By ʻO Rebeca Gordon, Iune 27, 2017,
Hoʻohuliʻia mai ʻO TomDispatch.
At 36% i 37% i nā koho balota hou loa, aia ka loiloi ʻo Donald Trump i kahi ʻāpana i ka mea e pono ai ke "mōʻīha" i ka manawa o kāna pelekikena. A eia, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka Congress (25%), he maestro o ka kaulana. Ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia hoʻokahi wale nō waihona ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e loaʻa nā kānaka kūlike i ke koho balota ʻana o ka "hilinaʻi" mai nā ʻAmelika i nā balota a ʻo ia nō ka pūʻali koa US (83%). A ʻo kēia ka mea pohihihi nui loa o lākou āpau.
ʻO kēlā pūʻali koa, mālama ʻia, ʻaʻole i lanakila nui ka hakakā mau mai ka Kaua Honua II. (I ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, ʻo ke Kaua Honua Mua, kahi e like me ka lanakila ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ko ka honua kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ke ao nei, ua hoʻohuli ʻia ʻo ia wale nō ka hana mua loa i ka quagmire o Iraq. i, i ua hina lā mai kahi kaua i kū mai i kahi "lanakila" a hiki i kekahi, ke kūʻē pāhoihoi i kekahi ʻaoʻao, e kū ʻole ana i ka lewa. Eia nō naʻe, ua loaʻa ka helu ʻauhauʻAmelika ninini kālā i loko o ka Pentagon a me ke koena o ka mokuʻāina palekana i loko o nā waiwai e hōʻino i ka noʻonoʻo. A eia nō, ʻaʻole i hiki i ka US ke kū maoli maoli hoʻihoʻi iā ia iho mai kahi ʻāina hoʻokahi i komo i loko o ka Hikina Waena Hikina no nā kenekulia. I ke ala o kāna mau lawelawe, loaʻa nā lāhui uaʻeha, ua kahakaha ʻia nā mea he lehulehu, a he ʻumi miliona o ka poʻe ma kahi ākea ākea o ka honua akea mai ko lākou hale mai a kālai ʻia i loko o ka maelstrom. ʻO nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻike ʻia ke kiʻi kaua o Wakinekona i ka moʻo kaua mai ka poʻokela no kahi ikaika i hoʻoiho ʻia ma ʻaneʻimaikaʻi loa”I ka mōʻaukala. ʻO ka nīnau: ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke aha?
Pau ia mau mea ma ka hoʻopaʻa inoa. Pono e ʻike ʻia kēia mau mea a pau a me ka mālama ʻana o ka mea a me ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu i ka lehulehu e kaua ana i ka mea a Rebecca Gordon i ʻōlelo ai "nā kaua mau loa"Aneane hui aku i nā pakuhi. No ia mea, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kānalua, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ke koi ʻana o ka luna koa nui e ʻike hou ʻole ʻia ka pūʻali koa kamaʻāina e hui pū ʻia e nā kūʻē antiwar a kokoke a kipi e like me ka wā o Vietnam. ʻO kahi hopena, ma 1973, ua pau ka hana a i loko o nā makahiki he peʻa e hahai ana i ka lehulehu hoʻolālā ke hiki ana aku i ka kaua Amerika. ʻO George W. Bush kahi kūlana post-9 / 11 manaʻo ua pane aku ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ka weliweli o kēlā mau hale kiai ma ke kipa ʻana iā Disney World a me ka leʻaleʻa i "ke ola a mākou e makemake ai e leʻaleʻa." Akā ʻo ka wehewehe ʻana me ke kānalua nui e like me ka hohonu ʻO TomDispatch mau ʻO Gordon, kākau no Amerika Nuremberg, mea hōʻike i kēia lā. Tom
ʻO ʻAmelika i ke Kaua Mai 9 / 11
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By ʻO Rebeca GordonNā poʻomanaʻo nui o nā poʻomanaʻo i kā au inbox i kēlā lā ma kēia lā: “ʻO nā mokulele paʻa i alakaʻi ʻia e US ma Suria i pepehi ai i nā kānaka he lehulehu, ua ʻōlelo ka panel o UN. ""Makemake ʻo Pentagon e haʻi aku i nā wahi nui o ka honua nei he mau kahua kaua kūʻokoʻa. ""ʻO ka US manao ʻia e haʻalele iā Afghanistan e 2017. Aia paha he mau makahiki. ”He nui nā kaua a me nā lono no ke kaua e pili ana i ko mākou ʻāina i kēia mau lā e hoʻomaka ana ia me he mea ʻole maoli, ʻo ia hoʻi no ka poʻe nūhou nūhou. A nui no nā ʻAmelika he lōʻihi ia. No lākou, he pili iki ke ʻano o ke kaua i ka TV maoli ma mua o ka mea i hoʻokō ʻia.
