E ke kanaka lawelawe ʻAmelika ma Iraq,
He kanaka koa au i hoʻomaha i ka pūʻali, a ʻo kaʻu keiki ponoʻī kekahi i waena o ʻoukou, he poʻe koa e like me aʻu. ʻO nā hoʻololi e hana nei i kēlā me kēia o ʻoukou - ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o kekahi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe - he mau loli aʻu i ʻike maopopo loa. No laila, e haʻi pololei aku wau iā ʻoe ma ka ʻōlelo āu i maʻa ai.
‘I he 1970, na‘e vahe‘i au ki he 173rd Airborne Brigade, ‘a ia na‘e nofo ‘i he feitu‘u ‘o e Tu‘i ‘o e Binh Dinh ‘i he taimi ko e Lepupalika ‘o Vietnam. I koʻu hele ʻana i laila, ua piha koʻu poʻo i ka ʻino: shit mai ka nūpepa nūhou, shit mai nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, shit e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kāne, a me ka ʻōlelo mai ka nui o koʻu mau hoalauna ʻike ʻole e haʻi nui iā ʻoe. e pili ana iā Vietnam ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou i hele i laila, a i ʻole i ke kaua.
ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia mau mea ʻino a pau, ʻo ia ka mea e "noho i ka papa ma Vietnam," a aia mākou ma kahi ʻoihana e hoʻopakele i ka Vietnamese maikaʻi mai ka Vietnamese maikaʻi ʻole, a e mālama i ka Vietnamese maikaʻi ʻole e paʻi i nā kahakai ma waho o Oakland. Ua noho mākou i ka papa a hiki i ka 58,000 ʻAmelika i make a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā maʻi maʻi no ke ola, a ua make he 3,000,000 ʻĀsia Hema. ʻO ka poʻe ex-military a me nā mea he nui i ka hana ikaika i hana nui i ka hoʻopau hope ʻana i kēlā hewa.
I koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e lohe e pili ana i nā mea kaua o ka luku nui i hoʻoweliweli iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai Iraq, kahi ʻāina ʻāhaʻi i hoʻomanawanui i kahi ʻumi makahiki o ke kaua auwaha a ukali ʻia e ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana a me nā makahiki he ʻumikumamālua o ka hoʻopaʻi, ʻo kaʻu nīnau mua pehea e hiki ai i kekahi ke manaʻoʻiʻo. i kēia ʻāina ʻeha e hoʻoweliweli iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa? Akā, hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka nui o ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo ua hoʻoweliweli ʻo Vietnam iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Me aʻu pū.
I ka wā i wehe ʻia ai kēlā moʻolelo hoʻopunipuni e pili ana i nā mea kaua e like me ka pālule ʻelua kālā, ua haʻi ka poʻe kālaiʻāina nāna i kuke i kēia kaua i nā mea a pau, me ʻoe pū kekahi, e hoʻokipa ʻia ʻoe e like me nā mea hoʻopakele nui. Ua haʻi mai lākou iā mākou aia mākou i Vietnam e hōʻoia i hiki i nā poʻe a pau ke koho balota.
ʻO ka mea a lākou i haʻi ʻole mai iaʻu, ʻo ia ma mua o koʻu hiki ʻana i laila i ka makahiki 1970, ua puhi nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika i nā kauhale, pepehi i nā holoholona, nā ʻāina ʻawaʻawa a me nā ululāʻau, pepehi kanaka kīwila no ka haʻuki, hoʻopā i nā kauhale holoʻokoʻa, a me ka hana kolohe a me ka pepehi kanaka, a ʻAʻole hiki i nā poʻe ke ʻeha a me ka huhū no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena oʻu-ma ka ʻāina wale nō-a me ka poʻe i hana i kēlā mau mea iā lākou.
ʻO ka mea a lākou i haʻi ʻole ai iā ʻoe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka miliona a me ka hapa o Iraqis i make ma waena o 1991 a me 2003 mai ka maʻi ʻai ʻole, mālama ʻole i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole. ʻOi aku ka hapalua miliona o ka poʻe i make ka nāwaliwali loa: ʻo nā keiki, ʻoi aku nā keiki liʻiliʻi loa.
He pēpē kaʻu keiki ma laila. Hele mākou me kā mākou moʻopuna i kēlā me kēia manawa. He ʻumikūmākahi mahina ona i kēia manawa. He nui kāu mau keiki, no laila ʻike ʻoe i ka maʻalahi o ke aloha maoli iā lākou, a aloha nui iā lākou, ʻike wale ʻoe e hāʻule kou honua holoʻokoʻa inā loaʻa kekahi mea iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻo Iraqis i kā lākou pēpē. A ʻaʻole lākou e poina ʻo ke aupuni ʻo ʻAmelika ke kuleana nui no ka make ʻana o ka hapalua miliona mau keiki.
