BATH, Maine — Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Robert O'Brien, ke kākāʻōlelo palekana aupuni o ka Pelekikena Donald Trump i ka Pōʻakolu e ʻae ʻo Trump i nā hopena o ke koho balota inā e pio ʻo ia i ka lā 3 o Nov.
"Inā e nalo ʻo ia, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia i ka hālāwai ninaninau me POLITICO ma kahi huakaʻi e kipa aku ai i ʻelua mau moku moku ma Maine. Ua lilo ia nīnau i kumuhana wela ma Wakinekona no ka mea, a hiki i kēia manawa, ua hoʻopuehu ʻo Trump i ka wai inā e ʻae ʻo ia i kahi hoʻololi maluhia o ka mana inā e nalowale ʻo ia ma lalo o ʻelua pule.
"Inā e lilo ʻo ia i ke koho balota, maopopo iaʻu e hoʻololi ka pelekikena i ka mana, akā pono mākou e hōʻoia ʻaʻohe hoʻopunipuni i ke koho balota a pono mākou e hōʻoia he koho kūʻokoʻa a pololei, e like me kā mākou koi ʻana. ʻO nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma waho, pono mākou e koi iā mākou iho, "wahi a O'Brien.
Ua nīnau ʻo ia inā ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia e lanakila hou ʻo Trump, ua ʻōlelo ʻo O'Brien, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, akā, "manaʻolana ʻo ia e lanakila hou ʻo ia," e kuhikuhi ana i ka moʻolelo kulekele ʻē aʻe a Trump "ʻaʻole like ʻole" a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hana hou aku ka hoʻokele i nā pilikia kulekele ʻē aʻe i ka wā i hala. makahiki ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana i hana i ʻelua mau huaʻōlelo. ʻO ia mau hana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e komo pū ana nā hoa pili NATO e hoʻolilo i kahi $ 400 biliona hou no ka pale ʻana i nā makahiki he 10 e hiki mai ana, e pale ana iā Iran ma ka pepehi ʻana i ke alakaʻi o ka pūʻali Quds, a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka home o nā ʻAmelika i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a paʻa ʻia ma waho.
"ʻO kaʻu e manaʻo nei he pono e lanakila ʻo ia. He aupuni demokala mākou, pono mākou e ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana, "wahi āna. "Ua nānā au i nā hōʻuluʻulu a hauʻoli nui nā poʻe, akā ʻaʻole wau e ʻōlelo mai ka ʻaoʻao politika, akā manaʻo wau he nui kāna kākoʻo ma laila a ke manaʻolana nei mākou i ka maikaʻi."
Nīnau ʻia inā he kūpono ke loaʻa iā Trump makemakeʻia ʻO ka Loio Kuhina ʻo William Barr e noiʻi i ka hoa paio Demokarata ʻo Joe Biden a me kāna keiki ʻo Hunter, hōʻole ʻo O'Brien e ʻōlelo akā hāʻawi i nā nīnau iā Barr lāua ʻo Trump a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole lawa kona ʻike i ka pilikia.
"ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kekahi koi mai ka pelekikena," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo O'Brien e hiki i ka US ke hoʻopaʻa i ka hoʻopaʻi kūʻē iā Turkey ma luna o ka S-400 air defense system i kūʻai ʻia e ka ʻāina mai Rusia. Kuleke i hōʻikeʻia ua hoʻāʻo i ka ʻōnaehana i ka pule i hala, akā ʻaʻole i ʻae ke aupuni i ka ʻāina e like me ka mea i koi ʻia ma lalo o ke Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, kahi hapa o ia mea e hele ana ma hope o nā ʻāina e hana ana i ka ʻoihana kaua me Russia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo O'Brien, aia i loko o ke aupuni US "he nui nā kaʻina kulekele e hana nei me Turkey," me nā mea e pili ana i ka S-400, a e hahai ka hoʻokele i ke kānāwai. Ua hoʻopaʻa mua ke aupuni iā Turkey mai ke kūʻai ʻana i ka mokulele F-35.
