Na Medea Benjamin a me Ann Wright, Iulai 14, 2019
Ua kauohaʻo Pelekikena Trump i ka Pentagon e loaʻa iā ia kahi holo mokulele o ka mokulele kaua ma Wakinekona, DC ma Iulai 4 i ka moʻolelo o ka moʻolelo o ka hakakā kaua oʻAmelika i nā makahiki heʻelua i hala aku nei, a me kaʻike weliweli i ka mea iʻikeʻia ma ka lewa o Iran ināʻo John Hoʻokumuʻo Bolton.
ʻO nā mokulele hakakā i ʻoliʻoli ʻia e nā mea kākoʻo o Trump i ko lākou lele haʻahaʻa ʻana ma luna o nā kia hoʻomanaʻo i ke kapikala o ka lāhui ʻaʻole i hauʻoli ʻia e ka poʻe ma Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen a me Palestine e like me ka lele like o nā mokulele ma luna o ko lākou mau home. –E hoʻoweliweli a pepehi ana i kā lākou keiki a hanaʻino i ko lākou ola.
Ma luna o kēlā mau 'āina, Air Force ʻO B-2ʻUhane, Air Force F-22 Raptor, Ka-moku Kauaʻi F-35C Pāʻani Strike Fighter a F / A-18 Hornet hikiʻole keʻikeʻia a loheʻoleʻia hoʻi - a hiki i ka wā e piʻi nui ai ka pōʻino mai ka pōʻai 500 a ka 2,000-paona a hōʻemi i nā mea a pau a me nā mea a pau i loko o ko lākou aho. ʻO ka makani pahi o ka p ÷ ino 2,000-paona ka piha 82, aka, o ka puunaue make i hiki i 1,200 kapuai. Ma 2017, ua hoʻokuʻu ka Pūnaeho Piho i ka nui loa o ka pōpilikia'opihuʻole i loko o kāna papa waihona puke,ʻo ka 21,000 paona "Ka makuahine o nā pōpō a pau," ma ke anaʻo ke ana ma Afghanistan.
ʻOiai ua poina ka hapa nui o nāʻAmelika i ke kaua, aia nō ke kaua ma Afghanistan, ke kāpena o ke kani "Māmā" nā lula o ke komo ʻana, e ʻae ana i ka pūʻali koa e hoʻokuʻu i nā pōkā hou ma 2018 ma mua o nā makahiki ʻē aʻe mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua ma 2001. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā pōkā he 7,632 e ʻAmelika i ka 2018 hana waiwai i nā mea kaua ma US, akā hit me ʻO 1,015 poʻe kānaka oʻAmelika.
Ua hoʻohanaʻia e ka US Army e hōʻoki i nā hale helicopters, ka lehulehu e hoʻokipa nei iā Iulai 4, e puhi i nā hale a me nā kaʻa i piha i nā maka'āinana ma Afghanistan a me Iraq. ʻO ka pūʻali koa oʻIseraʻela e hoʻohana ana iā lākou e pepehi i nā kānaka kīwila o Palestinian i Gaza a me ka Saudi Army pepehi i nā keiki ma Yemen me kēia mau mea make.
ʻO nā piliona kālā he nui o nā pāʻaniʻAmelika a me nā pōpē i kūʻaiʻia i Saudi Arabia i hoʻoiliʻia i nā waiwai waiwai no nā mea hana mea kaua e like me Raytheon a me Lockheed Martin. Akā, ua hōʻeha lākou i nā maka'āinana Yemeni mai ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kaua kaua ma 2015, a pepehi i nā kānaka ma kahi kūʻai, nā ipo mare, nā hoʻolewa, a me nā keiki 40 i ke kauwela e puka aku ana i kahi kaʻa kula. ʻO Radhya al-Mutawakel, ka luna o ka huiʻoiaʻiʻo o ka pono o nā kānakaʻo Yemeni Mwatana, wahi a ʻo ka US no ke kuleana kūpono a me ke kuleana no ka kūʻaiʻana i nā mea kaua i ke kālepa alakaʻi Saudi. "E make ana nā poʻe o Yemeni i kēlā lā i kēia lā no kēia kaua aʻoʻoe (ʻAmelika) e hoʻoulu nei i kēia kaua. He mea hilahila hoʻi ka waiwai o ka waiwai waiwai ma mua o ke koko o nā poʻe halaʻole. "
ʻO kekahi kaʻa kaulana o ka make i lele ʻole ʻia ma luna aʻe o Wakinekona ka mea pepehi kanaka pepehi kanaka o ʻAmelika. Malia paha he mea weliweli loa ia no ka lawe ʻana i kahi kaʻa lele manuahi (UAV) e lele kokoke aku ai i ka Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me kahi lehulehu o nā makaʻāinana ʻAmelika me kona mōʻaukala no ka nui o nā kuʻi hiki ʻole ke wehewehe ʻia a me nā hemahema o ka naʻau i kumu i make ai nā haneli o nā lehulehu kīnā ʻole. ma Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen a me Iraq.
ʻO John Bolton, nona ka pepeiao o ka pelekikena i kēlā me kēia lā, ua kākauʻo ia ma kahi mele ma ka 2015 e'ōlelo ana e paʻa anaʻo Iran mai ka laweʻana i kahi mea kaua paʻapuhi, pono ka US e hoʻokūkū iā Iran. I kēia manawa ua holoʻo ia i Iran e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka uranium ma muli o ka hoʻokumuʻana o US i kaʻahahui hoʻolālā a me nā poʻe o ka Europa e hōʻalo ana i kā lākou mau kuleana i loko o kaʻaelike,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Bolton e hoʻomaka i ka pana. Pēlāʻo Bibi Netanyahu a me Mohammad Bin Salman. Ua ho'āʻo neiʻoʻIseraʻela a me Saudi Arabia i nā makahiki e huki i ka US i ke kaua me Iran. ʻO nā hoahana ma ke kōkua manawawai a me ka poʻe kūkaʻi komo ma ka Hikina Hikina e haʻi mai iā mākou e hele mai ana ke kaua a ke mākaukau nei no kona hopena pōuliuli ma waena o ka'āina.
Me nā ilāmuku politika a me nā'elepa o ka hoʻouka kaua hou no ke koko i loko o Iran,ʻo ka hoʻoholoʻana o Trump e hōʻike i ka mana ahi oʻAmelika, ua hoʻonaniʻia e nā kaua kaua ma ka hoʻomalu a me ka'aha'ōlelo, a me kā lākou mau hoa i kaʻoihana kaua. Akā, i ka poʻe e makemake ana i nā manaʻo palekana i nā hakakā o ka'āina,ʻo ka lāʻehā o Iulai, he hōʻailona ia no ka make weliweli i hanaʻia e nāʻoihana Hoʻoilina o ke kaua a me ka weliweli e hiki koke mai ana ma luna o nā poʻe o Iran ināʻo John Hoʻokumuʻo Bolton.
ʻO Medea Benjamin ke kumu hui o CODEPINK: Women for Peace a me ka mea kākau o nā puke he nui e like me "Inside Iran," "Kingdom of the Unbid: Saudia Arabia" a me "Killing by Remote Control-Drones."
ʻO Ann Wright kahi colonel US i hoʻomaha loa a me kekahi lunahana US mua i haʻalele i ka 2003 kū'ē i ke kaua a Bush ma Iraq. ʻO ia ka mea kākau inoa o "Diss: Voices of Conscience."
