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ʻO 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., ʻo ka poʻe hoʻolaha e hele maʻamau i kahi snoozy
kuʻi. ʻO ka mea hou loa i loko o ka laina lōʻihi o ka pelekikena pelekikena, ʻo Ari Fleischer,
ua hoʻomaka i kahi kūkā nūhou ma Ianuali 6 me kahi aloha maikaʻi: "Maikaʻi
ahiahi a Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou iā nā mea a pau." Akā ʻo kāna bonhomie
ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi minuke.
"Ma
ʻO ka puʻupuʻu mua, ʻo Ari, ua ʻōlelo ʻoe ua minamina ka pelekikena
ka lawe ʻana i nā ola hala ʻole," i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Helen Thomas. “Aia
pili i nā ola hala ʻole a pau o ka honua?"
It
he nīnau maʻalahi—a ʻo ka mea pōʻino, he nīnau kupaianaha
ʻekahi. He liʻiliʻi nā mea nūpepa ma ka Hale Paʻa e neʻe ma mua o ka maʻalahi akā
nā pilina ikaika e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea hoʻolaha a me nā luna kiʻekiʻe ma Wakinekona.
ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo nā manaʻo like ʻole ka inoa i haʻi ʻole ʻia o ka pāʻani.
In
ʻO kēia hihia, ʻaʻole ʻo Thomas i pāʻani—a ʻo Fleischer
ʻAʻole i hoʻomaka maikaʻi ka makahiki hou. Oni kona alelo,
aka, ua hoole oia e pane i ka ninau. Akā, ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻO wau
e kuhikuhi pono i kahi hoʻouka kaua weliweli ma Tel Aviv kēlā
ua make a he mau haneli.
Of
ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻohewa ʻia kēlā hoʻouka ʻana. Akā, ua nīnau ʻo Thomas inā
Ua minamina ʻo Pelekikena Bush i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o "nā ola hala ʻole a pau
ka honua. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Fleischer e hele i laila.
aka,
ʻO Helen Thomas, he mea kākau moʻolelo 82 makahiki i uhi ʻia i ka
ʻO ka Hale Paʻa no nā makahiki he nui, ʻaʻole ia e pale ʻia e ka flack
hana maalea. "ʻO kaʻu hahai ʻana," hoʻomau ʻo ia,
"No ke aha ʻo ia e makemake ai e hoʻolei i nā pōkā ma luna o Iraqis hala ʻole?"
On
he dime, wili ʻo Fleischer i ka makua kāne a me ka lāhui. “Helena,
ʻO ka nīnau pehea e pale ai i nā ʻAmelika, a me kā mākou mau hoa aloha a me nā hoaaloha. "
Heaha
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Fleischer "ʻo ka nīnau" ʻoiaʻiʻo
kana ninau. ʻAʻohe ona pono no kāna.
Thomas
pane mai la: “Aole lakou e hoouka ana ia oe. Loaʻa iā lākou [ka
Ua kau aku ʻo Iraqis i ka mīkina lima ma luna ou a i ʻole ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i 11 mau makahiki?"
kahu kahu
ua hoʻopili ʻo ia i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻomākeʻaka. “Manaʻo wau ua poina ʻoe
e pili ana i nā ʻAmelika i pepehi ʻia i ke Kaua Kaiwa mua ma muli o ka hopena
o ko Saddam Hussein hana ino ia manawa.
“ʻO ia
kēia hoʻopaʻi," wahi a Thomas, "ʻumikumamākahi makahiki o ka hoʻopaʻi?"
ka
ʻO ka mea nāna e mālama i ka White House spin i hoʻāla hou i nā RPM. “Helena,
Manaʻo wau ua ʻike maopopo ʻoe i ke kūlana o ka pelekikena
makemake ʻo ia e pale i ke kaua… ”
aka,
ua hōʻole ka mea kākau moʻolelo e haʻalele i kāna kumu, ʻaʻole i pane ʻia
ninau. Ua nīnau ʻo ia: "E hoʻouka anei ka pelekikena iā Iraqi hala ʻole
ola?"
"The
makemake ka pelekikena e hōʻoia e hiki iā ia ke pale i ko mākou ʻāina.
"
Thomas
koi ʻia e ʻike inā manaʻo ʻo Bush ka poʻe Iraqi "ʻo
he mea hooweliweli ia makou.
At
i kēlā manawa, hele aku ʻo Fleischer i ka leka me kahi ʻōlelo ʻano ʻē. “Ka
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka poʻe Iraqi e ko lākou aupuni, "wahi āna.
ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻana o kahi mea kākau moʻolelo i alakaʻi iā ia e kau i ka wāwae i ka poli
ka waha.
mahope iho o
57 makahiki ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha no United Press International, ʻo Helen Thomas
haʻalele iā UPI i ka makahiki 2000 i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana e News World Communications,
he hui i hui pu me ka Rev. Sun Myung Moon eheu akau
Unification Church (ma waena o kāna mau paʻa ʻo ka
Washington Times).
Mai ia manawa, ua kākau ʻo Thomas i kahi kolamu syndicated incisive
no na Nupepa Hearst.
In
he kamaʻilio ma MIT i kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei, ua haʻi ʻo Helen Thomas i ka lehulehu:
"Ua hoʻopaʻa wau iaʻu iho no 50 mau makahiki i koʻu wā he mea hoʻolaha."
ʻAʻole makemake pinepine ka poʻe loea e haʻi i ka lehulehu i ka mea
ʻike lākou ma kahi huna. I ka wā e puka mai ai ka mea kākau moʻolelo
ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā ia iho, ka pōmaikaʻi o ka lehulehu.
Lā
i ka lā a i waho, ʻike ʻia ʻo Helen Thomas no kona ikaika ma
Nā ʻaha kūkā o ka Hale Keʻokeʻo. E hāʻawi pū aku kākou i ka mahalo i kahi
kanaka hou wiwo ole ma ia mau hana lapuwale. I kēia mau lā, ʻo Russell Mokhiber
o ka
ʻO ka mea kākau moʻolelo hana hewa
e ninau ana i kela
ʻaʻole i pane ʻia: “Ari, ʻokoʻa ʻo Elliott Abrams, ehia
aia nā lawehala i hoʻopaʻi ʻia ma luna o nā limahana o ka Hale Paʻi?"
oe
hiki ke loaʻa i nā transcripts o nā hoʻololi ʻana o Mokhiber me Fleischer
i kau ʻia ma www.com-mondreams.org—ma lalo o ke poʻomanaʻo “Ari
a ʻo wau" - nā hiʻohiʻona o nā nīnau paʻa ʻole a me nā haʻalele ʻana
ma ka Hale Keokeo.
aloha
ʻo ʻoe, ʻo Helen Thomas lāua ʻo Russell Mokhiber. He mea hōʻoluʻolu ia
ʻike i ka poʻe nūpepa e hana ana i kā lākou mau hana ma mua o ka hele ʻana e launa pū.
ʻO Norman
ʻO Solomona ka mea kākau pū o
Target Iraq: ʻAʻole i hana ʻia e ka News Media
E haʻi iā ʻoe
(Nā Puke Kūkākūkā).