【英语国际】驻阿富汗美军司令因批评白宫被解职

President Barack Obama has dismissed Stanley McChrystal as the commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, in a move intended to reassert civilian authority over the US military but which also raises new doubts about the war against the Taliban.

Gen David Petraeus, the architect of the surge in Iraq and Gen McChrystal's current boss at US central command, will replace him as the commander in Afghanistan.

Mr Obama made his decision after Gen McChrystal and his aides made a series of insulting remarks about senior administration personnel in an interview given to Rolling Stone

“I don't make this decision based on any difference in policy with General McChrystal, as we are in full agreement about our strategy,” said Mr Obama. “Nor do I make this decision out of any sense of personal insult.”

But he added that Gen McChrystal's conduct “undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system and it erodes the trust that's necessary for our team to work together to achieve our objectives in Afghanistan”

Indeed Mr Obama argued that US success against the Taliban depended on removing Gen McChrystal from his post. “I don't think that we can sustain that unity of effort and achieve our objectives in Afghanistan without making this change,” he said.

He called for the US Senate to confirm Gen Petraeus as Afghanistan commander as swiftly as possible. “This is a change in personnel but it is not a change in policy,” Mr Obama said.

It was only the latest in a series of problems between the Afghan commander and the White House, which also included tension between Gen McChrystal and Vice President Joe Biden.

Top US officials said until the last moments that they were uncertain what decision Mr Obama reached, given the importance of the US's effort in Afghanistan, which has been increasingly afflicted by delays.

But in a sign of Mr Obama's disfavour, Gen McChrystal left the White House immediately after a one on one meeting with the US President rather than attending an Afghanistan strategy session in the Situation room.

美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)已解除了美国和北约驻阿富汗部队指挥官斯坦利•麦克里斯特尔(Stanley McChrystal)的职务，此举旨在重新确立美国文职政府对军方的权威，但也促使人们对打击塔利班的战争产生新的疑虑。

美军中央司令部司令戴维•彼得雷乌斯(David Petraeus)将军将接替麦克里斯特尔出任驻阿指挥官。彼得雷乌斯是增兵伊拉克计划的设计者，也是麦克里斯特尔的上级。

在接受《滚石》(Rolling Stone)杂志采访时，麦克里斯特尔将军及其助手发表了一系列对高级政府官员不敬的言论。奥巴马随后做出了解除其职务的决定。

奥巴马表示：“我做出上述决定，并非是与麦克里斯特尔将军有任何政策分歧，因为我们对战略的看法完全一致。我也不是出于任何个人冒犯的原因而做出这个决定。”

但他补充称，麦克里斯特尔的行为“破坏了我们的民主体制的核心，即文职政府对军队的控制权，而且侵蚀了我们开展团队合作、实现在阿富汗目标所必需的信任”。

的确，奥巴马辩称，美国打击塔利班战争的成功，取决于解除麦克里斯特尔的职务。他表示：“我认为，如果不做出这种改变，我们就不能保持团结和实现我们在阿富汗的目标。”

他呼吁美国国会尽快批准彼得雷乌斯出任驻阿指挥官。奥巴马表示：“这是一场人事变动，而非政策变动。”

在麦克里斯特尔与白宫之间的一系列问题上——包括他与副总统乔•拜登(Joe Biden)的紧张关系——这只是最新的一起。

美国高级官员称，鉴于美国在阿富汗行动的重要性，他们在最后一刻还不确定奥巴马将会做出什么决定。美国在阿富汗的行动日益被种种延误所拖累。

但是在与奥巴马面对面交谈后，麦克里斯特尔将军立即离开了白宫，而没有出席在情况室召开的阿富汗战略会议，这表明他已失去了奥巴马的支持。

译者/君悦