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Ndine mubvunzo kwauri: Chii chingatore munyika yanhasi kuti mari yemauto eAmerica iende pasi? Heino chimwe chiitiko chisingafadzike: Vladimir Putin anorasikirwa nesimba rake uye Russia inodzinga zvechiuto ichiedza kugadzirisa hukama neWest. Panguva imwecheteyo, China nekuchenjera inosarudza kushandisa mari shoma pamauto ayo, ichitsvaga simba rehupfumi uku ichisiya chero kunyepedzera kune masimba makuru echiuto. Tichifunga mamiriro ezvinhu asingafungidzirwe akadaro, ane "hondo yechando nyowaniโ yanyura mubud uye US senyika isingapikiswe pasi rose, kushandisa Pentagon kunozodzikira, handiti?
Zvakanaka, handaivimba nazvo. Zvichienderana nezvakaitika mushure mekudonha kweSoviet Union makumi matatu emakore apfuura, izvi ndizvo zvandinofungidzira kuti zvingangoitika zvakanyanya. Mauto eUS, achibatsirwa neakasiyana-siyana anorembera matangi ekufunga, masangano ehungwaru, uye vagadziri vezvombo, vaizongochinja kuita zvekupfuura. Sezvo vatauri vayo vaizotsanangurira chero munhu aiteerera (kunyanya muCongress), kunyangarika kwekutyisidzira kweRussia neChinese kwaizotakura njodzi dzayo, zvichisiya nyika ino yakachengeteka zvakanyanya kupfuura kare.
Waizonzwa zvinhu zvakaita sekuti: takaerekana tanyudzwa munyika yakaomarara yakawanda, yakanyanyisa kuvhiringika nekuti โvezera reduโ vakwikwidzi havachatidenha, nekutyisidzira kwakawanda kwehutongi hwemauto eUS. Izwi rakakosha, hongu, ringave "rakawanda" - rakabatana, sezvandine chokwadi chekuti wafungidzira, kune pese pentagon zvinoda zvimwe mari yehondo. Kana zvasvika kune zvombo, bhajeti, uye hondo, huzivi hwemauto-indasitiri inotorwa nearch chirevo cheanozivikanwa mutambi. Mae West: "Zvakawanda zvechinhu chakanaka zvinogona kushamisa."
Kunyangwe pasina Russia neChina sekutyisidzira kukuru kuAmerican hegemony, waizonzwa zvakare nezve "asina kuenzana" Kim Jong-un muNorth Korea uye zvinokatyamadza zvake zvinokatyamadza zvinokandwa; waizonzwa nezveIran uye kushuvira kwayo kuvaka zvombo zvenyukireya; uye, kana nyika mbiri idzi dzakaratidza kushoma, pamwe hondo yehugandanga yaizomutsiridzwa. (Chokwadi, panguva yekuenderera mberi kwemadziro-kumadziro kufukidzwa kwekupinda kweRussia kuUkraine, North Korea yakaedza. chombo chinonzi ballistic missile, chiitiko chinovhiringidzwa nevezvenhau vakakwazisa nekubatana pamwe chete.) Pfungwa yangu ndeiyi: paunotsanangura pasi rose senzvimbo yako yesimba, sezvinoita hurumende yeUnited States, pachagara paine kutyisidzira kumwe. Izvo zvine basa zvishoma, maererano nebhajeti, kungave kutya, kunowanzo hukama neIslam ine hutsinye, kana kurwira zviwanikwa zvine chekuita nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, izvo Pentagon ine. kwenguva refu yakazivikanwa sengozi, kunyangwe zvakadaro inopisa kabhoni sokunge pasina mangwana. Uye usaderedze seti nyowani yenjodzi munzvimbo uye cyberpace, idzo dzichangoburwa nzvimbo dzekurwa.
Ehe, nyika ino inogara ichinzi iri kusarira kumashure mune imwe nzvimbo yakakosha yekutsvaga zvombo. Iye zvino, ndizvo hypersonic zvombo, sezvakangoita mumazuva ekutanga eCold War bhomba uye "magapu" ezvombo nhema akadaro kuva vachiisa pangozi kuchengeteka kwedu. Zvekare, kana chengetedzo yenyika ichitsanangurwa sehutongi hwakazara uye America inofanirwa kutonga munzvimbo dzese, unogona kugara uchiuya nenzvimbo dzatiri kunzi tiri kunonoka uye panodiwa zvakanyanya mabhiriyoni emadhora emutero wako. Funga nezve "mazuva ano" arikuenderera mberi ezvombo zvedu zvenyukireya, nemutengo unofungidzirwa kusvika $2 trillion mumakumi emakore ari kuuya. Sechirongwa chemabasa, pamwe nekushambadza kwesimba rakashama, inogona kuramba ichikwikwidza mapiramidhi eEjipita. (Chokwadi, mapiramidhi akava zvishamiso zvenyika pane kutyisidzira kuzvigumisa.)