Ma ka lā Iune ʻo ia, hiki iā ʻoe, no ka laʻa, wehe i ka New York Times a heluhelu ia "Nā mākaʻi i alakaʻi ʻia e ko ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i luna o nā mokuʻo Islamic State, ua make i mau haneli poʻe lehulehu a puni Raqqa, ka pūʻulu koa hope koa Suria, a haʻalele iā 160,000 poʻe i haʻalele ʻia." A i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele mai i nā helu ʻelua mau kauoha o ka nui o ka nui i ke aʻo ʻana mai likeʻole ma of kumu E kāʻili ana ka wi i 17 miliona mau kānaka ma Yemen. ʻO ia ka hopena wānana o kahi Saudi Arabia proxy kaua e kūʻē iā Iran, kahi kaua kākoʻo e ka US me ka mea kaua a me ka kōkua logistic, ma ia mea, Wahi a Human Rights Watch, hiki i nā US ke hoʻopiʻi piha i ka hōʻeha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ka mea i loko o ʻIraka, he ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika i hoʻomau ʻia me kāna hoʻouka ʻana a me 2003, a aia hoʻi ma ka ʻekolu miliona o ka poʻe i haʻalele i ke kihi. wahi a i ke Komisina Kiekie nui no UN no mau koho; a i ʻole ma mua o 411,000 Iraqis hoʻokaʻawale wale nō mai ko lākou mau home ma Mosul wale nō mai ka pūʻali koa Iraq i hoʻoweliweli aku i kahi US i kākoʻo ʻia e hoʻokau iā ISIS i waho o kēlā kūlanakauhale i ka mahina o Okatoba.
ʻAe, hiki ke kaomi ʻia i kēlā mau loulou a i ʻole e hopu i nā ʻōlelo lehulehu ʻē aʻe pūnaewele a i ʻole TV e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā kaua a ʻAmelika a i hoʻokau ʻia e ʻAmelika. kūʻino ʻōhumu luku ʻōnaehana mālama ola kino, kohu nui miliona, a hoʻokomo aku i kahi hanana ka hoʻonaʻauao o nā hanauna āpau he mau mile ka lōʻihi. Akā, ʻaʻohe mea maoli maoli no ka hapa nui o mākou o kēia ʻāina.
Pehea e ʻoiaʻiʻo ai? ʻAʻole manaʻo ka hapanui o mākou i ke ʻano o ke kaua no ka poʻe e ola ana. ʻAʻohe kaua nui i kaua ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika mai ka wā i pau ai ke Kaua Kivila i ka makahiki 1865, a ʻo ka poʻe hope loa i hoʻomanaʻo i kēlā manawa weliweli i make i mau makahiki he mau makahiki ma mua o ka huli ʻana o kēia kenekulia ʻAʻohe mea a puni e hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi ʻono o kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo - koe wale nō ka nā mea haʻalele ke hana nei kēia hoʻomālamalama ʻo Trump i kāna mea maikaʻi loa e mālama.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ʻAmelika i hana mua ʻia e kākoʻo i nā kaua o ko lākou ʻāina ma nā ʻāina mamao.hoomanao ʻO nā māla lanakila a i ʻole nā mea kaua ai koa?) i hai wale ia e hoʻomau me ko lākou mau ola me he mea lā e hoʻomalule ana. A ʻo ka hiki ʻana e hele i ke kaua i ka pūʻali koa o nā makaʻāinana makaʻāina ua lōʻihi ua hoʻomaha ʻia e ka "pūʻali koa" āpau "a ʻAmelika."
