MAI: Konela Tom Davis
Luna Hoʻokele, US Africa Command Office of Public Affairs
Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Kelemānia
TO: Mr. Tom Engelhardt, Lunahooponopono
Aloha Mr. Engelhardt,
Heluhelu mākou i ka ʻatikala hou "Secret Wars, Secret Bases, and the Pentagon's 'New Spice Route' in Africa" me ka hoihoi nui. Ua maopopo ka mea kākau, ʻo Nick Turse, i alakaʻi i kahi noiʻi nui, me ka hoʻopili ʻana mai iā mākou, a ua hauʻoli mākou i ka manawa e hōʻike ai i kā US Africa Command a me nā hana. Eia naʻe, ua nui nā hemahema a me nā kuhi hewa a mākou e makemake ai e hoʻoponopono. ʻO koʻu manaʻolana ʻo ʻoe, ma o kāu hoʻolaha ʻana, e hoʻoponopono i ka moʻolelo. Ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo noʻonoʻo, kuleana, a ʻoihana hoʻi, ʻike wau makemake ʻoe e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā hōʻike a pau ma luna o nā ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole nā manaʻo hoʻopunipuni a kuhi hewa paha.
Ma lalo iho nei nā mea a US Africa Command e makemake ai e kamaʻilio:
"Ke kapa nei lākou iā ia ʻo ka New Spice Route": He huaʻōlelo kēia i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia e kekahi o kā mākou loea logistic e wehewehe i ka ʻōnaehana kaʻa intra-theater, ʻo ia hoʻi nā moku ʻāina mai Djibouti, e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo logistical no nā hana kaua US ma ʻApelika. Ua kapa ʻia ka pūnaewele ʻo AFRICOM Surface Distribution Network. Eia naʻe, ke kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "superhighway o superpower" he mea hoʻopunipuni loa. ʻO ka ukana pūʻali koa US i lawe ʻia ma kēia mau ʻāpana kaʻahele ʻokoʻa he hapa wale nō ia - ʻo ia hoʻi, he lima o nā kaʻa i kēlā me kēia pule i hui pū ʻia i waena o nā tausani o nā mea ʻē aʻe - o ka nui o ka wahie, nā meaʻai, a me nā mea hana i lawe ʻia ma kēia mau ala i kēlā me kēia lā.
"Ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka pūʻali koa US ma ʻApelika": oiai ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka pūʻali koa US ma ʻApelika mai ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka US Africa Command i ʻOkakopa 2008, e kapa ʻia ʻo "wikiwiki ulu" he hoʻonui. I ka pau ʻana o ʻOkakopa 2008, aia ma kahi o 2,600 mau pūʻali koa US a me nā makaʻāinana o ka Department of Defense ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika a i ʻole ma nā moku i loko o ke kuleana o ke kauoha. ʻO ka helu i kēia lā ma kahi o 5,000, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o ka poʻe lawelawe e lawelawe i nā huakaʻi ma Camp Lemonnier ma Djibouti, me ke koena e lawelawe ana ma kahi manawa pōkole mai nā lā liʻiliʻi a i kekahi mau pule. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia hoʻololi e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka helu o nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me nā papahana hoʻokūkū pūʻali koa i mea e hiki ai i nā lāhui ʻApelika a me nā hui kūloko ke hoʻoikaika i ko lākou hiki ke pale aku. Ma kahi ʻano liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, hōʻike pū ia i ka hoʻonui haʻahaʻa o ka nui o nā limahana o nā keʻena DOD e noho ana ma nā ʻelele US, ʻo ia ka awelika he helu liʻiliʻi o nā limahana. Akā ʻo 5,000 mau limahana - e pili ana i ka heluna pūʻali koa o kahi Air Force Base liʻiliʻi ma US - ua pālahalaha ʻia ma kahi wahi e uhi ana i nā ʻāina 54 a ʻaʻole hiki ke kapa ʻia nā ʻāpana nui o nā moana ʻelua he "scramble for Africa."
I ko mākou manaʻo, he mea maikaʻi loa kēia, a he hōʻoia i ko mākou makemake e lilo i hoa palekana o ke koho ma ʻApelika. Hōʻike ia i ka piʻi ʻana o nā hana kōkua pūʻali koa - ua noi ʻia a ʻae ʻia e ka lāhui hoʻokipa. ʻOiai mākou e hana nei e holomua i nā pono palekana o ka US, ke kamaʻilio pū nei mākou i nā mea i ʻike maopopo ʻia nā pono palekana.
"Ke mālama nei ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi helu kupanaha o nā waihona ma ʻApelika": ʻAʻole pololei kēia. Ma ka lexicon o ka pūʻali koa US, ʻo ka huaʻōlelo "base" e hōʻike ana i kahi nui, pae o ka ʻoihana, a me ke kūpaʻa. Ma muli o kēia wehewehe ʻana i ʻae ʻia, ma waho aʻe o ko mākou kahua ma Camp Lemonnier ma Djibouti, ʻaʻohe o mākou kahua kaua ma ʻApelika, ʻaʻole hoʻi mākou i manaʻo e hoʻokumu i kekahi. Loaʻa iā mākou nā keʻena pōkole ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ʻApelika e kākoʻo ana i nā helu liʻiliʻi o nā limahana, maʻamau no kahi hana kikoʻī. Ma nā hihia a pau, he poʻe malihini kā mākou limahana i loko o ka ʻāina hoʻokipa a hana pū me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kā lākou mau hana me nā limahana hoʻokipa. Hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia kekahi o kēia mau wahi a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kekahi.
ʻO kahi laʻana, ma kahi o 100 mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koa US i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma waena o nā aupuni ʻehā ma Central a me East Africa e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻōlelo aʻo a me ke kōkua i nā pūʻali koa aupuni e hana ana e hoʻopau i ka hoʻoweliweli a ka Haku Resistance Army (LRA). Loaʻa iā mākou nā hui liʻiliʻi ma Obo a me Djema ma Central African Republic, Dungu i ka Democratic Republic of Congo, Nzara ma South Sudan, a me Entebbe ma Uganda. Ma kēlā me kēia wahi, ke hana nei mākou me nā pūʻali koa aupuni, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kā lākou mau hana a hoʻoikaika i ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ʻaʻole e hana i kā mākou mau hana ponoʻī.
