na Alison Broinowski, Nā Momi a me nā huhū,'Aukake 27, 2021
Me he mea lā ke mālama nei ʻo Australia i nā nīnau hou aku iā ia iho ma mua o nā ʻāina ʻē āpau. Nīnau mākou i nā mea āpau, mai ka make ʻōiwi i ka mālama, mālama hoʻomāinoino keiki, a me ka male male ʻana i nā lawena misdemeanors, nā hana casino, nā pane pandemi, a me nā hewa kaua i ʻōlelo ʻia. Aia hoʻokahi mea i kā mākou pulakaumaka me ka nānā pono ʻana: nā kaua o Australia.
In ʻO nā kaua kūpono ʻole, Ua hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Henry Reynolds ma hope o ke kaua ʻaʻole nīnau ʻo Australia no ke aha mākou i hakakā ai, me ka hopena, a i ke kumukūʻai. Nīnau wale mākou pehea ua hakakā mākou, me he mea lā he pāʻani pāʻani ke kaua.
Ua nalowale ka Australian War War memo i kāna kumu kumu o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, a me ke ʻano ʻōlelo hōʻeuʻeu 'o poina paha iā mākou'. ʻO ka makemake nui o ka AWM, me Brendan Nelson i Luna Hoʻokele, lilo i hoʻolauleʻa o nā kaua i hala, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mea kaua, i lawe nui ʻia mai nā ʻoihana i kākoʻo nui ʻia ka AWM. ʻO kāna Papa, i alakaʻi ʻia e Kerry Stokes a me Tony Abbott, ʻaʻohe mea kākau moʻolelo hoʻokahi.
Ke ʻoki nei ke aupuni i ke aʻo ʻana i ka mōʻaukala ma nā kula nui. Ma kahi o ke aʻo ʻana i nā mea hiki iā mākou o kā mākou mōʻaukala, hana hou a hana hou ʻo Australia. ʻAʻole mākou i lanakila i ke kaua mai ka makahiki 1945. Ma Afghanistan, ʻIraka, a me Suria, ua eo hou iā mākou he ʻekolu hou aku.
Ua noi aku nā Australians no kahi ninaninau e pili ana i ke kaua ʻIraka, e like me ka mea Pelekania ma lalo o Sir James Chilcot, i hōʻike ma 2016 e pili ana i nā hemahema i alakaʻi ʻia ai kēlā pōpilikia. Ma Canberra, ʻaʻohe pā aupuni a aupuni a kūʻē paha. Ma kahi o lākou, ua kauoha lākou i kahi mōʻaukala kūhelu o nā kaua ma Timor Hikina, a me ka Hikina Waena, i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Ua wānana loa ʻia ka pīhaʻi o kēia mahina ma Afghanistan, a ua wānana pū ʻia, me nā ʻAmelika hoʻi i ka pūʻali koa, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana a nā 'Afghanistan Papers' i ka makahiki 2019. Ma mua ma mua o ia manawa, ua hōʻike ʻia nā 'War War Afghanistan' na WikiLeaks i hōʻike i ke kaua mau loa 'e pau i ka eo. Ua paʻa laka ʻia ʻo Julian Assange no kāna ʻāpana i ka hana ʻana i kēlā.
ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe ʻōpio i ʻike mua iā Vietnam ma ka lima mua hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano ma Afghanistan: kahi kumu wahaheʻe no ke kaua, kahi ʻenemi i kuhi ʻole ʻia, kahi hoʻolālā kolohe, kahi ʻano stooges e holo nei i kahi aupuni kolohe, kahi eo. I nā kaua ʻelua, hōʻole nā pelekikena o US (a me nā kuhina nui o Australia) e ʻae i ka hopena.
Ua hana hou ka CIA ma Afghanistan i ka hana kālepa opium i holo ʻia ma Vietnam a me Kambodia. I ka wā i lilo ai ʻo Taliban MKI i ka makahiki 1996, ua pani lākou i ka mahi ʻana o ka popi, akā ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana o NATO i 2001, ua lilo ʻo heroin exports i ʻoihana e like me ka mau. Wahi a nā mea nānā ʻAmelika ʻo Taliban MKII ma 2021 e pono ai ka loaʻa kālā mai nā lāʻau e holo i ko lākou ʻāina luku, keu hoʻi inā hoʻokau ka US a me nā mea kōkua iā ia i ka hoʻopaʻi hoʻopaʻi, a hōʻoki paha i ke kākoʻo World Bank a me IMF iā Afghanistan.