"E hiki mai ana ka manawa e hoʻopaʻi ʻia ai ʻo Turkey ma muli o nā ʻano ʻokoʻa, inā paha ʻo S-400 a i ʻole," wahi āna. "Makemake mākou e pale i kēlā inā hiki iā mākou. Makemake mākou e ʻike iā Turkey e hana i kekahi mau mea ʻokoʻa.
"He ʻāina koʻikoʻi ʻo Turkey, a he hui NATO lākou, a makemake mākou e hoʻāʻo a loaʻa i kēia kūpono, akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ʻo Turkey, hāʻawi ʻia i kekahi o nā mea a lākou i hana ai," wahi āna.
ʻO O'Brien, i nīnauele ʻia i ka wā e ʻai ana i ka pizza ma kahi hale ʻaina ma Bath, Maine, ua pale aku iā ia iho i ka hoʻohewa ʻana i hoʻolaha ʻia ma Wakinekona no ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā mokuʻāina e like me New Hampshire, Iowa a me Wisconsin i nā pule i hala iho nei ma mua o ke koho balota ʻana, no ka mea ua paʻa ʻo ia i kahi nonpolitical. hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia aia kekahi o kēlā mau mokuʻāina "ma nā laina mua o kā mākou kahua ʻoihana pale."
"Pono lākou e lohe e pili ana i nā kulekele palekana aupuni a ka pelekikena a me nā kūleʻa o kā mākou kulekele ʻē aʻe e like me ka papa manaʻo no Wakinekona," wahi āna. "ʻO ka poʻe aʻu i lohe ai i ka hoʻohewa ʻana i kahi huakaʻi ma waho o Wakinekona he poʻe i ka hoʻokumu ʻana, i loko o nā pahu manaʻo e lohe mai iaʻu a i ʻole Kakauolelo Pompeo a i ʻole Kakauolelo Esper i kēlā me kēia manawa," e pili ana i ke Kakauolelo o ka Moku'āina ʻo Mike Pompeo a Kakauolelo o ka pale kaua Mark Esper.
ʻOiai ʻo Trump i hoʻokahi manawa ua hoʻohewaʻia ʻO ka Pelekikena mua ʻo Barack Obama no ke kelepona ʻana i kekahi mau hana kaua ma mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo O'Brien he ʻokoʻa ka huki ʻana o ka pūʻali ma Afghanistan no ka mea ua hana ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi kuʻikahi me ka Taliban kahi i ʻae ai lākou ʻaʻole e hoʻouka i nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika, ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei lākou i ka pepehi ʻana i ko lākou mau hoahānau Afghan. .
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo O'Brien inā ʻaʻole e hoʻokō ka Taliban i kā lākou mau kuleana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka kuʻikahi maluhia, "ua maopopo iā lākou aia ka pane ikaika a wikiwiki mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā i kēia manawa ʻo ia ka mea a lākou i ʻae ai. ” Ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka US kahi make kaua ma Afghanistan mai ka wā i kau inoa ʻia ai ka ʻaelike.
Nīnau ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa me ka Pentagon e pili ana i ka nui o nā pūʻali e haʻalele a pehea ka wikiwiki, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻAʻole ka pūʻali koa he lālā ʻokoʻa o ke aupuni" a "ʻaʻohe o lākou kulekele Afghanistan i ʻokoʻa i ke kulekele hoʻokele."
"ʻO ka pelekikena ka luna nui, a he kulekele kāna ma Afghanistan," wahi āna.
Ua kapa ʻia hoʻi ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana aupuni i ka ʻaelike mua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waena o ka US a me Rūsia e hoʻolōʻihi i ka New START arms control treaty he "hana koʻikoʻi i mua," akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia hiki ke lawe "hoʻokahi pule, hoʻokahi mahina" a i ʻole "kahi. makahiki" e hoʻopau maoli i kēlā kuʻikahi.
"Akā, manaʻo wau ua holomua mākou, a mahalo wau i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o nā Lūkini i ko mākou kūlana, a e ʻike mākou inā hiki iā mākou ke pani," wahi āna.
Puna: politico.com
