A 'yan makonnin da suka gabata, ana ta tunkarar babban shaho Michèle Flournoy a matsayin wani abin birgewa don zama wakilin Joe Biden na Sakataren Tsaro. Amma wasu masu ci gaba sun dage kan shirya don gabatar da manyan tambayoyi, kamar su: Shin ya kamata mu karɓi ƙofar da ke jujjuyawa tsakanin Pentagon da masana'antar kera makamai? Shin da gaske wani sojan Amurka mai tayar da hankali ya inganta “tsaron ƙasa” kuma ya haifar da zaman lafiya?
Ta hanyar ƙalubalantar Flournoy yayin gabatar da waɗancan tambayoyin - da kuma amsa su a mummunan - gwagwarmaya ta sami nasarar canza “Sakataren Tsaro Flournoy” daga fait accompli zuwa ɓataccen tunanin ƙungiyar soja da masana’antu.
Ita "ƙaunatacciya ce a tsakanin mutane da yawa a cikin tsarin manufofin kasashen waje na Demokraɗiya," Foreign Policy mujallar ruwaito a daren Litinin, sa’o’i bayan da labarin ya fito cewa nadin Biden zai tafi ga Janar Lloyd Austin maimakon Flournoy. Amma “a makwannin da suka gabata kungiyar sauya shekar ta Biden ta gamu da koma baya daga bangaren hagu na jam’iyyar. Kungiyoyin masu ci gaba sun nuna alamar adawa ga Flournoy kan rawar da ta taka a tsoma bakin sojojin Amurka a Libya da Gabas ta Tsakiya a mukaman gwamnati da suka gabata, da kuma alakarta da masana'antar tsaro da zarar ta bar gwamnati. "
Tabbas, Gen. Austin babban ɓangare ne na injin yaƙi. Duk da haka, kamar yadda Foreign Policy ya lura cewa: “Lokacin da Biden ya tura tura sojoji daga Iraki yayin da mataimakin shugaban kasa, Flournoy, sannan babban jami’in kula da manufofin Pentagon, sannan Shugaban Hadin gwiwar Manyan Ma’aikata Mike Mullen ya yi adawa da ra’ayin. Austin baiyi hakan ba. ”
Video na Sen. John McCain da ke cike da yaƙe-yaƙe Austin shekaru da yawa da suka gabata ya nuna babban mai son tsayawa tsayin daka game da himma don faɗaɗa kashe-kashe a Siriya, sabanin matsayi da matsayin da Flournoy ya shiga.
Flournoy yana da tarihi mai yawa na jayayya don sa baki da haɓaka, daga Syria da Libya zuwa Afghanistan da kuma bayan. Ta yi adawa da hana sayar wa Saudiyya da makamai. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, shawarwarin da ta bayar sun hada da tura ambulan din sojoji a wuraren da ka iya fashewa kamar Tekun Kudancin China. Flournoy yana matukar goyon baya ga kutsen da sojojin Amurka suka yiwa China.
Masanin tarihi Andrew Bacevich, wanda ya kammala karatun digirin sa na Sojan Amurka kuma tsohon Kanal na Soja, yayi kashedin cewa “Ginin soja da Flournoy ya gabatar zai nuna ba za a iya biya ba, sai dai idan, ba shakka, gibin gwamnatin tarayya a kewayon miliyoyin daloli ya zama na yau da kullun. Amma ainahin matsalar ba ta ta'allaka da gaskiyar cewa ginin Flournoy zai ci kuɗi mai yawa, amma yana da lahani a dabara. ” Bacevich ya kara da cewa: "Kauracewa abubuwan da ke nuni ga takaitawa kuma Flournoy yana ba da shawarar cewa Amurka za ta yiwa Jamhuriyar Jama'ar yakin neman shiga cikin fasahar tsere ta fasahar zamani."
