ʻO nā ʻenemi, nā mea i hala ʻole, a me nā koa i hana mau i nā helehelena kaua ʻekolu. Me ka ulu ʻana o ke kaua i kahi mamao loa, me nā drones hiki ke hana ma ke kahua kaua a ʻo kā lākou "pilots" e noho mau tausani mau mile ka mamao, ʻelua o ia mau helehelena, akā naʻe, ua mae i ke kua i nā makahiki i hala. I kēia lā, waiho ʻia mākou me ka "maka" hōʻoluʻolu o ka ʻenemi hoʻoweliweli, i pepehi ʻia ma ke ʻano maʻi e ka mana mamao i ko mākou hele ʻana i ko mākou ola, me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia he "pōʻino koʻikoʻi" a i ʻole ka pōʻino i ko mākou mau koa. I kēia manawa, e loli iki paha ia, e lawe ana i ka helehelena maoli o nā hoʻolaha drone a Wakinekona i alualu ai mai ka 9/11 i ka manaʻo nui loa.
E noʻonoʻo inā he helehelena kanaka kēlā mau kaua drone ma Pakistan a me Yemen (a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa) i nā manawa a pau, i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka noho mau ʻana, i loko a i waho o kēlā mau wahi kaua mamao, me ke ano o ka make. Ma kahi o nā kiʻi o nā mea hana "al-Qaeda" a ka Hale Paʻi e makemake ai mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia wale nō ka pahuhopu o kāna mau hoʻolaha drone, e ʻike mau mākou. kiʻi paʻi ʻO ka poʻe hewa ʻole o ka hoʻouka kaua drone i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e nā hui pono kanaka mai ko lākou ʻohana a me nā hoalauna. A pehea e pili ana i ke kolu o ka pūʻulu - ka poʻe pūʻali koa e pili ana i ka pepehi kanaka i kahi mamao loa - nona nā moʻolelo, i kēia mau makahiki o nā hoʻolaha pepehi kanaka drone o Wakinekona, ʻaʻole mākou i lohe?
Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole holo hou nā koa ma luna o nā moku e huakaʻi i nā kahua kaua mamao no nā mahina i ka manawa. Akā, i kēlā me kēia lā, hoʻopaʻa inoa nā kaukani kāne a me nā wahine i kā lākou kamepiula ma nā pākaukau ma nā kahua kaua ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma waho kahi e hoʻohana ai lākou i nā hola i hoʻopili ʻia i nā pale e nānā i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o nā poʻe ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka honua. I kekahi manawa, loaʻa iā lākou kahi kauoha mai Wasinetona e kaomi i ke pihi a e hoʻohuehu i kā lākou mau kumuhana. Ua like ia me - a ua hana pinepine ʻia ka hoʻohālikelike - a wikiō i io holoholona hihiu, hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia i ka pau ʻana o kahi hoʻololi, a laila hoʻi kēlā mau pailaka i ka home i nā ʻohana a me ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā.
A inā ʻoe i manaʻoʻiʻo i ka mea liʻiliʻi a mākou e ʻike maʻamau ai iā lākou - he aha, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hōʻike mai ka Air Force iā mākou e ʻike (ʻo ka ʻāpana CIA o ka papahana drone ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka hōʻike nūhou) - ʻo ia ka moʻolelo pololei. o ke ola no ko kakou mau koa drone. E lawe iā Rene Lopez, ʻo ia ka mea i loko o nā kiʻi o kahi hoʻokipa hoʻokipa hou ma Fort Gordon ma Georgia i ʻike ʻia he makua kāne aloha. Kiʻi ʻia no nā pepa kūloko i kona hoʻi ʻana mai ka huakaʻi ma Afghanistan, ʻike ʻia ke koa ʻōpio e paʻa ana a honi ana i kāna kaikamahine pēpē i ʻaʻahu ʻia i ke kapa ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula. ʻIke ʻo ia me ka hauʻoli i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ai ke keiki maka ākea i kona pāpale koa.