Pēlā nō, aia nā kahua hana kōkua kanaka ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻAitiopa e like me Humble, Hulla, a me Dube, kahi i kōkua ai ʻo Seabees a me nā pūʻali koa US ʻē aʻe i ka wā i hala a i ʻole ke kōkua nei i nā luawai wili, hāʻawi i ke kōkua olakino a me nā holoholona, a i ʻole ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kula a me ke olakino. hale lapaʻau.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo Thebephatswa Airbase ma Molepolole, Botswana, ua hoʻohana ʻia a mālama ʻia e nā limahana ʻo Botswana Defense Force (BDFP). ʻAʻohe noho mau ʻo US ma ke kahua mokulele, ʻaʻole hoʻi i loaʻa. Ua hui pū ʻo ʻAmelika me Botswana no nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua ma Thebephatswa Airbase a ʻo ka hapa nui o SOUTHERN ACCORD, kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa bi-lateral nui i ʻAukake, e mālama ʻia ma Thebephatswa.
Loaʻa iā mākou nā pono hale kūʻai i kēia manawa ma Mombasa International Airport ma Kenya, kahi e mālama ai i nā lako a me nā ʻai. ʻAʻole mālama nā limahana US i nā hale kūʻai; ʻO nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā a me ka holo ʻana o ka hale kūʻai e mālama ʻia e nā lāhui kūloko i hoʻolimalima ʻia e ka Embassy a kālā ʻia e AFRICOM.
"100 a 200 US commandos kaʻana like me ka pūʻali koa Kenyan ma Manda Bay": He hewa no hoi keia. Nā pūʻali koa US i hoʻouna ʻia i Manda Bay, ʻo ia ka Civil Affairs, Seabees, a me nā limahana palekana e pili ana i ka pūʻali koa i ka pūʻali koa me nā pūʻali Kenyan a me nā hana kōkua kanaka. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Simba ma 2004 e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i ka hui pūʻali koa US me ka Navy Kenyan. ʻO kāna misionari mua ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe kākoʻo kumu / ola i nā pūʻali koa US e noho ana ma ia wahi no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me nā hana hoʻopaʻa ʻana me ka pūʻali koa Kenyan, ʻo ia hoʻi ke komo ʻana i ka moana a me nā hana kīwila.
"Ua hoʻonoho ʻia nā pūʻali koa US ma Mali": E akaka, Ma mua o ka hoʻokahuli aupuni, ua lōʻihi ka pūʻali koa US me Mali. No kekahi mau makahiki, he mau hui liʻiliʻi mākou e hele mau ana i loko a i waho o Mali no nā hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa me ka pūʻali koa Malian; pili kēia i nā pūʻali maʻamau a me nā pūʻali hana kūikawā (SOF).
I ka manawa o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ka pūʻali koa i ka lā Malaki 22, he helu liʻiliʻi ka US Africa Command i nā limahana ma Mali e kākoʻo ana i kā mākou mau hana kaua. Ua hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia ke kōkua pūʻali koa iā Mali ma hope o ka hopu ʻana. ʻO nā limahana aupuni o ʻAmelika mai nā keʻena he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo DoD, ua kū mau ma Bamako i ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā kūkākūkā ʻana no ka hoʻi ʻana i ke aupuni democratic, kumukānāwai, aupuni kīwila. Ma muli o ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ka maopopo ʻole e pili ana i ka hopena a me nā hopena o ka hopu ʻana, a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻokuʻu wale ʻia ke komo ʻana o ka pūʻali koa, ua noho kā mākou poʻe limahana i Mali e hāʻawi i ke kōkua i ka Embassy, e mālama i ka ʻike i ke kūlana i nā hanana e hiki mai ana, a kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma waena o US Africa Command a me ka Embassy.
Ua hoʻopau ka US State Department i ke kōkua haole i ke aupuni o Mali i ka lā 10 ʻApelila. Ua loaʻa i ka Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency kahi memo mai ka Moku'āina ʻo 19 ʻApelila e hoʻolaha ana i ka DOD no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā papahana kōkua kaua āpau. I ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia leka hoʻomaopopo mai ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Mokuʻāina, ua hoʻomaka mākou e hoʻonohonoho i ka haʻalele ʻana o nā limahana a me nā lako mai Mali. ʻO nā pūʻali koa US āpau i Mali e kākoʻo ana i nā hana hoʻokūkū pūʻali koa i ka pūʻali koa i haʻalele iā Mali. ʻO kēlā mau limahana o ka 'Oihana Defence wale nō i hāʻawi mau ʻia i ka Embassy (e like me ka Defence Attaché a i ʻole US Marine Corps kiaʻi).
Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka moʻolelo i hōʻike ʻia ua "hōʻike ʻia" ʻekolu mau koa US i make i kahi pōʻino ma Mali i ʻApelila a ʻo ia hoʻi "ʻO kēia ke ʻano o kā mākou ʻike e hana nei nā pūʻali hana kūikawā US i ka haunaele, ʻo Mali ma mua. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopuka mākou i kahi hoʻolaha i kahi lā ma hope o ka make ʻana o nā koa, a ua holo ka Associated Press, Xinhua, a me AFP i nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ka hanana. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia he lehulehu loa nā hana a nā pūʻali koa US ma Mali. Ua paʻi mākou i nā moʻolelo, nā pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo, a me nā kiʻi ma kā mākou pūnaewele, a ua uhi nā mea hoʻolaha Malian, US a me nā honua i kēia mau hana no kekahi mau makahiki.
