Makaʻu a make!

Na John Miksad, Fairfield no a World BEYOND War, Lulai 30, 2023

Ua paʻiʻia ma ka Minden Press-Herald.

Ua hālāwai au me US Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) no ka manawa mua loa. He pōkole koʻu kamaʻilio ʻana me ia.

ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu i kāna manaʻo e hele mai ana mai ka hoʻololi ʻana, akā ʻike wau i koʻu manaʻo. Ua hopohopo au. Ua ʻike au i kekahi mea hauʻoli e pili ana i ke kaua proxy o kēia manawa me Russia a me ke kaua hiki ke kaua me Kina, ʻelua mau aupuni kaua nuklea. Ua ʻike au i kekahi mea i manaʻoʻiʻo e hakakā wale ʻo ʻAmelika no ke kūʻokoʻa a me ke aupuni democracy ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei au inā hiki iā ia ke haʻi mai iaʻu i kēlā kaua hope i hakakā ʻia no ke kūʻokoʻa a i ʻole ka hopena i ka demokala.

E ʻae wau i nā mea hana mea kaua-ʻo wai Kokua ikaika ʻo Joe i kēlā me kēia manawa–ua ʻike i ke kūʻokoʻa kālā hou aʻe (heluhelu i "nā waiwai") ma muli o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o Joe.

Ua ʻike au i kekahi mea hoʻohana ʻole no ka diplomacy no ka mea ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kūkākūkā me nā ʻenemi, kahi manaʻo i alakaʻi i nā kaua lehulehu ma waena o nā millennia a me ke kaua mau i kēia kenekulia.

He mea pili loa kēia iaʻu. ʻO ka hakakā ʻino ma luna o ka ʻāina, nā kumu waiwai, ka manaʻo, ka mana, a me ke kālā ʻo ia wale nō ke kumu hoʻohālike a mākou i ʻike ai, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hana i loko o kēia paradigm kahiko o ka might makes right, zero-sum games, a heihei lima pau ole. ʻO kēia mau mea a pau i alakaʻi iā mākou i kahi e loaʻa ai iā mākou iho i kēia lā, ma ke ʻano o ka luku ʻana iā mākou iho.

ʻO ka hopohopo aʻu i haʻalele ai i kēia kamaʻilio ʻana ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o kā mākou mau luna i koho ʻia e hoʻomau mau nei ʻo ka hana ʻino wale nō ke ala.

Pono kākou e ʻimi i ala e kamaʻilio ai, e kūkākūkā ai, e kūkulu i ka hilinaʻi, a i ka hopena e launa pū me nā lāhui a pau. Ua hiki mai au i kēia hopena e pili ana i ka manaʻo e kū nei nā kānaka a pau o nā lāhui āpau i nā hoʻoweliweli like ʻole mai nā maʻi maʻi maʻi, ka hāʻule ʻana o ke aniau, a me ke kaua e piʻi ana i ka luku nuklea.

No ka manawa mua ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻike ʻia nā ʻano like ʻole o nā ʻano kanaka a pau. ʻO ke ala kūpono wale nō i mua, ʻo ka waiho ʻana i kā mākou mau ʻōhumu liʻiliʻi a hui pū e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau mea hoʻoweliweli. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi lāhui ke hoʻoponopono wale i kēia mau hoʻoweliweli. ʻAʻohe ala ʻē aʻe akā hui pū ʻia ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu honua.

ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe e like me Joe e hāʻawi i ka maluhia i kahi manawa a ma ka hana ʻana e hoʻohewa lākou iā mākou a pau i ka pilikia, ka ʻeha, a me ka make. ʻIke lākou i ka manaʻo "mākou me lākou".

ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hala i ka paradigm kahiko a me ka barbaric o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hakakā ma o ka hana ʻino a i ʻole ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka hana ʻino. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike e loaʻa iā mākou ka palekana a me ka palekana ke loaʻa ka palekana a me ka palekana o nā lāhui āpau. ʻAʻole kūpono ko lākou ʻōnaehana manaʻoʻiʻo me nā mea maoli a mākou e kū nei.

Manaʻo lākou ʻo ka hakakā ʻana ma laila e pale ai iā mākou ma ʻaneʻi. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike i ka hopena o ke kaua e hoʻi mai e nahu iā mākou ma nā ʻano he nui. Loaʻa iā mākou nā pae maʻi ʻino i loko o kahi hui i hōʻike ʻia e kona aupuni ʻo ka hana ʻino ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻoponopono ai i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa.

ʻO ke koko a me ka waiwai i ʻaihue ʻia e ke kaua mai iā mākou, ua haʻalele iā mākou i nā ʻano hana ʻino, nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ke olakino, a me kahi democracy hāʻule. Ke hoʻokokoke koke nei ka lewa o ka honua i nā wahi e hoʻi ai (nā wahi o ka hoʻi ʻole) ʻoiai ka poʻe a puni ka honua e ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o nā pōʻino o ke aniau e like me nā nalu wela, nā waikahe, nā ahi ahi, nā maloʻo, a me nā ʻino.

Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka $ 1 trillion / makahiki ma ke kaua a me ka militarism ke ʻike mākou mai ka ʻike ʻaʻole hiki i ka pūʻali ke pale aku iā mākou mai nā hoʻoweliweli maoli a mākou e kū nei. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hoʻonui ke kaua i kēia mau hoʻoweliweli. ʻO ke kaua ka waiwai ʻino loa.

Pono mākou e hoʻomaka me ka loiloi hou ʻana i nā kulekele ʻē aʻe o US a huki i kā mākou pūʻali koa overreaching me kāna kumukūʻai a maikaʻi ʻole. Nā papahana 750 ma ka ʻāina aupuni o kekahi 80 mau ʻāina ʻē.

Inā makemake mākou e ola a kōkua i ke poʻo o ka honua ma ke ala kūpono, pono mākou e hui pū me nā kuʻikahi no nā mea kaua nuklea. Pono mākou e hana i nā hui aupuni democratized ikaika.

Ke ʻeke nei ka uaki.

Pono kekahi e alakaʻi a hoʻopau i ka pōʻai o ka hilinaʻi a mākou i kōkua ai e hana. Pono ka wiwo ʻole e hana i kēia. Pono kākou e hoʻomaopopo ʻo ka maluhia wale nō ka mea e mālama ai i ko kākou pono a me nā pono o ko kākou mau hoa noho o ka honua.

Manaʻo wau hiki i nā kānaka ke loli. Hoʻololi nā kānaka. Akā ʻaʻole e loli nā mea a pau. Aia kekahi poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo ua ʻae ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kauā ma hope o ka pāpā ʻia ʻana o ke kauā.

ʻO ia ke ʻano o ke kaua a me ka militarism pū kekahi. ʻOiai ke ʻike maopopo ʻia i ka hapa nui o mākou ʻo ke ala wale nō e hoʻoponopono ai i nā hoʻoweliweli honua a mākou e kū nei ma o ka launa pū ʻana o ka honua, manaʻo wau e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Joe ʻo ke kaua ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻoponopono ai i kā mākou mau ʻokoʻa. Manaʻo wau e manaʻoʻiʻo mau ʻo ia he maikaʻi a maikaʻi nā kaua US āpau ʻoiai lākou e pepehi i nā makaʻāinana, hana i nā mea mahuka, hopena i nā hewa kaua, a hana i ka ʻilihune, trauma, a me ka desperation e like me nā kaua āpau.

ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole pono mākou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i nā mea a pau he mea ʻino a luku ʻia ke kaua. Pono mākou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ko mākou mau hoa kamaʻāina. Ke hōʻea mākou i kahi kuhi, e hāʻule ana ka paradigm kahiko e like me ka Wall Berlin.

Makemake ʻo Joe e pili i kāna mau pāʻani kamaliʻi kahi i pāʻani ai ʻo ia i ka pipi "maikaʻi" i pepehi i nā "ʻino ʻino." Ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi nūhou maikaʻi nona e pili ana i kēlā moʻolelo.

Ua makaʻu ʻo Joe i ka make ʻana o Rusia, Kina, Iran a me North Korea.

Makaʻu wau i ka make ʻana iā Joe.

Manaʻo ʻo Joe e hoʻomau mākou i ka hakakā ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻāina ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka honua.

Manaʻo wau e hakakā kākou e hoʻopakele i ka honua a me nā mea ola a pau.

Manaʻo ʻo Joe aia ke kaua nuklea ma ka papaʻaina.

Manaʻo wau pono mākou e hana i nā mea āpau i ko mākou mana e hōʻemi a hoʻopau i ka hoʻoweliweli o ka luku nuklea.

ʻO ka makaʻu o Joe i nā lāhui ʻē aʻe e hoʻokokoke loa iā mākou i ka luku nuklea ʻoiai ke hoʻohuli nei iā mākou mai ka hana ʻana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ke aniau a me nā maʻi maʻi e hiki mai ana.

Manaʻo wau makemake mākou i ka hui honua no ka palekana, palekana, a me ka pono o nā kānaka a pau.

Hoʻopilikia ka hana a Joe i ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi o nā kānaka a pau.

Manaʻo wau pono mākou e hoʻouna i kahi leka hoʻomaopopo iā Joe a me nā mea hoʻomehana ʻē aʻe he nui i ka Congress e pono ai lākou e hāʻawi i ka maluhia i kahi manawa, ʻaʻole i kekahi lā, akā i kēia manawa.

He mea hoʻonohonoho ʻo John Miksad me Veterans for Peace and Chapter Coördinator me World Beyond War.