By Ke Kūkulu'Āina o ka Mokupuni a me ka Hui Kū'ē, Mei 24, 2022
ʻO ka palapala Transpartisan e kūʻē ana i nā kahua kaua hou o ʻAmelika i ʻEulopa a me ka manaʻo ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo i ka Ukrainian, US, a me ka palekana ʻEulopa.
E ka Pelekikena Joseph Biden, ke Kakauolelo o ka Puʻuhonua Lloyd J. Austin III, nā Luna Nui o nā Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Gen. Mark A. Milley, Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Antony Blinken, Kākoʻo Kūkākūkā Lahui ʻo Jake Sullivan, Nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo.
ʻO ka mea nona ka inoa ma lalo nei he pūʻulu ākea o nā mea loiloi koa, nā mea kahiko, nā loea, nā kākoʻo, a me nā hui mai kēlā me kēia ʻano kālai'āina e kūʻē nei i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā pūʻali koa US hou ma ʻEulopa e like me ka hoʻopau ʻana a me ka hōʻino ʻana i ka palekana aupuni a hāʻawi i nā ala ʻē aʻe e pane ai i ka kaua ma Ukraine.
ʻIke mākou i kēia a hoʻonui i kēlā me kēia wahi ma lalo nei:
1) ʻAʻohe hoʻoweliweli pūʻali koa Lūkini e ʻāpono i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kahua pūʻali koa US hou.
2) E hoʻopau nā waihona ʻAmelika hou i nā piliona kālā o nā kālā ʻauhau a hoʻohuli i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana
mālama i ka palekana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
3) E hoʻonui hou ʻia nā kahua kaua hou o US me Russia, e hoʻonui ana i ka
pilikia o ke kaua nukelea.
4) Hiki i ka US ke pani i nā waihona pono ʻole ma ʻEulopa i hōʻailona o ka ikaika ʻoiai
e hoʻonui ana i nā ʻokoʻa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ke kumu kūʻai me nā hoa pili.
5) ʻO nā manaʻo no ka noho pūʻali koa US ma ʻEulopa hiki ke holomua i nā kūkākūkā e hoʻopau i ke kaua
i Ukraine me ka hikiwawe loa.
- ʻAʻohe mea hoʻoweliweli koa Lūkini e hōʻoia i nā kahua kahua hou o US
ʻO ke kaua a Putin ma Ukraine ua hōʻike i ka nāwaliwali o ka pūʻali koa Lūkini, e hāʻawi ana i nā hōʻike he nui ʻaʻole ia he hoʻoweliweli maʻamau i ka United States a me nā hui NATO.
ʻOiai maopopo ka hopohopo e pili ana iā Rūsia ma waena o kekahi ma ʻEulopa, ʻaʻole hoʻoweliweli ka pūʻali koa Lūkini iā ʻEulopa ma waho o Ukraine, Moldova, a me nā Caucuses.
Ma kahi o 300 mau kahua kahua US ma ʻEulopa[1] a me nā pūʻali koa NATO hou aʻe me NATO Paukū 5 (e koi ana i nā lālā e pale aku i kekahi lālā i hoʻouka ʻia) hāʻawi ʻoi aku i ka pale ʻana i nā hoʻouka kaua Lūkini ma NATO. ʻAʻole pono nā kumu hou.
ʻO nā hui NATO wale nō, he mau kahua kaua a me nā pūʻali koa i ʻoi aku ka hiki ke pale aku iā ʻEulopa mai nā hoʻouka kaua Lūkini. Inā hiki i ka pūʻali koa o Ukraine ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi 75% o nā pūʻali kaua o Rūsia,[2] ʻAʻole pono nā hui NATO i nā waihona a me nā pūʻali koa US.
ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻole ʻana i ka helu o nā kahua kaua a me nā pūʻali koa US ma ʻEulopa e hoʻohuli i ka pūʻali koa US mai ka pale ʻana iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
- ʻO nā kumu hou e hoʻopau i nā piliona kālā o ka mea uku ʻauhau
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i nā waihona a me nā pūʻali koa US ma ʻEulopa e hoʻopau i nā piliona kālā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana US a me nā pono ʻē aʻe e koi ana i ka home. Ua hoʻolimalima nui ka poʻe ʻauhau ʻAmelika i ka mālama ʻana i nā waihona a me nā ikaika ma ʻEulopa: ma kahi o $ 30 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.[3]
ʻOiai inā e uku aku nā hoa pili no kekahi mau waihona hou, e hoʻolilo nui ka poʻe ʻauhau ʻauhau i ke kālā no ka mālama ʻana i ka nui o nā pūʻali koa US ma ʻEulopa ma muli o ke kumukūʻai o ka halihali, hoʻonui ʻia nā uku, a me nā lilo ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai e hiki mai ana i ka wā e hoʻihoʻi pinepine ai nā ʻāina hoʻokipa i ke kākoʻo kālā no nā waihona US i ka manawa.
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i nā waihona ʻEulopa hou e hoʻonui i ka waihona kālā Pentagon i ka wā e ʻoki ai mākou i kēlā kālā ma hope o ka hopena o ke kaua Afghan. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka US ma mua o 12 mau manawa i ka mea a Rūsia i hoʻolilo ai i kāna pūʻali koa. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hui US ma NATO ma mua o Rūsia, a ua hoʻolālā ʻo Kelemania a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui nui i kā lākou hoʻolimalima koa.[4]
- E hoʻonui ʻia nā kumu hou i nā ʻāʻī US-Russia, ke kaua weliweli (Nuclear).
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i nā waihona hou US (a i ʻole NATO) ma ʻEulopa e piʻi hou aʻe i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa pūʻali koa me Rūsia, e hoʻonui ana i ka pilikia o ke kaua nuklea me Russia.
ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kahua pūʻali koa US hou ma ʻEulopa Hikina, kokoke a kokoke i nā palena o Rūsia, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻonui ʻana o NATO i nā makahiki he ʻelua i hala aku nei, ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ʻo Rūsia me ka pono ʻole a paipai iā Putin e pane me ka pūʻali koa. Pehea e pane ai nā alakaʻi o ʻAmelika a me ka lehulehu inā ua kūkulu ʻo Rūsia i nā waihona i kēia manawa ma Cuba, Venezuela, a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa?
- ʻO ka pani ʻana i nā kumu he hōʻailona o ka ikaika a me nā hoʻonohonoho palekana ʻē aʻe
ʻO ka pūʻali koa US he nui loa nā kahua kaua-ma kahi o 300 mau kahua-a he nui loa nā pūʻali koa ma ʻEulopa. Mai ka pau ʻana o ke Kaua Cold, ʻaʻole i pale nā waihona US ma ʻEulopa. Ua lawelawe lākou ma ke ʻano he launchpads no nā kaua pōʻino ma ka Middle East.
Hiki i ka US ke hoʻopaʻa pono i nā waihona a hoʻihoʻi i nā pūʻali ma ʻEulopa ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka ikaika a me ka hilinaʻi i ka mana o ka pūʻali koa US a me nā hoa NATO a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻoweliweli maoli e kū nei iā ʻEulopa.
Ua hōʻike ke kaua ma Ukraine i ka mea i ʻike mua ʻia e ka poʻe loea: hiki i nā pūʻali pane wikiwiki ke hoʻouna i ʻEulopa me ka wikiwiki e hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ka ʻenehana ea a me ka moana. ʻO ka nui o nā pūʻali i pane i ke kaua ma Ukraine mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma mua o nā kahua i ʻEulopa, e hāpai ana i nā nīnau e pili ana i ka pono o nā kahua a me nā pūʻali koa ma ʻEulopa.
Ua hōʻike ke kaua ma Ukraine i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻaelike ma nā kahua o ka lāhui, ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kaua a me nā ʻōnaehana logistic ākea, nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, a me ka prepositioning ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ala e kōkua ai i nā hui NATO e pale i ka palekana o ʻEulopa.
- Nā Manaʻo e hoʻomaka i nā kūkākūkā e hoʻopau i ke kaua ma Ukraine
Hiki i ke aupuni US ke hoʻokō i ka hana huahua ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana ma ka hoʻohiki ʻana ʻaʻole e kūkulu i nā waihona hou ma ʻEulopa.
Hiki i ke aupuni US ke hoʻohiki—ma ka lehulehu a malū paha, e like me ka Cuban Missile Crisis—e hōʻemi i kona mau pūʻali, e hoʻihoʻi i nā ʻōnaehana mea kaua, a pani i nā kumu pono ʻole ma ʻEulopa.
Hiki i ka US a me NATO ke hoʻohiki ʻaʻole e ʻae iā Ukraine a i ʻole nā lālā NATO hou ke ʻole e lilo ʻo Rūsia i lālā.
Hiki i ka US a me NATO ke koi i ka hoʻi ʻana i nā kuʻikahi ma ʻEulopa e hoʻokele ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā pūʻali maʻamau a me nā nuklea, me ka nānā mau a me ka nānā ʻana i nā kumu.
No ka pono o ka US, ʻEulopa, a me ka palekana o ka honua, ke noi aku nei mākou iā ʻoe ʻaʻole e hoʻokumu i nā kahua pūʻali koa US hou ma ʻEulopa a e kākoʻo i nā kūkākūkā diplomatic e hoʻopau koke i ke kaua ma Ukraine.
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William J. Astore, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)
ʻO Clare Bayard, ka lālā o ka papa, e pili ana i ke alo o ka poʻe koa e kūʻē i ke kaua
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ʻO Joseph Gerson ka Pelekikena, Pelekikena, no ka Maluhia, Hōʻaleʻaleʻa a me nā Pūnaehana maʻamau
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ʻO Peter Kuznick, Polofesa o ka Mōʻaukala a me Luna Hoʻokele, Institute Institute of Nuclear Studies, American University
Miriam Pemberton, Associate Fellow, Institute for Studies Studies
ʻO David Swanson, ka mea kākau, World BEYOND War
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E pili ana i ke alo o na koa kahiko e ku e i ke kaua
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[1] ʻO ka "Base Structure Report" hou loa a ka Pentagon no FY2020 e hōʻike ana i nā kahua kahua 274. Ua kaulana ʻole ka hōʻike a ka Pentagon. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi pūnaewele 22 hou ma David Vine, Patterson Deppen, a me Leah Bolger, "Drawdown: Hoʻomaikaʻi i ka US a me ka palekana o ka honua ma o ka pani ʻana i ke kahua kaua ma waho." ʻO Quincy pōkole no. 16, ʻO Quincy Institute no ka Waihona Pūnaewele a World BEYOND War, September 20, 2021.
[2] https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/2969068/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing-march-16-2022/.
[3] Kuhi ʻia ka hōʻike "Drawdown" (p. 5) i nā kumukūʻai honua no nā waihona, wale nō, he $55 biliona / makahiki. Me ka 39% o nā waihona 750 US i manaʻo ʻia ma waho o ʻEulopa, nā kumukūʻai no ka ʻāina ma kahi o $ 21.34 biliona / makahiki. ʻO nā kumukūʻai no nā pūʻali koa 100,000 US i kēia manawa ma ʻEulopa ma kahi o $ 11.5 biliona, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kuhi conservative o $ 115,000 / pūʻali.
[4] Diego Lopes da Silva, et al., “Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2021,” SIPRI Fact Sheet, SIPRI, ʻApelila 2022, p. 2.
