Hiki ke kala ʻia kekahi no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana aia kekahi mea hanohano a pololei paha e pili ana iā Colin Powell. No ka ʻoi aku o ʻelua mau makahiki i kēia manawa ua hōʻike ka media Washington i ke Kakauolelo o ka mokuʻāina ma ke ʻano he mea ola maoli, he koa wiwo ʻole nona ka hewa nui loa - inā lākou e ʻae e haʻi i kekahi - ʻo ia ke kūpaʻa loa i kahi kanaka i kapa ʻia ʻo George. a me kāna hoa aloha ʻo Dick. ʻO ka mea āu i nalo ai, ʻo Powell he lawehala kaua ma kāna pono ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻehā mau makahiki o ka "lawelawe lehulehu" i kōkua i ka pepehi kanaka mai Vietnam a Panama i Iraq ʻaʻole i hoʻoweliweli iā ʻAmelika. Akā, mai lawe wale i ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe hakakā kaua: E haʻaheo ʻo Powell iā ʻoe e like me ka nui, inā hiki iā ia ke loaʻa kālā mai ka hana ʻana i loko o kahi puke.
ʻO ka moʻolelo hou loa a Powell he $27.99 o kona ola kaʻao i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he "kiʻi ikaika o kahi alakaʻi e noʻonoʻo ana, e hōʻike ana iā ia iho, a mahalo i nā haʻawina a nā mea a pau āna e hana pū ai." Akā ʻo ka inoa, Ua hana ia iaʻu: i ke ola a me ke alakaʻi, hiki loa ke kuhikuhi aku i ko Powell mau makemake hana: e olelo ana a e hana i na mea e pono ai ka mana - ma ke ano he luna opio ma Vietnam, ma ke ano he Lunahoomalu o na Luna Nui o na limahana i ka wa o ka hoouka kaua ana i Panama, ma ke ano Kakauolelo o ke Aupuni malalo o George W. ʻO Bush - ua hana maikaʻi loa ia no ke kanaka, inā ʻaʻole nui loa no ka poʻe pōʻino i ka hopena o kāna lawelawe aupuni.
ʻOiai ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia he alakaʻi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i mākaukau e ʻae i nā hewa, ʻaʻole ʻo Colin Powell maoli ka mea i hoʻolaha ʻia e ka ʻoihana PR ma HarperCollins. Akaka loa kāna puke i kona kūkākūkā ʻana i kāna mea kaulana i kēia manawa Hōʻike 2003 i mua o ka United Nations e pili ana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o Iraq i nā mea kaua o ka luku nui. Ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia laina o kēlā ʻōlelo i hōʻike ʻia he wahaheʻe - ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o kāna hōʻike i ʻike ʻia he wahaheʻe i kēlā manawa - akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike iā Powell nona kēlā.
"ʻAʻohe mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke alakaʻi e manaʻoʻiʻo nei he ʻike pololei ʻo ia ke ʻike ʻole ka poʻe ʻike ʻaʻole ʻo ia e haʻi iā ia ʻaʻole," kākau ʻo Powell. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu i ka pilikia ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa no ka mea noho mālie ka poʻe i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai lākou. ʻAʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia kaʻu ʻōlelo kaulana i ka UN ma 2003 e pili ana i nā polokalamu WMD Iraqi i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ua manaʻo wau ʻo ia.
