WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — US Naib Sadr JD Vance ne kaha hai ke Republicans midterm elections Iran ke saath jang ki wajah se haare hain. Democrats ke Congress ke donon aiwanon ka control hasil karne ke baad unhon ne ghair mamooli taur par do took bayan diya.
"Hamare haarne ki wajah jang hai. Sadr ne khud kal raat yeh baat kahi," Vance ne Budh ko X par likha. "Agar aap yeh daleel dena chahte hain ke yeh jang is qabil thi, ke agle 6 saal ke liye Senate haar jana bhi is qabil tha, toh aisa hi karein. Daleel dein ke yeh chukane ke qabil qeemat thi. Aap mutafiq hon ya na hon, kam az kam yeh imandari toh hai. Lekin sab jaante hain ke hum kyun haare."
Unhon ne kaha ke masla Republican turnout ka nahin tha. "Hamare voters aaye thay," unhon ne likha. Unhon ne Florida ka hawala diya, jahan un ke mutabiq voters mein Democrats ke muqable mein Republicans nau points zyada thay. "Sab se bara masla yeh hai ke bohat se log jinhon ne 2024 mein Trump/Vance ko vote diya, unhon ne 2026 mein Democrats ko vote diya."
Voters ne pollster ko kya bataya
Vance ne kaha ke aik pollster, jin ke bare mein un ka kehna tha ke woh siyasat mein un ke jaanne walon mein sab se zaheen logon mein se hain, ne generic ballot par 13 points ki shikast ki peshgoi ki thi. Generic ballot Congress ke liye qaumi satah par himayat ka paimana hai. Un ke mutabiq, jab poocha gaya ke unhein kya wapas laye ga, toh woh Trump voters jo door ho gaye thay, unhon ne chaar bunyadi jawab diye: jang khatam ki jaye, cost of living aur inflation par tawajjoh di jaye, America First ko tarjeeh di jaye, aur Israel ke saath taalluq badla jaye. Unhon ne pollster ka naam nahin liya aur na hi aadad-o-shumar jari kiye.
Unhon ne conservative tabsira nigar Rachel Campos Duffy ka bhi difa kiya, jinhein un ke mutabiq Peer ko is tanaze ka sifarati hal talash karne ka mutalba karne par hamle ka nishana banaya gaya tha. "Ab pata chala ke un ka siyasi mashwara theek tha," unhon ne likha. Unhon ne un koshishon ke khilaf bhi khabardar kiya jin ke bare mein un ka kehna tha ke ghair qanooni tarkeen-e-watan ke liye amnesty ko hal ke taur par pesh karne ke liye ki jayengi. "Jo koi bhi amnesty par zor de raha hai, woh aap se jhoot bol raha hai," unhon ne kaha.
Trump se bhi aage
Vance ka bayan sadr ke bayan se zyada seedha hai. Sadr Donald Trump ne nateeje ke baad aik interview mein kaha ke "is ka aik hissa Iran tha", lekin yeh bhi kaha: "Mere khayal mein yeh jang nahin hai. Mere khayal mein yeh gasoline ki qeemat hai." Unhon ne kaha ke unhein ab bhi yaqeen hai ke Iran ke bare mein un ka faisla theek tha, aur ke jang tab khatm hogi "jab main kahoonga ke khatm hoti hai".
Yeh bayan us jang ke aik nazuk daur mein aaya hai jis mein Pakistan markazi saalis raha hai. Vance ne Peer ko kaha ke Iran ke saath "kuch pesh raft" hui hai, aur ke Trump "kinetic options ab bhi rakhte hain". US forces ne chand ghante baad Iran ke Qeshm Island par hamla kiya. Qatari saalis ab bhi Strait of Hormuz dobara kholne ki tajweez par kaam kar rahe hain, aur Iran ke sarbarah muzakrat kaar Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ne is vote ko Americans ka jang ko "na" kehna samjha hai.
Vance ne Iran ke bare mein policy mein kisi khaas tabdeeli ka mutalba nahin kiya, aur kaha ke unhein is mulk ke bare mein ab bhi ummeed hai. Democrats January mein Congress ka control sanbhaal lenge.
