I ka manawa o koʻu ola ʻana i ʻike ʻole ai au i nā drones, he makuahine Lebanona ʻōpio e kanikau ana i ka make ʻana o kāna kaikamahine ʻeono makahiki, ʻo Zainab, ua kōkua iaʻu e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka nānā ʻana e nā drones i hoʻoweliweli iā ia a me kona mau hoalauna.
ʻO ia ke kauwela o 2006, i ka wā o ke kaua i kapa ʻia ʻo ke kaua Israeli-Hezbollah.
I Iulai Iulai 30th, ma kahi o 1:00 am, ua kiʻi nā mokulele kaua ʻIseraʻela i nā pahi kaua ma nā hale ma Qana, Lebanona, kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi ma ka hema o Lebanona. Hoʻokahi missile, he bunker buster ua hoʻolakoʻia na ka hui US Raytheon, i hoohiolo i ka hale ekolu papa, pepehi he ohana nui o 27 kanaka. He ʻumikūmālima o lākou he mau keiki.
ʻElua pule ma hope mai, me kahi hui o nā mea nānā honua, ua kipa au iā Qana ma muli o nā hōʻike a pepehi kanaka malaila.
I ke kaʻa ʻana i kauhale, ʻike mākou i nā kāne e hoʻomākaukau ana i nā hale sima no ka kanu ʻana.
Ua komo wāwae mākou i ke kauhale a ʻike mākou i nā kāne e hoʻonohonoho ana i nā noho plastik keʻokeʻo no nā malihini i hele mai e kanikau me nā ʻohana.
ʻEhā wahine e noho mālie ana i loko o kahi pā hale i kono mai iā Farah Mokhtarazadei a me aʻu e hui pū me lākou.
I kēlā me kēia manawa e hiki mai ai kekahi wahine pili, kū nā wāhine a apo kekahi i kekahi. Ua hoʻomanawanui lākou i ko lākou ʻeha no 18 mau lā, ʻoiai ua paʻi nā pōkā i nā hale o ko lākou kauhale. Ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ka hoʻolewa nui a hiki i nā ʻohana ke hōʻuluʻulu maluhia no ka kanu ʻana.
Ua ʻeha kekahi makuahine. Ma lalo o kona pale, ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i kahi puʻupuʻu lapaʻau, a ua hoʻopuni ʻia kona ʻāʻī i kahi kaula mānoanoa.
Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo ia i kona kino kiʻekiʻe a wiwi, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kuhikuhi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui i kahi hale kahi i ʻākoakoa ai nā keiki makaʻu no kahi malu i ka wā o ka pana ʻana. ʻO kekahi o kēlā mau keiki kāna kaikamahine ʻeono makahiki, ʻo Zainab.
Nani ʻo ia i kona hoʻāʻo ʻana e kuhikuhi i luna. "ʻAʻole anei lākou i ʻike?" i ninau aku ai oia. "ʻAʻole anei lākou i ʻike?"
Ma hope mai, ʻike wau e ʻōlelo ana ʻo ia i nā drones kiaʻi, ma luna o ke poʻo, ʻo ia ka mea i paʻi kiʻi i nā keiki e holo ana ma waena o ko lākou mau home a me kēia hale. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Umm Zainab e hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ke kokoke o nā hale ʻelua. ʻAe, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike. Ua hoʻolohe mākou i ke kani ʻana o kahi mokulele mākaʻikaʻi ʻole e holo ana i ka lewa ma luna. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike?
Ua noi ʻo ʻUmm Zainab i kekahi o nā keiki e lawe mai iā ia i kahi pūʻulu nūpepa. Ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi kiʻi ʻaoʻao mua iā Zainab i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i luna, me ke ola ʻole, e kahi mea kōkua ikaika a me ka mahiole e like me ka uē ʻana i ka ʻeha. Ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi kiʻi hou iā Zainab e moe ana ma hope o Zahrʻa ʻelua makahiki.
No ka ikaika o ka pahū ʻana, ua hoʻopōʻino ʻia nā ʻōpū o loko o nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai lākou e hiamoe ana. ʻAʻole i ʻoki ʻia ko lākou kino.
A laila, waiho ʻo Umm Zainab i loko o koʻu mau lima i ke kiʻi paʻi ʻia o Zainab, he kaikamahine liʻiliʻi poʻo ʻōniʻoniʻo me nā maka ʻeleʻele nui e kū pono ana i ke kāmela. Hiki i kekahi ke noʻonoʻo i kāna minoʻaka. "ʻO wai ka 'mea hoʻoweliweli'?" Ua hāwanawana ʻo Umm Zayneb, me ka hele mālie ʻana i ke kiʻi o Zainab. "ʻO ia ka 'terrorist'?"
