Michael Parenti
Ma luna
i ka lele ʻana mai ka mokulele ʻo Olympic Airways i lawe mai iaʻu i Iraq
ʻO Nowemapa 2000, hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i kekahi o nā hopena o ke Komohana
nā hoʻopaʻi. ʻO ka mea i hana mua ʻia he kahua mokulele honua paʻa i kēia manawa he wahi neoneo.
ʻElua mau mokulele mehameha e noho ana me he mea lā i haʻalele ʻia ma ka tarmac ākea. ʻAʻohe kahua mokulele
kanaka e kamaʻilio ai, ʻaʻohe kaʻa ukana a me nā kaʻa pono, ʻaʻole kekahi
palekana ʻike ʻia. Aia ma ka paia i loko o ka pahu kaʻawale kahi hōʻailona hana lima
ʻAlapia a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania maikaʻi ʻole; Heluhelu ia: "Down USA." He kiʻi nui o
Ke nānā mai nei ʻo Saddam Hussein iā mākou. Hiki ke loaʻa kāna kiʻi ma ke ala e hiki ai i ka
kūlanakauhale, ma ka hōkele, a ma nā hale aupuni like ʻole. He hapa au o kahi
ka ʻelele honua o nā Helene, nā Pelekane, nā Kanada, a me nā ʻAmelika.
Aia nā mea kākau moʻolelo, nā mea hoʻomalu maluhia, a me nā lālā o ka Helene
pāremata. Margarita Papandreou, ka wahine mua o Helene a haipule
mea hoʻoikaika politika, alakaʻi i ka hui. He manawa hoʻoneʻe loa ia no
iā ia. ʻO kāna moeʻuhane no nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki ke lele pololei
Bagdad. ʻO kā mākou ka lele mua loa i Iraq e kahi mokulele ʻoihana mokuʻāina
mai ke Komohana ma ke kū'ē i nā hoʻopaʻi US / UN. ʻO nā luna Iraqi e aloha nei
ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻāʻo e hūnā i ko lākou hauʻoli i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana. “Kou alo
he ʻōlelo kūʻē i nā ʻano hana ʻino i hoʻohana ʻia e kūʻē iā mākou. He waiwai ʻo Iraq
ʻāina hiki ke hoʻokō i nā pono kumu o ka poʻe akā ke ola nei mākou
pale ʻia mai ka hana ʻana e ka UN, "wahi a kekahi o lākou. “E ʻoluʻolu
e hele i nā wahi a pau a kamaʻilio me kekahi."
Pepehi i Iraq
loa
ʻAʻole ʻike ka poʻe ʻAmelika ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Saddam Hussein i ka mana e kahi CIA-engineered
kipi e hooki i ke kipi o Iraqi—ka mea ana i hana ai ma ka luku ana i ka poe ommunists
a me ka eheu hema o kona aoao Baata ponoi. Akā i ka manawa i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Saddam he a
hoka i kona mau kumu ma Wasinetona. Ma kahi o ka lilo ʻana i ka comprador
aliʻi nāna i wehe i kona ʻāina i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kālā kūʻai kūʻokoʻa ma nā huaʻōlelo
Ua maikaʻi loa ia i nā mea hoʻopukapuka o ke Komohana, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia i kahi mea nui
ʻāpana o ka loaʻa kālā o Iraq i nā lawelawe kanaka a me ka hoʻokele waiwai
hooulu ana. I ka makahiki 1972, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Iraq i kāna ʻoihana aila a ua koke koke
hoʻohewa ʻia e nā alakaʻi o ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano he lāhui "terrorist". Ma mua o nā pule ʻeono o
ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ea i kapa ʻia ʻo ke Kaua Kaiwa (i pau i Pepeluali 1991), ʻo Iraq
