ʻO Guljumma, 7, a me kona makuakāne, ʻo Wakil Tawos Khan, ma ka Helmand Refugee Camp District 5 ma Kabul, Afghanistan, ma ʻAukake 31, 2009.
(Kiʻi na Reese Erlich)
Na Norman Solomona, World BEYOND War,ʻApelila 15, 2021
I koʻu hālāwai ʻana me kahi kaikamahine ʻehiku ona makahiki i kapa ʻia ʻo Guljumma ma kahi hoʻomoana puʻuhonua ma Kabul he ʻumikūmālua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu ua hāʻule nā pōkā i kekahi kakahiaka i kona hiamoe ʻana ma ka home ma ke awāwa ʻo Helmand o Afghanistan. Me kahi leo palupalu, a me nā mea o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua wehewehe ʻo Guljumma i ka mea i hana ʻia. Ua make kekahi poʻe o kona ʻohana. Ua nalowale kona lima.
ʻAʻole pepehi nā pūʻali koa ma ka honua i nā ʻohana a Guljumma a haʻalele iā ia e noho me hoʻokahi lima wale nō. Ua hana ke kaua ea US.
ʻAʻohe kumu kūpono e manaʻo ai e pau ke kaua ea ma Afghanistan i ka wā - e like me ka hoʻolaha a Pelekikena Biden i ka Pōʻakolu - e haʻalele ʻia nā pūʻali koa US āpau mai kēlā ʻāina.
ʻO ka mea a Biden i ʻōlelo ʻole ai he mea nui e like me kāna mea i ʻōlelo ai. Ua haʻi ʻo ia "ʻO nā pūʻali koa US, a me nā pūʻali koa i hoʻoili ʻia e kā mākou mau mea kōkua NATO a me nā hoa hana, e puka aku lākou mai Afghanistan" ma mua o Sepatemaba 11. A "ʻaʻole mākou e pili i ka pūʻali koa Afghanistan."
Akā ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Biden e hoʻopau ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka pōpoki ʻana iā Afghanistan. He aha hou aʻe, ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia "e mālama mau mākou i ke kōkua i ka Pūʻali Koa Aupuni a me nā Puʻukū o Afghanistan," kahi ʻōlelo e hōʻike maoli ana i ka manaʻo tacit e "noho i loko o Afghanistan pūʻali koa."
A ʻoiai ke poʻo nui a me nā poʻomanaʻo poʻomanaʻo o ka pāpāho e hoʻopiha ʻia me nā ʻōlelo pālahalaha e pau ana ke kaua US ma Afghanistan e hiki mai ana ʻo Kepakemapa, e ʻōlelo ana ka paʻi maikaʻi o ka uhi ʻana.
ʻO ke poʻo o ka hae ma luna o ka New York Times Ua hoʻolaha ʻo homepage ma ka hapa nui o ka Pōʻakolu: "ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana i nā pūʻali koa US ma Afghanistan e hoʻopau ana i ke kaua lōʻihi loa o ʻAmelika." Akā, kanu ʻia i loko o ka paukū kanakolukūmālua o kahi moʻolelo i alakaʻi ʻia "Biden to Withdraw All Combat Troops From Afghanistan by Sept. 11," the manawa hoike: "Ma kahi o nā pūʻali koa i hoʻolaha ʻia ma Afghanistan, e hilinaʻi paha ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hui malu ʻana o nā pūʻali koa hana kūikawā kūikawā, nā mea hana a Pentagon a me nā mea hana ʻike huna e ʻimi a hoʻouka aku i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoweliweli Qaeda a i ʻole Islamic State, nā luna o ʻAmelika a ma mua. i ʻōlelo ʻia. ”
ʻO Matthew Hoh, kahi koa hakakā moana i ka makahiki 2009 i lilo i luna kiʻekiʻe loa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e haʻalele mai ka ʻOihana Mokuʻāina e kūʻē i ke kaua Afghanistan, haʻiʻia koʻu mau hoa hana ma ka Institute for Public Accuracy ma ka Pōʻakolu: "Me ka nānā ʻole inā haʻalele ka 3,500 i ka pūʻali koa US haʻalele iā Afghanistan, e noho mau ka pūʻali koa US ma ke ʻano he mau kaukana o nā hana kūikawā a me nā limahana CIA ma a puni ʻo Afghanistan, ma o ka nui o nā squadrons o nā mokulele hoʻouka kaua manned a me nā drones i hoʻonoho ʻia ma nā kahua pae ʻāina a me nā mea lawe mokulele ma ia wahi, a e nā haneli holo kai eʻe he nui ma nā moku a me nā submarines. "
ʻAʻole lohe iki mākou e pili ana, akā ʻo ke kaua ea US ma Afghanistan kahi ʻāpana nui o ka Pentagon hana ma laila. A no hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻoi paha, ʻaʻole i hele ke aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā ʻano hana o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka nui o ia pōkā i hana ʻia.
"ʻAʻole maopopo iā mākou, no ka mea ʻaʻole makemake ko mākou aupuni iā mākou," i noiʻi ikaika ai ʻo Medea Benjamin lāua ʻo Nicolas Davies kakau iho la i ka mahina i hala. “Mai Ianuari 2004 a hiki i Pepeluali 2020, ua hoʻomau ka pūʻali koa US i ka nui o nā pōkā a me nā missiles i hāʻule ma Afghanistan, ʻIraka a me Suria, a paʻi i kēlā mau helu i kēlā me kēia mahina. Airpower Summaries, i loaʻa koke i nā mea nūpepa a me ka lehulehu. Akā i Malaki 2020, ua hoʻopau koke ke aupuni Trump i ka paʻi ʻana i nā US Airpower Summaries, a ʻaʻole i paʻi ʻia e ka Biden administration kahi mea ʻē aʻe. "
ʻAʻole e pau ke kaua US ma Afghanistan ma muli wale nō o ka haʻi ʻana mai a Pelekikena Biden a me nā nūhou nūhou US iā mākou. E like me kā Guljumma a me nā lehulehu ʻē aʻe o Afghanistan i ʻike ai, ʻaʻole wale nā pūʻali koa ma ka honua ke ana o ka kaua weliweli.
He mea ʻole ka ʻōlelo a ka White House a me nā poʻo inoa, ʻaʻole e hōʻoki nā ʻauhau ʻauhau US i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka luku ma Afghanistan a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka pōkā a me nā "hana kūikawā" i uhi ʻia i ka hūnā.
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ʻO Norman Solomon ka luna aupuni o RootsAction.org a me ka mea kākau o nā puke he nui e like me Ua Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia ke Kaua: Pehea e mālama ai nā pelekikena a me nā liona i ka make. He ʻelele ʻo Bernie Sanders ʻo ia mai Kaleponi a i ka 2016 a me ka 2020 Democratic National Convention. ʻO Solomon ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Institute for Public Accuracy.
