ʻAukake 2021 Ua pepehi ʻo US drone strike ma Kabul i 10 mau makaʻāinana Afghan. Loaʻa: Getty Images
Na Medea Benjamin lāua ʻo Nicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Ianuali 10, 2022
Ua hoʻopuka hope ka Pentagon i kāna mea mua Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo ea mai ka wā i noho ai ʻo Pelekikena Biden ma kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala. Ua paʻi ʻia kēia mau hōʻike o kēlā me kēia mahina mai 2007 e kākau i ka helu o nā pōkā a me nā missiles i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e nā pūʻali ea alakaʻi ʻia e US ma Afghanistan, Iraq a me Suria mai 2004. Akā ua hoʻōki ʻo Pelekikena Trump i ka paʻi ʻana iā lākou ma hope o Pepeluali 2020, e uhi ana i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka pōkā US ma kahi huna.
I nā makahiki 20 i hala iho nei, e like me ka mea i kākau ʻia ma ka papa ma lalo nei, ua hāʻule ka US a me nā pūʻali koa ea ma luna o 337,000 mau pōkā a me nā missiles ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ka awelika o 46 hahau i kēlā me kēia lā no 20 mau makahiki. ʻAʻole kēia pōʻino pau ʻole i make a pōʻino no kāna poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia akā ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui i ka maluhia honua a me ka palekana a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke kūlana o ʻAmelika i ka honua.
Ua lanakila maikaʻi ke aupuni US a me ka hoʻokumu politika i ka mālama ʻana i ka lehulehu ʻAmelika i ka pōʻeleʻele e pili ana i nā hopena weliweli o kēia mau hoʻolaha lōʻihi o ka luku nui ʻana, e ʻae iā lākou e mālama i ka hoʻopunipuni o ka militarism US ma ke ʻano he ikaika no ka maikaʻi i ka honua. kā lākou ʻōlelo kālaiʻāina kūloko.
I kēia manawa, ʻoiai ke alo o ka Taliban i ka lawe ʻana ma Afghanistan, ke kānalua nei lākou i ko lākou kūleʻa i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kēia moʻolelo kūʻē i ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika e hoʻomau i kā lākou Cold War kahiko me Russia a me Kina, me ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka pilikia o ke kaua nuklea.
ka hou Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo ea Hōʻike ka ʻikepili ua hāʻule ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā pōkā 3,246 a me nā missiles ma Afghanistan, Iraq a me Suria (2,068 ma lalo o Trump a me 1,178 ma lalo o Biden) mai Pepeluali 2020.
ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o US i kēlā mau ʻāina 3 ua emi nui mai ka 12,000 mau pōkā a me nā missiles i hāʻule i luna o lākou ma 2019. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, mai ka haʻalele ʻana o nā pūʻali koa US mai Afghanistan i ʻAukake, ʻaʻole i alakaʻi ka pūʻali koa US. lele ka ea ma laila, a hoʻokuʻu wale i nā pōkā 13 a i ʻole nā missiles ma Iraq a me Suria - ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e pale i nā hōʻeha hou ʻole i hōʻike ʻia e nā pūʻali ma lalo o ke kauoha a CIA.
Pono nā Pelekikena Trump lāua ʻo Biden i ka hōʻaiʻē no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ʻaʻole hiki i ka pana ʻana a me ka noho ʻana ke hāʻawi i ka lanakila ma Afghanistan. ʻO ka wikiwiki o ka hāʻule ʻana o ke aupuni i hoʻokomo ʻia e US i ka Taliban i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka haʻalele ʻana o ka US i hōʻoia i ke ʻano o ka 20 mau makahiki o ka noho kaua ʻana o ka pūʻali koa, ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā aupuni kolohe i hoʻokau wale ʻia i ka poʻe luhi o ke kaua o Afghanistan. ʻO ke aupuni Taliban.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi a Biden e hahai i 20 mau makahiki o ka noho colonial a me ka pana ʻana i ka lewa ma Afghanistan me ke ʻano like o ke kaua hoʻokele waiwai ʻino a ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻokau ai ma Cuba, Iran, North Korea a me Venezuela hiki ke hōʻino hou aku iā ʻAmelika i nā maka o ka honua.
