Usuku lweSikhumbuzo lungo- umthetho wesifundazwe, usuku lokuthandazela ukuthula okungapheli. Kodwa kungenzeka yini ukuthi sithandazele ukuthula ngokwethembeka ngenkathi izwe lethu likude futhi lihamba phambili emhlabeni ekulweni, ukuba khona kwezempi, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi kanye nokudayiswa kwezikhali emhlabeni wonke?
Impi Yaphakade
Kusukela ngo-1980 i-US ibambe iqhaza ezempi ezinonya emazweni ayi-14 emhlabeni wamaSulumane kuphela, ngokocwaningo olushicilelwe ku Washington Post: Iran (1980, 1987-1988), Libya (1981, 1986, 1989, 2011), Lebanon (1983), Kuwait (1991), Iraq (1991-2011, 2014-okwamanje), Somalia (1992-1993-2007, 1995) okwamanje), Bosnia (1991), Saudi Arabia (1996, 1998), Afghanistan (2001, 1998-okwamanje), Sudan (1999), Kosovo (2000), Yemen (2002, 2004-manje), Pakistan (XNUMX-okwamanje) futhi manje iSiriya. Kuleli zwe, amabutho ezempi ase-U.S yahlasela IGrenada (1983) kanye nePanama (1989) futhi yabeka amasosha angama-20,000 eHaiti (1994).
I-US Global War Machine
I-US inakho 1.3 abayizigidi ezingu abantu bezempi, kanti abanye abayizigidi ezingu-1 bakhonza ezindaweni ezigcinwe ezempi. I-US inezisekelo zamasosha angaphezu kuka-700 emazweni angama-63 emhlabeni jikelele, ithumela ngaphezu kwe-255,000 yamasosha ase-US lapho. UMnyango Wezokuvikela ulawula ngokusemthethweni izakhiwo ezingaphezu kuka-555,000 ezakhiweni ezingu-4,400 ngaphakathi e-U.S., nasezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-700 emhlabeni jikelele. I-U.S phezu kwezikhali zenuzi zamasu ze-1,500; phezu 13,000 izindiza zempi; inqwaba yemikhumbi-ngwenya, eminingi yayo ephethe izikhali zenuzi; futhi 88 imikhumbi yempi ebhubhisayo.
I-Global Harm
Cishe 7,000 Amasosha ase-US afa ngenxa yezimpi eziqhutshwa yi-US kusukela ngo-9/11. Kubaluleke kakhulu, e-Iraq amasosha angaphezu kuka-216,000, iningi labo okungabantu abavamile, bashonile kusukela ekuhlaselweni kuka-2003. Akekho owabala ngisho nokufa kwezakhamuzi e-Afghanistan iminyaka emihlanu yokuqala yempi yethu lapho. Ukuhlasela kwethu ngama-drone kubulele amakhulu ezingane nabantu abadala abangekho emthethweni ePakistan, nezinye eziningi eYemen.
Umholi Womhlaba Ekuchithweni Kwempi
Ukusetshenziswa kwezempi yase-US cishe isamba semali esetshenziswe ezempi emazweni ayisishiyagalombili alandelayo ehlangene - okungukuthi, ngaphezu kweChina, iRussia, iSaudi Arabia, iFrance, i-UK, i-India neJalimane kuhlangene.
Kusukela ngo-9/11 ukusetshenziswa kwe-U.S. kwezempi yethu kubiza ngaphezu kwe-3 trillion. Izindleko eziqondile zokulwa nokwakhiwa kabusha kwezimpi e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq kusukela ngomhlaka-9/11 zibize ngokusemthethweni abakhokhi bentela base-US ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.6, ngokusho kweCongressional Research Service. Izigidigidi ezengeziwe asetshenziselwe ukukhulisa isabelomali se-Pentagon, futhi okwamanje nekusasa kunyuswe izinzuzo zezempilo nokukhubazeka kumakadebona.
Amasosha ase-U.S. ayathumba Amaphesenti angama-55 emali esetshenziswa ngokubona kuzwelonke, futhi ukuchitha imali ezinzuzweni zomakadebona kungamaphesenti angu-6. Njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwe-9 / 11 kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-50, kuyilapho ukusetshenziswa kwezinye izindleko zasekhaya zokuzikhethela kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-13, ngokweNational Priorities Project.
Izinkampani Ezizuza Ngezimpi
Njengoba lezi zigidigidi zichithwa empini, kunamalegiyona ezinkampani enza inzuzo.
