Paʻi kiʻi mai Ka Palapala'āina Militarism.
Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Nowemapa 2, 2021
Ua ʻike ʻia nā hoʻolaha koho pelekikena o ʻAmelika e kālele ana i ka slogan "ʻO ka ʻoihana, naʻaupō."
ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e wehewehe i ke ʻano o ke aupuni US pono e kau hou aku i kahi ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, i loaʻa ma ka poʻomanaʻo ma luna.
ʻO kā Andrew Cockburn puke hou loa, ʻO nā mea hao o ke kaua: ka mana, ka waiwai, a me ka mīkini kaua ʻAmelika, kūkulu i kahi hihia e alakaʻi nui ʻia ke kulekele ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika e ka waiwai o nā mea kaua, ʻo ka lua e ka bureaucratic inertia, a ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi inā ma nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka pale a i ʻole ke kanaka, ke kaumaha a me ka pupule. I loko o nā moʻolelo i hoʻololi ʻia e ka media ʻoihana, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ulu nui ka makemake kanaka a ua kapa ʻia ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa he "pale," akā i ka manaʻo aʻu i paʻa ai no nā makahiki he ʻumi a ke hana nei, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke wehewehe i nā mea āpau me ka loaʻa kālā a me ka ʻoihana. - pono ʻoe e hoʻolei i ka ʻino a me ke kuko i ka mana. (ʻOiai ʻo Cockburn ke ʻike nei i ka makemake kaulana no nā F35 ma luna o nā A10s ʻaʻole no ka loaʻa kālā wale nō akā no ka pepehi ʻana i nā poʻe hewa ʻole a me ka ʻike liʻiliʻi e pili ana iā lākou. ka hoihoi i ka pāʻani.) Akā, ʻaʻole pono e wehe ʻia ka primacy o ka loaʻa kālā ma ka mīkini kaua. Ma ka liʻiliʻi, makemake wau e ʻike i kekahi e heluhelu i kēia puke a laila e hoʻopaʻapaʻa iā ia.
Ua kākau ʻia ka hapa nui o ka puke a Cockburn ma mua o Trump, ʻo ia hoʻi ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka Pelekikena ʻAmelika i nā ʻaha kūkā e haʻi i nā ʻāpana mālie a hoʻolaha i ka lehulehu, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kaua, naʻaupō. Akā ʻo ka hōʻike ʻana a Cockburn e hōʻike maopopo ana ua hoʻololi ʻo Trump i ke ʻano o ke kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻaʻole pehea i hana ʻia ai. Hiki ke kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ke aupuni ma mua o ka puke, e like me ke kumu o ka pūʻali koa hāʻawi ʻia kahi hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻaelike ea, a i ʻole ke kumu e makemake ai nā mea kaua nuklea kākoʻo hoʻokele no ka ikehu nuklea - ma nā ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā kulekele like ʻole i nā wahi like ʻole ke hoʻōki kekahi i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke aupuni US he mea ʻokoʻa mai ka mea kūʻai mea kaua.
ʻO nā kaua nonsensical, pau ʻole, pōʻino, a me ka kūleʻa ʻole e wehewehe pinepine ʻia e like me nā kūleʻa hoʻomālamalama maikaʻi inā hoʻomaopopo ʻia, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano o ka propaganda i hoʻohana ʻia no lākou, akā ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kaua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole e hana maikaʻi kēia no kekahi aupuni ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, ʻo ke aupuni US wale nō ka mea e hoʻomalu nei i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kaua honua, a he ʻuʻuku wale nō nā aupuni e pāʻani nui ana i ke kula, ʻoiai ke kūʻai aku nei nā mea kaua o ke aupuni US (o nā mea kaua US) e like me ka mea a ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hoʻolilo ai i nā mea kaua.
ʻO ka hōʻike i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e Cockburn e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻano lōʻihi o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻolimalima koa e hana maoli ana i ka militarism ma kāna ʻōlelo ponoʻī. Ua maʻa mākou a pau i ka nānā ʻana i ke kūʻai ʻana o Congress i nā mea kaua hana ʻole i makemake ʻole ʻia e ka Pentagon akā ua kūkulu ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina kūpono a me nā apana. Akā ʻo nā kumu ʻē aʻe e hoʻohui i ke ʻano. ʻO ka ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mea kaua, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā - ʻo kēia kumu wale nō ka hopena i kahi helu liʻiliʻi o nā mea kaua. Eia kekahi, i nā manawa he nui, ʻoi aku ka hewa o nā mea kaua, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā, no ka mea, ua uku ʻia nā ʻoihana e hoʻoponopono i nā mea ma mua o ka mālama ʻia ʻana. A ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā koi no nā mea kaua, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa. ʻAʻole pono e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia nā koi, ʻoiai hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ma waho e like me ka hoʻoweliweli. A ma laila, ʻaʻohe manaʻo o ka manaʻoʻiʻo e koi ʻia. ʻO kēia no ka mea hiki i ka manaʻo hoʻopunipuni i kahi mea kaua ke alakaʻi i ke kaua, a no ka mea ke ʻimi nei nā ʻoihana koa ma nā ʻāina ʻē i nā kumu e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i kā lākou mau mea kaua ponoʻī, me ka nānā ʻole ʻana inā hiki i nā mea kaua a lākou e kūʻē nei ke hōʻeha i ka lele. Ua hōʻike pū ʻo Cockburn i kahi hanana kānalua i ka manawa o kahi Soviet sub e kū kokoke ana i Kapalakiko i ka wā i pilikia ai kahi koho Conrgessional ma nā mea kaua US.
