War, Peace and Presidential Candidates

By Medea Benjamin da Nicolas JS Davies, Maris 27, 2019

Shekaru arbain da biyar bayan majalisa suka wuce dokar War Powers Dokar ta Wuta ta Vietnam, ta ƙarshe amfani dashi a karon farko, don kokarin kawo karshen yakin Amurka da Saudiyya kan mutanen Yemen da kuma dawo da ikonta na kundin tsarin mulki kan batutuwan yaki da zaman lafiya. Wannan bai dakatar da yakin ba tukuna, kuma Shugaba Trump ya yi barazanar kin amincewa da kudirin. Amma hanyar da ya gabatar a Majalisa, da kuma muhawarar da ta haifar, na iya zama muhimmin mataki na farko a kan hanya mai wahala ga manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka da ba su da karfi a Yemen da kuma bayan.

Yayin da Amurka ta shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe cikin tarihinsa, tun da 9 / 11 ya kai hari ga sojojin Amurka sun shiga cikin jerin yakin da suka kwashe kusan shekaru ashirin. Mutane da yawa suna kiran su a matsayin "yaƙe-yaƙe marasa iyaka." Ofaya daga cikin mahimman darussan da duk muka koya daga wannan shine cewa ya fi sauƙi a fara yaƙe-yaƙe fiye da dakatar da su. Don haka, duk da cewa mun zo ganin wannan yanayin yaƙi a matsayin `` sabon abu, '' jama'ar Amurka sun fi hikima, suna kira da a rage aikin soja da kuma kula da majalisa.

Sauran duniya sun fi sani game da yakin mu. Ka ɗauki shari'ar Venezuela, inda Kwamitin Jirgin Sama yake ya nace cewa zaɓin soja shine "a kan teburin." Yayin da wasu magoya bayan Venezuela sun hada gwiwa tare da kokarin Amurka na kawar da gwamnatin Venezuela, babu wanda ke miƙawa da kansu sojojin.

Haka kuma ya shafi sauran rikicin yankuna. Iraq ta ƙi yin aiki a matsayin wani yanki na Amurka da Isra'ila da Saudiyya a kan Iran. Harkokin al'adun gargajiya na Amurka sun yi hamayya da janyewar Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta Iran daga yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran da kuma neman zaman lafiya, ba yaki ba, tare da Iran. Kasar Koriya ta kudu ta yi kokari wajen aiwatar da zaman lafiya tare da Koriya ta arewa, duk da irin rashin amincewar da Jamhuriyar Koriya ta Arewa Kim Jung Un ta yi.

Don haka menene fata cewa ɗayan farautar 'yan Democrat da ke neman shugabancin ƙasar a 2020 na iya zama ainihin "ɗan takarar zaman lafiya"? Shin ɗayansu zai iya kawo ƙarshen waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe kuma ya hana sababbi? Tafiya da dawowar Yakin Cacar Baki da tseren makamai tare da Rasha da China? Rage sojojin Amurka da kasafin kudinta duka? Inganta diflomasiyya da jajircewa ga dokokin ƙasa da ƙasa?

Tun lokacin da gwamnatin Bush / Cheney ta ƙaddamar da "Long Wars," a yau, sabbin shugabanni daga ɓangarorin biyu sun yi ta yin kira zuwa ga zaman lafiya yayin yakin neman zaɓensu. Amma babu Obama ko Trump da sukayi kokarin kawo karshen yakin mu "mara iyaka" ko kuma sake kawo karshen kashe kudin soji.

Matsayin da Obama ya yi na yaki da yakin Iraki da alkawuran da aka yi wa sabon shugabanci ya isa ya lashe shi da shugaban kasa da kuma Lambar Lambar Nobel, amma ba don kawo mana salama ba. A ƙarshe, ya kashe fiye da soja fiye da Bush kuma ya jefa wasu boma-bamai a wasu ƙasashe, ciki har da karuwa goma a cikin jirgin saman CIA mara matuki. Babban abin da Obama ya kirkira shi ne koyarwar boye da yaƙe-yaƙe wanda ya rage asarar Amurka da kuma yin adawa da yaƙi na cikin gida, amma ya kawo sabon rikici da hargitsi a Libya, Syria da Yemen. Haɓakar Obama a Afghanistan, wanda aka yi wa laƙabi da "makabartar dauloli," ya juya wannan yaƙin zuwa yakin Amurka mafi tsawo tun Amincewar Amurka na Ƙasar Amirka (1783-1924).

