ʻO ka lā i lilo ai wau i anti-kaua

ʻO ka hapanui o mākou e ola nei a laila hoʻomanaʻo i kahi a mākou i ke kakahiaka o ka hoʻouka kaua 9/11. I ko mākou kahakaha ʻana i ka 18th makahiki o ke kaua ʻIraka i kēia Malaki, ke haohao nei au i ka poʻe e hoʻomanaʻo pū i kahi o mākou i kēlā lā.

Ma 9/11, he kula Katolika wau ma ka papa ʻewalu. ʻAʻole wau e poina i kaʻu kumu, ʻo Mrs. Anderson, me ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi ʻana: “He mea kaʻu e haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe.” Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i kahi mea weliweli i hana ʻia a huila i ke kīwī i loko o ka lumi i hiki iā mākou ke ʻike no mākou iho.

I kēlā ʻauinalā, ua hoʻouna ʻia mākou i kahi pule pule ma ka halepule kokoke a laila ua hoʻouna ʻia i ka home i kakahiaka nui, pīhoihoi nui mākou āpau e aʻo a aʻo i kekahi mea.

I hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa ma hope, i koʻu wā mua i ke kula kiʻekiʻe Katolika, ua puka hou nā kīwī.

I loko o nā kiʻi i ʻike ʻia i ka pō, ua pohā nā pōkā ma luna o Baghdad. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe hāmau leo ​​a me nā lawelawe pule. Ma kahi o, kekahi poʻe maoli lealea. A laila kani ka bele, hoʻololi nā papa, a lawe wale ʻia nā poʻe.

Ua hele wāwae wau i kaʻu papa aʻe, pīhoihoi ka naʻau a pīhoihoi.

He ʻōpio wale mākou a eia mākou hou, e nānā ana i nā pahū e hoʻomāhuehu ana i nā kānaka ma ke kīwī. Akā i kēia manawa, hauʻoli ka poʻe? Ke hele nei i ko lākou ola e like me ka maʻamau? ʻAʻole hiki i koʻu lolo ʻōpio ke hoʻoponopono iā ia.

Ma 15, ʻaʻole wau i ka politika. Inā wau e hoʻolohe hou aku, ʻike paha wau i ke ʻano o ka hoʻoponopono ʻia ʻana o kaʻu mau hoa papa e pane i kēia ala.

ʻOiai hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻoi i loko o ke kaua ma Afghanistan, ke ʻano antiwarwar me he mea lā i loko o kēlā mau lā pūʻiwa o ka lā ma hope o 9/11 - ʻoiai me ka pili ʻole o ka loulou maikaʻi ma waena o Iraq a me 9/11.

Ua hoʻouluulu nui ʻia e kūʻē i ke Kaua ʻIraka. Akā ʻo nā loea kālaiʻāina - John McCain, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden - kau ʻia i luna o ka moku, me ka hoihoi nui. I kēia manawa, i ka huli ʻana o ka hana i loko, ua piʻi aʻe nā hewa inaina ʻia i kekahi mea i lawe ʻia no ʻAlapia a i ʻole Muslim.

ʻO ka hoʻokūkū pōkā a me ka weliweli o ka US bombing campaign i wehe i ke Kaua ʻIraka ua luku ʻia he 7,200 mau kānaka kīwila - ʻoi aku i ka pāpālua o ka helu i make ma 9/11. ʻO ka hope i ʻike nui ʻia ma ke ʻano he trauma hanauna. ʻO ka mua he palapala wāwae.

I nā makahiki i hiki mai, i luna o kahi miliona E make ana ʻo Iraqi. Akā kā kā mākou moʻomeheu kālaiʻāina i hoʻokahuli i ke ʻano o kēia poʻe i ʻano mea ʻole ʻole ko lākou make - ʻo ia ke kumu i kū ai lākou.

ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua loli kekahi mau mea mai ia manawa.

ʻO kā mākou mau kaua post-9/11 i kēia manawa ke nānā ākea ʻia e like me nā kuhi hewa nui. Overwhelming, bipartisan nui loa Kākoʻo ʻo ʻAmelika i ka hoʻopau ʻana i kā mākou kaua, ka lawe ʻana mai i nā pūʻali koa i ka home, a me ka hoʻolei ʻana i ke kālā i loko o ka pūʻali koa - ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole i hoʻokō iki kā mākou poʻe kālaiʻāina.

Akā koe ka makaʻu o ka dehumanization. Ua luhi paha ko ʻAmelika i kā mākou kaua ma ka Hikina Waena, akā hōʻike ka nānā ʻana i kēia manawa ke hōʻike nei i ka ulu nui o ka inaina iā Kina. ʻO ka mea hopohopo, inaina i nā lawehala kūʻē iā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika - e like me ka pepehi kanaka lehulehu loa ma Atlanta - ke piʻi aʻe nei i luna.

ʻO Russell Jeung, ka mea i alakaʻi i kahi hui hoʻolaha i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hakakā ʻana me ka bias anti-ʻAsia ka Hawaii Post, "ʻO ke kaua anuanu o US-Kina - a ʻo ka mākaʻi Repubalika hoʻi o ka scapegoating a me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Kina no ka [coronavirus] - ua hoʻonāukiuki i ka hoʻokalakupua a me ka inaina i ko ʻAmelika ʻAmelika."

E noho ʻo Kina no kā mākou pono pilikino i kū ʻole i nā kulekele olakino e ola hou aku ma ka ʻākau, akā ʻo ka ʻōlelo Cold War he bipartisan. ʻOiai nā poʻe kālaiʻāina e hōʻāhewa i ka hoʻokalakupua anti-ʻĀkia ua hōʻeuʻeu i ka anti-Kina manaʻo no ke kālepa, ka haumia, a me nā kuleana kanaka - nā pilikia maoli, akā ʻaʻole e hoʻonā ʻia kekahi o ia mau mea e ka make ʻana o kekahi i kekahi.

Ua ʻike mākou i kahi e alakaʻi ai ka dehumanization: i ka hana ʻino, ke kaua, a me ka minamina.

ʻAʻole wau e poina i kaʻu mau hoa papa - inā ʻaʻole maʻa mau, nā keiki manaʻo maikaʻi - e hauʻoli ana i kēlā mau pahū. No laila e ʻōlelo i kēia manawa, ma mua o ka lohi. Ke hoʻolohe nei kāu poʻe keiki.