砺兵高原，锻造胜战铁拳******
喀喇昆仑，冰封雪裹。
侦察无人机悄然升空，盘旋、突防，数据信息快速回传；某型装备辗转腾挪，出其不意打击“敌”目标……新年伊始，记者走进新疆军区某合成团采访，一场合成营体系攻防演练正在进行。
指挥方舱内，合成一营营长朱生鑫冷静分析战场态势，指挥地面分队展开协同突击。记者在现场看到，多支力量和无人装备在合成营体系内要素合成、联动释能，指挥和作战场面令人耳目一新。
“党的二十大报告指出，‘增加新域新质作战力量比重，加快无人智能作战力量发展’。这是抢占未来战争制高点、提高部队新质战斗力的客观要求。”该团领导说，从空地协同到信息联动，从兵种内配合到跨军兵种联合，他们探索新质战斗力生成规律，锤炼合成营整体作战能力。
由步兵团转型为合成团后，该团从平原地区奔赴雪域高原。第一次合成营战术演练中，火力打击分队精度不如以前，步兵分队冲击速度出现下降，兵种要素之间协同也不够顺畅，影响了作战效能。如何在高原高寒条件下更好发挥合成营作战效能，成为该团党委亟需破解的难题。
编制体制重塑，战法训法升级。砺兵高原，该团拓展多型主战装备作战效能；分兵种强化、按编组合成，模块组合成为协同作战的考评重心……该团推动合成营编制内多兵种攥指成拳，多力量联合运用不断取得新进步。
“提升高原高寒条件下合成营作战能力，兵种协同只是一小步。”该团领导告诉记者，他们更新作战理念，积极探索体系练兵新路。
翻开合成一营的作战问题研讨记录本，记者看到，体系作战研究、无人装备作战战术……作战前沿知识成为官兵学习研讨的重点。朱生鑫说，他们结合专业领域和岗位实践，定期开展联合作战指挥问题研讨，组织合成营指挥机构精研兵力布势、体系攻防等课题。
指挥控制终端前，合成一营首席参谋刘彪敲击键盘，“敌”空中目标信息显示在屏幕上。他告诉记者，演练前，他们和空军某雷达分队建立信息共享机制，屏幕上显示的正是雷达分队实时共享的信息。侦察席位上，无人机机长陆志豪一边操纵无人机展开侦察，一边将相关信息汇总上传分享。
“不断超越自我，才能锻造胜战铁拳。”该团领导说，锚定如期实现建军一百年奋斗目标，他们练兵备战的脚步一刻不停歇，采集了一大批高原作战训练数据，缩短了新装备战斗力生成周期。
傍晚时分，侦察连连长张扬带领分队利用无人机侦察确定“敌”火炮阵地坐标后，直升机升空出击，火炮阵地被精准“摧毁”。
寒风凛冽，高原天寒。一幕幕火热练兵场景让记者感受到高原官兵高涨的练兵备战热情，他们用冲锋的身影诠释着铮铮誓言：边关有我，请祖国和人民放心！(本报记者 李 蕾 特约记者 冯 毅 通讯员 纵 恒 解放军报)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
