2026-07-03T14:45:34.735Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
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发布于2026年7月3日，美国东部时间上午10:45
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去年被国防部长皮特·赫格斯解雇的美国前最高将领在周五发表的一篇专栏文章中批评了将军队用于政治任务的做法，矛头直指特朗普政府部署军队镇压大城市犯罪的行动。
“（当）总统将武装部队用于更具政治争议的任务时，比如处理城市内的犯罪问题，军队的工作就会变得更加棘手，”前参谋长联席会议主席查尔斯·Q·布朗 Jr. 在《外交事务》杂志与另外两位作者一同撰写的文章中写道，他们分别是杜克大学政治学教授彼得·费弗和北卡罗来纳州律师安德鲁·克拉吉。
“诉诸军事解决方案而非解决民用机构本身存在的能力不足或功能失调问题，会让军队偏离其核心的作战任务，”三位作者继续写道。“而且……军队的职责不是将共和国从政治僵局中拯救出来。事实上，如果你对军队要求过高，就会危及整个事业。”
布朗是退役空军将领，也是第二位担任美国最高军职的黑人，他与当时担任海军作战部长、首位进入参谋长联席会议的女性海军上将丽莎·弗朗切蒂于2025年2月被解职。此举正值政府在军队和整个政府范围内禁止多元化与包容性举措之际。
在上周的阿斯彭思想节上，布朗还对政府解雇五角大楼官员的做法表示担忧，他表示：“现在开始出现的情况与功绩无关。”
“我们必须明白，所有被解职的人都经验丰富，我担心的是这会对仍在服役的人员产生影响，”布朗说道。“他们未来在职业生涯中还能获得公平的晋升机会吗？”
这篇《外交事务》的文章并未直接批评总统唐纳德·特朗普或现任政府中的任何人。在一句话中，作者提到特朗普和前总统乔·拜登都“曾寄望于军队在应对新冠疫情中发挥主导作用”。
但文章提及了特朗普政府的某些行动。自特朗普再次就职以来，他在赫格斯的协助下扩大了军队的使用范围。去年，该政府部署了数千名国民警卫队队员和数百名海军陆战队队员，以镇压包括华盛顿特区和洛杉矶在内的大城市的犯罪活动。
周四，赫格斯在有抗议者的场合称赞了国民警卫队在华盛顿的工作，并称抗议者为“忘恩负义之徒”。
“他们看不到眼前的法治和常识，这个群体没有任何意识形态色彩，这项行动也没有任何政治目的，”赫格斯说道。“所有美国人都理应享有法治。”
在周五发表的专栏文章中，布朗和他的合著者还谈到了正在进行的美国建国250周年庆祝活动，以及爱国主义的意义。
“爱国主义意味着认可美国建国时的承诺、过去的进步以及共同未来的潜力，”三位作者写道。
“为超越自身的事业服务——这一在军事训练中培养的美德，对所有人都开放，无论他们是否身着军装，”他们继续写道。“无论大小，美国人都可以将这个250周年的里程碑视为一个时刻，重振我们的开国者在宣布独立时所倡导的国家相互依存精神。”
美国有线电视新闻网的奥伦·利伯曼和黑利·布里茨基为本报道贡献了内容。
Top general fired by Trump administration criticizes use of military for political missions
2026-07-03T14:45:34.735Z / CNN
By Kaanita Iyer
48 min ago
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2026, 10:45 AM ET
Charles Q. Brown Jr. arrives for a press conference following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon on May 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia.
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The former top US general whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired last year criticized the use of the military for political missions in an op-ed published Friday, pointing to the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to clamp down on crime in major cities.
“(W)hen presidents use the armed forces for more politically contentious missions, such as addressing domestic crime in cities, the work of the military becomes more fraught,” former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown wrote in Foreign Affairs, along with two other authors: Duke political science professor Peter Feaver and North Carolina lawyer Andrew Kragie.
“Resorting to a military solution rather than fixing the underlying incapacity or dysfunction in civilian institutions diverts the military from focusing on its primary combat mission,” the authors continued. “And … it is not the military’s job to save the republic from political impasses. Indeed, if you ask too much of the military, you risk the entire enterprise.”
Brown, a retired Air Force general and the second Black man to serve as America’s most senior general, was fired in February 2025, along with Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was then the chief of the Navy and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The move came as the administration has banned diversity and inclusion efforts across the military and government more generally.
At the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, Brown also expressed concerns over the administration’s firings of Pentagon officials, saying, “What’s starting to happen now is not about merit.”
“It’s important we understand that all these people that are being removed are very well experienced and my concern is that the impact it has on those that are still continuing to serve,” Brown said. “Are they going to have a fair opportunity to advance in their career going forth?”
The Foreign Affairs article did not directly criticize President Donald Trump or anyone in the current government. In one sentence, the authors mentioned both Trump and former President Joe Biden as having “looked to the military to play a leading role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
But it referred to certain actions carried out by the Trump administration. Since Trump’s return to office, he has expanded the use of the military with the help of Hegseth. Last year, the administration deployed thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines, to crack down on crime in major cities, including Washington, DC, and Los Angeles.
On Thursday, Hegseth touted the work of the National Guard in Washington amid protesters, whom he called “ingrates.”
“They can’t see law and order and common sense in front of them, that there’s nothing ideological about this group, there’s nothing political about this exercise,” Hegseth said. “Law and order is something all Americans deserve.”
In the op-ed published Friday, Brown and his co-authors also addressed the ongoing celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary and what it means to be patriotic.
“Patriotism means recognizing the promise of America’s founding, the progress of its past, and the potential of a shared future,” the authors wrote.
“Service to a cause greater than oneself, a virtue cultivated in military training, is accessible to all regardless of whether they wear the uniform,” they continued. “In ways big and small, Americans can recognize this milestone of 250 years as a moment to rejuvenate the national interdependence that our founders proclaimed along with independence.”
CNN’s Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky contributed to this report.
