Puna: Ke Kūʻokoʻa
Ua hoʻohana au i nā mahina i kēia mau makahiki ʻewalu i hala SuriaʻO nā kūlanakauhale i ʻoki ʻia. He ʻuʻuku lākou i ko mākou ola a pau - ʻo nā Lūkini, nā Suria, nā mea kaua Islamist, nā mana komohana i hoʻonui i ka manawa e hoʻāʻo ai e luku iā Suria ma mua o ke aupuni Suria.
ʻO nā kupapaʻu i kanu ʻia i loko o kēia mau puʻu pōhaku, ka poʻe i pakele, a me nā mea ʻeha i ʻike ʻole ʻia akā mau loa i ka naʻau, ua uku i ke kumukūʻai o kā mākou hana ʻino a me ka manaʻo ʻole. ʻO ka nui o ka poʻe i mahuka i kēia mau kūlanakauhale ʻeleʻele i kēia manawa i ʻEulopa - a i ʻole ma lalo o ke Kaiwaenahonua. A ʻaʻole mākou ʻike - a mālama paha? - e pili ana i nā helu. Ua make anei he 350,000 maanei? A i ʻole 450,000? A i ʻole 500,000? Ua hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau helu, he 150,000 mālama ʻole e hoʻokaʻawale i ka mua a me ka hope.
Beirut, Mostar, Sarajevo, Alepo, kanaka, a i kēia manawa ʻo Mosul a me Raqqa - ua koi ʻia mākou e nīnau iā mākou iho inā ʻo kēia mau hale kupapaʻu kahi mea a mākou i manaʻo ai he kūlohelohe, kahi mea a mākou e ʻae ai a ʻae paha no nā haneli mau makahiki: ʻo ka luku ʻana he ʻāpana kūlohelohe ia o ka mōʻaukala.
Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole wau e manaʻoʻiʻo i kēia. Ua holo au i mau tausani mile ma o Suria, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole (ua kapa ʻia lākou i ka pūʻali koa) a ʻaʻohe pale e hiki i nā laina mua kahi i holo ai nā koa aupuni o Suria, i ʻeha pinepine ʻia, a kolo i loko o ke kaʻa haʻihaʻi e hōʻike mai iaʻu iā Isis. nā hae ma ke kahua aʻe a i ʻole ka hale haki.
Manaʻo wau ua pepehi ʻia ka hapalua o nā koa Suria aʻu i nīnau ai. ʻO ka nui o ka poʻe i make o ka pūʻali koa holoʻokoʻa he mea huna mokuʻāina, akā ua ʻike wau i ke kiʻi maoli: ma kahi o 85,000 - he mea nui loa no nā mea pale maoli o ke aupuni Assad. A hiki i ka hiki ana mai o na Rusia.
Kamaʻilio wau iā lākou a pau. ʻO kaʻu hana. ʻO kekahi pūkaua nui, ʻo 'The Tiger', ua maʻa loa ʻo ia i ke kī pū a kamaʻilio ʻo ia i kona noho ʻana ma ke kula e hū ana me ka pahū ʻana o ka leho - a hiki i koʻu ʻike ʻana ua mākaukau ʻo ia e pepehi ʻia, a wehewehe wau ua hiki iaʻu ke lohe. ʻoi aku ka maopopo iā ia inā mākou i loko o kahi ʻauwaha.
ʻO ia kāu e hoʻomanaʻo ai i nā kaua āpau: e hele ana ʻoe i laila e hōʻike - ʻaʻole e make.
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He mea hou wau i ke aʻo ʻana i ka Middle East, makahiki 72. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rick Sterling i kaʻu mokuna Veterans For Peace e heluhelu wau "The Dirty War Against Syria ..." He pro-Assad. Ke ʻimi nei au i kahi anti-Assad a i ʻole ka haʻahaʻa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoluʻolu i kahi loulou?
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Oakland, CA