Mai ka ʻaoʻao pūnaewele i hoʻouna ʻia ma LinkedIn e Lopez i ka makahiki i hala, ua aʻo mākou ua hōʻailona ka US Army i ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā loea naʻauao he mea hoʻokani i ke kaua drone ma kahi o ka makua haʻaheo. No ka kikoʻī, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hana ʻo ia i nā hana ʻeleʻele o ka hopu ʻana a me ka pepehi ʻana i "nā pahuhopu waiwai kiʻekiʻe" me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hana National Security Agency (NSA) i kapa ʻia ʻo Gilgamesh.
Ua kapa ʻia kēlā mea hana ma muli o ke aliʻi Sumerian aloha ʻole i noho aliʻi ma luna o Uruk, kahi kūlanakauhale kahiko ma Iraq i kēia manawa. Me ke kōkua o ka nui o nā palapala NSA i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e Edward Snowden, ua wehewehe ʻo Glenn Greenwald lāua ʻo Jeremy Scahill i kēia manawa. ʻO Gilgamesh ʻO ia ka inoa code no kahi mea hana kūikawā i kau ʻia ma kahi drone Predator e hiki ke hahai i nā kelepona paʻa o nā kānaka me ko lākou ʻike ʻole ma ka hoʻohālike ʻana he hale kiaʻi kelepona.
Hāʻawi ka ʻōlelo hou a Lopez i nā kikoʻī hou aku i ka mea hiki iā Gilgamesh. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea kākau moʻolelo ua "mālama ʻo ia i kahi hui o ʻehā mau limahana e kākoʻo ana i ka pūʻali alakaʻi alakaʻi ma nā panalāʻau ʻo Laghman a me Nuristan [ma Afghanistan]. Ua kōkua i nā alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā manaʻo, nā alahele, a me nā hoʻolālā e hopu / pepehi i nā HVT [mau kumu waiwai kiʻekiʻe]."
ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei, i ka hoʻopau ʻana i kona manawa i ka pūʻali koa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lopez ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi hana kīwila e hana ana iā Gilgamesh no Mission Essential, he mea hana ʻike naʻauao e hāʻawi ana i ke kākoʻo ʻenehana no nā drones Pentagon. No kēlā hui, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i "ke ʻano o ka nānā ʻana i ke ola" a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo no ka "targeting and strike operations." Noho ʻo Lopez ma Grovetown, Georgia, kahi home o kahi hui ʻO ka hana hoʻopaʻa code Army-NSA a me ka unuhi ʻōlelo, e pili ana i nā limahana 4,000, mai ka 9/11, ua alakaʻi i ka nānā ʻana i nā hānai ʻikepili manawa maoli mai Central Asia a me ka Middle East.
ʻO Gilgamesh wale nō kekahi kekahi mau mea hana NSA hoʻohana ʻia ma nā drones e hahai i nā kelepona paʻa. ʻO kekahi papahana ʻē aʻe, ʻo Shenanigans, i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana e ka Central Intelligence Agency. Wahi a nā palapala ʻē aʻe i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e Snowden, ua hoʻohana ʻo Victorydance i kēia mau mea hana ma Malaki 2012 e palapala i kēlā me kēia kamepiula, router, a me nā polokalamu kelepona ma Yemen.
He aha ka manaʻo o nā kāne e like me Lopez e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka luku kanaka, ʻaʻole e ʻōlelo i ka destabilization o nā wahi holoʻokoʻa, ʻo Gilgamesh a me kāna mea like e kōkua ai e hoʻokuʻu? Ma kāna kahua hana ma ka pūnaewele, hōʻike ʻo Lopez i ka haʻaheo pololei i kāna hana: "ʻO kaʻu mau hana, ma ke ʻano he ʻaelike a me ka pūʻali koa, ua loaʻa ka kūleʻa i ka ʻike, ʻimi ʻana, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā pahuhopu waiwai kiʻekiʻe, a me ka pale ʻana i nā pūʻali koa US a me nā hui hui." He mea maʻalahi ke manaʻo ʻana ʻo ke ʻano o ka hana analytical e hana ai nā mea hoʻokele mamao e hopena i ka manaʻo o ka ʻoluʻolu o ka hana a me nā mea hou aʻe. A ʻo ia ka mea, he kuhihewa.
