Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, u-hawk omkhulu u-Michèle Flournoy wayethathwa njenge-shoo-in ukuba abe ngumtyunjwa kaJoe Biden kuNobhala Wezomkhosi. Kodwa ezinye inkqubela phambili zanyanzelisa ekuququzeleleni ukuphakamisa imibuzo ephambili, enje ngala: Ngaba kufuneka samkele umnyango ojikelezayo oqhubeka ujikeleza phakathi kwePentagon kunye nomzi mveliso wezixhobo? Ngaba umkhosi wase-US onobukrakra uyaluphucula "ukhuseleko lwesizwe" kwaye ukhokelele kuxolo?
Ngokucela umngeni kuFlournoy ngelixa wayebuza loo mibuzo- kwaye eyiphendula ngendlela engeyiyo - ubutshantliziyo buphumelele ekutshintsheni “uNobhala Wezomkhosi uFlournoy” ukusuka kwimpazamo yokuhamba kunye nephupha elilahlekileyo lomzi-mveliso wezomkhosi.
“Uyintandokazi kwabaninzi kwimigaqo-nkqubo yezangaphandle yeDemokhrasi,” Nkqubo welizwe langaphandle imagazini umbiko NgoMvulo ebusuku, iiyure emva kokuqhekeka kweendaba zokuba ukonyulwa kukaBiden kuya kuGeneral Lloyd Austin endaweni kaFlournoy. Kodwa “kwezi veki zidlulileyo iqela labadlali beBiden lijongane nokushukuma kwiphiko lasekhohlo leqela. Amaqela aqhubela phambili atyikitya inkcaso kuFlournoy ngendima ayidlalayo ekungeneleleni kwezomkhosi e-US eLibya nakuMbindi Mpuma kwizikhundla zangaphambili zikarhulumente, ngokunjalo nakumaqhina akhe kwezokhuselo akuba eyekile kurhulumente. ”
Ewe, u-General Austin yinxalenye ephezulu yomatshini wemfazwe. Ukanti, njengoko Nkqubo welizwe langaphandle Uthe: "Xa uBiden wayefuna ukurhola amajoni e-Iraq ngelixa usekela-mongameli, uFlournoy, owayengumphathi womgaqo-nkqubo wePentagon, kunye noSihlalo weeNtloko zabasebenzi uMike Mullen wayichasa le ngcamango. UAustin akazange enjenjalo. ”
yokuzonwabisa we-Sen-crazed Sen. John McCain oyikisa u-Austin kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo ubonisa ukuba jikelele uzimisele ukuma eqinile ngokuchasene nenzondelelo yokwandisa ukubulawa kwabantu eSyria, umahluko ocacileyo kwizikhundla ezaziphume nguFlournoy.
UFlournoy unerekhodi elide lokuphikisana ngongenelelo lomkhosi kunye nokunyuka, ukusuka eSyria naseLibya ukuya eAfghanistan nangaphaya. Uchasene nokuvalwa kokuthengiswa kwezixhobo eSaudi Arabia. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ukuthethelela kwakhe kubandakanya ukutyhala iimvulophu zomkhosi kwiindawo ezinokudubula njengeLwandle lwase China lwase China. UFlournoy uxhalabele ngokungqongqo umkhosi wase-US wexesha elide e-China.
Umbhali-mbali u-Andrew Bacevich, ophumelele i-US Military Academy kunye nowayesakuba ngu-Colonel Colonel, lumkisa ukuba "isindululo somkhosi wezomkhosi sikaFlournoy siza kungqina ukuba asinakufikeleleka, ngaphandle kokuba, intsilelo yomdibaniso kuluhlu lwezigidigidi zeedola lube yinto yesiqhelo. Kodwa eyona ngxaki ayixhomekekanga kwinto yokuba ulwakhiwo lukaFlournoy luza kubiza imali eninzi, kodwa kukuba lunesiphene ngobuchule. ” UBacevich wongeza athi: "Ukwahlula izinto ekubhekiswa kuzo ukuthintela kwaye uFlournoy ucebisa ukuba i-United States iqhube iRiphabhlikhi yaBantu ukuba ibaleke kugqatso lweengalo eziphezulu."