Ke hoʻomau nei ke kaua kaua US, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pono o ka poʻe i kēia ʻāina e hoʻomaopopo i ka maoli o ke kaua, a ʻoiai ke loaʻa nei iā mākou he pelekikena mai ka honua o "TV" maoli. I ka hapalua o ka makahiki iwakālua, ua hoʻomau ʻo Kongresa i kona mana kumukānāwai kumukūʻai e haʻi aku ai i ke kaua i nā hoʻokele hoʻokō e kū pono ana. I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā mākou i loko o Donald Trump kahi pelekikena i ʻike mau ʻia e kēlā mau mana purloined (a me ka manaʻo nui o ka noho maluhia o ka pūʻali koa). ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke ʻano o ko mākou luna alakaʻi kolohe lima lima pono i kēlā pūʻali koa ka mana āpau e hoʻoholo ai i hea a hea kahi ʻāina e hoʻouna ai i kona pūʻali a i ʻole hoʻolauna i kona mau missiles mai nā pahu.
I kēia manawa pili ko mākou pili me nā kaua kaua i ko mākou inoa a i kekahi ala hou mai kā mākou ola maoli a me nā kuleana kīwila i ke kaua (koe wale nō ke mahalo a me ka hoomaikai "Ua koa" ka poʻe koa ") i loko o nā puke mōʻaukala, ʻaʻole paha e pili ana i ka manawa e nīnau i kekahi nīnau e pili ana i ke ʻano maoli o ka mea maoli a ʻo ia mau kaua?
Ke Kaua Mai Ka Manaʻo Kūlohelohe
Manaʻo mākou i nā kaua, lawa kūpono, e like me ka mea nui e pili ana i nā koa i hana pū me lākou. ʻO nā kāne ʻōpio a me nā wahine e hakakā ana - kekahi ma ke ʻano he manawaleʻa a me kekahi e koho ana i ka pūʻali koa ma mua o ka hana ʻole a me ka ilihune - make i kekahi manawa i kā mākou "kaua". A inā lākou e ola, e like me kā mākou e ʻike nei, kā lākou kino a nā pipi hilahila pinepine i nā kīʻaha ola o ka ʻike.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hālāwai wau i kekahi o kēia mau koa mua i nā papa moʻomeheu kula i aʻo ʻia. Aia kekahi pūlapa koa i kū i ka pū i hope o ka papa, i kona wāwae hema e hoʻomau mau ana a i lalo. ʻO ke hāhā ʻana o ka pōʻai alanui ma ke kua ua waiho kona kua a waiho iā iā me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana, akā ʻo ke kumu nui loa o kona ʻeha, me kāna ʻōlelo ʻana iaʻu, ʻo ka hopohopo mau nei ka mea i koi ʻia iā ia i nā lā he nui e hele ma waena o ka papa. A laila aia ke kanaka ʻōpiopio e lawelawe ana ma Baghdad a hōʻoiaʻiʻo iaʻu, "Inā ʻo kekahi ke kaua ma Afghanistan a iā Iraq paha, a ke ʻōlelo nei lākou ua hoʻi mai lākou, ua wahaheʻe lākou a ʻaʻole paha lākou i ʻike iki i ka mea i hiki mai iā lākou. . "
A aia kekahi mau wahine ʻōpio i haʻi i ka papa, i ka makaʻu, pono lākou e neʻe i waho o ko lākou mau home no ka mea ua hoʻi mai kā lākou mau ipo mai ke kaua ma ke ʻano he kāne ʻōpio weliweli a lākou i ʻike ʻole ai. Inā mākou i kēia ʻāina ʻike i kekahi mea maoli e pili ana i ke kaua, mai nā poʻe e like me kēia - mai nā lālā o ka pūʻali koa a i ʻole nā mea kokoke iā lākou.
