Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Kepakemapa 7, 2019
ʻO ka puke hou a Professor Point Timeke o West Point ʻO ke kumu kūʻai o Keʻoiaʻiʻo: ʻO ka Disishance, Hubris, a me ka hala ʻole i ka pūʻali koa US ke hele nei i kahi ala o ka palaho, ka barbarism, ka hana ʻino, a me ka helu ʻole e hele ana mai nā kula ʻoihana koa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs) a hiki i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka pūʻali koa US a me ke kulekele aupuni US, a mai laila a i loko o kahi ʻo ka moʻomeheu US ākea e kākoʻo i ka subcultural o ka pūʻali koa a me kāna mau alakaʻi.
Ua loaʻa i ka US Congress a me nā pelekikena nā mana nunui loa i ka poʻe laulā. ʻO ka Keʻāina Aupuni a me ka US Institute of Peace kahi mea i waiho i ka pūʻali koa. ʻO ke hui a me ka lehulehu e kōkua i ka mālama i kēia hoʻonohonoho me ko lākou makemake e hōʻole i kekahi e kūʻē i nā poʻe laulā. Ke kū'ē nei i ka hāʻawi ʻana aku i nā mea kaua manuahi i Ukraine ke kuikahi nei ka poʻe kuahiwi.
I loko o nā pūʻali koa, aneane ua loaʻa i ka poʻe āpau ka mana o ka poʻe kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopau i kāu hana, he ʻoiaʻiʻo e kōkua i ke kumu e hōʻike ai i nā kumu koa he nui E ʻōlelo ka mea a lākou i manaʻo ai no nā kaua o kēia manawa hope loa o ka hoʻomaha.
Akā no ke aha e hele pū ai ka lehulehu ma waho o ka mālama mau i ka militarism? No ke aha lā he kakaikahi ka ʻōlelo ʻana a e hoʻopiʻi i ka poino i nā kaua wale nō 16% o ka lehulehu haʻi i nā pollsters kākoʻo lākou? ʻĀ, lilo ka Pentagon i $ 4.7 biliona ma 2009, a ʻoi aku paha i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ka pili lehulehu. Uku ʻia nā līkī haʻuki me nā kālā lehulehu e hoʻokumu i nā "hana kuʻuna e like me ka hoʻomana ʻana," e like me kā Bakken wehewehe pono ʻana i nā lele, nā hōʻike mea kaua, nā hoʻohanohano pūʻali koa, a me nā mele hīmeni kaua ma mua o nā hanana haʻuki ʻoihana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka neʻe o ka maluhia ma mua akā piʻi aʻe i kahi pōkole o $ 4.7 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka hoʻolaha ʻana.
ʻO ke kamaʻilio kūʻē ʻana i ke kaua hiki ke hoʻouka iā ʻoe ma ke ʻano he unpriotic a i ʻole "kahi waiwai Lūkia," e kōkua ana e wehewehe i ke kumu o ka haʻi ʻole ʻana o ka poʻe kaiapuni i kekahi o nā mea haumia maikaʻi ʻole, ʻaʻole haʻi nā pūʻulu kōkua i nā mea kōkua i ke kumu mua o ka pilikia. ʻaʻole haʻi ʻia nā pana nui i nā mea pana kīwīwī o nā mea pana, hōʻalo nā pūʻulu anti-racist i ke ʻano o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka militarism i ka hoʻowahāwahā, nā hoʻolālā no nā hana hou ʻōmaʻomaʻo a i ʻole ke koleke manuahi a i ʻole ke olakino mālama pinepine ʻole e haʻi i kahi o ka hapa nui o ke kālā i kēia manawa, a pēlā aku. . ʻO ka lanakila ʻana i luna o kēia āra hana ka hana e World BEYOND War.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Bakken i kahi moʻomeheu a me kahi pūnaehana o ke kānāwai ma West Point e paipai nei i ka wahaheʻe, e hoʻohuli ʻoi ana i mea e pono ai ka ahonui, a hana pono i ka kūpaʻa ʻo ia ka waiwai nui. ʻO Major General Samuel Koster, e lawe i kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nui wale i loko o kēia puke, ua hoʻopunipuni e pili ana i kāna poʻe koa i ka luku ʻana i nā ʻano kīnā ʻole 500, a laila ua uku ʻia me ka mea i hana ma ke ʻano nui ma West Point. Kūpono ka hoʻopunipuni i kahi hana i luna, ʻo kekahi mea iā Colin Powell, no ka laʻana, ʻike a hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā makahiki he nui ma mua o kona Destroy-Iraq Farce ma United Nations.