Emasontweni ambalwa adlule, u-super hawk uMichèle Flournoy wayethathwa njenge-shoo-in ukuba aqokwe nguJoe Biden kuNobhala Wezokuvikela. Kepha ezinye izinqubekela phambili zaphikelela ekuhleleni ukuphakamisa imibuzo ebalulekile, enjengokuthi: Kufanele samukele umnyango ojikelezayo oqhubeka ujikeleza phakathi kwePentagon nemboni yezikhali? Ngabe isosha laseMelika elinolaka liyakuthuthukisa ngempela "ukuphepha kwezwe" futhi liholele ekuthuleni?
Ngokuphonsela inselelo uFlournoy ngenkathi ebuza leyo mibuzo - futhi eyiphendula ngendlela engeyinhle - ubushoshovu baphumelela ekushintsheni “uNobhala Wezokuvikela uFlournoy” kusuka ekubeni ngu-fait accompli kuya kumcabango olahlekile wesakhiwo sezimboni sezimboni.
“Uyintandokazi kwabaningi enqubweni yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle eDemocratic Alliance,” Inqubomgomo Yangaphandle umagazini kubika NgoMsombuluko ebusuku, ngemuva kwamahora kuphume izindaba zokuthi ukuphakanyiswa kukaBiden kuzoya kuGeneral Lloyd Austin esikhundleni sikaFlournoy. Kodwa “emasontweni edlule iqembu labashintshi beBiden libhekane nokubuyiselwa emuva ohlangothini lwesobunxele beqembu. Amaqembu aqhubekayo akhombisa ukungahambisani noFlournoy ngeqhaza lakhe ekungeneleleni kwamasosha aseMelika eLibya naseMiddle East ezikhundleni zikahulumeni zangaphambilini, kanye nobudlelwano bakhe nomkhakha wezokuvikela uma eseshiyile kuhulumeni. ”
Vele, uGen. Austin uyingxenye ephezulu yomshini wempi. Noma kunjalo, njengoba Inqubomgomo Yangaphandle kuphawulwe: “Ngesikhathi uBiden efuna ukudonsa phansi amasosha e-Iraq ngenkathi iphini likamongameli, uFlournoy, ngaleso sikhathi umphathi wezinqubomgomo wePentagon, kanye noSihlalo we-Joint Chiefs of Staff uMike Mullen bewuphikisa lo mbono. U-Austin akazange. ”
Ividiyo we-Sen-crazed Sen. John McCain ukugcoba u-Austin eminyakeni eminingana eyedlule kukhombisa ukuthi jikelele uzimisele ukuma aqine ekulweni nentshisekelo yokwandisa ukubulawa kwabantu eSyria, okuhluke kakhulu ezikhundleni ezazishiwo nguFlournoy.
UFlournoy unomlando omude wokuphikisana nokungenelela kwezempi nokukhuphuka, kusuka eSyria naseLibya kuya e-Afghanistan nakwezinye izindawo. Uphikisana nokuvinjelwa kokuthengiswa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukumela kwakhe kufaka phakathi ukuphusha izimvilophu zamasosha ezindaweni ezingaba neziqhumane njengoSouth China Sea. UFlournoy uvuna ngokunamandla ukungena kwamasosha aseMelika isikhathi eside eChina.
Isazi-mlando u-Andrew Bacevich, othweswe iziqu e-US Military Academy futhi owayengukoloneli wamasosha, Uxwayisa ukuthi “Ukwakhiwa kwamasosha okuhlongozwayo kukaFlournoy kuzobonakala kungafinyeleleki, ngaphandle kwalapho, ukuswela kukahulumeni kuhla lwamarandi ayizigidi kube yinto evamile. Kodwa inkinga yangempela ayikona ukuthi ukwakha kukaFlournoy kuzobiza imali enkulu, kodwa ukuthi kunenkinga ethile. ” UBacevich uyanezela: “Ukususa okubhekiswe ekunqandeni futhi uFlournoy uphakamisa ukuthi i-United States igijimise iPeople's Republic emncintiswaneni wezikhali zobuchwepheshe obudonse isikhathi eside.”
