UDonald Trump ungumbungazi ovelele. Cabanga Trump University noma enamanzi I-Trump steak noma awukwazi-ukulahlekelwa amakhasino (lokho akakaze awine). Kepha njengomongameli, elinye iqembu angazange alihlanganise yiPentagon. Ngokuphambene nalokho, bamlahlile ngoba sebehlale isikhathi eside emdlalweni futhi baqamba amanga (nge-Trump-speak) kude. kakhudlwana izindlela.
Abantu bayamgxeka uMongameli uTrump ngenxa yakhe amanga angapheli kanye nemidlalo yakhe - futhi kufanele. Kepha bambalwa abantu baseMelika abalahla iPentagon kanye nabanye isimo sokuphepha kazwelonke, nakuba sesibe yizisulu zokuhlangana kwabo isikhathi eside amashumi eminyaka manje. Njengoba kwenzeka, kusukela ekuqaleni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi kuze kube sebusuku izolo, bahlala benekhono elimangalisayo ihaba izinsongo ezibhekene ne-U.S. futhi, ngikholwe, lokho kumelela ubuqili omude kunabo bonke. Igcine inkimbinkimbi yezempi-yezimboni inyakaza, ngenxa yenqwaba izigidigidi zamadola wabakhokhi bentela, kuyilapho imizamo yokugxila kulokho kukhwabanisa iye yachithwa noma yashaywa indiva.
Kunento eyodwa okufanele ibe nayo, kodwa ayizange inqamule wonke amanga: imiphumela edabukisayo yezimpi zangempela zaseMelika. Impi ngokwemvelo yayo ikhuluma amaqiniso anzima - kulokhu, ukuthi amasosha ase-US awanalutho ngaphandle kokuthi "i ibutho eliphikisayo lokulwa ukuthi umhlaba uyawazi.โ Kungani? Ngenxa yerekhodi layo elicishe lingabi nasici lokulahlekelwa, noma okungenani ukungalokothi linqobe, izimpi elilwa kuzo. Cabanga ngezinhlekelele ezakha irekhodi layo kusukela eVietnam ngeminyaka yawo-1960 nawo-1970 kuya, ekhulwini lamashumi amabili nanye, iMpi yase-Iraq eyaqala. ngokuhlaselwa kuka-2003 kanye neminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-18 debacle e-Afghanistan - futhi lokho kuwukuqala phansi uhlu. Ungengeza kalula i-Korea (iminyaka engama-70 ubudala/isivumelwano esisenzima kuze kube namuhla), ukungenelela okuyinhlekelele kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili e-Libya, ikhulu lesine (nangaphandle nangaphakathi) Somalia, kanye nempi ebhubhisayo yaseSaudi esekelwa yi-U.S Yemen, phakathi kwabanye abaningi uhlulekile ukungenelela.
Ngamafuphi, i-U.S. isebenzisa isamba esikhulu minyaka yonke, esintshontshwa emnothweni wasekhaya kanye ingqalasizinda lokho kuhlakazeka emithumeni, kulokho okusadlula "kokuzivikela." Umphumela: izimpi ezixakile emazweni akude anokuncane, uma kukhona, okuphathelene nokuzivikela kweqiniso, kodwa iPentagon esebenzisa ukuthethelela uxhaso oluthe xaxa, imvamisa egameni elithi โukwakha kabusha"A"kuphele amandlaโ ezempi. Esikhundleni se-pyramid scheme enamaphuzu amathathu, ungase ucabange ngalokhu njengohlelo lwe-Pentagon enamaphuzu amahlanu, lapho ukulahlekelwa kukuzuza kuphela ngokungeziwe, kusekelwe amanga akhula futhi akhule. Uma kukhulunywa ngokunyusa imali ngokusekelwe ezimangalweni ezingamanga, lo mongameli akanalutho ePentagon. Futhi okubi nakakhulu, njengezimpi zaseMelika, i-Pentagon's con ende ayibonisi uphawu lokuphela. Yidla inhliziyo yakho, Donald Trump!
UMHLANYA Ongunaphakade
"Amanga amaningi, isikhathi esincane" ibinzana elifika engqondweni uma ngicabanga ngeminyaka engu-40 engiyichithe eduze nebutho lezempi lase-U.S., ingxenye yomsebenzi osebenzayo njengesikhulu se-Air Force. Uzoqala kuphi? Kanjani ngalabo ibhomu futhi missile "izikhala," lezo zinsolo zokushoda ngokuqhathaniswa neSoviet Union ngeminyaka yawo-1950 nawo-1960? Babalelwa ku-Chicken Little-style sky-is-falling hoaxes, kodwa baletha izigidigidi zamaRandi ngoxhaso lwezempi. Eqinisweni, "izikhala" ngaleso sikhathi zonke zazisivuna, njengoba leli zwe libambe onqenqemeni kuzo zombili iziqhumane zamabhomu zamasu kanye nemicibisholo ecitshwayo ye-intercontinental ballistic, noma ama-ICBM.
