Mavhiki mashoma apfuura, super hawk Michèle Flournoy anga achiitwa senge shoo-in kuti ave akasarudzwa naJoe Biden kuna Secretary of Defense. Asi mamwe mafambiro mberi akasimbirira pakuronga kusimudza mibvunzo yakakosha, seiyi: Tinofanira here kugamuchira gonhi rinotenderera iro rinoramba richitenderera pakati pePentagon neindasitiri yezvombo? Mauto ane hukasha eUS anowedzera "kuchengetedzeka kwenyika" uye anotungamira kurunyararo?
Nekupokana Flournoy apo aibvunza iyo mibvunzo - nekuipindura mune yakashata - kushingairira kwakabudirira mukushandura "Secretary Defense Flournoy" kubva pane fait accompli kuenda kune yakarasika fungidziro yeuto remauto-maindasitiri.
Ndiye "anodiwa pakati pevakawanda mubato reDemocratic rekunze," Foreign Policy magazini Zvinonzi nemusi weMuvhuro manheru, maawa mushure memashoko abuda kuti kusarudzwa kwaBiden kuchaenda kunaGeneral Lloyd Austin panzvimbo yaFlournoy. Asi "mumavhiki apfuura timu yekuchinja yeBiden yakatarisana nekudzoserwa kubva kuruboshwe rwebato. Mapoka anofambira mberi akaratidzira kupokana naFlournoy pamusoro pechinzvimbo chake mukupindira kwemauto eU.S. kuLibya neMiddle East munzvimbo dzakatarwa nehurumende, pamwe nehukama neindasitiri yezvekudzivirira kana achinge asiya hurumende.
Ehe, Gen. Austin inzvimbo yepamusoro-soro yemuchina wehondo. Asi, sezvo Foreign Policy akati: "Biden paakasimudzira kutora mauto kubva kuIraq apo mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika, Flournoy, aimbova mukuru wezvematongerwo enyika wePentagon, uyezve-Sachigaro weVakuru veVashandi veMabasa Mike Mullen vakapokana nepfungwa iyi. Austin haana kudaro. ”
Video yehondo-yakapenga Sen.John McCain akachaya Austin makore akati wandei apfuura anoratidza mukuru wese achida kumira akasimba pakurwisa kushingairira kuwedzera kuuraya muSyria, musiyano wakajeka nenzvimbo dzakatarwa naFlournoy.
Flournoy ane nhoroondo refu yekukakavara kwekupindira kwemauto uye kuwedzera, kubva kuSyria neLibhiya kuenda kuAfghanistan nekupfuura. Akapokana kurambidzwa kutengesa zvombo kuSaudi Arabia. Mumakore achangopfuura, kutsigira kwake kwakasanganisira kusundira mahamvuropu emauto munzvimbo dzinogona kuputika seSouth China Sea. Flournoy anoshingairira kutsigira kwerefu-kwenguva refu US kupindira kwemauto kuChina.
Wezvenhau Andrew Bacevich, akapedza kudzidza kuUS Military Academy uye aimbova Army colonel, Inonyevera izvo "zvakavakirwa naFlournoy zvekuvaka zvemauto zvicharatidza kuti hazvikwanisike, kunze kwekunge, chokwadi, kushomeka kwemubatanidzwa mumatanho emamirioni-emadhora ikave tsika. Asi dambudziko chairo harisi rekuti kuvaka kwaFlournoy kuchadhura zvakanyanya, asi kuti zvine hurema. " Bacevich anowedzera kuti: "Bvisa zvinongedzo zvekudzora uye Flournoy arikupa pfungwa yekuti United States ichakwikwidza iyo People's Republic kumakwikwi ehurefu emaoko."
Nechepakadhindwa saizvozvi, unogona kufunga kuti Flournoy anowana rutsigiro rudiki kubva kuvatungamiriri vemasangano akaita sePlowshares Fund, iyo Arms Control Association, Bulletin yeAtomic Scientists uye Council for a Livable World. Asi, seni akanyora rinopfuura vhiki rapfuura, vanofambisa uye vanozungunutsa pamapoka akasungirirwa zvakanaka vanorumbidza Flournoy kumatenga - vachikurudzira Biden pachena kuti amupe iye Secretary Secretary basa.
Vazhinji vakati vaiziva Flournoy zvakanaka uye vaimuda. Vamwe vakarumbidza kufarira kwake kutangazve kutaurirana kwemaoko enyukireya neRussia (yakajairika mutemo wezvekunze). Vazhinji vakarumbidza basa rake munzvimbo dzepamusoro dzePentagon pasi peMutungamiri Clinton naObama. Pachivande, vamwe vaigona kunzwikwa vachitaura kuti zvingave zvakanaka sei kuva ne "kupinda" kune munhu anomhanya Pentagon.
Dzimwe tsika dzevatsigiri vevamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika vakapinda mukati, kazhinji vachinyadzisa kuruboshwe sezvo zvakazojeka mukupera kwaNovember kuti pushback inofambira mberi yakanga ichinonoka kufambira mberi kwaFlournoy kwebasa repamusoro reDhipatimendi reDziviriro. Anotyisa wehondo anofarira Max Boot aive muenzaniso mune izvo.
Bhutsu sezviri pachena yakatsamwiswa ne Washington Post news story iyo yakaonekwa munaNovember 30 pasi pemusoro wenyaya unoti "Liberal Mapoka Anokurudzira Biden Kuti Varege Kudana Flournoy segurukota rezveDziviriro." Chinyorwa chakatorwa kubva statement rakaburitswa musi iwoyo nemasangano mashanu anofambira mberi - RootsAction.org (kwandiri mutungamiriri wenyika), CodePink, Yedu Revolution, Progressive Democrats of America, uye World Beyond War. Isu takazivisa kuti kusarudzwa kwaFlournoy kwaizotungamira mukurwa kunotyisa pamusoro pekusimbiswa kweSeneti. (Pepanhau rakanditora richiti: "RootsAction.org ine runyorwa rune 1.2 miriyoni rwevatsigiri muUS, uye takagadzirira kurwira 'vhoti' kana zvasvika pakudaro. ”)
Reporting pane chirevo chakabatana, Nharo Dzose akaipfupisa nemazvo mumusoro wenyaya: "Kuramba Michèle Flournoy, Progressives Inoda Biden Pick Pentagon Chief 'Asina Kubvumidzwa' Kubva kuMauto-Maindasitiri Complex."
Kutaura kwakadai uye kuronga kwakadai anathema kune vanofarira veBoot, avo vakadzosera kumashure ne Washington Post column mukati memaawa. Ndichiri kududzira yaFlournoy, akakumbira "chirevo chekare cheRoma" - "Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "Kana uchida rugare, gadzirira hondo." Iye akaregeredza kutaura kuti chiLatin mutauro wakafa uye Humambo hweRoma hwakadhirika.
Kugadzirira kwehondo kunowedzera mukana wehondo kunogona kufadza varwi vemalaptop. Asi mhirizhonga yavanokurudzira ndeyekupenga zvakadaro.
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Norman Solomon ndiye mutungamiri wenyika weRootsAction.org uye munyori wemabhuku akawanda anosanganisira Hondo Yakagadziriswa: Mafambisirwo Api naVaPundits Vanoramba Vachatipinza Kufa. Aive Bernie Sanders mumiriri kubva kuCalifornia kuenda ku2016 uye 2020 Democratic National Convention. Solomon ndiye muvambi uye director director weInstitute for Public Accuracy.
