By David Swanson
Whakaarohia mēnā i hangaia e tētahi pakihi ā-rohe i tō tāone tētahi taputapu hou, he mea hanga kia rite ki te makutu, he mano maero te tawhiti. Heoi, ko te wāhi i rongoatia ai, i whakamahia ai hoki te taputapu i te rohe, kua noho hei wāhi mōrearea mō ngā tamariki. Ko ngā tamariki i tata ki tēnei taputapu, ka piki ake te toto toto me te piki ake o ngā homoni ahotea, ka iti ake ngā pūkenga pānui, ka ngoikore ake ngā mahara, ka ngoikore te rongo me te kōrero, ā, ka ngoikore hoki te mahi mātauranga.
He nui te āwangawanga mō te nuinga o tātou ki tēnei āhuatanga, ki te kore te mea hou nei i hangaia hei patu i te tini o te tangata. Kāti, kāore he aha.
Inaianei, whakaarohia mēnā i pakaru ngā rohe i tēnei taputapu hou nā te mea kāore i taea e te tangata te noho haumaru ki reira. Whakaarohia mēnā me utu te kāwanatanga i te tangata engari me peia atu i te noho tata ki te wāhi i tū ai tēnei taputapu. Ki taku whakaaro anō, tera pea ka kitea e tātou he āwangawanga mēnā ehara te kohuru papatipu i te kaupapa.
Whakaarohia hoki, he maha tonu ngā wā ka pahū tēnei taputapu, ka tukuna he matū tino paitini, he matūriki, he muka hoki, kāore e haumaru ki te manawa ki te hau mō ngā maero huri noa. I te nuinga o te wā, he raruraru tēnā. Engari, ki te hiahiatia tēnei taputapu hei patu i te tini o te tangata, ka mahi tātou me ōna ngoikoretanga, kāore?
Nā, me pēhea mēnā e whakaarohia ana ko te utu mō tēnei taputapu hou he $1,400,000,000,000 pea te iti rawa mō ngā tau 50? Ā, me pēhea mēnā me tango atu taua moni mai i ngā whakapaunga maha atu e whai hua ana mō te ōhanga me te ao? Me pēhea mēnā ka mimitihia te $1.4 tiriona mai i te ōhanga, ka ngaro ngā mahi, ka heke nui hoki ngā rauemi mō te mātauranga, te hauora, te whare, te tiaki taiao, te āwhina tangata rānei? Kāore ianei tēnei e waiho hei āwangawanga i ētahi wā, arā, i ngā wā kāore te kaha ki te patu i te tini o te tangata i te tūpono?
A, mehemea ko tēnei hua, ahakoa te tino pai o tana mahi, te tino kaiwhakangaro i te taiao o te ao?
A, mehemea kāore i hangaia tēnei taonga hangarau matatau kia mahi i te mea e tumanakohia ana, ā, kāore hoki e taea te mahi i te mea i hangaia ai?
He mea whakamiharo, ahakoa aua ngoikoretanga, kāore he aha mena ko te whāinga he kohuru nui me te whakangaromanga. Kātahi ka murua ngā mea katoa.
Ko te taputapu e whakaahuahia ana e au ko te F-35. Kei RootsAction.org ka kitea e koe he pitihana hou i whakarewahia e te hunga whai whakaaro ā-rohe e mahi ana puta noa i te ao i ngā wāhi e whakaarohia ana kia tū te F-35. Kei taua hononga anō hoki ka kitea e koe ngā whakamārama mō te taputapu kua whakamāramahia e au ko te F-35.
E tukuna ana te pitihana ki te Runanga o te Hononga o Amerika me ngā kāwanatanga o Ahitereiria, Itari, Hōrana, Nōwei, Turkey, te United Kingdom, Iharaira, Hapani me Kōrea ki te Tonga mai i te ao katoa, me te iwi o Burlington, Vermont, me Fairbanks, Alaska, te wāhi e tū ai te F-35. Kei te tīmatahia tēnei mahi e Vermont Stop the F35 Coalition, Save Our Skies Vermont, Western Maine Matters, Alaska Peace Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks Peace Club, North Star Chapter 146 Veterans For Peace, World Beyond War, RootsAction.org, Code Pink, me Ben Cohen.
te pitihana pānui:
He patu whawhai te F-35, kāore e whai hua ana mō te tiaki. E whakamaheretia ana kia pau te $1.4 trillion US i roto i ngā tau 50. Nā te mea ka taea te whakamutu i te matekai i runga i te whenua mō te $30 piriona me te kore wai inu ma mō te $11 piriona ia tau, ko te mea nui ko te maumau rauemi ka mate i tēnei waka rererangi. Ko te whakapaunga hōia, he rerekē ki te whakaaro hē o te iwi whānui, ka pā kino hoki ki te ōhanga o Amerika (kite i konei) me ētahi atu ōhanga. Ka pā kino te F-35 ki te hauora me te ngoikore o te hinengaro o ngā tamariki e noho tata ana ki ōna turanga. Ka kore e pai te whakamahi whare tata ki ngā taunga rererangi mō ngā whare noho. He nui te auau tukinga, ā, he kino ngā hua ki te hunga e noho ana i te rohe o ana tukinga. Ko ōna tukunga he tino poke taiao.
Kei te whakararu ngā pakanga i te Hononga o Amerika me ētahi atu iwi whai wāhi, kaua ki te tiaki i a rātou. Me whakakapi ngā pakanga kore-tukino pērā i te ture, te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, te āwhina, te ārai i ngā raruraru, me te whakakorenga o ngā patu karihi ka taea te whakamana. Nō reira, ko mātou, ko te hunga kua hainatia i raro nei, e karanga ana kia whakakorea tonutia te kaupapa F-35 katoa, me te whakakore tonu i ngā mahere hei whakatū i ngā waka rererangi morearea me te haruru ki ngā wāhi taupori. E whakahē ana mātou ki te whakakapi i te F-35 ki tētahi atu patu, ki te whakatū rānei i te F-35 ki tētahi atu wāhi. E tono ana mātou kia whakahokia te moni mō te F-35 ki ngā pēke a ngā kaiutu taake, ki ngā hiahia taiao me ngā hiahia tangata i te US, ki ētahi atu iwi kiritaki F-35, me te ao katoa, tae atu ki te whawhai ki te huringa āhuarangi, te utu i ngā nama ākonga, te hanga anō i ngā hanganga pakaru, me te whakapai ake i te mātauranga, te hauora, me te whare.
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Te rangimārie mō ngā utu.
Ehara i te mea he moumou noa iho tēnei waka rererangi whawhai i ngā moni utu nui a ngā kaipupuri takoha o Amerika, e taea ana te whakamahi hei putea i ngā hanganga hou e tino hiahiatia ana, te mātauranga, te hauora me ngā whare noho a te iwi; he tino tukino kino i te mana o te ope taua, e whakaoho ana i ngā pakanga whakarerekētanga kāwanatanga, hei painga mō te umanga hōia me te Rōpū Matua o ngā Kamupene.