Har ila yau, an yi nasarar za ~ en magoya bayan alkawuran rashin zaman lafiya, tare da 'yan kwanakin nan, na farar hula kuri'un mahimmanci a cikin jihohi na jihohin Pennsylvania, Michigan da Wisconsin. Amma ƙararrawa ta hanzarta kewaye da kansa tare da manyan yankuna da kuma jiko, ya haɓaka yaƙe-yaƙe a Iraki, Siriya, Somalia da kuma Afghanistan, kuma ya goyi bayan yakin basasar Saudiyya a Yemen. Mashawartansa sun tabbatar da cewa duk matakai na Amurka zuwa ga zaman lafiya a Siriya, Afghanistan ko Koriya sun kasance abin ban mamaki, yayin da Amurka ta yi ƙoƙari ta tayar da Iran da Venezuela sunyi barazana ga duniya tare da sababbin yaƙe-yaƙe. Ƙunƙarar ƙarar, "Ba mu ci nasara ba," ya bayyana ta hanyar shugabancinsa, yana nuna cewa yana neman yakin da zai iya "lashe."

Duk da cewa ba za mu iya ba da tabbacin cewa ‘yan takara za su tsaya kan alkawuran yakin neman zaben su ba, yana da muhimmanci mu kalli wannan sabon amfanin na‘ yan takarar shugaban kasa mu bincika ra’ayoyin su –kuma, idan za ta yiwu, bayanan jefa kuri’a – kan batutuwan yaki da zaman lafiya. Wace irin damar zaman lafiya kowannensu zai kawo a Fadar White House?

Bernie Sanders

Sanata Sanders na da mafi kyawun rikodin rikodin kowane dan takara game da yaki da al'amurran zaman lafiya, musamman ma a kan aikin soja. Yayinda yake adawa da tsarin tattalin arzikin Pentagon da ya wuce, ya zabi 3 kawai daga 19 takardar kudi na soja tun daga 2013. Da wannan matakin, babu wani dan takarar da ya zo kusa, ciki har da Tulsi Gabbard. A wasu kuri'un kan yaki da zaman lafiya, Sanders ya jefa kuri'a kamar yadda Peace Action ya nema 84% na lokaci daga 2011 zuwa 2016, duk da wasu kuri'u masu kada kuri'a a kan Iran daga 2011-2013.

Ɗaya daga cikin manyan rikice-rikicen da 'yan adawar Sanders ke yi wajen magance matsalolin soja shi ne goyon bayan don tsarin makamin da ya fi tsada da barnatarwa a duniya: jirgin yaki na F-35 mai dala tiriliyan. Ba wai kawai Sanders ya goyi bayan F-35 ba, ya tura – duk da adawar da ke cikin gida – don samun wadannan jiragen yakin a filin jirgin Burlington na rundunar tsaron ta Vermont.

Game da dakatar da yakin a Yemen, Sanders ya kasance jarumi. A cikin shekarar da ta gabata, shi da Senators Murphy da Lee sunyi kokarin kokarin kula da dokar yaki da yakin basasa ta Yemen ta hanyar majalisar dattawa. Congressman Ro Khanna, wanda Sanders ya zaba a matsayin daya daga cikin shafukansa na gwagwarmaya na 4, ya jagoranci yunkuri a cikin House.

Kungiyar 2016 ta Sanders ta bayyana muhimmancin shawarwari na gida game da kiwon lafiyar duniya da zamantakewar al'umma da tattalin arziki, amma an soki lamirin manufofin kasashen waje. Bayan murkushe Clinton don zama "Da yawa cikin canjin mulki," ya zama kamar ba da son yin muhawararta game da manufofin kasashen waje, duk da rikodin aikinsa. Ya bambanta, a yayin mulkin shugaban kasa na yau, ya hada da ƙungiyar soja da masana'antu ta musamman a cikin abubuwan da suke da nasaba da juyin juya halin siyasa, da kuma rikodin zabensa ya ba da shawararsa.