Akā loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻike maʻamau loa o ke kaua mai nā mea koa a me nā ʻohana. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapanui o ka poʻe i paʻi ʻia e nā kaua o kēia wā, ʻaʻole ia he koa. I kahi e kū nei i waena He 60 a me 80 miliona mau kānaka make i ka wa o ke Kaua Honua II, a ua oi aku ma 60% o lākou he mau mea lahilahi. Ua make lākou me ka mea i hōʻeha ʻia i nā hana kaua weliweli maʻamau, a i ʻole nā kala kaua weliweli, a i ʻole nā hewa i ke kanaka. Ua hoʻohuli ʻia kahi helu like ʻole i nā maʻi pili i ka pili a me ka wī, a me nā miliona ma nā wahi a ka poʻe ʻAmelika ʻaʻole i manaʻo e like me nā pūnaewele nui o nā kaua weliweli: ʻo Kina, India, French Indochina, a me nā ʻĀina Holani Hikina. A ʻoiaʻiʻo, kokoke i ʻeono miliona Poles, ka hapa nui o lākou he Iudaio, me ka liʻiliʻi ʻo 16 miliona mau lehulehu Soviet. ua make i ka lele pio ana a ko Nazi i hooikaika a me ka hooikaika ana i na mahele nui o ka aoao Soviet.
A ua pau ʻole ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka moʻolelo o nā makaʻāinana i luku ʻia e kēlā kaua. ʻO kekahi 60 miliona mau kānaka lilo a haʻalele ʻia a i mahele paha ma kona ala ma, he lehulehu ka hemo mai ko lākou mau home mai.
No laila he aha ke ʻano o ke kaua no nā poʻe e noho ana i kahi e kū ai? Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kekahi kumu kūpono e pili ana i ka mea inā makemake mākou. ʻAʻole paʻakikī i ka ʻohi nā moʻolelo pilikino o ia mau ʻike i loko o nā kaua i hala. Akā he aha ka mea e hiki iā mākou ke ʻike e pili ana i nā makaʻāinana e noho nei ma o nā kaua o kā mākou ʻāina i Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, a me Yemen paha? Aia pū kekahi, nā waihona pilikino kōkua i loaʻa:, akā, e hele ʻoe e ʻimi.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki, no ka mea, he aʻo e aʻo i kahi mea e pili ana i ka make o nā kānaka 200 i loko o kahi kula i kī ʻia e kahi pahu mokuahi US hoʻokahi i ke kūlanakauhale Suria o Raqqa. Akā ʻaʻole ia e hiki iā mākou ke manaʻo i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka hōʻeha ʻole o ke kino kanaka i wāwahi ʻia i kēlā wā o ke kula. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻolohe iā mākou i nā kīʻaka i kēlā manawa a i ʻole hou e hoʻonā i ka ʻalani o ka mea i make. Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ia ʻano.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka nohona o kēlā me kēia lā i kahi kaua i ke kaua ʻaʻole nā leo uē a pilau hoʻi. ʻO ka nui o ka manawa he ola maʻamau ia, akā ʻike ʻia me kahi ʻano o ka ʻike pālua. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, hoʻouna ʻoe i kāu poʻe keiki i ke kula, hele wāwae i ka mākeke e kūʻai aku ai, hele i kāu mau māla e mahi ʻai a kanu paha. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻike ʻoe i kēlā me kēia manawa hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia kou ola maʻamau - pau, ʻoiaʻiʻo - e nā pūʻali āu e kāohi ʻole ai.
ʻO ia ka mea like ia iaʻu i nā mahina aʻu i noho ai, e like me ka mea e makemake ai kaʻu hoa e ʻōlelo, e hoʻāʻo ana e pepehi iaʻu ma kekahi ʻāina o kekahi. Ma 1984, hana wau noʻeono mau mahina ma nā kahua kaua o Nicaragua i lilo nei i mea manawaleʻa no Ke ʻIke no ka Maluhia (WFP). Ma 1979, ua alakaʻi ka poʻe Sandinista i ke kaua kūʻē o ka lāhui, e hoʻokūkū ana i ka dictator US-kākoʻo i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Anastasio Somoza. I ka pane, ua hāʻawi ʻo US i ka poʻe hoʻohālikelike, a i ʻole "contras," nāna, i koʻu manawa i hōʻea ai, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka pūʻali koa kaua e kūʻē i ko Sandinistas. Ma lalo o ke kuhikuhi ʻana a CIA, ua hana lākou i kahi hoʻolālā koa no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā lawelawe aupuni, me ka haukapila olakino olakino, nā kula, a me nā laina kelepona, a hoʻoweliweli i ka lehulehu kanaka me nā pepehi kanaka, nā lawaiʻa, ka hōʻeha, a me ka mimila.
