ʻO ka wahine ʻaʻole Militarism: Medea Beniamina ma ke neʻe ʻana e kūʻē iā Michèle Flournoy ma ke ʻano he Pentagon Aliʻi.

mai ka ʻO ka Democracy Nei, Nowemapa 25, 2020

ʻO ka pelekikena i koho ʻia ʻo Joe Biden i hoʻolauna i nā lālā nui o kāna pūʻulu palekana aupuni i kēia pule, e like me kāna mau koho no ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina, luna hoʻomalu aupuni, luna hoʻomalu palekana ʻāina, luna hoʻomalu ʻāina a me ʻelele no ka United Nations. ʻAʻole hoʻolaha ʻo Biden i kāna kākau ʻōlelo pale, akā ke hoʻomaka ala nei nā mea holomua i ka pīhoihoi no nā hōʻike e makemake ana ʻo ia e koho iā Michèle Flournoy, kahi koa Pentagon hawkish me nā pilina pili loa i ka ʻoihana pale. Inā koho ʻia, e lilo ʻo Flournoy i wahine mua e alakaʻi i ka ʻOihana Hoʻomalu. "ʻO ia ka hiʻohiʻona o ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka blob Wakinekona, ka puka o ka hale koa-ʻoihana hana," wahi a ka mea hoʻokumu o CodePink ʻo Medea Benjamin. "ʻO kāna mōʻaukala holoʻokoʻa kahi o ka hele ʻana i waho a ma waho o ka Pentagon ... kahi i kākoʻo ai ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia kaua a ka US i hana ai, a kākoʻo i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka pūʻali koa."

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ʻO kēia ka hua'ōlelo nui. ʻAʻole paha i ke kope hope loa.

AMY GOODMAN: Ua hoʻolauna aku ka pelekikena i koho ʻia ʻo Joe Biden i nā lālā nui o kāna hui palekana lahui, me ka hoʻohiki e hui hou i ka honua, me ka hōʻole loa i kā Trump's "America First" kulekele ʻē aʻe.

PRESIDENT-ELELE ʻO Joe ʻO BIDEN: Hui ka hui i kēia manawa. ʻO kēia kime, ma hope oʻu. Hōʻike lākou i koʻu mau manaʻo nui ʻoi loa ka ikaika o ʻAmelika i ka wā e hana ana me kāna mea kōkua.

AMY GOODMAN: Ua haʻi ʻia ka pelekikena i koho ʻia [Pōʻalua] ma Wilmington, Delaware, me nā lālā o kona Kuhina Nui e hiki mai ana, e like me ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka moho aupuni ʻo Tony Blinken, ka mea koho moʻo aupuni āpau i koho ʻia ʻo Avril Haines, ke kākāʻōlelo no ka palekana aupuni i koho ʻia ʻo Jake Sullivan, ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka mea koho ʻāina kūloko Alejandro Mayorkas a ʻo ka ʻelele ʻelele a UN i koho ʻia ʻo Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

E lohe hou mākou e pili ana iā lākou i kā mākou mahele aʻe, akā huli mua mākou e nānā i kahi lālā o ko Biden pūʻulu palekana aupuni i hōʻike ʻole ʻia. ʻAʻole maopopo iā mākou kāna koho no ke kākau ʻōlelo pale. Ua hōʻike aku kekahi mau nūhou i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o Biden e koho iā Michèle Flournoy, akā ʻo nā holomua, me kekahi poʻe kau kānāwai, e ʻōlelo kūʻē nei.

Inā koho ʻia a hōʻoia ʻia, e lilo ʻo Flournoy i wahine mua ma ka pou. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kōkua ma lalo o ka pale no ke kulekele i ka noho aupuni ʻana o Obama mai 2009 a 2012. Ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ke keʻena aʻoaʻo ʻo WestExec Advisors me Tony Blinken, i kēia manawa ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka moho aupuni. ʻO ke keʻena aʻoaʻo kūkā malū, me ka huaʻōlelo "E lawe ana i ka lumi kūlana i ka lumi papa," he nui nā luna hoʻomalu o Obama ma luna o nā limahana, a ʻo CIA ʻO Deputy Director Avril Haines, ka mea i kōkua i ke hoʻolālā ʻana i ka papahana drone a Obama, ʻo ia nō ko Biden koho no ke alakaʻi o ka ʻike aupuni.

ʻO ka luna ʻāpana o Kaleponi ʻo Ro Khanna i leka uila, ʻōlelo, “Ua kākoʻo ʻo Flournoy i ke kaua ma Iraq & Libya, ua hoʻohewa iā Obama ma Suria, a ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i ka piʻina ma Afghanistan. Makemake au e kākoʻo i ka poʻe koho a ka Pelekikena. Akā e hana anei ʻo Flournoy i ka haʻalele loa ʻana mai Afghanistan a me ka pāpā ʻana i nā kūʻai aku i nā mea kaua i nā Saudi e hoʻopau i ke kaua Yemen? " Ua nīnau ʻo Ro Khanna.

