwo mafemu mashanu emagetsi emagetsi, imwe neimwe ichishanda dhorobha rine 60,000 vagari. Zvipatara zvishanu zvakanaka, zvine midziyo yakakwana. Iri makiromita 150 kubva pamugwagwa. Isu tinobhadhara imwe ndege yehondo ine anopfuura mamirioni gumi nemaviri egorosi. Isu tinobhadhara muparadzi mumwe chete ane misha mitsva ingadai yakagara vanhu vanopfuura 12. "
(Nhamba dzinokurumidza uye dzakasviba dzemaverengero ari pamusoro: $ Miriyoni 10 pachikoro chepuraimari; $150 miriyoni pagiya remagetsi [$5,000/kirowati nokuda kwemisha 30,000 XNUMX]; $ Miriyoni 150 per hospital; $ Miriyoni 5 pamakiromita matsva emugwagwa; madhora masere pachikamu chegorosi; $8 pamusha wevanhu vana.)
Grim stats zvechokwadi! Sezvinobvumwa, aya angori manhamba ebhora, asi akatorwa pamwechete anoratidza kuti tradeoff pakati pepfuti nebhota - mabhomba nejet fighters kune rumwe rutivi, zvikoro nezvipatara kune rumwe rutivi - kwakaipisisa ikozvino kupfuura muzuva raIke. Zvakadaro Congress haiite seine hanya, sezvo mabhajeti ePentagon ari kuramba achikwira zvisinei nemutengo wakakura uye kutadza kuongororwa (zvishanu mumutsara!), tisingatauri nezvehondo dzakakundikana.
Pasina kuseka, MICC yanhasi inotaura nezve "kudyara" muzvombo, zvakadaro, kusiyana neIke mu1953, vatungamiriri vemazuva ano, maCEO emakambani makuru ekugadzira zvombo, uye nhengo dzeCongress hadzimboburitsi mari yakarasika ye "investment" yakadaro. Fungidzira zvikoro zviri nani nezvipatara zvingava nenyika ino nhasi, zvifambiso zvavose zvakavandudzwa, dzimba dzinodhura, kunyange masumbu egorosi, nokuda kwomutengo wezvombo izvozvo zvinopambadza uye zvakaoma zvinoenda nazvo. Uye parara pfungwa yekubvuma munzira ipi neipi yakakosha kuti akawanda sei e "mari" aya akakundikana zvinoshamisa, kusanganisira Zumwalt-vaparadzi vekirasi uye Navy's Freedom-class littoral fight ships dzakasvika pakuzivikanwa muPentagon se "zvikepe zviduku zvinopenga. "
Tichitaura nezvezvikepe zvehondo zvinoparadza, Ike akanga asiri munhu wokutanga kuona kuti zvinodhura zvakadini kana kuti chii chingaitwa pakuzvivaka. Mubhuku rake resainzi Hondo Mumhepo, yakatanga kubudiswa muna 1907, HG Wells, munyori aive nemukurumbira uyo aive afungidzira kutorwa kwevatorwa kwePasi mukati Hondo yeWorlds, akashora kushushikana kwenguva yake nengarava dzehondo dzesimbi mundima yaitarisira kutsoropodza kwaIke zvine simba:
Mutengo wezvikepe zvehondo izvi, Wells akanyora, unofanirwa kuyerwa ne:
โUpenyu hwevarume vasingaverengekiโฆ vakapedzerwa mubasa ravo, hunyanzvi hwakanakisa uye moyo murefu wezviuru zvemainjiniya nevagadziri, upfumi nezvinhu zvisingafungidzirwe; nokuda kwavo tinofanira kuisa upenyu hwakaoma uye hune nzara panyika, mamiriyoni evana vanotumirwa kushanda zvisina kufanira, mikana isingaverengeki yekurarama kwakanaka kusina kugadzirwa uye kurasika. Mari yaifanira kuwanwa nokuda kwavo munzira ipi neipiโiyoyo yakanga iri mutemo wokuvapo kworudzi mukati menguva iyoyo yechienzi. Chokwadi vaive megatheria isinganzwisisike, inoparadza uye inoparadza munhoroondo yese yekugadzirwa kwemichina. "
Haangambofungidziri "megatheria inoparadza" yenguva yedu. Mazuva ano, tsiva nyukireya intercontinental ballistic missile, mabhomba ehurongwa, vatakuri vendege, uye zvakafanana "zvemazuva ano" zvombo zve ironclads yenguva yake uye manzwiro anorira sechokwadi sezvazvaive zvakaita panguva iyoyo. (Sezvineiwo, ma ironclads aya akakurumbira haana kuita chero chinhu kudzivirira njodzi yeHondo Yenyika I uye haana kuita zvishoma panzira yayo yekuuraya kana nguva yakaoma.)
