Ma hope o nā pōʻino i make a hōʻeha weliweli loa i ka Boston Marathon, ua piha ka politika a me ka lehulehu media o ko mākou ʻāina i ke aloha aloha - a me ka "manaʻo pālua," a George Orwell i wehewehe ai he makemake "e hoʻopoina i kekahi mea i lilo i mea kūpono ʻole."
I ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea hoʻolaha media ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ka New York Times kau i kahi poʻomanaʻo ma ka ʻaoʻao mua o ka Pōʻakolu: "Ua hoʻouka ʻia nā Bom Bombs i Maim, wahi a nā luna." Ua hōʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kui a me nā ʻeke pōleʻa i loko o nā kīʻaha kaomi, "i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e pana i nā ʻāpana ʻokiʻoki i loko o ka mea hiki ke hiki i kā lākou pahū."
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka momona a me ke kaupaona ʻana ma 1,000 paona, ʻo CBU-87/B nā poʻo kaua i loko o ke ʻano o nā "munitions hopena i hui ʻia" i hoʻohana ʻia i 14 mau makahiki i hala e kahi mea pana i kapa ʻia ʻo ʻAnakala Sam. He pōkole ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka media US.
I kekahi Pōʻalima, i ke awakea, ua hoʻokuʻu nā pūʻali NATO alakaʻi ʻia e US i nā pōkā puʻupuʻu ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Nis, ma kahi kokoke i kahi mākeke meaʻai. "Ua hahau nā pōkā ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale maʻi a kokoke i ka mākeke, e lawe mai ana i ka make a me ka luku ʻana, e hoʻopiʻi ana i nā alanui o ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻekolu o Serbia me nā shrapnel," kahi hoʻouna ma ka Kapalakiko Chronicle i hōʻike ʻia ma Mei 8, 1999.
A: "Ma kahi alanui e hele ana mai ka mākeke, ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā kino i ʻoki ʻia i waena o nā kāloti a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe i loko o nā loko koko. ʻO kahi wahine make, ua uhi ʻia kona kino me ka ʻili, e paʻa mau ana i kahi ʻeke kūʻai i piha i nā kāloti.
Ke kuhikuhi nei ʻo ia i nā pōkā puʻupuʻu "pahu i ka lewa a hoʻolei i nā ʻāpana o nā shrapnel ma kahi ākea ākea," i kākau ai ka mea kākau BBC ʻo John Simpson ma ka ʻO ka lekaʻo Sunday: "Hoʻohana ʻia e kūʻē i nā kānaka, ʻo nā pōpoki pūpū kekahi o nā mea kaua weliweli loa o ke kaua hou."
ʻAʻole ʻae ʻo Savage i ka hoʻohana ʻana. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka Luna Nui ʻo Bill Clinton a me nā manaʻo koa e lanakila nei ma Wakinekona, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea ʻino i nā ʻano maikaʻi o nā pūʻulu pūpū. Hiki i kēlā me kēia mea ke hoʻouna aku i 60,000 mau ʻāpana ʻāpana kila i loko o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea hana o ka mea kaua he "mau pahuhopu palupalu."
ʻO kahi mea kākau moʻolelo ikaika ʻole, ʻo Paul Watson o ka Los Angeles Times, hoike mai Pristina, Yugoslavia: “I loko o ʻelima mau pule o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ua ʻōlelo nā mea hōʻike ma aneʻi, ua hoʻokuʻu nā mokulele kaua NATO i nā pōkā puʻupuʻu e hoʻopuehu ana i nā pū liʻiliʻi ma nā wahi ākea. Ma ka jargon pūʻali koa, ʻo nā mea kaua liʻiliʻi he bomblets. ʻIke ʻo Kauka Rade Grbic, he kauka lapaʻau a me ka luna o ka halemai nui o Pristina, i nā hōʻoia i kēlā me kēia lā e uhi ʻia ka hopena pōʻino. ʻO Grbic, ka mea nāna i hoʻopakele i nā ola o nā keikikāne Albanian ʻelua i hōʻeha ʻia aʻo nā keikikāne ʻē aʻe e pāʻani ana me kahi pūpū puʻupuʻu i loaʻa i ka Pōʻaono, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana i nā ʻoki he nui.
ka LA Times ʻŌlelo ʻia ʻo Dr. Grbic: "He 15 mau makahiki wau i ka orthopedist i kēia manawa, e hana ana ma kahi ʻāina pilikia kahi e loaʻa pinepine ai mākou i nā ʻeha, akā ʻaʻole wau a me koʻu mau hoa hana i ʻike i nā ʻeha weliweli e like me nā mea i hana ʻia e nā pūpū pūpū." Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "He mau ʻeha lākou e alakaʻi ai i nā kīnā i kahi nui. ʻO nā lālā i ʻoki loa ʻia a ʻo ka ʻoki wale nō ke koho i koe. He weliweli, weliweli."
Ua hoʻomau ka moʻolelo nūpepa: "ʻO ka haukapila ʻo Pristina wale nō i mālama i ka 300 a 400 mau kānaka i hōʻeha ʻia e nā pūpū pua mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke kaua mokulele o NATO i ka lā Malaki 24, wahi a Grbic. ʻO ka hapalua o kēlā mau mea i hōʻeha ʻia he mau makaʻāinana, wahi āna. No ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia kēlā helu i ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia e nā pōkā puʻupuʻu a ʻaʻole i helu i ka poʻe i ʻeha ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Yugoslavia, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe i make, wahi āna. "ʻO ka hapa nui o nā poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i nā pōkā puʻupuʻu i hana ʻia i ka manawa e pahū ai i kekahi manawa ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana," wahi āna.
