ʻOiai ʻaʻole kūʻē i kekahi mau hoʻololi i ka Senate, ua mākaukau ka ʻaha kūkā o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻoholo i kahi bila kālā pūʻali koa he $778 biliona no 2022. E like me kā lākou e hana nei i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ke mākaukau nei kā mākou mau luna koho e hāʻawi i ka ʻāpana liona - ma luna o 65% - ʻo ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manaʻo federal i ka mīkini kaua US, ʻoiai lākou e wīwī ana i ko lākou mau lima ma luna o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kahi hapaha o ia kālā ma ka Build Back Better Act.
ʻO ka moʻolelo kupaianaha a ka pūʻali koa US no ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana - ʻo ia ka mea i hōʻeha hope ʻia e ka Taliban ma hope o iwakālua mau makahiki. make, ʻo ka luku a wahaheʻe ma Afghanistan—e uē ana no ka loiloi mai luna a lalo i kāna kuleana nui ma ke kulekele ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika a me ka loiloi hou ʻana i kona wahi kūpono i nā mea nui o ka waihona kālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo.
Akā, i kēlā me kēia makahiki, hāʻawi nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ka hapa nui loa o nā waiwai o ko kākou lāhui i kēia keʻena ʻino, me ka nānā liʻiliʻi a me ka makaʻu ʻole i ke kuleana i ka wā e koho hou ai lākou. Ke ʻike mau nei nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo he "palekana" kahea kālai'āina e hoʻokuʻu wale i kā lākou mau ʻōpala a koho balota no ka nui o nā haneli o nā piliona kālā i ke kālā Pentagon a me nā mea lobbyist ʻoihana lima i koi aku i nā Kōmike lawelawe ʻo Armed Services.
Mai kuhi hewa kākou i kēia: ʻO ka koho ʻana o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hoʻomau i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana i kahi mīkini kaua nui, ʻaʻohe pono a me ke kumu kūʻai nui ʻaʻole pili i ka "palekana aupuni" e like me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana o ka hapa nui o ka poʻe, a i ʻole "pale" e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o ka puke wehewehe ʻōlelo.
Ke kū nei ka hui ʻAmelika i nā hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi i ko mākou palekana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pilikia o ke aniau, ka racism systemic, ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana o nā kuleana koho, ka pū kī ʻana, ka like ʻole o ka nui a me ka hao ʻana o ka mana politika. Akā hoʻokahi pilikia a mākou pōmaikaʻi ʻaʻole i loaʻa ʻo ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka hoʻouka ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻouka ʻia ʻana e kahi mea hoʻoweliweli honua a i ʻole, ʻoiaʻiʻo, e kekahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kahi mīkini kaua e hoʻopau i ka 12 a 13 ʻO nā pūʻali koa nui loa o ka honua i hui pū ʻia e hana maoli iā mākou emi palekana, no ka mea, ua hoʻoili ʻia kēlā me kēia hoʻokele hou i ka hoʻopunipuni e hiki ai i ka mana o ka pūʻali koa luku loa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a no laila pono e hoʻohana ʻia e kū i nā pilikia i manaʻo ʻia i nā pono US ma nā wahi āpau o ka honua-ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole maopopo ka hoʻonā kaua a i ka wā he nui. ʻO nā pilikia kumu i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hoʻohana hewa ʻana o ka mana koa US ma kahi mua.
ʻOiai ʻo nā pilikia o ka honua a mākou e kū nei i kēia kenekulia e koi i ka hoʻokō maoli ʻana i ka launa pū ʻana o ka honua a me ka diplomacy, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Congress i $ 58 biliona wale nō, ma lalo o 10 pakeneka o ka waihona kālā Pentagon, i nā hui diplomatic o ko mākou aupuni: ka Moku'āina ʻOihana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi loa, hoʻopiha nā ʻoihana Democratic a me Republican i nā pou diplomatic kiʻekiʻe me nā luna i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā kulekele o ke kaua a me ke koi, me ka ʻike liʻiliʻi a me nā mākau liʻiliʻi i ka diplomacy maluhia a mākou e makemake nui ai.
