ʻElua makahiki i hala aku nei, ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua i pepehi iā Osama bin Laden ma Pakistan, ua kākau kekahi mau mea nūpepa i nā moʻolelo koʻikoʻi o nā manawa hope o ke alakaʻi Al Qaeda. ʻO kekahi o ia moʻolelo, i kākau pū ʻia e Eli Lake ma ka ʻO Washington Times, i haʻi ʻia i nā luna hoʻomalu o Obama a me kahi kumu pūʻali koa i ʻike ʻole ʻia, i wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o bin Laden i kahi mea kaua e hoʻāʻo ai e pale aku iā ia iho i ka wā o ke kaua ahi ikaika ma kona pūhui, a laila "i pana ʻia e nā Navy SEAL ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻohana i kahi wahine kaulana. e lilo i wahine nāna i pale kanaka.
He mea hoihoi loa ia, akā ua ʻike ʻia he hoʻolaha hoʻopunipuni i hana ʻia e nā luna o ʻAmelika e hoʻopau i ke kiʻi o Bin Laden i nā maka o kāna poʻe hahai. Ma muli o ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe kūʻē kūʻē ʻana o ka SEAL ma ka pūhui, ʻaʻohe ahi ahi, ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻo Bin Laden i ka wahine i pale kanaka, a ʻaʻohe mea kaua.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ka Hale Paʻa i nā hōʻike hoʻopunipuni mua e pili ana i ka "noe o ke kaua," akā e like me kā Will Saletan i kuhikuhi ai. Slate, "ʻO ka noe o ke kaua e hoʻouluulu ai, ʻaʻole ka moʻolelo like e like me ka mea e pili ana i ka pale kanaka. ʻO ke kumu i kūʻai a kūʻai aku ai nā luna o ʻAmelika i kēia moʻolelo, ʻo ia ke kūpono i kā lākou hoʻopiʻi nui ʻana iā Bin Laden. Ua hoʻoikaika ia i ke kiʻi hilahila o kona peʻe ʻana i loko o kahi hale ʻoiai e hoʻouna ana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e kaua a make. Ua like ia me ka makaʻu.
Nui ka poʻe nūhou i paʻi ʻole i ka moʻokāki o ke aupuni. No Lake, akā, kūpono ia i kahi ʻano hana o ke kanu ʻana i nā moʻolelo kānalua mai nā kumu me nā kumuhana politika ikaika.[*]
ʻO ia ka mea e lawe mai iā mākou i ka moʻolelo nūhou i haki ʻo Lake lāua ʻo Josh Rogin no ka Ka LēʻAna i ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike lākou ʻo ka "hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi i koi aku i ke aupuni US e pani i nā ʻelele ma 22 mau ʻāina he kūkā kūkā ma waena o nā alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe o al Qaeda a me nā ʻelele o nā hui o ka hui a puni ka ʻāina." Ua ʻōlelo ka moʻolelo ma waena o nā "mea hana ʻoi aku ma mua o 20" ma ke kelepona ʻo Ayman al-Zawahiri, ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka ʻāpana i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi hui honua me nā hui i ʻApelika, Asia, a me ka Middle East. ʻO nā mea komo ʻē aʻe o Al Qaeda i komo i ke kelepona i hōʻike ʻia i hōʻike ʻia i nā hui e hana ana ma Iraq, ka Islamic Maghreb, Nigeria, Pakistan, ka Sinai Peninsula, a me Uzbekistan.
ʻO nā kumu no ka moʻolelo ʻekolu mau luna o ʻAmelika "i kamaʻāina me ka naʻauao." "Ua like kēia me kahi hui o ka Legion of Doom," i haʻi aku ai kekahi iā Lake a me Rogin. "ʻO nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i kēlā papa inoa o nā wahi a mākou i pani ai e ʻike ai i ka mea ma ke kelepona."
Ua haʻi aku ka ʻāpana i ka senator Repubalika John McCain, nāna i huki i kahi hopena weliweli mai ka nūhou. "Hiki paha kēia i kahi puka nui i ka manaʻo e holo nei ʻo Al Qaeda," wahi āna. "Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia e kēia hoʻokele ʻana i ka hiki o Al Qaeda ke hoʻopiha iā ia iho." Ua ʻohi nui ʻia ka moʻolelo ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau. Ma kāna hōʻikeʻike, Rush Limbaugh ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Obama "ke aupuni" i hoʻopuka i ka moʻolelo no ka waiwai politika. "Ua hoʻokahe lākou," i wehewehe ai ʻo ia, "i mea e nānā nui ai ʻo Obama a mākaukau a paʻakikī a hoʻohālikelike i kēia hoʻokele me he mea lā ʻaʻohe mea e loaʻa i kekahi mea ma mua o lākou."
