NgoLwesine uPapa uFrancis ugxeke uKhongolose ezindabeni eziningi, kusukela kwezokufika kuleli kuya kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle, kodwa ngesihloko esisodwa ebesingalindelekile - ukuthengiswa kwezikhali okubhebhezela izingxabano emhlabeni jikelele - ubengeke akhulume ngokungananazi.
Wayekhuluma ngokuzimisela kwakhe “ukunciphisa futhi, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, aqede izingxabano eziningi zezikhali emhlabeni wonke,” lapho ethi:
Lapha kufanele sizibuze: Kungani izikhali ezibulalayo zidayiselwa labo abahlela ukubangela ukuhlupheka okukhulu kubantu ngabanye nasemphakathini? Ngokudabukisayo, impendulo, njengoba sonke sazi, ingeyemali nje: imali ecwile egazini, ngokuvamile igazi elingenacala. Njengoba sibhekene nalokhu kuthula okuyihlazo nokunecala, kuwumsebenzi wethu ukubhekana nenkinga futhi simise ukuhweba ngezikhali.
Lawo kwakungamazwi okulwa, ikakhulukazi lapho ewakhulumela khona. I-US ingumnikezeli wezikhali omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni, abakhiqizi basekhaya bathengisa ngaphezu kwalokho Izikhali zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-23.7 ku-2014 kuya cishe amazwe ayi-100 ahlukene. Ngesikhathi sokuphatha kuka-Obama, ukuthengiswa kwezikhali babe surged ukuqopha amazinga, ingxenye enkulu ngenxa yomthwalo omkhulu othunyelwa eGulf States, ikakhulukazi iSaudi Arabia.
Ukuthengiswa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia kufaka phakathi amabhomu eqoqo nezinye izikhali ezisetshenziselwa ukushaya izindawo ezinabantu abaningi, izikole, ngisho nenkambu yabantu abangenamakhaya eYemen.
Futhi ingxenye enempilo yalokho kuthengiswa kwezikhali - ikakhulukazi ku-Israyeli naseGibhithe - zixhaswa kakhulu ngumkhokhi wentela wase-US.
ICongress, ebingavimba noma yikuphi kwalokhu, yahamba ngenjabulo - hhayi ingxenye encane ngenxa yemali elinganiselwa ku-$150 million ngonyaka imboni yezokuvikela echitha kuyo. ukubamba iqhaza futhi iminikelo yomkhankaso oqondile.
UWilliam Hartung, umqondisi we-Arms and Security Project e-Center for International Policy, wancoma amazwi kaPapa “njengoshintsho oluqabulayo olimini olubulala amagciwane oluvame ukuzungeza izingxoxo kuleli zwe eziphathelene nokuhweba ngezikhali emhlabeni wonke.”
U-Hartung ubhale nge-imeyili eya I-Intercept:
Ukuqashelwa kokuthi ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kungaholela ekuchithekeni “kwegazi elingenacala” ukuze kuzuze inzuzo kukude kakhulu nezindaba ezisesembozweni ezivame ukusetshenziselwa ukuthethelela izivumelwano zezikhali zezigidigidi zamadola - ezikhuthaza "ukuzinza" futhi "zokuzivikela" kuphela. izinjongo.” Njengezwe elivuna imali eningi ekuhwebeni kwezikhali emhlabeni wonke, i-United States inomthwalo wemfanelo wokuhola ekunqandeni ukuhwebelana kwezikhali emhlabeni wonke. Isiqalo esihle kungaba ukunqamula izimpahla zase-US eziya eSaudi Arabia kuze kube yilapho beyeka ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngokungakhethi eYemen, okubangele inhlekelele yobuntu ephakeme kakhulu.
Ucwaningo luka-Hartung lubonisa ukuthi umthamo wezivumelwano ezinkulu zezikhali eziphethwe ngu-Obama kweyakhe iminyaka emihlanu yokuqala idlula kude inani eligunyazwe phakathi neminyaka eyisishiyagalombili yokuphatha kukaBush.
Amafemu ase-US ayakha abayisikhombisa kwabayishumi abaphambili izinkampani ezithumela ngaphandle izikhali, u-Lockheed Martin no-Boeing bangena ngenombolo yokuqala neyesibili. Futhi kwabayi-10 abahamba phambili: Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, United Technologies kanye neL-3 Communications.
NgoJuni, uMnyango Wezwe kumemezela yayisusa iqhwa eyayibeke kuhulumeni wengcindezelo waseBahrain, naphezu kwakamuva ukuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu okuhlanganisa ukuboshwa kwezingane ngokungafanele, ukuhlukunyezwa, imingcele yezintatheli kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kukahulumeni okunonya kwababhikishi abanokuthula ngo-2011.
Futhi ngo-Agasti, uNobhala Wezwe uJohn Kerry wamemezela ukuthi uzophumelela qhubeka usheshise Ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kwe-US emazweni e-Gulf. Njengengxenye yomzamo wakhe wokuqinisekisa izifundazwe zaseGulf ezishaqiswe yizingxoxo ne-Iran, uthe i-US "ivumile ukusheshisa ukuthengiswa kwezikhali ezithile ezidingekayo futhi okuthathe isikhathi eside kakhulu esikhathini esedlule."
Inkulumo yangoLwesine bekungeyona eyokuqala uPhapha ekhuluma ngokudayiswa kwezikhali. Wabhekisela kuyo ngokuthi “imboni yokufa” ku-a xoxa nezingane zesikole zase-Italy ngoMeyi. “Kungani abantu abaningi abanamandla bengakufuni ukuthula? Ngoba baphila ngempi,” uthe.
“Kunzima lokhu. Abanye abantu abanamandla baziphilisa ngokukhiqiza izikhali bazithengise ezweni elilodwa ukuze bazisebenzise uma belwa nelinye izwe,” usho kanje. “Uhlelo lwezomnotho luzungeza imali hhayi amadoda, abesifazane. … Ngakho-ke impi iqhutshwa ukuze kuvikelwe imali. Yingakho abanye abantu bengakufuni ukuthula: Benza imali eyengeziwe ngezimpi, nakuba izimpi zenza imali kodwa zilahlekelwa ukuphila, impilo, imfundo.”
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