"Eia hou, ke hana nei nā Pūʻali Hana Kūikawā o US i nā misionari kū'ē i ka Pūʻali Kū'ē a ka Haku": ʻOiai e noho ana ko mākou mau pūʻali a hana pū me nā pūʻali palekana o ʻApelika, ʻo kā mākou manaʻo nui i ka hiki i ko lākou hiki ke alakaʻi maikaʻi i ke kauoha a me ka hoʻokele, hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana. ʻAʻole pili pono nā Pūʻali Hana Kūikawā i ka hana i alakaʻi ʻia e ʻApelika e wehe i ka hoʻoweliweli o ka LRA. ʻO ka misionari no nā pūʻali koa US ma Uganda, ka Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR), a me South Sudan ʻo ia ke aʻo a kōkua i nā pūʻali kūloko e hiki ai iā lākou ke hana i kā lākou hana. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma ʻApelila 2012, ua hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi hanana paʻi ʻehā lā ma Uganda a me CAR, e hāʻawi ana i 18 mau mea nūpepa kūloko a me ka honua no ka uhi ʻana i ka misionari counter-LRA alakaʻi ʻia e ʻApelika. ʻO kēia huakaʻi ka hopena o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka moʻolelo ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, kahi i hōʻike maopopo ʻia i kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kōkua.
"A he ʻāpana wale nō ia o ka moʻolelo": ʻAe, ua aʻo mākou i nā pūʻali koa Ugandan, Burundi, a me Djiboutian e kākoʻo ana i ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Somalia (AMISOM). Ma ke ʻano o ka huakaʻi media C-LRA i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, ua lawe pū mākou i ka pāpaho e kipa aku i nā hoʻoikaika kaʻaahi AMISOM - e hana ʻia ana ma kahi kahua o Uganda People's Defense Force ma waho o Kampala, Uganda. ʻO kēia huakaʻi ka hopena i ka hoʻolaha nui ʻana o ka honua. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa pū mākou i nā pūʻali Senegalese a me Rwandan e kākoʻo ana i ka Misiona UN ma Darfur (UNAMID), a me nā mea mālama maluhia mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻApelika. Hoʻohana mākou i nā kumuwaiwai i loaʻa iā mākou e kōkua i nā ʻāina makemake e hāʻawi i nā hana multinational e like me AMISOM a i ʻole UNAMID i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomau i kā lākou hana. ʻO kā mākou komo ʻana i kēia ʻāina i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa maluhia e alakaʻi ʻia e ka Moku'āina, kahi i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 200,000 mau mea mālama maluhia ʻApelika mai 25 mau lāhui ʻApelika i nā makahiki. I kēia mau lā ua ʻike mākou i nā hopena maikaʻi ma Mogadishu, ʻaʻole wale ma muli o ke kākoʻo ʻana o ka US, akā ʻo ka mea nui loa, ma muli o nā kāne a me nā wahine koa o nā aupuni hāʻawi pūʻali AMISOM.
E like me kēlā me kēia Geographic Combatant Command, loaʻa iā mākou kahi papahana hoʻoikaika kino me nā lāhui i loko o kā mākou kuleana. Loaʻa iā mākou i kēia manawa he 14 mau hoʻomaʻamaʻa bilateral a multilateral nui i mālama ʻia a i hoʻolālā ʻia no 2012 a e like me ka nui ma 2013. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pilikia palekana ma ʻApelika i ka multilaterally. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa he manawa koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi ia e ʻae ai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka interoperability, akā hoʻoulu pū kekahi i ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hoʻohui ʻana.
Ke alakaʻi nei mākou i kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa koa a i ʻole ka pūʻali koa a i ʻole ka hana pūʻali koa me nā ʻāina āpau ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika. He ʻāpana kēia o kā mākou hana e hiki ai i nā lāhui ʻApelika ke hoʻonui i ko lākou hiki ke pale aku. Noi ʻia kēia mau hana e ka lāhui hoʻokipa a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e nā ʻelele US. Nui ka poʻe i uhi maikaʻi ʻia e ka nūpepa kūloko a hōʻike ʻia ma kā mākou pūnaewele.
"I ka makahiki aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika ma ka lima": ʻAʻole e hoʻolele ʻia ka 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division i ʻApelika. Akā, hana ka brigade i kumu hoʻokahi e hoʻolako i nā limahana US Army e kākoʻo i nā hana i hana mua ʻia i kā mākou pūʻali koa ʻoihana, US Army Africa. Ma mua, ua māhele ʻia nā koi i ka pūʻali koa US holoʻokoʻa. Ma lalo o kēia kūkulu hou, e hoʻopiha ʻia kēia mau koi like mai kahi ʻāpana hoʻokahi e hiki ai i nā limahana mai kēia brigade ke hoʻokumu i kahi pae o ka ʻike ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika. ʻAʻole kēia hoʻololi e hoʻonui i ka helu o nā Koa ma ka ʻāina, akā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kā mākou hana kūloko no ka ʻike ʻana i nā Koa e kākoʻo i nā misionari e kū nei.
Pono mākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā hōʻike e lele ana i ka hopena "3,000 mau koa e kau aku i ʻApelika" ʻaʻole pololei. ʻO nā hui liʻiliʻi - nona nā helu maʻamau mai ka 3-12 - e huki ʻia mai kēia ʻāpana e hana i nā hana i hoʻolālā ʻia, nā hanana hoʻomaʻamaʻa, a me nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha o ka makahiki, no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻoikaika kino nui, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻouna i kekahi mau haneli. Ke ulu nei kēia kaʻina hana. Akā, i ka pau ʻana o kā lākou misionari, hoʻi lākou i ka home. Hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēia me ka SPMAGTF-12 i ʻōlelo ʻia i loko o ka ʻatikala, ʻaʻole i hana nui nā Marines i nā hana nui no Uganda a me Burundi a me nā lāhui hoa ʻē aʻe, akā ʻo ʻAmelika, ʻAmelika, a me ʻAmelika makemake.
