Umthombo: Intando yeningi Manje!
UMongameli Biden angase avume maduze umthethosivivinywa omkhulu wezindleko zezempi kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II, onyusa imali esetshenziswa ukulwa neChina neRussia. Ngokuhlukana, iSenethi ivotele phansi ibhidi le-bipartisan elenziwe nguSenator Bernie Sanders, uRand Paul kanye noMike Lee lokumisa ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-650 ekuthengisweni kwezikhali kwase-US eSaudi Arabia phakathi kwempi eqhubekayo ebhubhisayo eYemen. "Into yokugcina okudingeka siyenze ukuphonsa imali eningi ePentagon," kusho uWilliam Hartung, umqondisi weProjekthi Yezikhali Nezokuphepha eCentre for International Policy. "Lo mbono wonke wokuthi iChina neRussia ziyizinsongo zezempi e-United States wenziwe ngokuyinhloko ukuze weqe isabelomali sezempi."
AMY U-GOODMAN: UMengameli uBiden angase avote maduze ukuze agunyaze umthethosivivinywa omkhulu kunayo yonke wezindleko zezempi kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II, nokukhuphuka ngo-5% kunomthethosivivinywa wokusetshenziswa kwezempi wangonyaka odlule. Isabelomali samasosha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-768 singaphezulu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-24 kunalokho akucelile uBiden yize i-US ihoxile e-Afghanistan. Iphakethe lihlanganisa izimali okuhloswe ngazo ukulwa namandla e-China kanye nokwakha amandla ezempi e-Ukraine. Kuhlanganisa futhi cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-28 ekuxhaseni ngezikhali zenuzi.
Lo mthethosivivinywa uqondiswe eSenethi, bese kuba nguMongameli uBiden, ngemuva kokuthi iNdlu iphasise lo mthethosivivinywa ngoLwesibili ebusuku lapho amaRepublican amaningi kunamaDemocrats ewuvotela. Phakathi kwalabo abavotele ukuthi cha bekuyilungu leNgqungquthela yaseNew York, uJamaal Bowman, obhale ku-Twitter, ecaphuna, "Kuyamangaza ukuthi iCongress ishesha kanjani izikhali kodwa asikwazi ukuqinisekisa izindlu, ukunakekelwa kanye nobulungiswa kumakadebona wethu, noma ukutshala imali ezinhlelweni zemisebenzi eziqinile izifunda ezifana nezami.” U-Bowman uphinde wagxeka ukuthi umthethosivivinywa wokuyekethisa ususa kanjani uxhaso obeluzosungula ihhovisi lokulwa nokweqisa ePentagon, ethi lo mthethosivivinywa, ucaphuna, “kufanele futhi uvikele abesilisa nabesifazane abaMnyama abangenalo ukulingana okuhloswe ngalo ukweqisa kanye nohlelo lwezobulungiswa lwezempi oluchemile. ,” ungacaphuni.
Okunye okungekho kulo mthethosivivinywa wumbandela wokuthi abesifazane babhalisele uhlaka.
Ngokuhlukana, iSenethi ivotele phansi ibhidi le-bipartisan elenziwe nguSenator Bernie Sanders, uRand Paul kanye noMike Lee lokumisa ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-650 ekuthengisweni kwezikhali kwase-US eSaudi Arabia phakathi kwempi eqhubekayo ebhubhisayo yaseYemen.
Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe, sijoyinwe nguBill Hartung, umqondisi Wephrojekthi Yezikhali Nezokuphepha e-Center for International Policy, umbhali wencwadi entsha. umbiko, "Ukucindezelwa Ngezikhali: Ukusekelwa Kwezempi KwaseMelika eSaudi Arabia, ukusuka kuTrump kuya eBiden," incwadi yakhe yakamuva, Abaporofethi Bempi: Uke wavalwa nguMartin kanye Nokwenza i-Military-Industrial Complex.
Bill Hartung, wamukelekile futhi Intando yeningi Manje! Okokuqala nje, uma ungaphendula nje ekudluleni kweNdlu yomthethosivivinywa omkhulu wokusetshenziswa kwezikhali emlandweni wase-US kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II?
WILLIAM HARTUNG: Hhayi-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi kuwukucasuka, uma ubheka lokho esikudinga ngempela. Uyazi, ekuqoqeni, ukhulume ngesidingo sokuchitha ekulungiseleleni ubhubhane. Umhlaba uvutha bhe ngemithelela yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Sinezinkinga ezijulile zokungabi nabulungisa kwezinhlanga nezomnotho kuleli zwe. Sinesiyaluyalu kanye nodlame oluzama ukubukela phansi intando yeningi yethu. Ngakho-ke into yokugcina okudingeka siyenze ukuphonsa imali eningi ePentagon. Futhi yisamba esikhulu. Kungaphezu kwalokho esikuchithe e-Vietnam, Impi Yase-Korea, i-Reagan buildup yama-'80s, kuyo yonke iMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Futhi njengoba ushilo, nangaleso sikhathi lapho uBiden ekhiphe amasosha ase-US e-Afghanistan, isabelomali sePentagon silokhu sikhuphuka sikhuphuka.
