By Ellen Davidson,ʻApelila 28, 2022
Ua hoʻopiʻi ka hoʻopiʻi a me ka pale i kā lākou mau hihia i kēia lā i ka hihia o Shannon Two, ʻelua mau koa koa US i hopu ʻia no ke komo ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ma Shannon Airport ma Malaki 17, 2019.
Ua hele ʻo Tarak Kauff, 80, a me Ken Mayers, 85, i ke kahua mokulele e nānā i nā mokulele e pili ana i ka pūʻali koa US ma ke kahua mokulele. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻekolu mau mokulele ma laila i kēlā manawa-ʻo Marine Corps Cessna jet, a me kahi mokulele Air Force Transport C40, a me hoʻokahi mokulele Omni Air International i ʻaelike me ka pūʻali koa US a lākou i manaʻoʻiʻo ai e lawe ana i nā pūʻali a me nā mea kaua ma o ke kahua mokulele i ko lākou ala. i nā kaua kūʻokoʻa ma ka Hikina Hikina, me ke kū'ē i ke kūʻokoʻa Irish a me ke kānāwai honua.
ʻAʻole hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia i ka hana ʻana o lākou i puka ma ka pā o ke kahua mokulele a komo i loko o ia wahi me ka ʻole o ka ʻae ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ua hana lākou pēlā no ka "ʻae ʻana i ke kānāwai," i mea e ʻike ai i ka lawe ʻana i nā pūʻali koa a me nā mea kaua ma o ka hale hana a me ke koi ʻana i nā luna e nānā i nā mokulele, ma mua o ka ʻae ʻana i nā hōʻoia diplomatic US ʻaʻole e neʻe nā munitions ma ka mokulele. .
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka hihia o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā mea hōʻike mai ka mākaʻi a me ka palekana o ke kahua mokulele e hōʻike ana i nā kikoʻī o nā hana a nā kāne a me ka pane ʻana mai nā mana. I ka wā o kēia hōʻike, ua ʻike maopopo ʻia ʻo nā mokulele Omni i hoʻolimalima ʻia e lawe pū ana i nā pūʻali koa a ʻaʻohe mea palekana a me nā luna mākaʻi i huli i kēlā mau mokulele a i ʻole nā mokulele koa US e ʻike ai inā he mau mea kaua a mau pū paha ma luna o ka moku. .
ʻO nā mea hōʻike hope ʻelua o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻo Colm Moriarty lāua ʻo Noel Carroll, ʻo lāua ʻelua mai ke kahua ʻo Shannon Garda (makai). Ua mālama lāua i nā nīnauele o Kauff lāua ʻo Mayers i ka lā i hopu ʻia ai lāua. Heluhelu ka luna hoʻopiʻi i nā transcripts o nā nīnauele, i hōʻoia ʻia e nā mākaʻi ʻelua.
Hōʻike maopopo nā nīnauele i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi e komo i ke kahua mokulele. Ua wehewehe maopopo lāua ʻelua e manaʻo ana e nānā i kahi mokulele Omni Air International e kū ana ma ka ʻāina i kēlā manawa no nā pūʻali koa a i ʻole nā mea kaua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mayers ʻo kāna mana "ʻo ke kuleana o nā kamaʻāina e hana i ka mea kūpono." I ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kāna mau hana e hoʻopilikia ai i ka poʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua ʻike wau ua hana au i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi akā palena ʻole o ka pilikia, akā naʻe, ʻike wau ma ka ʻae ʻana i ka pūʻali koa US a me nā mokulele CIA e hele ma waena. Shannon, ke hoʻokau nei ke aupuni ʻo Irish i nā poʻe hewa ʻole i ka pōʻino koʻikoʻi.
Ua maopopo like ʻo Kauff i kāna mau mea nui. I ka nīnau ʻana inā maopopo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka "pōʻino hewa", pane ʻo ia, "Manaʻo wau pēlā. He mea ia a ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika e hana nei no ka manawa lōʻihi i ka nui. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i kāna "ʻoihana kūpono ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Shannon" i kēlā lā penei: "Ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a he kanaka koa i hoʻohiki ʻole me ka lā pau ʻole e pale aku i ke Kumukānāwai e kūʻē i nā ʻenemi āpau a me nā ʻāina ʻē, a Ma lalo o ke kānāwai o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ka Geneva Convention, ua kauoha ʻia au e kūʻē i ka hana karaima o koʻu aupuni ponoʻī, e like me nā Kelemania, ʻaʻole i hana i ke Kaua Honua II a me ke aupuni Nazi.