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Bakken i nā mea wahaheʻe pūʻali koa kiʻekiʻe - lawa e hoʻokumu iā lākou ma ke ʻano maʻamau. ʻAʻole loaʻa iā Chelsea Manning ke ʻano ʻokoʻa i ka ʻike. Ua noho mālie nā tausani o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me ka hoʻolohe ʻole. Ke noho mālie nei, ka wahaheʻe ʻana inā pono, ka cronyism, a me ke lawlessness ke ʻano o nā kumumanaʻo o ka militarism US. Ma ka lawlessness manaʻo wau ʻelua ua lilo kāu kuleana i kou komo ʻana i ka pūʻali koa (ka hihia o ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻi 1974 Kahia v. Levy hoʻokomo pono i ka pūʻali koa ma waho o ke Kumukānāwai) a ʻaʻohe kumu o ka hui ma waho o ka pūʻali koa e hoʻopaʻa i ka puali koa i kekahi kānāwai.
Hoʻokaʻawale ka pūʻali koa a hoʻomaopopo iā ia iho he ʻoi aku i ka honua kīwila a me kāna mau kānāwai. ʻAʻole pale wale nā luna kiʻekiʻe i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana, pale ʻia lākou i ka hoʻohewa. ʻO nā Generals i nīnau ʻole ʻole ʻia e kekahi e hana i nā haʻiʻōlelo ma West Point e haʻi ana i nā kāne ʻōpio a me nā wahine ma ka noho wale ʻana ma laila ma ke ʻano he haumāna ʻoi aku lākou kiʻekiʻe a hewa ʻole.
Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke kele i ka maoli. Ke hoʻohālikelike nei ʻo West Point i ke kula kūʻokoʻa me nā kūlana kula kiʻekiʻe, akā ʻo ka hana ʻoi loa e loaʻa nā haumāna, hōʻoia i nā kiko a uku no kekahi makahiki o ke kula kiʻekiʻe no nā mea haʻuki kūpono, ʻae i nā haumāna i koho ʻia e nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo no ka mea "hāʻawi" nā mākua iā nā hoʻolaha a nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, a hāʻawi i kahi aʻo kaiāulu o ke koleke kaiāulu wale nō me ka hazing, ka hana ʻino, a me ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka hoihoi. Lawe ʻo West Point i nā koa a haʻi aku iā lākou he polopeka, e hana koʻikoʻi nei e like me ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā lākou he limahana kōkua a i ʻole kūkulu ʻāina a i ʻole mālama mālama. Māka nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa i kokoke e hoʻomākaukau ai no nā hana kolohe. He kumuhana koi ka pahu mokomoko. ʻElima mau manawa ka hana hoʻomāinoino ʻia ʻana o nā wahine ma nā ʻāpana ʻekolu pūʻali koa ma mua o nā kula ʻē aʻe o US.
"E noʻonoʻo," i kākau ai ʻo Bakken, "i kekahi kula nui i kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma ʻAmelika kahi e laha nui nei ka hana hoʻomāinoino a ke holo nei nā haumāna i nā pahu lāʻau kūlohelohe ʻoiai ke hoʻohana nei nā keʻena mālama kānāwai i nā ʻano hana e kāohi i ka Mafia e hoʻāʻo e hopu iā lākou. ʻAʻohe kula nui a kula nui paha, akā aia ʻekolu mau ʻaoʻao pūʻali koa i kūpono i ka pila. ”
ʻO nā haumāna o West Point, ʻaʻohe o lākou kuleana Kumukānāwai, hiki ke ʻimi ʻia ko lākou lumi e nā pūʻali koa a me nā kiaʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe palapala koi. ʻ toldlelo ʻia nā kumu, nā limahana, a me nā cadets e ʻike hewa i nā hana hewa a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a "hoʻoponopono" iā lākou. Pāpā ʻia ke kānāwai kūlike ʻole o ka Justice Justice ma ka ʻōlelo "hoʻowahāwahā" i nā luna kiʻekiʻe loa, kahi e hana ai i kahi ʻano hanohano e manaʻo mua ai kekahi e hoʻāla wale ana i ka mea a Bakken e hōʻike ai e hoʻouluulu nei: narcissism, ʻili lahilahi, a me ka prima donna a i ʻole ka lawena e like me ka mākaʻi i ka poʻe hilinaʻi ma luna ona.
