Na David Swanson
Eia aʻe kekahi ʻOkakopa 7, manawa hou no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka International Day of Wars-Start-Easy-But-They-a-Bitch-to-End. ʻO ia, inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokaʻawale i kekahi mau manawa mai ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā kaua hou a mākou e hoʻomaka nei.
I kēia lāʻo 13 mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻokūkūʻiaʻoʻAmelika Huipūʻia i Afghanistan, aʻo ka PelekikenaʻAmelika iʻike mua loa i ka 'anuʻu i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā ʻIraka, ʻoiai - i ke kaulike - na ke Akua nō haʻiʻia iā ia e hoʻouka i nā ʻāina ʻelua. Ua noi au i ke Akua e pili ana i kēlā mau mea hou a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “Makemake ʻoe e ʻike i ka minamina. E kuʻu Akua, pono ʻoe e kamaʻilio me ke Kōmike Nobel e pili ana i kēlā laureate maluhia. ” ʻAʻole pono wau e nīnau i kahi, a ʻaʻole wau i nīnau ʻo wai kona Akua, e makaʻu nei i kahi kūkā kamaʻilio pau ʻole.
Ua hoʻi i mua ma 2001 ma mua o ka nānā ākea ʻana o nā pelekikena i nā mea āpau, hoʻokumu i nā kaua me ka ʻole o ke ʻano kū kānāwai, hoʻopaʻahao ʻia me ka uku ʻole ʻia, pepehi ʻia i ka makemake, a mālama ʻia i nā mea huna e huhū loa ai iā Richard Nixon, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia ka lehulehu i nā ʻike āpau e kāna mau kīwī aloha. ʻAʻole i haʻi ʻia iā mākou ua makemake ka Taliban e hoʻohuli iā bin Laden i kahi lāhui kūpaʻa e kū i ka hoʻokolokolo. ʻAʻole mākou i haʻi ʻia i ka Taliban he mea ʻae hōʻole i ka al Qaeda, a he hui kūʻokoʻa loa. ʻAʻole mākou i haʻi ʻia ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā hoʻouka kaua 911 ma Kelemania a me Maryland a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i kahakaha ʻole ʻia no ka pōpō. ʻAʻole haʻi ʻia iā mākou ka hapanui o ka poʻe e make ana ma Afghanistan, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea i make ma 911, ʻaʻole wale i kākoʻo iā 911 akā ʻaʻole lohe ʻia. ʻAʻole mākou i haʻi ʻia i kā mākou aupuni e luku i nā lehulehu o nā makaʻāinana, hoʻopaʻa i ka hale paʻahao me ka hoʻokolokolo ʻole ʻia, kau i nā wāwae o ka poʻe a hahau iā lākou a make lākou.
ʻAʻole i haʻi ʻia iā mākou pehea e ulu ai kēia kaua kū kānāwai i ka ʻae ʻana o nā kaua kū kānāwai ʻole a pehea e hoʻowahāwahā ai ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hapa nui o ka honua. ʻAʻole mākou i hāʻawi ʻia i ke kua o ka mea a ka US i komo ai i Afghanistan a hoʻonāukiuki i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana a Soviet a me ka pale kaua ʻana i nā Soviets a waiho i ka poʻe i ke aloha aloha o kēlā kūʻē kūʻē ʻana i ka haʻalele ʻana o nā Soviets. ʻAʻole mākou i haʻi ʻia ua makemake ʻo Tony Blair iā Afghanistan ma mua ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i UK e kōkua e luku iā ʻIraka. ʻAʻole mākou i haʻi ʻia he pili aloha ʻo bin Laden o ke aupuni US, a ʻo ka poʻe hijackers 911 ka hapanui o Saudi, a i ʻole he mea iki paha e hewa me ke aupuni o Saudi Arabia. A ʻaʻohe mea i haʻi aku i nā triliona kālā a mākou e hoʻonele ai a i ʻole nā pono kīvila a mākou e nalo ai ma ka home a i ʻole nā hōʻino koʻikoʻi e kau ʻia i ka nohona kūlohelohe. ʻOiai manu mai hele hou i Afghanistan.
Ua luku wikiwiki loa ʻia ka Taliban ma 2001 ma o ka hui pū ʻana o ka mana luku nui a me ka haʻalele. Hoʻomaka ka US e ʻimi holoholona no ka mea i lilo i lālā no ka Taliban. Akā ua komo kēia i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e alakaʻi nei i ke kākoʻo o ke aupuni US - a he nui nā alakaʻi hui like i pepehi ʻia a hopu ʻia ʻia aole ʻo Taliban hoʻi, ma o ka lapuwale a me ka palaho. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā makana he $ 5,000 i mua o ka poʻe ʻilihuna i hana ai i nā hoʻopiʻi wahaheʻe i pae i kā lākou mau hoa paio ma Bagram a i ʻole Guantanamo, a me ka hemo ʻana o kēia mau kiʻina nui i luku ʻia nā kaiāulu, a huli nā kaiāulu e kūʻē iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ʻae e kākoʻo iā ia. Hoʻohui i kēia i ka hoʻomāinoino hoʻomāinoino a hōʻino ʻia o nā ʻohana holoʻokoʻa, e like me nā wahine a me nā keiki i hopu ʻia a hoʻomāinoino ʻia e nā pūʻali koa US, a me ka hoʻāla hou ʻana o ka Taliban ma lalo o ka noho ʻana o ka US. ʻO ka wahaheʻe i haʻi ʻia iā mākou e wehewehe aku ua lilo ʻo US i mea hoʻohoka ʻia e ʻIraka, akā ua ala hou ka Taliban ma kahi a nā pūʻali koa US e kau nei i kahi lula o ka hana ʻino a ʻaʻole ma kahi e kūkākūkā nei nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i nā kuʻikahi e hoʻohana nei, ʻike ʻoe. nā hua'ōlelo.