"ʻO nā mea lawe ukana mercenary e pale i nā pilikia ʻae diplomatic": He mea hoihoi a pōʻino ke koho ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo. Hoʻokahi wale nō laʻana kahi i hoʻohana ʻia ai ka ʻōlelo ʻino e hoʻopuka ai i kahi manaʻo akā ma ka lilo o ka hilinaʻi o ka hōʻike. He aha ka mea lawe ukana mercenary? ʻO Federal Express, DHL, ʻAitiopa Air, a me nā hui kaʻa ea kaulana ʻē aʻe a mākou e hoʻohana ai no ka lawe ʻana i nā mea? ʻO ka koho e hoʻohana i nā mea lawe ʻaelike e pili wale ana i ke kumukūʻai a me ka pono. A no ka maopopo loa, koi mau mākou e kiʻi i ka palapala ʻae diplomatic a hoʻopau i nā hana kuʻuna āpau. He mea kūpono ʻole a pono ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e "pahu" i nā ʻae ʻāina. ʻO ka hana ʻana pēlā, he uhaki koʻikoʻi ia o kā mākou mau waiwai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻia kēia mau hana i ka hana hewa, e mahalo mākou inā hiki iā Mr. Turse ke hāʻawi iā mākou i nā kikoʻī kikoʻī, nā palapala, a i ʻole nā mea hōʻike ʻē aʻe, i mea e hāʻawi ai i kā mākou Criminal Investigative Command (CID) i kumu o ka ʻike e hoʻomaka ai i kahi hoʻokolokolo. No ka maopopo loa, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻo AFRICOM i kēia ʻano hana, e mahalo ʻia nā mea āu e hana ai e hāʻawi iā mākou i nā hōʻike e pono ai.
"Ka hale o nā pūʻali pilikia": ʻO nā papahana kūkulu koa a pau āu e wehewehe nei, ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka Defense Authorization Acts o FY 2010 a me 2011 a he mea ia o ka moʻolelo lehulehu. Eia nō naʻe, ke kūkulu ʻia nei ka 300 Containerized Living Units (CLUs) no ka poʻe e noho nei ma Camp Lemonnier, ma nā hale lole a i ʻole nā hale ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole no ka poʻe hou.
Mahalo mākou iā Mr. Turse e hoʻopili iā mākou no ka ʻike a me ka holo ʻana i kā mākou manaʻo i ka ʻatikala hope. Ua ukali ʻo ia me mākou me kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau e koi ana i ka manawa ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka lā ʻoihana hoʻokahi āna i hāʻawi mai ai iā mākou e pane. He mau lā ka lōʻihi o ka hana ʻana i ka noiʻi e pono ai e pane i kāna mau nīnau; ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua koho ʻo ia e paʻi i ka moʻolelo ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pane, ʻo ia kāna i ʻike e hana nei mākou. Inā ua kali ʻo ia, inā ua hāʻawi mākou i ka ʻike i noi ʻia, i hiki ke hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kāna moʻolelo. Pono ka manawa e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā wahi ma ʻehiku mau ʻāina like ʻole.
ʻO ka hope, paipai wau iā ʻoe a me ka poʻe hoihoi i ka mea a mākou e hana ai e nānā i kā mākou Pūnaewele, www.AFRICOM.mil, a me kahi Hōʻike Pūnaewele Kūikawā Kūikawā hou ma US Africa Command ma kēia loulouhttp://www.defense.gov/home/features/2012/0712_AFRICOM/.
E ʻoluʻolu, mai hoʻokaʻulua e hoʻokaʻaʻike mai iā mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana inā he nīnau kāu a makemake paha i kekahi ʻike hou aʻe.
me ka manao pono,
Tom Davis,
Konela, US Army
Luna Hoʻokele o ka Lehulehu
Kauoha ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa
ʻO ka pane a Nick Turse:
Mai: Nick Turse
Na: Tom Davis
E ke Konela Davis,
Mahalo nui iā ʻoe no kāu memo. He mea mahalo ke heluhelu ʻoe a me kāu mau hoa hana i kaʻu ʻatikala, "ʻO Obama's Scramble for Africa: Nā kaua huna, nā kahua huna, a me ka 'New Spice Route' o ka Pentagon ma ʻApelika , "me ka hoihoi. He mea hauʻoli mau ka ʻike ʻana i ka hopena o kahi ʻāpana i ka poʻe heluhelu.
Mahalo wau i kou mahalo no ka "nui o ka noiʻi" aʻu i alakaʻi ai a mahalo wau i ka ʻike i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai kāu kauoha iaʻu. Eia naʻe, ke kūʻē nei au i kāu ʻōlelo ʻana aia i loko o ka ʻatikala "he nui nā hemahema a me nā kuhi hewa." ʻO ka hapa nui o kāu "hōʻole" ʻike maoli i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au, ma ka nui, pili ka nui o kāu mau ʻōlelo kūʻē i nā semantics a me nā ʻokoʻa o ka wehewehe ʻana. Akā, e ʻae mai iaʻu e pane aku i kēlā me kēia helu:
"Ke kapa nei lākou iā ia ʻo ka New Spice Route": Hauʻoli wau i kou hōʻoia ʻana i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo. Akā naʻe, ʻike wau he mea kupanaha ke kuhikuhi ʻoe i kēia ma ke ʻano he huaʻōlelo ʻike ʻole, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana lako i kuhikuhi ʻia ma kahi hoʻolaha pūʻali koa (Kākoʻo pūʻali koa). ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka Haawina na Lieutenant Colonel David Corrick i kapa ʻia ʻo "The New Spice Route for Africa." ʻO ka wehewehe ʻana iā ia he "hoʻouna ʻāina mua mai Djibouti" me he mea lā e kūʻē i ka ʻike ma ka ʻatikala a Lieutenant Colonel Corrick. ʻO ka palapala 'āina o "The New Spice Route" i hōʻike ʻia me kāna ʻatikala e hōʻike ana i ka pūnaewele hoʻolako i nā ala ʻāina a me ke kai e pili ana iā Mombasa, Kenya, a me Manda Bay, Kenya; Mombasa a me Garissa, Kenya; Mombasa a me Nairobi, Kenya; Nairobi a me Entebbe, Uganda; Mombasa a me kahi awa Djiboutian; a he awa Djiboutian me Dire Dawa, ʻAitiopa. No ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana e pili ana i koʻu kapa ʻana iā ia he "alanui nui o ka mana nui," ma ke kumu o ka huina o ka pākēneka o nā ukana e hele ana ma ke ala, ua paʻi iaʻu e like me ka nitpicking no ka ʻokoʻa o ka wehewehe ʻana.