ʻO nā hui e pili ana i ka maluhia (a me Bernie Sanders) no nā makahiki he nui i hōʻike i nā mea kaua hewa, ka ʻōpala, ka hoʻopunipuni, a me ka palaho i mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻolimalima kaua. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā hui hoʻopau kaua i nā mea kaua i hana ʻole ʻia nā mea kaua liʻiliʻi loa, ʻo kā lākou hana ʻole he kala kala, ʻo ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai i loko o lākou he mea make make i ka wā e loaʻa ʻole ai nā pono kanaka a me ke kaiaola. ʻO nā mea kaua mua e kū'ē ai,ʻo ia ka mea pepehi maoli i ka maikaʻi loa. ʻO kahi nīnau i pane ʻole ʻia inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohui a hoʻonui i kā mākou helu ma o ka ʻike ʻana i nā waiwai o nā mea kaua ke kumu nui o nā pūʻali koa a me nā kaua, ma mua o kahi hemahema o kahi ʻōnaehana hanohano. Hiki iā mākou ke aʻo a hana i ka ʻōlelo a Arundhati Roy e hana ʻia nā mea kaua no nā kaua, ʻoiai ke hana ʻia nei nā kaua no nā mea kaua?
ʻO nā ʻōlelo a US no ka "missile defense" he wahaheʻe a hoʻonui nui ʻia, e like me nā palapala Cockburn. No laila, ʻike ʻia nā ʻōlelo a Vladimir Putin e kūʻē i kēlā ʻenehana kuhi me nā missiles hypersonic. No laila, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻike ʻia ka ʻōlelo a US e ʻimi nei i nā mea kaua hypersonic like - e like me kā lākou hana ʻana mai ka wā i lawe mai ai lākou i kahi kauā kauā Nazi i kapa ʻia ʻo Walter Dornberger e hana no ka pūʻali koa US. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo Putin i nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi missile US, a makemake paha e hāʻawi kālā i nā cronies mea kaua, a i ʻole e hana i kāna kuko macho no ka mana? Ke hoʻolilo nei nā mea kūʻai mea kaua o US i kā lākou mau missiles hypersonic hope ʻole.
ʻO ke kaua Saudi ma Yemen ke alakaʻi nui ʻia e nā mea kaua US i kūʻai aku i Saudi Arabia. Pēlā ka uhi ʻana o ke kuleana aupuni Saudi ma 9/11. Hoʻopili nui ʻo Cockburn i kēia mau kumuhana ʻelua. Ua uku ʻo Saudi Arabia i ka US $ 30 miliona i ka makahiki e hoʻokipa i kahi hui kūʻai mea kaua US e kūʻai aku ana iā lākou i nā mea kaua.
ʻO Afghanistan kekahi. Ma nā ʻōlelo a Cockburn: "Ua hōʻike ka moʻolelo i ke kaua ʻAmelika ʻo ʻAmelika ʻaʻole he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kahi hana lōʻihi a kūleʻa holoʻokoʻa - e ʻaihue i ka ʻauhau ʻAmelika. Ma kahi o ka hapaha miliona o Afghans, ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka 3,500 US a me nā pūʻali koa hui, i uku i ke kumukūʻai ʻoi aku ka nui.
ʻAʻole wale nā mea kaua a me nā kaua i alakaʻi ʻia e ka waiwai. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka NATO nāna i mālama i ke Kaua anuanu, ua alakaʻi ʻia e nā mea kaua, e ka makemake o nā hui mea kaua US e hoʻohuli i nā lāhui ʻEulopa Hikina i mea kūʻai aku, e like me ka hōʻike a Cockburn, me ka makemake o ka Clinton White House i ka lanakila ʻana i ka Polani. -ʻAmelika balota ma ka lawe ʻana iā Polani i NATO. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻoikaika e hoʻomalu i ka palapala honua - ʻoiai he makemake maoli ia e hana pēlā inā paha e pepehi iā mākou.
Ua wehewehe ʻia ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Soviet Union ma ka hōʻike ʻana a Cockburn e like me ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana iā ia iho e kāna pūʻali koa pūʻali koa, ʻoi aku ka papahana hana hope ʻole ma mua o ka hoʻokūkū me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Inā hiki i kahi moku'āina i manaʻo ʻia he komunista ke hāʻule i ka mirage o nā hana koa (mākou ʻike i kēlā ʻO ka hoʻolimalima pūʻali koa e hōʻeha maoli i ka hoʻokele waiwai a hoʻoneʻe ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hana) he nui ka manaʻolana no ʻAmelika kahi i manaʻoʻiʻo ai ka kapitalisme a manaʻo maoli ka poʻe i ka militarism e pale i ko lākou "ʻano o ke ola"?
Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻo Cockburn ma ka ʻaoʻao xi ua lawe ʻo Russia iā Ukraine a ma ka ʻaoʻao 206 he helu liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe i make i ke kaua ma Iraq. A ke manaʻolana nei au ʻaʻole ʻo ia i haʻalele iā ʻIseraʻela ma waho o ka puke no ka mea makemake kāna wahine e holo hou no ka ʻAhaʻōlelo.