Sanders yana goyon bayan ficewar Amurka daga Afghanistan da Siriya kuma yana adawa da barazanar Amurka na yaƙi da Venezuela. Amma maganganun da yake yi kan manufofin kasashen waje a wasu lokuta na bata wa shugabannin kasashen waje birki ta hanyoyin da ba da sani ba za su ba da goyon baya ga “sauyin tsarin mulki” manufofin da yake adawa da su - kamar lokacin da ya shiga kungiyar mawakan siyasa ta Amurka da ke yi wa Kanar Gaddafi na Libya wani "Dan daba da mai kisan kai," in an jima a gaban kundin tsarin mulkin Amurka da ke goyon bayan Gaddafi.

Bude asirin ya nuna Sanders dauke da fiye da $ 366,000 daga "masana'antun tsaro" a lokacin yakin neman zabensa ta 2016, amma kawai $ 17,134 don nasarar zabensa na 2018 Senate.

Don haka tambayarmu game da Sanders ita ce, "Wanne Bernie za mu gani a Fadar White House?" Shin wanda ke da tsabta da ƙarfin zuciya don zaɓar "A'a" akan kashi 84% na kuɗin kashe kuɗi na soja a Majalisar Dattawa, ko kuma wanda ke tallafawa kayan aikin soja kamar F-35 kuma ba zai iya tsayayya da maimaita ɓarna na shugabannin ƙasashen waje ba ? Yana da mahimmanci Sanders ya nada ingantattun masu ba da shawara kan manufofin ƙasashen waje don kamfen ɗin sa, sannan ga gwamnatin sa, don haɓaka ƙwarewar sa da sha'awar manufofin cikin gida.

Tulsi Gabbard

Yayinda yawancin 'yan takarar ke gujewa manufofin kasashen waje, dan majalisa Gabbard ya sanya manufofin kasashen waje - musamman kawo karshen yaki - babban jigon yakin ta.

Ta kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai a ranar Maris 10 CNN Town Hall, yana magana da gaskiya game da yaƙe-yaƙe na Amurka fiye da kowane ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa a cikin tarihin kwanan nan. Gabbard yayi alƙawarin kawo ƙarshen yaƙe-yaƙe marasa ma'ana kamar wanda ta gani a matsayin jami'in tsaron ƙasa a Iraq. Tana nuna rashin yarda ba tare da nuna adawa ba ga ayyukan "canjin mulki" na Amurka, da kuma Sabon Yakin Cacar da tseren makamai da Rasha, kuma tana goyon bayan sake komawa yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran. Har ila yau, ta kasance mai ba da tallafi ga dan majalisa Ro Khanna na Yemen War Powers bill.

Amma Gabbard na ainihi labarin rikici akan yaki da al'amurran zaman lafiya, musamman a kan aikin soja, ba kusan kamar yarinya kamar Sanders ba. Ta zabi 19 na 29 takardar kudi na soja a cikin shekaru 6 da suka gabata, kuma tana da kawai 51% Rubutun zaɓen zabe. Yawancin kuri'un da aka amince da shi a cikin yarjejeniyar Peace Action sun kasance kuri'un da za su cika kudaden sababbin makamai masu linzami, ciki har da makamai masu linzami na nukiliya (a cikin 2014, 2015 da 2016); wani mai amfani da jirgin sama na 11th na Amurka (a cikin 2013 da 2015); da kuma sassa daban-daban na shirin makami-makami na anti-ballistic, wadda ta haifar da sabon Cold War da kuma tseren makamai a yanzu.

Gabbard ya yi zabe a kalla sau biyu (a cikin 2015 da 2016) don kada a sake share 2001 mai yawan gaske. Izini don Amfani da Ƙarfin Soja, kuma ta yi zaɓe sau uku don kada a taƙaita amfani da kuɗin sintirin Pentagon. A cikin 2016, ta jefa kuri'a kan rashin kwaskwarima don rage kasafin kudin soja da kashi 1% kawai. Gabbard ya karɓi $ 8,192 a cikin "Masana'antu" gudunmawar ta zaɓa ta 2018 reelection.