ʻO nā haumāna puka o West Point, 74 pakeneka e hōʻike nei he "conservative" kālaiʻāina ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 45 pākēneka o nā haumāna puka kula nui āpau. a 95 pākēneka e ʻōlelo "ʻo ʻAmelika ka ʻāina maikaʻi loa o ka honua" i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 77 pakeneka ma luna o nā mea āpau. Kākoʻo ʻo Bakken i ke Kumu ʻO West Point ʻO Professor Kil Kilner ma ke ʻano he laʻana o kekahi e kaʻana like a paipai i kēlā mau manaʻo. Ua hana wau i ka lehulehu nā kūkākūkā me Kilner a ʻike ʻo ia iā ia mai kahi kūpono ʻole, ʻano liʻiliʻi ʻole hoʻi. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ka loaʻa ʻole ʻana o ka manawa ma waho o ka puhikaua kaua, a me ka manaʻolana ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi no kēlā mea.
"ʻO kekahi o nā kumu no ka pono pono ʻole i ka pūʻali koa," kākau ʻo Bakken, "he hoʻowahāwahā hoʻokumu ʻia no ka lehulehu, me ke kauoha kīwila hoʻi." Ke piʻi nei ka hoʻouka kolohe, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka pūʻali koa US. "I ka wā e oli ai nā cadets Air Force," i kākau ai ʻo Bakken, "ʻoiai lākou e hele ana, e hoʻohana lākou i kahi 'kaula kaulahao' e ʻokiʻoki i kahi wahine" i ʻelua "a mālama" i ka hapalua o lalo a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i luna, "ke hōʻike nei lākou i kā lākou ʻike honua. ”
"ʻO kahi ana o ka luna kiʻekiʻe o ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka pūʻali koa e hōʻike ana i ka lawehala ākea," kākau ʻo Bakken, ma mua o ka holo ʻana i loko o ia ʻano ana. ʻO ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o ka pūʻali koa i nā hewa moekolohe e nā luna kiʻekiʻe, e like me ka mea i haʻi ʻia e Bakken, hoʻohālikelike kūpono ʻia e ia i ka hana a ka Ekalesia Katolika.
ʻAʻole pili ka manaʻo o ka palekana a me ka kuleana i kekahi mau kanaka, akā ua hoʻokumu ʻia. ʻO kahi keonimana i kēia manawa ma San Diego a i kapa ʻia ʻo Fat Leonard i hoʻokipa he nui i nā pāʻina moekolohe ma ʻAsia no nā luna o ka US Navy i panai ʻia no ka ʻike huna pilikino e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā a ka Navy.
Inā noho ka pūʻali koa i ka pūʻali koa, e liʻiliʻi ka pilikia ma mua o ka. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻino nā poʻe puka o West Point i ka honua. Ua hoʻomalu lākou i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka pūʻali koa US a he mau makahiki i hala. ʻO Douglas MacArthur, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka mōʻaukala Bakken ʻōlelo, "hoʻopuni ʻo ia iā ia iho" me nā kāne "ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia i ka honua moemoeā o ka hoʻomana iā ia iho i koho ai e ola." Ua lawe ʻo MacArthur iā Kina i loko o ke kaua Kōlea, hoʻāʻo e hoʻohuli i ke kaua nukelea, he kuleana nui ia no nā make he miliona, a - i kahi hanana kakaʻikahi loa - puhi ʻia.
ʻO William Westmoreland, e like me ka mea kākau moʻolelo i hoʻopuka ʻia e Bakken, he "kuanaʻike ākea loa ma kahi ākea e hāpai ana i nā nīnau nui o [kona] ʻike i ka pōʻaiapili o ke kaua." ʻO Westmoreland, ʻoiai, ua luku ʻia ka luku genocidal ma Vietnam a, e like me MacArthur, i hoʻāʻo e hana i ke kaua nuklea.
"ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hohonu kupaianaha o kā MacArthur a me Westmoreland i loaʻa ai," i kākau ai ʻo Bakken, "alakaʻi i ka maopopo maopopo i nā hemahema i ka pūʻali koa a pehea e lilo ai ʻo ʻAmelika i nā kaua."
Ua wehewehe ʻo Bakken i ka Admiral Dennis Blair i haʻalele i ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻano koa o ke kamaʻilio kapu ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ke aupuni kīwila i ka makahiki 2009 a ke hana nei i kahi ala hou o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā whistleblowers ma lalo o ke kānāwai Espionage, ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā mea paʻi e like me Julian Assange, a me ka noi ʻana i nā luna kānāwai e hoʻopaʻahao i nā mea kūkala nūhou a hōʻike lākou i kā lākou nā kumuwaiwai. Ua wehewehe ʻo Blair iā ia iho e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka pūʻali koa i ke aupuni.
Nā wahaheʻe kahi hoʻopunipuni. E wahahee hoʻi ka wahaʻōlelo koa. ʻO ka hihia i hōʻike ʻia i ka lehulehu no kēlā me kēia kaua (ua hana pinepine ʻia e nā poʻe kālai'āina kūwaho e like me ka pūʻali koa) ke kūlike ʻole nei kekahi i kākau i kahi puke i kapa ʻia. ʻO Kaua ke Kaua. E like me kā Bakken i haʻi ai, ʻo Watergate a me Iran-Contra he mau laʻana o ka palaho i hoʻokau ʻia e ka moʻomeheu pūʻali koa. A, ʻoiai, i loko o nā papa inoa o nā wahaheʻe koʻikoʻi a me nā mea nui ʻole e loaʻa ai i ka palaho o ka pūʻali koa eia kēia: ʻo nā mea i hoʻonoho ʻia e kiaʻi i nā mea kaua nukelea e wahaheʻe, hoʻopunipuni, ʻona, a hāʻule i lalo - a hana pēlā no nā makahiki he haneli i nānā ʻole ʻia, a laila e makaʻu nei. nā ola āpau ma ka honua.
Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ke Kakauolelo o ka Navy wahahee mai i Kongres ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,100 US mau kula e pāpā ana i nā mea hōʻiliʻili o ka pūʻali koa. Ua hāʻawi aku wau me kahi hoa aloha i kahi uku inā hiki i kekahi ke hoʻomaopopo i hoʻokahi wale nō o kēlā mau kula. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea hiki. No laila, ua haʻi kahi waha ʻōlelo Pentagon i kekahi mau wahaheʻe hou e uhi i ka mea kahiko. ʻAʻole no ka mālama ʻana o kekahi. ʻAʻohe o nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo wahaheʻe i wahaheʻe e hiki ke lawe ʻia i kahi e ʻōlelo ai i hoʻokahi huaʻōlelo e pili ana iā ia; akā, ua hoʻokūpaʻa lākou i ka poʻe e mālama nei i ka pilikia mai nā hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo a ke Kakauolelo o ka Navy e hōʻike nei. Ua kipaku ʻia ke kākau ʻōlelo i kekahi mau mahina ma hope aku, he mau pule wale nō i hala aku nei, no ka hana ʻana i ka ʻaelike me Pelekikena Trump ma hope o ke Kakauolelo o ka Puʻukaua, ʻoiai he ʻokoʻa ko lākou mau manaʻo ʻekolu e pili ana i kahi e hoʻomaopopo ai a e kala ai a hoʻonani ai paha i kekahi kaua. nā kalaima.
ʻO kahi ala e laha ʻia ana ka hana ʻino mai ka pūʻali koa i ka lehulehu o ka make ʻana o ka poʻe ʻōiwi, ʻo ia ka poʻe hana kū i ka papa inoa o nā ʻano. nā mea kani nui. I kēia pule wale nō, aia he ʻelua mau kī ʻana ma nā kahua kaua o US ma US, ʻo ia mau mea e nā kāne i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e ka pūʻali koa US, ʻo kekahi o lākou he kanaka Saudi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana i Florida e lele i nā mokulele (a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa e hāpai i ka mea nui loa hoʻomāinoino hoʻomāinoino ma ka honua) - nā mea āpau e hōʻike i ka zombie-like repetitive a counterproductive ʻano o militarism. Ua hōʻike ʻo Bakken i kahi noiʻi i ʻike ʻia ma 2018 ua ʻike ʻia nā mākaʻi o Dallas i ka wā kahiko i ke kī ʻana i kā lākou pū i ka wā e hana ana, a kokoke i ka hapakolu o nā luna āpau i komo i ke kī ʻana he poʻe koa. Ma 2017 kahi haumāna West Point i hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka pana nui ʻana ma West Point i pale ʻia.