No laila, ʻo ka wahaheʻe e hoʻokipa ʻia ʻoe ma ke ʻano he hoʻokuʻu wale nō. He wahahee. He wahahee no na kanaka ma Amerika Huipuia i mea e wehe ai lakou i ka lakou eke kala no keia hana ino, a he wahahee no oukou e puhi ia oukou no ka hakaka.
A ke kau nei ʻoe i kēia, ʻike ʻoe inā he Iraqi ʻoe, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e pupule i nā koa ʻAmelika e lawe ana i kou mau kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale. ʻO kēia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo paʻakikī aʻu i alo ai ma Vietnam. Ua ʻike au i koʻu noho ʻana ma laila inā he Vietnamese wau, inā ʻo wau kekahi o ka Vietcong.
Akā, aia mākou, kauoha ʻia i loko o ka ʻāina o kekahi, e pāʻani ana i ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana i ka wā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka poʻe, kā lākou ʻōlelo, a me kā lākou moʻomeheu, me ko mākou poʻo i piha i ka ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni a ko mākou mau alakaʻi i haʻi mai iā mākou i ke aʻo ʻana a hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻouka ʻana, a i ko mākou hiki ʻana i laila. Aia mākou, e kū ana i mua o ka poʻe i kauoha ʻia e noho aliʻi, akā ʻo kēlā me kēia o lākou e puhi mai ana i nā moka iā mākou a i ʻole ke kī ʻana i nā AK iā mākou ma hope o ia pō. ʻO ka nīnau a mākou i ʻōlelo ai e nīnau ʻo wai i hoʻokomo iā mākou i kēia kūlana?
I ko makou paio ana e noho ola, a i ko lakou hoao ana e kipaku aku i kekahi kanaka hoouka kaua i uhauha i ko lakou hanohano, i hoopau i ko lakou waiwai, a pepehi i ko lakou poe hala ole, ua ku e makou kekahi i kekahi e ka poe nana i hana keia mau olelo hooholo ma na hoopii $5,000. ʻakaʻaka a paʻi kekahi i kekahi ma ke kua ma Wakinekona DC me kā lākou mau hoki momona momona i piha i ka cordon blue a me ka caviar.
Ua pepehi lākou iā mākou. Hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēlā me kēia.
ʻO ʻoe kēlā i kēia manawa. Liʻiliʻi nā lāʻau a emi ka wai.
ʻAʻole mākou i noʻonoʻo pehea e hoʻōki ai i nā backslappers makaʻala a pōloli i ka ʻaila ma DC, a me he mea lā ua paʻa paha ʻoukou i laila no kahi manawa lōʻihi. No laila makemake wau e haʻi iā ʻoe i ke koena o ka moʻolelo.
Ua hoʻololi au ma laila ma Vietnam a ʻaʻole lākou he loli maikaʻi. Ua hoʻomaka wau e huki ʻia i loko o kekahi mea - kahi mea i makemake i ka ʻeha o nā kānaka ʻē aʻe. I mea e maopopo ai ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo ʻia he "misionari fucking" a i ʻole he ʻiole paha, ua aʻo wau pehea e hoʻopili ai iaʻu iho i loko o kēlā hui hiki ʻole ke hoʻopā ʻia, nā poʻe pupule e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa, nā poʻe i makemake i ka wikiwiki o ka mana mana e hiki mai ana. e puhi ana i ka hale o kekahi i ke ahi no ka maʻemaʻe o ia mea, a i ʻole ka mea hiki ke pepehi i kekahi, ke kāne, wahine, a keiki paha, me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo lua. ʻO ka poʻe i loaʻa ka mana o ke ola a me ka make-no ka mea hiki iā lākou.
Kōkua ka huhū. He mea maʻalahi ka inaina i nā mea a pau āu e hilinaʻi ʻole ai no kou kūlana, a me ka huhū i nā mea āu i ʻike ai, i ka mea i hiki mai iā ʻoe, a me nā mea āu i hana ai a hiki ʻole ke hoʻihoʻi.