ʻO ke kūlana o ka nohona ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka Hikina Waena. Ua hauʻoli ka poʻe Iraqi me ka manuahi
mālama kino a me ka hoʻonaʻauao manuahi. Ua hiki aku ka heluhelu heluhelu ma kahi o 80 pakeneka. ʻO ka hapa nui
Ua aʻo ʻia nā ʻōpio Iraqi ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Nā haumāna kulanui o
Ua loaʻa i nā kāne ʻelua nā haʻawina e aʻo ai ma ka home a ma waho. I ka maka o
ʻO nā alakaʻi o ke Komohana, ʻo Saddam ka hewa hope loa, he kanaka hoʻokele waiwai,
ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Komunista. Pono e aʻo ʻia ʻo ia i kahi haʻawina. ʻO kāna
Pono e hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ka ʻāina i ka Honua ʻEkolu kahi i loaʻa ai
e puka mai ana. ʻO ka tonage pahū kiʻekiʻe i hāʻawi ʻia ma luna o Iraq i ka wā o ke Kaua Gulf
ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua o ka hui ʻana i ka ea Allied ea o ke Kaua Honua II. Iloko
ʻO nā lā mua o ka pana ʻana, ʻaʻohe wai kahe ma ka ʻāina. ʻOi aku
ma mua o 90 pakeneka o ka mana uila o Iraq i luku ʻia. Kona
ʻo nā ʻōnaehana kelepona, ʻo ia hoʻi nā kīwī a me nā lekiō
hoʻohiolo ʻia, e like me kāna hoʻomalu wai, ka wai, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai, ka wai
hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me nā ʻōnaehana hydroelectic. Ua pilikia nā holoholona mahiʻai a me nā mahi moa
poho kaumaha. Ua puhi nā mokulele US i ka palaoa a me nā māla palaoa me nā pōkā ahi,
a pā i nā haneli o nā kula, nā halemai, nā keʻena kaʻaahi, nā hale kaʻa kaʻa, nā ea
hale malu, hale pule, a me nā wahi mōʻaukala. ʻO nā hale hana i hana i nā lole lole,
ʻO ka sima, ka chlorine, ka petrochemical, a me ka phosphate i pā pinepine ʻia. Pela no
nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nā paipu, a me nā pahu mālama o ka ʻoihana ʻaila o Iraq. Iraqi
Ua luku ʻia nā kānaka kīwila a me nā koa e holo ana i Kuwait e nā tausani ma
ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "Alanui o ka Make." Ua pepehi ʻia hoʻi ʻo Iraqi
nā koa i ho'āʻo e hāʻawi i nā pūʻali koa US i kekahi mau manawa. In
ʻO nā mea a pau, he 200,000 Iraqis i pepehi ʻia i kēlā mau pule ʻeono. Kokoke o US
nā mokulele, ʻōlelo ʻo Ramsey Clark, "ua hoʻohana ʻia i ka laser-guided depleted-uranium
nā missiles, e waiho ana he 900 tons o ka ʻōpala radioactive i hoʻolaha ʻia ma luna o ka hapa nui o Iraq me
ʻaʻohe hopohopo no ka hopena o ke ola e hiki mai ana. Ua pilikia ko mākou ʻelele
ʻike maka i ka hopena o ke kaua. Ua kipa mākou i ka hale hoʻomalu pōma Al-Amerya kahi
ma luna o 400 kanaka kīwila, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā wahine a me nā keiki i puhi ʻia e 2 US
nā missile. Ua hana ʻia ka puʻuhonua i hale kapu, me nā ipukukui, ka plastic
nā pua, a me nā kiʻi o ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia. Hoʻomaopopo ke alakaʻi i ka ʻike ʻana o US
ʻike i nā makaʻāinana e hoʻohana ana i ka malu i kēlā me kēia pō i nā lā mua o
ka pahū, akā naʻe ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i pahuhopu.
