na Manlio Dinucci, Il Manifesto, Iune 8, 2021
ʻO ka Liona ʻApelika, ka hana pūʻali koa nui loa ma ka ʻAinapuni ʻApelika i hoʻolālā ʻia a alakaʻi ʻia e ka pūʻali koa US. Hoʻopili pū ia me ka maneuvers ʻāina, lewa, a me ka moana ma Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, a me nā kai e pili ana - mai ʻAkau ʻApelika a ʻApelika Komohana, mai ke Kaiwaenahonua a hiki i ʻAkelanika. Ke komo pū nei nā koa he 8,000, a ʻo ka hapa o lākou he ʻAmelika ma kahi o 200 pahu pahu, nā pū ponoʻī, nā mokulele, a me nā moku kaua. ʻO Liona ʻApelika 21 e manaʻo ʻia ana he $ 24 miliona a he hopena kona e lilo ai i mea nui.
Ua hoʻoholo kumu nui ʻia kēia neʻe politika ma Wakinekona: ʻo ka hana mua ʻApelika ka manawa mua ma Sahara Komohana ʻo ia kēia makahiki i ka panalāʻau o ka Repubalika ʻo Sahrawi, i ʻike ʻia e 80 a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā United States, nona ka mea i hōʻole ʻia e Morocco a kaua kūʻē ʻia e kekahi ʻano like ʻole. . Ua haʻi ʻo Rabat i kēia ala “Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Wakinekona i ka mōʻī Moroccan ma luna o Western Sahara"A kono iā Algeria a me Sepania e haʻalele iā"ko lākou inaina i ka pono teritori o Morocco". ʻO Sepania, ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e Morocco no ke kākoʻo ʻana iā Polisario (Western Sahara Liberation Front), ʻaʻole ia e komo i ka Liona ʻApelika i kēia makahiki. Ua hōʻoia hou ʻo Wakinekona i kāna kākoʻo piha iā Morocco, e kāhea ana iā ia “ka mea hui nui ʻole ʻo NATO a me ka hoa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa".
Hana ʻia ka hana ʻApelika i kēia makahiki no ka manawa mua ma waena o ka papa o kahi kūkulu US Command hou. I Nowemapa i hala, ua hoʻohui ʻia ka US Army ʻEulopa a me ka US Army ʻApelika i hoʻokahi kauoha: ka US Army ʻEulopa a me ʻApelika. ʻO General Chris Cavoli, ka mea nāna ia poʻo, i wehewehe i ke kumu o kēia hoʻoholo ʻana: “Pili pili ʻole nā pilikia palekana ʻāpana o ʻEulopa a me ʻApelika a hiki ke laha koke mai kekahi wahi a i kahi ʻē aʻe inā haʻalele ʻole ʻia.. ” No laila ka hoʻoholo a ka pūʻali koa US e hoʻohui i ka European Command and the African Command, i mea e "neʻe ikaika i ka ikaika mai kekahi hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kekahi ʻē aʻe, mai kekahi ʻāina a i kekahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i nā manawa pane pane kūloko".
I kēia ʻano, ua hoʻohui ʻia ʻo ʻA Lion ʻApelika 21 me Defender-Europe 21, e hoʻohana nei i nā koa 28,000 a ma luna o nā kaʻa kaumaha he 2,000. He mahele maʻamau ia o nā maneuvers pūʻali koa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hana nei mai ka ʻEulopa ʻEulopa a i ʻApelika Komohana, hoʻolālā a kauoha ʻia e ka US Army ʻEulopa a me ʻApelika. ʻO ke kumu kūloko e pale i kahi i hōʻike ʻole ʻia "Hana hoʻomāinoino ma ʻApelika ʻĀkau a me ʻEulopa Hema a e pale aku i ka hale keaka mai ka hoʻouka kaua pūʻali koa kūʻē", Me ka kuhikuhi maopopo iā Rūsia a me Kina.
Komo ʻo Italia i ka Liona ʻApelika 21, a me Defender-Europe 21, ʻaʻole wale me kona mau koa ponoʻī akā ma ke ʻano he kumumanaʻo kumumanaʻo. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka hana ma ʻApelika mai Vicenza e ka US Army's Southern Europe Task Force a hoʻolako ʻia nā pūʻali e komo ana ma o ka Port of Livorno me nā mea kaua e hele mai ana mai Camp Darby, kahi kahua paʻa o ka pūʻali koa US. ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka Liona ʻApelika 21 kahi ʻāpana o ka ulu ʻana o ka pūʻali koa Italia i ʻApelika.
ʻO ka mikiona ma Niger he hōʻailona, formally "ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hana like a ʻEulopa a me US e hoʻokūpaʻa i ka wahi a me ka hakakā ʻana i ke kālepa hewa ʻole a me nā hoʻoweliweli i ka palekana", Maoli no ka kaohi ʻana i kekahi o nā wahi momona loa i nā mea hana rautaki (ʻaila, uranium, coltan, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) i hoʻohana ʻia e US a me nā multinationals ʻEulopa, nona ka oligopoly e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e ka hoʻokele waiwai Kina a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe.
No laila ke kōkua i ka hoʻolālā koloneial kolone: hōʻoia i nā makemake o kekahi ma o ka pūʻali koa, e like me ke kākoʻo no nā elite kūloko i hoʻokumu i ko lākou mana i kā lākou pūʻali koa ma hope o ka smokescreen o nā militia jihadist kūʻē. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻonāukiuki ka hana koa i nā kūlana ola o ka lehulehu, e hoʻoikaika ana i nā ʻano hana o ka hana a me ka hoʻokau ʻana, me ka hopena i hoʻonui i ka neʻe a me nā hopena o nā kānaka i ulu.