Edward S. Herman
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kana haiolelo ma ka la 1 o Augate imua o ka Ahaolelo Lahui Repubalika, Bush haole
Ua wehewehe ʻo Condoleezza Rice, kākāʻōlelo kulekele i ka lehulehu, ʻo Bush
"ʻike i nā kāne a me nā wahine nani o nā pūʻali koa o ʻAmelika
ʻaʻole lākou he mākaʻi honua. ʻAʻole lākou ka 911 o ka honua." Ma ka
ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i loko o kahi aupuni Bush kēia mau kāne a me nā wahine nani
ʻAʻole wale lākou e pale i ko mākou mau kahakai a me ka lewa mai nā mea hoʻoweliweli, e "hele lākou
e hoʻolaha aku i ka maluhia, ka pōmaikaʻi a me ke kūʻokoʻa ma mua o ko mākou mau kahakai pōmaikaʻi."
A ke kāhea nei ke kahua Repubalika no ka ʻimi ikaika ʻana i kahi "rogue
removal" hoʻolālā e hoʻopau i nā mea hewa i ka hopena Clinton
Ua ʻimi wale ka hoʻokele e hoʻopili ("Bush plans to undermine
'rogue' states," Financial Times, Aug. 2, 2000).
keia
ʻOiaʻiʻo ke hana hewa ʻole iā Clinton, ka mea i hoʻohana i kahi pūʻulu piha
ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, ka hoʻonele ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kīwila a me ka pōloli, nā hoʻouka kaua,
ka nānā ʻana, ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā mea kūʻē i waho, a me nā hoʻowalewale i ka Iraq
pūʻali koa e hoʻokahuli i ke alakaʻi ʻino ʻo Saddam Hussein. Ma Yugoslavia kekahi,
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Clinton i ka pōʻino nui, nā hoʻopaʻi, ke kōkua ʻana i ke kākoʻo
nā ʻaoʻao kūʻē, nā ʻōlelo hoʻohewa a ka ʻAha hoʻokolokolo iā Milosevic, a me ke kau ʻana i ke kumukūʻai
ʻO ke poʻo o Milosevic i mea hoʻowalewale e hoʻouna i ka mea ʻino i kahi ʻē aʻe
hana hoʻopau rogue multi-pronged. ʻO ka mea wale nō a Clinton i hana ʻole ai
komo pū me nā pūʻali koa US e hoʻokuʻu i kēia mau alakaʻi mokuʻāina.
It
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ʻo nā Repubalika i ka mana e hele aku ma mua o Clinton i loko
e pili ana i nā rogues, akā pono lākou e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho iā ia, ʻoi aku
no ka mea, ua pono ia lakou e hoapono i ko lakou manao e hoonui loa aku i na mea i hala
kālā pūʻali koa nui. Pono lākou e koi i kahi hoʻolālā no ka "ʻāina
palekana" ʻaʻole i hana mua ʻo Clinton
ʻO Republicans i ka hihia o Iraq ua alualu ʻo ia me ka ikaika genocidal ka
kaʻina hana hoʻokahuli i hoʻokomo ʻia ma lalo o Bush One. ʻO ka boondoggle anti-missile
i manaʻo ʻia i kēlā hoʻoweliweli palekana aupuni ʻē aʻe, ʻo North Korea, nona nā alakaʻi
hiki i kekahi lā i ka wā e hiki mai ana ka mana e hana i ka lāhui
pepehi kanaka ma ka hoolei ana i ka pahi kaua ma ka moana. Ua makemake nui ka poe Repubalika
e hoʻokuke ana i kēlā boondoggle, ʻaʻohe kānalua me ka manaʻolana e hiki ke rapprochement ma waena
ʻAʻole e koi aku ʻo North a me South Korea iā lākou e ʻimi i kahi kumu kumu boondoggle
ma kahi e. Akā ʻaʻole e holomua kēia boondoggle i ke kumu o ka wehe ʻana i ka rogue
alakaʻi mokuʻāina.
e like me
ia Condoleeza Rice, ka pono no ka pale ʻana i nā missiles "ma ka
ʻO ka lā mua loa" ka hopena mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e loaʻa
ʻO nā missiles lōʻihi e pili pono ana i ka "blackmail." ʻO nā pōā
ʻAʻole hiki ke makemake i nā missiles no ka "pale" e like me kēia ʻāina aloha maluhia
ʻimi maopopo loa i ka mana koa nui a me kahi ʻōnaehana pale anti-missile
ma muli wale nō o kā mākou "kuleana kūikawā e mālama i ka maluhia"!
