TOM HAYDEN ndi mlembi wa Zolemba za Democratic Society, The Tom Hayden Reader, zochokera ku City LMabuku a ights. Sanavomereze munthu aliyense kuti akhale purezidenti.
Ngakhale omenyera mtendere ambiri akuwunika ma Democrats, ndikuyika Rudolph Giuliani ngati wowopsa kwambiri mwa onse omwe akufuna kukhala pulezidenti pakapita nthawi, chifukwa ndondomeko zake za Iraq ndi Iran ndi ntchito ya anthu ambiri a hawkish neo-conservatives omwe adalimbikitsa Iraq quagmire ndipo tsopano akufuna kuphulitsa Iran mwamsanga. Ngakhale ali bwino kuposa Giuliani, Sen. Joseph Biden ndiye woyipitsitsa kwambiri ku demokalase chifukwa chofuna kuti akhazikitsidwe ku Iraq. Wa Democrat wotsogola, Sen. Hillary Clinton, ndiwosamveka bwino ku Iraq kotero kuti ali pachiwopsezo chotaya zisankho zazikulu poyendetsa mavoti opitilira patsogolo kwa omwe sangalephereke.
Giuliani akulangizidwa ndi gulu la neo-con hawks motsogozedwa ndi Norman Podhoretz omwe akufuna kuti pakhale nkhondo yamtundu wa Cold War yolimbana ndi "Islamofascism", kuphulitsidwa komweko kwa Iran [Ndemanga, June 2007], ufulu wopha atsogoleri a Iran ndi North Korea, komanso kuganiza kuti Asilamu onse aku America akukayikira. [NY Times]. Ndi makina okonzedwa bwino omwe ali ndi madola mamiliyoni ambiri omwe angapezeke kuti awononge makampu a MoveOn ndi bankroll campus motsutsana ndi mdani watsopano wachilendo wa Islamofascism, omwe amakhulupirira kuti akhoza ndipo ayenera kugonjetsedwa pankhondo.
Ma Democrat Okhazikika omwe ali ndi chithandizo cha nambala imodzi pakali pano ayenera kuonedwa ngati mawu amphamvu otsutsana ndi nkhondo, komanso omwe angathandize kuti pakhale kayendetsedwe ka nthawi yayitali, koma osati osankhidwa. Mwa iwo, Biden, yemwe atha kukhala mlembi wa boma motsogozedwa ndi purezidenti wa demokalase, atenga malo owopsa kwambiri, akukomera kupatukana kapena kugawikana kwa Iraq, gulu lililonse lachipembedzo likuyendetsa madera ake. Izi zingatanthauze kusamuka kokakamizika kwa mamiliyoni aku Iraqi kuchoka kunyumba zawo ku Basra komwe kunkalamulidwa ndi Shi'a, mwachitsanzo, kupita kuchigawo cha Anbar cholamulidwa ndi Sunni. Sen. Chris Dodd, pamene akutenga udindo wolimbana ndi chitsimikiziro cha wosankhidwa ndi Bush kukhala loya wamkulu, wakhala wosasunthika pamalingaliro ake odana ndi nkhondo panthawi ya kampeni. Pomwe akuthandizira kutulutsa kwa miyezi 12-18, akufunanso kuti asitikali aku America atumizidwenso kutali ndi mizinda ikuluikulu ya Iraq kupita kumalire ndi Kurdistan, Kuwait, Qatar, ndi Afghanistan. [Mawu Oct. 12, 2006]
Bill Richardson, yemwenso adzasankhidwa kukhala paudindo wa nduna zamtsogolo, akutenga malo oyera kuposa onse ku Iraq, kulonjeza kuchotsa asitikali onse aku America pasanathe chaka chimodzi ndikuyambitsa zoyeserera zakukhazikika kwachigawo. Ndipo ndithudi, Dennis Kucinich ndi nangula wa gulu lodana ndi nkhondo.
Pakati pa omwe akutsogola, John Edwards amatenga malo amphamvu kwambiri odana ndi nkhondo, kuyitanitsa kuti asitikali achotsedwepo nthawi yomweyo asitikali a 40-50,000 aku US, kuchotsedwa kwa asitikali otsala m'miyezi ya 12-18, komanso zoyeserera zamtendere. Edwards ali ndi vuto lalikulu, komabe, kuti asitikali aku US "okwanira" akhalebe m'derali kuti aletse zigawenga kapena kuphana mitundu. Edwards nawonso akukomera kulimbikitsidwa kwa maphunziro a chitetezo cha Iraq. [NYT, Feb. 26, 2007]
Sen. Barack Udindo wa Obama wapita patsogolo pang'ono ndi ma nuances ake aposachedwa. Amakonda kusiya pang'onopang'ono kutenga miyezi 16. [NYT, Nov. 2]. Posiya thandizo lotseguka la ophunzitsa aku America mkati mwa nkhondo yonyansa yamagulu ampatuko, a Obama akuti angathandizire ophunzitsa pokhapokha ngati boma la Baghdad lidzipereka pakuyanjanitsa ndale ndikusintha apolisi ake ampatuko, zomwe sizingachitike. Kuphatikiza apo, a Obama sakanalola ophunzitsa aku America kuti aikidwe "panjira yovulaza." Koma amakonderanso chiwerengero chosadziwika cha asitikali aku America omwe ali mderali omwe amatha kuchita "zolimbana ndi uchigawenga" kapena kubwereranso "nthawi yochepa" ku Iraq pakachitika nkhanza kwa anthu wamba. Obama akuwoneka kuti watsekeredwa pakati pa chizolowezi chake chomanga "malo atsopano" komanso kufunikira kokulitsa mikangano yake ku Iraq ndi Hillary Clinton.
