Shin Michele Flournoy Zai Zama Mala'ikan Mutuwa Ga Daular Amurka?

Daga Medea Benjamin da Nicolas JS Davies, Satumba 22, 2020

Idan 'yan Democrats suka yi nasarar turawa Joe Biden kan layin karshe a zaben watan Nuwamba, zai ga kansa yana shugabantar da mummunan mulki, faduwar daula. Zai ci gaba da manufofin da suka jagoranci masarautar Amurka ta lalacewa da raguwa, ko kuma amfani da lokacin don ciyar da al'ummarmu cikin wani sabon salo: sauyawa zuwa zaman lafiya da ci gaba bayan mulkin mallaka.

Tawagar manufofin kasashen waje Biden za ta kasance mabuɗi, gami da zaɓinsa na Sakataren Tsaro. Amma wanda Biden ya fi so, Michele Flournoy, ba shine gal ba don wannan lokacin na tarihi. Haka ne, za ta fasa rufin gilashin a matsayin mace ta farko Sakatariyar Tsaro, amma, a matsayinta na ɗaya daga cikin masu tsara yaƙe-yaƙe marasa iyaka da yin rikodin kasafin kuɗin soja, za ta taimaka ne kawai don jagorantar daular Amurka nesa da hanyarta ta yanzu ta ɓace-yaƙe, lalata militarism da kuma koma baya tashar.

A shekara ta 1976, Janar John Glubb, kwamandan Birtaniyya mai ritaya na Jordan Legion, ya rubuta a karamin littafi mai taken Kaddara ta Dauloli. Glubb ya lura da yadda kowace daulolin duniya ta samu ci gaba ta hanyar matakai shida, wadanda ya kira: Age of Pioneers; zamanin Nasara; Zamanin Kasuwanci; Zamanin wadata; Zamanin hankali; da Zamanin Shekaru da Ragewa. Duk da banbancin fasaha, siyasa da al'adu tsakanin dauloli da zamani, tun daga Assuriyawa (859-612 BC) zuwa Birtaniyya (1700-1950 CE), dukkan ayyukan da akayi a kowane yanayi ya dauki kimanin shekaru 250. 

Amurkawa na iya kirga shekarun daga 1776, kuma kadan daga cikin mu zasu musanta cewa daular Amurka tana cikin Shekaru na Decadence da Ragewa, wadanda suka dace da halayen Glubb da aka gano a wannan matakin, gami da tsari, rashawa ta gari, ƙiyayya ta siyasa, da abin sha'awa tare da shahararre don kashin kansa.

Rushewar daula ba ta da kwanciyar hankali, amma ba koyaushe ya shafi mamayewa, lalacewa ko rugujewar masarautar ba, matuƙar shugabannin ta ƙarshe za su fuskanci gaskiya da gudanar da miƙa mulki cikin hikima. Don haka abin takaici ne cewa zaben shugaban kasa na 2020 ya ba mu zabi tsakanin manyan ‘yan takarar jam’iyya biyu wadanda ba su cancanci gudanar da sauye-sauyen Amurka bayan mulkin mallaka ba, dukansu suna yin alkawuran banza don dawo da abubuwan da suka gabata na Amurka, maimakon zana manyan tsare-tsare don zaman lafiya, dorewa da wadataccen ci gaba bayan mulkin mallaka.

Trump da nasa "Make America Great Again" suna wakiltar matsayin babban sarki ne na sarki, yayin da Biden ya tursasa ra'ayin da Amurkawa suka dauka cewa ya kamata "ta dawo kan teburin" a duniya, kamar dai daular neocolonial daular Amurka na nan daram. Tare da isasshen matsin lamba daga jama'a, ana iya shawo kan Biden ya fara yankan Kasafin kudin soja na soja don saka hannun jari a cikin ainihin bukatunmu, daga Medicare Ga Kowa har zuwa Sabuwar Yarjejeniyar Kore. Amma hakan ba mai yiwuwa bane idan ya zaɓi Michele Flournoy, ɗan gwagwarmaya mai ƙarfi wanda ya taka rawa a yaƙe-yaƙe da yaƙe-yaƙe na Amurka da bala'in masifa tun daga 1990s.