He hana ia no'u, he uhi uhi no na makau hohonu a'u i hiki ole ai ke inoa, a o ke kumu a'u i ike ai, o ia ka mea e pono ai makou e hoowahawaha i ko makou poino ma mua o ka hana ana i na mea a makou i hana ai. Ua ʻike hohonu mākou he hewa kā mākou e hana nei. No laila ua lilo lākou i mea ʻai a i ʻole nā gooks, e like me ka poʻe Iraqi i kēia manawa ke hoʻololi ʻia nei i nā huluhulu a i ʻole hajjis. Pono e hoʻemi ʻia nā kānaka i "niggers" ma mua o ka hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia. ʻAʻohe ʻokoʻa. Ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo mākou iā mākou iho e pono mākou e pepehi iā lākou e ola ai, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ia he ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā ua haʻi mai kekahi mea i loko o mākou, ʻoiai lākou he kanaka, me ka waiwai like ʻole a mākou e like me ke kanaka, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻae ʻia. e puhi i ko lakou mau hale a me na halepapaa, e pepehi i na holoholona, a i kekahi manawa, e pepehi ia lakou. No laila ua hoʻohana mākou i kēia mau huaʻōlelo, kēia mau inoa hou, e hōʻemi iā lākou, e wehe i ko lākou ʻano kanaka ponoʻī, a laila hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mea e like me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke ahi i ka leo o kahi pēpē.
A hiki i ka wā i hāmau ʻia ai kēlā pēpē, a eia ka mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia kēlā pēpē i kona ʻano kanaka. Ua hana ʻē wau. Makou i. ʻO ia ka mea hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke loaʻa a hiki i ka lohi loa. Ke lawe ʻoe i ke kanaka o kekahi, pepehi ʻoe i kou ʻano kanaka ponoʻī. Hoʻouka ʻoe i kou ʻuhane no ka mea ke kū nei ma ke ala.
No laila, hoʻopau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi, a hoʻi i ko mākou ʻohana, ka mea hiki ke ʻike inā ʻoiai mākou e hana nei, ua nele mākou a hiki ʻole ke hoʻopili hou aku i nā kānaka, a hiki paha iā mākou ke hele no nā mahina a i ʻole mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kēlā hakahaka. kahi a mākou i hāʻawi aku ai i ko mākou ʻano kanaka, me nā lāʻau anesthetics—lāʻau lapaʻau, waiʻona, a ʻike mākou ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopiha ʻia ka hakahaka a pana mākou iā mākou iho, a i ʻole ke poʻo i ke alanui kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke nalo me ka puʻupuʻu o ke kaiāulu, a i ʻole mākou e hōʻeha i kekahi. ʻoi aku ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e aloha iā mākou, a hoʻopau ʻia ma ke ʻano he helu hoʻopaʻa ʻē aʻe a i ʻole he maʻi noʻonoʻo.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke pakele i ka lilo ʻana i racist no ka mea ua hana ʻoe i ke kumu e pono ai ʻoe e ola ai, ua lawe ʻoe i nā mea mai nā poʻe ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻihoʻi, a i ʻole ʻoe i pepehi i kahi ʻāpana iā ʻoe ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻi mai.
Hana kekahi o mākou. Laki mākou a hāʻawi kekahi i kahi pōʻino e hoʻōla hou iā mākou a hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i ke ola. ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe.
Noho wau me ka huhū i kēlā me kēia lā o koʻu ola, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike kekahi. Lohe paha ʻoe ma kaʻu ʻōlelo. Ke inaina nei au i ka chumped.
No laila eia kaʻu ʻōlelo iā ʻoe. E hana ʻoe i kāu mea e hana ai e ola ai, akā naʻe ʻoe e wehewehe i ke ola, ʻoiai mākou e hana i ka mea e pono ai mākou e hoʻōki i kēia mea. Akā, mai hāʻawi i kou ʻano kanaka. ʻAʻole e komo i loko. ʻAʻole e hōʻoia iā ʻoe iho. ʻAʻole no ka wikiwiki adrenaline. ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻōlelo ʻino i ka wā e huhū a huhū ʻoe. ʻAʻole no kekahi mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūʻali koa kuʻi tiketi e hana i kona mau iwi. ʻAʻole loa no ka Bush-Cheney Gas & Oil Consortium.
Ke ho'āʻo nei nā luna nui e loaʻa ka mana o nā lako ikehu o ka honua e wili i nā lima o nā mea hoʻokūkū waiwai e hiki mai ana. ʻO ia ka mea e hana nei, a pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo iā ia, a laila e hana i kāu mea e pono ai ke hana e paʻa i kou ʻano kanaka. Hana ka ʻōnaehana i kēlā; haʻi iā ʻoe he ʻano kiʻi hana meʻe, akā hoʻohana iā ʻoe ma ke ʻano he kanaka pū. Hāʻawi lākou iā ʻoe.
