Na David Vine, Patterson Deppen, a me Leah Bolger, World BEYOND War, Kepakemapa 20, 2021
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ʻOiai ka huki ʻia ʻana o nā kahua pūʻali koa US a me nā pūʻali koa mai Afghanistan, hoʻomau ka United States i ka mālama ʻana ma kahi o 750 mau kahua pūʻali koa i nā ʻāina ʻē he 80 a me nā panalāʻau (territories). He kumu kūʻai kēia mau kumu ma nā ʻano like ʻole: pili kālā, politika, nohona kanaka, a me ka nohona. ʻO nā kahua US ma nā ʻāina ʻē e hāpai pinepine i nā haunaele geopolitical, kākoʻo i nā aupuni undemocratic, a lawelawe ma ke ʻano he mea hana no ka hui pūʻali koa kūʻē i ka noho ʻana o US a me nā aupuni i kona alo. I nā hihia ʻē aʻe, ke hoʻohana ʻia nei nā kahua haole a ua hana maʻalahi ia no ka United States e hoʻokumu a hoʻokō i nā kaua weliweli, e like me nā mea ma Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, a me Libya. Ma waena o ka pae politika a ma loko pono o ka pūʻali koa US ke ulu nei ka ʻike he nui nā kahua o nā ʻāina ʻē e pono e pani ʻia i mau makahiki i hala aku nei, akā ʻo ka inertia bureaucratic a me nā pono politika alakaʻi hewa i wehe iā lākou.
I waena o ka "Global Posture Review" e hoʻomau nei, "he manawa kūpono ko ka Biden hoʻomalu e pani ai i nā haneli o nā kahua koa pono ʻole i waho a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana lāhui a me ka honua i ka hana.
ʻO ka Pentagon, mai ka Makahiki Makahiki 2018, ua holo pono ʻole e paʻi i kāna papa inoa makahiki o nā waihona US ma mua. E like me kā mākou e ʻike nei, ke hōʻike nei kēia pōkole i ka helu piha piha o nā kahua US a me nā pūʻali koa i ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO nā papa inoa a me ka palapala ʻāina i loko o kēia hōʻike hōʻike i nā pilikia he nui e pili ana i kēia mau kahua pae ʻāina, e hāʻawi ana i kahi mea hana e hiki ke kōkua i ka poʻe hoʻokele e hoʻolālā pono i ka pani ʻana o nā kumu.
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Ke hana nei wau ma kahi pākaukau o nā kahua pūʻali koa US me nā kemika weliweli āpau (me PFAS) i helu ʻia. Ma mua o 400 i haumia a me nā haneli hou e kali ana i nā hopena o ka nānā ʻana e hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Me he mea lā e hoʻopili ʻia ka hapa nui o nā waihona US. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o nā kumu ma nā ʻāina ʻē, no ka mea o nā paukū o ka pale ʻana o ka mōʻī, akā ua haumia paha ka hapa nui.
Aloha JIm,
E kala mai iaʻu i kēia manawa ke ʻike nei wau i kāu manaʻo. E hoihoi nui mākou i ka hoʻohui ʻana i kāu pāpalapala i kā mākou noiʻi. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi intern no ʻelua mau mahina e hana ana i ka hana ʻana i kahi waihona no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pilikia kaiapuni āpau ma nā kahua ʻē aʻe, a ʻo ia ʻike he mea nui ia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike mai iaʻu ma ka leka uila i hiki iā mākou ke kūkākūkā i ka laulima? leahbolger@comcast.net