Ua maʻalahi kaʻu hana: e kipa aku i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale i kūʻē ai lākou a hoʻopaʻa i ka hōʻike no ka poʻe ola. Ma ke kaʻina hana, ua kamaʻilio wau i kahi kanaka nona kona keiki i kāohi ʻia i nā ʻāpana he nui e hoʻolilo iā ia i ke kula kahi i waiho ʻia ai. Ua hālāwai wau me nā keiki o kekahi kanaka 70 makahiki i hoʻokahi hebedoma ma hope o ka lele ʻana ʻo ke contras iā ia e ola ana, e ʻoki ana i ka ʻili o kona maka. Ua kamaʻilio wau me ke kamaʻāina o kekahi kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻākau o Nikaragua, nona nā mākua i ʻaihue ʻia a hoʻopaʻi ʻia e like me ka make.
ʻOi aku ka moemoeā mua o WFP ma mua o ka ʻohiʻohi ʻana i nā moʻolelo weliweli. ʻO nā mea manawaleʻa ʻAmelika e hāʻawi i kahi "pale o ke aloha" no ka poʻe Nicaraguans e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e nā contras kākoʻo US. ʻO ke kumumanaʻo e hoʻoliʻiliʻi paha lākou i ka hoʻouka kaua i kahi kaona inā ʻike lākou aia nā kamaʻāina US ma ia wahi, o nahu lākou i ka lima e hānai ana iā lākou. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole makemake nā Sandinistas e hoʻokau i nā malihini e like me aʻu ma kēlā ala, a - mamao loa aku i ka pale kaua - i nā manawa pilikia he kuleana nui mākou i kekahi manawa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka pō e hoʻopuni ana nā mea pānaʻi iā Jalapa, kahi aʻu e noho ai no kekahi mau pule, ua hoʻouna aku ke kiaʻāina o ke kaona i kekahi mau koa me nā pū e kiaʻi ai i ka hale o nā "pacifists ʻAmelika." Nui loa ka mea e pale ana iā wai. (I kēlā pō kikoʻī, ua kūʻē ka pūʻali koa Nicaraguan i nā contras ma mua o ko lākou hiki ʻana iā Jalapa. Hiki iā mākou ke lohe i kahi kaua ma kahi mamao aku, akā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻoweliweli i ke kaona ponoʻī.)
I kēlā lā a pau, ua eli mākou i ke kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana iā Jalapa pakele, kahi pale i lalo e pale aku ai i nā keiki a me ka poʻe ʻelemākule inā hoʻouka kaua lele. Ke kanu nei nā kamaʻāina o ke kaona i nā kumulāʻau ma nā puʻu nāhelehele kahi i ʻae ʻo Somoza iā US a me nā ʻoihana lāʻau ʻo Canada e hōʻoki i ka ulu ulu kahiko. He hana weliweli kēia; ʻo nā mea kanu lāʻau nā pahuhopu contra punahele. Akā ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ke kaona e hele wale nei i ko lākou ola maʻamau - hana i ka mākeke, holoi lole, hoʻopaʻa kaʻa - ʻoiai nā mea kani leo ma ka lihi o ke kaona i hoʻolaha i nā lono e pili ana i nā kāʻili contra hou loa.
ʻO kēia ka mea e ola ai i kahi kahua kaua: e kanu ʻoe i nā lāʻau i lawe i ke makahiki 20 e pākeke, e ʻike ana i ka manawa like ʻole ʻoe e ola i ka pō.
