By ʻO Robert Shetterly, ʻO ka Smirking Chimp,'Aukake 12, 2021
"ʻO ka wiwoʻole ka uku e ola ai ke ola no ka hāʻawiʻana i ka maluhia."
- Amelia Earhart
ʻO ka pena kiʻi ʻana i ke kiʻi ke manawa, ʻo ka wikiwiki ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i nā hewa. ʻO koʻu lula e pīhoihoi akā hoʻomanawanui, e waiho ana i ka manawa e wīwī i ka wā e hakakā nei wau e kiʻi i ke aniani pololei i ka maka, e hoʻohoka i nā lehelehe pēlā wale nō, a hoʻohālikelike i ka hiʻona ma ke alahaka o ka ihu e kūpono i kāna kiki.
Daniel Hale, nona kiʻi Ke pena nei wau, ʻo ia ka whistleblower mokulele Air Force i manaʻo ʻia e koi ʻia e ka lunamanaʻo e hoʻokuʻu i nā palapala i hōʻike ʻia e hōʻike ana he kokoke i ka 90% o nā mea pepehi kanaka drone he poʻe kīwila, nā kānaka hala ʻole, pepehi ʻia me kāna kōkua. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke noho me kēlā. Ua ʻike ʻo Daniel ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kēia mea e lawe i ka huhū o ke aupuni ma luna ona. E hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia ma lalo o ke Kanawai Espionage, me he mea lā he kiu ʻo ia. Nā makahiki he alo i ka hale paʻahao a ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia i kēia manawa i 45 mau mahina no ka haʻi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka mea āna i makaʻu ai ma mua o ka hale paʻahao ka hoʻowalewale ʻole e nīnau i kēia mau pepehi kanaka. ʻO kāna hana koa ka hāmau. Akā he aha ke ʻano o ke kanaka e nīnau ʻole ai i nā hana āna e kuleana ai? ʻOi aku ka waiwai o kona ola ma mua o ka make ʻana o ka poʻe? Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua hiki mai ka pane iaʻu, i mea e hōʻoki ai i ka pōʻaiapuni o ka hana ʻino, pono wau e mōhai i koʻu ola iho a ʻaʻole i kekahi."
I koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ʻaʻole wau i noʻonoʻo iki i ka hehi ʻana i nā naonao, nā kolamu lōʻihi o nā ʻalalā ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele hoʻi, e nānā hou ana no ka meaʻai, e hoʻi ana nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, e halihali ana i nā ʻūpā a i ʻole nā ʻāpana o nā mea kolo ʻē aʻe - ka wāwae o ka ʻūhini, ʻēheu lele. ʻAʻohe oʻu mahalo iā lākou ma ke ʻano he mea ola, ʻaʻohe ʻano o lākou me he huahana kupaianaha o ka evolution me kahi hui kaiaulu paʻakikī, ʻaʻohe manaʻo he kuleana nui lākou i ko lākou ola e like me aʻu iho.
A nānā ʻole lākou i koʻu mana nui.
ʻO koʻu manaʻo moʻomeheu maʻamau he maikaʻi ʻole nā ʻino, hōʻino i nā kānaka, lawe i ka maʻi a hōʻino paha i kā mākou meaʻai a ke hele wale nei paha, ke kolo nei i loko o ko mākou mau hale e hoʻonāukiuki iā mākou me kā lākou creepiness, ke ala a lākou i hoʻopuni ai i nā mea momona a haʻalele ʻia, i ʻōlelo ai koʻu makuahine. , nā maʻi hōʻino. E haki i kahi mauʻu iki, inā ʻaʻole kahi hana pono, ma ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka honua no ka nohona kanaka. ʻAʻole wau i aʻo ʻia e noho lākou i ka pūnaewele like o ke ola i komo pū me aʻu a me koʻu pono. ʻAʻole wau i aʻo ʻia e kahaha i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ko lākou ola. ʻAʻole hoʻi wau i hoʻokau i kaʻu iho. ʻAʻole wau i aʻo ʻia e aloha iā lākou ma ke ʻano he kaikunāne a he kaikuahine ant. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻi ma nā mea kolo he ʻano kūpono, mahalo iā lākou he mea hoʻomakeʻaka.
