Na Medea Benjamin lāua ʻo Nicolas JS Davies, Kekemapa 15, 2020
E alakaʻi ʻo Joe Biden i ka White House i kahi manawa e hopohopo nui ai ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka hakakā coronavirus ma mua o ke kaua ʻana i nā kaua ma nā ʻāina ʻē. Akā huhū nā kaua o ʻAmelika me ka nānā ʻole, a me ke kulekele counterterrorism militarized i kākoʻo ʻia e Biden i ka wā i hala-ma muli o nā ʻāpana lewa, nā hana kūikawā a me ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā pūʻali koa — ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻomau mau ai kēia mau hakakā.
I Afghanistan, kūʻē ʻo Biden i ka hoʻouka kaua o ka pūʻali koa o Obama ma 2009, a ma hope o ka holo pono ʻole ʻana, hoʻi hou ʻo Obama i ke kulekele i kēlā Makemake ʻo Biden e hoʻomaka me, ka mea i lilo i hōʻailona o kā lākou kulekele kaua i nā ʻāina ʻē pū kekahi. I loko o nā pōʻai o loko, ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻo "counterterrorism," i kūʻē i "counterinsurgency."
I Afghanistan, ʻo ia ka haʻalele i ka lawe nui ʻana o nā pūʻali koa US, a ke hilinaʻi nei ma kahi ʻahea ka makani, hahau ka drone a me nā hana kūikawā "pepehi a hopu paha”Hoʻouka kaua, ʻoiai e hoʻouluulu ana a hoʻomaʻamaʻa Nā pūʻali koa Afghanistan e hana kokoke i ka hakakā a me ka paʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina.
I ka 2011 Libya intervene, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka hui aupuni mōʻī NATO-Arab haneli o Qatari nā hana hana kūikawā a Mea hoʻolimalima kālā komohana me nā kipi Libyan e kāhea i nā airstrikes NATO a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā militia kūloko, e like me Nā hui Islamist me nā loulou iā Al Qaeda. ʻO nā pūʻali a lākou i hoʻokuʻu ai e hakakā mau nei no ka waiwai pio i nā makahiki ʻeiwa i hala.
ʻOiai ʻo Joe Biden i kēia manawa e hōʻaiʻē no kū'ē ka hana hoʻopilikia ma Libia, i ka manawa i wikiwiki ai ʻo ia e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna kūleʻa pōkole hoʻopunipuni a me ka pepehi kanaka weliweli a Colonel Gaddafi. "Ua kūpono ka NATO," ʻo Biden i ʻōlelo ʻia i kahi haʻiʻōlelo ma ke Kulanui ʻo Plymouth State ma ʻOkakopa 2011 ma ka lā i hoʻolaha ai ʻo Pelekikena Obama i ka make ʻana o Gaddafi. “I kēia hihia, ua hoʻohana ʻo ʻAmelika i $ 2 biliona a ʻaʻole i lilo ke ola hoʻokahi. ʻOi aku kēia ka nui o ke kuhikuhi no ka hana me ka honua ke hele nei mākou i mua o ka wā ma mua. ”
ʻOiai ua holoi ʻo Biden i kona mau lima o ka debacle ma Libia, ʻo ia hana he hōʻailona o ke aʻo a ka huna a me ke kaua hope i kākoʻo ʻia e nā airstrikes i kākoʻo ʻia e ia, a nāna nō i hōʻole. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Biden ke kākoʻo ʻo ia i nā hana "counterterrorism", akā ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i pelekikena me ka pane ʻole ākea ʻana i kahi nīnau pololei e pili ana i kāna kākoʻo no ka hoʻohana nui ʻana o nā hahau a me nā kuʻi drone he ʻāpana hoʻohui ia o kēlā aʻo.
