ʻO kahi kaʻina o ka paina: ʻoi aku ke kaua

na Robert C. Koehler, Nā Manaʻo Kūikawā, Kepakemapa 16, 2021

ʻO kahi hou New York Times ʻO Op-ed paha ka mea ʻoi loa, pale kūpilikiʻi loa a me ka pale kaua o ka pūʻali koa-ʻoihana - e kala mai iaʻu, ʻo ka hoʻokolohua ma ke aupuni a ka lehulehu i kapa ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika - ua hālāwai wau, a noi e haʻi ʻia.

ʻO ka mea kākau, ʻo Andrew Exum, he pūʻali koa Ranger nāna i hoʻoili i nā makahiki 2000 i Iraq a me Afghanistan, a he ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope mai i lawelawe no nā makahiki he nui ma ke ʻano he hope kōkua kākau ʻōlelo no ka politika no ka Middle East.

ʻO ke kuhi āna e helu nei i kēia: ua pōʻino nā makahiki he iwakālua i hala o ke kaua, me kā mākou kiʻi mai Afghanistan e hoʻopaʻa nei i ka hoʻokolokolo hope loa o ka mōʻaukala: Ua eo mākou. A pono mākou e lilo. Akā he mea hōʻeha nui i nā kāne a me nā wahine i lawelawe me ka wiwo ʻole, ka mea i mōhai aku i ko lākou ola no ko lākou ʻāina.

Ua kākau ʻo ia: ʻIke wau i kēia manawa, ma ke ʻano ʻaʻole wau i mahalo piha i nā makahiki he iwakālua i hala aku nei, hiki i nā mea hana politika kolohe a hewa ʻole paha ke lawe i kaʻu lawelawe a wili iā ia i nā hopena hua ʻole a i ʻole nā ​​hopena ʻino.

"Akā e hana hou wau. No ka mea he waiwai kēia ʻāina o kākou.

"Lana koʻu manaʻo e like me ka manaʻo o kaʻu mau keiki i kekahi lā."

Pololei a hewa paha, i nā huaʻōlelo ʻē: E hoʻopōmaikaʻi ke Akua iā ʻAmelika. ʻO ka Patriotism i hui pū ʻia me ka militarism ka huki magnet o ka hoʻomana, a me nā mea lawelawe ʻoiai ʻo nā wēlau, e hoʻokau, e nīnau. He hoʻopaʻapaʻa kīnā ʻole kēia, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻokiʻoki o ke aloha no ke kiko o Exum: ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka wā makua e koi ai i kahi kaʻina o ka hele, kahi hana o ka wiwo ʻole, ka mōhai a me, ʻae, lawelawe, i kahi hopena i ʻoi aku ma mua o kou. .

Akā ma mua, e hoʻokau i ka pū i lalo. ʻO ka manawaleʻa e lawelawe i kahi wahaheʻe pepehi kanaka ʻaʻole ia he ʻano kaʻina hana, he pahuhopu hoʻolimalima. No nā mea he nui, he hehi i loko o gehena. ʻAʻole kahi lawelawe leʻaleʻa ka lawelawe maoli, a pili ia i ka hoʻolohe palena ʻole ma mua o ka mana kiʻekiʻe o ka medal-bedecked; ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻaʻole hilinaʻi ka lawelawe maoli i ka alo o kahi ʻenemi, akā, ʻo ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. . . waiwai ia i nā ola āpau.

"Ke loaʻa nei iā mākou kahi kiʻi akāka o nā koina o ke kaua," kākau ʻo Exum. "Ua lilo mākou he mau miliona miliona - kālā inā paha ua puhi mākou i ke ahi i loko o nā 'lua puhi' i littered ʻo Afghanistan a me ʻIraka. Ua mōhai mākou i mau ola he mau kaukani. . . ”

A ua hele a kanikau ʻo ia i nā kaukani o nā lālā lawelawe ʻAmelika i luku ʻia ma Afghanistan a me ʻIraka, a me nā ola o kā mākou mau hoa i pepehi ʻia, a laila, ʻo "nā tausani Afghans hala ʻole a me Iraqis i make i loko o kā mākou naʻaupō."

ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke alo akā ʻike i kahi kauoha o nā mea nui ma aneʻi: ola mua ʻo ʻAmelika, "hala ʻole" Iraqi a me Afghanistan mau ola hope loa. A aia kekahi mahele o ka make ʻana o ke kaua a haʻi ʻole ʻo ia: nā pepehi wahine vet.