I-NERMEEN SHAIKH: Futhi, uBill Hartung, angaphendula ngokuqondile eqinisweni lokuthi isabelomali singu-$ 24 billion ngaphezu kwalokho okuceliwe? Ingabe kuvamile ukuba nomehluko omkhulu kangaka ngokwenani eliceliwe kanye nenani elinikeziwe, amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-24?
WILLIAM HARTUNG: Nokho, iCongress ivame ukwengeza imali yamaphrojekthi ezilwane ezifuywayo - indiza ye-Boeing eMissouri, ihlasela imikhumbi-ngwenya e-Connecticut naseVirginia - kodwa lutho kuleli zinga. Uyazi, ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-24 iyisengezo esikhulu sekhongolose engingacabanga ngaso kunkumbulo yakamuva. Ngakho-ke kuwuhlobo olumangazayo, ikakhulukazi, njengoba sishilo, lapho izimpi ezingapheli kufanele ziphele.
I-NERMEEN SHAIKH: Futhi ungakhuluma ngezinye zezibalo ezibalulekile kuKhongolose ebezifuna ukwanda?
WILLIAM HARTUNG: Hhayi-ke, unabantu abanjengoJames Inhofe, ohola iRiphabhulikhi kuSenate Armed Services Committee, othe empeleni sidinga ukuchitha u-3% kuya ku-5% ngaphezulu ngonyaka unomphela, okungase kwenze isabelomali sibe ngaphezu kwesigidigidi samadola kungakapheli amahlanu. kuya eminyakeni eyisithupha. Uhlala ephakamisa umbiko obizwa ngokuthi yiNational Defence Strategy Commission report, owahlanganiswa ikakhulu ngabantu ababevela embonini yezikhali, abavela kunhlakanipho ekhokhelwa yimboni yezikhali. Ngokuyisisekelo, bekuwuhlobo lweqoqo elithakaselwayo elikhethekile elaliphusha lokhu.
Bese uba noMike Rogers wase-Alabama, ongumdlali obalulekile ku-House Armed Services. UneHuntsville esifundazweni sakhe, kanti iHuntsville iwuhlobo lwenhloko-dolobha ye-missile yaseMelika - imicibisholo yezempi, izinhlelo zokuvikela ezicitshwayo. Uphinde athole amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaRandi embonini yezikhali ukuze aqokwe kabusha. Ngakho-ke, kunohlobo oluqinile lomgqomo wengulube onentshisekelo enkulu ephushwa yinhlangano yezempi-yezimboni esiza ukuletha lo mphumela.
AMY U-GOODMAN: ISenethi ivotele phansi isicelo se-bipartisan sikaSenator Bernie Sanders, Rand Paul kanye noMike Lee sokumisa ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kwe-US $650 eSaudi Arabia, lokhu phakathi kwempi eqhubekayo ebhubhisayo e-Yemen. Ngifuna ukudlala isiqeshana sikaSenator uPaul noSanders bekhuluma neSenethi ngoLwesibili.
SEN. RAND UPAWULU: I-US kufanele iqede konke ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kumaSaudis ize iqede ukuvinjwa kwayo eYemen. UMengameli uBiden uthe uzoshintsha inqubomgomo kaTrump yokweseka impi yaseSaudi eYemen, kodwa akukhona konke okubonakala ukuthi inqubomgomo isishintshile. … Siyazithuma lezi zikhali, futhi akufanele sizinike amazwe abulawa indlala futhi enza, empeleni, ukubulala uhlanga eYemen.
SEN. Bernice incazelo yegama lokuqala ISANDI: Mongameli, ngizithola ngisesimweni esingakhululekile nesingavamile sokuvumelana noSenator uPaul.
AMY U-GOODMAN: Ngakho, lowo kwakunguSenator Sanders noPaul. Bill Hartung, ungumbhali wokusha umbiko enesihloko esithi “Ukucindezelwa Ngezikhali: Ukusekelwa Kwezempi KwaseMelika eSaudi Arabia, ukusuka kuTrump kuya eBiden.” Ungakhuluma ngokubaluleka kwalokhu, yini eyavotelwa phansi?