Ua hoʻomanawanui ʻo Umm Zainab a me kona mau hoalauna i ka weliweli loa o ka nānā mau ʻia ʻana e ka poʻe i ʻike maopopo a hiki ke pepehi i kā lākou mau keiki.
Khairor, Pakikiana
Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ka lohe ʻana i kahi moʻolelo ʻehaʻeha, i ka makahiki 2009, mai kahi kanaka Pakistani nona kāna kauhale, ʻo Khaisor, i hahau ʻia e nā drones.
Ma laila, hoʻokipa nā lunakaʻina ma muli o kā lākou mau mea maʻamau i nā malihini e noi ana i ʻai. Ke nānā nei ka mākaʻikaʻi drone pūʻali koa US i nā malihini. ʻO ka home kahi i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka meaʻai i manaʻo ʻia he pā kaua Taliban.
Ma ka hola 4:00 i ke kakahiaka aʻe, ua hoʻopā ka US i ka hale, a make 14 wahine a me nā keiki a me ʻelua mau lunakahiko.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ke ʻano o ke kaua ʻaoʻao, he pāʻani wikiō no kekahi ʻaoʻao, akā no kekahi, ʻo ka weliweli o nā hale i luku ʻia, pepehi ʻia nā mea aloha a me nā hoalauna, a me nā mea i ʻoki ʻia.
Ua nīnau au i kā mākou malihini inā hiki iā ia ke noʻonoʻo i ka makemake o nā poʻe o kona kauhale e kamaʻilio me nā poʻe US maʻamau e pili ana i nā mea hiki ke maluhia. Nānā mai ʻo ia iaʻu me he mea lā ua mamao iki au i kaʻu pōhaku. "ʻO wai ka mea pupule loa," i nīnau ai ʻo ia, "i makemake ʻole i ka maluhia? E noi wale mākou iā ʻoe e haʻalele i kāu mau mea kaua ma waho.
E waiho i nā mea kaua ma waho. E waiho iā lākou i waho o ka pahu hana. Manaʻo wau e hiki i kēia ʻōlelo aʻo ke kōkua i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka poʻe, ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e ʻae i ka pāpā holoʻokoʻa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, mālama ʻana, kūʻai aku, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua a me nā drones kiaʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā drones mea kaua e hoʻoweliweli i ka poʻe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e maʻalahi ana i nā pūʻali koa e kaua. E nana i ka papa inoa lōʻihi o na haneri o na hoouka kaua drone ma Pakistan wale no.
Hoʻohana ka ʻenehana Drone i ka pepehi kanaka i ʻoi aku ka palekana no ka mea hana hewa, no laila e paipai ana i nā aupuni-mokuʻāina e hoʻohana i ka pepehi kanaka ma ke ʻano he kumu kumu o nā kulekele ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole wale nā ʻāina akā ʻo nā hui kipi a me nā paramilitaries e loaʻa mau a hoʻohana i nā drones, e hoʻonui ana i nā hiki ke hoʻopaʻi, blowback a me ka hilinaʻi.
ʻIke loa, ʻo ka pepehi kanaka a me ka pepehi kanaka ma luna o ka hoʻohuoi ʻana, ua kūʻē i ka UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
ʻO ka pepehi kanaka a me ka pepehi kanaka ma ka hoʻohuoi, ke kauoha ʻia e, no ka laʻana, he pelekikena ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole i nā kānāwai a me nā loina e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka mea hāʻawi i ke kauoha e lilo ia i luna kānāwai, jure a me ka mea hoʻokō, me ka nānā ʻole ʻia e ke kaʻina kūpono.
ʻAʻole loaʻa i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia a hui paha ka manawa e hele ai i mua o ka ʻaha kānāwai.
Ma waena o 2010 a me 2019, ua kipa au i ka Afghan Peace Volunteers (APVs) ma Kabul i nā manawa he nui i ka makahiki, e hana ana i nā huakaʻi he 30.
ʻEhā mau blimps e lele mau ana ma luna o Kabul, i hoʻolako ʻia me nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi e kiʻi mau i nā poʻe ma lalo. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia akā hana like me nā "maka i ka lewa" he kiaʻi a me nā drones mea kaua.