I ka umi
makahiki o ka "maluhia" mai Feberuari 1991, he 400 tona hou o na mea pahū
ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Iraq, 300 poʻe i pepehi ʻia, a me nā haneli he nui
ʻeha. ʻO ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me United Kingdom, me ke komo ʻana o
Ua kau ʻo Farani i kahi ʻāina lele ʻole ma luna o ka ʻāpana ʻākau o ka ʻāina,
e hoomalu ana i na Kurds. ʻAʻole i loaʻa kēia manaʻo kōkua kanaka hou
a hiki i ka poe Kurds e noho ana ma ka aoao Tureke o ka palena. I ka makahiki aʻe,
ua kau ʻia kekahi ʻāpana lele ʻole ma ka hema, i manaʻo ʻia e pale aku i ka Shiite
ka noho ana, e puunaue pono ana i ka aina i ekolu mahele. Ma ka makahiki 1998, ua
Ua haʻalele ʻo Farani mai nā ʻāpana ʻelua, akā ua hoʻouka kaua ʻo US a me Pelekane
Ua hoʻomau ʻia nā pahuhopu koa a me nā kīwila i kēlā me kēia lā,
me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana e kūʻē i nā hoʻomohala mahiʻai Iraqi. ʻO Bagdad
ʻAʻole mālama ʻia nā kūʻē pinepine i ka United Nations. Mai ka makahiki 1998, ʻekolu
nā lālā o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā—Russia, Kina, a me Farani—a me nā mea like ʻole
Ua hoʻāhewa nā lālā paʻa ʻole i ka hoʻouka ʻana ma ke kānāwai a ʻae ʻole ʻia e
ka Aha Kuleana. E kipaku i ka lae i ka home ia makou, i ka lua o ka la o ko makou
kipa, US warplanes ki eha missiles ma ke kauhale o Hmaidi ma ka
ʻO ka moku hema o Basra, kahi i hahau i ke kula Ali Al-Hayaini,
eha keiki a me ekolu kumu. Ua pā pū ʻia kekahi mau hale.
Kiʻi ʻana
na apana
ʻAʻole naʻe
nā makahiki o ka pōʻino a ʻoi aku ka nui o ke ola kanaka i lawe ʻia e ka
ʻAʻole ʻike ka poʻe kipa i Baghdad i kahi kūlanakauhale i neoneo. Ka nui o ka
ua hoʻopau ʻia nā ʻōpala, ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia. Aia ma ko makou hotele
wai kahe i ka lā, wai wela i ke kakahiaka. Nā alanui like ʻole ma
Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Baghdad me nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi, kāhāhā piha i ka hale
nā mea hana, nā lako lako, nā lako, a me nā lole (ka nui o ia mau mea he a
nānā lima lua). ʻAʻole mākou e ʻike i nā poʻe haʻalele a home ʻole paha ma nā alanui o
ʻO Baghdad, ʻaʻohe wahine hoʻokamakama a i ʻole nā hui o nā keiki i haʻalele ʻia, ʻoiai ma laila
ʻO nā ʻōpio i kekahi manawa makemake e hoʻolohi i nā kāmaʻa a i ʻole e noi i nā hoʻololi ʻokoʻa. Akā
me he mea la ua hanai maikai ia lakou a ua aahu maikai. ʻIke loa, ʻoiai nā mea a pau
ka luku i hana ʻia e nā hoʻopaʻi, ʻaʻole i lawa ʻo Iraq
kūʻai kūʻokoʻa "hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono." He lālā Pelekane o kā mākou ʻelele
ʻO ka mea nāna i hana ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau huakaʻi i Iraq i nā makahiki i hala aku nei e ʻike i kekahi
hoʻololi no ka maikaʻi. I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua like nā kaʻa i ka "make
mau pahele”; ua paʻi ʻia nā huila me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia, nahā nā puka makani, a
ua hāʻule nā puka mai nā ʻūlū, haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu. I kēia manawa ua like ka poʻe Iraqi
kūʻai i nā kaʻa i hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ʻia. Eia kekahi, nui nā swaths o ka
ua uhi ʻia ke kūlanakauhale i ka pōʻeleʻele; i kēia manawa, aia nā kukui
ma nā wahi a pau, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui ma ka ʻaoʻao pōwehiwehi. Nui aʻe nā hale kūʻai me nā mea hou aku
waiwai, "ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i ka 70 pakeneka o nā kānaka ke kūʻai aku i kekahi mea." Eia naʻe,
"Ua manaʻo ka poʻe i ka manaʻo kaʻawale ʻole a i kēia manawa ua ʻoi aku ka manaʻolana
a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka morale," i hoʻopau ai ʻo ia.