A laila he nui o nā mea kākau moʻolelo palekana aupuni hoʻomaka e nīnau i nā kumu o ka poe leakers, a e hookaulua aku i ka moolelo. Ken Dilanian o ka Los Angeles Times ua manaʻo ʻia ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻāpana e hoʻonani i nā mana hōʻailona-naʻauao o ka NSA. Barton Gellman o ka Hawaii Post i ʻōlelo ʻia aia kekahi mea "hewa loa" me ka mea āpau. New York ua komo ka magazine ma ka hana e parodying ka manaʻo o kahi kūkā kūkā Al Qaeda.
Me keia au o ke kanalua a me ka hoohenehene, ua Ka LēʻAna ʻAʻole i hoʻoponopono i ka moʻolelo, ʻoiai ua hana ʻo Lake lāua ʻo Rogin i nā ʻōlelo i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻololi i ke ʻano. "Ua hoʻohana mākou i ka 'conference call' no ka mea ua lawa ia," Ua hoʻopio ʻo Lake. "Akā ʻaʻole ia he kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kelepona." In kekahi tweet Ua haʻi ʻo ia iā Ben Wedeman o CNN, "He pilikia hanauna paha kēia, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā kelepona kūkā me ke kelepona ʻole." (ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe, ma ka liʻiliʻi e like me ka puke wehewehe. Eia kekahi, ua kapa ʻia ke kumu "Legion of Doom" he "kelepona kelepona.")
i ka moʻolelo hahai paʻi ʻia i ka lā ma hope o ka ʻatikala kumu, ua kākau ʻo Lake ma ke noi o kāna mau kumu, ka Ka LēʻAna "ʻaʻa i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ʻenehana i hoʻohana ʻia e al Qaeda e alakaʻi i ke kelepona kūkā." ʻO ka manaʻo, ua haʻalele ka moʻolelo i ka ʻike e mālama ai i ka poʻe hoʻoweliweli mai ka ʻike nui e pili ana i nā hana naʻauao US. Akā e like me Dan Murphy o ka Christian Science Monitor i ʻōlelo ʻia, "Inā i hana ʻia kahi kelepona kūkā o kekahi ʻano, a laila ʻike maopopo ka poʻe hui i kā lākou hana ʻana. A ʻo ka manawa a lākou e ʻike ai i kahi nūhou e ʻōlelo ana e hoʻolohe ana ʻo ʻAmelika i ke kelepona, e pani lākou i kēlā ʻano o ke kamaʻilio ʻana. Ua noʻonoʻo ka poʻe ʻē aʻe no ke aha, no ka haunaele o ka honua e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana o ka National Security Agency, e hōʻiliʻili ʻo Al Qaeda i kāna mau mea hana kiʻekiʻe no kekahi ʻano o ka kamaʻilio lehulehu.
He mea aʻoaʻo ko Lake i hala ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO ia ka mea hoʻolaha ākea a ikaika hoʻi o ke Kaua Iraq a me nā ʻano moʻolelo like ʻole e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai, e hāʻawi ana i ka pahu pahu media i kōkua i ka Bush Administration e kūʻai aku i ke kaua i ka lehulehu a me ka Congress. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia e pili ana i ka pili pili ʻana o Saddam Hussein iā Al Qaeda a me kāna waihona o nā mea kaua o ka luku nui, a ua lanakila ʻo ia. ʻO ke kanaka conscredited ʻo Ahmed Chalabi, ke poʻo o ka CIA-backed Iraqi National Congress (INC), nāna i hoʻohiki e hoʻokipa ʻo Iraqis i nā pūʻali koa US "ma ke ʻano he liberators" a ʻōlelo ʻia he liʻiliʻi ka manawa o ka hoʻokahe koko sectarian ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana. Ua loaʻa nā mea ʻo Bogus INC i loko o ʻelua mau ʻāpana o Lake, me kahi Kekemapa 2001 ʻO ka'ōiwi kūkā moʻolelo a ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia, me ka lanakila ʻana o ka Taliban ma Afghanistan, pono ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e noʻonoʻo i ka hana kaua kūʻē iā Iraq, Somalia, a me Yemen. "He mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa maikaʻi loa ke kumu e lilo ai nā mea ʻekolu i mea e hiki mai ana," i kākau ai ʻo ia. "Ma hope o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Iraq i nā mea kaua nuklea a me nā mea ola i loko o nā luawai lalo a me nā halemai, e like me Adnan Ihsan Saeed al-Haideri, he mea pale i nīnau ʻia e ka New York Times. ʻO kekahi o nā hijackers 9/11, ʻo Mohammed Atta, i hui me nā luna naʻauao Iraqi ma Prague i ʻApelila.
