Feminism Ba Militarism ba: Medea Biliyaminu A kan Theungiyar don Oppi adawa da Michèle Flournoy A matsayin Babban Pentagon

AMY GOODMAN: Zababben shugaban kasar Joe Biden ya gabatar da manyan membobin kungiyar tsaron kasarsa, tare da shan alwashin sake bayyana duniya, a wata kin amincewa da manufofin kasashen waje na “Amurka Na Farko” na Trump.

Shugaban kasa-ZABE JOE BIDAN: Meetsungiyar ta hadu a wannan lokacin. Wannan ƙungiyar, a baya na. Suna nuna ainihin abin da na yi imani da shi cewa Amurka ta fi ƙarfi idan tana aiki tare da ƙawayenta.

AMY GOODMAN: Zababben shugaban ya yi magana a ranar Talata a Wilmington, Delaware, tare da mambobi da yawa na Majalisar zartarwar sa ta gaba, da suka hada da sakatare na jihar Tony Blinken, darektan hukumar leken asirin kasa Avril Haines, mai ba da shawara kan tsaro na kasa Jake Sullivan, sakataren mai kula da tsaron cikin gida Alejandro Mayorkas da kuma wakiliyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Za mu ji ƙarin bayani game da su a ɓangarenmu na gaba, amma da farko za mu juya mu kalli memba na ƙungiyar tsaron Biden wanda ba a sanar da shi ba tukunna. Ba mu san wanda zai zaba a matsayin sakataren tsaro ba. Yawancin kafofin yada labarai sun ruwaito Biden na shirin gabatar da sunan Michèle Flournoy, amma masu neman ci gaba, gami da wasu 'yan majalisar, suna magana ne a kan adawa.

Idan aka gabatar dashi kuma aka tabbatar dashi, Flournoy zata zama mace ta farko a mukamin. Ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar tsaro don manufofi a gwamnatin Obama daga 2009 zuwa 2012. Bayan ta tafi, sai ta kafa kamfanin tuntuba na WestExec Advisors tare da Tony Blinken, wanda yanzu shi ne sakataren gwamnatin da aka zaba. Kamfanin tuntuba na sirri, tare da taken "Kawo Dakin Yanayin zuwa Dakin Kwamitin," akwai tsoffin jami'an gwamnatin Obama da yawa a cikin ma'aikata, gami da na farko CIA Mataimakin Darakta Avril Haines, wanda ya taimaka wajen tsara shirin Obama na jirage marasa matuka, yanzu shi ne wanda Biden ya zaba domin darektan hukumar leken asirin kasar.

Majalissar California Romamna Rohanna ta wallafa a shafinta na Twitter cewa, “Flournoy ya goyi bayan yakin Iraki da Libya, ya soki Obama kan Syria, kuma ya taimaka wajan habaka Afghanistan. Ina so in goyi bayan zabin Shugaban kasa. Amma yanzu Flournoy zai jajirce sosai don ficewa daga Afghanistan & hana sayar da makamai ga Saudis don kawo karshen yakin Yemen? ” Ro Khanna ya tambaya.

A halin yanzu, CodePink's Medea Benjamin ya rubuta a shafinsa na Twitter, ya ce, “Idan Biden ta sa sunanta a gaba, masu gwagwarmaya da yakin ya kamata su hanzarta kaddamar da duk wani yunkuri na toshe hanyar tabbatar da Majalisar Dattawa. #FinanciBayanin Matasa. ”

Da kyau, Medea Biliyaminu ya haɗu da mu a yanzu. Ita ce ta kirkiro CodePink, marubucin littattafai da dama, gami da Mulkin Mulki: Bayan Amurka-Saudi Connection; sabon littafin ta, A cikin Iran: Gaskiya da Tarihin Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta Iran.