I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokani ʻo CodePink's Medea Beniamina, ʻōlelo, "Inā hoʻokau ʻo Biden i kona inoa i mua, pono i nā mea hakakā anti-war ke hoʻomaka koke i kahi hana āpau e pale i ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka Senate. #FeminismNotMilitarism. "

ʻĀ, hui pū ʻo Medea Beniamina me mākou i kēia manawa. ʻO ia ka mea hoʻokumu o CodePink, ka mea kākau o kekahi mau puke, e like me Ke Aupuni o ka Ponoʻole: Ma hope o ka hui US-Saudi; kāna puke hou loa, I loko o Iran:ʻO ka moʻoleloʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka politika o ka moku'Alapila o Iran.

E Medea, aloha hou mai ʻoe ʻO ka Democracy Nei! I kahi manawa, e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i nā koho a ka Pelekikena i koho ʻia ʻo Biden. He kanaka kēia i koho ʻole ʻia i kona inoa, kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi nui, ke kākau ʻōlelo pale. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāu mau hopohopo a me nā mea e hana nei ma hope o nā hanana, ma nā kaiāulu a me waena o nā luna kau kānāwai holomua.

MEDEA BENIAMINA: [inaudible] Flournoy, eia naʻe ke hōʻike nei aia he mahele i waena o ka poʻe o Biden ma kēia manawa. Hōʻike ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka mea ʻoi loa e pili ana i ka blob Wakinekona, ka puka o ka hale koa ʻoihana hana. ʻO kāna mōʻaukala holoʻokoʻa kahi o ka hele ʻana i waho a ma waho o ka Pentagon, ma lalo o Pelekikena Clinton, a laila ma lalo o Pelekikena Obama, kahi i kākoʻo ai ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia kaua a ka US i hana ai, a kākoʻo i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka pūʻali koa, a laila hoʻohana i kāna mau pilina ma aupuni i loko o kēia ʻano o nā ʻano manaʻo hawkish nāna i hui a kōkua paha i ka hana. Noho ʻo ia ma ka papa o kahi ʻoihana e hana pū me nā ʻaelike pale. Ua loaʻa iā ia he nui i ke kālā ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kēia mau mea pili i loko i nā ʻoihana hoʻonohonoho e hiki ai ke kiʻi i kēia ʻaelike Pentagon plush. ʻIke pū ʻo ia iā Kina he ʻenemi e kū pono ai me nā mea kaua ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe, kahi e hōʻoia ai i ka hoʻonui kālā o Pentagon a hoʻokau iā mākou i kahi ala weliweli o kahi kaua anuanu me Kina. No laila, eia wale kekahi o nā kumu a mākou e manaʻo nei e lilo ʻo ia i mea koho pōʻino ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo no ka pale ʻana.

ʻO IOHN ʻO GONZÁLEZ: ʻĀ, e Medea, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana i ka Oihana Pale Kaua ma lalo o Obama, ua hana pū ʻo ia i ka Oihana Hoʻomalu ma lalo o Bill Clinton a ua lohe ʻia ʻo ia ke koho mua a Hillary Clinton ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo pale, ua lanakila ʻo Hillary i ke koho balota ma 2016. No laila ua maopopo ʻo ia, e like me kāu e ʻōlelo nei, he ʻāpana o kēia hoʻokumu ʻana o ka pūʻali koa-ʻoihana hana e hoʻi nei i hope. Akā hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēia WestExec Advisors i kōkua iā ia e hana? A ʻelua a mākou ʻē aʻe mai kēlā kūkā aʻoaʻo, kēlā kūkā aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo, i kapa ʻia e Biden. ʻO ia ke kolu inā koho ʻia ʻo ia. He aha ke kuleana o kēia hui ʻike ʻole ʻia, ma waho o Wakinekona?

MEDEA BENIAMINA: ʻĀ, pololei kēlā. A ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka nānā ʻana i kēia WestExec Advisors, ka mea mua, e hoʻomaopopo he hui huna ia [ʻaʻole hiki ke lohe] hōʻike i kāna mau mea kūʻai aku. Akā ʻike mākou ke hana nei ia me nā ʻoihana ʻIseraʻela. Me he mea lā ke hana nei lākou me ka United Arab Emirates. A ʻo kā lākou hana ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻaelike no ka Pentagon mai nā ʻoihana, me nā ʻoihana mai Silicon Valley. ʻO kēia ka ʻoi loa o Wakinekona.