Hoʻomau wale kēia i kahi kulekele ʻē aʻe i hāʻule ʻole e pili ana i nā koho hoʻopunipuni ma waena o nā hoʻopaʻi waiwai i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e nā luna UN. hoʻopilikia i ka wā kahiko, hoʻokahuli i kēlā hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā ʻāina a me nā ʻāina no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, a me nā kaua a me nā hoʻouka kaua ʻana e pepehi ai miliona kanaka a waiho i nā kūlanakauhale i ka ʻōpala, e like me Mosul ma Iraq a Raqqa ma Suria.
ʻO ka hopena o ke Kaua anuanu he manawa gula ia no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hōʻemi i kāna mau pūʻali koa a me ka pūʻali koa pūʻali koa e hoʻokō i kāna mau pono pale pono. Ua manaʻo maoli ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika i kahi "Mahele Maluhia, "a ʻo nā luna koa o ka Pentagon i haʻi aku i ke Kōmike Budget Senate ma 1991 e hiki ke hoʻolimalima pūʻali koa e oki pono e 50% i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana.
Akā, ʻaʻohe ʻoki like i hana ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka nā luna o ʻAmelika e hoʻohana i ka post-Cold War "Māhele mana, "he hoʻokaʻawale pūʻali koa nui no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ma o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumu no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pūʻali koa me ka manuahi a ākea a puni ka honua. I ka wā o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aupuni Clinton hou, kaulana ʻo Madeleine Albright ninau ʻO ka luna o nā Aliʻi Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo General Colin Powell, "He aha ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia pūʻali koa maikaʻi āu e kamaʻilio mau nei inā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana?"
I ka makahiki 1999, ma ke ʻano he Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina ma lalo o ka Pelekikena Clinton, ua loaʻa iā Albright kona makemake, e holo ana ma luna o ka UN Charter me ke kaua kūʻokoʻa e kālai i kahi Kosovo kūʻokoʻa mai nā neoneo o Yugoslavia.
Ua pāpā maopopo ka UN Charter i ka hooweliweli a hoohana paha o ka puali koa koe wale no na hihia o pale nona iho aiʻole i ka manawa Lawe ka UN Security Council i ka hana kaua "e mālama a hoʻihoʻi hou i ka maluhia a me ka palekana honua." ʻAʻole kēia. I ka wā i haʻi aku ai ke Kakauolelo ʻAmelika ʻo Robin Cook iā Albright e "pilikia ana kāna aupuni me kā mākou loio" no ka hoʻolālā kaua ʻole ʻole o NATO, ʻo Albright crassly. haʻi iā ia e "loaʻa i nā loio hou."
He iwakāluakūmālua makahiki ma hope mai, ʻo Kosovo ka ʻekolu-ʻilihune loa ʻāina ma ʻEulopa (ma hope o Moldova a me ka hoʻokahuli aupuni ʻo Ukraine) a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia kona kūʻokoʻa e Nā'āpana 96. ʻO Hashim Thaçi, ka lima o Albright hoa pili nui ma Kosovo a ma hope o kona pelekikena, ke kali nei i ka hoʻokolokolo ma ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo honua ma Hague, i hoʻopiʻi ʻia me ka pepehi kanaka ma lalo o 300 mau kānaka kīwila ma lalo o ka uhi o ka pana ʻana o NATO ma 1999 e unuhi a kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau kino i loko o ka mākeke transplant honua.