Nui ka poʻe i paipai iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka hōʻike a ʻaʻole i hoʻolohe i ka hōʻike o nā lewa i nā hana ʻino e like me My Lai a me Abu Ghraib e like me nā mea i hōʻea wale ʻia. A noi mai ʻo Bakken iā mākou e ʻike ʻaʻole i ka pākuhi wale nō akā na kāna kumu i loko o ka moʻomeheu e hoʻohālike a paipai i ka hana kolohe ʻole.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hana ʻana no ka pūʻali koa US e like me ke kākaʻōlelo ma West Point, ua kuhikuhi ʻo Bakken i ka hana maʻamau o kēlā pūʻali koa hui, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo 75 mau makahiki i hala iho nei o nā kaua nalowale. He kū maoli ʻo Bakken a pololei hoʻi e pili ana i nā helu kau kāʻei, a e pili ana i ke ʻano hōʻino a me ka counterproductive o ka mea ʻole a pau i hoʻomake i kā nā US pūʻali koa e hoʻomau nei i ka honua.
Ua ʻike ka poʻe kolone mua o US i nā pūʻali koa e like me ka poʻe e noho kokoke ana i nā kahua pūʻali koa US i nā ʻāina ʻē ke ʻike pinepine iā lākou i kēia lā: ma ke ʻano he "nursery of vice." I kekahi ana kūpono, pono e ʻike like ka manaʻo like ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia manawa. ʻO ka pūʻali koa US ka ʻoi aku paha o ke kūlana kūleʻa ma kāna mau ʻōlelo ponoʻī (a me nā huaʻōlelo a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe) i ke kaiāulu o US, ʻo ia hoʻi ka demokratika liʻiliʻi loa, ʻo ia kekahi o nā lawehala a me nā mea kolohe, akā mau a mahalo nui ʻia i nā balota manaʻo. Hōʻike ʻo Bakken i ka hana ʻana o kēia adulate nīnau ʻole i hubris i ka pūʻali koa. Mālama pū kekahi ia i ka makaʻu i ka lehulehu ke hiki kūʻē aku i ka militarism.
Mālama ʻia nā "alakaʻi" koa i kēia lā ma ke ʻano he keiki aliʻi. "ʻO nā pūkaua hōkū ʻehā a me nā Admirals i kēia lā," kākau ʻo Bakken, "lele ʻia ma nā mokulele ʻaʻole wale no ka hana akā no ka ski, hoʻomaha, a me nā kolepa kolepa (234 mau papa kolepa koa) i lawelawe ʻia e ka pūʻali koa US a puni ka honua, me ka He ʻumikūmālua mau mea kōkua, nā kalaiwa, nā kiaʻi kiaʻi, nā chef gourmet, a me nā pāpale e lawe i kā lākou mau ʻeke. " Ua makemake ʻo Bakken e pau kēia a manaʻo ʻo ia he hana kūʻē i ka hiki o ka pūʻali koa US e hana pono i nā mea āpau āna i manaʻo ai e hana. A kākau wiwo ʻole ʻo Bakken i kēia mau mea ma ke ʻano he polopika kīwila ma West Point i lanakila i ka hihia o ka ʻaha kūʻē i ka pūʻali koa no kāna hoʻopaʻi no kāna whistleblow.
Akā, ʻo Bakken, e like me ka hapa nui o nā whistleblowers, mālama i hoʻokahi wāwae i loko o kahi i hōʻike ʻia e ia. E like me kēlā me kēia kama'āina US, ʻeha ʻo ia ʻO ke Kaua Honua II, ka mea e hoʻomake nei i ka manaʻo kuhi ʻole a i ʻole hiki ke hana i ke kaua i hiki ke kūpono a maikaʻi a lanakila.
