He kōrero tawhito rawa tēnei. Ahakoa i te wā i whakaaetia ai te nama pononga i te United States i mua i te Pakanga Tūmatanui o Amerika (1861-65), i tohe tonu te whenua kia whakaatu i a ia anō hei tauira manapori ki te ao. Ahakoa te pakanga tūmatanui toto rawa atu i whawhaihia e tētahi whenua Pākehā, e tētahi whenua o Amerika Te Raki rānei, kāore i rerekē tōna whakaaro ki a ia anō i tēnei āhuatanga.
Ā, tata ki te rua hautoru o te rautau 20, ko te whakahāwea tino whakaiti me te nanakia — he maha ngā wā i whakatinanahia e te whakamate tangata, te whakamamae me te kohuru — i mahia puta noa i ngā whenua tonga o te US ahakoa i te mea e whawhai ana ngā hōia o US ki te tiaki i te manapori i roto i ngā pakanga mutunga kore, i te nuinga o te wā i runga i te ingoa o ngā kaitukino aroha kore, huri noa i te ao.
He tino wairangi te whakaaro ko te US te tauira kotahi o te manapori me te kāwanatanga tika o te ao katoa. Nā te mea, ki te mea he tikanga te "herekore" e pai ana ngā kaitōrangapū me ngā tohunga o te US ki te kōrero tonu, ko te herekoretanga te tikanga kia manawanui ki te kanorau.
Engari he tino rerekē te matatika neo-conservative i whakatinanahia e ngā kāwanatanga o Amerika i ngā tau 40 neke atu rānei. E ai ki a rātou, ko te "herekore" he herekore noa iho mēnā e hangai ana ki ngā painga ā-motu, ngā kaupapa here me ngā whakahāwea o Amerika.
I whakamahia tēnei mahi wairangi me te whakapehapeha matapo hei whakatika i te whakahaere tonu a te US i ngā whenua mai i Afghanistan ki Iraq, me te noho tonu o te ope taua o te US ki Hiria, he whakahē rawa atu tēnei ki ngā tono a te kāwanatanga o Ramahiku me te ture o te ao.
I tino manakohia a Saddam Hussein e ngā kāwanatanga o Jimmy Carter rāua ko Ronald Reagan i ngā tau 1970 me 1980 i tana whakahau kia whakaekea a Īrāna, me te roa hoki o tana whawhai ki ngā Īrāna i te pakanga toto rawa atu i roto i te hītori o te Middle East.
I te wā i whakaekea ai e ia a Kuwait, i runga i te whakahē i ngā hiahia o te US, i riro ai ia hei "whakaaturanga o te kino" me te tukino i te aroaro o te US.
Ahakoa i Washington, me mārama tonu kāore e taea te whai i te tauira kotahi anake o te manapori.
Ko te tohunga whakaaro tōrangapū o Peretānia kua mate, a Isaiah Berlin, i whakatūpato tonu ahau i a ia, ko tētahi ngana ki te whakatakoto i tētahi tauira kāwanatanga kotahi ki te ao, ahakoa he aha, ka arahi tonu ki te pakanga, ā, ki te angitu, ka taea anake te pupuri mā te whakatinana i tētahi mana tukino nui atu.
Ka tae mai te rangimārie me te ahunga whakamua tūturu ina whakaae ngā hapori hangarau matatau me te kaha o te ope taua kei te ao katoa ngā momo kāwanatanga rerekē, ā, kāore he mana atua i a rātou ki te turaki i a rātou.
Koinei te mea ngaro o te angitu o ngā kaupapa here hokohoko, whanaketanga me te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero a Haina, i a ia e rapu ana i ngā whanaungatanga whai hua ki ētahi atu whenua ahakoa te pūnaha tōrangapū me te whakaaro e whaia ana e rātou.
Nā te tauira kāwanatanga o Haina, e whakaititia ana i te US me ōna hoa rangatira huri noa i te ao, kua āwhina i te whenua ki te whakaara ake i te tokomaha o te tangata i te rawakore i ngā tau 40 kua pahure ake nei i tētahi atu whenua.
Kua whakamanahia e te kāwanatanga o Haina tōna iwi mā te whakapiki i te rawaka, te haumarutanga ōhanga me te mana takitahi, kāore anō kia kitea i mua.
Koia te take i whakanuia ai a Haina, ā, i piki haere tonu te whai i tēnei tauira mō te tini o ngā hapori. Nā tēnei anō hoki i whakamārama te riri, te hae me te pōuri o te US ki a Haina.
E pēhea ana te manapori o te pūnaha kāwanatanga o Amerika, ina hoki kua haurua rautau e whakahaere ana i te hekenga o te paerewa oranga o ōna ake iwi?
Nā ngā kawemai ahumahi a te US mai i Haina i āhei ai te US ki te aukati i te pikinga o ngā utu me te pupuri i ngā utu o ngā taonga hangahanga mā tōna ake iwi.
Waihoki, e whakaatu ana ngā tauira o te pangia me te matenga i roto i te mate urutā COVID-19 he maha ngā iwi tokoiti puta noa i te US tae atu ki ngā Āhurika-Amerika, ngā Āhia me ngā Hispanic — me ngā Taketake o Amerika e "noho pōuriuri ana" i roto i ō rātou "wāhi noho" rawakore — e whakahāweatia tonutia ana i roto i ngā āhuatanga maha.
Kia whakatikahia rā anō ēnei hē nui, kia tino whakapaitia rānei, kāore e tika ana kia haere tonu ngā kaiārahi o Amerika ki te kauwhau i te manapori ki ētahi atu.
Wā tuku: Oketopa-18-2021


