I- $ 178 billion yokunciphisa i-Pentagon ehlongozwayo kwisabelomali sayo "ikakhulukazi iyinkohliso," ngokombiko wephephabhuku langoSepthemba 5th. "Isonto Lebhizinisi laseBloomberg" (BBW) Umagazini.
Cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-106, noma amaphesenti angu-60, aleyo samba “akunakwenzeka ukuba abonakale” ngokusho komhlaziyi wezokuvikela walo magazini uKevin Brancato. Uthi ukusikeka kuyangabazeka ngoba "akunamininingwane, kufaka phakathi ukusikeka obekungenzeka ngaphansi kwezinqubo ezikhona, noma babhekane nezinselelo ezivela kuCongress."
Okunye “okusikeka” kwePentagon “kuyizitatimende ezingacacile” nje “ezenza kube nzima, uma kungenzeki, ukukhomba ukonga kwangempela.” Unikeza “isibonelo” sika-$11 billion esisikiwe wezinto ezinezincazelo ezinjengokuthi “imizamo emincane eminingi kulo lonke ibhizinisi” kanye “nolunye ushintsho oluningi kuyo yonke imisebenzi eyahlukene.”
Mayelana nohlelo lwePentagon lokonga amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha ngokusika amasosha angama-6 kanye nabasemanzini aqala ngonyaka wezimali wezi-47,000, lokho kuyangabazeka “ngoba kuya ngokuthi amabutho ase-US ayishiya nini i-Iraq ne-Afghanistan,” kusho uBrancato etshela incwadi yebhizinisi.
UGordon Adams, owake wangamele isabelomali sezokuphepha kuzwelonke eHhovisi Lokuphatha Nesabelomali ngaphansi kukaMengameli uClinton, ucashunwe yi-BBW ethi iCongress ingase ikhiphe u-$1 trillion, noma amaphesenti angu-15, emalini ehlongozwayo yePentagon engu-$6.7 trillion eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo. ukunciphisa abasebenzi.
“Amasosha angaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu amasosha ayizigidi eziyi-1.4 awakaze athunyelwe. Ngaphezulu, okubandakanya abasebenzi abesekayo nezinye izikhundla ezingalwi zenza cishe amaphesenti angama-42 esabelomali sezokuvikela," ngokusho kuka-Adams, i-BBW ithi, enezela, "Alikho ibhizinisi eliphilayo elenza amaphesenti angama-42 ngaphezulu."
‘Kuhlanganisa nezindleko zezimpi, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezokuvikela kuphindeke kabili kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, kuya ku-$691 billion ku-2010 wezimali kusuka ku-$316 billion ngonyaka wezimali ka-2001,” kubika i-BBW. Kodwa-ke, ukusetshenziswa kwezimali kwezokuvikela kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle okungenani ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-330 kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo ngaphansi komthethosivivinywa wokunciphisa izikweletu uMongameli u-Obama awusayine njengomthetho mhla zi-2 kuNcwaba.
Cishe abantu baseMelika abaningi abanalo ulwazi ngobukhulu bezindleko zezempi kanye nomthelela wako ezimpilweni zabo zansuku zonke. I-F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, lokho i-BBW ekubiza ngokuthi, "uhlelo olubiza kakhulu emlandweni wePentagon," izopompa “cishe amabhiliyoni angama-500” esikhwameni sosonkontileka abayinhloko u-Lockheed Martin noPratt & Whitney. Umthethosivivinywa uphakeme nakakhulu uma omunye ehlanganisa imali ekhishelwa abanye abahlinzeki abangu-1,300. Uma sikhuluma nje, iPentagon ichitha imali eningi unyaka nonyaka ngempi kunaleyo yonke izifundazwe ezingama-50 ezisebenzisa ngazo zonke izinhloso, njengemfundo, ukwakhiwa kwemigwaqo, ukuhlinzekwa kwamanzi, ukukhokhelwa, umthetho, njll., njengoba ikhuphuka cishe amaphesenti angama-54 edola ngalinye lentela. . Imali engaka iya ePentagon kangangokuthi izibonelelo ezifundazweni nasemadolobheni zincishisiwe futhi inqwaba yabasebenzi badiliziwe.
Ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi kunyuke ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi iPentagon iye yawuyeka umncintiswano wamahhala wamabhizinisi ukuze ithole imiklomelo yokungabhidi kosonkontileka. Lezi zenyuka zisuka cishe ku-$82 billion ngo-2001 zaya ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingu-170 zamaRandi ngonyaka odlule, kubika i-BBW, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sikaMongameli Omkhulu u-Commander-in-Chief uGeorge W. Bush. Mayelana nombono wobungxiwankulu bakudala othi “khokha-njengoba-uhamba” izimpi zikaMongameli Bush zibiza abantu baseMelika imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamaRandi, cishe yonke ebolekiwe futhi lapho abakhokhi bentela bezobe bekhokha amakhulu ezigidigidi zamaRandi ngenzalo eminyakeni ezayo. . Izimpi azikhiphi nje amadola entela emaphaketheni emindeni yaseMelika kodwa zinomthelela esimweni sayo sezezimali ngezindlela abangaziboni.
“Lokhu ukopha kwemali kunemiphumela eyisibambiso emnothweni wase-US,” kubhala uHugh Gusterson, isazi sesayensi yabantu baseGeorge Mason University eVirginia. "Konke lokho okubolekwa nguhulumeni kwenza kube nzima kubathengi ukuboleka imali, ngokwesibonelo, inkokhelo yemali ebolekiwe yaseMelika ikhuphuke ngo-$600 ngonyaka." (Kungenzeka ukuthi wengeze futhi kwenza kube nzima ukuthi amabhizinisi amancane aboleke.)
Esihlokweni se "I-Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists" NgoSepthemba 8th, uyabhala, "Izimpi ziphinde zanyusa intengo kawoyela, ngaleyo ndlela zakhulisa ukuwohloka komnotho, futhi zithole imali engaphezu kwama- $ 3 trillion ebingatshalwa ekuvuseleleni ingqalasizinda yaseMelika."
Noma emisebenzini, uGusterson uyanezela. Uveza ukuthi u-$1 million osetshenziswe kwezempi udala amathuba emisebenzi angu-8.3, kanti u-$1 million osetshenziswe kwezemfundo udala amathuba omsebenzi angu-15.5 kanti u-$1 million osetshenziswe ekunakekelweni kwezempilo udala amathuba omsebenzi angu-14.3. "Uma silinganisela ukuthi iPentagon yachitha amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-130 ngonyaka ngqo ezimpini, leyo mali, uma ichithwa ekhaya esikhundleni salokho, ngabe idale imisebenzi engu-900,000 yase-US kwezemfundo noma imisebenzi engu-780,000 yase-US kwezokunakekelwa kwezempilo.”
Namuhla uMongameli Obama owazuza izimpi ezimbili kuMnu. Njengoba i-UPI ibike izolo nje:
"Umkhankaso womshoshaphansi wase-US wokulwa namasosha e-Islamist eSomalia ubonakala ukhula nsuku zonke, nezinsolo ze-CIA ziqhuba umsebenzi wokucasha esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMogadishu."
Qhathanisa irekhodi lika-Obama nelikaMongameli uThomas Jefferson, owakwazi ukubhala ngokuziqhenya ngemva kokushiya isikhundla:
"Nginenduduzo ukukhombisa ukuthi ngesikhathi sokuphatha kwami akukho neconsi legazi lesakhamuzi esisodwa elachithwa yinkemba yempi..."
U-Sherwood Ross uphethe ifemu yobudlelwano bomphakathi ethintana nomhlaba wonke ngezizathu ezinhle. Ubuye anikele ngezindatshana ezikhuluma ngezokuvikela nezepolitiki. Phambilini wayesebenzela izinkonzo ezinkulu zezintambo kanye namaphephandaba ansuku zonke. Finyelela kuye ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe].
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