I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, e like me Powell, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua wahaheʻe ʻo ia i ka lehulehu ʻAmelika a me ke kaiāulu honua i ka pō o ke kaua pōʻino, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka hewa - ʻaʻole he lani - akā ʻo ka hewa o kāna mau inoa inoa ʻole, ka mokuʻāina i ʻōlelo ʻia. ʻO nā limahana o ka ʻoihana i nele i ka wiwo ʻole e haʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ko lākou luna koa. E like me ka nui o nā moʻolelo a Powell, he moʻolelo liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ke alakaʻi e pili ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e like me kāna ʻōlelo UN.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Powell, e like me nā kāne ikaika loa ma Wakinekona, he mea wahaheʻe i kākau ʻia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopiʻi kēlā poʻe limahana o ka Moku'āina ʻo Powell no kāna hoʻopunipuni ʻana i nā hoʻopunipuni ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana o ke kaiāulu honua. Ua mālama ʻole ʻo Powell iā lākou no ka mea ʻaʻole kūpono ka mea a lākou e ʻōlelo ai i ka hana ma ka lima: ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ke kaua pono ʻole e kūʻē i ka mana pūʻali koa kolu.
Ma ke ʻano he mea kākau Nā moʻolelo ʻo Jonathan Schwarz, Ua hele maoli nā limahana o ka Moku'āina i nā koi a pau a Powell e hana ai i kāna'ōlelo UN - a uaʻike lākou i ka hapa nui o lākou e makemake ana. Akā ʻaʻole i nānā ʻo Powell iā lākou, me ka haʻaheo ʻo "ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo aʻu e hana nei i kēia lā ua kākoʻo ʻia e nā kumu, nā kumu paʻa. ʻAʻole kēia mau ʻōlelo hoʻohiki. ʻO ka mea a mākou e hāʻawi nei iā ʻoe he ʻoiaʻiʻo a me nā hopena e pili ana i ka naʻauao paʻa.
E nānā kākou i kekahi o ia mau ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo-ʻaʻole wale. I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokuʻu i ka waiwai o nā mea nānā mea kaua UN ma ka ʻāina - a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kekahi mea - ua haʻi ʻo Powell ua hoʻololi maoli ka poʻe Iraqis i nā ʻepekema maoli ma kahi liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi me nā "ʻelele naʻauao Iraqi e hoʻopunipuni i nā mea nānā. ka hana i hana ʻia ma laila. Eia nō naʻe, i loko o kahi memo i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e ka State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), ua ʻike ʻia kēlā ʻōlelo he "nawaliwali" a "ʻaʻole hilinaʻi."
ʻAʻole naʻe i hoʻōki ʻo Honest Powell, nāna i hana i ka mea a INR i kapa ai he "[h]ighly questionable" koi e pili ana i ke aupuni Iraqi e waiho ana i kāna mau loea WMD "ma lalo o ka paʻa hale. . . ma kekahi o na hale hookipa o Saddam Hussein. Pēlā nō, ʻo Bob Woodward ka mea kākau moʻolelo kahiko i ʻike i kāna puke Hoʻolālā o ka Attack, ua lawe ʻo Powell i kahi transcript o kahi kamaʻilio maikaʻi ʻana ma waena o nā koa Iraqi e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā mea nānā mea kaua UN a hōʻike ʻia ia "ma ka mālamalama maikaʻi ʻole loa" hiki ke hoʻopunipuni i nā mea nānā, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ke kamaʻilio ʻaʻole i loko o ka kumu mua. .
Akā ma ke ʻano o ka hilinaʻi ponoʻī o Powell, ʻo ka hapa nui loa o kāna hōʻike UN i hele mai i kona haʻi ʻana i nā palapala i lawe ʻia mai Iraq mai e ka hūnōna kāne a Saddam Hussein i mea hōʻike no ka hoʻomau ʻana o Iraqi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Powell e hoʻomaʻemaʻe wale ʻia ʻo Iraq e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o "ka mea aʻa kino make, VX," ma hope o ka "ʻike ʻana o nā mea nānā i nā palapala ma muli o ka haʻalele ʻana o Hussein Kamal." ʻO kāna mea i haʻalele ai: ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Kamal i nā WMD a pau o Iraq i loaʻa i ka wā ma mua i luku ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o 2003. "Na mea kaua a pau," Kamal hai aku i na luna nana, "ke olaola, kemika, missile, nukelea, ua lukuia." Nīnau ʻia e pili ana i kēia ma 2006 na ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Sam Husseini, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Powell i ka naʻaupō a ua pani ʻo ia i ka puka o kāna kaʻa kaʻa. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i lawe i ke kuleana no kāna kuleana ponoʻī i ke kaua i make ma luna o 115,000 Iraqis a ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,400 mau koa US.
