Na Kathy Kelly
Ma mua o ka 2003 Shock and Awe bombing ma Iraq, hele pinepine kahi hui o nā mea hana e noho ana ma Baghdad i nā kahua kūlanakauhale i koʻikoʻi no ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi ma Baghdad, e like me nā halemai, nā lako uila, nā mea kanu hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai, a me nā kula, a me ke kaula i nā hae vinyl nui ma waena o nā kumulāʻau ma waho o kēia mau hale e heluhelu ana: "To Bomb This Site Would Be A War Crime." Paipai mākou i ka poʻe ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻAmelika e hana like, e hoʻāʻo ana e kūkulu i ka manaʻo no ka poʻe i paʻa i Iraq, e kali ana i kahi pōʻino lele weliweli.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ke kaumaha, pono e hoʻāhewa hou nā hae i nā hewa kaua, i kēia manawa e hoʻōho nei i ka hoʻopiʻi honua no ka mea i loko o hoʻokahi hola o ka lele ʻana i kēia wā i hala. Aloha Hawaii kakahiaka, ua pana pinepine ka US i kahi haukapila Doctors Without Borders ma Kunduz, kahi hale hana i lawelawe i ka lima o ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma Afghanistan a me nā wahi a puni.
Ua hoʻokō ka pūʻali koa US/NATO i ka hoʻouka kaua ma kahi o 2AM ma ka la 3 o Okatoba. Kauka Lima palena ua hoʻolaha mua aku i ka US, NATO a me nā pūʻali Afghan i kā lākou mau kikoʻī kikoʻī e wehewehe i ko lākou pūhui, ka nui o kahi kahua pôpeku, he haukapila. I ka wā i pā ai nā pōkā mua, ua kelepona koke nā limahana lapaʻau i ke keʻena nui o NATO e hōʻike i ka hahau ʻana ma kāna hale, akā ua hoʻomau ʻia ka hahau ʻana, ma nā minuke 15, a hiki i 3: 15, make 22 kanaka. 12 o ka poe i make he mau limahana lapaau; he ʻumi nā maʻi, a ʻekolu o nā maʻi he mau keiki. Ma kahi o 37 mau kānaka hou aʻe i ʻeha. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea ola ʻo ka ʻāpana mua o ka haukapila i paʻi ʻia ʻo ia ka Intensive Care Unit.
"Ke ʻā nei nā maʻi ma ko lākou wahi moe," wahi a kekahi kahu, he mea ʻike maka i ka hoʻouka ʻana o ka ICU. Ua hoʻomau ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ka US, ʻoiai ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o nā luna o Kauka ʻole palena ʻole i ka pūʻali koa US, NATO a me Afghan e hoʻouka ana nā mokulele kaua i ka haukapila.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā pūʻali Taliban ka mana ea, a ʻo nā ʻauwaʻa mokulele ʻo Afghan Air Force ma lalo o ka US, no laila ua maopopo loa ua hana ka US i ka hewa kaua.
Ua ʻōlelo ka pūʻali koa US e hoʻokolokolo ʻia ana ka hihia. ʻO kekahi i loko o kahi kaʻaahi pau ʻole o ke kala kala ʻole; ʻO ka manaʻo ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka ʻohana akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae ʻia ke kala ʻana i nā mea hoʻoholo āpau. Ua koi ʻo Doctors Without Borders i kahi hoʻokolokolo kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa, i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e kahi hui honua kūpono a me ke komo ʻole ʻana o ka US a i ʻole kekahi hui kaua ʻē aʻe i ka hakakā Afghan. Inā loaʻa kēlā ʻano hoʻokolokolo, a hiki iā ia ke hōʻoia he mea noʻonoʻo kēia, a inā ʻaʻole he pepehi kanaka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaua hewa, ehia mau ʻAmelika e aʻo i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo?
Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā hewa kaua i ka wā i hana ʻia e nā ʻenemi kūhelu US, i ka wā e pono ai lākou i ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā hoʻouka kaua a me nā hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻololi aupuni.
