He mau pule wale nō i hala aku nei, e ʻōlelo ʻia ana ʻo super hawk Michèle Flournoy ma ke ʻano he shoo-in virtual e lilo i inoa ʻo Joe Biden no ke Kākau ʻ oflelo o ka Puʻukaua. Akā ua koi ikaika kekahi mau holomua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e hāpai i nā nīnau nui, e like me: Pono anei mākou e ʻae i ka puka huli e hoʻomau nei i ka milo ma waena o ka Pentagon a me ka ʻoihana kaua? Hoʻonui maoli ka pūʻali koa US ikaika i ka "palekana aupuni" a alakaʻi i ka maluhia?
Ma ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā Flournoy ʻoiai e waiho ana i kēlā mau nīnau - a pane aku iā lākou i nā mea maikaʻi ʻole - ua kūleʻa ka activism i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke "Kakauolelo Defense Flournoy" mai kahi mea i hana i kahi moemoeā nalowale o ka pūʻali koa.
He "punahele ʻo ia i waena o nā mea he nui i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kulekele ʻē aʻe o Demokalaka," Nā kulekele'ē aʻe puke hoike i ka pō Pōʻakahi, mau hola ma hope o ka nū ʻana o ka nūhou e hele ana ke koho ʻana a Biden iā Gen. Lloyd Austin ma kahi o Flournoy. Akā "i nā pule i hala iho nei ua kū ka pūʻulu hoʻololi Biden i ka pushback mai ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka pāʻina. Ua hōʻike aku nā hui holomua i ka kūʻē iā Flournoy no kāna kuleana i ka hana a ka pūʻali koa US ma Libia a me ka Hikina Waena i nā kūlana o ke aupuni ma mua, a me kāna pili i ka ʻoihana pale i kona wā i haʻalele ai i ke aupuni. "
ʻOiai, ʻo Gen. Austin kahi ʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe o ka mīkini kaua. Eia nō naʻe, e like me Nā kulekele'ē aʻe Ua kākau ʻo Biden e huki i nā pūʻali koa mai ʻIraka ʻoiai ka hope pelekikena, ʻo Flournoy, a laila ʻo Pentagon alakaʻi nui, a laila ʻo ka luna o nā limahana o nā limahana ʻo Mike Mullen i kūʻē i ka manaʻo. ʻAʻole ʻo Austin. ”
Video ʻO Sen. John McCain e ʻoki ana i ke kaua ʻo Sen. ʻO John McCain e ʻoki ana iā Austin i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei e hōʻike ana i ka makemake o ka lehulehu e kū kūʻē i ka ikaika e hoʻonui i ka luku ʻana i Suria, kahi ʻokoʻa i nā kūlana a Flournoy i kū ai.
He moʻolelo lōʻihi kā Flournoy no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana no ke komo ʻana o ka pūʻali koa a me ka piʻi ʻana, mai Suria a me Libya a hiki i Afghanistan a ma ʻō aku. Ua kūʻē ʻo ia i ka pāpā ʻana i nā kūʻai mea kaua aku i Saudi Arabia. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia i kāna kākoʻo i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā enope o ka pūʻali koa i nā wahi wela pahū e like me ke kai Kina Hema. Ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo Flournoy i ke komo hewa ʻana o ka pūʻali koa US ma Kina.
ʻO ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Andrew Bacevich, kahi puka puka o ka US Military Academy a me ka pūʻali koa koa mua, , noka mea ʻo "ka hui pūʻali koa a Flournoy i manaʻo ai ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia, ke ʻole, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā hemahema pekelala i ka pae multitrillion-dollar i lilo i mea maʻamau. Akā ʻaʻole pili ka pilikia maoli me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e kūʻai nui ʻia kā Flournoy kūkulu ʻana, akā hemahema ia ma ke ʻano rautaki. ” Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Bacevich: "E kāpae i nā kuhikuhi i ka deter Lawrence a ke noi nei ʻo Flournoy e komo ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka Repubalika People i loko o kahi heihei lima hana ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe."