Noma cabanga ngeGulf of Tonkin yango-1964 Resolution lokho okusebenze ukugunyaza ukuhlaselwa okunyantisayo eVietnam ukuziphindiselela ngokuhlaselwa kweNorth Vietnamese kubabhubhisi bamasosha aseMelika aseMelika. akukaze kwenzeke. Noma cabanga ngehaba eliqhubekayo lamakhono ezikhali zaseSoviet ngeminyaka yawo-1970s (i-hype ezungezile I-MiG-25 Ngokwesibonelo, indiza yokulwa ye-Foxbat) eyayisetshenziselwa ukuthethelela isizukulwane esisha sezikhali zaseMelika ezimba eqolo. Noma izizathu zokwakhiwa kwamasosha e-Reagan ngawo-1980s - khumbula Isu Lokuvikela Amasu (aka "Star Wars") noma i MX ICBM futhi Pershing II imicibisholo, ngingasakhulumi ngebhomu le-neutron kanye nokuzivocavoca kwezempi okwesabekayo okucishe kwasilethela impi yenuzi โnoMbuso Omubiโ e 1983. Noma cabanga ngesinye isimangaliso sezempi: โukuthula izabeloโ engazange ifike ngemva kokuba iSoviet Union igasele ngo-1991 futhi umbuso wokugcina omkhulu (uyazi ukuthi yimuphi) wasala wodwa eplanethini โyezifundazweโ ezincane. Futhi ungakhohlwa ukuthi "ukushaqeka nokwesaba" okuyinhlekelele kwe-Iraq ngo-2003 egameni lokuqeda izikhali zokubhubhisa okukhulu. ubengekho noma impi yomhlaba wonke engapheli yobuphekula esalishaya indiva iqiniso lokuthi i-15 ye-19 September 11th abaduni bamaphekula bavela eSaudi Arabia.
Futhi le mpikiswano ende engapheli yePentagon yayisebenza kahle kakhulu ngoba amanga ayo amaningi athengiswa ngosopolitiki abazisebenzelayo. Umbukiso wokuqala, yiqiniso, ukwamukela kukaJohn F. Kennedy lelo gebe lemicibisholo engamanga ekunqobeni ukhetho lukamongameli lwango-1960. Noma kunjalo, iPentagon ayizange ibe namahloni ezimangalweni zayo. Thatha isidingo se-Air Force bese kuba ngu-10,000 - yebo, ufunda lokho kulungile! - Ama-ICBM amasha ukuze alwe nosongo lwaseSoviet olwalungaba nemicibisholo engaphezu kweshumi nambili (njengoba uDaniel Ellsberg esikhumbuza encwadini yakhe yakamuva, Umshini we-Doomsday).
Ukugcina i-Air Force ijabule, uNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Robert McNamara wazinza emicibisholo eyi-1,000 54 yaseMinuteman esekwe emhlabeni ukuze ikhulise ama-XNUMX amadala. I-Titan II Ama-ICBM kunqolobane yaleyo nsizakalo, isibalo engasigcina enkumbulweni ngisemusha ngeminyaka yawo-1970. Futhi ungakhohlwa ukuthi eminye yaleyo micibisholo yayiyi-MIRVed, okusho ukuthi yayinezimpi zenuzi eziningi ezingashaya izinhloso eziningi. Konke kwahlanganisa nosongo lwalokho, ngaleyo minyaka, okwabizwa ngokuthi โimbubhiso eqinisekisiwe,โ eyaziwa kangcono ngesifushaniso sayo esinembile, esithi, MAD.
Futhi inguqulo yePentagon yobuhlanya ayipheli. Ngokwesibonelo, cabanga ngeminyaka eyishumi emithathu ehleliwe $1.7 trillion โyesimanjeโ ye-U.S. nuclear triad eqhubekayo manje, elungisiwe egameni elithi โukuqhathanisa ngokweqile"I-China neRussia,"eduze-ntangaโ izimbangi ku-Pentagon-speak. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi u-triad waseMelika wamanje wama-nukes asekelwe emhlabeni, asekelwe ngaphansi kwamanzi, futhi asakazwa emoyeni kakade ashiya izikhali zalawo mazwe amabili emthunzini.