No ke aha wau e noʻonoʻo ai i kēia? I kekahi lā aʻe ua nānā wau i kā Sonia Kennebeck palapala hōʻike National Bird (2016) ma kahi o ʻekolu mau whistleblowers operator drone, e like me Daniel Hale. ʻO ko lākou kaumaha kūpilikiʻi i ka mea a lākou e hana nei i hana maoli ʻia i loko o nā nīnauele me nā kānaka kīwila Afghans i lilo i pahuhopu nā US drone strikes, kekahi mea i pakele, kekahi mau ʻohana o ka poʻe i make, a ʻo kekahi poʻe ʻehaʻeha lākou iho. ʻO nā kiʻi i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o ka mea a nā drone e ʻike ai ma mua o ka hoʻolana ʻana i kā lākou mau missiles ma nā kaʻa a me nā kalaka a me nā kaʻa ʻōhua a me nā hale a me nā ʻākoakoa e pīhoihoi ana. ʻAʻole akaka, akā grainy, smudgy, ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo, e holo ana nā poʻe a hele wāwae paha, ʻike ʻia mai luna a no laila ʻike mua ʻia lākou e like me nā pepelu liʻiliʻi weliweli, ʻaʻole kanaka maoli, e like me nā naonao.
Hoʻomaopopo mākou āpau i hiki ke hoʻouka ʻia nā kaua e ko mākou hiki pono ʻole ke hōʻino i ko mākou ʻenemi. ʻO ka makaʻu a me ka huhū, ka hoʻowahāwahā a me ka propaganda e hōʻemi i ka poʻe ʻenemi i ke kūlana o nā mea kolo e kolo nei i ka nahu, kui, a pepehi iā mākou. ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike maʻalahi ʻole ai i ko mākou makemake pono e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea kaua weliweli ma luna o lākou, ua hana like mākou iā mākou iho. Hiki paha i nā kānaka piha ke hōʻoia i nā hoʻouka drone, hoʻokuʻu i ka pepehi kanaka o nā lehulehu lehulehu i mea e hoʻopau ai i hoʻokahi kanaka i manaʻo ʻia no ka makemake e hōʻeha i nā ʻAmelika? A pehea lā ke kanaka o kuʻu makahiki ʻewalu makahiki e wāwahi nei i kahi kolamu o nā naonao e manaʻo wale ana i ka hānai ʻana iā lākou iho?
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ka holomua o ka ʻenehana o nā kāmela i hiki i kahi mea hoʻokele ke hoʻokaʻawale i kahi minoʻaka mai ka makaʻu, kahi AK-47 mai kahi rahab (kahi mea hana mele kuʻuna), he kāne maoli no ka wahine, he ʻewalu mau makahiki mai he ʻōpio, ka mea hewa mai ka ʻole. Paʻakikī. ʻAʻoleʻike maoli nā mea hana. ʻAʻole hoʻi e ʻae i kā lākou hōʻino iā lākou e ʻike. I ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni lohe mākou iā lākou e kuhi nei. ʻO nā ʻōpio he de en facto hakakā hakakā, ʻo nā keiki, a, nā keiki, akā ʻo wai lā ka mea e manaʻo nui ai? A he aha, ʻumikūmālua paha makahiki? ʻOi aku ka hewa ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mea hakakā. He popo lākou a pau a, e like me kā mākou e makemake ai e ʻōlelo, i ka hopena o ka lā, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻoweliweli ka poʻe ants na disassembled. Hoʻohuli i ka mea wale nō a ka drone kāmela i ʻike ai he naonao.
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Ua hoʻopiʻi ke aupuni US iā Daniel Hale me ka ʻaihue i nā waiwai o ke aupuni, ka ʻike i hōʻike ʻia i kikoʻī i ka nui o ka make kīwila e ka hoʻouka kaua. Ke manaʻo nei ke aupuni inā inā ʻike ka poʻe i loko o nā ʻāina ʻenemi a i ʻole ʻenemi paha e ʻae mākou e hōʻoia i ka pepehi kanaka, makemake paha lākou i ka hoʻopaʻi, a i ʻole manaʻo paha lākou e hoʻopaʻa pono iā ia. Manaʻo paha ko mākou aupuni e huhū like paha ka poʻe ʻAmelika noʻonoʻo pono a koi i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pepehi kanaka. ʻO ke Kanawai Espionage, e like me ka hoʻohana ʻia e kūʻē iā Daniel Hale, ʻaʻole ia he code of law ethical akā e lawe ana i nā propaganda ma lalo o ka kaohi kānāwai. ʻAʻole nō hoʻi kēia e pili ana i ka palekana US koe wale nō ka ʻike ʻana o ka nui o nā poʻe e hana nei ʻoe i nā hana moekolohe weliweli e hōʻemi ai i kahi mea. Ua hoʻohiki ʻia ʻo Daniel Hale e hūnā i ke ʻano maoli o US drone atrocity secret.
ʻO ke kulekele o ka hūnā kahi ʻano narcissism. Makemake nui mākou e mahalo iā mākou iho a mahalo ʻole nā poʻe ʻē iā mākou ʻaʻole no ko mākou ʻano akā no ka mea a mākou e hoʻohālike ai - he kūʻokoʻa, ke aloha kūʻokoʻa, ke komo ʻana i ke kānāwai, ka mālama ʻana i ke kānāwai, nā poʻe ʻoluʻolu e noho ana i ka hale ma ka puʻu e pono ai i kahi lāʻau nui. no ka pono o nā mea āpau.