Ua ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka poʻe Roma i ke kiʻekiʻe o ko lākou mana aupuni
a me ka lawelawe pono ia oe iho?
Me Mike
Ke manaʻo nei ʻo Rice ʻo ke kulekele ʻo Clinton e hāʻawi wale i kahi "makai
ikaika" a me "911," me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo nui. Akā ʻo Clinton
ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā kulekele ʻē aʻe no ka lawelawe ʻoihana, a ua hana ʻo ia
ke hana nei i kāna hana hoʻohaumia i kekahi hapa no ka mea, e like me ka Repubalika, ʻo ia
i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka US "national interest" i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana honua
hoʻokipa i nā hui transnational US. Akā, manaʻo pū ʻo Clinton i ka pono
e hilinaʻi i hope e hōʻike ai ʻaʻole ʻo ia a me nā Demokarata
" palupalu" a e like me ka makaukau o na Repubalika e hahau a
ʻO Grenada, Nicaragua, Iraq, a me nā mea'ē aʻe, a e hoʻokomo i ka uku'āina (hui).
ka mua. ʻAʻole pono ka poʻe Repubalika e hōʻoia i ko lākou makemake aloha ʻāina e pana
a me ko lakou malama ana i ka pono hui a lakou e lawelawe nei me ka holo ole; ʻo ia hoʻi
No ke aha lākou e hoʻokuʻu ai i ka ʻāina i nā kaua i kekahi manawa
Hoʻopili ʻia nā Democrats (Korea, Vietnam). Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka Repubalika
kokoke paha i ka pūʻali koa-ʻoihana ma mua o nā Democrats
(ʻAʻole hiki i ke poʻo o Lockheed ke hoʻopaʻa i kona hoihoi i ka manaʻo o kahi Bush
peresidena; Aia ʻo Lynne Cheney ma kāna papa alakaʻi ma $125,000 i ka makahiki); lakou
loaʻa nā pilina pili i ka ʻoihana ʻaila (Bush lāua ʻo Cheney i puka pololei mai
o ka ʻoihana); a ʻo ka poʻe Repubalika e hānai i kahi hui nui o ka manaʻo
ʻoi aku ka pupule ma mua o ka poʻe Democrats (ʻo Rice he hui Bush "moderate," i ʻōlelo ʻia
pale aku iā Richard Perle lāua ʻo Paul Wolfowitz a me nā koa ikaika ʻē aʻe). ʻO kēia
e hoʻokūkū i ka hoʻokūkū ma luna o ka mea i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻoihana imperialistic i kahi kokoke.
aka,
ʻike ʻia pehea, me ka hopena o ka Soviet Union a me kāna haʻahaʻa
"hoʻopaʻa ʻia" o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻokahuli ʻia nā ʻenemi haole
e lilo i mea hamama a me ka palaha. Ua lawe mamao loa aku ʻo Clinton, a me nā Repubalika
ke ʻōlelo nei i kēia manawa e lilo ana ka hoʻokahuli ʻana i kulekele kūhelu a ʻo ia
lawe mamao aku. Aia nō kēlā manaʻo liʻiliʻi i ka "morality"
i ka wehewehe ʻana i nā pahuhopu he "rogues," ka mea hahai i ka
i kapa ʻia ʻo "terrorist" i nā makahiki i hala. Akā ʻo ka pono
e kapa i ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he "rogue" a laila hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka systematic
ʻO ka hana e hoʻoneʻe i nā aliʻi a hoʻokomo i nā mea hou i hōʻike ʻia i kēia manawa
kupono. ʻAʻohe nīnau i hāpai ʻia ma ka media US e pili ana i ka ʻōlelo
o keia kuleana a me kona pili ana i ke kanawai i manaoia ma ka honua
nā hana. Ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui nei ka Luna Hoʻoponopono ʻo Boston Globe i nā Repubalika no
Kāhea kā lākou kahua no ka wehe ʻana i ka rogue ("Being Clear About Saddam,"
Aug. 8). No ka media kūpaʻa, ʻo ke kānāwai kūpono ka ʻōlelo a ko lākou alakaʻi
hana.
ka
ʻAʻole hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "subversion" e wehewehe i ka Repubalika
nā hoʻolālā ma nā kulekele ʻē aʻe. He ʻōlelo kahiko kēlā o nā makahiki o ke Kaua anu,
e like me ka hoʻoweliweli, ka mea i koho i nā hana Soviet e hoʻokahuli i nā aupuni e KGB
disinformation a me ka propaganda, ka hoʻokele waiwai e ka boycotts a
nā hoʻopaʻi, kūʻai aku i nā kālai'āina, a me ka paipai ʻana i ka hana ʻino a me ka pepehi kanaka.