ʻAʻole nā kānaka āpau
hōʻike i ka morale maikaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hiki i nā luna kaumaha loa ma Iraq
loaʻa i loko o ke Keʻena Ola, ʻaʻole kāhāhā i hāʻawi ʻia i nā pōʻino a lākou
kūʻē. Ma waho aʻe o ka 200,000 Iraqis i pepehi ʻia i ka wā o ke Kaua Kaiwa, a
hou 1.5 miliona kanaka kīwila i make mai 1991 ma muli o ka
nā hoʻopaʻi, e like me nā hōʻike UNICEF a me ke Keʻa Ulaula, nui mai ka mea
ʻo ka maʻamau ka maʻi hiki ke mālama ʻia. ʻO kēia mau mea i hōʻeha ʻia, 600,000
he mau keiki malalo o 5 makahiki. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka make makuahine ma mua o
ʻelua, a he 70 pakeneka o nā wahine Iraqi i loaʻa i ka anemia. Hāʻawi ʻia i nā tona o
Ua pau ka uranium i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā o ka Allied attacks
skyrocketed: ʻo ka maʻi leukemia kamaliʻi ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua. ʻO ka hapa nui
ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Iraq kahi i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pahū.
Hele mākou i a
halemai keiki ma Baghdad. ʻO ka ʻike kamaʻāina o ka ʻili iwi
nā kamaliʻi, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā maʻi i hiki ʻole iā lākou ke mālama a i ʻole
ʻaʻole ʻike hou ʻia nā meaʻai ʻai. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia kēlā mau keiki make
ma nā wahi o Iraq akā ʻaʻole ma kēia haukapila. Ma kahi o mākou e hālāwai ai i kekahi mea
like ominous: nā keiki e loaʻa ana i nā ʻano maʻi ʻino he nui.
Kū nā makuahine i uhi ʻia ma nā moena e like me nā kiaʻi kanikau, piha ko lākou mau maka
me ke kaumaha i hai ole ia. ʻO nā mea nūpepa, nā mea paʻi kiʻi, a me nā hui TV ma kā mākou
iho mai ka ʻelele ma luna o kēia poʻe kaumaha, kaomi a ʻālohilohi me kēlā
ʻo ka hoʻomāinoino ʻole ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka paʻi. Uwe kekahi makuahine
kū mālie i ka pā. Ke piʻi nei nā mea, haʻi mai ke kauka iā mākou; hou aku
a nui aʻe nā keiki e hele mai me ka maʻi maʻi leukemia. ʻO nā limahana lapaʻau
kaumaha. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi kauka ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā mea maʻi 300 i 3 mau hola: “ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou
e mālama pono iā lākou. Hoʻopili ʻia kekahi o nā keʻena haukapila me nā incubators
e like me ka hānau hānau mua. He mau kamaliʻi kēia
nā huahana o ka uranium pau, hānau ʻia me nā deformities koʻikoʻi a
malfunctions, e pono koke i ke kaʻina hana. Ua nele ka halemai
nā mea hana kūikawā e pono ai ke hana i nā pēpē, ʻaʻole e haʻi i nā mea maʻamau
nā lāʻau lapaʻau, anesthetics, antibiotics, bandages, intravenous sets, a
mea hana diagnostic. ʻO ka ʻōnaehana mālama olakino maikaʻi loa o Iraq, me kāna
ka uhi puni honua, i kēia manawa i ka pōʻino ma muli o ka embargo.