Ua wehe ʻo Barrister Michael Hourigan i ka hihia pale ma ka waiho ʻana iā Mayers ma ke kahua hōʻike. Ua wehewehe ʻo Mayers i ka hakakā ʻana o kona makuakāne i ke Kaua Honua II a me ke Kaua Korea ma ke ʻano he Marine, a no laila ua "inu nui ʻo ia i ka Marine Kool-Aid" e ulu ana. Ua hele ʻo ia ma ke kulanui ma kahi haʻawina koa a komo i ka Marines i kona puka ʻana ma 1958. ʻEwalu a me ka hapa makahiki ma hope mai ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna komisina ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea e hana nei ma Vietnam. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua aʻo ka Marines iā ia "ʻaʻole ʻo ʻAmelika ka ikaika no ka maluhia ma ka honua i alakaʻi ʻia iaʻu e manaʻoʻiʻo."
Ua komo ʻo ia i ka Veterans For Peace, a ua heluhelu ʻo ia i ka jure i ka ʻōlelo o ka hui, e ʻōlelo ana i ka hana ʻole ʻole e hoʻopau i ke kaua ma ke ʻano he mea hana o nā kulekele ʻē aʻe, ma waena o nā pahuhopu ʻē aʻe.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Mayers, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻo ia e uhaki ana paha ʻo ia i ke kānāwai me kāna mau hana, ua manaʻo ʻo ia he mea pono ke pale aku i ka pōʻino nui aʻe. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ke kaua ma Yemen, i kākoʻo ʻia e nā lako a me nā logistic US. "ʻOiai i kēia lā, hoʻoweliweli ʻia ka poʻe o Yemen me ka pōloli nui," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. "Ma waena o nā kānaka āpau, pono e ʻike ka poʻe Irish i ka mea nui o ka pale ʻana i kēia ʻano pōloli nui."
Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia i ka wā e lele ai nā mokulele mai kahi ʻāina hakakā i kahi ʻāina kūʻokoʻa, "he kuleana ko kēlā ʻāina ma lalo o ke kānāwai honua e nānā i [ka mokulele]." Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka 1907 Hague Convention on Neutrality e koi ana i nā ʻāina kūʻokoʻa e hopu i nā mea kaua mai nā ʻāina hakakā.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ʻAmelika iā Shannon no ka hana kaua he "pōʻino nui i ka poʻe Irish," a kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Irish e makemake i ka neutrality no ko lākou ʻāina. "Inā hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka neutrality Irish," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "hiki iā ia ke hoʻopakele i nā ola."
Ua wehewehe ʻo Mayers i kāna hana ʻo "ʻo ka manawa maikaʻi loa a mākou e hana ai i kahi hopena." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua manaʻo wau ʻo ka hopena o ka uhai ʻana i kēlā kānāwai iaʻu iho ʻaʻole i like ka nui o ka hopena o ka uhai ʻole ʻana i kēlā kānāwai." Ke kāhea nei i ka neʻe ʻana o ka pono kīwila US o nā makahiki 1960, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻO ka hana pololei a ka makaʻāinana ka mea e hoʻololi ai," hoʻololi ʻaʻole e hiki mai "me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomau ʻana a me ka ikaika o nā kamaʻāina."
Ma ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ua nīnau ka loio ʻo Tony McGillucuddy iā Mayers inā ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i nā hana ʻē aʻe e nānā i nā mokulele ma Shannon Airport, e like me ka noi ʻana i nā luna aupuni a i ʻole ke noi ʻana i nā mākaʻi e hana pēlā. Ua ʻoki ʻo ia iā Mayers i kona wā i hoʻāʻo ai e wehewehe i ke kumu ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻimi i kēia mau ala i kēia hihia, akā i ka hoʻohuli hou ʻana, ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Mayers e wehewehe ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā hoʻāʻo he nui o nā mea hoʻoikaika Irish e hele ma nā ala āpau i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna hoʻopiʻi. a ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mau hoʻoikaika ʻana ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka pane mai nā luna, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana.
ʻO ka mea hōʻike pale ʻelua a hope loa, ʻo ia ʻo Tarak Kauff, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻokoʻa i ka leo ana ʻana o Mayers i mua o ka nīnau ikaika a i kekahi manawa e ka luna hoʻopiʻi, hōʻike ʻo ia i kona huhū a me kona huhū me ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka pūʻali koa US iā Shannon.