Gabbard har yanzu ya yi imanin cewa, akwai wata hanyar da ake yi wa ta'addanci, game da ta'addanci, duk da haka karatu yana nuna cewa wannan yana ciyar da ci gaban kai tsaye na tashin hankali a bangarorin biyu.

Har yanzu tana cikin soja kanta kuma ta rungumi abin da ta kira "tunanin soja." Ta ƙare zauren Taron CNN ta hanyar faɗin cewa kasancewa Babban-Kwamanda shi ne mafi mahimmancin ɓangare na kasancewar shugaban ƙasa. Kamar Sanders, dole ne mu tambaya, "Wace Tulsi za mu gani a Fadar White House?" Shin zai iya zama Manjo tare da tunanin soja, wanda ba zai iya kawo kanta ba don hana takwarorinta na soja sabon tsarin makamai ko ma a yanke kashi 1% daga tiriliyan daloli a cikin kashe kudin soji da ta zaba? Ko kuwa tsohon soja ne wanda ya ga mummunan yanayin yaƙi kuma ya ƙuduri aniyar dawo da sojojin zuwa gida kuma ba zai sake tura su ba don kashewa da kashe su a cikin mulkin da ba shi da iyaka ya canza yaƙe-yaƙe?

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren ta yi suna tare da kalubale masu wuya na rashin daidaito na tattalin arziki na kasar da kuma kamuwa da kamfanoni, kuma ya fara sasantawa da manufofi na kasashen waje. Cibiyar ta ta yakin ta ce ta goyi bayan "yankan matakan tsaro na kasa da kasa da kuma kawo karshen makamai masu kare hakkin dangi kan manufofin sojinmu." Amma, kamar Gabbard, ta zabi ta amince da kashi biyu bisa uku na " asusun soja takardar kudi da ta zo gabanta a majalisar dattijai.

Har ila yau shafinta na intanet ya ce, "Lokaci ya yi da za a dawo da sojojin gida," kuma tana goyon bayan "sake saka jari a diflomasiyya." Ta fito ne don nuna goyon baya ga Amurka ta sake hadewa da Iran yarjejeniyar nukiliya kuma ya ba da shawarar da za ta hana Amurka ta amfani da makaman nukiliya a matsayin wani zaɓi na farko, wanda ya ce tana son "rage chances na makircin nukiliya."

Ita Takardar rikodi na Peace Action daidai yayi daidai da Sanders 'na ƙaramin lokacin da ta zauna a Majalisar Dattawa, kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin Sanatoci biyar na farko da suka kula da kudirinsa na Yemen War Powers a watan Maris na 2018. Warren ta ɗauki $ 34,729 a "Masana'antu" gudunmawar ta 2018 Senate reelection yakin.

Tare da kulawa ga Isra'ila, Sanata ya fusata da yawa daga cikin 'yantacciyar' yantacce a lokacin, a 2014, ta goyan Ƙaddamar da hare-haren Isra'ila da Gaza da suka bar rayukan 2,000, kuma sun zargi 'yan farar hula kan Hamas. Tun lokacin da ta dauki matsayi mafi mahimmanci. Ta tsayayya kudirin doka don kauracewa Isra'ila tare da yin Allah wadai da amfani da karfin sojan da Isra'ila ta yi a kan masu zanga-zangar lumana a cikin 2018.

Warren yana bin inda Sanders ya jagoranci batutuwa daga kiwon lafiyar duniya don ƙalubalantar rashin daidaito da kamfanoni, bukatun siyasa, kuma tana bin sa a Yemen da sauran yaƙe-yaƙe da al'amuran zaman lafiya. Amma kamar Gabbard, kuri'un Warren sun amince da kashi 68% na takardar kudi na soja ya nuna rashin amincewarsa kan magance matsalar da ta nuna cewa: "'yan kwangila masu kare hakkin dangi a kan manufofin soja."

