He moʻolelo ka haʻiʻōlelo a ka Pelekikena i kēia manawa. ʻO Al Qaeda ka pahuhopu a loaʻa iā General Stanley McChrystal he 30,000 mau pūʻali koa a me 18 mau mahina e hana ai i kāna hoʻolālā counterinsurgency. Ma kahi ʻāina e like me ka nui o Afghanistan, ʻoiai he ʻumi mau manawa ʻaʻole pono kēlā helu. He aha ka mea nui ua loli iki ma Wakinekona a ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole hiki ke loli ʻo Wakinekona. He mea ʻino loa ka manaʻo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā poʻe o Afghan a me Pakistani i ʻike ʻole ʻia. Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia mau mea i ka makahiki 1970 a ua hoʻomaka ke kākoʻo ʻana o ʻAmelika no ka Islam extremist, he aupuni ko Afghanistan. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia, akā he aupuni ia a ua hana pū ʻo ia me kahi hale ʻohana honua e neʻe nei i ka hoʻololi ʻana no hoʻokahi kenekulia.
Ua hele mai ka poʻe Afghans i ʻAmelika i ka hopena o 40 a me 50 mua e noi ana i ke kōkua. Pono lākou i kahi hoʻomohala kumu. Pono lākou i hale hana sima, nā alanui paʻa. Pono lākou i kahi haukapila a me kekahi mau kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā lākou. Ua manaʻo lākou e pale ʻia ko lākou palekana o waho e nā ʻAmelika e like me ke ʻano o ke aupuni Pelekane. ʻAʻole ia. I ka wā o ke aupuni ʻo Eisenhower, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ʻAmelika i ka poʻe Afghans, pinepine i ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana e lilo ʻo Pakistan i hoa pili no ʻAmelika a pono ʻo Afghanistan e mālama iā ia iho. Ua makemake ʻo Wakinekona i ke keleawe keleawe o ka pūʻali koa o Pakistan. Ua makemake lākou i ko lākou ʻano, ko lākou ʻaʻahu a me kā lākou mau leo Pelekane.
Ua loaʻa iā Kabul ka leka a huli i Moscow. ʻO ia wale nō ka hoihoi o Wakinekona, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hoihoi loa. ʻO ka haʻiʻōlelo a ka Peresidena he mea hou no ka hōʻole ʻana o Wakinekona. Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ke kamaʻilio lehulehu e pili ana i kēia kumuhana no nā mahina. Ua hōʻailona mua ʻo Senatoa John Kerry i ka haʻalele ʻana o ka US mai ka hoʻokō piha ʻana iā Afghanistan ma ke aupuni a me ka pūʻali koa. Ma kahi haʻiʻōlelo nui o nā kulekele ʻē aʻe i ka Council on Foreign Relations ma ʻOkakopa 23rd Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kerry, 'ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou mau pahuhopu ʻaʻole pono mākou e kūkulu i kahi demokala kīnā ʻole, lanakila i ka Taliban ma kēlā me kēia kihi o ka ʻāina, a i ʻole e hoʻokumu i kahi hoʻokele waiwai hou - ʻo kā mākou e kamaʻilio nei he 'maikaʻi' aupuni ...'
ʻO ka ʻōlelo a Kerry i manaʻo nui ʻia e hōʻole i ka makemake o General Stanley McChrystal e kau i kahi hoʻolaha kūʻē kūʻē i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ana i nā manaʻo kuʻuna kuʻuna haole o Wakinekona i makemake i ke aloha, ke kālā a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ʻAmelika e hakakā iā Al Qaeda ma Pakistan kahi - i ko lākou manaʻo - ʻo ʻAmelika maoli. kau nā makemake. He leo kahiko ia, aka, mai ka lehelehe mai o keia Peresidena hou, ua kani ka mele kahiko "Aole makou i noi i keia hakaka." I loko o nā makahiki 1980 a hiki i ka makahiki 1990, ua puhi ʻo ʻAmelika i ke ahi ma lalo o Kabul a laila hele i ka manawa e pau ai ka hale. Ke kau nei i ka hewa ma "nā makahiki o ka noho Soviet a me ke kaua kīwila a ma hope o ka huli ʻana o ʻAmelika a me ko mākou mau hoaaloha ma kahi ʻē,” e kau i ka manaʻo i ka hapa hewa o ka ʻōlelo. Ua makemake ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi Vietnam Lūkini ma Afghanistan akā ua hoʻomālamalama ʻo ia i ka fuse ma Armageddon.