Haunted by Make
I nā mahina i hala iho nei, ʻo ka hōʻike mua ʻaʻole i pepehi wale nā drones i nā tausani ma nā ʻāina mamao, akā ke hana pū nei i kahi ʻano hoʻihoʻi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i waena o nā mea hoʻokele ponoʻī. ʻO ka Epic of Gilgamesh, ka poem 5,000 makahiki e pili ana i ke alii Sumerian. Ma ka moʻolelo kahiko, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻouna nā akua iā Enkidu e hoaloha i ke aliʻi lokoino a hoʻohuli iā ia mai ka hoʻoluhi ʻia o kona mau makaʻāinana. I ka hele pū ʻana o lāua e pepehi i kahi monster i kapa ʻia ʻo Humbaba, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Gilgamesh i ka moeʻuhane e pili ana i ka make a me ke kaua, no laila e nīnau ʻo ia i kā lākou hoʻolālā.
I kēia lā, e like me Gilgamesh o ka wā kahiko, ua hoʻomaka ka hōʻike ʻana o nā limahana naʻauao e pili ana i nā polokalamu drone iā lākou iho e hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā make a lākou i komo ai, a ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka ʻike, i ka hopena, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike ʻo wai lākou. pepehi maoli. ʻO ka hoʻolaha e pili ana i kahi "papa inoa pepehi" ma ka Hale Paʻa ua waiho i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe i ʻike iā lākou iho ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o kahi missile i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka drone ua ʻike pono ʻia a ʻike ʻia e nā mea hoʻokele drone. "Ke kau nei ka poʻe i ka papa inoa o nā kānaka," hoʻokahi pilote drone haʻiʻia ka Intercept elua mahina aku nei. He ʻokoʻa loa kona manaʻo: “Me he mea lā ke huli nei mākou i ke kelepona paʻa. ʻAʻole mākou e hahai i ka poʻe - ke hele nei mākou ma hope o kā lākou kelepona, me ka manaʻolana ʻo ka mea ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o kēlā missile ke kanaka ʻino.
ʻO Brandon Bryant, he 28 makahiki US airman, nona ka squadron i hōʻaiʻē ʻia me 1,626 pepehi, ʻo ia kekahi o ka poʻe mua i kūkala ākea i ka hopena o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana mamao a me ka huli ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke kaua robot. He "sensor operator" ʻo Bryant, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā kāmela ma ka mokulele drone ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hui ʻekolu kanaka i komo pū me kahi pailaka a me kahi mea loiloi naʻauao.
Ma ka ninaninau me GQ ʻo ʻOkakopa i hala, ʻo Bryantkaumaha he wehewehe kikoʻī o kahi hana huli ʻana ma Afghanistan āna i komo ai i kona wā he 21 wale nō. A he keiki liʻiliʻi ia iaʻu. E like me ke kanaka liʻiliʻi, "wahi āna. "Aia kēia uila nui, a ʻaʻohe kanaka ma laila."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bryant ua nīnau ʻo ia i ke pailaka: "He keiki paha kēlā iā ʻoe?" Ua hoʻi mai ka ʻōlelo mai kahi loiloi naʻauao ʻē aʻe: "Ma ka loiloi, he ʻīlio ia."
Ma hope o ʻeono makahiki, ʻaʻole hiki iā Bryant ke lawe hou aku. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau nāna i ʻike iā ia me ka maʻi post-traumatic stress. He moʻolelo kēia, a he mea hoʻopūʻiwa hoʻi ka hoʻomohala ʻana no ka mea hoʻokele mokulele ʻaʻole i kokoke kokoke i kahi kahua kaua. Ua hoʻopio maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Bryant a no laila, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻōlelo kūʻē i ke ʻano o ka pepehi kanaka i hoʻopili ʻia ai ʻo ia a me kāna hana i ka poʻe pepehi kanaka a me ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia. “He hakakā ka hakakā. ʻO ka pepehi ʻana he pepehi. ʻAʻole kēia he pāʻani wikiō, "i kākau ai ʻo ia i loko o ka huhū huhū ma Facebook. "ʻEhia o ʻoukou i pepehi i kahi pūʻulu o ka poʻe, nānā i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o ko lākou mau kino, nānā i ka hoʻolewa, a laila pepehi pū kekahi?"