Kamala Harris

Sanata Harris ya sanar da matsayinta na shugaban kasa a magana mai tsawo a} asarsu ta Oakland, CA, inda ta yi jawabi game da al'amurran da suka shafi al'amurran da suka shafi al'amarin, amma ba su fa] a da yaƙe-yaƙe na Amirka ko dukiyar soja ba. Bangarenta kawai game da manufofin kasashen waje shine sanarwa mai mahimmanci game da "dimokuradiyya," "mulkin mallaka" da "yaduwar nukiliya," ba tare da wata hujja cewa Amurka ta ba da gudummawa ga duk wani matsala ba. Ko dai ba ta da sha'awar manufofin kasashen waje ko na soja, ko kuma tana jin tsoron magana game da matsayinta, musamman ma a garinta a cikin ƙananan gundumar Barbara Lee.

Wata fitowar ta Harris ta yi magana game da wasu shirye-shiryen shi ne goyon baya na wucin gadi ga Isra'ila. Ta gaya wa AIPAC taron a shekarar 2017, "Zan yi duk abin da zan iya don tabbatar da fadi da goyon baya ga bangarorin biyu don tsaron Isra'ila da kuma hakkin kare kai." Ta nuna yadda za ta dauki wannan tallafi ga Isra’ila lokacin da Shugaba Obama daga karshe ya ba wa Amurka damar shiga cikin kudurin Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da ke yin tir da matsugunan Isra’ila ba bisa ka’ida ba a Falasdinu da cewa “keta haddin kai ne” ga dokokin duniya. Harris, Booker da Klobuchar suna daga cikin Sanatocin 30 na Democratic (da 47 na Republican) waɗanda shafi yanar-gizo don hana Amurka zuwa ga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya akan ƙuduri.

Yayinda yake fuskantar matsalolin 'yan tawayen #SkipAIPAC a 2019, Harris ya shiga mafi yawan sauran' yan takarar shugaban kasa da suka zaba kada su yi magana a taro na 2019 na AIPAC. Ta kuma goyi bayan shiga yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran.

A cikin gajeren lokaci a Majalisar Dattijai, Harris ya zabe shida daga cikin takwas takardar kudi na soja, amma ta yi kwaskwarima da jefa kuri'a don Sanders 'Yemen War Powers bill. Harris bai kasance don sake zaba a cikin 2018 ba, amma ya ɗauki $ 26,424 a cikin "Masana'antu" gudunmawar a cikin zaɓin zaɓen na 2018.

Kirsten Gillibrand

Bayan Sanata Sanders, Sanata Gillibrand yana da rubuce-rubuce mafi kyau na biyu a kan runaway asusun soja, jefa kuri'a akan 47% na kudin kashewa sojoji tun 2013. Ita Takardar rikodi na Peace Action shine 80%, rage yawanci ta hanyar yawan kuri'un hawkish akan Iran kamar Sanders daga 2011 zuwa 2013. Babu wani abu akan gidan yakin neman zaben Gillibrand game da yaƙe-yaƙe ko kashe sojoji, duk da cewa suna aiki a Kwamitin Ayyuka. Ta dauki $ 104,685 a cikin "Masana'antu" gudunmawar da za ta yi na gwagwarmaya ta 2018, fiye da kowace sanata da ke gudana don shugaban.

Gillibrand shi ne mai ba da labari na Sanders 'Yemen War Powers lissafin. Ta kuma goyi bayan cikakken janye daga Afghanistan tun lokacin da 2011, a lokacin da take aiki takardar janyewa tare da Sanata Barbara Boxer kuma ya rubuta wasikar zuwa sakatariyar Gates da Clinton, inda suka nemi a tabbatar da cewa sojojin Amurka za su kasance "ba bayan 2014 ba."

Gillibrand ta dauki nauyin dokar kaurace wa Isra’ila ta haramtacciyar doka a shekarar 2017 amma daga baya ta janye aikinta na tallatawa a lokacin da masu adawa da talakawa da ACLU suka matsa mata, sai ta kada kuri’ar kin amincewa da S.1, wadanda suka hada da irin wadannan tanade-tanaden, a watan Janairun 2019. Ta yi magana mai kyau game da diflomasiyyar Trump da Arewa. Koriya. Asalin 'yar jam'iyyar Demokradiyya ta Dog daga karkarar da ke gabashin New York a cikin House, ta zama mai sassaucin ra'ayi a matsayin Sanatan jihar New York kuma yanzu, a matsayin' yar takarar shugaban kasa.