I ka hoʻouka kaua kūʻē iā Islamic State i Iraq a me Suria, ua hāʻule nā pūʻali koa alakaʻi o US no 118,000 nā pōkā a me nā missiles, e hōʻemi ana i nā kūlanakauhale nui e like me Mosul a me Raqqa i nā ʻōpala a me ka luku ʻana he umi tausani o nā makaʻāinana. I ka wā a Biden i ʻōlelo ai, ʻaʻole i lilo ke ola hoʻokahi o ʻAmelika ma Libia, akā, ua ʻōlelo akāka ʻo ia no ke "ola ʻAmelika." Inā he ola wale ke "ola", maopopo leʻa ke kumu kūʻai o ke ola ma Libya, a hana hoʻomāʻewaʻewa i ka hoʻonā a ka UN Security Council i ʻae i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka pūʻali koa wale nō. pale i nā makaʻāinana.
E like me Rob Hewson, ka mea hoʻoponopono o ka puke pai lima lima o Jane's Air-Launched Weapon, haʻi ʻia i ka AP i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka US i kāna bombardment "Shock and Awe" ma ʻIraka i ka makahiki 2003, "I ke kaua e kaua ʻia nei no ka pono o ka lāhui Iraqi, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pepehi i kekahi o lākou. Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu i nā pōkā a pepehi kanaka ʻole. Aia kekahi dichotomy maoli i kēia mau mea āpau. ” Pili ka mea like i nā poʻe ma Libia, Afghanistan, Suria, Yemen, Palesetina a ma nā wahi a nā pōkā ʻAmelika i hāʻule ai no 20 mau makahiki.
E like me kā Obama a me Trump i hoʻāʻo ai e kiʻi mai ka "kaua honua ma luna o ka hoʻoweliweli" i kūleʻa i ka mea a ka hoʻomalu Trump i kuni ai "hoʻokūkū mana nui, ”A i ʻole he hoʻi i ke Kaua Anuanu, ua hōʻole paʻakikī ke kaua me ka hoʻoweliweli e puka ma ke kīnā. Ua kipaku ʻia ʻo Al Qaeda a me Islamic State mai nā wahi a ka US i pōpilikia ai a i hōʻeuʻeu ai paha, akā e hoʻomau hou ana i nā ʻāina hou a me nā wahi. Noho ʻo Islamic State i kēia manawa ma kahi ākea o ka ʻākau Mozamabika, a ua aʻa pū kekahi ma Afghanistan. Ke hana nei nā lālā ʻē aʻe ʻo Al Qaeda ma waena o ʻApelika, mai ʻO Somalia a me Kenya ma East Africa i ʻumikūmākahi mau ʻāina ma ʻApelika Komohana.
Ma hope o 20 mau makahiki o ke "kaua i ka weliweli," aia i kēia manawa kahi kino nui o ka noiʻi i ka mea e hoʻohuli ai i ka poʻe e hui pū me nā pūʻali koa Islamist e hakakā ana i nā pūʻali aupuni kūloko a i ʻole nā mea komo hewa Komohana. ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe kālaiʻāina ʻAmelika e ʻumeʻume nei i ko lākou mau lima ma luna o nā kumu i wili ʻia e hiki ai ke helu no kēlā ʻano hana maʻalahi ʻole, akā ʻaʻole ia he paʻakikī. ʻAʻole hoʻonāukiuki ka hapa nui o nā koa e ka ideology Islamist e like me ka makemake e pale iā lākou iho, i ko lākou mau ʻohana a i ʻole nā kaiāulu mai nā pūʻali koa "counterterrorism" militarized, e like me ka palapala i kēia hōʻike e ke kikowaena no nā poʻe kīwila i ka hakakā.