ʻIke maopopo, ʻaʻole kēia ke ʻano āu e ʻike ai a mahalo wau i kēlā. ʻOkoʻa koʻu ʻike ʻana i ia mea. ʻO ʻAmelika ka mana nui loa - ma kēia, ke manaʻo nei au, e ʻae like mākou - a ʻo ia ka pūnaewele e wikiwiki ai i ka meaʻai, ka wahie, a me nā mea hana e mālama ai i kāna mau hana ma ʻApelika. E wikiwiki hoʻi au e hoʻohui i nā pūʻali koa e pili ana i ka papahana ʻaʻole ia he hana kaʻa kaʻa Djiboutian lua, akā he "mea hou," "high-tech," a me "transformational." ʻO kā lākou ʻōlelo kēia, ʻaʻole naʻu. Eia kekahi, kākau ʻo Lieutenant Colonel Corrick e ulu ana ka ʻoihana a "e hoʻopau ʻo ia i ʻApelika āpau."
"Ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka pūʻali koa US ma ʻApelika": Ke nīnau nei ʻoe i kēia ʻōlelo ma kaʻu ʻāpana. Eia hou, ʻo kāu hoʻopiʻi e pili ana i ka pololei ʻole i koʻu manaʻo e pili ana i ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, he manaʻo manaʻo - ʻoiai ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hōʻike ʻia nā ʻoiaʻiʻo. No ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka nui o kāu mau paio ma luna o ka piʻi ʻana o ka pūʻali koa, he ala palena loa ia o ka loiloi ʻana i ka ulu. ʻO ka "ʻike" pūʻali koa US ma nā wahi āpau ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nīnau o nā pae koa. (Akā naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika ʻaʻole "i ke kaua" ma ʻApelika, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka 200% o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā limahana US ma laila mai ka 2005 e ʻike mai iaʻu.)
I ka makahiki 2003, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka pūʻali koa US kahi paʻa i ʻApelika. I kēia lā, aia kahi kahua nui ma Djibouti (i kēia manawa i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana), ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hui o nā limahana US i Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, South Sudan, a me nā Seychelles Islands. ; Ua hana nā pūʻali koa i nā hana ma Burundi, Liberia, Somalia, a me Uganda. A laila aia kēlā pūnaewele hoʻolako hoʻonui aʻu i kākau ai. Aia pū ka papahana Tusker Sand e ulu nei o nā mikiona kiaʻi lewaHawaii Post i hooleiiaʻi mawaho. Ua ʻōlelo ʻoe e alakaʻi ana ʻo AFRICOM i "kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa koa a i ʻole ka pūʻali koa a i ʻole ka hana pūʻali koa me nā ʻāina āpau ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika." Ke hele nei ka papa inoa. Ke kū nei au ma kēia loiloi a manaʻo wau he palapala maikaʻi ia.
"Ke mālama nei ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi helu kupanaha o nā waihona ma ʻApelika": Ke hōʻole nei ʻoe ʻo nā wahi aʻu i ʻike ai he "mau kumu." Maopopo iaʻu ʻaʻole ʻoe e kapa inoa iā lākou, akā ʻaʻole ia manaʻo ʻaʻole hana nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. E hoʻomaka wau ma ka ʻike ʻana i kēia: Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu ʻike ʻana i ka ʻike o ka poʻe heluhelu iā AFRICOM a ʻokoʻa wau i kā mākou wehewehe. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kaʻu ʻatikala, ua ʻike maopopo wau: "E like me ka ʻōlelo a Pat Barnes, he waha ʻōlelo no ka US Africa Command (AFRICOM), ʻo Camp Lemonnier ka mea hoʻokahi wale nō kahua US ma ka ʻāina."
Ma hope koke iho, ua huki hou au i ka nānā ʻana i kēia ʻokoʻa, a me kā mākou wehewehe ʻokoʻa i ka mea i lilo i kumu, i ka wā aʻu i kākau ai: "I kēia lā - nā inoa inoa ʻokoʻa - ke mālama nei ka US i kahi helu kupanaha o nā waihona ma ʻApelika." ʻAʻole ʻoe ponoʻī a i ʻole ka pūʻali koa US ka mea hoʻoponopono hope loa o ka mea i lilo i kumu. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu wehewehe ponoʻī, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe. Pūnaewele ʻo Webster hoʻomaka i kāna komo kūpono ma ka "base" ʻo "kahi kahi e huki ai ka pūʻali koa i nā lako ..." Me he mea lā e hoʻopuni ana i nā hale hana maikaʻi ma kēlā "New Spice Route" ma ʻApelika. Akā, e hoʻohana ana i nā puke wehewehe ʻōlelo, ʻo kāu a i ʻole Pūnaewele ʻo Webster, me he mea la ma ka aoao. Ke Hawaii Post Ua kākau mua e pili ana i nā hana US ma Obo i ka Central African Republic, ua hoʻomaka i kāna Haawina penei: “Ma hope o ka uea pahi a me nā paia ʻohe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā kāmera palekana e noho ana kekahi o nā pūʻali koa US hou loa ma ʻApelika. ʻO nā pūʻali koa US Special Forces me nā peʻa lima a me nā makaaniani e puka mai ana i kēlā me kēia lā i nā kaʻa ʻoki e lawe ana i nā mea kaua, nā lako a me nā unuhi ʻōlelo ..." Inā ʻoe e kapa ʻia he "outpost," he "base," a he "camp" he mea liʻiliʻi. ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā pūʻali koa, nā lako a me nā lako. Inā he ʻiole kona ʻano a he ʻeke ʻeke ʻo ia e like me ka ʻiole…
Eia hou, hiki ke heluhelu ʻia kāu leka e hōʻike ai i koʻu ʻōlelo ʻana ua loaʻa nā US i waho ma Thebephatswa Airbase ma Molepolole, Botswana, a i ʻole Mombasa International Airport ma Kenya. No ka maopopo, ʻaʻole wau i kākau i kekahi mea like. Ua noi au i kāu kauoha no ka manaʻo no kaʻu ʻatikala e pili ana i kēia a me nā pūnaewele ʻē aʻe, akā ʻaʻohe mea i hāʻawi ʻia a hiki i kāu memo, i hiki mai ma mua o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka ʻatikala. No laila, ʻaʻole au i hoʻolaha i kekahi mea e pili ana i kēia mau hale hana. Me he mea lā, e like me kaʻu i manaʻo ai, ua hoʻohui ʻia lākou a i ʻole i kēia manawa i ka hana pūʻali koa US ma ʻApelika, no laila mahalo wau i ka ʻike.