ʻO kēia ka hana haole ʻike ʻole a ʻike ʻole ʻia (e like me ka mea maʻamau) hoʻomāinoino a pepehi kanaka ʻana i ka hapa nui o kāna mau mea kōkua ikaika loa, e hoʻouna ana i kekahi o lākou i Gitmo - a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā keiki kāne Gitmo nona ka hewa wale nō i hana kolohe nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia o nā mea kōkua a US
I ka wā i lilo ai ʻo Barack Obama i pelekikena, aia he 32,000 pūʻali koa US ma Afghanistan. Ua piʻi aʻe ʻo ia ma luna o 100,000 mau pūʻali koa, a me nā mea ʻaelike, a ua hoʻohanohano ʻia no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kaua mai ia manawa. Ua hoʻolilo ʻia he ʻelima mau makahiki e kūkākūkā ana no ka “drawdown.” Ke haʻi aku nei ka lehulehu o ka US i nā pollsters makemake mākou i nā pūʻali koa US a pau mai Afghanistan "i ka wā e hiki ai" no nā makahiki a me nā makahiki. Ua kaena nā haʻi ʻōlelo hope ʻole e pili ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kaua a Obama i manaʻo ai he "hoʻoilina" ia. A i kēia manawa, aia he 33,000 pūʻali koa US ma Afghanistan, ʻoi aku ma mua o ko Obama lilo ʻana i pelekikena. Ua haʻalele aku kekahi mau mea kōkua NATO, akā ʻo ia ka nui o ka “drawdown.” ʻO ke ana ʻana i ka make a me ka luku a i ʻole ke kumukūʻai kālā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaua a Pelekikena Obama ma mua o Pelekikena Bush.
I kēia manawa, ua hiki iā Obama ke loaʻa i pelekikena hou o ʻAmelika e ʻae i nā pūʻali koa US i koe ma Afghanistan me ka pale ʻana mai nā hoʻopiʻi kalaima a hiki i ka "2024 a ʻoi aku." Wahi a Obama e hoʻēmi ʻo ia i nā pūʻali koa i 9,800 i kēia makahiki, 6,000 i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, a me 1,000 i ka makahiki aʻe
ʻO kā Obama hoʻolālā kēia mai ka lā 1. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻōlelo maoli e hoʻopau ana i ke kaua; hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka hōʻaiʻē pau ʻole no ka hana ʻana pēlā. Akā aia kekahi mau mea lapuwale ʻākau i ka lewa i kēia mau lā, i hui pū ʻia me ka nui o nā kaua US, hoʻohoka i ka poʻe mai ka huhū o ka mālama ʻana i ke kaua ma Afghanistan e hala ana he ʻumi mau makahiki hou aku. ʻO ka manaʻo lapuwale ka manaʻo i hele aku ʻo ʻIraka i gehena no ka haʻalele ʻana o nā pūʻali koa US. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka hewa o ʻIraka ma mua o ka pūʻali koa US ma laila, a he hana nui ia a nā pūʻali koa US a me kā lākou mau mea kōkua i nā makahiki he nui i hoʻokau iā Iraq i ke ala i gehena i kēia manawa. ʻOiai ʻo Obama, ka mea i hoʻāʻo nui e loaʻa i ka pale kaua kolohe no nā pūʻali koa US i mea e haʻalele ai iā lākou i Iraq i ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala, ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka haʻalele iā lākou ma laila ʻaʻole maikaʻi. Akā ʻoiaʻiʻo nō kēia o ka lunacy counterfactual - ka manaʻo o nā pūʻali koa haalele uhaʻi ʻo ʻIraka - kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kā mākou kūʻē a me ka huhū i nā nūhou hou mai Vietnam mai.
He lālā haʻaheo ʻo Obama ma ka Let's Stop Killing Iraqis a Kill More Afghans Club. I kēia manawa ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ʻIraka a me Suria e luku nei i ka lehulehu o nā makaʻāinana ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia ʻaʻole pili nā lula no ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā make kīwila. Loaʻa iaʻu kahi hoʻolālā e kōkua iā ia ʻoʻohe ʻo kāna mau mea antiwar i kākoʻo iā ia. Maʻalahi. Kūleʻa ia. He hoʻololi hoʻohuli ʻole ʻia ia. A ma ka liʻiliʻi ua noʻonoʻo ka hapalua o ka ʻāina ua hana ʻo ia iā ia: E kiʻi i ka pūʻali koa US ma waho o Afghanistan. I kēia manawa. Loaʻa. ʻAʻohe kaula i hoʻopili ʻia.