No laila, ke kumu e mālama nei mākou i kā mākou hana hewa i ka huna kanaka ʻaʻole ia e pale aku iā mākou iho mai nā kānāwai kūwaho - e kala aku ka US iā ia iho mai ka mana o ke kānāwai kūwaho. ʻO ia e pale iā mākou iho mai ka hoʻouka kaua i kā mākou kaʻao o ka maikaʻi mau loa. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kā mākou aupuni i nā ʻano ncissism like ʻole i wili ʻia me ka cynicism a me ka puʻuwai anuanu e pili ana i ka manaʻo inā ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe i kāu hana, e hāʻawi lākou i kāu mea e ʻōlelo ai ka pōmaikaʻi o ka kānalua. Inā hiki i ka poʻe ke hoʻokau ʻia e noʻonoʻo he maikaʻi mākou, pono mākou.
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ʻOiai e pena ana, e hoʻāʻo ana wau e hoʻomaopopo i ka like ma waena o Daniel Hale a me Darnella Frazier, ka wahine ʻōpio i loaʻa ka manaʻo e kiʻi i ke wikiō o Derek Chauvin e pepehi nei iā George Floyd. He mea pale a pale ikaika ʻo Chauvin i ka mana aupuni. No nā makahiki he mau lāhui kolohe e kēlā mana i hana ʻia me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻole no ka mea ʻo ka mokuʻāina ponoʻī e hoʻokumu ʻia e ka lāhui. ʻO ka pepehi kanaka o ke kala ʻaʻole ia he lawehala maoli. ʻO ka missile ma ka drone, e hana ana i ka mana o ka mokuʻāina a puni ka honua, pepehi i nā makaʻāinana e like me George Floyd me ka ʻole o nā hopena. A hiki i ka ʻenehana i hiki ai i nā makaʻāinana ke hoʻopaʻa i ka mokuʻāina e hana ana i nā kalaima kolohe ma waena o ka US, ua hoʻokaʻawale maikaʻi ʻia ia mau lawehala no ka mea ua ʻoluʻolu nā ʻaha i nā hōʻike wahaheʻe o nā mākaʻi. No laila, hoʻāʻo ʻo Daniel Hale e like me Darnella Frazier, he mea hōʻike i ka pepehi kanaka, akā pāpā ʻia nā kānāwai o ka hūnā ʻole ʻana e lilo i mea hōʻike. He aha inā, ma hope o ka make ʻana o George Floyd, ua hoʻohiki nā mākaʻi ʻehā i nā hōʻike āpau e hūnā, e ʻōlelo ana he pale kēia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻi? He aha inā inā i hopu aku nā makaʻi i kā kā Darnella pahupaʻikiʻi a wāwahi iā ia a holoi paha i ke wikiō a i ʻole hopu iā ia no ka kiu ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻi? Ma hope o kēlā, ʻo nā mākaʻi ka hōʻike hōʻoiaʻiʻo paʻa ʻole. I ko Hale hihia, ua hele ʻo Pelekikena Pelekikena ma ka TV a haʻi ʻoi loa i ka makaʻala nui o ka US e luku wale i nā mea hoʻoweliweli i kau ʻia me nā drones. Me ka ʻole o Darnella Daniel Frazier Hale e lilo ana ka wahaheʻe i ʻoiaʻiʻo.
ʻO ka nīnau e kuhi ana no ke aha i makemake nui ai ka poʻe i ka pono ʻole o ka luku ʻia ʻana o George Floyd, akā ʻaʻole naʻe i ka ʻike maka o US drones e luku nei i nā kāne, nā wahine, a me nā keiki hewa ʻole i ke ʻano i hiki ke wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he kaulike a ʻoi aku. loko ʻino. He mea ʻole ke ola ʻAlapia? A i ʻole he ʻano narcissism ʻē aʻe e hana nei-ʻo George Floyd ko mākou ʻohana, ʻaʻole nā Afghans. Pēlā nō, ʻoiai ka hapanui o ka poʻe e ʻae nei he kaua kolohe ka mokuʻāina ʻo Vietnam, hoʻomanaʻo mākou i ka poʻe 58,000 ʻAmelika i luku ʻia ma Vietnam, akā nānā ʻole i ka 3 i ka 4 miliona mau Vietnamese, Laos a me nā Kambodia.