Eia nō naʻe, e like me kā Brown University Nā Koina o ke Kaua ʻO ka papahana, ua manaʻo ʻia he 30,177 mau limahana hana a me nā koa o nā kaua ma hope o 9/11 o ka ʻāina i make i ka pepehi kanaka, ʻehā mau manawa ka nui i make i ka hakakā maoli.

Eia kekahi, ke hoʻonui nei i ka weliweli o kēia ʻoi aku, e like me ʻO Kelly Denton-Borhaug kuhikuhi: “. . . he 500,000 mau pūʻali koa hou aʻe i ka wā ma hope o 9/11 i ʻike ʻia me ka nāwaliwali, ʻaʻole i maopopo piha i nā ʻōuli e hoʻohuli ʻole i ko lākou ola. "

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo no kēia ka hōʻeha pono - kahi ʻeha i ka ʻuhane, kahi "hoʻopaʻa paʻahao mau loa ʻia i loko o ka pō o ke kaua," ʻo ia hoʻi, e pili ana i nā mea pale a me nā mea kōkua o ka militarism, ʻo ia wale nō ka pilikia o nā wahine wahine. Mai hoʻopilikia i ke koena o mākou me ia, akā, mai hoʻoluhi i kā mākou hoʻolauleʻa o ka hanohano aupuni me ia.

ʻAʻole wale ka ʻeha Moral PTSD. He haki ia i ke ʻano hohonu o ka pono a me ka hewa o kekahi kanaka: he ʻeha i ka ʻuhane. A ʻo ke ala wale nō e kāpae ai i kēia paʻa i loko o ke ahi o ke kaua e kamaʻilio e pili ana iā ia: kaʻana like ia, e hoʻolaha. No kākou āpau ka ʻino o ka pono o kēlā me kēia.

Ua wehewehe ʻo Denton-Borhaug i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kahi kauka wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Andy no ka manawa mua e pili ana i kāna gehena pilikino ma ka Halemai Crescenz VA ma Piladelapia. "ʻOiai ʻo ia i hoʻonoho ʻia ai i ʻIraka," i kākau ai ʻo ia, "ua komo ʻo ia i ke kāhea ʻana i kahi lele i hoʻopau ʻia i ka make ʻana he 36 mau kāne, wahine, a me nā keiki Iraqi.

". . . Me ka ʻehaʻeha palpable, ua haʻiʻo ia pehea, ma hope o ka lele ʻana o ka lewa, ua kauoha ʻia e komo i loko o ka hale i hoʻopahū ʻia. Ua kānana ʻia ʻo ia i loko o nā kino e ʻike i ka pahuhopu i manaʻo ʻia o ka hoʻopiʻi. Ma kahi o, ua hele mai ʻo ia i nā kino ola ʻole o, e like me kāna i kapa ai iā lākou, 'Iraqis haʻaheo,' me kahi kaikamahine liʻiliʻi me kahi pēpē Minnie Mouse i mele ʻia. ʻO kēlā mau hiʻohiʻona a me ke ʻala o ka make, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā mākou, 'ua kau ʻia ma ke kua o kona mau lihilihi a mau loa aku.'

"ʻO ka lā o kēlā hoʻouka kaua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e haʻalele ana kona ʻuhane i kona kino."

He kaua kēia, a me kona ʻano - kona ʻoiaʻiʻo - pono e lohe ʻia. ʻO ke kumu o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo commission, ka mea aʻu i hōʻike aku ai i ke kaʻina hou aʻe e lawe ai ka ʻāina ma hope o ka huki ʻana i nā pūʻali koa mai Afghanistan.

ʻO ia ke komisina ʻoiaʻiʻo e aneane e wāwahi i ka moemoeā o ke kaua a me ka hanohano aloha ʻāina a, e lana ka manaʻo, holo i ka ʻāina - a me ka honua - mai ke kaua ponoʻī. ʻO ka hoʻolohe i nā kauoha, ke komo pū ʻana i ka pepehi kanaka o kā mākou "ʻenemi," me nā keiki, he mea hewa ʻo ia kahi ala e lawelawe ai.

Ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa - “USA! USA! ” - pono i kahi ʻaoʻao o ka hele.