{"id":351530,"date":"2025-07-18T12:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=351530"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:48:28","slug":"aktualni-komentar-erika-besta-zbohatnuti-ze-hry-na-valku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=351530","title":{"rendered":"AKTU\u00c1LN\u00cd KOMENT\u00c1\u0158 ERIKA BESTA: Zbohatnut\u00ed ze hry na v\u00e1lku"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kdy\u017e v\u00a0polovin\u011b prvn\u00ed dek\u00e1dy 21. stolet\u00ed Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty a\u00a0\u010cesk\u00e1 republika vyjedn\u00e1valy\u00a0dohodu o\u00a0protiraketov\u00e9 obran\u011b<\/a>, n\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed z\u00a0\u010desk\u00fdch \u00fa\u010dastn\u00edk\u016f na ni pohl\u00ed\u017eeli jako na obrovskou obchodn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost. Nebyla to pro n\u011b z\u00e1le\u017eitost obrany jako takov\u00e9, proto\u017ee nev\u011b\u0159ili, \u017ee \u00cdr\u00e1n nebo kdokoli jin\u00fd na Bl\u00edzk\u00e9m v\u00fdchod\u011b p\u0159edstavuje skute\u010dnou bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed hrozbu. Ov\u0161em n\u011bkter\u00fdm politik\u016fm, gener\u00e1l\u016fm, lobbist\u016fm, pr\u00e1vn\u00edk\u016fm, konzultant\u016fm a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed z\u00fa\u010dastn\u011bn\u00fdm to poskytovalo ur\u010dit\u00e9 dal\u0161\u00ed zaj\u00edmav\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti.<\/h6>\n

Tyto p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti k\u00a0jejich l\u00edtosti skon\u010dily v\u00a0z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2009, kdy Obamova administrativa\u00a0od pl\u00e1nu ustoupila<\/a>\u00a0s\u00a0odvol\u00e1n\u00edm na nov\u00e9 zpravodajsk\u00e9 informace o\u00a0\u00edr\u00e1nsk\u00fdch raketov\u00fdch schopnostech. Ale dokud to bylo ve h\u0159e, byla to \u00fa\u017easn\u00e1 v\u00fdzva.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tato situace se nyn\u00ed opakuje, ale v\u00a0mnohem v\u011bt\u0161\u00edm m\u011b\u0159\u00edtku, s\u00a0rozhodnut\u00edm NATO postupn\u011b navy\u0161ovat v\u00fddaje na obranu na 5 % HDP do roku 2035, v\u010detn\u011b 1,5 % HDP na polo\u017eky s\u00a0bezpe\u010dnost\u00ed souvisej\u00edc\u00ed. The Economist to nazval \u201eobrannou bonanzou<\/a>\u201c, ale z\u00e1rove\u0148 varoval, \u017ee k\u0159ehkost ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch financ\u00ed znamen\u00e1, \u017ee vl\u00e1dy zem\u00ed NATO budou muset b\u00fdt co nejefektivn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed v\u00a0tom, jak pen\u00edze da\u0148ov\u00fdch poplatn\u00edk\u016f vynalo\u017e\u00ed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stejn\u011b tak \u010desk\u00fd prezident Petr Pavel tento aspekt zd\u016fraz\u0148oval. V\u00a0lednu v\u00a0rozhovoru pro \u010cesk\u00fd rozhlas uvedl, \u017ee debata o\u00a0procentech na obranu je\u00a0naprosto zav\u00e1d\u011bj\u00edc\u00ed<\/a>. Mus\u00edme se podle n\u011bj bavit o\u00a0v\u011bcn\u00e9 str\u00e1nce, tedy co za t\u011bmi \u010d\u00edsly stoj\u00ed, jak\u00fd po\u010det a\u00a0jak dob\u0159e p\u0159ipraven\u00fdch jednotek, v\u00a0jak\u00e9 m\u00ed\u0159e pohotovosti, kolik letadel, kolik lod\u00ed, kolik protiletadlov\u00fdch syst\u00e9m\u016f mus\u00edme m\u00edt, abychom se efektivn\u011b ubr\u00e1nili proti hrozb\u00e1m, kter\u00e9 jsme identifikovali.