ʻO ka wikiō mua o ka United States Marines e mimi ana i nā kino o Afghans i pepehi ʻia. A laila ʻo ka hōʻike ʻana ua puhi ʻia nā kope o ka Quran ma Bagram Air Base, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi kahua paʻahao ʻAmelika ma Afghanistan. Ma kahi kokoke i kanakolu mau Afghans a me kekahi mau pūʻali NATO i make i ka hopena ʻino. A e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai i loko o kaʻu kolamu o Malaki 4, ua wehewehe ka mea kākau BBC Kabul i kēia mau hanana, a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka lehulehu iā lākou, ʻo ia ka tipping point no NATO i ke Kaua Afghan.
E like me ka manaʻo o ka luna koa US ʻo Gen. John Allen lāua ʻo Pelekikena Obama, ʻo ke kala ʻana mai iā lāua e kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ke kūlana e hiki mai ana kekahi pōʻino. Inā e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia nā moʻolelo kūhelu, ua haʻalele kekahi koa ʻAmelika i kona kahua i ke aumoe, komo i nā hale o nā kamaʻāina, hoʻāla i nā ʻohana Afghan mai ka hiamoe a pana i kāna mau mea i hōʻeha ʻia me ke koko anuanu. Ma hope o ka pepehi ʻia ʻana, ua hōʻike ʻia ke koa ua huli ʻo ia iā ia iho i nā luna koa US, a ua lele ʻia i waho o ka ʻāina. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma St. Sgt. Robert Bales. Hōʻike ʻē aʻe nā hōʻike ʻē aʻe moʻolelo, e hōʻike ana i kahi hui o koa ua komo. Me ka ʻona a me ka ʻakaʻaka, ua komo lākou i ka hana ʻino, ʻoiai helicopter e kau ana maluna.
Ua hana ʻia ka luku ʻia ma Kandahar, kahi panalāʻau kahi e hana mau ai nā pūʻali NATO i ka pō i nā hale o Afghan. Hopu a pepehi lākou i nā kāne i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Taliban, kā lākou kākoʻo a ʻoluʻolu paha. No laila, haʻalele nā ʻohana kāne i ko lākou mau home i ka pō no ka pakele ʻana i nā pūʻali haole. Hōʻike kēia i ke kumu he 9 o ka 16 i pepehi ʻia he mau keiki. ʻO ke koena he ʻehā mau wahine, a ʻelima mau Afghans i ʻeha. Ua puhi ʻia kekahi mau kino.
ʻO ka luku ʻana iā Kandahar he leo o My Lai––he kauhale ma Vietnam Hema kahi i pepehi ai nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika i nā kānaka kīwila ʻole me nā wahine, nā keiki a me nā poʻe ʻelemakule kokoke kokoke i 44 mau makahiki i hala, ma Malaki 16, 1968. ʻO ka weliweli piha o ka ʻO koʻu Lai ʻO ka luku ʻana i ka manawa e puka mai ai, no ka mea, ua nui nā hoʻāʻo e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ia mea. ʻO nā koa i hoʻāʻo e hoʻōki i ka pepehi kanaka, ua hoʻohewa ʻia e nā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a loaʻa iā lākou nā leka hoʻowahāwahā a me nā hoʻoweliweli make. He kanakolu makahiki ma mua o ko lākou hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻana. Hoʻokahi wale nō koa ʻAmelika, ʻo Lutanela William Calley, i hoʻopaʻi ʻia. ʻEkolu makahiki wale nō ʻo ia ma lalo o ka paʻa hale, ʻoiai ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻi ola.
ʻO ka hana a nā luna o ʻAmelika ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā Afghans e nānā nui ʻia. ʻO ka poʻe e lawe i ke kuleana hope loa e noho me ka hewa no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. A e hoʻomau ka pepehi kanaka i ka noʻonoʻo o nā kānaka he nui ma ʻAmelika a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka manaʻo nui ma Afghanistan ua lilo i mea ʻino loa i nā pūʻali koa haole. Ano, hoike mai Kabul mai ʻo Afghans "ua pau ka hoʻomanawanui."