Hauoli Poʻomana Pelekane, e nā kānaka a pau.
E like me ka nui o nā mea e nānā nei iā MSNBC a me CNN, ʻeha ʻo Bakken mai Russiagatism. E nānā i kēia ʻōlelo kupaianaha mai kāna puke mai: "Ua hana ʻoi aku kekahi mau ʻenekini cyber Lūkini e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ke koho balota pelekikena ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ke aupuni a ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o nā mea kaua o ke Kaua Cold, a ua kōkua ka pūʻali koa US e kāohi iā lākou. Ua paʻa i loko o kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa o ka noʻonoʻo, hoʻokahi i hana i kanahikukumamālima mau makahiki i hala. "
ʻOiai, ʻo nā hoʻopiʻi hihiu o Russiagate e pili ana iā Trump i manaʻo ʻia e hana pū ana me Rūsia e hoʻāʻo e hoʻohuli i ke koho balota 2016 ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo pū i ka ʻōlelo i hoʻohuli maoli ʻia kēlā ʻano hana a "destabilized" i ke koho balota. Akā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo Russiagate e hoʻokau i kēlā manaʻo hoʻomākeʻaka a i ʻole - e like me aneʻi - maopopo. I kēia manawa ua hoʻoholo ka militarism Cold War i ka hopena o nā koho balota he nui o US. A laila aia ka pilikia o ke noi ʻana e hele mai ka pūʻali koa US me nā hoʻolālā e kūʻē i nā hoʻolaha Facebook. ʻOiaʻiʻo? ʻO wai lākou e pōpō ai? Ehia? I ke ala hea? Ke kanikau mau nei ʻo Bakken i ka nele o ka ʻike i ka corps luna, akā he aha ke ʻano o ka ʻike e haku ai i nā ʻano kūpono o ka pepehi kanaka lehulehu e hōʻoki i nā hoʻolaha Facebook?
Minamina ʻo Bakken i ka hoʻokō ʻole o ka pūʻali koa US i ka honua, a me nā kūleʻa o kāna mau hoa hakakā. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hāʻawi mai iā mākou i kahi paio no ka makemake o ke kuleana honua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka manaʻo ʻo ka manaʻo o nā kaua US ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke aupuni a ka lehulehu, a laila hōʻole i kēlā mau kaua ma ke ʻano he holopono ʻole ma kēlā mau ʻōlelo. Ua hoʻokau ʻo ia i ka hoʻolaha kaua e paʻa ana iā Kōlea ʻĀkau a me ʻIrani e hoʻoweliweli iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a kuhikuhi i ko lākou lilo ʻana i mea hoʻoweliweli e like me ka hōʻike o ka holo pono ʻole o ka pūʻali koa US. E ʻōlelo paha wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe loiloi e noʻonoʻo i kēlā ala he hōʻike ia o ka kūleʻa o ka pūʻali koa US - ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i ke ao o ka propaganda.
Wahi a Bakken, mālama maikaʻi ʻia nā kaua, ua nalowale nā kaua, a noʻonoʻo ʻole nā pūkaua ākea ʻole i nā hana "no-win". Akā ʻaʻole ma ka papa o kāna puke (ʻokoʻa kāna pilikia o ke Kaua Honua II) hāʻawi ʻole ʻo Bakken i kahi laʻana hoʻokahi o ke kaua i mālama maikaʻi ʻia a lanakila ʻia e United States a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. He naʻaupō ka pilikia a he naʻaupō ʻole nā Generals maʻalahi, a hāʻawi ʻo Bakken i nā hōʻike he nui. Akā ʻaʻole ia e kuhikuhi iki i ka mea a nā pūkaua akamai e hana ai - inā ʻaʻole ʻo kēia: e haʻalele i ka ʻoihana kaua.
"ʻO nā mākaʻi e alakaʻi nei i ka pūʻali koa i kēia lā ʻikea ʻaʻohe o lākou hiki ke lanakila i nā kaua o kēia au," kākau ʻo Bakken. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e wehewehe a wehewehe paha i ke ʻano o ka lanakila, he aha ia. Ua make nā mea āpau? Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi kolone? Ua waiho ʻia kahi mokuʻāina maluhia kūʻokoʻa e wehe i ka hoʻopiʻi kalaima kūʻē iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa? ʻO kahi mokuʻāina hope deferential me nā hōʻike kemokalaka i waiho ʻia ma hope koe wale no ka nui pono o nā kahua US i kēia manawa e kūkulu ʻia ana ma laila?