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Po summitu NATO 25. \u010dervna svou r\u00e9toriku zm\u011bnil. Prohl\u00e1sil, \u017ee Donald Trump sice mo\u017en\u00e1\u00a0\u010dleny NATO \u0161okoval<\/a>\u00a0sv\u00fdm po\u017eadavkem na 5% v\u00fddaje na obranu, ale \u017ee tento tlak je vzhledem k\u00a0sou\u010dasn\u00e9 situaci naprosto nam\u00edst\u011b. Prezident pak\u00a0v\u00a0ned\u011bli 29. \u010dervna na TV Prima<\/a>\u00a0\u0159ekl, \u017ee si mysl\u00ed, \u017ee 3,5% pod\u00edl na obran\u011b je dosa\u017eiteln\u00fd. Dodal, \u017ee je to o\u00a0v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed efektivit\u011b nejenom u\u00a0n\u00e1s doma, ale i\u00a0v\u00a0cel\u00e9 Evrop\u011b, v\u010detn\u011b krat\u0161\u00edch a\u00a0transparentn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch akvizi\u010dn\u00edch proces\u016f a\u00a0v\u011bt\u0161\u00edho dohledu nad obrann\u00fdm pr\u016fmyslem, tak aby nedoch\u00e1zelo k\u00a0nadsazov\u00e1n\u00ed cen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tak\u017ee i\u00a0Pavel te\u010f podporuje my\u0161lenku prvotn\u011b si stanovit procentn\u00ed pod\u00edl a\u00a0pot\u00e9 pen\u00edze utratit v\u00a0souladu s\u00a0n\u00edm, ov\u0161em s\u00a0t\u00edm rozd\u00edlem, \u017ee by v\u00fddaje m\u011bly b\u00fdt efektivn\u00ed. Tento p\u0159\u00edstup se jen nepatrn\u011b li\u0161\u00ed od toho, co jeden z\u00a0jeho poradc\u016f, lobbista obrann\u00e9ho pr\u016fmyslu\u00a0Petr Kol\u00e1\u0159<\/a>, \u0159ekl 5. \u010dervna v\u00a0Knihovn\u011b V\u00e1clava Havla. Podle Kol\u00e1\u0159e bychom m\u011bli Evropskou unii nechat\u00a0co nejv\u00edce investovat<\/a>\u00a0do zbrojn\u00edho pr\u016fmyslu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tento p\u0159\u00edstup zase odr\u00e1\u017e\u00ed to, co \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 prezident Hospod\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 komory \u010cesk\u00e9 republiky Zden\u011bk Zaj\u00ed\u010dek. Jeho komora chce, aby si st\u00e1t na rychl\u00e9 zv\u00fd\u0161en\u00ed v\u00fddaj\u016f na obranu a\u00a0infrastrukturu p\u016fj\u010dil.\u00a0Za\u010d\u00e1tkem \u010dervence v\u00a0\u010cesk\u00e9 televizi<\/a>\u00a0\u0159ekl, \u017ee to bude m\u00edt multiplika\u010dn\u00ed efekt. Je to podle n\u011bj pro \u010ceskou republiku obrovsk\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost, proto\u017ee tlak na v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed konkurenceschopnost a\u00a0reindustrializaci Evropy m\u016f\u017ee \u010desk\u00fd zbrojn\u00ed pr\u016fmysl prom\u011bnit v\u00a0jednoho z\u00a0koncov\u00fdch hr\u00e1\u010d\u016f.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exministr financ\u00ed a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed lobbista obrann\u00e9ho pr\u016fmyslu\u00a0Miroslav Kalousek<\/a>\u00a0na konci \u010dervna\u00a0v\u00a0Interview \u010cT24<\/a>\u00a0\u0159ekl, \u017ee z\u00e1vazek 5 % je trval\u00fdm m\u00edrov\u00fdm v\u00fddajem mandatorn\u00edho typu, kter\u00fd by vl\u00e1da m\u011bla financovat nikoliv pouze ze st\u00e1tn\u00edho dluhu. I\u00a0bez vy\u0161\u0161\u00edch v\u00fddaj\u016f na obranu budou podle n\u011bj nutn\u00e1 v\u00fdrazn\u00e1 konsolida\u010dn\u00ed opat\u0159en\u00ed, co\u017e bude znamenat bu\u010f vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed dan\u011b, ni\u017e\u0161\u00ed v\u00fddaje v\u00a0jin\u00fdch oblastech, anebo oboj\u00ed. Konkr\u00e9tn\u011b hovo\u0159il o\u00a0mnohem v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed spolu\u00fa\u010dasti ve zdravotnictv\u00ed \u010di propu\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed 20 % st\u00e1tn\u00edch zam\u011bstnanc\u016f. I\u00a0on v\u011bnoval n\u011bkolik v\u011bt nutnosti efektivn\u00edho vynakl\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed prost\u0159edk\u016f na obranu, av\u0161ak ani jednou nep\u0159ipustil, \u017ee by p\u0159i zad\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed arm\u00e1dn\u00edch zak\u00e1zek doch\u00e1zelo k\u00a0n\u011bjak\u00e9mu pl\u00fdtv\u00e1n\u00ed \u010di korupci.<\/strong><\/p>\n