Ngerekhodi elolo hlobo, unokucinga ukuba uFlournoy uyakufumana inkxaso encinci kwiinkokheli zemibutho efana nePlowshares Fund, uMbutho woLawulo lweArms, iBulletin yeAtomic Scientists kunye neBhunga leLizwe eliPhilayo. Kodwa, njengoko mna wabhala Ngaphezulu kweveki ephelileyo, abantu abashukumisayo nabangcangcazelisi kulawo maqela anezithende ancoma uFlournoy esibhakabhakeni-ebongoza esidlangalaleni uBiden ukuba amnike uNobhala Wezomsebenzi umsebenzi.
Abaninzi bathi babemazi kakuhle uFlournoy kwaye bemthanda. Abanye bancoma umdla wakhe wokuqalisa ngokutsha uthethathethwano ngezixhobo zenyukliya kunye neRussia (indawo esemgangathweni yomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle). Uninzi luwuncomile umsebenzi wakhe kwizikhundla eziphezulu zePentagon phantsi kukaMongameli uClinton no-Obama. Ngasese, abanye banokuviwa besithi kungakuhle kangakanani ukufikelela "kumntu" oqhuba iPentagon.
Amahlakani amaninzi emveli abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo wezomkhosi bangena ngaphakathi, bahlala behlambalaza ngasekhohlo njengoko kwacaca ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba ukuba ukuqhubela phambili okuqhubela phambili kwakucothisa amandla kaFlournoy ngomsebenzi ophezulu weSebe lezoKhuselo. Umlobi wemfazwe odumileyo uMax Boot wayeyimeko apho.
Ngokucacileyo uBoot wayecaphukiswa ngu Washington Post ibali leendaba eyavela ngo-Novemba ngo-30 phantsi kwesihloko esithi "Amaqela eLiberal abongoza uBiden ukuba angamthiyi uFlournoy njengoNobhala Wezomkhosi." Inqaku licatshulwe ku mazwi ikhutshwe ngalo mhla yimibutho emihlanu eqhubela phambili- RootsAction.org (apho ndingumlawuli wesizwe), iCodePink, iRevolution yethu, iiDemokhrasi eziqhubela phambili zaseMelika, kunye World Beyond War. Sathumela ukuba ukutyunjwa kukaFlournoy kungakhokelela kwidabi elinamandla lokuqinisekisa ukuqiniswa kweNdlu yeeNgwevu. (Iphephandaba landicaphula lisithi: “RootsAction.org inoluhlu olusebenzayo lwabalandeli be-1.2 yezigidi e-US, kwaye sizilungiselele ukutyhalela ngaphandle ivoti ethi 'hayi', ukuba kuyenzeka oko. ”)
Ukubika kwingxelo edibeneyo, Iindoda eziqhelekileyo Uyishwankathele ngokufanelekileyo kumxholo ophambili: "Ukulahla uMichèle Flournoy, Progressives Demand Biden Khetha iPentagon eyiNtloko 'engafakwanga' ukusuka kuMkhosi wezoMkhosi nezoShishino.”
Intetho enjalo kunye nolungelelwaniso olunjalo alufanelekanga kubantu abathanda iBoot, abagxothe emva nge Washington Post ikholamu kwiiyure ezimbalwa. Ngelixa ku khuthaza kuFlournoy, wacela "intetho endala yamaRoma" - "Si vis pacem, para bellum" - "Ukuba ufuna uxolo, lungiselela imfazwe." Akakuhoyanga ukukhankanya ukuba isiLatini lulwimi olufileyo kwaye uBukhosi baseRoma bawa.
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UNorman Solomon ngumlawuli wesizwe weRootsAction.org kunye nombhali weencwadi ezininzi kubandakanya Imfazwe Yenziwe Kulula: Njani AbaMongameli kunye namaPundits Ahlala Esihlisela Ekufeni. Wayengummeli kaBernie Sanders ovela eCalifornia ukuya kwiiNdibano zeSizwe zeDemokhrasi ka-2016 kunye no-2020. USolomon ngumseki kunye nomphathi olawulayo kwiZiko lokuChaneka kukaRhulumente.