WILLIAM HARTUNG: Nokho, le micibisholo imicibisholo ejikijelwayo esuka emoyeni iye emoyeni, engasetshenziswa ukuphoqelela ukuvinjelwa komoya okubekwe phezu kweYemen. Ngakho-ke, abakwaSaudi baqhumise imigwaqo yezindiza yaseSana'a. Bazamile ukuvimba imikhumbi ukuthi ingangeni nophethiloli. Futhi ngenxa yalokho, izindleko zezinto zokwelashwa manje azifinyeleleki kumuntu ojwayelekile waseYemen. Abantu abakwazanga ukuphuma ezweni ukuze bathole ukwelashwa. Norwegian Refugee Council kanye QAPHELA bathi cishe bangu-32,000 abantu asebeshonile ngenxa nje yokungakwazi ukuphuma ezweni ukuze bathole lokho kunakekelwa okukhethekile. Izingane eziyizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane zisengozini, ngokusho kweWorld Food Programme, yendlala ngenxa yokuvinjwa. Izigidi zabantu baseYemenis zidinga usizo losizo ukuze ziphile, futhi ukuvinjelwa kweSaudi kwenza kube nzima kakhulu ukuthola lolo sizo noma ukuthola izimpahla ezithengiswayo ezizidingayo.
Ngakho-ke, ngokuyisisekelo, leli yibhizinisi lobugebengu eliqhutshwa ngu-Mohammed bin Salman. Futhi uJoe Biden wathi, ngenkathi eseyilungu, iSaudi Arabia, sasikuphathisa okomuntu; akabahlomisanga. Enkulumweni yakhe yokuqala yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle, uthe i-US kufanele imise ukwesekwa kwemisebenzi ehlaselayo eYemen. Futhi nokho ugunyaze inkontileka yokunakekelwa kwezindiza zaseSaudi kanye nezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezihlaselayo, futhi manje lesi sivumelwano semicibisholo. Ngakho-ke usebuyele esithembisweni sakhe sokwakha ubudlelwano obusha neSaudi Arabia nokusebenzisa amandla ase-US ukuqeda ukuvinjwa kanye nempi uqobo.
I-NERMEEN SHAIKH: Bill, ngaphambi kokuba siphethe, ukuze nje sibuyele kwisabelomali sezempi, ungaphawula ngokuqondile ngezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-28 zamaRandi abekelwe izikhali zenuzi?
WILLIAM HARTUNG: Nokho, ngeshwa, lo mthethosivivinywa uphindwe kabili ekwakhekeni kwePentagon kwesizukulwane esisha sezikhali zenuzi, isizukulwane esisha sezikhali zenuzi, okuyinto, vele, into yokugcina esiyidingayo ngesikhathi sokungezwani komhlaba. Uyazi, ikakhulukazi, kwaze kwaba nesimiso esasithi akuvunyelwe ukwehlisa isibalo semicibisholo ecitshwayo eyi-intercontinental ballistic, okuyizikhali eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni ngoba zingase zisetshenziswe kalula ngengozi ukube bekukhona inhlabamkhosi engamanga yokuhlasela. , ngoba umongameli unemizuzu nje yokunquma ukuthi uzozisebenzisa yini lezi zinto. Ngakho-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kungenye yamabala amakhulu kakhulu kulo mthethosivivinywa, ukuqhubeka nokuzamazama umjaho wezikhali zenuzi, hhayi nje ngezindleko ezinkulu kodwa engcupheni enkulu ikusasa leplanethi.
AMY U-GOODMAN: Futhi ekugcineni, i-China ne-Russia zisetshenziswa njengezizathu zokuthengiswa kwezikhali kanye nesabelomali esikhulayo sezempi, ungaqhathanisa isabelomali samasosha ase-US nesabo?
WILLIAM HARTUNG: Nokho, i-US isebenzisa izikhathi ezingaba ngu-10 lokho iRussia ekusebenzisayo, cishe izikhathi ezintathu lokho iChina ekusebenzisayo. Inezikhali zenuzi ezisebenzayo ngokuphindwe izikhathi eziyi-13 njengeChina. Sinezinkampani ezithwala izindiza eziyi-11 zohlobo i-China engenazo. Sinezisekelo zamasosha ase-US ezingama-800 emhlabeni jikelele, kanti i-China inezinthathu. Ngakho-ke lo mbono wonke wokuthi i-China neRussia ziyizinsongo zezempi e-United States ngokuyinhloko wakhiwe ukuze weqe isabelomali sezempi. Futhi kuze kube manje, ngeshwa, okungenani emahholo eCongress kanye nabaphathi beBiden, lokho kube yimpumelelo.
AMY U-GOODMAN: Bill Hartung, sifuna ukukubonga ngokuba nathi, umqondisi Wephrojekthi Yezikhali Nezokuphepha eSikhungweni Senqubomgomo Yamazwe Ngamazwe. Sizoxhumanisa kwakho okusha umbiko, "Ukucindezelwa Ngezikhali: Ukusekelwa Kwezempi KwaseMelika eSaudi Arabia, ukusuka kuTrump kuya eBiden." Incwadi yakamuva kaHartung, Abaporofethi Bempi: Uke wavalwa nguMartin kanye Nokwenza i-Military-Industrial Complex.
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