Masabata angapo apitawa, a Hawk wapamwamba Michèle Flournoy amamuwuza kuti amupatsa mwayi woti asankhidwe ndi a Joe Biden ngati Secretary of Defense. Koma ena opita patsogolo adalimbikira kukonzekera kudzutsa mafunso ofunikira, monga: Kodi tiyenera kuvomereza khomo lozungulira lomwe limazungulirabe pakati pa Pentagon ndi makampani azida? Kodi gulu lankhondo laku US lankhanza limathandiziradi "chitetezo chadziko" ndikubweretsa mtendere?
Potsutsa Flournoy kwinaku akufunsa mafunso amenewo - ndikuwayankha molakwika - ziwonetserozo zidakwanitsa kusintha "Secretary of Defense Flournoy" kuchoka pa fayiti accompli kukhala malingaliro olakwika a gulu lazankhondo.
Ndi “wokondedwa kwambiri pakati pa ambiri mu mfundo zakunja kwa demokalase,” Malonda Achilendo magazini inanena Lolemba usiku, patadutsa maola angapo kuti kusankhidwa kwa Biden kupita kwa a General Lloyd Austin m'malo mwa Flournoy. Koma "m'masabata aposachedwa timu yosinthira Biden yakumananso ndi kubwerera kumanzere kwa chipani. Magulu opita patsogolo adatsutsa Flournoy chifukwa chazomwe amenya nawo nkhondo zaku US ku Libya ndi Middle East pamaudindo aboma, komanso ubale wake ndi achitetezo akangosiya boma. ”
Zachidziwikire, a Austin ndi gawo lapamwamba kwambiri pamakina ankhondo. Komabe, monga Malonda Achilendo anati: "Biden atakakamiza kuti atenge asitikali ku Iraq pomwe wachiwiri kwa purezidenti, Flournoy, yemwe anali wamkulu wa mfundo ku Pentagon, komanso wapampando wa Joint Chiefs of Staff a Mike Mullen adatsutsa lingalirolo. Austin sanatero. ”
Video wa Sen. John McCain yemwe anali wankhanza pankhondo Austin zaka zingapo zapitazo akuwonetsa kuti onse akufuna kuyima molimba mtima polimbana ndi changu chofuna kupha anthu ku Syria, zosiyana kwambiri ndi zomwe Flournoy adachita.
Flournoy wakhala ndi mbiri yayitali yotsutsa kulowererapo kwa asitikali komanso kuchuluka, kuyambira Syria ndi Libya kupita ku Afghanistan ndi kupitirira. Adatsutsa kuletsa kugulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia. M'zaka zaposachedwa, kulimbikitsa kwake kwaphatikizanso kukankhira ma envulopu ankhondo m'malo omwe akhoza kuphulika monga South China Sea. Flournoy akukonda kwambiri kulowerera kwa asitikali aku US kwakanthawi ku China.
Wolemba mbiri Andrew Bacevich, womaliza maphunziro ku US Military Academy komanso wakale wakale wa Asitikali, Imachenjeza kuti "Gulu lankhondo lomwe Flournoy akufuna kumumanga likhala losatheka, pokhapokha, ngati zoperewera zaboma m'madola mabiliyoni ambiri sizikhala zachizolowezi. Koma vuto lenileni silidalira kuti kuchuluka kwa nyumba ya Flournoy kudzawononga ndalama zambiri, koma kuti ndizolakwika. ” Bacevich akuwonjezera kuti: "Kuchotsa zomwe zanenedwa za kulepheretsa anthu ndipo Flournoy akuti United States ipititse People's Republic mu mpikisano wamakono wapamwamba."
Ndi mbiri yonga iyi, mutha kuganiza kuti Flournoy sangalandire thandizo lochepa kuchokera kwa atsogoleri amabungwe monga Plowshares Fund, Arms Control Association, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ndi Council for a Livable World. Koma, monga ine analemba Kupitilira sabata yapitayo, osunthira ndi otetemera pamagulu omwe ali ndi zidendene adathokoza Flournoy kumwamba - akumulimbikitsa Biden kuti amupatse Secretary of Defense ntchito.
Ambiri amati amamudziwa Flournoy ndipo amamukonda. Ena adayamika chidwi chake chokhazikitsanso zokambirana zankhondo zanyukiliya ndi Russia (mfundo zachilendo zakunja). Ambiri adayamika ntchito yake m'malo apamwamba a Pentagon motsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti Clinton ndi Obama. Mwapadera, ena amatha kumveka akunena momwe zingakhalire zabwino "kupeza" munthu amene akuyendetsa Pentagon.
Othandizana nawo achikhalidwe andale, amalowerera kumanzere pomwe zimawonekera kumapeto kwa Novembala kuti kubwerera mmbuyo kumachedwetsa chidwi cha Flournoy pantchito yayikulu ya department of Defense. Wotchuka wokonda nkhondo Max Boot anali chitsanzo.
Boot mwachionekere adakwiyitsidwa ndi a Washington Post nkhani yomwe idawonekera pa Novembala 30 pamutu wankhani "Magulu Otsutsa Akulimbikitsa Biden Kuti Asatchule Flournoy Monga Secretary of Defense." Nkhaniyi inagwira mawu a mawu idatulutsidwa tsiku lomwelo ndi mabungwe asanu otsogola - RootsAction.org (komwe ndili woyang'anira), CodePink, Our Revolution, Progressive Democrats of America, ndi World Beyond War. Tidafotokozera kuti kusankhidwa kwa Flournoy kungayambitse nkhondo yayikulu pamilandu yotsimikiziridwa ndi Senate. (Nyuzipepalayi inandigwira mawu akuti: "RootsAction.org ili ndi mndandanda wokwana 1.2 miliyoni wa omuthandizira ku US, ndipo tadzipereka kuti tichotse voti ya 'ayi' ngati izi zachitika. ”)
lipoti pazogwirizana, Maloto Amodzi Mwachidule anafotokoza mwachidule kuti: “Pokana Michèle Flournoy, Opita Patsogolo Akufuna Biden Sankhani Mtsogoleri wa Pentagon 'Wopanda Chifundo' Kuchokera Kumakampani Ogwira Ntchito Zankhondo.”
Zolankhula zoterezi ndikukonzekera kotereku ndizotukwana ngati a Boot, omwe adathamangitsanso ndi Washington Post ndime pasanathe maola. Pomwe kuvomereza kwa Flournoy, adapempha "mwambi wachiroma wakale" - "Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "Ngati mukufuna mtendere, konzekerani nkhondo." Ananyalanyaza kunena kuti Chilatini ndichilankhulo chakufa ndipo Ufumu wa Roma udagwa.
Kukonzekera nkhondo komwe kumawonjezera mwayi wankhondo kumatha kukondweretsa asitikali apakompyuta. Koma nkhondo yomwe amalimbikitsa ndi misala komabe.
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Norman Solomon ndi director director a RootsAction.org komanso wolemba mabuku ambiri kuphatikiza Nkhondo Yosavuta: Momwe Mabungwe ndi Mavuto Amatipitilira Ife Kufa. Anali nthumwi ya Bernie Sanders yochokera ku California kupita ku Misonkhano Yachigawo ya Democratic Republic of 2016 ndi 2020. Solomon ndiye woyambitsa komanso wamkulu wa Institute for Public Accuracy.