Medea, barka da dawowa Democracy Now! A wani lokaci, zamuyi magana akan zababbun Shugaban Biden. Wannan mutumin ne wanda har yanzu ba a ambata sunan sa ba, babban matsayi mai mahimmanci, sakataren tsaro. Shin za ku iya magana game da damuwar ku da abin da ke faruwa a bayan fage, a tsakanin al’ummar gari da kuma tsakanin ‘yan majalisa masu ci gaba?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: [wanda ba a ji ba] Flournoy, duk da haka ya nuna cewa akwai wani rarrabuwa tsakanin mutanen Biden akan wannan a yanzu. Tana wakiltar ainihin abin da ya fi muni game da batun Washington, ƙofar da ke kewaye da masana'antar soja da masana'antu. Duk tarihinta ya kasance na shiga da fita daga Pentagon, da farko a karkashin Shugaba Clinton, sannan a karkashin Shugaba Obama, inda ta goyi bayan duk wani yakin da Amurka ta shiga, kuma ta goyi bayan karuwar kasafin kudin soja, sannan tayi amfani da abokan huldarta a gwamnati a cikin ire-iren waɗannan rukunin tunani na hawkish waɗanda ta shiga ko suka taimaka ƙirƙirar. Tana zaune a hukumar hukumar da ke aiki tare da 'yan kwangilar tsaro. Ita kanta ta sami kuɗi da yawa ta hanyar lalata waɗannan abokan hulɗa a cikin kamfanoni masu matsayi don samun damar samun waɗannan kwangilar na Pentagon. Ta kuma ga China a matsayin abokiyar gaba wacce dole ne a fuskance ta da manyan makamai na zamani, wanda ke ba da hujjar karuwar kudaden Pentagon kuma ya sanya mu a kan turba mai hadari ta karuwar yakin sanyi da China. Don haka, wadannan sune wasu daga cikin dalilan da muke ganin zata iya zama babbar matsala a matsayin sakatariyar tsaro.

Juan GONZÁLEZ: To, Medea, ba wai kawai ta yi aiki ne a Ma'aikatar Tsaro a karkashin Obama ba, ta kuma yi aiki a cikin Ma'aikatar Tsaro a karkashin Bill Clinton kuma ana rade-radin cewa ita ce zabin farko na Hillary Clinton a matsayin sakatariyar tsaro, da Hillary ta ci zaben a shekarar 2016. Don haka ta tabbata shine, kamar yadda kuka ce, wani bangare ne na wannan kafa hadadden soja da masana'antu da ke komawa baya. Amma kuna iya magana game da wannan Mashawarcin na WestExec wanda ta taimaka ƙirƙirar ta? Kuma mun riga mun sami mutane biyu daga waccan shawara, waccan shawara mai ba da shawara, da Biden ya ambata. Ita ce zata zama ta uku idan aka zaba ta. Menene matsayin wannan ƙungiyar da ba a sani ba, a wajen Washington?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: To, hakane. Kuma wannan shine dalilin da ya sa yana da mahimmanci a duba wannan Mashawarcin na WestExec, da farko, a fahimci cewa ƙungiya ce ta sirri [da ba za a ji ba] ta bayyana waɗanda kwastomomin ta suke. Amma mun san cewa tana aiki tare da kamfanonin Isra’ila. Da alama suna aiki tare da Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa. Kuma aikinsu shi ne samun kwangiloli na Pentagon daga kamfanoni, gami da kamfanoni daga Silicon Valley. Wannan shi ne mafi munin Washington.

Haka ne, ya riga ya zaɓi Antony Blinken, wanda shine co-kafa tare da Michèle Flournoy - ya isa sosai. Mafi munin abin da suka shigo da Avril Haines, wanda wani ɓangare ne na WestExec Advisors. Amma wannan kamfani mai ba da shawara, da alama gwamnati ce ta Biden, tana wakiltar irin ƙofar Washington mai jujjuya ƙofa, ta tabbatar da cewa kamfanoni suna da sauƙi a cikin Pentagon, kuma suna amfani da waɗannan masu zurfin ciki daga shekarun Bill Clinton da na Obama shekaru - musamman ma shekarun Obama - don shafawa ƙafafun kamfanonin. Don haka, kun sani, da rashin alheri, muna son ƙarin sani game da masu ba da shawara na WestExec, amma kamar yadda na ce, kamfani ne da ba zai bayyana waɗanda abokan kasuwancinsa suke ba.

