Quelle: Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) e.V. - www.imi-online.de

IMI-Aktuell 2020/777

Lloyd Austin: Verteidigungsminister

(08.12.2020)

Verteidigungsminister im künftigen Biden-Kabinett soll der ehemalige Top-Militär Lloyd Austin werden, wird bei Politico gemeldet. Dass er in führender Position die katastrophale Militärpolitik im Mittleren Osten mitzuverantworten hatte, stimmt dabei nicht unbedingt optimistisch: „Biden and Austin got to know each other during the Obama administration’s Iraq drawdown, when the former vice president led Iraq policy and Austin served as the last commanding general of U.S. forces in Iraq. In that position, Austin played a key role in the surge of forces that began in 2007 and was in charge of the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces in 2011. […] In 2013, President Barack Obama named him to run Central Command, responsible for all U.S. military operations in the Middle East, where he oversaw operations against the Islamic State when it took over large swaths of Iraq and Syria in 2014.” (jw)

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Quelle: Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) e.V. - www.imi-online.de