ʻOiai ʻo Dick Cheney i hoʻomaopopo ma hope mai ʻo ka moʻolelo hope, i hoʻopiʻi ʻia a puni mau ʻia e ka poʻe kākoʻo kaua. ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia. Aʻo ka New York Times ʻO ka hōʻike e pili ana iā Lake, i paʻi ʻia i ka lā ma mua o ka puka ʻana o kāna ʻāpana, ua kākau ʻia e Judith Miller, kahi mea hana serial nona ka hōʻike ʻana o ke Kaua Iraq i hoʻopau pono i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo hanohano.
ʻO Jonathan Landay lāua ʻo Trish Wells o Knight Ridder hōʻike ʻia i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope i ka nānā ʻana i kēlā manawa, ua hāʻawi ka INC ma kāna ʻae ʻana i ka "exaggerated and fabricated" naʻauao ma mua o ke kaua i ka poʻe nūpepa e hāpai i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq. "ʻO ka hānai ʻana i ka ʻike i ka nūhou, a me nā luna hoʻomalu i koho ʻia a me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo," i kākau ai ʻo Landay lāua ʻo Wells, "ua kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka manaʻo he nui nā kumu o ka naʻauao e pili ana i nā papahana mea kaua hewa a me nā loulou iā bin Laden. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hele mai ka nui o nā hoʻopiʻi mai ka hapalua like ʻole.
I ka makahiki 2004, ua ʻae ʻo Chalabi a me ka Bush Administration ʻaʻole loaʻa iā Saddam nā waihona WMD. "He poʻe koa mākou i ka hewa," wahi a Chalabi Telegraph Tele Tele. "E like me ko mākou manaʻo ua holomua mākou. Ua hala kēlā ʻano ʻino ʻo Saddam.
Akā no nā makahiki, ua hoʻomau ʻo Lake i kāna manaʻoʻiʻo ua loaʻa iā Iraq nā WMD, kākau i nā ʻāpana (e hoʻohana hou ana i nā kumu kānalua) e ʻōlelo ana ua loaʻa iā Saddam ka nui o kēia mau mea kaua, akā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Rūsia iā lākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka palena i Suria ma kāna. ma mua koke o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ʻAmelika. Ma kahi 2006 apana no ka mea, o ka New York Sun, ua hōʻike ʻo ia ʻo David Gaubatz, he mea noiʻi kūikawā mua no ka Pentagon, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua loaʻa ʻo ia i ʻehā mau hale hoʻopaʻa ʻia i lalo o ka honua ma Iraq "ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa nā waihona o nā mea kaua a me nā mea ola kino." Akā, ua hōʻike ʻo Lake, i ka wā i noi ai ʻo Gaubatz i nā mea nānā mea kaua ʻAmelika e nānā iā lākou, ua "hōʻole ʻia."
Ua hōʻole paha nā luna koa iā Gaubatz no kāna hōʻike nā hōʻailona o ka hemo ʻole ʻana. ʻElua makahiki ma hope o ka puka ʻana o ka moʻolelo o Lake, ua kākau ʻo Gaubatz i kahi pou i kālai ʻia e pili ana iā Obama ma jihadishere.blogspot.com Heluhelu ia, "Aia mākou i kēia manawa i ka ʻae ʻana i kahi 'crack-head' i ʻae ʻia e kau i kona manamana lima ma nā mea kaua nuklea a pau ma ʻAmelika." I ka makahiki 2009, ua paʻi ʻo ia i kahi puke i kapa ʻia ʻO Muslim Mafia: I loko o ka mea huna e hoʻopiʻi nei i ka Islamize iā ʻAmelika.