ʻO ka pāʻani ʻana i ke kāleka kuleana kanaka ka mea hope loa o nā poʻe komohana pio. Ua lohe mākou e pili ana i ka barbarous Taliban e hehi ana i nā kuleana o nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine i ka wā e hōʻole ai ka ʻiʻini i ke kaua ma Afghanistan. A laila e hele mai kahi pūʻali koa, a ʻo ka hopena e luku ʻia he mau kaukani hou aku, me nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine.
I kēia manawa, inā mākou e ʻūlū hou nei i kā mākou mau lima hui, huikau paha ia: ʻo ka hapa nui o nā wahine ʻApelika e hoʻokaumaha ʻia e ka Taliban barbarous like, a he nui nā keiki i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka malnutrisi a me ka ulu ulu? A i ʻole ke loaʻa pōmaikaʻi nei ka hapanui o nā wahine Afghanistan mai 20 mau makahiki o ke komo ʻana i ke aʻo, nā hana, a me ka mālama olakino? Inā ʻo ia nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa, no ke aha i hōʻoki ai ʻo Trump i kā US kālā no nā lawelawe hoʻolālā ʻohana? (Biden, i kāna hōʻaiʻē, hoʻihoʻi ia iā Pepeluali).
Me ka nui o ka poʻe make a ʻeha, e pono ana nā mākaukau o nā wahine a me nā kāne āpau, e like me ka ʻōlelo a nā alakaʻi Taliban. No ke aha e pili ai nā loina Islam ʻaʻole na mākou, nā ʻāina i eo ke kaua, e hoʻoholo. No laila, no ke aha e noʻonoʻo nei ka US i ka hoʻopaʻi, kahi e hoʻilihune ai ka ʻāina? ʻOiai, e like me nā kaua ʻAmelika i hala iho nei, ʻaʻohe inoa o ka reparations, kahi e kōkua ai iā Afghanistan e hana i kāna kūkulu lāhui ponoʻī i kāna ʻano ponoʻī. ʻOi aku ka mea e manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea nalowale ʻeha, e like me ʻAukekulia.
Aia ʻo Afghanistan i mau kenekulia ma ke kikowaena waena o ka 'pāʻani nui' ma waena o East a me West. Me ke kaua hope loa i nalowale, ke hele nei ke kaulike ikaika i Asia Hikina - kahi mea a Kishore Mahbubani o Singapore e wānana nei no nā makahiki he iwakālua. Ke ʻākoakoa nei ʻo Kina i nā lāhui ma waena o ʻAkia Waena, ʻaʻole e hakakā i nā kaua, akā no ka pōmaikaʻi ʻia mai ka Hui Hui Hui ʻo Shanghai, ke Kaiāulu ʻEulopa a me ʻEulopa Hikina, a me ka Belt and Road Initiative. Ke komo nei ʻo ʻIrana a me Pakistan, a ua hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ʻo Afghanistan e ukali. Ke loaʻa nei ka mana o Kina ma waena o ka ʻāina ma o ka maluhia a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ʻaʻole ke kaua a me ka luku.
Inā nānā ʻole nā Australians i ka loli o ke kaulike mana honua e hana nei i mua o kā mākou maka, e ʻeha mākou i nā hopena. Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke lanakila i ka Taliban, pehea mākou e lanakila ai i ke kaua kūʻē iā Kina? Eʻoi aku ana ka nui o kā mākou mau poho. Maliʻa paha a hui lāua ma Wakinekona i Kepakemapa, makemake paha ka PM e nīnau inā manaʻoʻiʻo paha ʻo Pelekikena Biden ua hoʻi ʻo ʻAmelika, a makemake i kahi kaua me Kina. Akā ʻaʻole i hopohopo ʻo Biden e kāhea iā Morrison e kūkā e pili ana i ke kaʻina ʻo Kabul. ʻO nā mea he nui no kā mākou hoʻopukapuka i ke kaua Afghanistan, i manaʻo ʻia e kūʻai iā mākou e komo i Wakinekona.
Maʻalahi nā haʻawina o kā mākou mōʻaukala. Ma mua o ko mākou hana hou ʻana iā lākou ma ka lawe ʻana iā Kina a me ke kono ʻana i kahi pōʻino ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, pono ʻo ANZUS ma 70 i kahi loiloi piha, a pono iā Australia kahi nīnau kūʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe - i kēia manawa i nā kaua ma Afghanistan, Iraq, a me Syria.