Isizathu akunandaba lapho umqondo wempi entsha ebandayo nalezo zitha ezimbili zangaphambili ungeke ube wusizo kakhulu ekuthetheleleni uphahla. $ 750 billion isabelomali sezokuvikela esicelwe nguMongameli uTrump sika-2020. AmaDemocrat ahlehle ngesabelomali esisakhuphuka $ 733 billion lokho kwamukela ngaphandle kokungabaza ubuncane โbesisekeloโ zifunwa yizikhulu zePentagon, izinga lokusebenzisa uTrump elake labizwa ngokuthi โcrazy.โ Khuluma ngokuthi ukuphikiswa kuyize!
Ngamanye amazwi, uma kukhulunywa ngokusetshenziswa kwamadola abakhokhi bentela, ukusungulwa kweWashington kwazo zombili izinhlangothi sekuhlanganiswe neqoqo lePentagon. Umbuso wezokuphepha kuzwelonke, lowo (ongaziwa) wegatsha lesine likahulumeni, ngezindlela eziningi usube ngamandla amakhulu kunawo wonke, waphuca. ezingaphezu kuka 60% ye-federal discretionary spending, ngenkathi ukwehluleka ukuphasisa ucwaningo olulodwa lwe isetshenziswa kanjani izimali ezinkulu kangaka.
Konke lokhu kusetshenziselwe lokho okwaziwa nge-National Defence Strategy (NDS) inhloso yayo enkulu kuwukuthethelela ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwePentagon okumangalisayo. Njengomakadebona weMpi yaseVietnam kanye noprofesa eNational Defence University uGregory Foster wabhala yenguqulo yakamuva yalowo mbhalo:
"Ekuhlaziyeni kokugcina, i-NDS iwucingo olungaxutshwe nalutho lweMpi Yomshoshaphansi entsha, nayo yonke imikhakha yayo: ukusetshenziswa kwemali yokuvikela eyisiminzi ukusekela imijaho yezikhali ekhuphukayo kuzo zonke lezo โzizinda ezibangwayoโ zempi; ukuthembela ezilinganisweni zokufaka zokubala ubhontshisi (izikhali, amandla, imali) ukuze kutholwe โukuncintisanaโ okuqhathanisayo; ukuqiniswa kanye nokuqinisekisa kabusha indlela engcwele yaseMelika yempi; kanye nenduduzo eqinisekisayo yokuphakamisa umbono wezwe we-Manichean owenziwe lula ngobunkimbinkimbi bemvelo futhi ngaleyo ndlela uqhubeke nokushaya indiva nokubukela phansi abalingisi, izindawo, nezimo ezingahambelani nemibono yethu yangaphambili esimisiwe.โ
Ukugxeka okunjalo kulahleka kakhulu kuDonald Trump, owesilisa ozimodelayo kubafana ababonakala beqinile. Andrew Jackson futhi Winston Churchill. Ngesikhathi somkhankaso wokuba ngumongameli wango-2016, wenza, okungenani, waphikisana nobuwula nezindleko zezimpi zaseMelika e-Iraq, Syria nase-Afghanistan. Uthe ufuna ubudlelwano obuhle neRussia. Ukhulume ngokutshala kabusha imali e-United States kunokuba ahlanganyele ezimpini ezintsha. Yena ngisho ehlaselwa Lokhu izinhlelo zezikhali ezibizayo njenge-sky's-the-limit $ 1.4 trillion Lockheed Martin Umshayeli we-F-35.
Kwanele ukusho ukuthi, ngemuva kweminyaka emibili nangaphezulu yokuzenza umkhuzi oyinhloko, indoda enamandla uTrump manje isiphethwe yiPentagon. Izimpi zaseMelika ziyaqhubeka ngokunganqamuki. Amasosha ase-US asele eSyria nase-Afghanistan (naphezu kwesifiso sikamongameli sokuwasusa). Ubudlelwano neRussia bunzima njengokuphatha kwakhe izinyembezi Isivumelwano seNuclear Forces senkathi yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi okwaxoxwa ngaso nguRonald Reagan noMikhail Gorbachev.
Yini ongayenza ngokuthunjwa kukamongameli okubonakalayo ePentagon? Impela, udlalela isizinda sakhe esiqinile, esivame ukusetshenziselwa imali ethe xaxa ngezikhali nempi, kodwa njengomongameli abaningi ngaphambi kwakhe, naye uboshiwe. Umngane womphathi ekugcineni usehlangabezane nomdlalo wakhe: izwe lezokuphepha kazwelonke okuthi, uma ucabangela irekhodi laso, libe nempumelelo enkulu kakhulu ekuqambeni amandla kunoDonald J. Trump.
