Izingoma zokuthi “Ayisekho Impi” evela ezihambelini eNgqungqutheleni Kazwelonke yeDemokhrasi ka-2016 zizwakalise imizwa esankeneneza enhlanganweni futhi umphakathi wase-US obanzi, ikakhulukazi emiphakathini ene amanani aphezulu omhlatshelo wezempi.

Ngenkathi ukunqoba kukaTrump ngo-2016 ezifundazweni ezijikijelwayo kungenzeka ukuthi kwaba njalo Ngosizo lomoya ngokuzenza kwakhe isitha sempi ethathe isikhathi eside, izinqubomgomo zokuphatha kwakhe iMideast ziye zadalula kakhulu lowo masquerade. Ngeshwa, izikhundla ezibuthakathaka nezididekile zabaholi beDemokhrasi ezimpini ezingapheli kanye nezindleko zezempi ezikhukhumezayo zinikeza enye indlela encane kubavoti abakhathele yimpi.

Amapholi akhombisa ukuthandwa a i-ajenda yasekhaya eqhubekayo ezindabeni ezisuka emisebenzini ziye ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kuye ekolishi lomphakathi lamahhala, kodwa ambalwa amaDemocrat kuCongress azimisele ngokuphonsela inselelo inselelo ngokuqinile. engalandeki isabelomali sezempi, esimanzisa imali esetshenziswa ngokubona okukhulu okungase kuqondiswe kabusha ku-ajenda yasekhaya emenyezelwe yeqembu. Ngonyaka odlule u-Obama esesikhundleni, ukusetshenziswa kwemali “yokuvikela” bekuphezulu (kulungiselwe ukwenyuka kwamanani emali) kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II,” ngokusho kukaPeter Beinart (“AmaDemocrat Aqhubeka Esebenzisa Imali Yezokuvikela”) - futhi ngaphezulu kakhulu kunangesikhathi seMpi YaseVietnam.

Kodwa ngesikhathi sezingxoxo zesabelomali sombuso ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka - noTrump ecela ukwenyuswa kwesabelomali sePentagon okumangazayo ngamaphesenti ayi-11 eminyakeni emibili - UNancy Pelosi waqhosha ku-imeyili eya ku-House Democrats: "Ezingxoxweni zethu, amaDemocratic Democrats abelwela ukwenyuka kwezimali zokuzivikela." Ihhovisi lomholi weSenate Democratic uChuck Schumer limemezele: "Siseseka ngokugcwele isicelo sikaMongameli uTrump soMnyango Wezokuvikela." Isivumelwano sesabelomali sagcina siphasise iSenethi nge amaDemocrat amaningi (36) ayivotela kunamaRiphabhulikhi (34). Phakathi kwamaSenetha eDemocratic Alliance abavotele ukuthi cha kukhona abahlanu okuvamise ukuthi kugqame kubo njengabo abangase bangenele ukhetho lukamongameli lwango-2020 – Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Jeff Merkley no-Elizabeth Warren; UBernie Sanders ozimele naye uvotele cha.

Ezinyangeni kamuva, iningi kakhulu House futhi I-Senate Amademokhrasi asekela i Massive 2019 “Umthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke” ka $ 717 billion. Idlanzana elincane lamavoti "cha" eDemokhrasi eSigele lalihlanganisa abahlanu kwabangase bangenele ukhetho lobumongameli okukhulunywe ngabo ngenhla; UBooker uvotele “yebo. "

Ngo-2018, abambalwa abangenele ukhetho lweDemocratic Alliance kuCongress badlulisela kubavoti ukuthi ukuncishiswa kwesabelomali sezempi kungenza kanjani i-ajenda yasekhaya ebanzi kungenzeka. Okuhlukile okuphawulekayo Faka Ummeli uBarbara Lee (CA) kanye nabasanda kufika abane (bonke abesifazane bemibala) kulindeleke ukuthi bafungiswe kuCongress ngoJanuwari: I-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Ilhan Omar (MN), Rashida Tlaib (MI) kanye U-Ayanna Pressley (MA).

Ngenkathi abaholi beDemokhrasi behlulekile ukumelana noTrump mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwempi, bamelana kakhulu nethemba lokuqubuka kokuthula eKorea. NgoJuni, ngobusuku bangaphambi kwezingxoxo zenuzi phakathi kukaTrump noKim Jong Un waseNyakatho Korea (inqubo kuvaliwe ngumongameli waseNingizimu Korea oncike kwinqubekelaphambili), uSchumer kanye namanye amaSenetha ayisithupha aphezulu eDemocratic Alliance bathumele a incwadi yokwenqaba kuTrump efuna ukuthi noma yikuphi ukusikisela kokukhishwa kwezijeziso eNorth Korea kuncike esivumelwaneni naye izimo ezingenakwenzeka ngokusobala. Le ncwadi ifanekisela ukuphikisa kwe-GOP kwesivumelwano sika-Obama se-Iran yenuzi (njengesivumelwano okudingeka sibe khona Unomphela) - kanye nokwenqatshwa kwahlekwa usulu ku-a New York Times ikholomu (“AmaDemocrat Aphikisa Kancane Imizamo kaTrump yaseNyakatho Korea”) ngu-Nicholas Kristof: “Shock! Okwethusayo! UMongameli Trump empeleni wenza okuthile okulungile. Ngokudabukisayo, amaDemocrat kuCongress aphendula ngendlela kaTrumpian: Babonakala bekhathazeke kakhulu ngokumehlisa esikhundleni sokusekela inqubo yokuthula neNyakatho Korea. "

UTrump unokuthakasela okuyingozi kubaholi abanegunya. Amademokhrasi adinga ukugxeka ukutuswa okunjalo ngaphandle kokunqotshwa ubudedengu be-bellicosity.