AMY GOODMAN: Karatu daga wani Labari, "Shafin yanar gizo na masu ba da shawara ga WestExec sun hada da taswirar da ke nuna West Executive Avenue, ingantacciyar hanya a farfajiyar Fadar White House tsakanin West Wing da Eisenhower Executive Office, a matsayin wata hanya ta nuna abin da kamfanin ba da shawara zai iya yi wa abokan huldarta… ' a zahiri, hanyar zuwa Yanayin Halin, da kuma road hanyar da duk wanda ke da alaƙa da masu ba da shawara na WestExec ya tsallaka sau da yawa a kan hanyar tarurruka na sakamakon tsaron ƙasa mafi girma. '' 'Medea, your yanki in Mafarki na Farko an buga taken "Shin Michele Flournoy Zata Zama Mala'ikan Mutuwa don Daular Amurka?" Me kuke nufi?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: Da kyau, Ina jin cewa zamu iya ɗayan ɗayan hanyoyi biyu: Muna ci gaba da wannan hanyar don ƙoƙarin nuna cewa Amurka tana da haƙƙi da ikon faɗar yadda duniya ya kamata ta kasance, wanda shine ra'ayin Michèle Flournoy, ko Biden na iya tafiya wata hanyar, wanda shine fahimtar cewa Amurka babbar daula ce a cikin rikici, tana buƙatar kula da matsalolin ta a nan gida, kamar wannan annoba, kuma dole ne ta rage babban kasafin kuɗin soji da ke cin sama da rabin kuɗinmu na hankali. . Kuma idan ya zaɓi Michèle Flournoy, ina tsammanin za mu ci gaba a kan wannan hanyar ta faduwar daular, wanda zai zama mummunan abu a gare mu a Amurka, saboda yana nufin za mu ci gaba da waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe a Afghanistan, a Iraki, sa hannun Amurka a cikin Siriya, amma kuma, a lokaci guda, yi ƙoƙari mu je China, wanda ba za mu iya ci gaba da wannan masarautar ba da ƙoƙarin magance duk rikice-rikicen da muke ciki a nan gida.

Juan GONZÁLEZ: Kuma, Medea, ku ma kuna rubuta game da sa hannun Michèle Flournoy tare da Cibiyar kan Sabbin Tsaron Amurka, wannan rukunin masu tunanin da ta taimaka ƙirƙirar. Shin za ku iya magana game da abin da aka samar da abin da ta yi a can?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: Da kyau, ana ganin wannan a matsayin ɗayan mafi yawan thinkungiyoyin tunani. Kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan kuɗin da aka ba da kuɗaɗɗen tallafi daga ainihin 'yan kwangila na soja, da kamfanonin mai. Don haka, misali ne, cewa ta fara kanta, na barin gudanar da mulki daga Pentagon, ƙirƙira - ta amfani da Rolodex ɗin ta don ƙirƙirar wannan rukunin tunani da kuma samar mata da kuɗi ta hannun kamfanonin da tayi aiki dasu lokacin da take cikin Pentagon.

AMY GOODMAN: Zamu karya yanzu. Muna so mu gode maka, Medea Biliyaminu, don kasancewa tare da mu, co-kafa kungiyar zaman lafiya CodePink, marubucin littattafai da dama, gami da Mulkin Mulki: Bayan Amurka-Saudi Connection.

Za mu kasance tare da tsohon marubucin jawabin Bernie Sanders, David Sirota, da farfesa Barbara Ransby, don kallon wanda ke kan fage a Wilmington, Delaware, zabin da zababben Shugaba Biden ya yi har yanzu. Ku zauna tare da mu.