E hoʻomaopopo ʻoe, e pili ana i Camp Gilbert ma Dire Dawa, ʻAitiopa, a me kahi keʻena awa moana ma Djibouti, ua haʻi pololei wau i kaʻu ʻatikala "ʻaʻole i pane aku ʻo AFRICOM i nā noi no ka ʻike hou aku i kēia mau pou ma mua o ka hele ʻana o kēia ʻatikala e paʻi. .” A hiki i kēia lā, ʻaʻohe mea i pane mai i kaʻu mau noi no ka ʻike e pili ana i kēia mau kumu. He aha kaʻu e hana ai i kēia hāmau hāpai?
"100 a 200 US commandos kaʻana like me ka pūʻali koa Kenyan ma Manda Bay": Pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia me ka Hawaii Post. ʻO ka ʻōlelo, piha, heluhelu ʻia: “A recent ʻike ma ka Hawaii Post Ua hōʻike ʻo ia ʻo nā mokulele mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma waho o Entebbe, Uganda, e ʻimi nei i ka ʻāina i hoʻohana ʻia e Kony's LRA ma ke kauoha a ka Pentagon, a ʻo 100 a 200 US commandos e kaʻana i kahi kahua me ka pūʻali koa Kenyan ma Manda Bay. Kūkākūkā, ka Hawaii Post Hui Pūʻia: "Manda Bay, Kenya: ʻOi aku ma mua o 100 US commandos i hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi pūʻali koa Kenyan."
No ka maopopo, aole au i makemake e hilinai i ka Hawaii Postka hōʻike ʻana, akā ʻaʻohe koho. He ʻumi lā ma mua o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o kaʻu ʻatikala, ua nīnau kikoʻī au i kāu waha ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā pūʻali koa i hoʻonoho ʻia ma Manda Bay a me ke ʻano o nā hana ma laila, akā ʻaʻole i pane ʻia kaʻu mau nīnau. Ua nīnau au ma kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe i ʻeono lā ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa hou ka pane. ʻO kāu leka i kaʻu mea hoʻoponopono, ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ʻo ia ka pane mua i loaʻa iaʻu ma ke kumuhana mai AFRICOM.
"Ua hoʻonoho ʻia nā pūʻali koa US ma Mali": Me he mea lā ua ʻae like mākou he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia ʻōlelo.
"Eia hou, ke hana nei nā Pūʻali Hana Kūikawā o US i nā misionari kū'ē i ka Pūʻali Kū'ē a ka Haku": Me he mea lā ua ʻae like mākou i kēia. ʻAʻole wau i kākau i kekahi mea e pili ana i nā hana hoʻolālā, nā kaua pū, a i ʻole kekahi o ia ʻano. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke haʻi aku nei au i kahi ʻōlelo a AFRICOM nāna i ʻōlelo, "ʻO nā pūʻali koa US e hana pū ana me nā pūʻali koa kūloko i ka ʻimi ʻana iā Joseph Kony he mau malihini o nā pūʻali palekana ʻApelika e komo pū ana me ka hoʻoikaika kūʻē kūʻē LRA. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu i ka ʻoi aku o ka maopopo o iaʻu. ʻO ka mea maopopo loa, ʻo nā pūʻali koa US e hana pono ana i nā misionari kūʻē i ka LRA. Ma ke ʻano he Haawina e ka Pentagon's American Forces Press Service i hōʻike maopopo ʻia: "Ke hāʻawi nei nā pūʻali koa US i ka ʻike- a me ka ʻike-kaʻana like, logistics, kamaʻilio a me nā mea hiki ke hiki i nā pūʻali koa hoʻokipa e alualu ana iā Kony ma Uganda, ka Central African Republic, South Sudan a me ka Repubalika o. ʻo Kongo.
"A he ʻāpana wale nō ia o ka moʻolelo": No ka mea, ma kāu leka, ʻo ʻoukou nā misionari mōʻaukala ma luna a ma waho aʻe o nā mea aʻu i hōʻike aku ai, ke ʻōlelo nei au ua ʻae pū mākou i kēia mea.
"I ka makahiki aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika ma ka lima": E hoʻomaka ʻoe ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻAʻole e kau ka 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division i ʻApelika." ʻAʻole wau i ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, wale nō - a kikoʻī loa - e kau ʻia nā mea o kēia BCT. ʻAʻole au i kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hui piha, nā ʻāpana wale nō mai ia mea. No nā helu, ke kala aku nei au inā he hewa kēia. ʻO lākou naʻe, nā helu i hōʻike ʻia e ka lehulehu aʻu i hāʻawi maopopo ai i kahi loulou ma ke ʻano he ʻano kuhi. ʻO kēlā Haawina, ma Manawa Koa, ka inoa: “3,000 koa e lawelawe ma ʻApelika i ka makahiki aʻe.”
Eia hou, ʻaʻole au i makemake e hoʻohana i nā helu mai kahi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu i ka loiloi ʻana i ka nui o ka hui ʻAmelika ma ʻApelika. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua nīnau au i ka mea haʻi'ōlelo AFRICOM ma ka Pentagon, ma ka leka uila i hoʻopaʻaʻia i ka lā 6 o Iulai, inā paha e ulu ana ka pūʻali koa US (ka mea āna i haʻi mai ai iaʻu ma kahi o 5,000 i kēia manawa) , akā, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hāʻawi i ka pane. ʻAʻole hoʻi i pane mai nā limahana AFRICOM ma kou keʻena poʻo, nāna i hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai iaʻu ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kaʻu mau nīnau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he mau pule ma hope mai, ʻaʻole lākou i pane mai.
"ʻO nā mea lawe ukana mercenary e pale i nā pilikia ʻae diplomatic": Ke kūʻē hou nei ʻoe i kaʻu ʻōlelo, akā, mai hōʻole maoli i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Nīnau ʻoe: "He aha ka mea lawe ukana mercenary?" Ke waiho nei au he kanaka a hui paha e kākoʻo ana i nā hana ukana kaua no ka loaʻa kālā. ʻO nā mea lawe ea āu e ʻōlelo nei, ʻo ia, he mau ʻaelike pūʻali koa e kākoʻo ana i nā hana kaua no ka loaʻa kālā, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia e ka lehulehu ʻAmelika. Kūpaʻa wau ma kēia ʻano.