Tare da rikodin irin wannan, kuna iya tunanin cewa Flournoy ba zai sami tallafi kaɗan daga shugabannin kungiyoyi ba kamar Plowshares Fund, Controlungiyar Kula da Makamai, Bulletin na Masana Kimiyyar Atomic da Majalisar don Duniya Mai Zaɓu. Amma, kamar yadda ni rubuta fiye da mako guda da ya gabata, masu motsi da masu girgiza a wadancan kungiyoyi masu dattako suna matukar yabawa Flournoy zuwa sararin samaniya - suna roƙon Biden a ba ta Sakatariyar Tsaro aiki.
Da yawa sun ce sun san Flournoy sosai kuma suna son ta. Wasu sun yaba da sha'awar sake fara tattaunawar makaman nukiliya tare da Rasha (matsakaiciyar matsayin manufofin kasashen waje). Dayawa sun yaba da aikinta a manyan mukaman Pentagon karkashin Shugaba Clinton da Obama. A keɓance, ana iya jin wasu suna cewa yaya zai kasance idan aka sami “dama” ga mutumin da ke aiki da Pentagon.
Arin abokan ƙawancen gargajiya na masu tsara manufofin yaƙi da sojan sa kai sun shigo ciki, galibi suna zagin hagu kamar yadda ya bayyana a ƙarshen Nuwamba cewa turawar ci gaba yana jinkirta ƙarfin Flournoy ga babban aikin Ma'aikatar Tsaro. Sanannen mai sha'awar yaƙi Max Boot ya kasance abin misali.
Boot a bayyane yake tsokane ta a Washington Post labarin labarai wanda ya bayyana a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba a ƙarƙashin taken "Libeungiyoyin Liberal sun yi kira ga Biden da kada su ambaci Flournoy a matsayin Sakataren Tsaro." Labarin da aka nakalto daga a bayani wanda aka bayar a wannan rana ta ƙungiyoyi masu ci gaba guda biyar - RootsAction.org (inda nake darekta na ƙasa), CodePink, Juyin Juyin namu, Progressan Demokraɗiyar ci gaban Amurka, da World Beyond War. Mun isar da cewa nadin Flournoy zai haifar da mummunan tashin hankali game da tabbatar da Majalisar Dattawa. (Jaridar ta nakalto ni ina cewa:RootsAction.org yana da jerin masu goyon baya miliyan daya da dubu dari biyu a Amurka, kuma mun shirya tsaf don tunkarar dukkan 'kuri'a' a'a, idan hakan ta zo. ')
Rahoto a kan sanarwar hadin gwiwa, Mafarki na Farko ya taƙaita shi daidai a cikin taken: “Rein amincewa da Michèle Flournoy, Masu Neman Biden Pick Pentagon Chief 'Ba a Sanar dasu' Daga xungiyar Soja da Masana'antu.”
Irin wannan zance da irin wannan shiryawar abar kyama ce ga irin su Boot, wanda ya dawo da wuta tare da Washington Post shafi a cikin sa'o'i. Yayin bayar da shawarwari don Flournoy, ya kira "tsohuwar maganar Roman" - "Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "Idan kuna son zaman lafiya, ku shirya don yaƙi." Yayi watsi da ambaton cewa Latin yaren mutuƙar ne kuma daular Roman ta ruguje.
Shirye-shiryen yaƙi wanda ke haɓaka yiwuwar yaƙi na iya motsa mayaƙan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. Amma yaƙin da suke gabatarwa hauka ne duk da haka.
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Norman Solomon babban darekta ne na RootsAction.org kuma marubucin littattafai da yawa gami da Yaƙi Ya Sauƙaƙe: Ta yaya Shugabanni da Kwanan Tsayawa Kashe Mu Don Mutuwa. Ya kasance wakilin Bernie Sanders daga Kalifoniya zuwa Taron Kasa na 2016 da 2020 na Kasa. Solomon shi ne wanda ya kafa kuma babban darakta na Cibiyar Tabbatar da Jama'a.