ʻO kēia nā hana i hoʻohana ʻia e ka CIA a me nā lima ʻē aʻe o ka US
mokuʻāina palekana ma Latin America a ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e like me ka mea i wehewehe ʻia e
ʻO Philip Agee ka mea hana mua o CIA ma kāna puke Inside the Company, akā e like me ka
Ua lawe ʻole ʻia e ka media mainstream ko mākou kuleana kūlohelohe e hoʻokahuli, he invidious
ʻAʻole i hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo e like me ka hoʻokahuli iā mākou. A hoʻi hou mai ka lawelawe
i kēia lā. (No ka nānā ʻana i kēia kuleana kūlohelohe, a me nā ʻano o ka hoʻokahuli i hoʻohana ʻia
e ka US ma Latin America, e nānā i kaʻu Pūnaehana Terror Real, 132-5.)
kekahi
ʻO ke kumu ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻokahuli, ʻo kā mākou hana a pau e hana me nā rogues
ma muli o ko mākou hopohopo no ko mākou "palekana aupuni," kekahi o nā mea nui loa
nā huaʻōlelo elastic ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Ina he aupuni e lawe i ka mana ma a
Ua hoʻoweliweli ka ʻāina mamao e ʻauhau ʻoi aku i kahi hui US, he lāhui kēia
pilikia palekana. Ma ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i hōʻike ʻia e ke aupuni
ka huhū a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole - ua hana ia i kahi mea a mākou e kūʻē ai, a ʻo ia
ʻaʻole i ʻike i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo neoliberal ʻaʻole kūpono kēlā mau ʻauhau kiʻekiʻe,
etc. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma kēia manaʻo o ka palekana aupuni, ʻo ka mea hana ʻole
ʻO kā mākou koho pololei ʻana he hoʻoweliweli palekana aupuni a hiki ke kūpono
kapa ʻia he poʻo. He mea hana naʻauao kūpono kēia o kahi kulekele
o ka imperialism hakaka.
kekahi
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o ka palekana ʻāina ʻo ia, e like me "ke kānāwai Hoover"–ie,
ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o ka heluna o nā Komunista ʻoi aku ka nui o kā lākou hoʻoweliweli kipi - mākou
loaʻa i kahi "kānāwai hoʻoweliweli National Security," e ʻōlelo ana ʻoi aku ka nui
ikaika kēia ʻāina a ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aʻe o kona ʻoihana koa ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe
ʻOi aku ka makaʻu a me ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻomanawanui i kona mau makemake ma waho. ʻO kēia kānāwai
he hōʻailona ia o kēlā maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo "pitiful giant syndrome,"
ka mea e uwo ai ko kakou mau koa kalaiaina a e nau ai i ko kakou mau niho
i manaʻo ʻia he kōkua ʻole i ka hakakā ʻana i kēia mau mea weliweli waho.
Malia paha
aia i loko o kēia mau mea he ʻano o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole a me kahi helu helu
ka hooponopono ana i ka makemake e hoomau i ka hanohano a me ke komo wale
ma ko makou manao iho. Akā he ʻoiaʻiʻo i loko o ka lehulehu. ʻO ka
ʻO ka pūʻali koa-ʻoihana pono pono nā kumu no ka ulu ʻana o ka pūʻali koa
kālā, a me ka hoʻoweliweli inflation he moʻolelo lōʻihi i ka serial Cold War
"nā āpau" ʻaʻole i laila. Ua oki ka hana a ka hui Bush Two
no lākou i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka piʻi ʻana o nā hoʻolimalima koa i ka hoʻoweliweli post-Soviet
au, akā hiki ke hilinaʻi mau ʻia ka media mainstream e kōkua. A me Bush Two
ʻO ka lawelawe palena ʻole i hiki iā Greed Inc. ke hana pono ia no kā mākou
"nā kāne a me nā wahine nani" i nā lawelawe kaua e hana ma luna o kekahi o
o kela poe kane a me na wahine maikai ole, i poino i ka "hana mana o ka
makeke," e pono ai ka hoʻomaha ma ka home, a me nā ʻāina ʻē.