Ngerekhodi elinjalo, ungacabanga ukuthi uFlournoy uzothola ukwesekelwa okuncane kakhulu kubaholi bezinhlangano ezinjengePlowshares Fund, iArms Control Association, iBulletin of the Atomic Scientists kanye noMkhandlu Wezwe Eliphilayo. Kepha, njengoba mina wabhala esikhathini esingaphezu kwesonto eledlule, abagibeli nabagadli kulawo maqembu asezithendeni kahle bancoma ngokulangazela uFlournoy esibhakabhakeni - benxusa esidlangalaleni uBiden ukuba amnikeze uNobhala Wezokuvikela umsebenzi.
Abaningi bathi babemazi kahle uFlournoy futhi bemthanda. Abanye bancoma intshisekelo yakhe yokuqalisa kabusha izingxoxo zezikhali zenuzi neRussia (isikhundla esivamile senqubomgomo yezangaphandle). Abaningi bancome umsebenzi wakhe ezikhundleni eziphezulu zePentagon ngaphansi kukaMengameli uClinton no-Obama. Ngasese, abanye bezwakala bethi kungaba kuhle kanjani "ukufinyelela" kumuntu osebenzisa iPentagon.
Abalingani abaningi bendabuko babenzi bezinqubomgomo zempi bangena, bavame ukuhlambalaza ngakwesobunxele njengoba kwacaca ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba ukuthi ukubuyela emuva okuqhubekayo kwakunciphisa umfutho kaFlournoy ngomsebenzi ophezulu woMnyango Wezokuvikela. Umthandi wezempi odumile uMax Boot wayeyisibonelo.
Ngokusobala uBoot wacasulwa i- Washington Post indaba yezindaba lokho kwavela ngoNovemba 30 ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi "Amaqembu eLiberal Anxusa uBidenen ukuthi angabizi uFlournoy njengoNobhala Wezokuvikela." Lo mbhalo ucashunwe ku- isitatimende ikhishwe ngalolo suku yizinhlangano ezinhlanu eziqhubekela phambili - iRootsAction.org (lapho ngingumqondisi kazwelonke), uCodePink, iRevolution yethu, amaProtokholi eDemokhrasi aseMelika, kanye World Beyond War. Sidlulise ukuthi ukuphakanyiswa kukaFlournoy kuzoholela empini ebabazekayo ngaphansi kwesiqinisekiso seSenethi. (Iphephandaba langicaphuna lithi: “RootsAction.org unohlu lwabasekeli abasebenzayo abayizigidi eziyi-1.2 e-US, futhi sizimisele ngokukhankasela konke ukuvota u-'hayi ', uma kukhulunywa ngalokho. ”)
Ukubika esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe, Amaphupho ajwayelekile wasifingqa ngokufanele esihlokweni esithi: “Ukwala uMichèle Flournoy, AbakwaProgressives Bafuna Ibiden Pick Pentagon Chief 'Untethered' Esuka Enxanxatheleni Yezempi Nezimboni.”
Izinkulumo ezinjalo nokuhlela okunjalo kuyisiqalekiso kubantu abafana noBoot, owaphindisela emuva nge Washington Post ikholomu kungakapheli amahora. Ngenkathi ukuvuma ngoFlournoy, wacela “isisho sakudala samaRoma” - “Si vis pacem, para bellum” - “Uma ufuna ukuthula, lungiselela impi.” Wakudebeselela ukusho ukuthi isiLatini siwulimi olungasasebenzi futhi uMbuso WaseRoma wawa.
Amalungiselelo empi akhulisa amathuba empi angajabulisa amaqhawe aphathekayo. Kepha impi abayikhuthazayo iwubuhlanya noma kunjalo.
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke weRootsAction.org nombhali wezincwadi eziningi kubandakanya Impi eyenziwe lula: Kanjani amaMongameli kanye namaPundits Aqhubeka Asigxilisa Ekufeni. Ubeyisithunywa sikaBernie Sanders esivela eCalifornia siya emihlanganweni yeDemocratic National Convention ka-2016 nango-2020. USolomon ungumsunguli nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy.