Pepehi no ka CIA
ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o Bryant e kūʻē i ke kaua drone me ke kuleana ʻole i ola hou i ka hopena o ʻApelila i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo Tonje Hessen Schei, kahi mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni Norewai, i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Drone. I loko o ia mea, hōʻike ʻo Bryant ʻaʻole i hoʻokō wale kāna mau hoa hana ma ka Air Force i nā pahu drone ma nā kahua kaua o Afghanistan a me Iraq kahi i komo ai ka pūʻali koa i ke kaua ākea. Ke alakaʻi nei lākou i nā hoʻouka kaua i ka CIA drone assasination campaigns ma Pakistan a me Yemen.
He nūhou kēia. ʻO nā kaua drone "huna" a CIA ma ia mau ʻāina, ʻo ia ka mea, malū i nā hana Air Force. "ʻO ka CIA paha ka mea kūʻai aku, akā ua lele mau ka Air Force," wahi a Bryant i ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni. "ʻO kahi lepili CIA he kumu wale nō ia no ka haʻalele ʻana i kekahi ʻike. ʻO ia wale nō ka mea i hala.
Hōʻike pū ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni a Schei i ka inoa o ka US Air Force unit e hana nei i ka pepehi kanaka CIA - ka 17th Reconnaissance Squadron ma Creech Air Force Base ma Nevada. "Mai nā mea i hiki iaʻu ke hōʻiliʻili, ua hōʻoia nui ʻia lākou e lele lele ana ma kahi o Pakistan wale nō me ka manaʻo e hahau," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Michael Haas, kekahi mea hoʻokele drone iā Chris Woods ma ka kahu.
Mahalo i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ua hana ʻo Bryant i kahi pilina maʻamau i ka honua o nā mea hoʻokele drone - i ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i ka hoʻolaha drone o Wakinekona, ma mua he nui nā pika ma ka pale iā ia. Kahea ia e Pelekiuma a Nolewai e kamaʻilio ma ka hoʻomaka mua o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a Schei, ua hui ʻo ia me Shahzad Akbar, he loio Pakistani e holo ana i kaFoundation for Fundamental Rights a ke alakaʻi nei ʻo ia i kahi hoʻolaha e kau i kahi maka - ma ke ʻano maoli - i ka make a me ka luku ʻana i nā pahu drone CIA i hana ai ma kona ʻāina.
Na helehelena o ka poe i poino
Aia ma nā mauna o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ma ka ʻākau o Pakistan, he kiʻi nunui o kahi kaikamahine makua ole ua waiho ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā hale lepo o nā kamaʻāina. ʻAʻole inoa ʻo ia, akā e like me kāna mea paʻi kiʻi, ʻo Noor Behram, ua nalowale ʻo ia i kona mau mākua i kahi pahu drone ma 2010 ma ke kauhale o Dande Darpa Khel. ʻO kāna kiʻi, ka nui o kahi kahua pāʻani pōpeku, he huahana ia o ka hoʻolālā ʻana o Akbar me ke kōkua o JR, he mea pena kiʻi alanui Farani, a ʻo Clive Stafford-Smith, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu. E hana hou, he hui pono kanaka Pelekania. ʻO kā lākou manaʻo: e hana i nā kiʻi o ka poʻe i hōʻeha i nā kaua drone o Wakinekona i ʻike ʻia mai ka lewa. Ua kau ʻia nā kiʻi liʻiliʻi ma luna o nā hale ma Waziristan. ʻO kā lākou poʻe i manaʻo ʻia: ʻo nā mea hoʻokele drone e like me Bryant, Haas, a me Lopez ka mea, e ʻimi ana i nā pahuhopu e pepehi, ʻike paha i ka helehelena o ke keiki o kekahi o kā lākou mau mea i pepehi ʻia ma mua. (Ka Bureau of Investigative Journalism, e mālama ana i kahitally ʻO ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia i ka drone ma Pakistan, hāʻawi i kahi helu kūʻokoʻa a hiki i 957 mau makaʻāinana, me ka nui o nā keiki 202, i pepehi ʻia ma waena o 2004 a me kēia lā.)