Hapana Rugare Runogovanisa Iwe
Ndichiri kaputeni wechidiki muUto reMhepo, ndakararama munguva yokuwa kwoRusvingo rweBerlin, kuputsika kweSoviet Union, uye kubhinya, kutsika-tsika kwemauto edu muHondo yokutanga yeGulf muIraq muna 1991. Zvakanzwa zvakanaka! Ndaidzidzisa nhoroondo paAir Force Academy apo Mutungamiri George HW Bush vakataura nezve โitsva yenyika.โ Panyika isina Soviet Union uye isina Cold War, takatombonzwa muchidimbu kutaura nezve "migove yerunyararo" ichauya iyo yairatidzira mhinduro yenhoroondo yevanhu vekuAmerica mushure mekukunda muhondo dzakapfuura. Mumashure meHondo Yenyika, pamwe neHondo Yenyika I uye II, kukurumidza kuderedzwa uye kuderedzwa kunoshamisa kwemauto kwakaitika.
Uye zvechokwadi, pakutanga pakanga paine kuderera kwemauto edu mushure mekudonha kweSoviet, kunyangwe pasina sezvaitarisirwa nenyanzvi. Kuchekwa kwevashandi kwakauya pekutanga. Somukuru wechidiki, ndinonyatso kuyeuka Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIP) uye Selective Early Retirement Board (SERB). VSIP yakapa mari yekunyengerera vakuru vakaita seni kuti vabude nguva ichiripo, ukuwo SERB yaimiririra kuramwa mabasa kusingaite kune avo vanotongwa kuti vakambomira kugamuchirwa. Pakazoita chirongwa chaityisa cheRIF, kana kuti Reduction in Force, chaisanganisira kuparadzana kusingaite pasina mabhenefiti.
Asi kunyangwe vashandi vakabviswa kubva kumauto edu, zvishuwo zvekuchengetedzwa kwenyika zvakangokura. Sezvandakanyora kare kare, US haina kungova โneโ umambo hweSoviet munguva yeHondo Yemashoko; umambo ihwohwo hwaivawo nesu. Iine muvengi wayo mukuru ari muhudyu uye akatarisana nekusazvidzora pazvishuvo zvaro zvepasi rose, mauto-maindasitiri akakurumidza kutanga kutsvaga humambo hutsva hwekutonga uye vavengi vatsva kuti vatore uye vakunde. Kuwedzera, kwete kuderera, kwakakurumidza kuva chirevo, mungave muAsia, Africa, kana Europe, uko, pasinei nezvipikirwa yakaitwa kune yekupedzisira yevatungamiriri veSoviet Union, kukura kweNATO kwakatungamira.
Saka, ngatisvetukire ku1998, nguva isati yasvika kutenderera kwekutanga kweNATO kuwedzera. Ini ndiri mukuru muAir Force izvozvi, parwendo rwangu rwechipiri rwekudzidzisa nhoroondo kumakadhi uye ndiri kuenda kumusangano wehondo yemubatanidzwa. Boka rayo rekupedzisira raitarisa nezveramangwana reNATO uye rairatidza vakuru vemauto vana vakashanda pamatunhu akakwirira emubatanidzwa iwoyo. Ndainge ndichiita zvekupisa tsitsi seimwe yacho vakaita nharo nesimba yekuwedzera kweNATO pasinei nekunetseka kweRussia. "Russia haifaniri kutya," akativimbisa uye, zvinotonyanya kukosha, akanga asisakwanisi kuzvidzivisa. โKudai Soviet Union yakanga iri ingwe ine nzara, Russia yakafanana nengwe yecircus inogona kuchema asi isingakurumi,โ akagumisa kudaro. Udza izvozvo kuvanhu veUkraine muna 2022.
Retired Army General Andrew Goodpaster aiva nemaonero akasiyana. Akataura kuti US ingadai yakasimudzira "hukama hwakanyanya" hune runyararo neRussia mushure me1991 asi yakasarudza kupokana uye kuwedzera panzvimbo. Kwaari, kukura kweNATO kwaingogona kukanganisa post-Soviet Russia zvakare. Air Force General John Shaud vakabvumirana zvakanyanya, vachikurudzira kuti US inofanirwa kushanda kuti ive nechokwadi chekuti Russia haisati yanyanya kuve yega nekuda kwechirongwa chakadaro chekuwedzera.