ʻAʻohe kuleana no kēia mau makahiki he 20 o ka luku naʻaupō. ʻOiai me ka paʻi ʻana o Airpower Summaries, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻino o nā kaua pana ʻana o US a me nā mea make nui a lākou i hoʻokau ai e hūnā ʻia mai ka poʻe ʻAmelika.
ʻEhia ka nui o nā hoʻouka kaua 3,246 i kākau ʻia ma ka Airpower Summary mai Pepeluali 2020 āu i ʻike ai ma mua o ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia ʻatikala? Ua lohe paha ʻoe e pili ana i ka drone strike i pepehi i 10 Afghan civilians ma Kabul i ʻAukake 2021. Akā, pehea nā 3,245 mau pōkā a me nā missiles? ʻO wai kā lākou i pepehi ai a hōʻino paha, a ʻo wai nā hale a lākou i luku ai?
ʻO kekemapa 2021 New York Times i hōʻikeʻia ʻO ka hopena o nā hoʻouka kaua US, ʻo ka hopena o kahi hoʻokolokolo ʻelima makahiki, he mea kupanaha ʻaʻole wale no ka nui o nā make kīwila a me nā wahaheʻe pūʻali koa i hōʻike ʻia, akā no ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i ka liʻiliʻi o ka hōʻike noiʻi ʻana a ka US media i hana i kēia mau makahiki ʻelua. o ke kaua.
I loko o nā kaua ea ʻoihana ʻenehana a mamao loa, ʻo nā pūʻali koa US i pili pono a pili pono i ka pale ʻana mai ka launa ʻana o ke kanaka me ka poʻe a lākou e luku nei i ko lākou ola, ʻoiai no ka hapa nui o ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika, me he mea lā kēia mau haneli haneli. ʻaʻole i hiki mai nā pahū make.
ʻO ka nele o ka ʻike o ka lehulehu i nā mokulele mokulele US ʻaʻole ia he hopena o ka hopohopo ʻole no ka luku nui a ko mākou aupuni i hana ai ma ko mākou mau inoa. I nā hihia koʻikoʻi a mākou e ʻike ai, e like me ka pepehi kanaka drone ma Kabul i ʻAukake, makemake ka lehulehu e ʻike i ka mea i hana ʻia a kākoʻo ikaika i ka kuleana o US no ka make kīwila.
No laila, ʻo ka naʻaupō o ka lehulehu o 99% o ka US air strikes a ʻo kā lākou hopena ʻaʻole ia ka hopena o ka manaʻo ʻole o ka lehulehu, akā no nā hoʻoholo i manaʻo ʻia e ka pūʻali koa US, nā mea kālai'āina o nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua a me nā ʻoihana hui e mālama i ka lehulehu i ka pōʻeleʻele. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka 21 mau mahina-lōʻihi o ka Airpower Summaries ʻo ia wale nō ka hiʻohiʻona hou loa o kēia.
I kēia manawa ua hoʻopiha ka Airpower Summary hou i nā helu huna mua no 2020-21, eia ka ʻikepili piha loa i loaʻa ma 20 mau makahiki o ka make a me ka luku ʻana i ka US a me nā hui pū ʻana.