Amanga Amakhulu Kunawo Wonke
Manje, ake sizibheke kanzima uma kukhulunywa ngezikhali nalezo zimpi โzethu.โ Ngoba amanga abaluleke kakhulu akuwona lawa umongameli asitshela wona, kodwa lawo esizitshela wona. Okukhulu kunakho konke: ukuthi singaqhubeka nokuthumela izinsizwa nezintombi ukuya empini ngaphandle kokuba lezo zimpi zibuyele ekhaya.
Cabanga futhi. Izingxabano zaseMelika ezishaqisayo nezesabekayo sezifikile ekhaya, isikhathi esikhulu - ngemiphumela eshaqisayo nesabekayo. Kwezinye izinga, abantu baseMelika abaningi bayakubona lokhu. PTSD (i-post-traumatic stress disorder) manje isiyisifinyezo esaziwayo. Iphesenti elincane labantu baseMelika bazi okuthile nge-TBI, ukulimala kwengqondo okubuhlungu osekuvele kuhlasele i-TBI abalinganiselwa ku-314,000 amasosha, avame ukubangelwa ama-IED (iziqhumane ezithuthukisiwe), esinye isifinyezo bekungaba ngcono ukuthi ungalokothi ufunde. IQhawe Elilimele amaphrojekthi asikhumbuza ukuthi omakadebona bayaqhubeka nokuhlupheka ngemuva kwesikhathi eside bebuyile ekhaya, cishe abangama-20 kubo ngosuku bazibulalela impilo edabukisayo. ubhubhane zokuzibulala. Ngaleso sikhathi, inqwaba yamathuluzi ezempi - kusukela ezizikhalini ezizenzakalelayo kuya kuma-MRAP afana nethangi - eyenzelwe imigwaqo emaphakathi yase-Iraq manje isisetshenziswa ku-Main Street, e-USA. okwandisa impi amaphoyisa. Ngisho namaphoyisa ekhempasi e-Ohio State University babe eya MRAP!
Lapha, abantu baseMelika bangenza kahle uma bezindla ngamazwi kaMegan Stack, umlobeli wezempi Los Angeles Times owazidweba yedwa"imfundo ngempiโ lapho ebhala: โUngazinqoba izinto ezenziwa kuwe, kodwa ngeke uzibalekele izinto ozenzile.โ Ngokungangabazeki wayecabanga ngezihloko ezinjengalezi ezesabekayo Abu Ghraib ejele e-Iraq, ukuhlukunyezwa e-CIA "amasayithi amnyama,โ amadolobha echithiwe eGreater Middle East, kanye nababaleki abakhiqizwa yi- amashumi ezigidi. Ngandlela thize, ngokushesha noma kamuva, konke kuza ekhaya, noma ngabe thina njengamaMelika siyakuvuma, noma siyakuqaphela, noma qha.
โNali iqiniso,โ kuphawula u-Stack:
โKubalulekile, ukuthi wenzani empini. Kubaluleke kakhulu kunalokho oke wafuna ukukwazi. Ngoba amazwe, njengabantu, anonembeza nezinkumbulo nemiphefumulo ehlangene, futhi udlame esiluletha egameni lesizwe sakithi luhlanganiswe njengetiyela eligulayo phansi kokuthi singubani. Amasosha angasifele aphinde abuyele ekhaya. Bafika nababulali ababa ngabo egameni lethu lesizwe, futhi bahlala nezinkumbulo zabo ezingcolile kanye nemizwa ephukile emakhaya ethu nasezikoleni nasemathempelini. Singase sifise ukuthi bekungenjalo, kodwa isenzo silingana nobunikazi. Siba yilokho esikwenzayoโฆ Bonke lobo buthi bubuyela emhlabathini wethu.โ
Futhi kunjalo ngempela. Ungayichaza kanjani enye indlela abantu baseMelika abaye babekezelela, baze bagubha, amanga alula: ukuthi, ngokwesibonelo, ukuhlaselwa kwemicibisholo yaseTomahawk eSyria kungenza umuntu ongenasici njengoDonald Trump. uongameli noma ngisho ukuthi imicibisholo enjalo enhle, njengakuqala Izindaba ze-NBC Nightly ihange uBrian Williams wake wathi. Ake ucabange ukube abemithombo yezindaba nepolitiki abahamba phambili beziqhayisa esikhundleni sokuthatha iPentagon, baqinise izifiso zayo, futhi bonge abakhokhi bentela izigidigidi zamaRandi, kanye nezimpilo ezingenakubalwa lapha naphesheya kwezilwandle.