Ua hāpai ʻia ka haʻiʻōlelo a ka pelekikena i kahi i haʻalele ai ʻo Kerry ma ke kāʻei ʻana i nā hana nui e kū nei ma Wakinekona i nā mahina e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻoponopono hou ia iā lākou i mea e loaʻa ai ke kākoʻo o ka lehulehu no ka piʻi ʻana o ka pūʻali koa i ka wā e haʻi ana i kahi hoʻoweliweli mai kahi Al Qaeda i pale ʻia i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā mea e hana nei ma Central Asia. He manawa Mikhail Gorbachev ia. Aia ka honua ma laila ma mua. Noho ʻo Washington beltway me ka makaʻu mau i ka hana hou ʻana iā Vietnam. Akā ʻo ka mea i loaʻa ma kona mau lima ʻo ia ʻo Vietnam o Russia a ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka hiki ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia e Wakinekona.
ʻO nā wahi a pau i hele ai ʻo ʻAmelika me kona pūʻali i lawe mai i nā ukana like, nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa koa like, nā mea kaua like, nā ʻenehana like a me ka misionari like. ʻAʻohe hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo o nā mea hana a ke aupuni ʻAmelika no ka hāʻule ʻole a i ʻole ka kūleʻa. ʻO nā mea hana maʻamau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa/koa-mokuʻāina - kona poʻe kākoʻo Congressional a me nā legiona o nā lobbyists - kākoʻo kona aupuni i nā manaʻo noʻonoʻo a me nā kulanui - ua manaʻo ʻia e hana i kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻAmelika ʻoihana. Ma kahi a lākou i hana ai i loaʻa ai i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa nā hoa a me nā hoa pili a ma kahi i loaʻa ʻole ai, loaʻa ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona politika / pūʻali koa ʻAmelika, ʻAmelika ia e hana hou ana i ko Vietnam Vietnam. Akā, mai ka Taliban a me Al Qaeda, mai ka hiʻohiʻona o kēlā me kēia keikikāne ʻōpio i nānā iā Osama bin Laden ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike a ma ka noʻonoʻo o kēlā me kēia jihadi nāna i kanu i kahi mea pahū improvised a kuhikuhi paha i kahi Kalashnikov, ʻo ʻAmelika e hana hou ana. ʻO Russia Wiekanama. ʻO ka nui o nā pūʻali koa i hoʻouna ʻia e ʻAmelika, ʻoi aku ka kokoke i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā lākou moemoeā.
Ma waho o ka ʻōlelo a ka pelekikena i kāna haʻiʻōlelo Afghan, ua noi ʻo ʻAmelika i kēia hakakā. E ʻike ʻia inā hiki ke lanakila i loko o 18 mahina me 30,000 mau pūʻali koa. ʻO kēlā me kēia hopena, ʻo ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻaʻole mākou e lōʻihi e kali.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Paul Fitzgerald lāua ʻo Elizabeth Gould, he hui kāne a me ka wahine, i ko lāua ʻike ma Afghanistan i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā lāua ka ʻae ʻia e komo ma hope o nā laina Soviet ma 1981 no CBS News a hana i kahi palapala, Afghanistan Between Three Worlds, no PBS. I ka makahiki 1983, ua hoʻi lākou i Kabul me ke alakaʻi o ka papahana ʻo Harvard Negotiation ʻo Roger Fisher no ABC Nightline a hāʻawi i ka MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. Ua hoʻomau lākou i ka noiʻi, kākau a me ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i ka holo lōʻihi i alakaʻi ai i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ʻAmelika iā Afghanistan. Hōʻike ʻia lākou i kahi palapala hōʻike lanakila na Samira Goetschel. Ke poʻo inoa, ʻO kā mākou Bin Laden ponoʻī ka mea i ʻike i ka hana ʻana o ka moʻolelo ʻo Osama bin Laden ma Afghanistan a pehea i hoʻohana ʻia ai kēlā moʻolelo no ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano "kaua i ka weliweli" o ka hoʻokele Bush. Kaʻike iʻikeʻoleʻia: Ka Moʻolelo Hōʻikeʻole o Afghanistan paʻi ʻia e City Lights (www.citylights.com), ʻO Ianuali 2009 ka moʻolelo i kā lākou mau makahiki he ʻekolu mau makahiki ma Afghanistan a me ka media.
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