E like me kā mākou i ʻike ai i mua o ko mākou mau maka, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Putin i kāna mau hoʻoholo hoʻoholo ma o ka nānā ʻana i ka mōʻaukala a me nā kānaka. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻokipa ka poʻe Ukranians i pili iā Rūsia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, akā poina iā ia (a ʻaʻole mālama ʻia) ʻaʻole e waiho kēia poʻe i kā lākou mau hoaaloha a me ko lākou ʻohana ma mua o ka pili ʻana i kahi ʻāina, a i ʻole ka mea e hōʻike nei.
Loaʻa iā Putin kahi stereotype o russophiles a me russophones. Manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo kēia poʻe, ma ke koho ʻana iā Rūsia ma ke komohana (EU a me NATO), e kākau inoa i ka imperialism deranged o Putin. ʻIke ʻo Putin i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he mōʻaukala, ʻoiai nā nalu nui o ka poʻe a me nā neʻe politika e neʻe nei i nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole… I kēia manawa aia nā kānaka i kēia manawa.
ʻO kēia mau russophiles i loko o Ukraine, no ka laʻana, hiki ke hoʻohālikelike i ka politika me ke aupuni o Putin. ʻO ka poʻe a lākou e ʻike nei i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole like lākou i ko lākou manaʻo politika, he ʻokoʻa ko lākou manaʻo i ka honua mai lākou, makemake wale lākou i kahi papahana ʻokoʻa no ko lākou ʻāina. ʻO ka nīnau ma Ukraine ma 2013, i ka Russo-Maidan Revolution, ʻaʻole ia "e hui pū mākou me Rūsia a i ʻole?", ʻo ia "e hui pū mākou i ke komohana a i ʻole?". ʻOiaʻiʻo, e lilo i ʻāpana o kēia mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "komohana", pono ʻo Ukraine e haʻalele iā Rūsia a me kona mana, akā i koʻu manaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ke koho ʻē aʻe i kēia ʻaʻole e hui pū me Rūsia, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻomau i ke kū ʻole.
A no laila ua hana ʻo Putin i kēia hui ʻē aʻe, inā ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe i ke komohana, makemake lākou iā ia, ʻaʻole ia e ʻōlelo nui i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe a ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o Putin iā ia iho. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole kūpono kēia kiʻi ponoʻī me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Eia naʻe, ʻo ka stereotype/manaʻo ʻē aʻe a Putin i hana ai i kekahi o kāna mau wānana kupaianaha (a hiki i kēia manawa ua hāʻule maikaʻi lākou a pau) ʻo ia ka makaʻu nui o ka poʻe ʻEulopa i ka "Big Russian bear", a e hoʻāʻo lākou e hōʻoluʻolu i ke kūlana me ʻO nā mea a pau e hiki ai iā lākou, e holo ana mai kekahi paio, ʻo ia wale nō ka "hiki i nā Lūkini paʻakikī ke lawe".
Haʻaheo ka poʻe ʻEulopa, ʻaʻole lākou haʻaheo i ko lākou lāhui akā haʻaheo i ka mea ʻEulopa hōʻike: democracy, kūʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻoholo ponoʻī. He antithesis ʻo Putin i kēia mau waiwai. Ma Rūsia, ua ʻomi ʻia nā kuʻokoʻa a pau me ka lima hao, a no laila, ʻo ka demokala he huaʻōlelo ʻole, inā ʻaʻole he lepo, a e pili ana i ka manaʻo hoʻoholo ponoʻī… Ke ʻike nei ʻo Putin i nā lāhui holoʻokoʻa he mau papeti wale nō; ʻO Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, a pēlā aku, nā pawns wale nō ma ka papa chess i ka Russian autocrat.
E ʻōlelo wau he ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole pili nā kānaka me ko lākou lāhui ma ʻEulopa, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā wā i hala. Akā inā aia kekahi mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe ʻEulopa, ʻo ia ka demokala a me ke kūʻokoʻa e hiki mai ana me ia, ʻaʻole e lilo ʻo ʻEulopa i puppet o kekahi. ʻAʻole loa e hoʻolohe a hoʻokō paha ka poʻe ʻEulopa i ka makemake o kahi dictator. E hakakā ʻo ʻEulopa, no kāna mea e hōʻike ai, ʻoiai ke kumu kūʻai.
I ke kenekulia XX, ʻo nā ʻenemi o ke aupuni demokala ʻEulopa he fascism a me ka komunism. I ka XXIst century nā ʻenemi he autocracy a authoritarian/totalitarian capitalism.
Eia kekahi, ua hoʻonui nui ʻo Putin i kona kūlana e pili ana iā ʻEulopa. No ka hoʻomaka ʻana, he hāʻule ʻo Rūsia i ka moana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ʻEulopa. Loaʻa iā Rūsia kahi GDP e like me Sepania, ʻo ka 4 nui loa hoʻokele waiwai i ka EU, akā ʻoi aku ka mea nui, poina ʻo Putin ʻaʻohe waiwai o kāna kinoea kūlohelohe no ʻEulopa i nā makahiki 10-20.
ʻAe, inā hoʻomau ka holomua o ka ikehu hou (ka makani, ka lā, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) i kona wikiwiki o kēia manawa, ʻaʻole e lōʻihi a hiki i ka kumu nui o ka ikehu ma ʻEulopa ʻo ia ka ikehu hou. E hana ʻia kēia ma muli o kahi hoʻopukapuka nui i kēia ʻano ʻenehana i nā makahiki i hala.
No laila, no ke aha e makaʻu ai ka poʻe ʻEulopa i ka lilo ʻana o kahi mea i loko o 10 mau makahiki e loaʻa ka hapalua o kāna waiwai i kēia manawa? No ke aha mākou e hāʻawi ai i kā mākou mau waiwai kumu a me nā manaʻoʻiʻo no kahi mea a mākou e hui pū ai, e ʻoi aku ma mua?
A no ka hōʻike wale ʻana i ka liʻiliʻi o Putin i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a pehea ka makaʻu ʻole o ʻEulopa a me nā ʻEulopa, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Chancellor Kelemania Olaf Scholz e hoʻonui ʻia ka pūʻali koa i 2% o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina. 100 biliona euros no ka waihona kālā pale o Kelemania. E hoʻomanaʻo wau iā ʻoe ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēia me ka waihona kālā pale o Rūsia, a aia he 26 mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe i ka EU mākaukau e hōʻike iā Putin i kona wahi…