I hoʻokahi manawa, ua hoʻohewa ʻo Bakken i ka koho e uku i nā hana koa nui ma Vietnam "ma mua o ka counterinsurgency." Akā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻohui i kahi huaʻōlelo hoʻokahi e wehewehe ana i nā pōmaikaʻi ʻo "counterinsurgency" i hiki ai i Vietnam.
ʻO nā hemahema a Bakken e haʻi ai ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻokele ʻia e nā luna, ka pono ʻole, a me ka palaho, ʻo ia nā kaua a me nā hoʻoili kaua. Pau ʻole lākou āpau i ke ala like: luku nui loa ʻana i nā kānaka. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e kuhikuhi i kahi pōpilikia hoʻokahi e like me ka mea i hana ʻia e ka kāohi a i ʻole ka makemake i ka diplomacy a i ʻole i ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i ka lula o ke kānāwai a i ʻole ke alu like a me ka lokomaikaʻi. ʻAʻohe wahi āna i kuhikuhi ai he kaua liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e huki a Rwanda, e koi ana he kaua i kū ʻole.
Makemake ʻo Bakken i kahi koho radical i nā makahiki he hala i hala aku nei o ka hana pūʻali koa akā ʻaʻole loa e wehewehe i ke kumu e pono ai i kēlā koho ʻē aʻe e hoʻopili i ka pepehi kanaka lehulehu. He aha ka mea e hoʻopau ai i nā koho ʻē aʻe ʻole kolohe? He aha nā rula e hoʻihoʻi i ka pūʻali koa a hala kāna? He aha nā hui ʻē aʻe e hiki ʻole ke holo hewa loa i nā hanauna a loaʻa i kāna mau loiloi koʻikoʻi ka manaʻo e hoʻoponopono iā ia, ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻana iā ia.
Kanikau ʻo Bakken i ka hoʻokaʻawale a me ke kaʻawale ʻana o ka pūʻali koa mai nā mea ʻē aʻe, a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka pūʻali koa i manaʻo ʻia. Pono ʻo ia e pili ana i ka pilikia hoʻokaʻawale, a ʻo kekahi hapa pono hoʻi - manaʻo wau - e pili ana i ka hopena, makemake ʻo ia e hana i ka pūʻali koa e like me ka honua kīwila, ʻaʻole e hana i ka honua kīwila e like me ka pūʻali koa. Akā haʻalele maoli ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ka makemake i ka mea hope loa: nā wahine ma ka hoʻolālā, he pūʻali koa i kūkulu ʻia ma mua o 1 pakeneka o ka heluna o nā heluna. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia kēia mau manaʻo ʻino, a ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻē ʻia.
I kekahi manawa, maopopo paha iā Bakken ke ʻano o ke kaua archaic, ke kākau ʻana, "I ka wā kahiko a me ka agrarian ʻAmelika, kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā kaiāulu, kahi mea hoʻoweliweli kūwaho i kahi pilikia nui i kahi hui holoʻokoʻa. Akā i kēia lā, hāʻawi ʻia i kāna mea kaua nukelea a me nā mea kaua nui, a me nā lako pono mākaʻi nui o loko, ʻaʻohe maka o ʻAmelika i ka hoʻouka kaua. Ma lalo o nā kuhi ʻike, ʻoi aku paha ka liʻiliʻi o ke kaua ma mua o ka wā i hala; ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lilo ia i mea liʻiliʻi no nā ʻāina a puni ka honua, me kahi ʻokoʻa: ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ”
Ua kamaʻilio hou wau i kahi papa o ka papa ʻewalu, a ua haʻi wau iā lākou ua loaʻa i kahi ʻāina ka hapa nui o nā pūʻali koa haole ma ka honua. Ua noi wau iā lākou e kapa i kēlā ʻāina. A ʻoiai ua kapa lākou i ka papa inoa o nā ʻāina i nele i kahi kahua pūʻali koa US: ʻIrana, Kōlea ʻĀkau, a pēlā aku. Ua hala kekahi manawa a me kekahi mau mea e hoʻouluulu ana ma mua o ka manaʻo o kekahi iā "ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa." ʻ tellslelo ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa iā ia iho ʻaʻole ia he aupuni, ʻoiai ke kuhi nei i kona kino imperial ʻaʻole e nīele ʻia. He mau manaʻo kā Bakken no ka mea e hana ai, akā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻopili i ka hoʻolilo kālā ʻana o ka pūʻali koa a i ʻole ke pani ʻana i nā kahua haole a i ʻole ke kū ʻana i nā kūʻai mea kaua.
