Ua inu ʻo Loio Kuhina Michael Mukasey i kāna wai me ka hopohopo. ʻO ia ka manawa mua āna i hōʻike ai i mua o ke Kōmike Hoʻokolokolo Senate mai kāna hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. ʻO ka pilikia i kēlā manawa a i kēia manawa: hoʻomāinoino. Manaʻo ʻo ia i ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i ka wai? Ua hana ʻo Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., iā ia iho: "E hoʻomāinoino ʻia ka wai wai inā hana ʻia iā ʻoe?" "Manaʻo wau ʻo ia nō," i pane aku ai ʻo Mukasey. ʻOiai ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia i nā nīnau, ma mua a ma hope o kā Kennedy, ua kani pono kāna pane pilikino.
ʻAʻole pono kā mākou loio kuhina e hoʻopaʻa wai no ka ʻike he hoʻomāinoino ia. Pēlā nō, ʻaʻole pono ka poʻe ʻAmelika e ʻeha ma lalo o ke aupuni dictator i mea e ʻike ai he hewa ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā dictator ma waho.
E lawe, no ka laʻana, ka dictator lōʻihi o ʻInidonesia, Suharto. Ua make ʻo ia i kēia pule i ka makahiki 86, kahi makahiki i hiki ʻole i ka hapa nui o kāna mau mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o 1 miliona. Ua noho aliʻi ʻo Suharto ʻInidonesia ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau makahiki, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka ʻāina ikaika loa ma ka Honua, ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua kū ʻo Suharto i ka mana ma 1965 ma kahi kipi i kākoʻo ʻia e ka CIA, nāna i hāʻawi iā ia i nā papa inoa o nā poʻe kūʻē i pepehi ʻia e ka pūʻali koa Indonesia, kēlā me kēia. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia mai ka mana ma 1998, i kahi kipi pro-democracy.
I ka nohoalii ana o Suharto, US nā hoʻokele aupuni—Democratic a me Republican—ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻolako kālā i ka pūʻali koa Indonesia. Ma waho aʻe o ka miliona o ka poʻe Indonesia i pepehi ʻia, ua make pū kekahi mau haneli haneli i ka wā ʻInidonesiaka noho ana o Timor Hikina, he aina uuku 300 mile maluna Nuhōlani. He ʻāina ia aʻu i ʻike pono ai, ua uhi ʻia no nā makahiki. Ma Nov. 12, 1991, i koʻu uhi ʻana i kahi huakaʻi maluhia ʻo Timorese i loko TimorʻO ke kapikala ʻo Dili, ua wehe ʻia ka pūʻali koa noho a Suharto i ke kī ʻana i ka lehulehu, a make 270 Timorese. Ua maʻalahi wau: Ua hahau nā koa iaʻu me ko lākou mau kāmaʻa a me nā kī o kā lākou US M-16. Ua haki lākou i ka iwi poʻo o koʻu hoa hana ʻo Allan Nairn, ka mea e kākau ana no The New Yorker magazine i kēlā manawa. A ʻo kēlā pepehi kanaka kekahi o nā mea liʻiliʻi i loko Timor. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻomau ʻo Pelekikena George HW Bush, a ukali ʻia e Bill Clinton, e hoʻāʻo e hoʻolako ʻInidonesia me na mea kaua. ʻO ka neʻe ʻana o ka mauʻu wale nō i ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa kū ka US kuai kaua.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hana ʻino ʻole, ua hana ʻino ʻo Suharto. Ua manaʻo ʻo Transparency International i ka waiwai o Suharto ma waena o $15 biliona a me $35 biliona. ʻO kēia manawa US elele i ʻInidonesiaUa hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Cameron Hume i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o Suharto i kēia pule, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, “Ua alakaʻi ʻo Pelekikena Suharto. ʻInidonesia no 30 mau makahiki, he manawa ia ʻInidonesia loaʻa ka hoʻomohala waiwai a me ka pilikanaka. … ʻOiai aia kekahi mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i kāna hoʻoilina, he kanaka kaulana ʻo Pelekikena Suharto i waiho i kahi ʻike mau loa ʻInidonesia a me ka aina o hikina Hema Asia.” Kau? ʻAe, inā manaʻo ʻo ia e huki i nā manamana lima o nā kānaka, e nalowale ana i nā mea kūʻē ʻole o Indonesia, a i ʻole e holoi i ka hapakolu o ka heluna kanaka. Timora Kahikina, kekahi o na pepehi kanaka nui o ke kenekulia 20. Akā, maopopo, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo a Hume.
ʻO ka papa wai paha, ka hoʻouka kaua ʻole ʻana a i ʻole ka paʻa ʻana i nā haneli he nui me ka uku ʻole ʻia no nā makahiki ma Guantanamo Bay a i ʻole ma nā wahi ʻeleʻele CIA ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, hoʻomanaʻo wau iā Mahatma Gandhi, kekahi o nā alakaʻi nui loa o ka honua. "He aha ka ʻokoʻa i ka poʻe make, nā keiki makua ʻole a me ka poʻe ʻole," i nīnau ai ʻo ia, "inā paha i hana ʻia ka luku pupule ma lalo o ka inoa totalitarianism a i ʻole ka inoa hemolele o ke kūʻokoʻa a i ʻole ke aupuni democracy?"
Ua hoʻokō ʻia ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo Mukasey ma ka 60th anniversary o ko Gandhi pepehi kanaka. Ma kēia lā hoʻi, ua haʻalele ʻo Rudolph Giuliani lāua ʻo John Edwards i ka heihei pelekikena. Ma kāna haʻiʻōlelo puka, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Edwards, "AmerikaAia ma luna o mākou ka hora o ka hoʻololi ʻana. I ka hāiki ʻana o ka heihei, he manawa nui ia e noʻonoʻo ai: Ua hoʻomāinoino maoli ʻia kekahi moho alakaʻi, ʻo John McCain (ʻaʻole like me Mukasey, ʻoiai ua kākoʻo ʻo McCain i kāna hōʻoia ʻana). Ua wānana ʻo McCain aia paha mākou ʻIlaka no 100 makahiki. Kūʻē ʻo ia iā Mitt Romney, nāna i ʻōlelo e pāpālua ʻo ia i ka nui o Guantanamo. ʻAʻohe o nā moho alakaʻi Demokarata i koe e kāhea i ka hoʻihoʻi koke ʻana o nā pūʻali mai ʻIlaka. ʻAe, he manawa nui ia e noʻonoʻo ai i nā aʻo a Gandhi. I ka nīnau ʻana i kona manaʻo e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu Komohana, ua pane ʻo Gandhi, "Manaʻo wau he manaʻo maikaʻi ia."
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