ʻAe, ua koho mua ʻo ia iā Antony Blinken, ʻo ia ka mea hui pū me Michèle Flournoy - maikaʻi maikaʻi ʻole. Ua maikaʻi ʻole lākou i lawe mai iā Avril Haines, ʻo ia kekahi ʻāpana o WestExec Advisors. Akā ʻo kēia keʻena aʻoaʻo, ʻo ia nō ke aupuni a Biden e kali nei, e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka puka o loko o Wakinekona, e hōʻoia i ka maʻalahi o nā ʻoihana i ka Pentagon, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau insiders mai nā makahiki Bill Clinton a me ka Obama. mau makahiki - a ʻo nā makahiki ʻoi loa ʻo Obama - e hamo i nā huila no kēlā mau ʻoihana. No laila, ʻike ʻoe, akā naʻe, makemake mākou e ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana iā WestExec Advisors, akā ʻo ia, e like me kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei, he ʻoihana e hōʻike ʻole i kāna poʻe mea kūʻai aku.

AMY GOODMAN: Heluhelu mai an Haawina, "Aia ka pūnaewele no WestExec Advisors me kahi palapala ʻāina e hōʻike nei i West Avenue Avenue, ke ala paʻa ma ke kahua o ka White House ma waena o West Wing a me ka Eisenhower Executive Office Building, ma ke ʻano he ala e hōʻike ai i ka mea a ke keʻena kūkākūkā e hana ai no kāna mea kūʻai aku." ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, ke ala e hele ai i ka lumi Situation, a… ke ala o nā mea āpau e pili ana me WestExec Advisors i hala i nā manawa he nui e hele ana i nā hālāwai o nā hopena palekana aupuni kiʻekiʻe loa. "" Medea, kou kauwahi in Nā Mākaʻi Kūlohelohe ke poʻo inoa "E lilo anei ʻo Michele Flournoy i ʻānela o ka make no ke Aupuni ʻAmelika?" He aha kou manaʻo?

MEDEA BENIAMINA: ʻĀ, manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke hele i kekahi o nā ala ʻelua: Ke hoʻomau nei mākou ma kēia ala o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e loaʻa i ka US ke kuleana a me ka hiki ke kuhikuhi i ke ʻano o ka honua, ʻo ia kā Mikaèle Flournoy manaʻo honua, a i ʻole Biden hiki ke hele ʻo ke ala ʻē aʻe, ka mea e maopopo ai he aupuni nui ka US ma ka pilikia, pono e mālama i kāna mau pilikia ma aneʻi ma ka home, e like me kēia maʻi ahulau, a pono e hōʻemi i ka pūʻali koa nui e ʻai nei ma luna o ka hapalua o kā mākou kālā noʻonoʻo. . A inā koho ʻo ia iā Michèle Flournoy, manaʻo wau e hoʻomau mākou ma kēlā ala o ke aupuni e emi nei, kahi mea weliweli loa iā mākou ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, no ka mea ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻomau mākou i kēia mau kaua ma Afghanistan, ma ʻIraka, ka komo ʻana o US. i Suria, akā, i ka manawa like, e hoʻāʻo e pivot i Kina, kahi hiki ʻole iā mākou ke mālama i kēia aupuni a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hana i nā pilikia āpau i loaʻa iā mākou ma ka home.

ʻO IOHN ʻO GONZÁLEZ: A, e Medea, kākau pū nō ʻoe e pili ana i ke komo ʻana o Michèle Flournoy me ke kikowaena ma kahi New American Security, kēia pahu wai manaʻo āna i kōkua ai e hana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka mea i hana ʻia a me kāna hana ma laila?

MEDEA BENIAMINA: ʻĀ, ʻike ʻia kēlā me kekahi o nā pahu e manaʻo nui hawkish. A ʻo ia kekahi o nā uku kālā maikaʻi loa ʻia e ke aupuni a me nā mea ʻaelike koa, a ʻo nā ʻoihana aila. No laila, he laʻana ia, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia iā ia iho, no ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hoʻomalu mai ka Pentagon, e hana ana - me ka hoʻohana ʻana iā Rolodex e hana i kēia pahu noʻonoʻo a loaʻa kālā iā ia e nā ʻoihana ponoʻī āna i hana ai i kona wā i loko o ka Pentagon.

AMY GOODMAN: E uhaʻi ana mākou i kēia manawa. Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe, e Medea Benjamin, no kou hui pū ʻana me mākou, ka mea hui pū o ka hui maluhia CodePink, ka mea kākau o kekahi mau puke, e like me Ke Aupuni o ka Ponoʻole: Ma hope o ka hui US-Saudi.

E hui pū ʻia mākou e ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo ma mua o Bernie Sanders, ʻo David Sirota, a me ke polopeka ʻo Barbara Ransby, e nānā i ka mea ma ke kahua ma Wilmington, Delaware, nā koho a ka Pelekikena i koho ʻia e Biden. Noho me mākou.

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