I-United States neRussia banamaphesenti angama-93 ezikhali zenuzi emhlabeni. Phakathi kobufakazi a Umzamo waseRussia ukusiza u-Trump ngesikhathi sokhetho lwethu lwango-2016 (ngokusobala alusebenzi kahle futhi ngaphezulu kunalokho Umzamo wase-US Eminyakeni engu-20 ngaphambili lokho ngempumelelo ixhaswe okhethweni lukamongameli waseRussia oguquguqukayo, omelene nentando yeningi), abaholi abaningi beDemokhrasi babonakala bengenandaba nosongo oluqhubekayo lokungqubuzana kwezikhali neRussia - ingozi eyayikhona. kuqondwe ngokujulile by Omongameli bentando yeningi  phakathi nokuphakama kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi lapho iRussia yayinohlobo olubi kakhulu lukahulumeni. Ukusabela ebufakazini bokugxambukela kweRussia okhethweni lwase-US lwango-2016, amaDemocrat amaningi azibandakanye kulo i-rhetoric eyedlulele, ukubiza ngokuthi “isenzo sempi” futhi “okulinganayo” eya ePearl Harbor. Abaholi bentando yeningi abakaze bavume isidingo esibalulekile "sokushintsha indlela ebheke eRussia" okuhlanganisa "nezinyathelo zokunciphisa ukungezwani phakathi kwemibuso emikhulu yenuzi," emazwini Incwadi Evulekile  ngoba “Ukuvikeleka Kokhetho Nokuvikeleka Kweqiniso Kwezwe,” ekhishwe kuleli hlobo.

Ngokungaguquguquki izinqubomgomo zokuziphatha zangaphandle eyenqaba impi ebizayo kanye nokungenelela okuqhubekayo, amaDemocrat angakhuthaza isisekelo seqembu futhi athole ukwesekwa phakathi abavoti abaguqukayo kanye nabazimele (ikakhulukazi abavoti beqembu lesithathu). Kepha ukugqugquzelwa kwalezo zinqubomgomo kuphuma kakhulu kwidlanzana “labasemuva” beDemokhrasi, hhayi abaholi.

Ubuholi beqembu bebulokhu bungekho lapho kubhekene nenhlekelele yobuntu e-Yemen edalwe ngokuyinhloko impi yaseSaudi esekelwe yi-US (kanye nobungane be-White House ne-Saudi Arabia). NgoMashi, uBernie Sanders, uDemocrat Chris Murphy kanye noRiphabhlikhi uMike Lee baphoqa ukuthi kuvotelwe isinqumo sabo seSenethi sokuthi ukuqeda ukwesekwa kwezempi yase-US kwabakwaSaudi eYemen. Ebusweni Ukuphikiswa kwe-White House kanye nokunganaki okusobala phakathi kwabaholi beDemokhrasi, kwehlela ukunqoba (55-44) ngenxa amavoti ayishumi eDemocratic 'cha'. Njengoba inhlekelele iqhubeka iba yimbi kakhulu eYemen, ubuholi be-House Democratic kubikiwe wahudula izinyawo ngenkathi eqhubeka uKhongolose wokuqala uRo Khanna ephikelela ice a bipartisan umzamo wokuthola ivoti ngesilinganiso esifanayo; ekugcineni, ngasekupheleni September, Khanna wakwazi ukwethula isixazululo nephathi ethile esezingeni eliphezulu ukweseka.

Ezindabeni zempi nokuthula - isibonelo, ukuhlala iminyaka engu-17 kwe-Afghanistan noma inqubomgomo ye-Team Trump yohlangothi olulodwa kakhulu lwe-Israel-Palestine - amaDemocrat aphezulu anikeze izinqubomgomo ezimbalwa ezihambisanayo. NgoMeyi, ngokwesibonelo, USchumer uncome uTrump ngokuthuthela Inxusa laseMelika eJerusalema ezinsukwini ngemuva kwakhe wagxeka uTrump ngokuhoxa esivumelwaneni senuzi sase-Iran - isivumelwano uSchumer abenaso ekuqaleni baphikiswa. Futhi abaholi beDemokhrasi benze ukuphikisa okuncane ezenzweni zokuphatha zikaTrump umqondisi we-Amnesty International USA kuchazwe "njengokwandisa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwe-drone kanye ne-airstrikes, okuhlanganisa nangaphandle kwezindawo zempi, kanye nokwandisa abalimala bezakhamuzi kule nqubo."

Amademokhrasi avame ukugxeka i-GOP ngezinqubomgomo zasekhaya zokuziphatha okubi neziqinile ezivuna abanamandla. Kodwa ukwehluleka kwaleli qembu ukuphikisa le migomo yakwamanye amazwe kuyinhlekelele yokuziphatha nepolitiki.

Jeff Cohen ungumsunguli weqembu lokubuka abezindaba ANO kanye nomsunguli weqembu le-online activism RootsAction.org. Inguqulo yalesi sihloko ibonakala njengengxenye ye-"Democratic Autopsy: One Year later," umbiko wocwaningo osekelwe yi-RootsAction kanye kucashunwe yiThe Nation.    

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