Bari mu dubi rikodin ta:

A matsayinta na Mataimakin Sakataren Tsaro na Dabaru a karkashin Shugaba Clinton, Flournoy shi ne babban marubuci na Mayu 1997 Binciken Tsaro na Quadrennial (QDR), wanda ya aza tushen akidar yaƙe-yaƙe marasa iyaka da suka biyo baya. A karkashin “Dabarun Tsaro,” QDR ta sanar yadda ya kamata cewa Amurka ba za ta kara zama ta da Yarjejeniyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya haramtawa ga barazanar ko amfani da karfin soja. Sanarwar ta ce, "lokacin da bukatun ke kan gaba suna da mahimmanci,… ya kamata mu yi duk abin da za mu kare su, gami da, lokacin da ya cancanta, amfani da karfi na soja kawai." 

QDR ta ayyana mahimman bukatun Amurka don haɗawa da “hana fitowar wani haɗin gwiwar yanki mai adawa” a koina a duniya da “tabbatar da hana shiga manyan kasuwanni, samar da makamashi da albarkatu masu mahimmanci.” Ta hanyar tsara amfani da karfi ta haramtacciyar hanya ta amfani da karfi a duk fadin duniya a matsayin "kare muhimman bukatu," QDR ta gabatar da abin da dokar kasa da kasa ta ayyana a matsayin ta'adi, da "Babban laifin duniya" a cewar alƙalai a Nuremberg, a matsayin wani nau'i na "kariya." 

Ayyukan Flournoy sun kasance alama ce ta rashin jujjuyawar ƙofofin da ba ta dace ba tsakanin Pentagon, masu ba da shawara ga kamfanonin da ke taimaka wa kamfanoni su sayi kwangilar Pentagon, da tankunan tunani na soja-masana'antu kamar Cibiyar Sabuwar Tsaron Amurka (CNAS), wacce ta kirkiro tare a 2007. 

A cikin 2009, ta shiga gwamnatin Obama a matsayin Karkashin Sakataren Tsaro na Manufofin, inda ta taimaka injiniyancin masifu na siyasa da na jin kai a ciki Libya da kuma Syria da sabon tashin hankali na yaki mara iyaka a Afghanistan kafin murabus a 2012. Daga 2013-2016, ta shiga Boston Consulting, suna mata fatauci Haɗin Pentagon to goyon baya kwangilar sojan kamfanin daga dala miliyan 1.6 a 2013 zuwa dala miliyan 32 a 2016. A shekarar 2017, Flourney kanta yana raking a $ 452,000 a shekara.

A cikin 2017, Flournoy da Mataimakin Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Obama Antony Blinken sun kafa kamfanonin tuntuba na kansu, Masu ba da shawara na WestExec, inda Flournoy ta ci gaba da ba da kuɗi ga abokan hulɗarta ta taimaka wa kamfanoni samu nasarar bincika hadadden tsarin gudanar da manyan kwangila na Pentagon.

Babu shakka ba ta da wani tallafi game da wadatar da kanta daga kuɗin masu biyan haraji, amma menene ainihin matsayin manufofin ƙasashen waje? Ganin cewa ayyukanta a cikin gwamnatocin Clinton da Obama sun kasance dabarun bayan fage da matsayin siyasa, ba a zarge ta da yawa game da takamaiman bala'in soja.

Amma labaran, takardu da rahotannin da Flournoy da CNAS suka wallafa tsawon shekaru 1997 sun nuna cewa tana fama da mummunar cuta kamar sauran ragowar manufofin kasashen waje na Washington. Tana ba da lafazi ga aikin diflomasiyya da na bangarori daban-daban, amma idan ta bayar da shawarar wata manufa don wata matsala, to tana ci gaba da goyon bayan amfani da karfin soji da ta sanya a siyasance a cikin XNUMX Quadrennial Defence Review (QDR). Lokacin da kwakwalwan suka faɗi, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin sojoji-masana'antar guduma-banger wacce kowace matsala take kama da ƙusa tana jiran a buge ta da tiriliyan-dala, babbar guduma mai fasaha.

A cikin Yunin 2002, kamar yadda Bush da ƙungiyarsa suka yi barazanar afkawa Iraki, Flournoy ya fada da Washington Post cewa Amurka za ta “buƙaci bugawa cikin gaggawa kafin rikici ya ɓarke ​​don tarwatsa makaman abokan gaba” kafin ta “iya kafa kariya don kare waɗannan makaman, ko kuma kawai ta tarwatsa su.” Lokacin da Bush ya bayyana “rukunan preemption” na hukuma aan watanni kadan, sai ga Sanata Edward Kennedy cikin hikima hukunta shi kamar yadda "unilateralism ke gudana ba tare da izini ba" da kuma "kira ga mulkin mallaka na ƙarni na 21 na Amurka wanda babu wata ƙasa da za ta iya ko karɓa." 