Me kahi moʻolelo e like me kēlā, manaʻo paha ʻoe e loaʻa ana iā Flournoy ke kākoʻo liʻiliʻi mai nā alakaʻi o nā hui e like me ka Plowshares Fund, ka Arms Control Association, ka Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists a me ka Council for a Livable World. Akā, e like me aʻu kakau iho la ma mua o hoʻokahi pule i hala aku nei, ua mahalo nui nā mea hoʻoneʻe a me nā haʻalulu i kēlā mau hui kuʻekuʻe wāwae maikaʻi iā Flournoy i ka lewa - e noi ākea iā Biden e hāʻawi iā ia i ka hana a ke Kakauolelo Pale.
He nui ka poʻe i haʻi maopopo iā lākou iā Flournoy a makemake iā ia. Ua mahalo kekahi i kona hoihoi i ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana i nā kūkā nuklei me Lūkia (kahi kūlana kulekele kulekele ʻē aʻe. Nui ka poʻe i mahalo i kāna hana ma nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe Pentagon ma lalo o Pelekikena Clinton lāua ʻo Obama. Ma kahi pilikino, ua lohe ʻia kekahi e ʻōlelo ana i ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka "komo" i ke kanaka e holo nei i ka Pentagon.
ʻO nā mea kuʻuna kuʻuna o nā mea hana politika militaristic i komo i loko, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine ana i ka hema i ka maopopo ʻana i ka hopena o Nowemapa e hoʻoneʻe nei i ka holomua o Flournoy no ka hana kiʻekiʻe a ka 'Oihana Pale. ʻO Max Boot ka mea makemake nui i ke kaua i kahi hihia.
Ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻia ʻo Boot e a Hawaii Post ka moʻolelo nūhou i hōʻike ʻia ma Nowemapa 30 ma lalo o ke poʻo inoa "ʻO nā hui Liberal e koi iā Biden ʻaʻole e kapa inoa iā Flournoy ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo pale." ʻO ka ʻatikala i ʻōlelo ʻia mai a olelo i hoʻopuka ʻia i kēlā lā e nā hui holomua ʻelima - RootsAction.org (kahi o wau ke alakaʻi aupuni), CodePink, ko mākou Revolution, Kemokalaka Holomua o ʻAmelika, a World Beyond War. Ua hōʻike mākou i kahi koho balota Flournoy e alakaʻi aku ai i kahi kaua ʻōpala ikaika ma luna o ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka Senate. (Ua haʻi ka nūpepa iaʻu e ʻōlelo ana: “KohoAloha.org he 1.2 miliona o ka papa inoa kākoʻo o ka poʻe kākoʻo ma ka US, a ua mākaukau mākou no ka pāʻālua holoʻokoʻa no ke koho 'ʻole', inā pili i kēlā. ")
Ho'oka'a'ike ma ka ʻōlelo hoʻohui, Nā Mākaʻi Kūlohelohe Ua hōʻuluʻulu kūpono ʻia iā ia i kahi poʻo inoa: "Ke hōʻole ʻana iā Michèle Flournoy, nā noi holomua e noi iā Biden pick Pentagon aliʻi" Untedeed "mai ka hui pūʻali koa-ʻoihana."
ʻO kēlā kamaʻilio a me kēlā hoʻonohonoho ʻana he anathema i nā mea e like me Boot, nāna i kī pū me a Hawaii Post kolamu i loko o nā hola. ʻOiai Ke kono nei no Flournoy, ua noi ʻo ia i kahi "ʻōlelo Roma kahiko" - "Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "Inā makemake ʻoe i ka maluhia, hoʻomākaukau no ke kaua." Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka haʻi ʻana he ʻōlelo make ka Lākini a ua hiolo ke Aupuni Roma.
Hoʻomākaukau kaua e hoʻomāhuahua i ka likelika o ke kaua e pīhoihoi i nā koa pona. Akā ʻo ka militarism a lākou e hoʻolauna nei he huhū.
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ʻO Norman Solomon ka luna aupuni o RootsAction.org a me ka mea kākau o nā puke he nui e like me Ua Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia ke Kaua: Pehea e mālama ai nā pelekikena a me nā liona i ka make. He ʻelele ʻo Bernie Sanders ʻo ia mai Kaleponi a i ka 2016 a me ka 2020 Democratic National Convention. ʻO Solomon ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Institute for Public Accuracy.