I ka hiki ʻana i ka ʻae ʻana i kāna kuleana ponoʻī i nā hewa kaua, ʻaʻole naʻe i paʻa mau ʻo Powell. Ma kahi puke mua, Kaʻu Huakai ʻAmelika, Powell i mua e pili ana i ka hoʻopaʻi hui āna i hoʻokau ai i ka poʻe o Vietnam i kona alakaʻi ʻana i kahi pūʻali koa o South Vietnamese i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i kahi kauhale piha i ka poʻe hakakā ʻole. "Ua ʻauheʻe ka poʻe i ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana, koe wale nō kahi luahine nāwaliwali loa e neʻe," kākau ʻo ia. "Ua puhi mākou i nā hale pili, e hoʻomaka ana i ke ahi me nā kukui cigarette Ronson a me Zippo." ʻO ia no ka mea "ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ho Chi Minh ua like nā kānaka me ke kai kahi i ʻau ai kāna mau koa," i wehewehe ai ʻo Powell. "Ua hoʻāʻo mākou e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia ma o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ke kai holoʻokoʻa i noho ʻole ʻia."
Inā minamina ʻo Powell no ka uhaki ʻana i nā Convention Geneva a me ka pepehi ʻana i ka poʻe hala ʻole, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻōlelo pēlā. Akā ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e wehewehe i kona manaʻo. "Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia wau e manaʻoʻiʻo i ka naʻauao o koʻu mau luna, a e hoʻolohe," i kākau ai ʻo Powell. "ʻAʻohe oʻu hopohopo e pili ana i kā mākou hana."
ʻO ka makapō i ka hoʻolohe mana - no ka pono pilikino - he hōʻailona ia o ka hana a Powell. Ma ke ʻano he hope kiʻekiʻe i ke Kakauolelo ʻo Defence Caspar Weinberger i ka wā o ka hoʻokele Reagan, ʻo Powell kahi hui i ka hoʻoili ʻana o nā kaukani missiles i Iran ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mea kaua no ka poʻe pio, me nā loaʻa mai ke kūʻai aku i hoʻohana ʻia e kūʻē i ka ʻaha kūkā. a me ka 'Aha o ka Honua i ke kākoʻo i ka'ēheu'ākau Contra insurgency ma Nicaragua, ma hope i kapaʻiaʻo Iran-Contra scandal. A ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻomalu o nā Luna Nui o nā limahana ma lalo o ka George Bush mua, ua alakaʻi ʻo Powell i kahi hoʻouka kaua ʻino ʻana i Panama kahi i make ai nā haneli he nui o nā kānaka kīwila. hoahewa nui ia e na aupuni o Amerika Latina.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hana a Powell me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻole a me ka pōʻino o Iraq. Ma mua o ke kala ʻana i ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i kēlā kaua, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻolilo kālā, e ʻimi ana i kāna puke noiʻi hou loa ma kahi ʻO Costco a i ʻole ʻo Sam's Club kokoke iā ʻoe. ʻOiai ua hoʻoholo ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama e hoʻokuʻu i ka poʻe lawehala kaua ʻo Bush - he "nānā i mua, ʻaʻole i hope" i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kānaka ikaika ma Wakinekona akā ua hōʻole ʻo ʻAmelika i ka 2.3 miliona mau paʻahao nui ʻole - na mākou e hoʻomanaʻo iā Powell ʻoiai ʻo kāna. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka mana aupuni make i hana iā ia, ʻaʻole ia i hana maikaʻi loa no nā haneli haneli o nā mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia e waiho ana ma hope ona. A ʻaʻole makemake mākou a pau e poina.
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