ʻO ke kaua weliweli a me ke kānāwai ʻole o Clinton lāua ʻo Albright i hoʻokumu i ke ʻano o nā kaua ʻAmelika ʻē aʻe ma Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Suria a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, me nā hopena ʻino a weliweli hoʻi. Akā ʻaʻole i alakaʻi ʻia nā kaua lanakila ʻole o ʻAmelika i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a i ʻole nā ʻoihana hope e noʻonoʻo hou i ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka US e hilinaʻi i ka hoʻoweliweli a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pūʻali koa e hoʻolālā i ka mana US ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole hoʻi lākou i hoʻopaʻa i nā trillions o nā kālā i hoʻokomo ʻia i kēia mau manaʻo imperial. .
Akā, i ka honua upside-down o kino kino ʻO ka politika US, kahi hanauna o nā kaua i hāʻule ʻole a me ka make ʻole i ka hopena o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana. ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi pūʻali koa ma mua o ka wā o ke Kaua anu, a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻaha kūkā i nā nīnau no ka nui o kēlā me kēia mea ʻole. ʻōnaehana mea kaua Pono lākou e koi aku i ka poʻe ʻauhau ʻAmelika e hoʻopaʻa i ka bila.
Me he mea lā ʻaʻole hiki i ka nui o ka pepehi kanaka, hoʻomāinoino, luku nui a i ʻole nā ola i pōʻino i ka honua maoli e hiki ke hoʻoluliluli i nā hoʻopunipuni militaristic o ka papa kālai'āina o ʻAmelika, ʻoiai ʻo ka "Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex" (ka huaʻōlelo mua a Pelekikena Eisenhower) e ʻohi ana i ka. pomaikai.
I kēia lā, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻōlelo politika a me ka media e pili ana i ka Military-Industrial Complex e pili wale ana i ka ʻoihana mea kaua ma ke ʻano he pūʻulu hoihoi ʻoihana lawelawe ponoʻī ma kahi pā me Wall Street, Big Pharma a i ʻole ka ʻoihana wahie fossil. Akā i kāna Wahi Aloha, Ua kuhikuhi pololei ʻo Eisenhower, ʻaʻole wale i ka ʻoihana mea kaua, akā ʻo ka "hui pū o kahi pūʻali koa nui a me kahi ʻoihana mea kaua nui."
Ua hopohopo ʻo Eisenhower e pili ana i ka hopena anti-democratic o ka pūʻali koa e like me ka ʻoihana mea kaua. He mau pule ma mua o kāna ʻōlelo aloha, ua haʻiʻo ia kona mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kiʻekiʻe, "E kōkua ke Akua i kēia ʻāina ke noho kekahi ma kēia noho ʻaʻole ʻike i ka pūʻali koa e like me aʻu." Ua ʻike ʻia kona hopohopo i kēlā me kēia pelekikena ma hope.
Wahi a Milton Eisenhower, ke kaikunāne o ka peresidena, nāna i kōkua iā ia e kākau i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻomaha, makemake pū ʻo Ike e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka "puka hoʻohuli." Nā kikoʻī mua o kāna ʻōlelo 'ōleloʻia "He ʻoihana paʻa, kaua," me ka "hae a me nā luna nui e hoʻomaha ana i ka wā ʻōpiopio e lawe i nā kūlana ma ka ʻoihana ʻoihana kaua, e hana ana i kāna mau hoʻoholo a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ke alakaʻi o kāna ʻano nui." Ua makemake ʻo ia e ʻōlelo aku e pono ke hana ʻia e "ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hele mai nā 'mea kālepa o ka make' e kuhikuhi i ke kulekele aupuni."
E like me ka makaʻu ʻana o Eisenhower, nā ʻoihana o nā kiʻi e like me Generals Austin a Mattis i kēia manawa i nā lālā a pau o ka MIC conglomerate: ke kauoha nei i ka hoʻouka kaua a me nā pūʻali noho ma Afghanistan a me Iraq; a laila, hāʻawi i nā lole a me nā kaulahao e kūʻai aku i nā mea kaua i nā pūkaua hou i lawelawe ma lalo o lākou ma ke ʻano he aliʻi nui a me nā kolonela; a ua puka hou mai ka puka kaapuni like e like me nā lālā o ka ʻaha Kuhina ma ka piko o ka politika a me ke aupuni ʻAmelika.