B\u00fdval\u00fd vysoce postaven\u00fd d\u016fstojn\u00edk pro arm\u00e1dn\u00ed zak\u00e1zky Jaroslav \u0160tefec, sou\u010dasn\u00fd kandid\u00e1t do Sn\u011bmovny za Sta\u010dilo!, v\u00a0ti\u0161t\u011bn\u00e9m vyd\u00e1n\u00ed komunistick\u00e9ho t\u00fdden\u00edku\u00a0Na\u0161e pravda<\/a>\u00a0z\u00a03. \u010dervence napsal, \u017ee \u010desk\u00e1 arm\u00e1da nen\u00ed schopna splnit sv\u016fj \u00fastavn\u00ed po\u017eadavek br\u00e1nit zemi proti vn\u011bj\u0161\u00edmu napaden\u00ed, a\u00a0to i\u00a0p\u0159es utr\u00e1cen\u00e9 stovky miliard korun. Podle n\u011bj je zde m\u00e9n\u011b ne\u017e 5 000 bojeschopn\u00fdch voj\u00e1k\u016f a\u00a04 500 p\u0159\u00edslu\u0161n\u00edk\u016f takzvan\u00fdch \u201eaktivn\u00edch z\u00e1loh\u201c si na voj\u00e1ky pouze hraje. Pravd\u011bpodobnost jejich p\u0159e\u017eit\u00ed p\u0159i nasazen\u00ed v\u00a0prost\u0159ed\u00ed skute\u010dn\u00e9 v\u00e1lky je, jak uvedl, miziv\u00e1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vybaven\u00ed se podle \u0160tefce nakupuje za velkorys\u00e9 ceny a\u00a0zp\u016fsobem, kter\u00fd mus\u00ed u\u017eivit spoustu hladov\u00fdch krk\u016f z\u00a0\u0159ad lobbist\u016f, poradc\u016f, zbo\u017e\u00edznaleck\u00fdch firem, politik\u016f a\u00a0politick\u00fdch stran, kampeli\u010dek, vybran\u00fdch \u00fa\u0159edn\u00edk\u016f a\u00a0tak\u00e9 zainteresovan\u00fdch gener\u00e1l\u016f. Sou\u010dasn\u00e9 ministerstvo obrany ani Fialova vl\u00e1da podle n\u011bj ne\u0159e\u0161\u00ed, jak zajistit bojeschopnost A\u010cR, ale sna\u017e\u00ed se bez rozmyslu, jen na z\u00e1klad\u011b n\u00e1vrh\u016f lobbist\u016f a\u00a0sp\u0159\u00e1telen\u00fdch firem, prost\u011b jen ka\u017ed\u00fd rok utratit v\u0161echny dostupn\u00e9 pen\u00edze. A\u0165 u\u017e jsou to dv\u011b, t\u0159i nebo 5 % HDP, dodal \u0160tefec.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Empirick\u00e9 poznatky nazna\u010duj\u00ed, \u017ee tomu tak skute\u010dn\u011b je. Ale i\u00a0kdyby byla pravda jen polovina toho, co \u0160tefec \u0159\u00edk\u00e1, znamenalo by to, \u017ee je jen mal\u00e1 snaha proj\u00edt procesem, o\u00a0kter\u00e9m hovo\u0159il prezident Pavel, tedy ud\u011blat to, co je skute\u010dn\u011b t\u0159eba pro \u00fa\u010dinnou obranu proti identifikovan\u00fdm hrozb\u00e1m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Se\u010dteno a\u00a0podtr\u017eeno, ti, kdo ve vl\u00e1d\u011b a\u00a0arm\u00e1d\u011b rozhoduj\u00ed, jsou zaslepeni vidinou pen\u011bz a\u00a0na v\u00e1lku si jen hraj\u00ed. Vychutn\u00e1vaj\u00ed si obchodn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost, kter\u00e1 se jim nab\u00edz\u00ed, a\u00a0ned\u011blaj\u00ed si starosti s\u00a0bezpe\u010dnostn\u00edmi d\u016fsledky sv\u00e9ho po\u010d\u00edn\u00e1n\u00ed, proto\u017ee si ve skute\u010dnosti nemysl\u00ed, \u017ee by nyn\u00ed Rusko p\u0159edstavovalo v\u00e1\u017enou hrozbu, stejn\u011b jako tomu bylo v\u00a0roce 2006 v\u00a0p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b \u00cdr\u00e1nu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u010cl\u00e1nek p\u016fvodn\u011b vy\u0161el 4. \u010dervence 2025 v\u00a0anglick\u00e9m zn\u011bn\u00ed placen\u00e9ho bulletinu Friday Edition pod n\u00e1zvem\u00a0Getting rich from playing at war<\/a>.