A cikin 2003, kamar yadda mummunan gaskiyar “yaƙin rigima” ya jefa Iraki cikin tashin hankali da rikice rikice, Flournoy da ƙungiyar Democratic hawks sun haɗu tare takarda mai taken "Ci gaban Kasa da Kasa" don ayyana wata alama ta "wayo da mafi kyau" ta karfin soji ga Jam'iyyar Demokrat a zaben 2004. Yayin da aka nuna shi a matsayin hanya tsakanin mulkin mallaka da na hagu, wanda ya nuna cewa “Dimokiradiyya za ta ci gaba da kasancewa mafi karfin soji da fasaha a duniya, kuma ba za mu guji amfani da shi ba don kare muradunmu a ko ina a duniya . ”

A cikin watan Janairun 2005, yayin da tashin hankali da hargitsi na mamayar sojojin mamaye na Iraki ke kara nisa daga cikin iko, Flournoy sanya hannu kan wata wasika daga Project for a New American Century (PNAC) tana neman majalisar dokoki da ta "kara yawan sojojin da ke aiki da kuma Marine Corps (ta) akalla sojoji 25,000 a kowace shekara a cikin shekaru masu zuwa." A cikin 2007, Flournoy ya goyi bayan kiyaye a “Saura ƙarfi” na sojojin Amurka 60,000 a Iraki, kuma a cikin 2008, ta kirkiro wata takarda da ke ba da shawara kan manufofin “Hadin Kai a cikin Iraki, wanda Brian Katulis ne adam wata a Cibiyar Ci Gaban Amurka da aka yiwa lakabi da "wani uzuri ne na ci gaba da zama a Iraki" wanda "ke matsayin hanyar ficewa." 

A matsayinta na Mataimakiyar Sakatariyar Tsaro ta Manufofin Obama, ta kasance babbar murya ce don ci gaba a Afghanistan da yakin Libya. Ta yi murabus a watan Fabrairun 2012, ta bar wasu don tsabtace rikici. A watan Fabrairun 2013, lokacin da Obama ya kawo Chuck Hagel a matsayin mai kawo sauyi a kasar don maye gurbin Leon Panetta a matsayin Sakataren Tsaro, dama-reshe Figures ya yi adawa da shirin sake fasalin da ya shirya, gami da Paul Wolfowitz da William Kristol, sun goyi bayan Flournoy a matsayin wani mahaukacin maye.

A cikin 2016, an nuna Flournoy a matsayin zabin Hillary Clinton na Sakatariyar Tsaro, kuma ta rubuta tare da Rahoton CNAS mai taken “Fadada Americanarfin Amurka” tare da ƙungiyar shaho waɗanda suka haɗa da tsohon mataimaki Cheney Eric Edelman, mai haɗin PNAC Robert Kagan da mai ba Bush shawara kan harkokin tsaro Stephen Hadley. An ga rahoton a matsayin ra'ayi na yadda manufofin kasashen waje na Clinton za su bambanta da na Obama, tare da kira ga karin kashe sojoji, shigar da makamai zuwa Ukraine, sabunta barazanar soja kan Iran, karin daukar matakan soja a Syria da Iraki, da kuma kara karuwa zuwa man fetur na cikin gida da kuma samar da iskar gas-duk abin da Trump ya karba.

A cikin 2019, shekaru hudu cikin yakin bala'i a Yemen lokacin da Majalisa ke kokarin dakatar da halartar Amurka da dakatar da sayar da makamai zuwa Saudi Arabia, Flournoy jãyayya a kan hana makamai. 

Ra'ayoyin hawwa na Flournoy suna da damuwa musamman idan ya zo China. A watan Yunin 2020, ta rubuta wata kasida in Harkokin Harkokin waje a cikin abin da ta haifar da wata hujja mara ma'ana cewa kasancewar mafi tsananin sojan Amurka a cikin teku da sararin samaniya a kusa da China zai sa yaƙi ya fi sauƙi ta hanyar tsoratar da China ta iyakance kasancewar sojojinta a bayan gidanta. Labarin nata kawai ya sake bayyana tsohuwar gajiya wacce ta kirkiri duk wani aikin sojan Amurka a matsayin "abin takaici" kuma duk wani aikin makiyi a matsayin "ta'adi." 

