Anthony Arnove
Ma ke Kaikuono Peresia
ʻO ke kaua, ke kaua ma nā Balkans, a i kēia manawa ma Afghanistan, wahi a nā mea hoʻolālā koa US
ua hoʻomohala lākou i nā ʻano kaua hou e paʻi ai i nā pahu kaua a me
e mālama i ke ola kīwila a i ʻole, ma nā huaʻōlelo i makemake ʻia, "hōʻino kolateral."
“He kaua kēia a
kaua ʻo Gehena," wahi a Senatoa Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) i ka lā 16 Kepakemapa. "Akā ua loaʻa iā mākou
ka hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ke ʻano i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kā mākou i loaʻa ma mua. I
hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi iā ʻoe e hana mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa e kaupalena i ka pōʻino collateral. ʻO ka
Ua hana ka pūʻali koa i nā "hoʻoikaika nui" e kaupalena i ka pōʻino collateral, ka
Adimarala o ka Kālā USS Ua haʻi aku ka hui kaua i nā mea hoʻolaha ma ka lā 8 ʻOkakopa.
"ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i nā mea hoʻoweliweli." Ua kūkulu ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi "hou
kumu hoʻohālike o ke kaua” ma Afghanistan, ka New York Times i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka lā 18 o Dekemaba.
I kona mau mea i hala iho nei
kaua, ua kūʻē nā luna aupuni i ka ʻimi ʻana o ka pūʻali koa i ka
alakaʻi kālaiʻāina, ʻaʻole nā kānaka kīwila. “ʻAʻohe oʻu hakakā me ka
ʻO ka poʻe Iraqi, "wahi a ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Tony Blair. "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka United
ʻAʻohe hakakā ʻo ʻAmelika me Afghanistan a me ka poʻe Afghan," i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai
Kakauolelo pale kaua Donald Rumsfeld.
Akā ʻo ka mea maoli
ʻO ka hopena o nā pōkā US e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana o kēia mau ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole wale i loaʻa
ʻO nā "pōmaʻa akamai" i hala maʻamau i kā lākou mau pahuhopu a hoʻoulu i ka lehulehu kanaka
ʻeha, akā ua hoʻohana nui nā kaua i nā mea kaua me kahi kanaka kīwila nui
ka hopena, me ka pau ʻana o ka uranium munitions ma Iraq a me Kosovo a me ka cluster
nā pōkā i nā hoʻouka kaua ʻekolu.
ʻO Seamus Milne
hoikeia ma ka kahu (London) i ka lā 20 o Dekemaba, “ʻO ke kumu kūʻai i ke koko
i uku mua ʻia no ke kaua ʻana o ʻAmelika i ka weliweli ke hoʻomaka nei
e maopopo. ʻAʻole na Pelekane a i ʻole US, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kahi mamao e ka al-Qaida a
Ua paʻa nā alakaʻi o Taliban i ke kuleana no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Kepakemapa 11 ma New York a
Wasinetona. Ua uku ʻia e nā Afghans maʻamau, ʻaʻohe mea ʻole
ʻO kēlā me kēia mea e pili ana i nā hana ʻino, ʻaʻole i koho i ka Taliban theocrats i noho aliʻi
ma luna o lākou, a ʻaʻohe ona ʻōlelo i ka hoʻoholo ʻana e hāʻawi i lumi hale no Bin Laden a
kona mau hoa. Ua haʻi ʻo Milne iā Marc Herold, he kumu aʻoaʻo waiwai ma ke Kulanui
o Nu Hampshire. ka mea i manaʻo mai ka nānā pono ʻana i nā hōʻike paʻi "ma
ʻO ka liʻiliʻi he 3,767 mau kānaka kīwila i pepehi ʻia e nā pōkā US ma waena o ʻOkakopa 7 a me Dekemaba
10… he awelika o 62 mau make hala ʻole i ka lā.
I ke Kaua Kaiwa,
ʻoiai nā koi e pili ana i nā missiles pololei, 70 ka nui o nā pōkā US i hala
ʻO kā lākou mau pahu hopu a he 7 pakeneka wale nō o nā mea kaua i hoʻohana ʻia i kapa ʻia he akamai
nā pōkā, i ka wā o "ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka lewa i ka mōʻaukala," ka
Hawaii Post hōʻike ʻia ma Malaki 16, 1991. ʻO kēlā mau pōkā i pā i ko lākou
ʻO ka pahuhopu i manaʻo ʻia e pā pinepine i nā ʻoihana kīwila, me nā alahaka, ka wai
nā lako lako, a me nā mea hana mana.
Akā i loko o nā moʻolelo
ʻO nā mea kaua weliweli, pono nā pōkā pūpū i kahi kūikawā. Pāpā pūʻulu
e hoʻopuehu i kā lākou mau mea kaua ma kahi ākea; e komo pū me 200 liʻiliʻi
nā "bomblets" ʻaʻole i pahū mau i ka hopena; a e noho e koi i ka make
uku no na makahiki. Kūkulu ʻia kekahi mau pūʻulu pūpū me nā "sprinklers" i hoʻolālā ʻia
e hoʻopuehu i nā pōkā ma kahi ākea ʻoi aku ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona kuʻuna.
ʻO nā keiki pinepine
hele mai i nā pōkā pahū ʻole a ʻohi iā lākou me ka manaʻo he mau mea pāʻani. I ka
ʻO ka hihia o Afghanistan, ʻano like loa nā pōkā melemele ʻulaʻula me ka meaʻai
ʻO nā pūʻolo i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka US ma kahi pilina lehulehu e neʻe ākea
hoʻohewa ʻia e nā hui kōkua kanaka i hana ma Afghanistan ma mua
ke kaua.