Ma hope mai, i ka wā o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana a me nā manawa mua o ka noho ʻana, ua hoʻokuʻu ka pūʻali koa US i nā pōkā puʻupuʻu ma Afghanistan a hoʻokuʻu i nā pūʻali koa i Iraq.
I kēia lā, ke kū'ē nei ke Keʻena Moku'āinaʻo US i ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i kēlā mau mea kaua, e haʻi ana ma kāna pūnaewele mana: "Ua hōʻike nā pūʻali koa Cluster i ka pono o ka pūʻali koa. ʻO kā lākou hoʻopau ʻia ʻana mai US stockpiles e hoʻopilikia i ke ola o kāna mau koa a me nā mea o kāna mau hoa hui. "
ʻO ke Keʻena Moku'āina kūmole ʻōlelo hoʻohui: "Eia hoʻi, hiki i nā pūhui puʻupuʻu ke hopena pinepine ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pōʻino koʻikoʻi ma mua o nā mea kaua hoʻokahi, e like me ka pōpō nui a i ʻole ka pū kī nui ke kumu, inā hoʻohana ʻia no ka misionari hoʻokahi. Malia paha ua like like ka manao o ka poe bomber nana i hookomo i na kui a me na wili poepoe iloko o na ipu kuke no ka hoohana ana ma Bosetona.
Akā, mai manaʻo i ka ʻimi ʻana o ia mau mea mai nā pepa o kēlā me kēia lā o USA a i ʻole nā pūnaewele pāʻoihana - a i ʻole nā mea like me ka NPR's "Morning Edition" a me "All Things Considered," a i ʻole ka PBS "NewsHour." Ke pepehi a hōʻeha ke kumuhana, ua manaʻo ʻia kēlā mau nūhou i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ke aupuni US.
Ma kāna puke moʻolelo 1984, Ua kākau ʻo Orwell e pili ana i ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike o ka "hoʻokuʻu pōkole, me he mea lā ma muli o ke ʻano, ma ka paepae o kekahi manaʻo weliweli . . . a me ka luuluu a i ʻole ka hoʻokuke ʻia e kekahi ʻano manaʻo e hiki ke alakaʻi i kahi ʻaoʻao heretical.
ʻO ka doublethink - hoʻoikaika mau ʻia e ka lehulehu media - e noho mau ana i loko o kahi ʻāpana hao ʻole e lilo i mea hoʻomāʻewaʻewa iā ia iho inā ʻaʻole e hōʻino i ka pili ʻana o ka naʻauao a me ka pono.
ʻO kēlā me kēia nūhou e pili ana i nā keiki i pepehi ʻia a hōʻeha ʻia ma ka laina hoʻopau ma Bosetona, ʻo kēlā me kēia moʻolelo o ka nalowale weliweli o nā lālā, e noʻonoʻo iaʻu i kahi kaikamahine liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Guljumma. ʻEhiku makahiki ʻo ia i koʻu hālāwai ʻana me ia ma kahi kahua hoʻomoana o Afghan i hoʻokahi lā i ke kauwela o 2009.
I kēlā manawa, ʻo wau kakau iho la: “Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Guljumma e pili ana i ka mea i hana ʻia i kekahi kakahiaka i ka makahiki i hala i kona hiamoe ʻana ma ka home ma ke awāwa ʻo Helmand ʻo Afghanistan. Ma kahi o 5 am, pahū nā pōkā. Ua make kekahi poe o kona ohana. Ua nalowale kona lima."
I loko o kahi hoʻomoana o ka poʻe mahuka ma waho o Kabul, kahi e noho nei he mau haneli mau ʻohana i loko o nā kūlana maikaʻi ʻole, ʻaʻole kōkua ke aupuni US. ʻO ka manawa hope loa i launa pū ai ʻo Guljumma a me kona makuakāne me ke aupuni o ʻAmelika, ʻo ia ka manawa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai lākou.
Hoʻonui ke kaua ma nā abstractions, akā ʻaʻole ʻo Guljumma he abstraction. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā keiki i hoʻopau mau ʻia ko lākou ola e ka pana ʻana ma ka laina hoʻopau ʻo Boston.
Akā ʻo ka nūhou US like ʻole e hoʻolaha nei i ka waiwai o nā keiki i hōʻeha nui ʻia ma Boston, ʻaʻole makemake nui i nā keiki e like me Guljumma.
Ua noʻonoʻo hou au iā ia i ka ʻike ʻana i nā lono a me ka hauʻoli Photo ma ka lā 7 o ʻApelila, ma hope koke iho o ka pōʻino o nā keiki he 11 ma ka hikina o Afghanistan. Ua make kēlā mau keiki mai ka US/NATO ea. No nā mea nūpepa ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole ia he moʻolelo nui; no nā luna ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui.
"Lele nā ʻīlio Circus i ka wā e hahau ai ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kāna huila," i ʻike ai ʻo Orwell, "akā ʻo ka ʻīlio i hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻohuli ai i kāna ʻāʻī inā ʻaʻohe hahau."
ʻO Norman Solomon ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu KohoAloha.org a me ka luna hoʻokumu o ka Institute for Public Accuracy. Aia kāna mau puke i ka "War Made Easy: Pehea e hoʻomau ai nā Pelekikena a me nā Pundits iā mākou i ka make." Kākau ʻo ia i ke kolamu Political Culture 2013.
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