Ukuqeda i-Pentagon's Long Con
Impi iwucwaningomabhuku lokugcina futhi, njengoba noma yimuphi umMelika kufanele azi, iPentagon ayikwazi ukuphasisa ucwaningo. Ngokudabukisayo, ngisho nalapho Congress sebenza ukuze kuphele Ukwesekwa kwe-US kwempi ecishe ibulale abantu engahlangene nanoma iyiphi incazelo yokuzivikela kuzwelonke, kuleli cala eYemen, uMongameli uTrump uyakuphikisa. Uyakhumbula lapho u-Candidate Trump emelene nezimpi eziyisimungulu nezimoshayo? Akusenjalo. Hhayi, okungenani, uma kuhilela amaSaudis.
Inkambo engcono kakhulu yaleli zwe, engenakucatshangwa njengoba ingase ibonakale namuhla, ukulwa nezimpi kuphela njengesinyathelo sokugcina nalapho usongelwa ngokweqiniso (umuzwa wokuthi 86% yamaMelika vumelana). Ngamanye amazwi, i-US kufanele iqede zonke izingxabano ebhekene nazo njengamanje, ngenkathi iletha iningi lamasosha ayo ekhaya futhi yehlisa ukuthunyelwa kwayo kombuso emhlabeni jikelele.
Yini esivimbayo? Ikakhulukazi ukwesaba kwethu, ukuzidla kwethu, ukulungela kwethu ukukholelwa amanga. Ngakho-ke ake ngibhale izinto eziyisithupha abantu baseMelika abangayenza ezinganqanda impinda yethu yezempi:
1. Amandla ethu enuzi ahlala engcono kakhulu emhlabeni, okuyinto engeyona into yokuziqhayisa ngayo. Badinga ukuncishiswa, hhayi ukwenziwa kwesimanje, ngenhloso yokuziqeda - ngaphambi kokuthi basiqede.
2. Umbono wokuthi leli zwe ngokuzumayo lihileleke empini ebandayo entsha neChina neRussia udinga ukuphonswa emgqonyeni kadoti womlando - futhi ngokushesha.
3. Kusukela ezinsukwini zayo zokuqala, impi yobushokobezi ibe yincazelo yempi yaphakade. Ingabe ekugcineni akusona isikhathi sokuqeda lolo chungechunge lwezingxabano? Ubuphekula bamazwe ngamazwe buwusongo oluhlangatshezwana kangcono nemizamo yokuzimisela yamaphoyisa omhlaba kanye nezinhlangano zezobunhloli.
4. Ekugcineni sekuyisikhathi sokuyeka ukukholelwa ukuthi amasosha ase-U.S. amayelana nokuvinjelwa kanye nentando yeningi, lapho ngokuvamile kumayelana nokuxhashazwa nokubusa.
5. Ekugcineni sekuyisikhathi sokuyeka ukuxhasa i-Pentagon kanye nawo wonke umbuso wezokuphepha kazwelonke emazingeni adlula iningi lamanye amabutho amakhulu kule planethi. bahlanganiswe futhi esikhundleni salokho tshala izimali ezinjalo lapho zingase zibalele khona abantu baseMelika. Ngoshintsho olufanele lwesu, uphawula umhlaziyi wezokuvikela UNicolas Davies, i-U.S. inganciphisa isabelomali sayo saminyaka yonke sePentagon ngo-50%.
6. Ekugcineni, sekuyisikhathi sokuyeka ukuziqhayisa ngokungapheli ngamandla ethu ezempi njengoba the isilinganiso samandla ethu esizwe. Siyini, Sparta?
IPentagon ayisoze yaphoqeleka ukuthi yenze izinguquko ezibalulekile kuze kube yilapho abantu baseMelika beyeka ukukholelwa (futhi bevuma) amanga ayo aduduzayo.
ULieutenant colonel (USAF) osethathe umhlalaphansi kanye nesazi-mlando, uWilliam Astore ungu TomDispatch Njalo. Ibhulogi yakhe siqu Ukubukwa kwe-Bracing.
Lesi sihloko sivele okokuqala ku-TomDispatch.com, i-weblog ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicileleni, umsunguli we-American Empire Project, umbhali we Ukuphela Kwesiko Lokunqoba, njengenoveli, Izinsuku Zokugcina Zokushicilela. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi, A Isizwe Esingenziwanga Ngempi (Haymarket Books).
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