钧 声
By Jun Sheng
3月28日，美国白宫向国会递交了2023财年联邦政府预算申请。其中以俄乌冲突等为借口，国防预算申请合计高达8133亿美元，被称为史上美国对“国家安全最大投资之一”。对此，一些美国政客和军火商人弹冠相庆。
The White House submitted its FY 2023 budget request to the Congress on March 28, which included a defense budget of USD 813.3 billion – one of the largest investments in national security in American history – allegedly because of the Russian-Ukraine crisis and other factors. This made some American politicians and arms dealers’ day.
近来，借助其不断“拱火”的乌克兰危机，美国军工、能源、金融等产业，大发战争横财，赚得盆满钵满。美国此前虽然一再声称愿意与俄进行外交接触，同时却极力渲染战争威胁，让局势不断趋于紧张。如今，俄乌冲突持续发酵，伤亡人数不断攀升，给欧洲乃至世界带来不可估量的经济损失。嘴上都是“道义”，手里全是生意，这充分暴露出一些美国政客是毫无底线、大发战争横财的卑劣投机者。
The Ukraine crisis, which was instigated by the US in the first place and has been continuously fueled by it, has recently kept American moguls in military-industrial, energy and financial sectors busy counting money. Despite its constant pledge to engage with Russia diplomatically, the US has left no stone unturned to hype up the war threat and escalate the situation. And look what we have now – the conflict between Russia and Ukraine keeps fermenting, casualties keep rising, and the world, especially Europe, is taking a disastrous economic toll. Preaching “morality and justice” while practicing nothing but business – this is the true color of some American politicians, who would stop at nothing for profits and are now busy lining their pockets through the war.
比起表面上道貌岸然的“灭火”，美国实际上在使用各种肮脏手段为冲突火上浇油。俄罗斯一直寻求北约以法律形式保证不再东扩，不把乌克兰等国纳入北约。但是，美国对俄罗斯持续采取强硬立场，声称支持乌克兰加入北约，不断加大对乌军事援助。俄乌冲突爆发前，美国将多批武器运抵乌克兰，并承诺向乌提供更多军事及经济援助。美国还加紧向波兰、罗马尼亚等靠近乌克兰的北约盟国境内增兵，不断加剧紧张局势。
While making gestures to “put out fires”, the US is actually employing all kinds of dirty tricks to fuel the flames. Russia urged NATO to promise, in a legal form, not to expand eastward further or include Ukraine and several other countries in the bloc, yet Washington, continuing its tough stance on Russia, expressed support for Ukraine’s inclusion in NATO and kept sending it more military aid. Before the conflict broke out, it shipped multiple batches of weapons to Ukraine with the promise to provide more military and economic aid. It also sent more troops to NATO member countries near Ukraine such as Poland and Romania to keep exacerbating the tension.
回顾美国热衷于搅局的丑陋历史不难发现，地缘政治紧张局势已成为美国军火商的提款机。多年来，世界上哪里有战争和动乱，哪里就有美国兴风作浪的身影。进入21世纪以来，美国利用阿富汗战争、伊拉克战争等不断给其军工产业“输血”。一份研究报告显示，从2018年开始，全球前五大军工企业全部“花落”美国。相比于劝和促谈的外交手段，美国军工企业所热衷的，是不断加剧的军事紧张局面，以刺激武器需求，这更便于他们从中获取经济和政治利益。
A look back on America’s trouble-making history easily reveals that creating geopolitical tension has been American arms dealers’ usual ploy of money-making. Over the years, wherever there is war and turmoil, there is America bringing wood to fire. In the 21st century, it has fed its military-industrial complex on the Afghan War, the Iraqi War and other wars. A research report shows that starting from 2018, the world’s top five military-industrial corporations all come from America. In comparison to the diplomatic means of peace negotiations, they are more interested in intensifying the tension to stimulate weapon demand and consequently make more economic and political gains.
美国惯于通过鼓动对抗冲突大发战争横财。瑞典斯德哥尔摩国际和平研究所发布的全球军售趋势报告显示，2017年至2021年间，全球武器交易量比前一个五年有所下降，但同期美国海外军售却大幅上升。美国海外军售呈现逆势增长，背后隐藏的是美国军工企业以及一些政客利用战争大发横财的事实。
The US is in the habit of agitating confrontation and conflict to profiteer from war. According to an arms sale trend report released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), from 2017 to 2021, the global weapon transaction volume contracted a little compared with the previous five-year period, but America’s overseas arms sales shot up sharply because its military-industrial corporations and some politicians were eagerly feeding off wars.
眼下，俄乌冲突就为美国军工等行业带来了“滚滚红利”。冲突爆发后，美国立即宣布向乌提供总价达3.5亿美元的军事援助。3月16日，美国又宣布再向乌提供价值达8亿美元武器援助。
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is a money-spinner for American military industry and other sectors. As soon as the conflict broke out, Washington announced to provide USD 350 million worth of military aid to Ukraine, followed by USD 800 million worth of weapons announced on March 16.
美国不断炒作战争危机，让本国军工复合体从中渔利，可谓心思阴暗、手段下作。美国国会众议院军事委员会主席亚当·史密斯曾表示，美国一直寻求军事压倒性优势不可能也不可取，这容易释放错误信号，让美国陷入新的冷战。
It is really insidious and contemptible for the US to keep hyping up the crisis of war and allow its military-industrial complex to fish in troubled waters. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, once warned that it is impossible and inadvisable for the US to always seek overwhelming military superiority because that would send a wrong signal and take America to a new Cold War.
事实证明，美国这种出于一己私利而置其他国家安危于不顾的做法，极不利于国际社会的安全稳定。作为国际安全形势的“搅局者”，美国必须深刻反躬自省，立即收回那双搅动地区安全的脏手，停止借战争渔利的投机恶行！
Facts prove that what America has done – pursuing its own interests at the expense of other countries – is extremely detrimental to international security and stability. As the “destroyer” of international security, it must do some serious self-reflection, stop its dirty tricks of rocking regional security, and stop speculating on and profiteering from wars!