E hoʻomanaʻo pono ua liʻiliʻi kaʻu mau ʻike. ʻAʻole wau no Nicaraguan. Hiki iaʻu ke haʻalele i nā manawa a pau aʻu i koho ai. A hala kēlā mau malama eono, ua hoʻi au i ka home. Na Nicaraguans he home. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka nui o ia kaua ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā kaua o US i kēia manawa ma mua o ka Middle East East. A laki ʻo Nicaraguans e pakele ai i kekahi o nā hopena maikaʻi loa o ka hakakā ʻana e hakakā nei i loko o kahi kaiāulu. No ka mea pinepine, hana pinepine ka kaua i ka kanu a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka pōpilikia a i ka wā e hoʻopau ʻia ai ka pōʻaiʻai i ka pōloli. Eia kekahi, ua pōkole ka mea, ʻoiai ke kuhihewa nei nā contras i nā kula a me nā kumu, ʻaʻole i nalowale kekahi hanauna a lākou e aʻo ai, e like me hana i kēia manawa ma nā wahi o ka Hikina Nui Hikina.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka poʻe Nicaraguans i nele i ka wai a me ka wai e kahe ana, no laila ʻaʻole he pōʻino nui i hana ʻia i ka wāse fue la luz ”- ua hooki ʻia ka ikehu, e like me ka mea pinepine i ka wā i kohi ʻia ai nā contras i kahi mana hana. ʻOi aku ka pōʻino i ka wā ose fue el agua ”- ka wai i loko o nā home o nā kānaka a i ʻole hoʻi i nā pā kai i kahe ai i ka holo, pinepine ma muli o ka pāpā hakakā ʻana ma kahi pākahi moku a i ʻole ko lākou luku ʻia ʻana i nā paipu wai. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui, he mau mea leʻaleʻa maikaʻi ʻole kēia i loko o kahi kaiāulu kahi i ʻike ʻole ai ka uila a me ka wai e kahe ana.
E noʻonoʻo ma kahi o ʻoe e noho ai (a i noho paha) i kahi kūlanakauhale nui o ka Hikina Waena - e ʻōlelo, Ramadi, Fallujah, Mosul, a me Aleppo (nā mea āpau āpau a aneane paha e hoʻemi ʻia a ka palapala), a i ʻole ke kūlanakauhale e like me Baghdad, ʻoiai nā pōkā hoʻomake mau, ke hana nei nō. ʻO kou ola, ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻonohonoho ʻia a puni ka ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao hou e lawe mai ai i ka malamalama, a i ka mana, a me ka wai i loko o kou home. IʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ke ʻole ʻoe e noho ma ʻO Flint, Michigan, he mea paʻakikī ia e hopu i ka mea e like me ka pono ole ka wai me ka wai e hilinaʻi i waho o ka faucet.
Inā paha ʻoe i ala i hoʻokahi kakahiaka a ʻaʻole i hoʻopiʻi kā kāu kelepona i ka pō, ua pau nā hana o ke kukui, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kāu Pop-Tarts, a ʻaʻohe manaʻolana o kahi kīʻaha kope, no ka mea ʻaʻohe wai. ʻAʻohe wai i kēlā lā a pau, a i kekahi lā aʻe, a i ʻole ka mea ma hope. He aha kāu e hana ai ma hope o ka hala ʻana o ka wai hue mai nā hale kūʻai? He aha kāu e hana ai ke nānā aku ʻoe i kāu mau keiki e nāwaliwali mai ka make wai? Ma hea ʻoe e hele ai, ke ʻike ʻoe e make ana ʻoe inā ʻoe e noho ma kahi kamaʻāina i noho lōʻihi ai ma kou home? He aha, ʻoiaʻiʻo, e hana ʻoe inā kūʻē i nā pūʻali koa (e like me ka hapa nui o nā kūlanakauhale i haʻi ʻia aʻe nei) e hakakā me kou kaiāulu.
Realitoni paha?
Ua aʻo wau i nā haumāna o ke kula i kahi makahiki i hoʻokahi makahiki. Ke kū nei wau i nā haumāna i noho i ko lākou ola āpau i kahi ʻāina i ʻōlelo ʻia ai mākou he "kaua." ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka manawa ma 2001 i ka manawa i haʻi aku ai ʻo George W. Bush i ka Kaua Honua Huipū. Akā ko lākouʻike no kēia kaua, e like me kaʻu i ʻike ai, he liʻiliʻi ʻole ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ʻoi aku ka TV ʻoi aku ka nui. Hana lākou iPhones; ka wai a mālamalama i ko lākou mau home ua maikaʻi; lākou ma ka pō a me ke ao. ʻAʻohe mea e hoʻolei i kā lākou pili. ʻAʻohe o ko lākou ʻano kamaʻāina e hele i ka pūʻali koa. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ko lākou ola ma muli o ke "kaua" (a i ʻole mau kaua) ka hakakā ʻana o ko lākou ʻāina ma ko lākou inoa ma nā ʻāina mamao.