Flournoy ya ce "Washington ba ta isar da muhimmiyar ma'anarta ga Asiya ba," kuma matakan sojojin Amurka a yankin sun kasance kamar yadda suke shekaru goma da suka gabata. Amma wannan yana rufe gaskiyar cewa sojojin Amurka a gabashin Asiya sun karu ta 9,600 tun 2010, daga 96,000 zuwa 105,600. Jimillar jigilar sojojin Amurka zuwa ƙasashen waje sun ragu daga 450,000 zuwa 224,000 a wannan lokacin, don haka adadin forcesasashen waje na Amurka da aka ware wa gabashin Asiya ya haƙiƙa daga 21% zuwa 47%.

Flournoy kuma yayi watsi da ambaton cewa tuni Trump ya ƙara yawan sojojin Amurka a Gabashin Asiya ta bisa 23,000 tun 2016. Don haka, kamar yadda ta yi a 2004, 2008 da 2016, Flournoy kawai tana sake tsara manufofin neoconservative da Republican don sayarwa ga Democrats, don tabbatar da cewa sabon shugaban Demokradiyya ya sa Amurka ta yi aure da yaƙi, yaƙin soja da kuma ribar da ba ta da iyaka. rukunin sojoji da masana'antu.

Don haka ba abin mamaki bane cewa maganin Flournoy ga abin da ta gabatar a matsayin babbar barazanar daga China shine saka hannun jari a cikin sabon ƙarni na makamai, gami da manyan makamai masu linzami masu dogon zango da mafi fasaha tsarin mara izini. Har ma tana ba da shawarar cewa burin Amurka a cikin wannan tsere-tsalle na tsere-tsalle na makamai na iya zama ƙirƙira, samarwa da tura kayan yaƙi da babu su a halin yanzu don nutsar da sojojin ruwan China da na farar hula duka rundunar yan kasuwa (babban laifin yaƙi) a cikin awanni 72 na farko na yaƙi. 

Wannan daya ne kawai wani ɓangare na mafi girman shirin Flournoy don canza sojojin Amurka ta hanyar tiriliyan-dala hannun jari na lokaci mai tsawo a cikin sabbin kayan fasahar makamai, suna gini akan Trump tuni karuwa mai yawa a cikin ciyarwar Pentagon R & D 

A cikin Satumba 10 hira tare da Stars da ratsi shafin yanar gizon soja, Joe Biden ya bayyana cewa ya riga ya haɗiye ƙwayoyi masu yawa na Flournoy's Kool-Aid don wanke Cold War. Biden ya ce bai hango manyan ragin da za a samu a kasafin kudin soja ba “yayin da sojoji suka sake mai da hankali kan barazanar da za ta fuskanta daga 'makusantan' takwarorinsu kamar China da Rasha.”

Biden ya kara da cewa, "Na hadu da mashawarta da dama kuma wasu sun ba da shawarar a wasu yankuna cewa za a kara kasafin kudin (soja)." Za mu tunatar da Biden cewa ya dauki wadannan mashawarta da ba a ambata ba don su ba shi shawara, ba don kaddara hukuncin da dan takarar da har yanzu zai shawo kan jama'ar Amurka shi ne shugaban da muke bukata a wannan mawuyacin lokaci a tarihinmu ba.

Karɓar Michelle Flournoy don jagorantar Pentagon zai zama babbar alama ce mai nuna cewa Biden da gaske jajircewa ne kan ɓarnatar da makomar Amurka a kan wata gurɓacewar makamai tare da China da Rasha da kuma aikin banza, mai yuwuwar haɗari don tayar da ikon mulkin mallaka na Amurka. 

Tare da tattalin arzikinmu –da rayukanmu –da annoba ta lalata, tare da rikicewar yanayi da yakin nukiliya da ke barazana ga rayuwar rayuwar dan adam a wannan duniyar tamu, muna matukar bukatar shuwagabanni na kwarai da zasu jagorantar da Amurka ta hanyar tsaka mai wuya zuwa zaman lafiya, wadata bayan mulkin mallaka. Michele Flournoy ba ita ba ce.