Kudzokera kuna 1953, Eisenhower haana kutaura mashoko pamusoro peizvo nyika yakatarisana nayo kana pfungwa yesimbi yemuchinjikwa ikakunda: pakaipisisa, hondo yenyukireya; zvakanakisisa, โupenyu hwokutya kusingagumi nokunetsana; mutoro wezvombo unopedza upfumi nekushanda kwevanhu vose; kupambadzwa kwesimba kunozvidza gadziriro yeAmerica, kana kuti gadziriro yeSoviet, kana kuti gadziriro ipi neipi yokuwana kuwanda kwechokwadi nomufarwa nokuda kwavanhu vapasi rino.โ
Mamiriro ezvinhu eIke akaipisisa ari kuwedzera zvakanyanya nhasi. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, Russia yakamiswa chibvumirano cheSTART, chibvumirano chokupedzisira chenyukireya chichiri kushanda, chaitarisira kuderedzwa kwezvombo zvenyukireya. Panzvimbo pokuderedza, Russia, China, neUnited States zvino dziri kutevera zvirongwa zvinoshamisa โzvechizvinozvinoโ nokuda kwezvombo zvadzo zvenyukireya, kuedza kungaita kuti mutero wokuAmerica urasikirwe. inenge $2 trillion mumakumi emakore ari kuuya (kunyangwe mari yakakura zvakadaro isinganyanyi kukosha kana vazhinji vedu takafa nehondo yenyukireya).
Chero zvazvingava, United States muna 2023 inonyatsoratidza Ike "muchinjikwa wesimbi" mamiriro. Inyika yave kunyatsoita zvechiuto uye saka iri kupera zvishoma nezvishoma, yakaratidzwa kuwedzera kutya, kurasa, uye kusafara.
Hazvina Kunonoka Kuchinja Kosi
Vanhu vekuAmerica chete, Ike kamwe akati, inogona kukuvadza America zvechokwadi. Zvichireva, kuisa nyaya yacho mune yakanaka mamiriro, isu chete tinogona kubatsira kuponesa America. Nhanho yekutanga yakakosha kuisa izwi rekuti "runyararoโ kumashure mumashoko edu enyika.
โRugare rwatinotsvaka,โ Ike akatsanangura kudaro makore 70 apfuura, โrwakavakirwa pakuvimba kwakanaka uye kushanda pamwe chete pakati pemarudzi, runogona kusimbiswa, kwete nezvombo zvehondo asi negorosi nedonje, nomukaka nemvere dzemakwai, nenyama uye nedonje. matanda nemupunga. Aya mazwi anoturikira mumitauro yese iri panyika. Izvi ndizvo zvinodiwa zvinodenha nyika ino mumaoko. "
Izvo zvinodikanwa chaizvo zvevanhu hazvina kuchinja kubva panguva yaIke. Zvingave muna 1953 kana 2023, pfuti dzakawanda hadzishandire chikonzero cherunyararo. Havazopa rubatsiro. Vanozongotikatyamadza nekutiuraya nenzara, kudzokorora mazwi aH.G. Wells, tichikanganisa hupenyu neramangwana revana vedu.
Iyi haisiriyo nzira youpenyu zvachose, seizvo Ike angadai akacherechedza, kudai akanga ari mupenyu nhasi.
Ndosaka chikumbiro chebhajeti chemubatanidzwa chakaburitswa neMutungamiri Biden muna 2024 chaive chiri kufungidzirwa zvinorwadza uye nekuodza moyo zvakanyanya. Zvinosuwisa kudaro. Chikumbiro chaBiden chinosimudzira zvakare kushandiswa kwezvombo nehondo mubhajeti yePentagon ikozvino yakanamirwa. $ 886 bhiriyoni. Ichasanganisirazve mari yakawanda pazvombo zvenyukireya uye inongo fungidzira kusawirirana kusingagumi nevakwikwidzi "vepedyo" China neRussia.
Gore rapfuura, Congress yakawedzera $45 bhiriyoni zvimwe kune bhajeti iro kupfuura kunyange mutungamiri nePentagon vakakumbira, vachiisa bhajeti renyika ino ra2023 Pentagon pamadhora mazana masere nemakumi masere nemasere. Zviripachena, bhiriyoni-dollar Pentagon bhajeti iri mune yedu yakabatana ramangwana, pamwe se kutanga se2027. Kuparara kufunga kwekukwira kwainogona kukwira, kana iyo US ikazviwana iri muhondo yekupfura neChina kana Russia (seRussia ichangoburwa downing yeA.S. drone muBlack Sea yakaunzwa mupfungwa). Uye kana iyo hondo yaizoenda nyukireya ...
Iyo Pentagon inokwira bhajeti yehondo yakatepfenyura meseji yakajeka uye inokatyamadza kupasirese. Muchitendero cheAmerica, vakaropafadzwa vanodziya uye avo vakafira kutenda vakarovererwa pamuchinjiko wavo wesimbi.
Aya akange asiri iwo meseji yaitsvakwa naIke kuzivisa pasirese makore makumi manomwe apfuura muna Kubvumbi. Zvakadaro ndiwo meseji inounzwa neMICC nemabhajeti ayo emauto akakwira zvakanyanya uye kusingaperi saber-rattling.
Asi chinhu chimwe chinoramba chiri chokwadi nhasi: hazvina kunonoka kuchinja nzira, kuraira "nezve-chiso." Zvinosuruvarisa, kushaya huchenjeri hwaDwight D. Eisenhower, kurongeka kwakadaro hakuzobvi kuna Joe Biden kana Donald Trump kana Ron DeSantis kana chero mumwe mukuru wekutsvaga mutungamiri muna 2024. Inofanira kubva kwatiri, pamwe chete. Yave nguva yekuchenjera, America. Pamwe chete, yave nguva yekutsvaga nzira yekubuda nayo kubva kunzira huru kuenda kugehena iyo yatanga tiri kubva 1953 uye kutsvaga nzira yekuenda kuIke nzira huru yekuenda kurunyararo.
Uye kana tave pairi, ngatisundirei pedal kusimbi uye tisambotarisa kumashure.
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
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