Ulawulo lukaBarack Obama luqhubeleka ne-neo-conservative ajenda yolawulo lomkhosi wase-US kwihlabathi-nokuba mhlawumbi inobuso obuthambileyo. Ngelixa ukungcungcuthekiswa okugqithisileyo ngoku kunqatshelwe iCIA kunye nePentagon, kunye nemiqondiso yomqondiso njengokuvalwa Guantรกnamo Intolongo ibubungqina, umgaqo-nkqubo wolawulo lomkhosi ocalanye, ukwandisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi, kwaye iimfazwe zokuhlala kunye nobundlobongela ziya kuqhubeka zingathinteli.
Ulwandiso lomkhosi oluvela ngaphakathi kweReagan, uGeorge HW Bush, uClinton, uGW Bush ulawulo zonke zibeka inkxaso eqinileyo yokwanda kwenkcitho emkhosini. Imodeli kaClinton yokuxhasa ishishini lomkhosi wase-US yayikukubamba inkcitho yokhuselo ezinzileyo kunye nokunyusa intengiso yezixhobo zangaphandle ukusuka kwi-16% yee-odolo zehlabathi ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-60% ekupheleni kolawulo lwakhe.
I-neo-conservatives, eyayilawula awona lawulo lukaBush lwakutsha nje, yandisa le ndlela yokwandisa inkcitho yasemkhosini. I-neo-cons yandlala i-ajenda yabo yolawulo lomkhosi wehlabathi kwiProjekthi ka-2000 yengxelo yeNew American Century (PNAC) Ukwakha kwakhona America's zoKhuselo. Le ngxelo ifuna ukukhuselwa kweLizwe laseMelika, amandla okulwa iimfazwe zethiyetha ngaxeshanye, ukwenza iindima ze-constabulary zehlabathi, nokulawula indawo kunye ne-cyberpace. Ingxelo yabanga ukuba ukuze kugcinwe a Pax Americana, abanokukhuphisana nabo - njengaye iTshayina, Iran, Irakh, yaye emantla ekorea - kufuneka ukubanjwa. I-ajenda yabo yezomkhosi kwihlabathi jikelele ifuna ukusasazwa phambili kwe US amandla kwihlabathi liphela kunye nokwandisa inkcitho yokhuselo/yemfazwe ukuya kuthi ga kwinkulungwane yama-21. Isiphumo yaba kukuphindwa kabini kwe US Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-700 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kule minyaka isibhozo idlulileyo. I US ngoku uchitha imali eninzi emfazweni/ekukhuseleni njengoko ihlabathi liphela lidityanisiwe lenza abarhafi baseMelika ukuba babe ngababoneleli berhafu baphezulu bemfazwe ehlabathini.
Unyulo lukaBarack Obama lwezisa umzuzu wethemba kwabaninzi. Nangona kunjalo, ulawulo luka-Obama aluceli inkcitho yasemkhosini engasekhoyo, okanye ukuguqulwa kwe US ulawulo lwehlabathi lomkhosi. Endaweni yoko, u-Obama wamgcina uRobert Gates, ngaloo ndlela esenza u-Obama umongameli wokuqala kwiqela elichasayo, ngo US kwimbali, ukugcina kwindawo yolawulo oluphumayo 'uNobhala wezoKhuselo / War. Ukongeza, u-Obama ubiza imfazwe eyandisiweyo Afghanistani kunye nokuncitshiswa okuncinci kuluhlu olude kuphela Irakh.
The US i-complex yemizi-mveliso yomkhosi ifakwe nzulu ngaphakathi Washington ibhanti. Ngokweengxelo zamva nje ezivela kwi-OpenSecrets.org, amalungu e-151 yeCongress kwi-2006 aye ukuya kuthi ga kwi-195.5 yezigidi zeedola etyalwe kwiinkampani zokukhusela.
Iikontraka ezinkulu zokhuselo zazibandakanyeka ngokumandla kunyulo luka-2008. U-Lockheed Martin unike i-$ 2,612,219 kwiminikelo yephulo lezopolitiko lilonke kunye ne-49% kwi-Democrats (i-$ 1,285,493) kunye ne-51% kwiRiphabhlikhi (i-$ 1,325,159). I-Boeing inike i-$ 2,225,947 ngo-2008 kunye ne-58% kwi-Democrats kunye ne-General Dynamics ibonelele i-$ 1,682,595 kumaqela omabini. I-Northrop Grumman ichithe ngaphezulu kwe-20 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2008 iqesha abaququzeleli ukuba babonisane neCongress, kwaye uRaytheon uchithe i-6 yezigidi zeedola kwiilobbyists kwangelo xesha. UNancy Pelosi ufumene imali eyongezelelekileyo kubaxhasi ababhalisiweyo kunaye nawuphi na omnye umgqatswa weNdlu kumjikelo wonyulo lwakutsha nje.
Uqikelelo lweNgxowa-mali yeHlabathi yeMali yokukhula koqoqosho lwehlabathi ngo-2009 luyi-0.5 ekhulwiniโolona lubi kakhulu ukususela kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiBini. UMbutho Wehlabathi Wabasebenzi WeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo uqikelela ukuba abasebenzi abamalunga nezigidi ezingama-50 baza kuphelelwa ngumsebenzi ehlabathini lonke kulo nyaka. Kuqikelelwa ukuba bangama-62,000 US iinkampani ekulindeleke ukuba zivale kulo nyaka, kwaye ngelixa intswela-ngqesho esemthethweni ikwipesenti ezisi-7 kwi US, xa ufaka abantu abangasafuniyo imisebenzi kunye nabasebenzi bexeshana, kusondele kwi-14 ekhulwini. Abaphezulu bezomkhosi-kwimizi-mveliso-kwezopolitiko baxhalabile malunga nokwanda kokungakhuseleki kwihlabathi. Impendulo ngaphakathi kuLawulo luka-Obama kukuqhubeka nenkcitho ephezulu yokhuselo/yemfazwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ulawulo lomkhosi wokungazinzi kwasekhaya nakwamanye amazwe.
Umkhosi, umzi-mveliso, iCongress, kunye ne-elite yolawulo yenza inzuzo kwinkcitho yezokhuselo, ngokwasezimalini nangeengcamango. Ingeniso yangaphakathi ethatha kwinkcitho yepentagon ixhaphake kakhulu Washington. Kodwa mhlawumbi okubaluleke ngakumbi yinkolelo yokuba lo matshini womkhosi wehlabathi ubonwa njengento eyimfuneko ekukhuseleni umdla wamashishini ase-US kunye neeklasi eziphezulu zaseMelika kwilizwe elingenazinzo. Ngenxa yaloo nkolelo, ulawulo luka-Obama alunakwenzeka ukutshintsha imigaqo-nkqubo esetyenzisiweyo yenkcitho yokhuselo yangaphambili US ulawulo.
UPeter Phillips nguNjingalwazi weSociology Sonoma imeko KwiYunivesithi kunye noMlawuli weProjekthi Uvavanye umbutho wophando kumajelo eendaba. Uphononongo lwakhe luka-2006 kwiGlobal Dominance Group kwi US iyafumaneka kwi-intanethi ku: http://www.projectcensored.org/articles/story/the-global-dominance-group/
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