Ma lalo o ka nīnau ʻana mai ka loio pale ʻo Carol Doherty, ua wehewehe ʻo Kauff i ke komo ʻana i ka pūʻali i ka makahiki 17 a me ka puka ʻana i 1962, e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ke komo ʻana o ʻAmelika i ke Kaua Vietnam. Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hana antiwar, me ka haʻi ʻana i kāna "kuleana ma ke ʻano he kanaka a he kanaka koa hoʻi e kūʻē a kūʻē i kēia hoʻomehana."
Ua aʻo mua ʻo ia e pili ana i ke komo ʻana o ka pūʻali koa US ma Shannon Airport ma 2016, mai nā poʻe kahiko e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā Veterans For Peace Ireland. "Ua manaʻo wau ʻo kaʻu kuleana kūpono a me ke kanaka ... e hoʻolohe i kēia pilikia," ʻoiai ke make nā keiki, wahi āna. I ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i ka uhaki ʻana i ke kānāwai me kāna mau hana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ke kamaʻilio nei wau e pili ana i ke kānāwai o ka honua, nā hewa kaua, nā kaua kū ʻole i ke kānāwai. Na kēlā me kēia kuleana.”
Ua hoʻi ʻo Kauff i Ireland ma 2018 no ka hālāwai kūkā maluhia, a i kēlā manawa ua hana ʻo ia i kahi kūʻē i loko o ke kahua ʻo Shannon, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hae hoʻokahi āna a me Mayers i hana ai ma ke kahua mokulele ma 2019. Ua nīnau ʻo ia inā ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua maikaʻi, ʻōlelo ʻo ia. , "ʻAno," akā e hele mau ana nā mokulele ma o Shannon.
Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo ia iā lākou me ka wikiwiki o ka haki ʻana i kahi hale ahi e hoʻopakele i nā keiki i loko: "ʻO ka mea a ka US e hana nei, me ka hoʻokō ʻana o ke aupuni Irish," ua like ia me kahi hale ahi.
Ma ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ua hōʻike ʻo McGillicuddy ua ʻoki ʻo Kauff i ka lua o ka pā mokulele, a ua pane ʻo ia: "ʻAe, ua hōʻino wau i ka pā, ke hana nei au ma koʻu mau manaʻo ponoʻī," wahi āna. Ua kuhikuhi pū ʻo ia "ʻo ke aupuni US a me ke aupuni Irish ua uhaki i ke kānāwai. Ua maʻi a luhi ka poʻe ʻIlelani i ko lākou aupuni i kowtowing i ka US ʻO ia ka pilikia ma aneʻi!
"He kumu ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ke kānāwai i ʻōlelo ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana hewa, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki i ka pā," wahi a Kauff.
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia me ka manaʻo e pili ana i kona ʻike pilikino i ka poʻe kahiko i hele mai ma o Shannon me kā lākou mau mea kaua, a me ke ʻano o ka pepehi kanaka ʻana o kona mau hoa aloha, ʻaʻole hiki ke noho me nā mea a lākou i hana ai i nā kaua US ma Afghanistan a me ka Middle East. “ʻO ia ka pōʻino maoli… He mea ʻole ka hana ʻino ʻana i ka pā. ʻAʻohe mea i make a manaʻo wau e hoʻomaopopo pū ʻoe i kēlā. "
He mea paʻakikī i kekahi manawa ke ana i nā hopena o ka hoʻoikaika politika, akā maopopo ua hoʻomālamalama ʻo Kauff lāua ʻo Mayers i kahi ahi i ka neʻe ʻana o Irish no ka maluhia a me ke kūpaʻa ʻole me kā lākou hana ma Shannon a me ka hoʻolaha ma hope i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai lākou no ʻelua pule a laila koi ʻia. no ka noho ʻana ma ka ʻāina no ʻewalu mau mahina ma mua o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana o kā lākou palapala passport iā lākou, ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia i ka neʻe ʻana o ka maluhia Irish.
I ka nīnau ʻana inā manaʻo ʻo ia he maikaʻi kāna hana no ka maluhia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mayers ua loaʻa iā ia ka "manaʻo mai ka poʻe i hoʻoneʻe ʻia e kaʻu i hana ai." Ua huki ʻo ia i kahi hoʻohālikelike i ka Grand Canyon, kahi āna i ʻōlelo ai ua hana ʻia e nā kulu wai he nui. Ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻē, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua like ʻo ia "e like me kekahi o kēlā mau kulu wai."
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hihia i alakaʻi ʻia e Patricia Ryan me nā ʻōlelo pani a me ke aʻo ʻana o ke kiure i ka lā ʻapōpō.
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