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Erik BEST<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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\"\"Erik Best<\/strong>\u00a0se narodil 11. \u0159\u00edjna 1962 v Severn\u00ed Karol\u00edn\u011b na v\u00fdchod\u011b Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f. Prakticky cel\u00e9 d\u011btstv\u00ed v\u0161ak pro\u017eil v Montan\u011b, na severoz\u00e1pad\u011b USA, kam se jeho rodi\u010de p\u0159est\u011bhovali kr\u00e1tce po jeho narozen\u00ed. V roce 1985 absolvoval s bakal\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdm titulem z v\u00fdchodoevropsk\u00fdch studi\u00ed na Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. B\u011bhem tohoto studia se zam\u011b\u0159oval na rusk\u00fd jazyk, v \u010dem\u017e pokra\u010doval i na Middlebury College ve Vermontu, kde z\u00edskal magistersk\u00fd titul. V r\u00e1mci vzd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed t\u00e9to univerzit\u011b dvakr\u00e1t studijn\u011b pob\u00fdval letech 1983 a 1984 v Moskv\u011b. V dal\u0161\u00edch letech studoval obchod na University of North Carolina. Titul MBA zde z\u00edskal v roce 1987. Erik Best se v \u010cesku o\u017eenil. Jeho man\u017eelka Dita je \u010desk\u00e9ho p\u016fvodu. Spole\u010dn\u011b vychov\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u010dty\u0159i d\u011bt\u00ed. V Praze podle vlastn\u00edch slov \u017eije od \u00fanora roku 1991. P\u0159esn\u011b rok pot\u00e9 zde za\u010dal pro m\u00edstn\u00ed anglicky hovo\u0159\u00edc\u00ed komunitu vyd\u00e1vat denn\u00ed zpravodaj Fleet Sheet, stru\u010dn\u00fd p\u0159ehled vybran\u00fdch zpr\u00e1v z \u010desk\u00e9ho tisku. P\u016fvodn\u011b p\u0159edpokl\u00e1dal, \u017ee v\u011bt\u0161ina cizinc\u016f Prahu je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed rokem 2000 opust\u00ed, tak\u017ee jeho vydavatelsk\u00e9 vize nem\u011bly horizont del\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e \u0161est let. K \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9mu odchodu cizinc\u016f z \u010cesk\u00e9 republiky v\u0161ak nedo\u0161lo a Fleet Sheet nav\u00edc postupn\u011b p\u0159il\u00e1kal i \u010desk\u00e9 p\u0159edplatitele. N\u00e1klad bulletinu se proto zv\u011bt\u0161il a vych\u00e1z\u00ed doposud. Sv\u00e9 po\u010d\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed tuzemsk\u00e9 podnikatelsk\u00e9 aktivity zah\u00e1jil Erik Best na ja\u0159e 1992 jako \u017eivnostn\u00edk. Na podzim 1994 zalo\u017eil spole\u010dnost The Bohemia Daily Standard, jej\u00edm\u017e je jednatelem a spolumajitelem. V roce 2000 zalo\u017eil se svoj\u00ed man\u017eelkou Ditou Bestovou nakladatelstv\u00ed E. S. Best, kter\u00e9 je ofici\u00e1ln\u00edm vydavatelem obou zpravodaj\u016f. S rozvojem internetu toti\u017e Erik Best za\u010d\u00e1tkem tis\u00edcilet\u00ed roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159il sv\u00e9 publika\u010dn\u00ed aktivity a od roku 2001 vyd\u00e1v\u00e1 je\u0161t\u011b elektronick\u00fd Final Word. Od roku 2010 existuje i jeho \u010desk\u00e1 mutace. Final Word je kr\u00e1tk\u00fd a origin\u00e1ln\u00ed denn\u00ed koment\u00e1\u0159 p\u0159ipraven\u00fd t\u00fdmem Erika Besta, v\u011bnovan\u00fd v\u00fdznamn\u00fdm ekonomick\u00fdm a politick\u00fdm t\u00e9mat\u016fm posledn\u00edch dn\u016f. Pr\u00e1v\u011b d\u00edky sv\u00e9mu elektronick\u00e9mu bulletinu Final Word vstoupil Erik Best do \u0161ir\u0161\u00edho pov\u011bdom\u00ed \u010desk\u00e9 ve\u0159ejnosti a za\u010dal b\u00fdt zv\u00e1n do \u010desk\u00fdch rozhlasov\u00fdch a televizn\u00edch po\u0159ad\u016f. V letech 2011\u20132013 publikoval sv\u00e9 post\u0159ehy tak\u00e9 na blogu Aktu\u00e1ln\u011b.cz. Prezident republiky Milo\u0161 Zeman ud\u011blil 28. \u0159\u00edjna 2018 Eriku Bestovi st\u00e1tn\u00ed vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed \u2013 medaili Za z\u00e1sluhy o st\u00e1t.<\/em><\/p>\n

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