Cory Booker

Sanata Booker ya zabi 16 daga 19 takardar kudi na soja a majalisar dattijai. Ya kuma bayyana kansa a matsayin "mai tsattsauran ra'ayi don karfafa dangantaka da Isra'ila," kuma ya ba da tallafi ga kudirin Majalisar Dattawa na yin Allah wadai da kudurin Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya game da matsugunan Isra'ila a shekarar 2016. Ya kasance asalin cosponsor na kudirin don sanya sabon takunkumi a Iran Disamba 2013, kafin daga bisani a jefa kuri'a don yarjejeniyar nukiliya a cikin 2015.

Kamar Warren, Booker na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan kwanto biyar na Sandar Yemen War Powers lissafin, kuma yana da 86% Takardar rikodi na Peace Action. Amma duk da cewa yana aiki a Kwamitin Harkokin Kasashen Waje, bai dauki ko daya ba matsayi na jama'a don kawo ƙarshen yaƙe-yaƙe na Amurka ko yanke bayanan kashe sojoji. Rikodin sa na jefa kuri'a don 84% na kudaden kashewa na soja ya nuna cewa ba zai yi manyan yanka ba. Booker bai kasance don sake zaba a cikin 2018 ba, amma ya karɓi $ 50,078 a ciki "Masana'antu" gudummawar don sake zagaye na zaben na 2018.

Amy Klobuchar

Sanata Klobuchar shine mafi yawan rashin kuzari na sanatoci a takarar. Ta zaɓa duka amma ɗaya, ko 95%, na takardar kudi na soja tun 2013. Ita kawai ta zaba kamar yadda Peace Peace suka nema 69% na lokaci, mafi kankanta a tsakanin sanatocin da ke neman shugaban kasa. Klobuchar ta goyi bayan sauyin yakin da Amurka da NATO ke jagoranta a Libya a shekarar 2011, kuma bayanan da ta yi a bainar jama'a sun nuna cewa babban yanayin da Amurka ke amfani da shi na yin amfani da karfin soji a ko'ina shi ne kawayen Amurka su ma su shiga, kamar a Libya.

A watan Janairun 2019, Klobuchar shi ne dan takarar shugaban kasa daya tilo wanda ya zabi S.1, kudirin doka don sake ba da izinin taimakon sojan Amurka ga Isra’ila wanda ya hada da wani shiri na kin jinin BDS don bai wa jihohi da kananan hukumomin Amurka damar ficewa daga kamfanonin da suka kauracewa Isra’ila. Ita kadai ce 'yar takarar shugaban kasa a jam'iyyar Democrat a Majalisar Dattawa da ba ta ba da izinin Sanders' Yemen War Powers bill a cikin 2018 ba, amma ta yi mata kwakwaf kuma ta zabe ta a 2019. Klobuchar ya samu $ 17,704 a "Masana'antu" gudunmawar ta zaɓa ta 2018 reelection.

Beto O'Rourke

Tsohon majalisar dokoki ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, O'Rourke, ya zabi 20 daga 29 takardar kudi na soja (69%) tun daga 2013, kuma yana da 84% Takardar rikodi na Peace Action. Mafi yawan kuri'un da aka kirga a kan Peace Peace shi ne kuri'un da ke adawa da takamaiman ragi a kasafin kudin soja. Kamar Tulsi Gabbard, ya zaɓi mai ɗaukar jirgi na 11 a cikin 2015, kuma a kan rage kashi 1% a cikin kasafin kuɗin soja a cikin 2016. Ya jefa ƙuri'a game da rage yawan sojojin Amurka a Turai a cikin 2013 kuma sau biyu yana adawa da sanya iyaka a kan Asusun ajiyar ruwa O'Rourke memba ne na Kwamitin Ayyuka na Majalisar, kuma ya karɓi $ 111,210 daga "Masana'antu" don yakin neman majalisar dattijai, fiye da kowane dan takarar shugaban kasa na Democrat.