Ua hāʻule nā helu o nā pōkā a me nā missiles ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me kāna mau hoa kōkua mai 2001:
| ʻIraka (& Suria *) | ʻApekanikana | Iemene | Nā Aupuni'ē aʻe ** | |
| 2001 | 214 | 17,500 | ||
| 2002 | 252 | 6,500 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 29,200 | |||
| 2004 | 285 | 86 | 1 (Pk) | |
| 2005 | 404 | 176 | 3 (Pk) | |
| 2006 | 310 | 2,644 | 7,002 (Le,Pk) | |
| 2007 | 1,708 | 5,198 | 9 (Pk,S) | |
| 2008 | 1,075 | 5,215 | 40 (Pk,S) | |
| 2009 | 126 | 4,184 | 3 | 5,554 (Pk,Pl) |
| 2010 | 8 | 5,126 | 2 | 128 (Pk) |
| 2011 | 4 | 5,411 | 13 | 7,763 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2012 | 4,083 | 41 | 54 (Li, Pk,S) | |
| 2013 | 2,758 | 22 | 32 (Li,Pk,S) | |
| 2014 | 6,292 * | 2,365 | 20 | 5,058 (Li,Pl,Pk,S) |
| 2015 | 28,696 * | 947 | 14,191 | 28 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2016 | 30,743 * | 1,337 | 14,549 | 529 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2017 | 39,577 * | 4,361 | 15,969 | 301 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2018 | 8,713 * | 7,362 | 9,746 | 84 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2019 | 4,729 * | 7,423 | 3,045 | 65 (Li,S) |
| 2020 | 1,188 * | 1,631 | 7,622 | 54 (S) |
| 2021 | 554 * | 801 | 4,428 | 1,512 (Pl,S) |
| Ka huina | 154, 078* | 85,108 | 69,652 | 28,217 |
Nui Nui = 337,055 mau pōkā a me nā missiles.
** Nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe: Lebanona, Libya, Pakistan, Palesetina, Somalia.
Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau helu ma US Airpower Summaries no Afghanistan, ʻIraka, a me Suria; ka helu o ka Bureau of Investigative Journalism o nā'ō'ō i Pakistan, Somalia a me Yemen; ka ʻO Yemen Data Project's ka helu o nā pōkā a me nā missiles i hāʻule ma Yemen (ma Sepatemaba 2021 wale nō); ka waihona waihona o ka New America Foundation lele ea haole ma Libua; a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe.
Aia kekahi mau ʻano o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ea ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kēia pākaukau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka helu maoli o nā mea kaua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Aia kēia mau mea:
Helicopter hahau: Military Times paʻi ʻia ʻO kahi mea kākau i Feberuari 2017 i kapa ʻia, "He hewa nā helu o ka pūʻali koa US no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana. He mau tausani i hala ʻole i hōʻike ʻia. ʻO ka pūnāwai nui loa o nā ea ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka US Airpower Summaries ʻo ia ka hahau ʻana e nā helikopter hoʻouka. Ua haʻi aku ka pūʻali koa US i nā mea kākau ua alakaʻi kāna mau helikopa i ka 456 i hōʻike ʻole ʻia ma Afghanistan i 2016. Ua wehewehe nā mea kākau i ka ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hoʻouka helikopa i kūlike i nā kaua ma hope o 9/11, a ʻaʻole naʻe lākou i ʻike pehea. nui nā missiles i kī ʻia i kēlā mau hoʻouka kaua 456 ma Afghanistan i hoʻokahi makahiki a lākou i noiʻi ai.
Nā AC-130 pū: ʻAʻole i hoʻopau ka pūʻali koa US i nā Kauka palena ʻole halemai i Kunduz, Afghanistan, ma 2015 me nā pōkā a i ʻole nā missiles, akā me ka Lockheed-Boeing AC-130 pū. ʻO kēia mau mīkini luku nui, ka mea maʻamau i mālama ʻia e nā pūʻali hana kūikawā o ka US Air Force, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e pōʻai i kahi pahu hopu ma ka honua, e ninini ana i nā pū howitzer a me nā pū kuniahi i loko a hiki i ka luku loa ʻana. Ua hoʻohana ka US i AC-130s ma Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, a me Suria.