No laila no ke aha e loaʻa ai i ka keleawe Pentagon kahi alahele manuahi, ʻoiai ke manaʻo nui nei nā ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka ʻoihana lima? Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo ka pūʻali koa ka mea i hoʻohana maoli i kēia mau mea kaua a pau e pepehi i nā kānaka a luku i nā ʻāina ʻē.
ʻOiai e nalowale ana ke kaua ma hope o ke kaua ma nā ʻāina ʻē, ua ʻoi aku ka lanakila o ka pūʻali koa US e puhi i kona kiʻi i loko o ka puʻuwai a me ka noʻonoʻo o ʻAmelika a lanakila i kēlā me kēia kaua kālā ma Wakinekona.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, ʻo ke kolu o ka wāwae o ka waihona i ka hoʻokumu mua ʻana o Eisenhower, e hoʻohuli i ke kaua makahiki o ka waihona kālā i ka “cakewalk” ʻO ke kaua ma Iraq i manaʻo ʻia, me ka ʻole o ke kuleana no nā kaua nalowale, nā hewa kaua, nā pepehi kanaka kīwila, nā kumukūʻai nui a i ʻole ke alakaʻi pūʻali koa kīnā ʻole e hoʻomalu nei i nā mea āpau.
ʻAʻohe hoʻopaʻapaʻa o ka ʻaha kūkā e pili ana i ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma ʻAmelika a i ʻole nā hopena geopolitical no ka honua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā waiwai nui i nā mea kaua ikaika e hoʻohana koke ʻia e pepehi i ko mākou mau hoalauna a wāwahi i ko lākou mau ʻāina, e like me ka wā i hala. 22 makahiki a lōʻihi loa i loko o ko mākou mōʻaukala.
Inā loaʻa ka hopena o ka lehulehu i kēia kālā ʻino a make, pono mākou e aʻo e ʻike ma o ka noe o ka propaganda e uhi ana i ka palaho lawelawe ponoʻī ma hope o ka ʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻo a me ka polū, a hiki i ka pūʻali koa keleawe Hoʻohana ʻino i ka mahalo maoli o ka lehulehu i nā kāne a me nā wahine ʻōpio wiwo ʻole i mākaukau e hoʻoweliweli i ko lākou ola no ka pale ʻana i ko mākou ʻāina. I ke Kaua Crimean, ua kapa ʻia ka poʻe Lūkini i nā pūʻali koa Pelekania "he liona alakaʻi ʻia e nā hoki." He wehewehe pololei kēlā o ka pūʻali koa US i kēia lā.
He kanaono makahiki ma hope o ka haʻi ʻōlelo aloha a Eisenhower, e like me kāna i wānana ai, ʻo ke "kaumaha o kēia hui ʻana" o nā Generala hewa a me nā Adimarala, nā "kālepa o ka make" waiwai a lākou e kūʻai aku nei i nā waiwai, a me nā Senatoa a me nā Lunamakaʻāinana nāna i hāʻawi makapō iā lākou i nā trillion kālā. ʻO ke kālā o ka lehulehu, ʻo ia ka mohala piha o ka Pelekikena Eisenhower makaʻu nui no ko kākou ʻāina.
Ua hoʻopau ʻo Eisenhower, "ʻO kahi kamaʻāina makaʻala a ʻike wale nō e hiki ke koi i ka hoʻopili pono ʻana o nā mīkini ʻoihana nui a me nā pūʻali koa o ka pale me kā mākou mau ala a me nā pahuhopu maluhia." Ke kani nei kēlā leo leo i nā makahiki he ʻumi a pono e hoʻohui i nā ʻAmelika i kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka hoʻonohonoho demokala a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka neʻe, mai ke koho balota a hiki i ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kūʻē nui, e hōʻole a hoʻopau i ka "mana kūpono ʻole" o ka Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex.
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.