I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻohana ʻo Lake i nā kumuwaiwai like ʻole, hoomau aku la i kana imi no nā WMD a Saddam a lawe wai no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i kahi ala ʻAmelika paʻakikī iā Iran. A i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻaha kūkā Al Qaeda.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻolaha nui i hōʻoia i ka moʻolelo o Lake a me Rogin. Nā luna o ʻAmelika i haʻi aku iā Bloomberg News ʻaʻole pololei nā hōʻike o kahi kelepona kūkā, ʻoiai ʻo CNN hoike "Ua aʻo ʻo ia ua kamaʻilio nā alakaʻi al Qaeda ma o kekahi ʻano o ka ʻōnaehana memo i hoʻopili ʻia, me nā helu helu he nui e hiki ai i nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole ke komo i loko," i hoʻohui ʻia, "ke hoʻomau nei nā luna . . . ʻaʻohe kāhea kūkā kuʻuna."
ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana o ka hōʻike mua a Lake a me Rogin - ua hui pū nā alakaʻi o Al Qaeda e kūkākūkā i ka hoʻolālā ma ke kelepona - he wahaheʻe. Ua hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi ka ʻelua i ka mea nui o kā lākou moʻolelo ma ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i ke kāhea ʻana he "kamaʻilio kelepona ʻole" ʻoiai ʻaʻole i ʻike i ka hewa a i ʻole kekahi o kā lākou kumu - ʻo ka Legion of Doom quipster - he naʻaupō paha i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a i ʻole. he wahahee. Ua hele pū lākou e koi ua hōʻoia ʻia lākou e ka hōʻike CNN, nāna i hōʻole i kā lākou moʻolelo kumu.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Lara Jakes lāua ʻo Adam Goldman ma ka Associated Press ka moʻolelo pani-pani ʻoi aku ka pololei i nehinei, e hoʻopiʻi ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka Ka LēʻAna ʻatikala ma ke kaʻina hana. ʻO ka moʻolelo AP i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka "kumu kuhi" i alakaʻi i ke aupuni US e pani i nā pou diplomatic ʻAmelika ma muli paha o nā ʻōlelo i hana ʻia e nā jihadists ma nā papa leka uila a me nā lumi kamaʻilio - ʻaʻole ia he mea hou - a he "kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻAʻole paha" ʻo al-Zawahiri kahi ʻāpana o ke kamaʻilio a i ʻole ʻo ia e "hele i ka pūnaewele a i ʻole e kiʻi i ke kelepona e kūkākūkā i nā manaʻo hoʻoweliweli."
Akā, e like me ka hihia o ka hoʻouka kaua i pepehi iā bin Laden, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka moʻolelo hoʻopunipuni ma mua o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻAʻole i hāʻawi ʻia kahi moʻolelo liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i mea ʻai no nā ʻōlelo a John McCain e pili ana i ka ikaika hou o Al Qaeda (a i ʻole no ka mea ākea. ke kālai'āina hoʻohana o ka moolelo na ka pono), ʻaʻole hoʻi i hāʻawi i ka uhi politika no ka NSA, e like me Ken Dilanian waiho ia.
He mea ʻole. ʻO ka Ka LēʻAnaPono e ʻoluʻolu nā kumu i kā lākou hana lima, a me nā mea hoʻolaha i kūʻai mai.
[*] Pono wau e hōʻike aku ʻaʻole māua ʻo Lake ma ka ʻōlelo aloha. ʻO mākou a hiki i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, i ka wā i loaʻa ai iaʻu kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i alakaʻi ʻia i kahi moʻolelo 2011 e hōʻike ana ʻo Lake, ka mea i hoʻomaikaʻi mau i ke aupuni o ka repubalika Soviet kahiko o Georgia, he hoaaloha pili loa ia no kekahi o nā lobbyists o Wakinekona, a ʻo ia hoʻi. ʻO ka mea lobbyist i kekahi manawa, kiʻi i kāna pā a me nā papa hale ʻaina. Ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka moʻolelo, ua lawe ʻo Lake a me kona mau hoaaloha, ʻo kekahi o lākou i lele i Georgia ma nā junkets i uku ʻia e ka lobbyist hoʻokahi, lawe i Twitter e hōʻino mai iaʻu.
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