ʻO nā mea
manaʻo ʻia e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka wā i hōʻoluʻolu ʻia nā hoʻopaʻi ma 1996, e ʻae ana iā Iraq
kūʻai aku i "ʻaila no ka meaʻai". Mai ia manawa, kūʻai ʻia ʻo $32 biliona i ka ʻaila ma waho
aka, he $8 billion wale no ka waiwai i hiki aku i Iraq, emi iho malalo o $5 a i ole $6 a
mahina no ke kanaka. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kekahi $ 10 biliona no "kaua
uku," i ka mea e koi ana i ka poʻe Iraqis e uku i nā koina i hana ʻia e ka
ʻO nā mea hakakā o UN i ka wā e luku ai iā Iraq. ʻO kekahi $ 11 biliona kālā e noho nei
Nā panakō komohana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, nui nā mea koʻikoʻi e pono ai ke kūkulu hou i ka
ʻoihana—me ka ʻenehana, ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ka hoʻonaʻauao,
nā ʻōnaehana kamaʻilio, a me nā ʻoihana o ka lāhui - ʻaʻole naʻe
loaʻa. Ma lalo o ke aʻo ʻana "hoʻohana pālua", nui nā mea nui
ʻO nā waiwai a me nā mea e pono ai no ke kōkua kanaka a me ka hana kīwila
pāpā ʻia no ka mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e ka pūʻali koa: kamepiula,
nā ʻāpana no nā mea hoʻouna uila a me nā pā wai, ʻo ia hoʻi nā papa glycerin
pono no na ma'i puuwai. (E lawe ʻia nā miliona o nā papa glycerin i hui pū ʻia
me ka nitrogen e hana i hoʻokahi mea pahū liʻiliʻi.)
Ka Haole
Wahi a Kuhina
ʻO Iraq
ʻO ke Kuhina o ko nā ʻāina ʻē, ʻo Tariq Aziz, hui pū me kā mākou ʻelele a hana
ʻO kēia mau mea: Ma mua o 1990, ua kau ka United Nations i nā hoʻopaʻi
ma luna o kekahi mau lāhui kanaka, e like me Rhodesia a me ʻApelika Hema, ma ka manawaleʻa
kumu. "Ua waiho ʻia i nā ʻāina ponoʻī a me ka honua e hoʻokō
kēlā mau hoʻopaʻi a hoʻokō ʻole paha ia mau mea. " No laila ua maʻalahi nā hopena. Akā
mai 1990, ua kau nā alakaʻi o US me kā lākou mea i kapa ʻia ʻo New World Order i ka
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa koʻikoʻi, "hoʻopuni iā Iraq me nā moku kaua a me nā mokulele e pale
ʻo nā huakaʻi maʻamau a me nā ukana maʻamau. E like me nā hoʻopaʻi kūʻē
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Yugoslavia, ke kuhina, ua hana kēia kulekele i ka nui o ka ʻeha.
“No laila, ke ʻōlelo nei mākou he pilikia honua kēia embargo, ʻo ia
ʻaʻole wale ka hoʻolaha kūʻē iā ʻAmelika. ʻO ia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. A ua pau ka weliweli. "
ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Soviet Union i hana i kahi ʻano honua ʻē aʻe,
hoʻohui ʻo ia. Me ka pau ʻana o ke Kaua anuanu, "he kaua wela hou a me ke kaua mahana".
ua kau ʻia ma luna o nā lāhui he nui, me Iraq ka pahuhopu nui.