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Ua ʻike au i kēia ʻōlelo a Amelia Earhart ʻoiai e pena ana iā Daniel Hale: ʻO koʻu manaʻo mua e kamaʻilio ana ʻo ia e pili ana i ka maluhia ma waho o ia iho - ka maluhia ma waena o nā poʻe, nā kaiāulu, ma waena o nā lāhui. Akā malia paha kahi maluhia nui like ka maluhia i hana ʻia me ʻoe iho e ka wiwo ʻole e hoʻopili i nā hana a kekahi me ka noʻonoʻo a me nā manaʻo.
E hana ai i kekahi o nā pahuhopu paʻakikī a koʻikoʻi hoʻi o kahi ola kūpono. ʻO kahi ola e ʻimi nei e hoʻopili iā ia iho ma ia ala e kū kūʻē kūʻē i ka mana e makemake ana e kaohi iā ia, e haki iā ia i ka ʻae ʻana i lālā o ka pūʻā hāmau, he pūʻā i komo i ka hana hoʻomāinoino i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama iā ia iho a me kāna loaʻa kālā. . Manaʻo kēlā ola i ka mea a mākou e kapa ai he luhi maikaʻi. ʻAe kēia ukana i nā hopena kaumaha o ke koi ʻana i ka dictates o ka lunamanaʻo. ʻO kēia kaumaha ko mākou lanakila, ko mākou hanohano hope loa a ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe ʻia mai iā mākou no ka ikaika o ka mea hoʻokaumaha. ʻO ia kahi ʻāpana nani, hāʻawi ka wiwo ʻole burnish i ke koho kūpono. He aha ka mea maikaʻi loa e hoʻomālamalama ai ka mea a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua makaʻu ʻo Daniel Hale i ka hoʻowalewale ʻole e nīnau i ke kulekele drone. ʻO ka complicit ka mea ʻē aʻe i kaumaha i ka makaʻu, ka mōhai o kāna kūʻokoʻa pono a me ka hanohano. Manaʻo ka mana ʻo kou makaʻu nui ke waiho iā ʻoe iho i kāna aloha. (Hōʻaka, kēlā huaʻōlelo 'aloha;' ka mana ka mana e ka makemake ʻole e aloha ʻole.) Ua makaʻu ʻo Daniel Hale i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā ia iho mai ka moekolohe kolohe o ke kulekele drone, ʻoi aku ma mua o kona hoʻouna ʻia ʻana i ka hale paʻahao. Ma ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana iā ia iho i ka mana, ua lanakila ʻo ia iā ia. Kupanaha kēlā ukana.
ʻAʻole wau i ka hana pena pena haipule. Aloha au i ka fallible o kākou āpau, pehea mākou e hakakā ai - me mākou iho, me kā mākou moʻomeheu - no kā mākou lanakila lanakila. Akā ke hana ke kanaka e like me kā Daniel Hale, ke koi nei i kona lunamanaʻo e kūʻē i ka makemake o ka mana, ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia me kahi ana o ka maʻemaʻe. Hiki i kēlā hoʻomaikaʻi ke hāpai i nā mea i koe o mākou inā ʻae mākou e kākoʻo iā ia, e kōkua iā ia e hāpai i kāna ukana maikaʻi. I ka lawe like ʻana i kēlā kaumaha, ʻo ia ka manaʻolana o ke aupuni democracy. ʻO Marcus Raskin, ka mea hui pū o ka Institute of Policy Studies, i waiho i kēia ala: ʻO kēlā kahua ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ke wahaheʻe ke aupuni, a i ʻole kūkulu ʻia e like me ko mākou kūlana maluhia kūloko e hāpai i ka wahaheʻe a me ka hoʻopunipuni ponoʻī, a laila ua wāwahi ka hilinaʻi o kā mākou mau keʻena kūleʻa me ka precondition nui no ke aupuni kumukānāwai i ke aupuni democracy.
He home ʻole ʻo Daniel Hale i kona wā i komo ai i ka Air Force. He kāne ʻōpio akahai mai kahi ʻohana hana hewa. Hāʻawi ka pūʻali koa iā ia i ke kūpaʻa, ke kaiāulu a me ka mikiona. Ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e komo i ka hana hoʻomāinoino. A hūnā. Koi ʻia e hana i ka make kino. ʻO ka ʻōlelo mai iā ia aʻu i kiʻi ai i kāna pena pena:
"Me ke kaua drone, i kekahi manawa ʻeiwa o ka ʻumi mau kānaka i luku ʻia he hala ʻole. Pono ʻoe e pepehi i kahi ʻāpana o kou lunamanaʻo e hana ai i kāu ʻoihana ... ʻO ka mea aʻu i makaʻu nui ai ... ʻo ka hoʻowalewale ʻole e nīnau. No laila ua kāhea wau i kahi mea noiʻi noiʻi ... a haʻi iā ia he mea kaʻu e ʻike ai ka poʻe ʻAmelika. ”