kekahi like, i kapa ʻia ʻo The Journey to Extremism in Africa: Drivers, Incentives a me ka Point Tipping for Recrutment, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ke kiko kiko a i ʻole "straw hope" e kipaku ana ma luna o 70% o nā mea hakakā e hui pū me nā pūʻali koa ka luku a hoʻopaʻa ʻia paha o kekahi ʻohana e Nā pūʻali "counterterrorism" a i ʻole "palekana". Hōʻike ka noiʻi i ka inoa o ka counterterrorism o ka pūʻali koa US ma ke ʻano he kulekele hoʻokō ponoʻī e hoʻoulu ai i kahi pōkole hiki ʻole o ka hana ʻino ma o ka hoʻopuka ʻana a me ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana i kahi loko o nā "poʻe hoʻoweliweli" e hoʻonui mau nei i ka wā e luku ai i nā ʻohana, nā kaiāulu a me nā ʻāina.
ʻO kahi laʻana, ua hoʻokumu ka US i ka Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership me 11 mau ʻāina ʻApelika Komohana i ka makahiki 2005 a ua komo i loko he biliona kālā i loko ona. I ka a hōʻike hou mai Burkina Faso, ua hōʻike ʻo Nick Turse i nā hōʻike a ke aupuni US e hōʻoia ana i ka 15 mau makahiki o ka "counterterrorism" i alakaʻi ʻia e US i hōʻeuʻeu wale i ka hoʻoweliweli ma waena o ʻApelika Komohana.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ka Pentagon's Africa Center for Strategic Studies e pili ana i nā hanana kolohe he 1,000 e pili ana i nā pūʻulu Islamist militant ma Burkina Faso, Mali a me Niger i ka makahiki i hala aku nei i kahi hoʻonui ehiku pālua mai ka 2017, ʻoiai ua hōʻoia ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe i make i hoʻonui ʻia mai 1,538 i ka 2017 a i ka 4,404 i ka 2020.
ʻO Heni Nsaibia, he mea noiʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ACLED (Armed Conflict Location Event Data), i haʻi aku iā Turse, "ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ka manaʻo komohana o ka counterterrorism a me ka ʻae ʻana i kahi hiʻohiʻona pūʻali koa kahi hewa nui. ʻO ka nānā ʻole ʻana i nā mea kalaiwa o ka pūʻali koa, e like me ka ʻilihune a me ka nele o ka neʻe ʻana o ka nohona kanaka, a me ka ʻole e hōʻemi i nā kūlana i hānai i nā kipi, e like me ka hōʻino ʻia o nā pono kanaka e nā pūʻali palekana, ua hōʻeha ʻia ka maikaʻi. "
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ua hōʻoia ʻo New York Times e luku nei nā pūʻali koa "counterterrorism" ma Burkina Faso e like me nā lehulehu ma ke ʻano he "poʻe hoʻoweliweli" e hakakā nei lākou. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike o ka US State Department State Country ma Burkina Faso i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana he "haneli mau pepehi kanaka extrajudicial o nā makaʻāinana ma ke ʻano he ʻaoʻao o kāna papahana counterterrorism," ʻo ka luku nui ʻia o nā lālā o ka lāhui Fulani.
ʻO Souaibou Diallo, ka pelekikena o kahi ʻāpana āpana o ka ʻepekema Muslim. haʻi aku iā Turse ʻo kēia mau hana hoʻomāinoino ke kumu nui e hoʻokau nei i ka Fulani e hui pū me nā hui koa. "Kanawalu pākēneka o ka poʻe i hui pū me nā hui hoʻoweliweli i haʻi mai iā mākou ʻaʻole ia no ka mea kākoʻo lākou i ka jihadism, no ka mea ua pepehi ʻia ko lākou makuakāne a makuahine a kaikunāne paha e nā pūʻali koa," wahi a Diallo. "Ua nui ka poʻe i make - pepehi ʻia - ʻaʻole naʻe he kaulike."
Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Honua Honua ma luna o ka hoʻoweliweli, ua hoʻohana nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i ka hana ʻino a ko lākou mau ʻenemi e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i kā lākou hana kolohe ponoʻī, e hoʻouluulu nei i kahi ʻano chaos e pau ʻole ana mai kēlā ʻāina a kēia ʻāina a me nā ʻāina a puni ka honua.