Ua loaʻa i kēia mau mīkini he mau haneli mau mile o nā kiʻi wikiō i nānā ʻia e nā pūʻali koa US a me nā limahana naʻauao, me he mea lā e hoʻokumu i nā ʻano o ke ola ma Afghanistan.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hōʻiliʻili mau ʻia nā ʻike waiwai nui loa e nā APV e piʻi ana i nā ʻaoʻao kuahiwi, ma nā ala hau, i nā mahina hoʻoilo koʻikoʻi e kipa aku ai i nā wahinekanemake a me nā keiki makua ʻole e noho ana ma nā hovel, nele i ka ʻai a me ka wai maʻemaʻe.
Noho lākou me nā wahine, e ʻae ana i ke kī a me ka pumehana o ka hoʻokipa maʻalahi loa, me ka nīnau ʻana i nā nīnau noiʻi kumu: ʻEhia mau manawa i kēlā me kēia pule e ʻai ai kēia ʻohana i ka pī? He aha ke kumu o kou wai? He aha kāu hoʻolimalima? ʻO wai ka loaʻa kālā no kēia ʻohana?
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā pane ma nā notepads, a inā loaʻa ka nīnau hope i ka pane e hōʻike ana ʻo ka mea loaʻa kālā nui ma lalo o 12 mau makahiki, e kono ʻia kēlā ʻohana e komo i nā papahana APV e kōkua ana i nā ʻohana e ola.
Ua hiki i nā APV ke loaʻa ka uku ola ma o ka hana ʻana i nā pākeke kaumaha a hāʻawi ʻia me ka uku ʻole ma nā kahua hoʻomoana ma Kabul. Ua hoʻomohala pū lākou i nā papahana no nā "keiki alanui," e kōkua ana iā lākou e lilo i mea heluhelu a hilinaʻi i kahi kaiāulu mālama.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he 600,000 mau keiki e ʻai i nā waiwai e like me nā ʻupena a me nā cigakeke ma nā alanui o Kabul e loaʻa kālā no kā lākou ʻohana haʻalele i holo i nā kahua hoʻokele.
Hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka ʻike ʻana i koʻu hoa ʻōpio, ʻo Habib, ma ka hana ma ke alanui Kabul. Ma kekahi lima, lawe ʻo ia i kahi unahi, ʻo kona lima ʻē aʻe e paʻa ana i ka lima o kona kaikaina. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi uku liʻiliʻi ma ke kau ʻana i ka unahi ma ka honua i hiki i nā kānaka ke kaupaona iā lākou iho.
A laila, hoʻi ʻo ia a me kona kaikunāne i ko lākou home i loaʻa i kahi ʻāpana paʻa i paʻa ʻia e nā pou ʻehā. No ka mahanahana, ua hilinaʻi lākou i nā pākeke i hoʻopuka ʻia e UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees).
Ke kōkua maoli nei nā noiʻi ʻōpio APV i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻike e pili ana i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā ma Kabul, a pili maoli ka ʻike i nā mea ola a me ka make, a me nā pono kokoke.
ʻO kahi loiloi hou o ka pilikia o Afghanistan e pili ana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai e hōʻike ana he 13 miliona mau kānaka manaʻo ʻia e kū i kahi "Crisis" a i ʻole nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka palekana o ka meaʻai ma Malaki 2021. ʻOi aku ma mua o 40% o nā keiki o Afghanistan e maʻi maʻi. ʻai maikaʻi ʻole ʻia. ʻO nā hopena Covid-19, nā kumukūʻai meaʻai kiʻekiʻe, ka hoʻemi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka hakakā mau ka mea nui o ka palekana o ka meaʻai.
ʻO nā Drones e holo ana i ka lewa a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā pahuhopu waiwai kiʻekiʻe e hana i kahi mea hoʻonāukiuki mai nā pilikia maoli e hoʻopilikia nei i ka poʻe ma Afghanistan. Ma kahi o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā ala e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ka ʻeha, hiki i ka US drone surveillance ke hoʻonohonoho i ke kahua no ka pepehi kanaka hewa. ʻO ka mea hou aku, he mea liʻiliʻi ka poʻe i aʻo e pili ana i ka hopena o kēia mau hoʻouka kaua.
E noʻonoʻo, no ka laʻana, ka pilikia o nā limahana Afghan, i Kepakemapa 2019, i hoʻolimalima ʻia e hōʻiliʻili i nā hua paina. Ua hoʻolaha mua ko lākou haku i nā luna panalāʻau, ma ka leka, e hoʻomoana nā limahana hana ma waho o kāna mahiʻai.