ʻO kā lākou hoʻi, he ʻano hana ʻokoʻa loa o nā "kaua," he mea ʻole me ka mohai. ʻAʻole nele ia i nā puke kumu, nā lāʻeleʻele, nā hemahema o nā hanauna o koʻu makua i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II. ʻAʻole mau ka makaʻu i ka pūʻali koa i pae mai i nā kahakai a i ʻole launa mai kā mākou lani. ʻAʻohe o mākou e makaʻu e hoʻoneʻe ke kaua i kā mākou meaʻai, ka uila, ka wai, a i ʻole kekahi mea waiwai nui o nā mea āpau, ʻo kā mākou Wi-Fi. No mākou, inā mākou e noʻonoʻo pili iā lākou, ʻo ke ʻano o nā hakakā heʻaila wale nō ke kaua make-whakapono ʻole, he mea paha e lana nei kekahi ma kekahi honua i loko o ke ao ʻē aʻe.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma kahi ʻano, hiki ʻole ke ʻōlelo he mea ʻole mākou i kā kāua mea. ʻO ka mea ʻilihune o mākou, ʻo ia hoʻi, i kaumaha loa i ka hapa nui, e noho ana ma kahi ʻāina e makemake e waiho kokoke i kēlā me kēia kālā i loko o ka Pentagon a me kāna mau kaua, akā "ʻaʻole hiki" ke hoʻolako i nā mea pilikino i hāʻawi ʻia hoʻomala ʻia ma ka Hōʻike Mua Nui o nā Pono Kānāwai: ke ola, nā meaʻai, nā lole, ka hoʻonaʻauao, ʻaʻole e ʻōlelo, i kēia mau lā, o aeuiiai ieaia?. ^ E Ha yM. He aha ka hana a kahi aupuni US e hiki ai no ke olakino, hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka maluhia ākea o kona poʻe kānaka, inā ʻaʻole kaʻaila ʻole ʻoi aku i ka hapalua pono ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina i ka pūʻali koa?
Aia hoʻi he mea ʻē aʻe a mākou i kaumaha ai, ʻoiai: ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo. ʻAʻole mākou e halihali i ko mākou ʻike ma nā hopena o kēlā mau kaua ma luna o ko mākou pūʻali koa, ma luna o ko mākou poʻe ʻenemi koa, a i ʻole a me nā miliona miliona o nā lāhui a ua ola ʻia nā kino o lākou. Kēia mau hopena i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma waho o ko mākou noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo o ka Pax Americana honua. Ua hoomaemae ia ko kakou ike o na kaua hope ole o ko kakou aina hoʻopihaʻia no kā mākou hoʻohana ʻana i ke ala o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā mea hana a hoʻopili i nā pilina o nā poʻe hanana ma nā hanana TV ʻoiaʻiʻo e like ʻO ke Bachelor.
Inā ʻo Vietnam ka kaua voalohany ma ka televised, a laila ʻo ka 1991 Gulf War e kūʻē iā Saddam Hussein's Iraq ʻo ia ka wikiō ʻano pāʻani wikiō-pāʻani-mua. Na wai e poina i ka i nā kiʻi ʻulaʻula o nā pahū ma luna o Baghdad i kēlā pō mua (ʻoiai inā ua poina iā lākou ka ʻO 50 ka "decapitation" pā kūʻē i ke alakaʻi Iraqi i pepehi ʻole i hoʻokahi o lākou akā ka nui o nā lehulehu)? ʻO wai ka mea hiki ke hoʻopoina i nā hoʻolaha ola i kahe ʻia mai nā kāmela wikiō i hoʻopili ʻia i nā pōkā "akamai" - a i ʻole ka manawa ʻelua o lākou luku ʻia he aha ka mea i lilo ai i wahi hoʻokahikena keʻena lehulehu i make i ka ʻoihana ma mua o ko 200 poʻe huna i loko? ʻO wai ka poina hiki i kēlā mau ʻōlelo ola mai CNN nāna i hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ʻike a aneane mākou i ʻike iā mākou iho a maopopo i nā mea like ʻole e ʻike ʻia i mua o ko mākou mau maka?