Duk da nuna bambancin da ke da nasaba da kayan aikin soja da masana'antu, wanda akwai wasu a Texas, O'Rourke bai nuna manufofin kasashen waje ko na soja ba a cikin Majalisar Dattijai ko yakin neman zabe, yana mai cewa wannan abu ne da zai so ya razana. A Majalisa, ya kasance memba na Kamfanin New Democrat Coalition cewa masu cigaba suna ganin kayan aiki ne na kamfanoni da kamfanoni.

John Delaney

Tsohon Majalisar Dattijai Delaney na ba da wani zabi ga Sanata Klobuchar a ƙarshen bakan, bayan da ya zabi 25 daga 28 takardar kudi na soja tun da 2013, da kuma samun 53% Takardar rikodi na Peace Action. Ya karɓi $ 23,500 daga "Bukatun tsaro" don yaƙin neman nasara na ƙarshe, kuma, kamar O'Rourke da Inslee, ya kasance memba na Kamfanin New Democrat Coalition.

Jay Inslee

Jay Inslee, Gwamnan Jihar Washington, ya yi aiki a Majalisa daga 1993-1995 da kuma daga 1999-2012. Inslee ya kasance babban mai adawa da yakin Amurka a Iraki, kuma ya gabatar da kudiri don tsige Babban Mai Shari'a Alberto Gonzalez don amincewa da azabtarwar da sojojin Amurka suka yi. Kamar O'Rourke da Delaney, Inslee ya kasance memba na Demungiyar New Democrat ta haɗin gwiwar Democrats, amma kuma murya mai ƙarfi don aiki kan canjin yanayi. A cikin yakin neman zabensa na 2010, ya ɗauki $ 27,250 a "Masana'antu" gudunmawar. Sakamakon gwagwarmaya ya mayar da hankali sosai a kan sauyin yanayi, kuma har yanzu ba a faɗar da manufofin ketare ko na soja ba.

Marianne Williamson da Andrew Yang

Wadannan 'yan takarar biyu daga kasashen waje na siyasa sun kawo ra'ayoyin da suka dace don takarar shugaban kasa. Malamin ruhaniya Williamson ya yi imanin, “Hanyar da kasarmu ke bi da al’amuran tsaro ya tsufa. Ba za mu iya dogaro da karfi kawai ba don kawar da kanmu daga makiyan duniya. ” Ta fahimci cewa, akasin haka, manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka ke haifar da makiya, kuma kasafin kudinmu na soja "kawai yana kara (akwatin) akwatin kayan aikin soja da masana'antu." Ta rubuta, "Hanya guda daya da za ku iya yin sulhu da makwabta ita ce ta yin sulhu da makwabta."

Williamson ya gabatar da shirin 10 ko 20 shekara don sake canza tattalin arzikin mu a cikin "tattalin arzikin zaman lafiya". "Daga kudaden zuba jari a ci gaban makamashi mai tsabta, sake gina gine-ginenmu da gadoji, gina gine-gine da kuma kafa wata masana'antun masana'antu, "in ji ta," lokaci ne da za a saki wannan} ungiyar mai hikima na {asar Amirka, ga aikin inganta rayuwar maimakon mutuwa. "

Kamfanin kasuwanci Andrew Yang yayi alkawari don "kawo mana yadda muke kashe sojoji," don "sanya Amurka cikin wahalar shiga harkokin kasashen waje ba tare da wata manufa ba," da kuma "sake saka jari a diflomasiyya." Ya yi imanin cewa yawancin kasafin kudin soja "yana mai da hankali ne kan kare barazanar daga shekarun da suka gabata sabanin barazanar shekarar 2020." Amma ya fayyace duk wadannan matsalolin dangane da “barazanar” kasashen waje da kuma martanin da sojojin Amurka suka ba su, rashin fahimtar cewa karfin sojan Amurka babbar barazana ce ga makwabta da yawa.

Julian Castro, Pete Buttigieg da John Hickenlooper

Babu Julian Castro, Pete Buttigieg da John Hickenlooper sun ambaci manufofin waje ko na soja a kan shafukan yanar gizon su.