E kākau ʻoe: “Pono ʻia ʻo [W] e kiʻi i ka palapala diplomatic a hoʻopau i nā hana kuʻuna āpau. He mea kūpono ʻole a pono ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e 'pale' i nā ʻae ʻāina. ʻO ka hana ʻana pēlā, he uhaki koʻikoʻi ia o kā mākou mau waiwai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻia kēia mau hana i ka hana hewa, e mahalo mākou inā hiki iā Mr. Turse ke hāʻawi iā mākou i nā kikoʻī kikoʻī, nā palapala, a i ʻole nā mea hōʻike ʻē aʻe, i mea e hāʻawi ai i kā mākou Criminal Investigative Command (CID) i kumu o ka ʻike e hoʻomaka ai i kahi hoʻokolokolo." No ka hoʻomaka, e kuhikuhi wau iā CID iā Major Joseph D. Gaddis o ka US Air Force no ka ʻike hou aku. Ma kahi ʻāpana o kahi Kākoʻo pūʻali koa Haawina ma ka ea logistics ma ʻApelika, i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Diplomatic Clearance Hurdle," kākau ʻo Major Gaddis:
"ʻO kahi nīnau koʻikoʻi e kū nei i nā logisticians ma ʻApelika inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana o ka airlift ma mua o nā pilikia i pili pinepine ʻia me nā ʻano kuʻuna o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele kaua US ma ʻApelika, e komo pū ana nā kaʻina hana lōʻihi e loaʻa ai ka ʻae diplomatic. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kahi misionari i ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina e koi pinepine i 14 a 21 mau lā o ka manawa alakaʻi. No ka hui C−17 i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Hungary, hiki i kēia kaʻina hana ke lōʻihi mai 30 a 45 mau lā. I ka hana ʻana me nā hana ma nā ʻāina paʻa ʻāina, hoʻemi nā manawa hoʻomaʻemaʻe diplomatic over-flight i ka maʻalahi o ka ʻōnaehana airlift DOD. ʻAʻole loaʻa kēia mau pilikia hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā mokulele aelike i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia. ʻO kā lākou kaʻina hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻāina maʻalahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻolālā i kahi lele ma lalo o hoʻokahi lā. ʻO nā mea lawe kīwila ʻē aʻe e hana ana ma ʻApelika (me nā mea lawe i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika) ke alo nei hoʻi i ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi diplomatic a ʻaʻole koi i ke kaʻina hoʻomaʻamaʻa lōʻihi e like me ka pūʻali koa US.
Ua ʻōlelo maopopo loa ʻo Maj. Gaddis: "ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā mokulele aelike i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ka home nā pilikia ʻae" e pili ana i nā mokulele kaua US. Ua ʻōlelo maopopo ʻo ia e hiki i ka US ke hoʻopau i nā pilikia ʻae lōʻihi ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i "nā mea lawe kīwila haole e hana ana ma ʻApelika… [ʻo ia] ke alo nei i ka liʻiliʻi diplomatic red tape a ʻaʻole koi i ke kaʻina hoʻomaʻamaʻa lōʻihi e like me ka pūʻali koa US." Hōʻike kēia i ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka US e hoʻololi mai nā ʻano kuʻuna a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lawe ʻana i nā lako a me nā lako i nā ʻano huna ʻē aʻe i mea e hoʻokahuli ai i nā hoʻoponopono i kau ʻia e nā ʻāina ʻApelika - a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi loa e hoʻohuli i ka manaʻo o kēlā mau lula. . ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻoki ʻana i ka "lipine ʻulaʻula" ke kumu nui o ka peʻe ʻana ma hope o ka poʻe ʻaelike, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i nā mea like ma waena o kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele kiu ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā mikiona kiaʻi ʻo Tusker Sand ma ʻApelika.
ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, mahalo wau inā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo iaʻu i nā noiʻi a i ʻole nā hana ʻē aʻe i hopena mai kēia ʻike.
"Ka hale o nā pūʻali pilikia": Eia hou, ʻike mākou i ka ʻaelike holoʻokoʻa ke kūkulu nei ʻo ʻAmelika i ka "Hōʻai Kūʻai Kūlohelohe" ma Djibouti. Hoʻomaopopo ʻoe "ke kūkulu ʻia nei nā 300 Containerized Living Units (CLUs) no ka poʻe e noho nei ma Camp Lemonnier, i loko o nā hale lole a i ʻole nā hale ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole no ka poʻe hou mai." Makemake wau e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole wau i ʻōlelo i kēia mau CLU no nā "hōʻea hou." ʻO ia naʻe, hoʻohāhā iaʻu no ke aha e hoʻohana ʻia ai kēlā huaʻōlelo "emergency" no kēia hale hou. Ke nīnau nei hoʻi au no ke aha - ʻoiai ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei ʻoe i ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o ka noho ʻana o ʻAmelika i ʻApelika - ua noho nā pūʻali koa i nā hale kūʻokoʻa? Inā ʻaʻohe wikiwiki a nui kou manawa e hoʻolālā ai no ka hōʻea ʻana mai, no ke aha ʻaʻole i kūkulu mua ʻia nā hale pūʻali kūpono?
ʻO ka hope, ke hoʻopuka nei au me ka mahalo i kāu mau manaʻo e pili ana i kaʻu mau noi iā AFRICOM no ka ʻike no kaʻu ʻatikala, i paʻi ʻia ma Iulai 12, 2012. E like me kāu mau moʻolelo e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai, ma Mei 29, 2012, ua noi mua au i ka ʻike kikoʻī ma ka US ka pūʻali koa i ʻApelika, ʻo ia hoʻi nā kahua - me nā mea i kipa ʻia ai nā pūʻali koa US no nā lāhui ʻē aʻe. Ma ka lā 6 o Iune, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi pane haʻahaʻa loa aʻu i hahai ai me nā nīnau, ma ke kelepona a i ʻole leka uila - i kekahi manawa ʻelua - ma Iulai 2nd, 6th, a me 9th. Ua hahai au ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka moʻolelo a ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu e hoʻopili ʻia me nā pane ma ka Pōʻakolu, Iulai 16th, e kekahi kanaka kikoʻī ma AFRICOM. Ma kēia kākau ʻana, ma ka lā 24 o Iulai, ke kali nei au i ka lohe ʻana mai iā ia.
