Ukazi Osati Zankhondo: Medea Benjamin Pa Gulu Lotsutsa Michèle Flournoy Monga Chief Pentagon

AMY GOODMAN: Purezidenti wosankhidwa a Joe Biden akhazikitsa mamembala ofunikira a gulu lake lachitetezo, ndi lonjezo lokumbukiranso dziko lapansi, pokana momveka bwino mfundo zakunja kwa a Trump "America First".

PRESIDENT-WOSankhidwa JOE BIDA: Gulu limakumana ndi mphindi ino. Gulu ili, kumbuyo kwanga. Amakhala ndizikhulupiriro zanga zazikulu kuti America ndiyolimba kwambiri ikamagwira ntchito ndi anzawo.

AMY GOODMAN: Purezidenti wosankhidwa adalankhula [Lachiwiri] ku Wilmington, Delaware, pamodzi ndi mamembala angapo amtsogolo mwake, kuphatikiza mlembi wazaboma Tony Blinken, wamkulu wa kazembe kazembe Avril Haines, Jake Sullivan, mlembi wa chitetezo mdziko muno Alejandro Mayorkas ndi Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Tidzamva zambiri za iwo mgawo lathu lotsatira, koma choyamba titembenukira kwa membala wa timu yachitetezo cha Biden yemwe sanadziwikebe. Sitikudziwa yemwe amasankhira mlembi wazachitetezo. Atolankhani angapo adalengeza kuti Biden akufuna kusankha Michèle Flournoy, koma opita patsogolo, kuphatikiza aphungu ena, akutsutsa.

Ngati asankhidwa ndikutsimikiziridwa, Flournoy adzakhala mayi woyamba pantchitoyo. Anatumikira monga underretretary of defense mu mfundo muulamuliro wa Obama kuyambira 2009 mpaka 2012. Atachoka, adakhazikitsa kampani ya WestExec Advisors ndi a Tony Blinken, omwe tsopano ndi mlembi wa boma. Kampani yobisalira mwachinsinsi, yokhala ndi mawu oti "Kubweretsa Malo Okhazikika Ku Malo A Board," ili ndi oyang'anira ambiri ku Obama, kuphatikiza omwe kale anali CIA Wachiwiri kwa Director Avril Haines, yemwe adathandizira kupanga pulogalamu ya drone ya Obama, ndiye kusankha kwa Biden kukhala director of national intelligence.

California Congressmember Ro Khanna adalemba mawu, kuti, "Flournoy adathandizira nkhondo yaku Iraq & Libya, adadzudzula Obama ku Syria, ndikuthandizira kupanga ziwopsezo ku Afghanistan. Ndikufuna kuthandizira zisankho za Purezidenti. Koma kodi Flournoy tsopano adzipereka kuchoka ku Afghanistan komanso kuletsa kugulitsa zida kwa Saudis kuti athetse nkhondo yaku Yemen? ” Ro Khanna adafunsa.

Pakadali pano, a CodePink a Medea Benjamin adatumiza mawu pa mawu akuti, "Ngati Biden atchula dzina lake patsogolo, omenyera nkhondo akuyenera kuyesetsa mwachangu kuti atseke kutsimikizira kwa Senate. #FeminismNotMilitarism. ''

A Medea Benjamin alumikizana nafe pompano. Ndiwomwe adakhazikitsa CodePink, wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikiza Ufumu wa osalungama: Pambuyo pa US-Saudi Connection; buku lake laposachedwa, M'kati mwa Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Medea, tilandireni ku Demokarase Tsopano! Mu kanthawi, tikambirana za zisankho za Purezidenti-Biden. Uyu ndi munthu yemwe sanatchulidwebe, udindo wofunikira kwambiri, mlembi wa chitetezo. Kodi mungalankhule za nkhawa zanu komanso zomwe zikuchitika mobisika, mdera laling'ono komanso pakati pa opanga malamulo?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: [inaudible] Flournoy, komabe zikuwonetsa kuti pali magawano pakati pa anthu a Biden pakadali pano. Amayimira chithunzi choyipa kwambiri pa Washington blob, khomo lotseguka lazankhondo. Mbiri yake yonse yakhala ikulowera ndi kutuluka mu Pentagon, poyamba motsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti Clinton, kenako Purezidenti Obama, komwe adathandizira nkhondo zonse zomwe US ​​idachita, ndikuthandizira kuwonjezeka kwa bajeti, kenako ndikugwiritsa ntchito olumikizana nawo boma m'matangi amtundu wankhanza omwe adalumikizana nawo kapena kuthandizira kupanga. Amakhala m'bungwe lomwe limagwira ntchito ndi omanga chitetezo. Iyemwini wapanga ndalama zambiri powasanjitsa oyanjana nawo kuti apange makampani kuti athe kupeza mapangano a Pentagon. Amaonanso China ngati mdani yemwe akuyenera kukumana ndi zida zapamwamba kwambiri, zomwe zimatsimikizira kuwonjezeka kwa Pentagon ndikuwononga njira yowopsa ya nkhondo yozizira yowonjezereka ndi China. Chifukwa chake, izi ndi zina mwazifukwa zomwe tikuganiza kuti atha kukhala zisankho zoyipa ngati Secretary of Defense.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Inde, a Medea, samangogwira ntchito muDipatimenti Yachitetezo motsogozedwa ndi Obama, adagwiranso ntchito ku department ya Defense motsogozedwa ndi a Bill Clinton ndipo adanenedwa kuti ndi Hillary Clinton woyamba kusankha ngati Secretary of Defense, ngati Hillary apambana zisankho mu 2016. Chifukwa chake ndi, monga mukunenera, gawo la kukhazikitsidwa kwa malo azankhondo-mafakitale akubwerera kale. Koma kodi mungalankhule za Advisor a WestExec omwe adathandizira kupanga? Ndipo tili kale ndi anthu awiri ochokera kuulangizi, upangiri walangizowu, wotchedwa Biden. Amakhala wachitatu ngati angasankhidwe. Kodi gulu lodziwika bwino lino, lachita chiyani kunja kwa Washington?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: Uko nkulondola. Ndipo ndichifukwa chake ndikofunikira kuyang'ana kwa Advisor a WestExec, choyambirira, kuti mumvetsetse kuti ndi gulu lachinsinsi [losamveka] kuwulula omwe makasitomala ake ali. Koma tikudziwa kuti wakhala akugwira ntchito ndi makampani aku Israeli. Zikuwoneka kuti akugwira ntchito ndi United Arab Emirates. Ndipo ntchito yawo ndikupeza mapangano a Pentagon kuchokera kumakampani, kuphatikiza makampani ochokera ku Silicon Valley. Iyi ndiye Washington yoyipitsitsa.