Ma waena o kēia mau hanana (US Marines mimi i nā kino make i Ianuali, ke ahi ʻana o Quran i Pepeluali, pepehi kanaka i Malaki), ua hoʻoholo ʻo Pelekikena Obama e kāhea i kahi e like ma waena ona a me ʻelua mau moʻolelo moʻolelo, ʻo Mahatma Gandhi lāua ʻo Nelson Mandela. Iaʻu, he mea weliweli nā hanana hou loa ma Afghanistan, a ʻo ka manawa o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka pelekikena e kāhea i nā mea like me Gandhi a me Mandela he mea maʻi. Hele ia e hōʻike i ka mana e hana ai i kāna mea paʻa.
Nui nā mea i kākau ʻia e pili ana i ka ʻohi kālā o New York, kahi i hāʻawi ai ʻo Pelekikena Obama i kāna ʻōlelo i kona ʻimi ʻana i ke kākoʻo no ke kau ʻelua. Ke haʻi hou aku nei au i ka mea maopopo e ʻōlelo ʻo ka ʻāina āna i alakaʻi ai ua komo i nā kaua he nui i hopena i ka make a me ka luku ʻana ma kahi ākea. E hoʻomau mau ʻia kā lākou mau hoʻoilina. ʻOiai i ka haʻalele ʻana o nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika mai nā ʻāina i noho ʻia, a i ʻole ka pahū kiʻekiʻe me ka hoʻolei ʻole ʻana i nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika ma ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i ka lōʻihi a me ka nui o nā wahi e hoʻouka ʻia ai nā kaua huna a Obama. I ke koho balota ʻo Nowemapa 2008, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka manaʻolana o ka loli no ka maikaʻi. He mea hoʻopunipuni ia e like me ia ma lalo o kona mua, ʻo George W. Bush.
Ua neʻe ʻo Obama a me NATO a hoʻonui i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaua - ma Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Suria, Kenya, Somalia a me nā wahi a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai. Ua lilo kāna mau hana i mea hoʻoweliweli i nā ʻenemi a me nā hoaaloha, e pili ana i nā kaua a me nā mea maʻamau o ka pilina pili honua, kālepa a pēlā aku.
ʻOiai ka haʻalele ʻana o ka pūʻali koa US mai Iraq a me ka papahana Afghan e hele ana i ka hopena, aia kahi kūlana pahū mai Asia Hema a i ʻApelika ʻĀkau. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o ke kaua nui ma ka ʻāina e hoʻopilikia i nā mea he nui. Malia paha ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Obama e hoʻouka iā Iran a i Suria paha. Akā ʻo kēlā kaua huna a nā mana nui a ke hoʻomau nei kā lākou proxies, ʻaʻohe kānalua. Hōʻike ʻia ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele Obama. A ʻo ka huki ʻana i nā mea like ma waena ona a me nā ʻuhane nui e like me Gandhi a me Mandela he parody ʻino ia o kā lākou hakakā mōʻaukala.
Ma ka hanana ʻohi kālā o New York, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Obama "ʻaʻole i like ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻololi a mākou i hakakā ai i ka makahiki 2008 e like me kā mākou makemake ... Ma hope aʻe, i ka lele ʻana i ka mōʻaukala, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia, “Gandhi, Nelson Mandela––he mea paʻakikī kā lākou i hana ai. Pono ka manawa. ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi huaʻōlelo…”
Hoʻopilikia ka palaho i ko kākou honua ma nā ʻano like ʻole: ka waiwai a me ka pono, ʻike ʻia a ʻike ʻole ʻia, pololei a pololei ʻole. Akā, ʻo ke kumu kumu ma hope o nā mea ʻino a pau, ʻo ia ka manaʻo opportunistic ikaika e hoʻopōmaikaʻi iā ʻoe iho i ka uku o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma o ka hoʻowalewale a hoʻopunipuni paha. ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha ua hāʻule nui ka politika i ka inoa ʻole. ʻO ka ʻōlelo aphorism a ka mea kākau moʻolelo Pelekane o ka makahiki ʻumikūmāiwa ʻo Lord Acton ʻo "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corruptly absolutely" ua loaʻa kahi manaʻo kūikawā i kēia lā.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna mantra politika o ka "hoʻololi" a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻike like me ko Gandhi a me ko Mandela ola a me nā mea i hoʻokō ʻia he mea hoʻokahi. He mea okoa ka oiaio. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Gandhi no kekahi keʻena kālai'āina, ʻaʻole i paʻa, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hakakā i ke koho balota. Ma hope o kona hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana i loko o ka hale paʻahao no 27 mau makahiki, he pelekikena ʻo Mandela no ʻApelika Hema. A ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia e lawelawe ʻo ia i hoʻokahi kau wale nō i ka wā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ai kahi hanauna hou o nā hope.