ʻOiai nā mea a pau
nā hōʻike i hana ʻia e nā hui o nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa "e hōʻike ana i ka ʻaha kūkā
e pili ana i ka ʻeha o ka poʻe Iraqi, a me ka make ʻana o nā keiki he nui.
a me ka emi ʻana o ka ʻoihana Iraqi, "hoʻomanaʻo mai ʻo Aziz iā mākou, ʻaʻohe
hiki ke hoʻololi i ke kulekele UN e pili ana i nā hoʻopaʻi ma muli o ka palekana
ʻO ka veto ʻaha kūkā i hoʻohana ʻia e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Pelekane. Aia nae ka poe o
ʻAʻole ʻo Iraq i hoʻopilikia wale ʻia. Ua "hoole lakou e ae aku
ʻO ke kaomi ʻAmelika a me ka blackmail ʻAmelika. Eia kekahi, aia "ka makemake
o nā lāhui ʻē aʻe, nā wahine kūʻokoʻa a me nā kāne i kēia ao" i hōʻole ʻole
kākoʻo i ka pono ʻole a me ka imperialism. Ma hope o ʻumi makahiki, ʻo US propaganda "ʻo ia
ʻaʻahu lahilahi," a "ua nui nā mea i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe o ka
honua" e hoʻonui nui ana i ke kākoʻo no Iraq-e like me ke ana ʻia e ka
ke ulu nei ka nui o na mokulele mai na aupuni like ole mai ke kue aku i ka
nā hoʻopaʻi. ʻAʻole ʻo Iraq wale nō akā ua hoʻomau kāna mau hoa kālepa i ka nui
nā poho pāʻoihana ma muli o ka ʻumi makahiki embargo. I ka makahiki 2000, ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,500
Ua komo nā hui honua mai 45 mau ʻāina i ke kālepa Iraqi
pono. No laila, no nā kumu waiwai a me nā kumu kūʻai kūpono, "ʻo ka embargo
e hoʻomaka ana e haki."
He ʻumi makahiki aku nei,
hoʻopau ʻo Aziz, ua haʻi ʻia iā mākou: ua pau ka mōʻaukala; mai keia manawa aku e ola kakou
e like me nā ʻōlelo a nā alakaʻi o ʻAmelika i kahi Pax Americana. Ka poe hana ole
e ʻae ʻo ia nā "ʻāina ʻino." Akā ke hoʻomaka nei nā alakaʻi o ʻAmelika e ʻike
"ʻaʻole e hana ana kēia imperialism hou .... ʻOiai kona mana a pau, ʻo ka
ʻAʻole ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ke Akua. ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka Mea Mana Loa. He imperialist
ikaika." A "ke lanakila ka lāhui i ka hōʻole ʻana i ke kauoha a
imperialist, [a] lanakila i ka malama ana i kona mana, a me kona
ʻO ke kūʻokoʻa a me ka hanohano, he mea hoʻokō ia." ʻO ka noi hope a Aziz
ʻaʻole mākou e hilinaʻi i "ka media manipulated" o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Pelekane
a me Kanada. “ʻO kekahi o nā pono kanaka maʻamau ka loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kuleana
e hoʻoholo i kou manaʻo ponoʻī, ʻaʻole e kūʻai i nā manaʻo i hana ʻia e haʻi ʻaʻole paha
pololei a oiaio. No laila, manaʻolana wau e hoʻohana ʻoe i kēia kipa pōkole e ʻike i ka mea
ke hele nei ma kēia ʻāina a he aha nā mea maoli. "
I ka pani ʻana
la o ko makou huakai, ua waiho na lala o ko makou elele i na manao e hoomau i ke kaua
kūʻē i nā hoʻopaʻi. ʻO kēia mau mea: ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke Kōmike Uku o UN,
e hōʻole ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka $ 11 biliona ma Iraqi aila-no-meaʻai loaʻa;
hui pū me Women's International League for Peace and Freedom a me nā mea ʻē aʻe
Nā NGO e hoʻokipa i ka UN Security Council; hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka UN Human Rights Commission
ma Geneva a me ka pāremata o ka Hui ʻEulopa; koho ʻia ka lobbying
nā ʻelele a me nā alakaʻi hoʻomana ma nā ʻāina like ʻole; a me ka hoouna ana
nā memo ma o ka Pūnaewele. ʻAʻole kokoke e hiolo ka pā hoʻopaʻi akā
ke hoike mai nei i na poha. I ka makahiki 1998, ʻo Scott Ritter, ke poʻokela o ka mea nānā i nā mea kaua UN ma Iraq
mai 1991, haʻalele a hoʻopiʻi i ke aupuni US no ka undercutting UN
mea nana mea kaua. I kēia manawa ua hoʻomau nā alakaʻi o ʻAmelika a me nā mea paʻi
Ua kūpaʻa ʻo Iraq i ka hoʻouka kaua nuklea, ʻoiai ua hui pū ʻo Baghdad
piha me nā luna nānā UN nāna i ʻimi i ka ʻāina me ka ʻimi ʻole i nā mea kaua
o ka luku nui a i ʻole ka hiki ke kūkulu iā lākou.