Akā ʻo nā aʻa o US o kēia hana ʻino a me nā haunaele e holo i lalo o kēia. Ua ulu ʻo Al Qaeda a me Islamic State mai nā hui i loaʻa mua, hoʻomaʻamaʻa, mea kaua a kākoʻo ʻia e ka CIA e hoʻokahuli i nā aupuni ʻē: Al Qaeda ma Afghanistan i nā makahiki 1980, a me ka Nusra Front a me ka Islamic State i Suria mai ka makahiki 2011.
Inā makemake nui ka ʻoihana ʻo Biden e hōʻoki i ka hoʻāla i ka haunaele a me ka hoʻoweliweli i ka honua, pono ia e hoʻololi maoli i ka CIA, nona ka kuleana i nā ʻāina hoʻoliʻiliʻi, e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻoweliweli. hohola ana i ka haunaele a ke hana nei nā ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni wahaheʻe no ke kaua a ua hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia ka inaina mai nā makahiki 1970 e Colonel Fletcher Prouty, William Blum, Gareth Porter a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻohe o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kahi pahuhopu, depolitikized system intelligence system, a no laila kahi kulekele haole pili pono, kūloko, a hiki i ka wā e hoʻopau ai i kēia ʻuhane i ka mīkini. Ua koho ʻo Biden iā Avril Haines, ʻo wai hana ʻia ke kumu quasi-kānāwai huna no ka polokalamu drone a Obama a pale aku i nā mea hoʻomāinoino CIA, e lilo i alakaʻi nona ka ʻike naʻau. Aia ʻo Haines i ka hana o ka hoʻololi ʻana i kēia mau ʻoihana o ka hana ʻino a me nā haunaele i kahi ʻōnaehana ʻike pono, hana. ʻAno ʻole paha ia, akā he mea nui ia.
Pono ke keʻena ʻo Biden hou e nānā hou i ka pae holoʻokoʻa o nā kulekele luku a ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i alualu ai a puni ka honua no nā makahiki he nui, a me ka hana hoʻopunipuni a CIA i hana ai i ka hapa nui o lākou.
Lana ko mākou manaʻo e haʻalele loa ʻo Biden i nā kulekele hare-brained, militarized e luku ai i nā kaiāulu a hōʻino i nā ola o nā kānaka no ka pono o nā makemake geopolitical i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa, a e hoʻopukapuka ʻo ia i nā kōkua kōkua kanaka a me ka hoʻokele waiwai e kōkua maoli i ka poʻe e ola i kahi ola maluhia a me ka pōmaikaʻi.
Lana ko mākou manaʻo e hoʻohuli ʻo Biden i ka pivot o Trump i ke Cold War a pale i ka loli hou ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai o ko mākou ʻāina i kahi heihei lapuwale a weliweli hoʻi me Kina a me Lūkia.
He mau pilikia maoli kā mākou e hana ai i kēia kenekulia - nā pilikia kū i hiki ke hoʻonā ʻia e ka launa kūwaho maoli. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke uku i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana ma ke kuahu o ke Kaua Honua ma Terror, kahi Kaua Hou Hou, Pax Americana a i ʻole nā moemoeā imperialist ʻē aʻe.
ʻO Medea Benjamin ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻO CODEPINK no ka maluhia, a me nā mea kākau o kekahi mau puke, e komo pū ai I loko o Iran:ʻO ka moʻoleloʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka politika o ka moku'Alapila o Iran. He lālā ʻo ia o ka hui o nā mea kākau ʻo Collective20. ʻO Nicolas JS Davies kahi mea kākau moʻolelo kūʻokoʻa, he mea noiʻi me CODEPINK a me ka mea kākau o ʻO ke koko i ko mākou mau lima: kaʻAhaʻAmelika a me ka Hahaʻi o Iraq.
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