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua noi ʻo University of Massachusetts ma hope mai Loaʻa "ka nānā ʻana o ka poʻe nui o ka poʻe TV i ka wā ʻo ke Kaiāulu ka liʻiliʻi, ua ʻike lākou i nā kumu pili, a ʻo ia hoʻi ke kākoʻo lākou i ke kaua." A inā paha i maopopo iā mākou nā "kumu lalo," ua maopopo iā mākou e like me ʻoe e ʻohi ʻia ma lalo o ka hale o kou hale ponoʻī.
Ma kahi kokoke i 16 mau makahiki kaua mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 9 / 11, ua ulu wale ka mystification ma ka "home home", no ka mea ua nalo ke nānā ʻana a me kekahi o kā mākou mau kaua hoʻomau (e like me Afghanistan) ua poina nui ia. Ke hoʻololi pinepine nei ko mākou mau ʻenemi. ʻO wai hoʻi e hoʻomanaʻo nei i al-Qaeda ma Iraq a i lilo paha i aupuni? ʻO ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ka wā e kaua ana mākou i ka al-Qaeda-inspir-al-Nusra Front (a ʻoiai paha mākou e hakakā ʻana iā lākou) ma kahi o hāpaiʻia kona mau militants i loko o kahi hui ku e kūʻē iā Bashir al-Assad ma Suria? Hiki i nā ʻenemi ke huli, akā hoʻomau wale ʻia nā kaua e like me ka nui o nā metastasizing cell cells.
E like me ka helu o kā mākou kaua e hoʻonuiEia naʻe, e like me ka ulu ʻana o kā lākou liʻiliʻi ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. No laila e lilo hou i mea nui loa, ʻoiai mākou e hoʻohana nei i kēia mau kaua e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. He mea nui ia e hoʻomanaʻo iā mākou iho ʻo ke kaua ke ala maikaʻi loa ia o ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i nā kū'ē ʻole kanaka, i ka nānā ʻia ʻana o ka hōʻeha ʻana i nā kino kanaka (a me ka hōʻino ʻana i nā kumu o ke ola kanaka a hiki i kekahi ʻaoʻao ke hiki ʻole ke kū i ka ʻeha. ʻOi aku ka pōʻino, ʻoiai ʻo ia mau makahiki iā 16 mai ka hōʻike ʻana o 9 / 11, ua hōʻeha kā mākou mau kaua i ka ʻeha ʻole a kū i ka hakakā ʻole.
I kēia ʻāina, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike pono i nā kaua o ʻAmelika i wāwahi ʻia nā kino maoli o ka poʻe maoli, make ka poʻe maoli, a ua hoʻololi ʻia nā kūlanakauhale maoli. Hiki iā mākou ke nānā i nā ninaninau me nā mea pakele o nā mokulele mokulele hou loa i ka pō lela a laila hopu i ka hopena hou o ka ersatz e hōʻeha nei ma ka Ola. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, lilo ia i paʻakikī no ka hapanui o mākou e haʻi (a i ʻole e mālama) ka mea maoli, ʻo ia wale nō ʻo TV ponoʻī.
Rebecca Gordon, a ʻO TomDispatch mau, ke aʻo nei i ka ʻoihana piliona ma ke Kulanui o Kapalakiko. ʻO ia ka mea kākau o Nā Noremberg Nūpepa: Nā Luna Aupuni o ke Aupuni i kū i ka hoʻokolokoloʻana no ka Post-9 / 11 War Crimes. ^ E Ha yM. Hoʻokomo ʻia kāna mau puke ma mua Nā papa hana mahele: Ka hoʻokele pili ʻana ma ke kikowaena Post-9 / 11 a Nā leka mai Nicaragua.
hahai ʻO TomDispatch on Twitter ae hui pū me mākou Facebook. E nānā i ka Buke Hoʻouna Hou loa, ʻo John Dower's Ka Century American Century: Ke Kaua a me ke Terror Mai ke Kaua Honua II, a me ka puke moʻolelo dystopian a John Feffer's ʻO Splinterlands, Nick Turse E hele mai lākou e helu i ka make, lāua ʻo Tom Engelhardt's Ka Papa Kuleana: Nānāʻana, Wars Secret, a me kahi Kāne Kūʻokoʻa Komohana ma kahi World-Superpower World.
