{"id":239621,"date":"2023-07-24T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=239621"},"modified":"2023-07-19T04:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:50:41","slug":"no-aloha-in-reaper-drones-now-based-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/07\/no-aloha-in-reaper-drones-now-based-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"No Aloha in Reaper Drones Now Based in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_239622\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MQ9-Reaper-drone-usa-kaneohe-hawaii.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239622\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MQ9-Reaper-drone-usa-kaneohe-hawaii.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MQ9-Reaper-drone-usa-kaneohe-hawaii.png 500w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MQ9-Reaper-drone-usa-kaneohe-hawaii-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-239622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MQ-9A Reaper Killer Drone taking off from Kaneohe Marine Base on Oahu, Hawaii.<\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>17 Jul 2023 &#8211; <\/em>Recent news reports noted Russian jets \u201charassing\u201d MQ-9 Reaper US drones over Syria. What was not reported was that the Russians are operating in and over Syria at the request of the Syrian government. The US assassin drones are operating illegally under international law, without permission, over Syria. The US acts like it can go anywhere and do anything it wants like an international mafia boss, including assassinating people around the world and stealing other countries\u2019 oil.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"US releases footage of Russian fighter jets \u2018harassing\u2019 US drones over Syria\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crOogdUHNsY?start=36&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">US Reaper drones have been used extensively in military and CIA-targeted assassinations across the Middle East and Africa that have resulted in the deaths of many innocent civilians. Hawaii resident, retired Army Colonel, and Diplomat, Ann Wright, said \u201cNow Hawaii-based young men and women who operate killer drones will have the same long-term traumatic stress as operators from other U.S. drone bases who killed innocent civilians, as has been the history of drone operators who have killed wedding parties, funeral processions and kids meeting their parents in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Mali, Syria.\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2023\/06\/26\/hawaii-news\/marine-corps-transition-continues-with-new-drones-at-kaneohe-base\/\" >The basing of Reaper drones in Hawaii<\/a> is part of what\u2019s called \u201cForce Design 2030\u201d which is focused clearly on possible war with China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>De-occupy &amp; De-militarize Hawaii &amp; the world! No Reapers! No War!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Mourn all victims of violence<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Reject war as a solution<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Defend civil liberties.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ground the Drones!\u00a0 Say No to War!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Seek peace by peaceful means through justice in Hawai\u2019i and around the world.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">28 J<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">ul<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"en-US\"> 2023<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">,<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span lang=\"en-US\">Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet \u2013 week 11<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">3<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">9<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u2013 <\/strong><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office<\/span><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>___________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jim-albertini.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-78196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jim-albertini.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> Jim Albertini is a member of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/em><\/a><em>, a former Catholic School teacher, and long-time social justice activist since the US war on Vietnam. He has done research on the use of depleted uranium at Pohakuloa Military Training Area and is the author of <\/em>\u201cThe Dark Side of Paradise: Hawai\u2019i in a Nuclear World.\u201d<em> Jim is the founder and director of\u00a0<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.malu-aina.org\/\" >Malu &#8216;Aina Center for Non-violent Education &amp; Action<\/a>, <em>a spiritual community based on peace, justice and sustainable organic farming on Big Island, Hawai\u2019i &#8211; P.O. Box 489 Ola\u2019a (Kurtistown), Hawai&#8217;i 96760. Phone (+ 808) 966-7622 Email: <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:ja@malu-aina.org\"><em>ja@malu-aina.org<\/em><\/a><em> &#8211; website: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/malu-aina.org\/\" ><em>malu-aina.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/malu-aina.org\/?p=9170\" >Go to Original \u2013 malu-aina.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 Jul 2023 &#8211; Recent news reports noted Russian jets \u201charassing\u201d MQ-9 Reaper US drones over Syria. What was not reported was that the Russians are operating at the request of the Syrian government whereas the US drones are operating illegally, aiding theft of oil. The US acts like an international mafia boss, assassinating people and stealing other countries\u2019 oil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1441,417,1106,1309,1126,1050,1624,2159,278,413,95,70],"class_list":["post-239621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transcend-members","tag-big-oil","tag-bullying","tag-drones","tag-hawaii","tag-hegemony","tag-imperialism","tag-mafia","tag-rogue-states","tag-russia","tag-syria","tag-us-military","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239623,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239621\/revisions\/239623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}