I Iraq, ke hoʻomau nei
ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka ʻāina "haʻalele i kahi ʻōpala make i hiki ke koi
make kīwila no nā makahiki," ka Hawaii Post ʻae ʻia ma a
kakaikahi ka hoike e pili ana i na hoouka. “Ua lilo ka [C] ivilian i mea maʻamau” e like me a
hopena, ka Post ʻikeʻia.
I kahi ʻatikala no
ka pūnaewele Washington Post.com, ʻaʻole i lawe ʻia ma ka nūpepa, ʻo William M. Arkin
ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ua hoʻohana nui ʻo US i nā "puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu ʻaʻohe maoli
aimpoint a pepehi a hōʻeha i nā kānaka kīwila hala ʻole no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
No ka 28 JSOW
kiʻi ʻia nā pōkā puʻupuʻu ma Iraq e nā mokulele navy ma Pepeluali 16, 2001, "Pentagon
Ua ʻōlelo nā kumu he 26… i hala i kā lākou mau pahuhopu, "e like me Arkin, he 93 pakeneka
helu hāʻule. "ʻO ka 1,000 paona, 14-kapuaʻi-lōʻihi mea kaua e lawe ana i 145 anti-armor a
nā pōkā hoʻā ahi kūʻē i nā limahana e hoʻopuehu ana ma luna o kahi ʻāpana
ma kahi o 100 kapuai ka loa a 200 kapuai ka laula. I ka pōkole, "kākau ʻo Arkin, ka JSOW
“Ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā pōkā make ma kahi ʻāpana e like me ka nui o kahi kahua pôpeku me ʻeono
nā pōkā e hāʻule ana i kēlā me kēia 1,000 kapuaʻi square. Nui no ka pololei.
Ka poʻe akamai hoʻoemi
manaʻo ʻia he 35,000 mau pōkā pahū ʻole i waiho ʻia ma Kosovo, a hiki i "an
awelika o hoʻokahi make kīwila i ka pule ma ia wahi, "e like me ka kahu
(Lakana).
ʻO Afghanistan
i kēia manawa me nā pōkā puʻupuʻu unexploded, e hoʻohui ana i ka pilikia i nā poʻe kīwila
make mau nō hoʻi mai ka manaʻo ʻia he 10 miliona mau maina ʻāina i koe
kaua mua. Wahi a ka International Committee of the Red Cross, he
ʻO ka awelika o 88 Afghans e make i kēlā me kēia mahina ma muli o nā ʻeha mai ka ʻāina. ʻO kekahi o nā
ʻO ka make mua o ke kaua me ka hoʻoweliweli ʻo ka pepehi ʻana i ʻehā United Nations
nā limahana hana ʻemi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻOkakopa a me ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka hana ʻohi. “ʻO mākou
ua nalowale nā limahana 30 i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala ma nā minefields, akā ʻo kēia ka mua
ka manawa ua nalowale mākou i ka poʻe ma ke keʻena, "wahi a Syed Ahmad Farid Elmi, ka mea hana
luna hoʻomalu o ka hui ʻemi. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ma mua o 1,000 mau limahana hana hoʻomake
"ʻO ka haʻalele uku ʻole i ka manawa i ʻike ʻia e hiki ke hoʻopaʻi ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa
ma Afghanistan," ka Boston poepoe honua i hōʻikeʻia.
ʻO nā mea mahuka o Afghanistan
ʻo ka hoʻi ʻana i ko lākou mau kauhale, ua pepehi ʻia a ua ʻeha ka hele ʻana mai
nā pōkā puʻupuʻu pahū ʻole. "I ka hiki ʻana aku o ka poʻe i nā wahi i haʻalele ʻia,
ua hōʻike ʻia nā halemai i kahi komo ʻana o nā mea ʻeha, "e like me ka New
York Times.
“ʻO ka pahū ʻole
ʻO nā pōkā puʻupuʻu melemele, ʻo kēlā me kēia me ka nui o ka pahu aerosol, e paʻa mau ana a
aina raiki, he ala a me na pahale elua” ma Charykari, e like me ka manawa.
“Ua uhi nā kamaʻāina i kekahi o lākou me nā kīʻaha holoi i hoʻohuli ʻia e mālama i ka
nā moa.”
ʻOiai "ʻaʻohe mea
ʻike i ka nui o nā tona o nā pū kaua ʻAmelika e waiho ʻole ʻia ana ma luna a ma lalo paha o ka
lepo,” ka manawa hoʻohui ʻia, "ʻike ʻia ma nā laina mua a me
a puni nā alanui koʻikoʻi, nā mines a me nā mea kaua paʻa ʻole.
Akā ʻo United
Ke hāʻawi nei nā Moku'āina i $ 7 miliona wale nō no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kēia manawa. ʻOi aku
ʻO ka mea nui, "ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi papa inoa o nā wahi i loaʻa ai
hāʻule nā pūʻulu pūpū," ka manawa hōʻike ʻia. No laila, ʻo Halo Trust ka ʻohi ʻana
Ke holo nei nā limahana ma nā wahi kaua ma Land Rover, e ʻimi ana i ka
nā pōkā melemele liʻiliʻi iā lākou iho. Z
Anthony
ʻO Arnove ka mea hoʻoponopono o Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Santions and War
(South End Press, 200)