No nā makahiki ʻelima i hala, ua hana luhi ʻo Akbar lāua ʻo Smith i nā papahana like. ʻO kekahi o kā lākou hoʻoikaika mua hōʻike ʻO ka inoa o ka luna hoʻokele CIA ma Pakistan: Jonathan Banks. I Kekemapa 2010, ua lawe mai lākou i $500 miliona hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā ia ma kēlā ʻāina, a ua holo ʻo ia. I ke kauwela aʻe, ua hui lākou i kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā kiʻi o Noor Behram o ka poʻe i make, a me ko lākou mau ʻohana a me nā hoalauna, ʻo ia hoʻi. hōʻike ʻia ma Lākana.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolālā ʻo Akbar e lawe i nā ʻohana o ka poʻe i make i ka drone e hōʻike i mua o ka US Congress. ʻOiai ʻo ia iho hoole komo i ka aina, ua lanakila. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Rafiq-ur-Rehman a me kāna mau keiki ʻelua, ʻo Nabila-ur-Rehman ʻeiwa mau makahiki a me Zubair-ur-Rehman, 13 makahiki. lohe kūikawāi hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Alan Grayson.
I kēia manawa, me ke kākoʻo i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e kahi hui liʻiliʻi akā e ulu nei o nā mea hoʻokele drone mua, ʻo kahi hoʻolaha kūʻē i ka "pepehi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia" hiki ke lawe i kahi ola hou i ka US. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bryant lāua ʻo Haas i ka lehulehu.
ʻO ke ʻano o ke kaua lōʻihi
Aia kekahi mau hōʻike e hoʻomaka ana nā mea hoʻokele drone ʻē aʻe e haki ma lalo o ke kaomi o ke kaua drone. ʻElua mau noiʻi hou a ka Air Force e hōʻike ikaika nei ʻaʻole he anomaly ka maʻi PTSD o Bryant, ʻoiai ʻo ka mamao o kou hele ʻana mai ke kahua kaua, ʻaʻole loa ʻoe e haʻalele.
Paʻi ʻia ma Iune 2011, ka mua like na Wayne Chappelle, Joseph Ouma, a me Amber Salinas o ke Kula o Aerospace Medicine ma Wright-Patterson Air Force Base ma Ohio i hoʻoholo ai ua kokoke ka hapalua o nā mea hoʻokele drone i aʻo ʻia he "koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi." Ua loaʻa kekahi helu i ka "pilikia kino" - ʻo ia hoʻi, hopohopo, puʻuwai, a i ʻole koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi e hoʻopilikia iā lākou i ko lākou ola pilikino. Ua hoʻohālikelike ka haʻawina i kēia i nā hola "lele" lōʻihi a me nā hoʻololi hewa ʻole, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻohālikelike i nā mea hoʻokele drone i ka poʻe i ka mokulele kaua e hakakā ana ma luna o ke kahua kaua.
ʻO ka lua like na Jean Otto a me Bryant Webber o ka Pūnaehana Nānā Ola Ola a me ka Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, i paʻi ʻia ma Malaki 2013, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā mea hoʻokele drone i ka poʻe e hana ana i nā mikiona koa maʻamau. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ke koʻikoʻi, ua ʻike ʻia, ʻaneʻane like, kahi hopena kupanaha no ka poʻe i manaʻo he poʻe pāʻani wikiō nā mea hoʻokele drone.
"Hiki paha i nā mea hoʻokele mokulele i hoʻokele mamao ʻia ke nānā i ka ʻāpana like o ka ʻāina no nā lā," ʻo Otto haʻiʻia ka New York Times. “ʻIke lākou i ka make. ʻAʻole hana nā mea hoʻokele mokulele i kēlā. Hele lākou i waho i ka hikiwawe loa.
Manaʻo kekahi e pili nui ana ke koʻikoʻi drone i ka hapa nui o nā pailaka no ia mau mokulele. He Keena Hooponopono Aupuni hoike Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻApelila pōkole ʻo "nā koi hana kiʻekiʻe ma RPA [mokulele hoʻokele mamao] e kaupalena i ka manawa i loaʻa iā lākou no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i kā lākou hana-ola kaulike."