Umzuzi wokuqala wempi ngu-Lockheed Martin, ngokuvumelana ne USA Today, ngokuthengiswa kwezikhali minyaka yonke ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-36. Akumangazi, Lockheed Martin isebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$14 million ngonyaka ekunxenxeni abantu abenza izinqumo mayelana nokuthi yimalini esetshenziselwa izikhali nokuthi yiziphi izikhali ezizothengwa. I-CEO yabo ikhokhelwa ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-15 zamaRandi, ngokombiko wabo wabaninimasheya ka-2015, futhi ebhodini labo kukhona uJames Ellis, owayengumkhuzi kanye nomkhuzi omkhulu we-U.S. Strategic Air Command, okhokhelwa ngaphezu kuka-$277,000 ngomsebenzi wetoho, noJames Loy, owayeyiPhini LikaNobhala Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya, othola ngaphezu kuka-$260,000 itoho lakhe. I-Lockheed ithola izinkontileka zikahulumeni ezinkulu, isamba, ngo isibalo esisodwa, kuya ngaphezu kwama-$260 emndenini ngamunye okhokha intela e-U.S. Banelungelo kangangokuthi Uphenyo olukhethekile lwango-2014 olwenziwa uMnyango Wezamandla wase-U.S wathola ukuthi u-Lockheed wasebenzisa izimali zabakhokhi bentela ukuze anxenxele izimali ezengeziwe zabakhokhi bentela.
I-number-two war profiteer Boeing, ngokuthengiswa kwezikhali minyaka yonke ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-31. Ama-Boeings isebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$16 million ngonyaka ekufuneni. Ezinye izinkampani eziyishumi eziphezulu ezizuza ngempi zihlanganisa i-BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Raytheon, EADS, Finmeccanica, L-3 Communications, kanye ne-United Technologies. Ungakwazi ukulandelela iminikelo yabo yebhizinisi kumalungu eCongress, ikakhulukazi osopolitiki kumaKomidi oKwabiwa kweNdlu kanye neSenethi, Vula Izimfihlo.
Ngenkathi Iningi lemali yokunxenxa liye kumaRiphabhulikhi, bonke abathengisi bezikhali baqasha abameleli abangaba nomthelela kumaDemocrats namaRepublican, ngokusho kweCentre for Responsive Politics.
Futhi laba benzi benzuzo bempi abathengisi nje kuhulumeni wase-US. I-U.S. ithengisiwe izikhali ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-26 zamaRandi emazweni angaphandle futhi sekunesikhathi eside engowokuqala, nakuba muva nje leso sicoco besilokhu sibuyela emuva neRussia.
Okufanele ngikwenze
Ngo-April 4, 1967, enkulumweni yakhe edumile yaseRiverside Church, uMartin Luther King Jr. wathi uhulumeni wase-US wayengumhloli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni. Ephendula, ucele uguquko lwangempela lwezindinganiso. Lokhu kuguquguquka kusibiza ukuba singabaze ubuqotho nobulungiswa bezinqubomgomo zethu eziningi ezedlule nezamanje, okuhlanganisa impi kanye nokwehluka kwengcebo nobumpofu ezweni lakithi kanye nasemhlabeni wonke.
Lapho eshiya isikhundla, owayenguMongameli wase-U.S. kanye noJenene Dwight Eisenhower waxwayiswa izakhamuzi zesakhiwo esikhulayo sezempi-yezimboni. Walibona ithonya lombutho wezempi futhi wanxusa zonke izakhamuzi ukuba ziqaphe futhi ziphoqe โimishini emikhulu yokuzivikela yezimboni nezempiโ ukuba isabele embusweni wentando yeningi nasezifisweni zabantu zokuthula.
Kufanele senzeni? Okokuqala, kufanele sifunde amaqiniso futhi sibhekane neqiniso lokuthi i-US ingumenzi wempi omkhulu emhlabeni. Okwesibili, kufanele sizibophezele futhi sihlele abanye ekuguquguqukeni kweqiniso kwezindinganiso futhi sibhekane nezinkampani kanye nosopolitiki abaqhubeka nokufaka isizwe sethu empini futhi baqhubekisele isabelomali sezempi ngomoya oshisayo wokwesaba ukwesaba okungapheli. Okwesithathu, kufanele sivume ukuthi izwe lethu belikwenza okubi, futhi kufanele silungise udlame i-U.S. elwenzile emazweni emhlabeni wonke wethu. Okwesine, kufanele sihoxise amasosha ethu kuwo wonke amanye amazwe, sehlise amasosha ethu ngendlela emangalisayo, sinqamule izikhali zenuzi, futhi sibambelele ngempela ekuvikeleni izwe lethu. Okwesihlanu, kumele sisebenzele izisombululo ezinokuthula nezilungile zokungqubuzana lapha ekhaya nasemhlabeni wonke. Kuphela uma sisebenzela usuku lapho i-U.S. ingaseyena umholi wezwe empini lapho siyoba nelungelo lokuthandazela ukuthula ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo.
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