Kammalawa

(Asar Amirka ta yi yaƙi fiye da shekaru 17, kuma muna kashe yawancin ku) a) en ku) a) en ku) a) en ku) a) en ku) a) en don yaƙe-yaƙe da sojoji da makamai don biyan su. Zai zama wauta idan aka yi tunanin cewa candidatesan takarar shugaban ƙasa waɗanda ba su da abin faɗi ko kaɗan game da wannan yanayin, ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba, za su fito da kyakkyawan shiri don sauya hanya da zarar mun girka su a Fadar White House. Abin damuwa ne kwarai da gaske cewa Gillibrand da O'Rourke, 'yan takarar guda biyu sun fi kallon rukunin sojoji da masana'antun neman kudaden yakin neman zabe a 2018, suna cikin nutsuwa kan wadannan tambayoyi na gaggawa.

Amma har ma 'yan takarar da ke yin alwashin magance wannan rikici na militarism suna yin hakan ta hanyoyin da ba za a amsa tambayoyi masu mahimmanci ba. Babu ɗayansu da ya faɗi yadda za su yanke kasafin kuɗin soja wanda ke ba da damar waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe - kuma saboda haka kusan ba makawa.

A cikin 1989, a ƙarshen Cold War, tsohon jami'ai na Pentagon Robert McNamara da Larry Korb sun shaidawa kwamitin Majalisar Dattijai cewa Amurka za ta iya samun kudin shiga ta soja. yanke ta 50% a cikin shekaru 10 na gaba. Wannan ba a taba faruwa ba, kuma aikin soja a karkashin Bush II, Obama da Trump ya fita wanda aka ba da gudunmawa a cikin yakin Cold War.

Yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa lokaci ne mai mahimmanci don daga wadannan batutuwan. Muna da matukar ƙarfafawa da shawarar Tulsi Gabbard da ƙarfin gwiwa don magance rikicin yaƙi da gwagwarmaya a zuciyar kamfen ɗin shugabancinta. Muna gode wa Bernie Sanders don jefa ƙuri'a a kan kasafin kuɗi na soja kowace shekara, da kuma gano rukunin soja da masana'antu a matsayin ɗayan manyan ƙungiyoyin masu sha'awar da juyin juya halin siyasa zai fuskanta. Muna jinjina wa Elizabeth Warren saboda ta la'anci "takunkumin 'yan kwangilar tsaro a kan manufofinmu na soja." Kuma muna maraba da Marianne Williamson, Andrew Yang da sauran muryoyin asali zuwa wannan muhawarar.

Amma muna buƙatar ji muhawara da yawa game da yaki da zaman lafiya a cikin wannan yakin, tare da wasu tsare-tsare na musamman daga dukkan 'yan takara. Wannan yunkuri na yakin basasa na Amurka, musayar militarism da runaway aikin soja ya rushe albarkatunmu, ya ɓata muhimmancinmu na kasa kuma ya haifar da haɗin kai tsakanin kasa da kasa, ciki har da hadarin gaske na sauyin yanayi da kuma yaduwar makaman nukiliya, wanda babu wata ƙasa da zata iya magance kansa.

Muna kira ne domin wannan muhawarar, domin dai muna makoki da miliyoyin mutanen da aka kashe ta yakin basasarmu kuma muna so kisan ya dakatar. Idan kana da wasu abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci, muna fahimta da girmama wannan. Amma idan ba har sai munyi magana da militarism da duk kudaden da ya shafe daga asusun mu na kasa ba, zai iya tabbatar da rashin yiwuwa a warware wasu matsaloli masu tsanani da ke fuskantar Amurka da duniya a cikin karni na 21.

Medea Biliyaminu shi ne mai haɓaka CODEPINK don Aminci, da kuma marubucin littattafai masu yawa, ciki har da Mulkin Mulki: Bayan Amurka-Saudi Connection. Nicolas JS Davies shine marubucin Blood On Our Hands: Ƙasar Amirka da Rushewar Iraq da kuma mai bincike tare da CODEPINK.