Ke kūʻē nei hoʻi au i kāu ʻōlelo ʻana ua "haʻi aku au… me kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau e koi ana i ka manawa ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka lā ʻoihana hoʻokahi āna i hāʻawi mai ai iā mākou e pane." ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma kaʻu "ʻoihana" ʻaʻohe "lā ʻoihana." A e noʻonoʻo kākou: ʻaʻohe mea i loko o kāu. Ma waho aʻe o nā hoʻomaha hoʻomaha a me nā mea like, ʻaʻole wau i lohe e pili ana i ka pūʻali koa US e hoʻomaha ana i hoʻokahi pule mai ke kaua a i ʻole e pani ʻia no ka hopena pule. Hoʻopili kaʻu hana i ka papahana like.
Eia nō naʻe, ua kāhea mua ʻia ka papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e kuhikuhi ai i kāu waha ʻōlelo Pentagon ma Iulai 6th. Ua noi mai ʻo ia iaʻu e kākau iā lākou ma ka palapala, aʻu i hana pono ai. Ua hoʻouna au i kēlā mau mea a hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai iaʻu ua hoʻouna ʻo ia iā lākou i kou keʻena nui i kēlā lā hoʻokahi. Ua hahai au ma ka lā 9 a haʻi aku i koʻu lā palena pau. Ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu e loaʻa paha i ke keʻena ʻo AFRICOM kekahi mau pane noʻu ma ka lā 10. ʻO ia lā naʻe, hele mai a hele me ka ʻōlelo ʻole. Pela ka la 11. Ua hoʻolaha mākou i ka ʻāpana ma ka lā 12.
Ma muli o koʻu noi ʻana i ka ʻike kikoʻī mai Mei, kala wau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua kani iki kāu leka i kāu kākau ʻana: "Inā ua kali ʻo ia, inā ua hāʻawi mākou i ka ʻike i noi ʻia, i hiki ke hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kāna moʻolelo. .” ʻElua pule ma hope mai, ke kali nei au i ka pane piha i kaʻu mau nīnau o Iulai 6th (ʻaʻole e haʻi ʻia i ka lā 29 o Mei).
ʻIke loa, he ʻokoʻa ko mākou manaʻo honua a me nā manaʻo like ʻole, akā ʻo ka ʻōlelo ʻana he nui nā "hewa a me nā kuhi hewa ʻole", ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au, he kuhi hewa ia a ke manaʻo nei au e noʻonoʻo hou ʻoe i kāu mau ʻōlelo e like me kaʻu pane ma luna.
Manaʻo wau ua pololei wau i kaʻu hōʻike. Ua hāʻawi au i ka manawa kūpono i nā manaʻo a me nā paio o AFRICOM i ko lākou ʻokoʻa ʻana mai kaʻu, hāʻawi i nā huaʻōlelo kūpono i hiki ai i kāu mea haʻiʻōlelo ke hōʻike i nā manaʻo o AFRICOM, a huki i nā paʻi koʻikoʻi i mahalo ʻia no ka ʻike ke pane ʻole kāu kauoha i kaʻu mau nīnau. ʻO wau hoʻi e hāʻawi i kaʻu hōʻike ʻana i ka leo ʻoi aku ka nui o nā manaʻo kūʻē ma mua o nā ʻatikala / hoʻokuʻu ma ka pūnaewele AFRICOM. Ua hāʻawi wau i ka manaʻo o kāu mea haʻiʻōlelo i ka mea e pili ana i kahi "kumu." E ho'āʻo wau i kāu koʻokoʻo e hana like a hāʻawi, i nā hoʻolaha nūhou a me nā pane i nā nīnau, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i manaʻo ka pūʻali koa US i kahi hale he "kumu," hiki i nā poʻe ke manaʻo ʻē aʻe.
Eia kekahi, e ʻae mai iaʻu e manaʻo inā maopopo loa ʻo AFRICOM - a ʻaʻole like ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā reams o ka ʻike i kāu pūnaewele me ka ʻike - me nā ʻauhau ʻauhau o ʻAmelika e pili ana i nā hana pūʻali koa US ma ʻApelika, hiki ke pale ʻia kēia mau mea āpau.
Me kēia a me nā ʻatikala e hiki mai ana e pili ana i nā hana US ma ʻApelika, ma ka noʻonoʻo, e ʻae mai iaʻu e nīnau (me ka nui o ka manawa e hoʻokaʻawale) no kahi papa inoa piha o nā mea āpau - ʻoiai ʻoe e ʻōlelo nei iā lākou - "keʻena manawa" a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi i loaʻa ai iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. a i ʻole ua loaʻa iā ia nā "kuleana hale kūʻai," nā hana kūkulu, nā kahua hana, nā outposts, nā kahua hoʻomoana, nā keʻena, nā hale hana, nā hale kūʻai, nā hale kūʻai, ka waiho wahie, a me nā mea like ma Africa mai 2003, a me nā palapala kākoʻo e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā hana ma kēia mau wahi i hiki iaʻu ke loiloi iā lākou noʻu iho. Inā loaʻa iaʻu kahi kiʻi akaka, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu kūlana e nīnau i nā nīnau ʻoi aku ka ʻike. I ka wā e maʻalahi ai kēlā kiʻi, manaʻolana wau e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoe i kaʻu kipa ʻana i kēia mau hale hana no ka nānā lima mua, no laila hiki iaʻu ke huki i kaʻu mau manaʻo e pili ana i ko lākou ʻano.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana iaʻu i kēia ʻike, manaʻolana hoʻi au e ʻae ʻoe iaʻu e kelepona pololei iā ʻoe i ka manawa aʻe e loaʻa iaʻu nā nīnau e pili ana i nā hana US ma ʻApelika.
Mahalo hou iā ʻoe no kou hoihoi i kaʻu hana a me ka ʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e kāu kauoha iaʻu.
ka nānā 'ole,
ʻO Nick Turse
Lunahooponopono pili, ʻO TomDispatch.com
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