Ma Sepatemaba 17, 2019, ua luhi i kā lākou hana o ka lā, ma kahi o 150 mau limahana hana i hoʻonohonoho i kahi hoʻomoana i ka pō. I ke kakahiaka nui o ke kakahiaka aʻe, ua hoʻouka ʻia kahi drone US, pepehi ma kahi o 32 kanaka. ʻOi aku ma mua o 40 mau mea ʻē aʻe i ʻeha. ʻO ka pūʻali koa US kuleana Ua peʻe nā mea kaua ISIS i waena o ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia.
ʻAʻohe hōʻike e kōkua iā mākou e ʻike i nā inoa a me nā makahiki o ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia a i ʻole e aʻo i ke kōkua i loaʻa no ka poʻe ʻeha. Ehia na keiki?
Ma kahi mamao, kua'āina o ka hikina o Afghanistan, he aha ke ʻano o ka poʻe ola ʻeha a ʻeha i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kukui X, ʻokiʻoki, a i ʻole lāʻau lapaʻau?
ʻO ke kumu koʻikoʻi e alakaʻi nei i ke kaua drone ka loaʻa kālā, ʻaʻole nā kānaka.
Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻoikaika ākea e kuai ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea kaua ma waho, ʻo ka hoʻokele Trump, i Iulai 2020, hoʻomaha i nā lula e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana aku i nā drones aerial i nā hoa pili US.
He loli lōʻihi kēia imi e nā mea hana drone e like me General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, mea hana i ka MQ-9 Reaper.
Ma lalo o ka Pelekikena Trump, ka US mama ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻouka kaua i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hoʻouka kaua ma waena o ka Middle East, Afghanistan a me nā ʻāina e pili ana.
No ka laʻana, e like me ka noiʻi a Neta Crawford no ka Kumukuai o ke Kaua Project, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā hui ea ma Afghanistan pepehi ʻO 700 mau kānaka kīwila i ka makahiki 2019-ʻo ka helu nui loa o ka poʻe make mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua ma Afghanistan ma mua o 19 mau makahiki i hala.
Ma ʻAukake 2019, ka Bureau of Investigative Journalism palapalaʻia ʻO 4,251 mau hōʻeha lewa ma Afghanistan no kēlā makahiki wale nō, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua ʻoi aku kēia ma mua o ka pālua o ka huina i ka makahiki 2018 a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā mea lele ma Afghanistan mai nā drones.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻo Drone US ma Afghanistan
I ka wā i noho hope ai ʻo Pelekikena Joe Biden ma lalo o ka Pelekikena Barack Obama, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa hoʻohana he 10 mau manawa kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ko Obama ma mua o George W. Bush.
ʻAʻole ʻo Biden i hoʻohewa i ka lehulehu i ka hoʻoilina o ka Pelekikena Obama no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones, a me kāna koho no ke poʻo kiu kiʻekiʻe. Avril Haines, he kuleana koʻikoʻi i loko o ke kaua drone huna a Obama.
Kākau no ʻO ke kuʻina, Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo Elise Swain ua hoʻohiki ʻo Biden e hoʻopau i nā "kaua pau ʻole" a ua loaʻa a i kauia no ka hoʻolālā o "counterterrorism hoʻohui," e hilinaʻi ana i ka hui pū ʻana o nā Pūʻali Kūikawā a me nā hoʻouka lewa.
Akā inā makemake ʻo Pelekikena Biden e hoʻopau i nā kaua pau ʻole, pono ʻo ia e ʻoki loa i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka militarism a me nā mea kaua e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pilikia. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kaua mai loko mai o ka pahu hana e hoʻokuke aku i nā kānaka ma nā wahi ikaika e hoʻōki i ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i nā kaua anu a me nā kaua proxy a lākou i hoʻoulu ai.
ʻO ka poʻe i hakakā a kūkākūkā i nā kuʻikahi e pāpā ana i nā maina ʻāina, nā pūpū puʻupuʻu a me nā mea kaua nuklea e alakaʻi i ka manawa o ka honua e pāpā i nā drones mea kaua ma o ke kuʻikahi e pāpā ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, kūʻai aku, mālama a hoʻohana paha i kēia mau mea kaua.
ʻO ka pāpā ʻana i nā drones mea kaua a me ka nānā ʻana e hoʻonui i ko mākou hiki ke hana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pono kanaka. Hiki i nā ʻāina ke hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻepekema a me nā mea hou e hui pū i nā mea weliweli nui a mākou e kū nei, e like me nā mea weliweli e pili ana i nā pōʻino o ke aniau, ka hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia nā maʻi maʻi, ka hoʻoweliweli o ka luku nuklea, a me ka ʻeha i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā.
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