WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Amriki wazir-e-difa Pete Hegseth Iran ke saath jang par apne muwakhze ki koshish se bach gaye hain. Ayvan-e-Numainda'gan ne Mangal ko 211 ke muqable mein 204 votes se ilzamat committee ko bhej diye, jis se maujooda Congress mein yeh koshish amalan khatam ho gayi hai.
Yeh qarardad Kentucky se Republican rukn Thomas Massie ne pesh ki thi, jinhon ne Peer ko muwakhze ke aath articles jama karaye. Unhon ne Hegseth par ilzam lagaya ke woh Congress ki manzoori ke baghair 90 din se zaid arse se Iran mein jang lar rahe hain, aur Caribbean aur Pacific mein un kashtiyon ke khilaf Amriki muhim mein “mawra-e-adalat qatl” ki nigrani kar rahe hain jin ke baare mein Washington ka kehna hai ke woh manshiyat le jati hain.
Massie ke siwa har Republican ne qarardad ko ayvan mein lane ke bajaye Republican qiyadat wali House Judiciary Committee ko bhejne ke haq mein vote diya. Maujooda Congress ke sirf chand hafte baqi hain, is liye is qarardad ke aage barhne ka imkaan taqreeban khatam ho gaya hai.
Farq sirf saat votes ka tha. Ek darjan se zaid arkaan voting mein shareek nahin hue, jin mein 11 Democrats bhi shamil the, aur un mein se kai ne apni ghair haziri ki wajah Washington ki traffic batayi. Michigan se Democratic nau-muntakhib senator Abdul El-Sayed ne un se kaha: “Aap ko aa kar apna kaam karna chahiye.”
‘Yeh takhreeb kari hai’
Hegseth ne voting se pehle Pentagon mein news conference mein is koshish ko mustarad kar diya. Unhon ne kaha, “Yeh ek dhong hai, ek tamasha hai aur sab yeh jaante hain. Yeh sangeen jaraim nahin hain. Yeh kaam hai, aur yeh kaam achhi tarah hua hai.”
Unhon ne kaha ke is qarardad ne America ke mukhalifeen ko yeh paigham diya hai ke “America qanooni fauji karrawaiyan kamyabi se anjam dene par apne hi jangjuon aur apni hi civilian qiyadat ko saza dega.” Unhon ne mazeed kaha: “Yeh hubb-ul-watani nahin. Yeh takhreeb kari hai.”
Sadr Donald Trump ne Truth Social par natije ka khair maqdam karte hue kaha ke yeh koshish “buri tarah nakam ho gayi hai” aur vote ko “ek azeem Amriki muhib-e-watan ki bariyat” qarar diya.
January mein doosra marhala
Massie, jo is saal ke shuru mein Trump ke himayat yafta hareef se dobara intikhab haar gaye the, ne kaha ke woh “hairan nahin” magar “mayoos” hain. Unhon ne kaha, “Congress ke baare mein meri tashkhees yeh hai ke yeh log jaante hain ke kya karna hai. Bas woh khud ko is par aamada nahin kar pate, chahe is mein un ka siyasi faida hi kyun na ho.”
Un ka mauqif tha ke Hegseth ko abhi hatane se Republican aksariyat wali Senate ko January mein Democrats ke dono ayvanon ka control sambhalne se pehle naye wazir ki tauseeq ka waqt mil jaye ga. Democrats ne midterm intikhabat mein kamyabiyan hasil ki hain. Nayi Congress mein muwakhze ki karrawai dobara shuru ki ja sakti hai.
Ayvan mein sab se senior Democrat Hakeem Jeffries ne kaha: “Yeh is ka ikhtitam nahin. Yeh to sirf aaghaz hai.” Abdul El-Sayed ne is se aage barh kar Hegseth se isteefe ka mutalba kiya aur mulk mein eendhan aur khurak ki barhti qeematon ka zimmedar jang ko thehraya. Texas se Republican senator Ted Cruz ne kaha ke unhein tawaqqo hai ke Hegseth mustafi ho jayenge ya Trump unhein bartaraf kar denge.