ʻO kahi hoʻokolokolo ʻana i hōʻike ʻole ʻia e ka US e haʻi i ka nui o ka pono o Kunduz i kēia haukapila. Hiki i ka US ke noiʻi i nā hōʻike SIGAR ("Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction") e helu ana i nā "keʻena mālama olakino kālā kālā o Afghanistan," i ʻōlelo ʻia i kālā ʻia ma o USAID, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia, 189 mau wahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi o nā hui i hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻohe hale i loko o 400 wāwae. I ko lakou la 25 o Iuneth Ua kākau lākou me ka pīhoihoi, "ʻO ka loiloi mua o koʻu keʻena i ka ʻikepili USAID a me nā kiʻi geospatial ua alakaʻi iā mākou e nīnau inā loaʻa iā USAID kahi ʻike kikoʻī no 510—kokoke 80 pakeneka—o nā keʻena mālama olakino 641 i kākoʻo ʻia e ka papahana PCH." Ua ʻike ʻia aia ʻeono o nā hale Afghan ma Pakistan, ʻeono ma Tajikstan, a hoʻokahi ma ke Kai Mediterranean.
I kēia manawa ua hana mākou i kahi haukapila ʻuhane ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole ma waho o ka ea liʻiliʻi i kēia manawa akā mai nā paia o kahi hale i makemake nui ʻia i kēia manawa i nā ʻōpala, kahi i ʻeli ʻia ai nā kino o nā limahana a me nā maʻi. A me ka nalo ʻana o ka haukapila i kahi kaiāulu weliweli, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻuhane o kēia hoʻouka ʻana, ma mua o ka hiki i kekahi ke helu. Akā i ka pule ma mua o kēia hoʻouka kaua, ua mālama kāna koʻokoʻo i 345 mau kānaka ʻeha, 59 o lākou he mau keiki.
Ua hōʻike lōʻihi ka US iā ia iho i ke kaua kaua weliweli loa ma Afghanistan, e hoʻonoho ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka ikaika ʻino e makaʻu ai i nā poʻe kuaʻāina e noʻonoʻo nei i ka mea hiki iā lākou ke huli no ka pale. I Iulai o 2015, ua hoʻouka ʻia nā mokulele bomber US i kahi pūʻali koa Afghan ma ka ʻāina ʻo Logar, a pepehi i nā koa he ʻumi. Ua ʻōlelo ka Pentagon e hoʻokolokolo ʻia kēia hanana. ʻAʻohe manaʻo o ka lehulehu o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i hoʻopuka ʻia. ʻAʻole loaʻa kahi kalahala mau.
He pepehi kanaka keia, no ka malama ole a inaina paha. ʻO kahi ala e hui pū ai me ka hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā ia, e koi ana ʻaʻole i kahi nīnau wale nō akā i ka hopena hope loa i nā hewa kaua a pau o US ma Afghanistan, ʻo ia ka ʻākoakoa ʻana i mua o nā keʻena mālama olakino, nā halemai a i ʻole nā hui trauma, e lawe ana i nā hōʻailona e ʻōlelo ana, "To Bomb He Karaima Kaua keia wahi.” E kono i nā limahana o ka haukapila e hui pū i ka ʻaha, e hoʻolaha i ka media kūloko, a paʻa i kahi hōʻailona hou e ʻōlelo ana: "ʻOiaʻiʻo ka Same ma Afghanistan."
Pono mākou e hōʻoia i ka pono o ko Afghans i ka mālama olakino a me ka palekana. Pono ka US e hāʻawi i nā mea noiʻi i ke komo ʻole ʻana i ka poʻe hoʻoholo i kēia hoʻouka ʻana a uku e hana hou i ka haukapila me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana no ka ʻeha i hana ʻia i loko o kēia mau makahiki he ʻumikumamāhā o ke kaua a me nā haunaele i hana ʻino ʻia. ʻO ka hope, a no ka pono o nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, pono kākou e hoʻopaʻa i ko kākou aupuni mahuka a e hoʻolilo iā ia i lāhui e hiki ai iā kākou ke pale aku mai ka hana ʻana i ka hana ʻino ʻino loa o ke kaua.
Kathy Kelly (Kathy@vcnv.org) Co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (vcnv.org) Ua hoʻi mai ʻo ia mai Afghanistan i ka waena o Kepakemapa, 2015 kahi i kipa ʻia ai ʻo ia no ka Afghan Peace Volunteers (hihihihihihihihihihihihi.com)