Ma luna o nā mea a pau, ua hoʻohana ʻo Mandela i kāna pelekikena e pale i ke kahe koko a hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻāina i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka apartheid. No kēia mau kumu, ʻo Gandhi lāua ʻo Mandela he mau hoa paio weliweli o nā ʻōnaehana like ʻole a pono ʻole a lākou i hakakā ai.
ʻO ka non-violence ka mea hana a Gandhi. I ka hū ʻana o ka hana ʻino, ua haʻalele ʻo Gandhi i kāna neʻe kūʻē i ka poʻe Pelekania. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo Muslim a me Untouchables āna i kapa ai ʻo Harijans (Keiki a ke Akua). Ua uku ʻo ia i ke kumu kūʻai hope loa i ka wā i pepehi ai kekahi Hindu fundamentalist iā ia i ka makahiki 1948. ʻAʻole ʻo Gandhi a me Mandela i manaʻo e hoʻouka i kahi ʻāina ʻē, e kau inoa ana i nā kauoha pepehi kanaka, e hoʻonui a i ʻole ka haku ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i ka poʻe a lākou i ʻike ai he ʻenemi.
Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo Mandela's African National Congress e Gandhi. Akā i ka manawa i ʻike ai ka hui ua kūʻē ka hapa nui o ka ʻeleʻele o ʻApelika Hema i kahi aupuni apartheid nona ka hana ʻino, ua komo ka ANC i kahi kaua haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. A ua helu ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Pelekane iā Mandela ma ke ʻano he "mea hoʻoweliweli."
Ua hōʻoia hou ʻo Pelekikena Obama i kāna hoʻouka drone i loko o Pakistan ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana "ʻaʻole lākou i hana i ka nui o nā poʻe kīwila." ʻAʻole hiki ke wehewehe i kēia ma ke ʻano he ʻae e pepehi a hōʻeha nā drones i nā makaʻāinana. Akā, he mea liʻiliʻi ia i ka maka o ka pelekikena. He mau lā wale nō i hala aku nei, ua haʻi ʻia ka nūhou Kelemania Der SPEIGAL Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai ma lalo o ka Pelekikena Bush aia kahi hoʻouka kaua drone i kēlā me kēia 47 lā, ʻo ka manawa ma lalo o Pelekikena Obama, ka mea lanakila no ka Nobel Peace Prize, ʻehā mau lā wale nō. Ua "hoʻopau ka poʻe ʻAmelika i 2,300 poʻe ma kēia ʻano." ʻAʻohe kanaka i kēia lā inā hoʻoholo kēia pelekikena ua pau ko lākou manawa.
ʻO ka hoʻonāukiuki o Gandhi no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā waiwai Pelekane no ka makemake i nā huahana i hana ʻia i ka home a me kāna ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ke ola paʻakikī, ʻo ia nā mea nui o ka neʻe kūʻē i ka honua i kona wā. ʻO kāna manaʻo "e ʻai i ka mea liʻiliʻi no ka hāpai ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe mai ka ʻilihune a me ka nele." Ua ola ʻo ia i ke ola āna i haʻi aku ai, no laila ʻo Winston Churchill, ke alakaʻi o ka Emepaea, i kapa ʻole ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka "fakir olohelohe."
I ka honua i noho aupuni ʻia e Pelekikena Baraka i kēia lā, ʻo Mahatma Gandhi lāua ʻo Nelson Mandela, inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ka kanaiwa a me ka nāwaliwali loa, ʻo ia kona mau ʻenemi nui loa. A aia paha lākou ma ka papa inoa o Obama no ka hoʻouka kaua drone. ʻO ke aloha ʻaʻole ia ka hihia, a hiki i kēia pelekikena ke hōʻoluʻolu.
Hoʻohana ka poʻe nui e like me Gandhi a me Mandela i ka mana e kāohi i ka mana. Ke kū nei ʻo Barack Obama i waena o ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i ka mana e hōʻiliʻili hou aku. Aia i laila ka pono o kēlā me kēia hoʻohālikelike i kēia paio.
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