Na Ann Wright
Ua lele au ma na wahi he 11 manawa—mai Tokyo, Iapana a i Moscow, Rusia.
ʻO Rusia ka ʻāina nui loa ma ka honua, e uhi ana ma mua o hoʻokahi hapawalu o ka ʻāina noho ʻia o ka Honua, aneane ʻelua ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a loaʻa iā ia nā kumu waiwai mineral a me ka ikehu, nā mea mālama nui loa ma ka honua. Aia ʻo Rūsia ka ʻeiwa o ka heluna kanaka nui loa ma ka honua nei me 146.6 miliona mau kānaka. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka heluna kanaka o ʻAmelika he 321,400,000 ma mua o pālua ka nui o ko Rūsia.
ʻAʻole au i hoʻi hou i Rūsia mai ka makahiki 1990 i ka wā i hoʻopau ai ka Soviet Union iā ia iho a ʻae i 14 mau ʻāina hou e hana ʻia mai ia. I kēlā manawa he diplomat US au a makemake wau e lilo i ʻāpana o ka wehe ʻana o nā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma kekahi o nā ʻāina i kūkulu ʻia. Ua noi au e hoʻouna ʻia i kahi ʻāina hou ma Central Asia a ua loaʻa koke wau i Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Ma muli o ke kākoʻo ʻia ʻana o nā ʻelele hou mai ka US Embassy ma Moscow, ua laki au i ka huakaʻi pinepine ʻana i Moscow i loko o nā mahina pōkole ʻekolu aʻu i Uzbekistan a hiki i ka manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ai nā limahana Embassy mau. He mau makahiki ma hope mai i ka makahiki 1994, ua hoʻi au i Central Asia no ka huakaʻi ʻelua makahiki ma Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan a ua hele hou au i Moscow.
I kēia manawa kokoke i iwakālua-ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope mai, ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki o ka noho maluhia ʻana me ka hoʻololi nui ʻana mai nā ʻoihana mokuʻāina i nā ʻoihana privatized a me ka Russian Federation e hui pū ana me ka G20, ka Council of Europe, ka Asia-Paciic Economic Cooperation (APEC), ka Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO), ka Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) a me ka World Trade Organization, ka US/NATO a me Rūsia ke komo nei i loko o ke kaua anuanu o 21st century i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā "hoʻomaʻamaʻa" pūʻali koa nui i kahi hapa liʻiliʻi. hiki ke lawe mai i ke kaua.
On June 16 E hui pū wau i kahi hui o 19 mau kamaʻāina US a hoʻokahi mai Singapore ma Moscow, Russia. E hele ana mākou i Rusia e hana i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i nā alahaka o ka maluhia me ka poʻe Lūkini, nā alahaka i ʻike ʻia e ko mākou aupuni e paʻakikī ana i ka mālama ʻana.
Me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kiʻekiʻe o ka honua, manaʻo nā lālā o kā mākou ʻelele i ka manawa no nā kamaʻāina o nā ʻāina āpau e haʻi leo nui ʻaʻole ʻo ka hakakā pūʻali koa a me ka ʻōlelo wela ke ala e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pilikia honua.
ʻO kā mākou hui he mau luna aupuni o ʻAmelika i hoʻomaha loa a me nā poʻe e pani ana i nā hui maluhia. Ma ke ʻano he Kolonela Kūʻai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻomaha ʻia a me kahi diploma US ma mua, ua hui pū wau i ka luna CIA i hoʻomaha ʻia ʻo Ray McGovern a me ka Hope Hope National Intelligence Officer no ka Middle East a me CIA analyst Elizabeth Murray. ʻO wau a ʻo Ray nā lālā o Veterans for Peace a ʻo Elizabeth ka lālā o ka Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.. ʻO mākou ʻekolu he mau lālā o ka Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
ʻO nā mea hoʻomalu maluhia lōʻihi ʻo Kathy Kelly o Voices for Creative Non-Violence, Hakim Young o Afghan Peace Volunteers, ʻo David lāua ʻo Jan Hartsough o ka Quakers, Nonviolent Peaceforce a World Beyond War, ʻO Martha Hennessy o ka hui ʻo Catholic Workers movement a me Bill Gould, ka pelekikena aupuni mua o nā Kauka no ke kuleana pilikanaka he mau ʻelele wale nō ma kēia misionari.
Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka ʻelele e Sharon Tennison, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI). I nā makahiki 3o i hala iho nei ua lawe ʻo Sharon i mau tausani ʻAmelika i Rusia a ma luna o 6,000 mau ʻōpio Lūkini ʻōpio i nā hui 10,000 ma luna o 400 mau kūlanakauhale ʻAmelika ma 45 mau mokuʻāina. ʻO kāna puke ʻO ka mana o nā manaʻo hiki ʻole: nā hana kūwaho a nā kamaʻāina maʻamau e pale aku i nā pilikia o ka honua, ʻO ia ka moʻolelo kupaianaha o ka lawe ʻana i nā kamaʻāina o US a me Rūsia i loko o ka ʻāina o kēlā me kēia no ka hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻana a me ka maluhia.
Ma ka moʻomeheu o ka hele ʻana i kahi e makemake ʻole ai ko mākou mau aupuni e hele mākou e ʻike i nā hopena o ka haki ʻana o nā ʻano hana ʻino ʻole i ka hoʻonā hakakā, e hui mākou me nā lālā o ka hui kīwila Lūkini, nā mea nūpepa, nā ʻoihana a me nā luna aupuni paha e hōʻike. ʻO kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka hana ʻole, ʻaʻole kaua.
Ua ʻike maopopo ka poʻe Lūkini i ka make i luku ʻia e ke kaua, me ka ʻoi aku o 20 miliona mau Lūkini i make i ke Kaua Honua II. ʻOiai ʻaʻole like me ka make ʻana o Rūsia, ʻike nui nā ʻohana pūʻali koa US i ka ʻeha o nā ʻeha a me nā make mai ke Kaua Honua II, ke Kaua Vietnam a me nā kaua i kēia manawa ma ka Middle East a me Afghanistan.
Hele mākou i Rūsia e kamaʻilio me ka poʻe Lūkini e pili ana i nā manaʻolana, nā moeʻuhane a me nā makaʻu o ka poʻe ʻAmelika a e kāhea aku i kahi hoʻoholo maluhia i nā haunaele i kēia manawa ma waena o ka US / NATO a me Russia. A e hoʻi mākou i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hōʻike i kā mākou mau manaʻo mua i nā manaʻolana, nā moeʻuhane a me nā makaʻu o ka poʻe Lūkini.
No ka mea kākau: Ua lawelawe ʻo Ann Wright i 29 mau makahiki ma ka US Army/Army Reserves a ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Konela. He diplomat ʻAmelika ʻo ia no 16 mau makahiki a lawelawe ʻo ia ma US Embassies ma Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan a me Mongolia. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i Malaki 2003 e kūʻē i ke kaua a Pelekikena Bush ma Iraq. ʻO ia ka mea kākau pū o "Dissent: Voices of Conscience."