Kuhi ʻo ia, ʻo ka mea mua, e kaua ʻia nā kaua "i ka pale pale ʻana." Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iā mākou, inā ua pale ʻia nā kaua he nui akā ua ʻae ʻo ia i ke kaua ma Afghanistan no "hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha makahiki." ʻAʻole ʻo ia e wehewehe i kēlā. ʻAʻole ia i ʻōlelo i ka pilikia o ke kaua kū ʻole i kēlā kaua. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hāʻawi i kahi alakaʻi e hōʻike iā mākou i nā hoʻouka kaua i nā lāhui ʻilihune e hapalua a puni ka hona e pono ke helu ʻia he "pale pilikino" i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole no kekahi mau makahiki a lākou e lawe ai i kēlā lepili, ʻaʻole hoʻi no ka "lanakila" i loko. ʻO Afghanistan ma hope o "hoʻokahi makahiki ʻelua paha."
Koi ʻo Bakken i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mana he nui no ka poʻe lawe ma waho o ka hakakā maoli. No ke aha kēlā meaʻokoʻa?
Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka manaʻo e waiho i ka pūʻali koa i ka ʻōnaehana loio kīwila e like me nā mea āpau, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka Code Uniform of Justice Military a me ka Judge Advocate General's Corps. Manaʻo maikaʻi. ʻO ka hewa i hana ʻia ma Pennsylvania e hoʻopiʻi ʻia e Pennsylvania. Akā no nā hewa i hana ʻia ma waho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, he ʻano ʻokoʻa ko Bakken. ʻAʻole pono kēlā mau wahi e hoʻopiʻi i nā hewa i hana ʻia i loko o lākou. E hoʻokumu ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā ʻaha e hoʻokau i kēlā. Ke nalowale nei hoʻi ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kānāwai International mai nā noi a Bakken, ʻoiai ʻo kāna moʻolelo no ka US sabotage o kēlā ʻaha i mua o ka puke.
Hoʻolālā ʻo Bakken e hoʻolilo i nā ʻāpana pūʻali koa US i nā kulanui kīwila. ʻAe ʻae wau inā pili lākou i ka noiʻi maluhia a ʻaʻole kaohi ʻia e ke aupuni militari o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ua noi ʻo Bakken i ka hoʻopaʻi hewa ʻana i ka ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa i ka pūʻali koa. No ka mea aia mau ka pūʻali koa, manaʻo wau he manaʻo maikaʻi kēlā - a ʻo kekahi e hoʻopōkole paha i kēlā lōʻihi o ka manawa (aia ka pūʻali koa) inā ʻaʻole ia no ka likelika e hōʻemi ana i ka makaʻu o ka nukelea apocalypse (ʻae i nā mea āpau i ke ola. e lōʻihi iki aʻe).
Akā he aha ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu? He aha e pili ana i ke koi ʻana i ka Congress a i ʻole ka balota lehulehu ma mua o nā kaua? Pehea e hoʻopau ai i nā hui huna a me nā kaua malu? He aha e pili ana i ka pani ʻana i ka hana lima o nā ʻenemi e hiki mai ana no ka loaʻa kālā? Pehea e pili ai i ka kau ʻana i ka rula o ka kānāwai ma ke aupuni o US, ʻaʻole wale ma nā kāleka? Pehea e hoʻololi ai mai ka pūʻali koa i nā ʻoihana maluhia?
ʻĀ, kōkua maikaʻi ʻo kā Bakken hoʻokalakupua ʻana no ka hewa o ka pūʻali koa US i ke alakaʻi ʻana iā mākou i nā manaʻo like ʻole inā kākoʻo ʻo ia iā lākou.