Pakupedzisira, vatatu vevakuru vemauto vana vakarega basa vakakurudzira mwero wakasiyana-siyana wokungwarira. Mukuwedzera kune zvinyorwa zvangu, ndakanyora izvi: "Kuwedzera kweNATO, kubva mumaonero evazhinji vekuMadokero, kunounganidza boka uye nekuabatanidza kurwisa dutu riri kuuya. Kubva pakuona kweRussia, kuwedzera kweNATO, kupfuura imwe nzvimbo, haigoneki; idutu. Kana vatatu vevaimbova vatungamiri veNATO uye mukuru weAir Force aigona kuona zvakajeka makore angangoita makumi maviri neshanu apfuura, zvirokwazvo vakuru vakuru vehurumende vemazuva ano vaigonawo.
Sezvineiwo, zvakazoitika kuti vakanga vasina basa nazvo. Zvemauto-maindasitiri akaoma, semutori wenhau Andrew Cockburn yakataurwa mu2015, kuwedzera kwakadaro kwaingova nemari yakawanda kuti irege kupera. Zvaireva mari yakawanda, purofiti, uye mabasa, sezvo mauto eEastern Europe aigadzirazve zvombo kubva kuMadokero, zvizhinji zvacho zvakaitwa muU.SA. Zvakanga zvisina basa kuti Russia yakanga yakagwadama uye isina kutyisidzira; hazvina basa kuti chikonzero chikuru cheNATO chakanga chanyangarika. Chaive chakakosha ndechekuti zvimwe: nyika zhinji muNATO, zvichireva kuti zvombo zvakawanda zvinotengeswa, mari yakawanda yakagadzirwa, peddled yakawedzera. Ndiani aiva nehanya kana kuwedzera kwakatsamwisa maRussia? Chii chaive chisisina mazino icho "circus tiger" yaizoitei nezvazvo zvakadaro, ingatifa?
Kana pakambove nenguva yekugovaniswa kwerunyararo uye kubviswa kwemauto, ma1990 aive ari. Nyika ino yakatove nemutungamiri weDemocratic, Bill Clinton, ainyanya kukoshesa nyaya dzemumba kupfuura mutemo wekunze. Uye pane rub. Akanga asina chishuwo chokupikisa chivako chemauto-maindasitiri. Vatungamiriri vashoma vanodaro.
Achangotanga temu yake yekutanga, akanga atorasikirwa nenguva huru mukuitirana nharo nezvengochani kushumira pachena mumapoka, zvichiita kuti azvipire zvinonyadzisa uye kuti โusabvunze, usataureโ semutemo wemauto. Sezvo datya rakafamba naClinton kuburikidza neyakange yasara yezana ramakore rechimakumi maviri, mhata dzakaoma musoro dzakaita saDick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, naPaul Wolfowitz dzakanga dzatove. vachiruka zvirongwa zvavo kuti America idzokere mukukunda kugwara rekutonga kweunipolar kunopihwa simba neuto rehondo. Nguva yavo yakasvika nesarudzo dzaGeorge W. Bush dzisiri pamutemo muna 2000, dzakasimudzwa nenjodzi yaGunyana 11 gore rakatevera.
America New Normal Ihondo
Kubva musi wa9/11, kurwisana kusingagumi kwave kuri chinhu chitsva munyika ino. Kana iwe uri muAmerica 21 makore ezera kana mudiki, hausati wamboziva nguva iyo nyika yako isati yamborwa, kunyangwe kana, nekuda kwekupera kwekunyorwa muzana ramakore rapfuura, hauna kumbomira. kushevedzwa kuti urwise. Iwe hausati wamboziva nguva ye "yakajairika" mabhajeti ekudzivirira. Iwe hauna fungidziro yekuti mauto ekubvisa, kana nguva yerunyararo ingave yakaita sei. Zvako zvakajairika zvinongoratidzwa mukukatyamadza kwekutonga kweBiden $ 813 bhiriyoni Pentagon bhajeti chirevo chegore rinotevera rezvemari. Nomuzvarirwo, vazhinji veCongress Republicans vatove vachichemera kunyange yakakwirira mari yehondo. Rangarira iyo Mae West quip? Chii"anoshamisaโ nyika!
Uye unofanira kudada nazvo. SaMutungamiri Biden ichangobva kuudzwa masoja anobva ku82nd Airborne Division ikozvino akamira muPoland, nyika ino ine "zvakanakisisa kurwa hondo munhoroondo yenyika.โ Kunyangwe nemakomo emari yatinopa kune iwo mauto, rudzi ruchiri "une chikwereti chako chikuru,โ akavavimbisa kudaro.