Inde, watenga kale Antony Blinken, yemwe ndi mnzake wa Michèle Flournoy - woyipa mokwanira. Zoyipa zomwe adabweretsa Avril Haines, yemwe ndi gawo la WestExec Advisors. Koma kampaniyi, yomwe ikuwoneka kuti ikudikirira boma la Biden, ikuyimira khomo lozungulira ku Washington, likuwonetsetsa kuti makampani ali ndi mwayi wopezeka ku Pentagon, ndikugwiritsa ntchito anthuwa kuyambira zaka za Bill Clinton komanso a Obama zaka - makamaka zaka za Obama - kudzoza matayala amakampani amenewo. Chifukwa chake, mukudziwa, mwatsoka, tikufuna kudziwa zambiri za WestExec Advisors, koma ndi, monga ndikunenera, kampani yomwe siidzawulule omwe makasitomala ake ali.

AMY GOODMAN: Kuwerenga kuchokera pa nkhani, "Tsamba la WestExec Advisors limaphatikizapo mapu osonyeza West Executive Avenue, mseu wotetezeka pabwalo la White House pakati pa West Wing ndi Eisenhower Executive Office Building, ngati njira yosonyezera zomwe kampaniyo ingachitire makasitomala ake ... ' kwenikweni, msewu wopita ku Malo Okhazikika, ndipo ... mseu aliyense wogwirizana ndi WestExec Advisors wadutsa nthawi zambiri popita kumisonkhano yomwe ili ndi zotulukapo zabwino zachitetezo chadziko. '” Chidutswa in Maloto Amodzi ili ndi mutu wakuti "Kodi Michele Flournoy Adzakhala Mngelo wa Imfa ku America?" Mukutanthauza chiyani?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: Ndikumva kuti titha kuchita imodzi mwanjira ziwiri izi: Tikupitiliza njira iyi kuyesa kunamizira kuti US ili ndi ufulu komanso kuthekera kolamula momwe dziko liyenera kuwonekera, lomwe ndi lingaliro la Michèle Flournoy, kapena Biden atha kupita njira ina, ndikumvetsetsa kuti US ndi ufumu womwe uli pamavuto, uyenera kusamalira mavuto ake kunyumba, monga mliriwu, ndipo uyenera kuchepetsa bajeti yayikulu yomwe ikudya theka la ndalama zathu . Ndipo ngati atenga Michèle Flournoy, ndikuganiza kuti tipitiliza kuyenda mumsewu womwe ukuwonongedwa waufumu, zomwe zikhala zoyipa kwa ife ku United States, chifukwa zidzatanthauza kuti tipitilizabe nkhondo izi ku Afghanistan, Iraq, US ku Syria, komanso, nthawi yomweyo, yesetsani kupita ku China, zomwe sitingathe kupitiriza ufumuwu ndikuyesera kuthana ndi zovuta zonse zomwe tili nazo kwathu.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Ndipo, Medea, mulembanso za kutenga nawo mbali kwa Michèle Flournoy ndi Center pa New American Security, thanki yamaganizoyi yomwe adathandizira kupanga. Kodi mungalankhule pazomwe zapangidwa komanso zomwe adachita kumeneko?

MEDEA BENJAMIN: Izi zimawoneka ngati amodzi mwamatekinoloje achi hawkish. Ndipo ndi imodzi mwamapulogalamu olandilidwa bwino kwambiri ndi makontrakitala aboma komanso ankhondo, komanso makampani amafuta. Chifukwa chake, ndichitsanzo, kuti adayamba yekha, kusiya oyang'anira kuchokera ku Pentagon, ndikupanga - pogwiritsa ntchito Rolodex kuti apange tangi iyi ndikugulitsanso ndi makampani omwe adachita nawo ali mkati mwa Pentagon.

AMY GOODMAN: Tidzaswa tsopano. Tikufuna kukuthokozani, a Medea Benjamin, chifukwa cholumikizana nafe, woyambitsa nawo bungwe lamtendere la CodePink, wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikiza Ufumu wa osalungama: Pambuyo pa US-Saudi Connection.

Tidzakhala limodzi ndi wolemba nkhani wakale wa a Bernie Sanders, a David Sirota, komanso pulofesa a Barbara Ransby, kuti tiwone yemwe anali pa siteji ku Wilmington, Delaware, zisankho zomwe Purezidenti-wosankha Biden wapanga mpaka pano. Khalani nafe.