Ka holo ʻana o Strafing: ʻO ka US Airpower Summaries no 2004-2007 i hoʻokomo ʻia i kahi memo i kā lākou helu ʻana o ka "hoʻokuʻu ʻana me nā mea kaua ... ʻaʻole i komo pū me 20mm a me 30mm cannon a i ʻole nā roketi." Akā ʻo ka 30mm mau pūkuniahi ma A-10 Warthogs a me nā mokulele hoʻouka ʻāina ʻē aʻe he mau mea kaua ikaika, i hana mua ʻia e luku i nā kaʻa Soviet. Hiki i nā A-10 ke puhi i nā pūpū uranium he 65 i hoʻopau ʻia i kēlā me kēia kekona no ka uhi ʻana i kahi wahi me ke ahi make a me ke ahi ʻole. Akā ʻaʻole ia e helu ʻia he "hoʻokuʻu i nā mea kaua" ma US Airpower Summaries.
ʻO nā hana "Counter-insurgency" a me "counter-terrorism" ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua: Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi hui pūʻali koa me 11 mau ʻāina o West Africa ma 2005, a ua kūkulu i kahi kahua drone ma Niger, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōnaehana. ka helu ʻana o ka US a me nā hui pū ʻana o ka ea ma ia wahi, a i ʻole ma Philippines, Latin America a i ʻole ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hiki ʻole o ke aupuni US, ka poʻe kālai'āina a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana e hoʻomaopopo pono a hoʻonaʻauao i ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka luku nui ʻia e nā pūʻali koa o ko mākou ʻāina i hiki ai i kēia make ke hoʻomau i ka hapa nui ʻole a nānā ʻole ʻia no 20 mau makahiki.
Ua haʻalele pū ʻo ia iā mākou me ka pilikia i ke ola hou ʻana o kahi moʻolelo anachronistic, Manichean Cold War e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pōʻino. I loko o kēia moʻolelo koʻikoʻi, "ma o ke aniani ʻike", ua pahū maoli ka ʻāina i nā kūlanakauhale a pau a e kaua ana i kela pepehi miliona kanaka, hōʻike iā ia iho he ikaika manaʻo maikaʻi no ka maikaʻi ma ka honua. A laila, pena ʻo ia i nā ʻāina e like me Kina, Russia a me Iran, ka mea i hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kā lākou pale e pale aku i ka United States mai ka hoʻouka ʻana iā lākou, e like me ka hoʻoweliweli i ka poʻe ʻAmelika a me ka maluhia honua.
ka kamaʻilio kūlana kiʻekiʻe e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 10 o Ianuali ma Geneva ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Rūsia he manawa koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia paha ka manawa hope loa, e hoʻihoʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o ke Kaua Cold i kēia manawa ma mua o ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi ʻia nā pilina o East-West.
Inā mākou e puka mai i kēia morass o ka militarism a pale i ka hopena o ke kaua apocalyptic me Russia a me Kina, pono ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika e hoʻokūkū i ka moʻolelo counterfactual Cold War e ʻimi nei nā pūʻali koa US a me nā alakaʻi kīwila e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kā lākou hoʻonui mau ʻana i ka nuklea. nā mea kaua a me ka mīkini kaua US.
ʻO Medea Benjamin ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻO CODEPINK no ka maluhia, a me nā mea kākau o kekahi mau puke, e komo pū ai I loko o Iran:ʻO ka moʻoleloʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka politika o ka moku'Alapila o Iran.
He kanaka hana kūlohelohe ʻo Nicolas JS Davies, he mea noiʻi me CODEPINK a ʻo ka mea nāna i kākau ʻO ke koko ma ko mākou mau lima: Ke komohewa aku nei ʻo ʻAmelika a me ka luku ʻana iā Iraq.
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ʻO ka US ka Demon of Death Worldwide! ʻAʻole au e kūʻai i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa "ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike" i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe apologist ʻAmelika. Hoʻomanaʻo mai iaʻu i ka poʻe Kelemania ma hope o WWII i ko lākou huakaʻi ʻana i nā kahua hoʻomoana Nazi a ʻike i nā puʻu o nā kino make. ʻAʻole wau manaʻoʻiʻo i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo kūʻē i kēlā manawa a ʻaʻole wau manaʻoʻiʻo i ka ʻAmelika i kēia manawa!