Zvakanaka, ndabatwa nehope. Mukati memakore 20 ebasa rangu rechiuto, handina kumbofunga kuti rudzi rwangu rwaiva nechikwereti neni, ndisingarevi hangu kuti ndaiva nechikwereti chikuru. Zvino zvandafunga nezvazvo, zvakadaro, ndinogona kutaura kuti rudzi urwu rwakandikwereta (uye mauto anhasi zvakare) chaizvo chinhu chikuru: kusatambisa hupenyu hwangu; kwete kundituma kundorwa hondo dzisina kutaurwa, dzisingabvumirwi nemutemo; kwete kundibata sea Foreign legionnaire kana mukomana wamambo. Ndizvo zvatinokwereta isu, vanhu, nemauto โeduโ. Rinofanira kunge riri basa redu kubata basa ravo, uye nekugona kufa kwavo, nekuchenjerera kukuru, zvichireva kuti vatungamiriri vedu vanofanira kurwa hondo chete seyekupedzisira, kwete yekutanga, yekutandarira uye chete mukudzivirira zvatinonyanya kukoshesa.
Ichi chaive chimwe chinhu kunze kwenyaya yehondo dzisingagoneki dzeAfghan neIraq, kusawirirana kwesarudzo kwakapisa. matriyoni emadhora, nemakumi ezviuru zvemauto eUnited States akaurayiwa uye akakuvadzwa, uye mamiriyoni evatorwa akafa kana kushandurwa kuita vapoteri, zvese zvakazoita kuti pave pasina. Zvishoma zvinoshamisa nhasi kuti nhamba iri kukura yevaAmerican vanoda kuona mari shoma yemauto, kwete zvimwe. Citizen.org, inomiririra masangano makumi masere nematanhatu emunyika neenyika, yadaidza Mutungamiri Biden kudzikira mari yehondo. Kujoinha kufona kuya POGO, Project on Government Oversight, pamwe chete William Hartung paQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Uye havakwanise kuve zvakanyanya pachinangwa, kunyangwe vaine chokwadi chekuregeredzwa muWashington.
Funga nezvekupera kwakashata kweHondo yeAfghan. Uchiona kupokana ikoko muunganidzwa, chaunoona uori hwakapararira uye tsvina isingaverengeki, zvese zvichifambiswa nevakuru vemauto vainyepa pachena uye nguva dzose kune isu tose nezve "budiriro," sezvavaitaura pachena pachivande nezvehondo yakarasika, chokwadi. the Afghan War Papers zvese zvakaburitswa pachena. Iyo nyaya yakakasharara yekutadza kwakadzikama, zvisinei, inoratidza chimwe chinhu chakaipisisa: rekodhi inoparadza yekurara pamwero mukuru mukati mezvinzvimbo zvepamusoro zvemauto nehurumende. Uye varevi venhema nevanyengeri ivavo vachazvidavirira here? Paradzai pfungwa! Pane kudaro, vanga vachiwanzova mubayiro nemari yakawanda, kukwidziridzwa, nekurumbidzwa.
Saka, chii chaizotora kuti Pentagon bhajeti ideredze? Kuridza muridzo pakuparadza uye zvombo zvisina kunyatsoshanda hazvina kukwana. Kupupurira hondo dzemhondi nenjodzi hakuna kukwana. Kupfungwa dzangu, panguva ino, kudonha chete kwakazara kwehupfumi hweUS kunogona kudzikisira bhajeti uye uko kungave kukunda kwePyrrhic kuvanhu veAmerica.
Mukuvhara, regai ndidzokere kukutaura kweMutungamiri Biden kuti nyika ine chikwereti chikuru chemauto edu. Pane chinhu chechokwadi ipapo, zvichida, kana uri kureva varwi, Marines, vafambisi vezvikepe, uye airmen, vazhinji vavo vakashanda nekuzvipira mukati memapoka avo. Ichokwadi kuti gehena hachisi chokwadi, zvakadaro, chevanozvishandira uye varevi venhema kumusoro kana pedyo, kana makambani anogadzira zvombo akawana purofiti, kana vezvematongerwo enyika muWashington vakaramba vachichemera zvimwe. Vane chikwereti isu tose neAmerica chikuru.
Hama dzangu dzemuAmerica, tasvika padanho renhoroondo yedu yatakatarisana nezvinhu zvitatu zvinoti: rufu, mutero, uye mari inogara ichikwira pazvombo nehondo. Mupfungwa iyoyo, tava George Orwell's Oceania, uko hondo iri runyararo, kutarisisa kuve wega, uye kuongorora kutaura kwakasununguka.
Ndizvo zvakaita vanhu vanorwa hondo uye vanorarama upenyu hurefu.
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