Ke ʻike nei kāu alakaʻi kīwila iā ʻoe he mea kūʻai lilo. ʻAʻole lākou manaʻo i kāu mau moeʻuhane, e pili ana i ka DU āu e hanu nei, e pili ana i ka lonliness, nā kānalua, ka ʻeha, a i ʻole ke kāʻili ʻia ʻana o ke kanaka i kahi ʻāpana i ka manawa. Na lākou e ʻoki i kou mau pōmaikaʻi, e hōʻole i kou mau maʻi, a e hūnā i kou mau ʻeha a make mai ka lehulehu. Aia nō lākou.
ʻAʻole lākou mālama. No laila pono ʻoe. A no ka mālama ʻana i kou ʻano kanaka ponoʻī, pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke ʻano kanaka o ka poʻe nona ka lāhui āu e noho nei i kēia manawa a ʻike ʻoe ʻo ʻoe a ʻo lāua nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia e nā palaka waiwai haumia e kāhea nei i nā pana.
ʻO lākou kou mau ʻenemi–The Suits–a ʻo lākou nā ʻenemi o ka maluhia, a me nā ʻenemi o kou mau ʻohana, ʻoiai inā he ʻohana ʻeleʻele lākou, a i ʻole nā ʻohana malihini, a i ʻole nā ʻohana ʻilihune. He poʻe ʻaihue lākou a me nā mea hoʻoweliweli e lawe a hāʻawi ʻole, a ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole lākou e "holo" i Iraq, akā ʻike wau ʻaʻole pono lākou e holo, no ka mea, ʻaʻole lākou i laila. ʻo ʻoe
E ʻili a e ʻakaʻaka lākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea a lākou e makemake ai mai iā ʻoe, a e kiola iā ʻoe e like me ka condom i hoʻohana ʻia ke pau. E nīnau i nā kauka e hōʻemi ana i kā lākou mau pōmaikaʻi mai lalo o lākou i kēia manawa. ʻO Bushfeld a me kā lākou mau ʻohana he mau parasites, a ʻo lākou wale nō ka poʻe pōmaikaʻi o ka haunaele āu e aʻo nei e noho ai. Loaʻa iā lākou ke kālā. Loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea hana prosthetic, nā moeʻuhane, a me nā maʻi pohihihi.
No laila, inā makemake kou huhū i kahi pahuhopu, aia lākou, ke kuleana o kou noho ʻana ma laila, a ke kuleana no ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe ma laila. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo aku iā ʻoe e hoʻolohe. He hewa paha ia iaʻu i ke kānāwai. ʻO ia ka hoʻoholo e pono ai ʻoe e lawe i ka wā a inā e kuhikuhi nā kūlana a me kou lunamanaʻo ponoʻī. Akā, he kānāwai kūpono iā ʻoe ke hōʻole i nā kauoha kūʻokoʻa, a ʻo nā kauoha e hoʻomāinoino a hōʻeha paha i nā makaʻāinana he kānāwai ʻole. ʻO ke kauoha ʻana iā ʻoe e noho haʻahaʻa e pili ana i kēia mau hewa he kānāwai ʻole.
Hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe, me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka hopena o ke kānāwai, ʻaʻole ʻoe ma lalo o kekahi kuleana e inaina iā Iraqis, ʻaʻole ʻoe i lalo o kekahi kuleana e hāʻawi iā ʻoe iho i ka racism a me ka nihilism a me ka makewai e pepehi no ka pepehi kanaka, a ʻo ʻoe. ʻAʻole loa ma lalo o kekahi kuleana e ʻae iā lākou e kipaku aku i nā mea hope loa o kou hiki ke ʻike a haʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe iho a me ka honua. ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻaiʻē iā lākou i ko ʻoukou ʻuhane.
Hoʻi mai i ka home me ka maluhia, a hoʻi mai i ka home me ka noʻonoʻo. ʻO ka poʻe i aloha iā ʻoe a i aloha iā ʻoe i kou ola a pau e kali nei ma ʻaneʻi, a makemake mākou e hoʻi mai ʻoe a hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā iā mākou i ka maka. Mai waiho i ko ʻoukou ʻuhane i ka lepo e like me ke kupapaʻu ʻē aʻe.
E paʻa i kou ʻano kanaka.
ʻO Stan Goff
US Army (Ret.)
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