Also in 1998,
ʻO Denis Halliday, ka UN Assistant Secretary General a me Humanitarian Coordinator ma
Ua haʻalele ʻo Iraq i ke kūʻē ʻana i ka hana a nā hoʻopaʻi i kēlā ʻāina. In
mua 2000, Hans von Sponeck, UN Humanitarian Coordinator ma Iraq a me Jutta
ʻO Burghart, ke poʻo o ka UN World Food Program ma Baghdad, ua haʻalele i ke kūʻē i ka
nā hoʻopaʻi. Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei ka 'Oihana Moku'āina a me ka media US
ʻO Saddam, ʻaʻole nā hoʻopaʻi, no ka pōʻino i hoʻomanawanui ʻia e ka poʻe Iraqi. ʻO ka
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka poʻe Iraqis maʻamau "ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo kaumaha
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Saddam Hussein e mālama i nā ʻāpana o kona heluna kanaka
ilihune,” kani a Hawaii Post hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ma ka
Kona Keahole Herald Tribune (Novemaba 14, 2000). ʻO ke alakaʻi Iraqi, ka
Post hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā mākou, he "dictator warmongering" e pono ai
i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka hoʻopaʻi koʻikoʻi. I ke koho ʻia ʻana
ma ke ʻano he Kakauolelo Mokuʻāina hou o ʻAmelika i Dekemaba 2000, ʻo General Colin Powell
hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kēia kūlana, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana e hoʻoikaika ʻo ia e "hoʻoikaika hou" i ka
hoʻopaʻi kūʻē iā Iraq. Hiki i ke alakaʻi o Iraqi ke hoʻohuli piha i ke kulekele US
a puni ma ka haʻi ʻana i ʻelua mau huaʻōlelo kilokilo: "mākeke manuahi." ʻO nā mea a pau a lākou e makemake ai
Pono e hana ʻo ia ke kono i ka IMF a me ka World Bank i Iraq, hoʻopau manuahi
ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka mālama lapaʻau manuahi, e hoʻopau i ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻai meaʻai e hele ai
ʻO kēlā me kēia Iraqi, e hoʻopau i nā kōkua hale a me nā haʻawina hoʻokele, a
e hāʻawi aku i ka ʻoihana ʻaila o ka ʻāina i nā ʻoihana hui. E hāpai i ka
hoʻopaʻi, pono ʻo Iraq e hāʻawi i ka lokomaikaʻi o ka mākeke manuahi
paradaiso e like me kā Yugoslavia i hana ai ma lalo o ka mea hou i haku ʻia,
ʻO ka pelekikena kākoʻo komohana, ʻo Kostunica, a me nā lāhui ʻē aʻe he nui
hana ʻia. A hiki i kēlā manawa, e hoʻomau ʻia ʻo Iraq e koho ʻia he "ʻāina rogue" e
ʻO kēlā poʻe kālai'āina ma Wakinekona, ʻo lākou ka poʻe ʻoi loa ka loaʻa kālā,
nā poʻe ʻaihue mana ma ka honua.
Z
Michael
ʻO nā puke hou loa a Parenti To Kill a Lation: The Attack on
Yugoslavia (Verso) a He Moolelo Pohihihi (Kukuanakauhale).