'Ōlelo mai ka Lani mai
Aia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ia mea ma mua o kēlā. Ma hope o ko Bryant hele ʻana i mua, no ka laʻana, ʻo Heather Linebaugh, kahi mea loiloi naʻauao drone mua, ua uhaʻi ʻo ia. palapala i ka kahu i ka hopena o Kekemapa, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo ia i ka hemahema o nā drones o Wakinekona i kēia ʻano: “ʻO ka mea e pono ai ka lehulehu e hoʻomaopopo ʻo ka wikiō i hāʻawi ʻia e kahi drone ʻaʻole maopopo loa i ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi mea e lawe ana i kahi mea kaua, ʻoiai ma kahi aniani aniani. lā me ke ao palena ʻole a me ka mālamalama maikaʻi. He pixelated ka hānai, pehea inā he ʻō, ʻaʻole he mea kaua? Ke noʻonoʻo mau nei mākou inā ua pepehi mākou i nā kānaka kūpono, inā mākou i luku i ke ola kīwila hala ʻole ma muli o ke kiʻi ʻino a i ʻole ke kihi. " (A ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kuhikuhi i kēlā, ma nā wahi i hoʻouka ʻia ma Pakistan a me Yemen, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kahi mea kaua he mea maʻamau a ʻaʻole ia he hōʻailona he "hoʻoweliweli.")
Ua wehewehe ʻo Linebaugh, ma lalo o kēia mau kūlana, he "kuhihewa" nā hopena weliweli, ʻaʻole wale no ka poʻe i kuhi hewa ʻia, akā no nā mea hoʻokele. "Ehia wahine a me nā keiki āu i ʻike ai i puhi ʻia e kahi missile Hellfire? ʻEhia mau kāne āu i ʻike ai e kolo ana ma ke kula, e hoʻāʻo ana e hele i ka pūhui kokoke loa no ke kōkua ʻoiai e kahe ana ke koko mai nā wāwae i ʻoki ʻia? Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "Ke ʻike pinepine ʻia ʻoe e like me kahi wikiō liʻiliʻi, i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou poʻo, mau loa i ka hana hou ʻana, e hōʻeha ana i ka ʻeha a me ka ʻeha e manaʻo nui ʻole ka poʻe he nui."
A mai manaʻo ʻoe ʻo Linebaugh ka mea loiloi drone hope loa e ʻōlelo ai. Inā paha e nānā pono ʻo Rene Lopezes i ka wā e hiki mai ana mai ka "lani" kamepiula a ʻike i ke kiʻi o kēlā kaikamahine makua ʻole Pakistani, ua ʻike mua mākou e ʻike lākou i nā mea weliweli e paʻakikī ke komo.
ʻO kēia ke kolu o nā helehelena o ke kaua, me nā mea o ka "ʻenemi" a me ka poʻe hewa ʻole, ka mea e hāʻawi i nā hōʻike koʻikoʻi o ka hana drone, ʻo ka hoʻolaha hoʻokele mamao a Obama, he hemahema; ʻaʻole ia he lāʻau lapaʻau akā he koko a piha i ka hewa; e hana ana i na enemi e like me ka pepehi ana ia hai; ʻo ia, ma luna o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole ia he pāʻani wikiō no ka poʻe lele i nā mokulele a wehe i nā missiles ma mua o ka poʻe i make ma nā ʻāina mamao.
ʻO Pratap Chatterjee, a ʻO TomDispatch maʻamau, ka luna hoʻokō oʻO CorpWatch a he lālā papa o Amnesty International USA. ʻO ia ke kumu o Puali koa o Halliburton a Ira, Inc.
Uaʻike muaʻia kēiaʻatikala ʻO TomDispatch.com, he weblog o ka Nation Institute, e hāʻawi ana i kahi kahe mau o nā kumu ʻē aʻe, nā nūhou, a me nā manaʻo mai Tom Engelhardt, ka mea hoʻoponopono lōʻihi i ka paʻi ʻana, ka mea hoʻokumu o ka Papahana Aupuni ʻAmelika, Mea kākau o ka Ka hopena o ka lanakila, e like me ka moʻolelo, Na la hope o ka hoolaha ana. ʻO kāna puke hou loa ʻO ke ala kaua ʻAmelika: Pehea i lilo ai nā kaua a Bush iā Obama (Haymarket Books).
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