AMa hope o ʻewalu mau makahiki o ka noho ʻana o ʻAmelika, noho weliweli ka poʻe Afghan, ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā pōkā a me nā pōkā wale nō, akā, ʻaʻole nā kuʻikahi kūʻai, nā mercenary pilikino, ʻaihue waiwai, a me ka luku ʻana i nā ʻoihana. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Barack Obama i nā mea like ʻole, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻoikaika nei i kāna mau mea imperial e hōʻike i kona kūpono no ka pelekikena. Me kāna mau kāhea no ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka ikaika o ka pūʻali koa US ma Afghanistan, ua hāʻawi ʻo Obama i ka honi o ka make no nā tausani hou aʻe ma ka ʻāina a hōʻoia hou ʻaʻole ʻo ia he moho maluhia.
He poʻe kālai'āina ʻo Iraq no John McCain, akā koi ka ʻōnaehana i ka hānai mau ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻoihana koa ʻole. Ua kūpono ʻo Afghanistan i ka bila.
Ua loli ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma waena o ka poʻe kālai'āina mai ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pale i kahi ʻoihana hoʻowahāwahā ʻia i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i lalo, e kamaʻilio ana i nā "horizons manawa," a neʻe iā ia i kahi ʻāina kokoke.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole kaulana ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq ma nā wahi he nui, he kakaikahi wale nō nā ʻAmelika i kūʻē ikaika i ka pūʻali koa ma Afghanistan. Hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Kepakemapa 11, hoʻokahi wale nō lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, ʻo ka lālā Black Caucus ʻo Barbara Lee, i makemake e koho kūʻē i ka ʻae e hoʻohana i ka pūʻali koa e kūʻē i nā mea hoʻoweliweli. ʻAʻole hilahila nā Liberals e pili ana i ka hoʻouka ʻana iā Iraq i ka uē ʻana no ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka Taliban. ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ka huhū i ka wā i pahū ai ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā aupuni ʻē aʻe o NATO a pana i ka poʻe mahiʻai Afghan pōʻino a me ko lākou mau ʻohana.
ʻO ka honi o ka make no Afghanistan i hāʻawi pilikino ʻia e Obama. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻo ke kaua kūʻē i ka Taliban he lanakila politika. ʻO kāna kāhea e hoʻonui i ka noho ʻana o Afghanistan e pepehi i kekahi mau manu me ka pōhaku hoʻokahi. ʻO kāna hoʻolālā i piha i ka loophole e huki i nā pūʻali koa ma Iraq e ʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe liberal i loaʻa ʻole ka ikaika no ka hakakā maoli a e lawelawe pū nō hoʻi i ka papa alakaʻi ʻoihana ma o ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻolimalima pūʻali koa.
Ke hoʻolaha maʻalahi nei ʻo Obama no ka pelekikena ma ka hana ʻana me he mea lā ua loaʻa iā ia ka hana a ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ia i kāna mau hōʻoia pro-kaua ma Afghanistan a me Iraq e hana ai. Ke holo nei ʻo ia i ka honua, e hoʻolālā ana i nā kipa me nā alakaʻi o ka honua, a hāʻawi i nā poʻe koho keʻokeʻo hopohopo i ke kumu no ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma o ka mālama ʻana iā lākou e ʻike iā ia i nā manawa kiʻi pelekikena ma Germany, Afghanistan, a me Iraq. ʻAʻole nō hoʻi e ʻeha ke hui pū me nā koa no ka ham a me nā hua manu i loko o ka hale lole a me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e like me kēia, "Ke ʻike i nā ʻōpio e like me kēia e hana nei i nā hana maikaʻi loa, me ka hoʻolaʻa nui…
Ke hana nei ʻo ʻAmelika i ka luku ʻana iā Afghanistan no kahi kokoke i 30 mau makahiki. Ua loaʻa iā Zbigniew Brzezinski, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ka National Security iā Jimmy Carter, ka manaʻo maikaʻi o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i Afghanistan a me Pakistan e pili ana me nā pū a me ke kālā, nā mea āpau i mea e "kūʻē" i ka noho ʻana o ka Soviet. ʻO Brzezinski, e like me ka nui o kāna mau hoa hana kulekele ʻē aʻe, ke aʻo nei i ka hoʻolaha Obama.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea i kapa ʻia ʻo warlord ma Afghanistan e kūʻē nei i ka noho ʻana o ʻAmelika i hoʻokahi manawa ma ka uku uku CIA. ʻO Gulbuddin Hekmatyar he mea punahele i ka wā Carter a me Reagan i loaʻa nā mea kaua a me ke kālā a ua kipa aku ʻo ia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1985, akā ke kāhea nei ʻo ia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika.
ʻO ka hilahila o Hekmatyar a me nā hoaaloha, ʻaʻole ia e hana i mea e hoʻōki ai i ke kaua weliweli i hoʻokau ʻia ma luna o nā kānaka hala ʻole. ʻO nā mea kahiko a pau he mea hou hou i ke kulekele haole. ʻAʻohe mea makemake e kuhikuhi i nā hoʻolālā hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ua ala mai ka make. ʻO kekahi o nā kākā'ōlelo o Obama, ʻo Susan Rice, ke kāhea nei i ka inoa ʻo Ronald Reagan ma ke ʻano hoʻomaikaʻi. "ʻO ke kākoʻo no ke kūʻē ʻana o Afghan i ka hakakā Soviet ka hoʻoholo kūpono i ka 1980s." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo kona haku i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa e loaʻa iā ia kahi kulekele ʻē aʻe e like me Reagan, no laila ʻo kāna ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e hana hou i ka palaho o ka wā i hala.
ʻO ka noho ʻana o Iraq a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka noho ʻana ma Afghanistan e lawe mai i ka pōʻino i ka ʻāina ma mua o kā Bush i moeʻuhane ai. ʻO kahi Iraqi i ʻike ʻole akā manaʻo maikaʻi i kēia e ʻōlelo e pili ana iā Obama. "Ua ʻoi aku kona maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka mea he ʻeleʻele ʻo ia a ua hoʻokaumaha ʻia ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ma ʻAmelika. Manaʻo wau e ʻike ʻo ia i ko mākou ʻeha."
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ia. ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe i manaʻo i ka ʻeha e lilo i pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻeha ka mea mua ma ka wehewehe hana.
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