Obama akugwirizanitsa ndondomeko yochotsamo ndi kulimbikitsa maiko ena kuti achitepo kanthu kuti akhazikitse chigawochi: "Zikadziwika kuti sitikufuna kukhala komweko kwa zaka 10 kapena 20, magulu onsewa ali ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa kuti tisintha bwanji. njira yokhazikitsira zinthu.โ Ndipo Obama walimbikira kaimidwe kake pokana kukulitsa mikangano ku Iran. M'malo mwake adzachita "zokambirana zaukali" kuphatikizapo lonjezo lothetsa ndondomeko ya Bush yosintha maboma kuti agwirizane ndi mgwirizano wa Iran mu bata lachigawo.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, yemwe angakhale wosankhidwa ndi demokalase pakadali pano, akadali wosamvetsetseka kwa omwe akufuna ku Iraq. Kumbali imodzi, akulonjeza "kuthetsa nkhondo" ndipo adavota motsutsana ndi kukwera kwa Bush komanso mokomera tsiku lomaliza la Marichi 2008 la asitikali omenyera nkhondo. Adanenanso, koma osaumirira, kuletsa ndalama kwa asitikali aku Iraq ndi makontrakitala apadera pokhapokha ngati kusintha kwa boma la Iraq kukutsimikizika. [NYT, Feb. 26, 2007] Kumbali inayi, iye amakonda kwambiri kusiya anthu ambiri aku America, "gulu lankhondo lotsika", ku Iraq mpaka kalekale kuti amenyane ndi al-Qaeda, kuphunzitsa asitikali aku Iraq, ndikukana kuukira kwa Iran. . [NYT, Nov. 2, 2007]. Adaponya voti yosakhazikika kuti afotokoze gulu la Iran Revolutionary Guard ngati gulu lachigawenga, lomwe mwina likuwonetsa momwe alili pachisankho cha Novembala, ndipo adatumiza uthenga kuti Iraq "ili mkati mwa chigawo chamafuta ... [ndi] mwachindunji. motsutsana ndi zokonda zathu, zokomera dera, ndi zofuna za Israeli. [NYT, Marichi 15, 2007]
Mwachiwonekere, malingaliro odana ndi nkhondo m'maboma oyambirira adzakhala chinthu chachikulu chomwe chidzawonetsere malo omwe akufunafuna.. Edwards wakakamiza Obama ndi Clinton ku Iowa ndi New Hampshire, ndipo Obama akukakamiza Clinton kudutsa gulu lonse. Koma Clinton akulowera kale pachisankho chake chotsutsana ndi "chiwembu china chachikulu chakumanja". M'kanthawi kochepa, akufuna kuti adziyikidwe ngati odana ndi nkhondo mokwanira ndikusiya Edwards ndi Obama akuwoneka "oipitsitsa", zomwe zikhoza kukhala kusokoneza maganizo a anthu. Otsatira ena a demokalase adzafuna kuwoneka odana ndi nkhondo kuposa Clinton chifukwa nkhaniyi ndi njira yokhayo yolumikizirana ndi unyinji wa ovota odana ndi nkhondo m'ma primaries. Clinton amadalira kusonkhanitsa ma Democrats ndi odziimira kumbali yake podzisiyanitsa ndi Giuliani, Mitt Romney kapena John McCain. Kaya njira imeneyo ingakhale yopambana, kapena ikuwoneka ngati yokhumudwitsa kwambiri, zikuwonekerabe pakampeni yomwe ikubwerayi.
Ngati Clinton apambana kusankhidwa pa nsanja ya Iraq yomwe imakhumudwitsa odziyimira pawokha okwanira komanso othandizira a Obama kapena Edwards, malo awiri peresenti adzatsegulidwa kwa Ralph Nader ndi/kapena Cynthia McKinney kuti mwina apange kusiyana pachisankho cha Novembala. Kafukufuku waposachedwa akuwonetsa Clinton akutentha kwambiri ndi Giuliani pakati pa ovota odziyimira pawokha omwe amatsamira Democratic. Ngati akana kuyimirira molunjika ku Iraq, atha kuyesa kubwereranso ku mphamvu zake zapakhomo ponena kuti ndalama zopanda malire komanso zowononga za Republican ku Iraq zidzamulepheretsa kupeza chithandizo chamankhwala mdziko, nkhani yofunika kwambiri kwa anthu ambiri aku America komwe Giuliani ali. bwino kumbali yolakwika. Monga purezidenti, atha kufotokoza kuti achoka pang'onopang'ono ngati gawo lamtendere, kusamutsa chuma kuchokera kunkhondo kupita ku chisamaliro chaumoyo kwa omenyera nkhondo ndi aku America onse.
Kapena choyipa kwambiri, mawonekedwe ake akugwedezeka ku Iraq / Iran atha kulimbikitsa malingaliro ovota pamwayi wokhazikika komanso wosadziwikiratu kuti ma Democrat atha kutaya zisankho zapafupinso. #
TOM HAYDEN ndi mlembi wa Kuthetsa Nkhondo ku Iraq [Akashic, 2007]. Sanavomereze munthu aliyense kuti akhale purezidenti. Ndi membala wa komiti yapadziko lonse ya Progressive Democrats of America, komanso gulu la akonzi la Nation magazini.
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