The Side Of Pearl Harbor Tourists Don’t See

Pearl Harbor is known as the site of a major U.S. military tragedy. But many Native Hawaiians remember an older wound that happened long before World War II. Dena Takruri went to Oahu to learn more about the history of Pearl Harbor we were never taught in school.
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[@ajplus]

Did you grow up learning about the military tragedy of Pearl Harbor? Did you know the Native history?

[@andrewrourke9519]

especially how the USA annexed Hawaii

[@ericmarshall8097]

As most of us in Hawaii know it was also close to being taken by tht British, French, or even the Russians had a fort on Kauai. So overall it was better to have a none violent overthrow and the fact that Hawaii voted overwhelming for statehood is credit to the people to follow the best democracy. Unlike the Islamic world's propaganda made by Al Jazeera like this that try to manipulate the youth of America against the US military. Auwe A+J Auwe!

[@andrewrourke9519]

@@ericmarshall8097 Hawaii was taken over by the USA as was, Panama, Northern Mexico and the First Nations people. Luhansk, Odesa, Donbas/Donetsk, the Crimea, Kherson are Russian enclaves who tried via peaceful means to seperate from the Ukraine. The Ukrainian Military murdered 16.000 in the Donbas basin and threw them into massgraves. These graves have been documented by the UN in 2015. This war did not start in Feb. of this year. The American Congress just donated 40 billion $ to the US Military Industrial Complex for what they call Operation Freedom. It´s very sick.

[@glenburrows5633]

Yes I did.But I live in 2022 with 2022 challenges like mortgage and groceries and bills.I am not interested in hating this country while I'm watching my big screen t.v.waiting for my pizza to be delivered in the comfory of my home.I hate hypocracy.

[@dodge-ut6ti]

@@glenburrows5633 amen

[@christianprattx]

For a long time I believed that Hawaii wouldn't ever get the proper coverage it deserved. Too many people benefit from living in ignorance when it comes to understanding our history. AJ+, mahalo for continuing to prove me wrong.

[@caustichonu]

As much as I love this, the sad thing is that most Americans will turn a blind eye to it, since it's produced by Al Jazeera.

[@StrangeTerror]

@@caustichonu That's the news though man. The majority of people will ignore it because it's from blank. Just gotta keep who's behind the network in mind, get as many points of view as you can, and try to verify where possible.

[@maazkalim]

“from blank”??? Are you trying to sound _exotic_ by "speaking Merican", "@@StrangeTerror"?

[@maazkalim]

They would've virulently "turned a blind-eye" to it just as much if you bear with me for a sec, and use as much power-of-imagination as you got and think - in a fantasy-universe that: This was produced by some US-based for-profit journalism-source owned largely by the equity-fund investors[ who also 'happen to be' the beneficiaries of investing in the US military-industrial complex, as well].( Or even the domestic-equivalents of AJMN reliant largely on donations from so-called philanthropists like the Kochs.) It is just that.. Thanks to the most-acceptable™ form of bigotry even as of posting this reply, the likes of you are indoctrinated to somehow see sense in the canards-without-leg-and-head because of (bwahahahahah! )a language just as diverse as the _lingua franca,_ if not more, so the excuse to "racist it away" is far more easier in such an instance - "@@caustichonu".

[@KikaWaiAlae]

@@caustichonu It will be more convincing when the Americans will need a passport to visit Hawaii. The Americans are as much a foreigner to Hawaii as I am in the USA. Although a passport is not necessary for me to be in the USA I do have a Hawaiian passport. I am in the USA conducting business as a foreign national with my foreign trust in place. I’m also enjoying my limited diplomatic immunity. My cars are registered under this foreign trust with the MCO/MSO’s in hand. It has Hawaiian Kingdom plates and the Hawaiian Kingdom country flags on both sides of the car. I wish I knew how to upload the pictures. Malama kou kino.

[@markmahan38]

The part about fish ponds, is great imaginative problem solving. Show how the Natives were highly intelligent and innovative. These sorts of destruction of such innovation that Native indigenous created and were destroyed or greatly destabilized after being violently taken over. Is found in true historical records over and over and over again.

[@dekev7503]

I'm guessing that English is not your 1st language.

[@daedae1522]

@@dekev7503 Probably not he’s probably native, is that a problem?

[@kobe51]

Yes. The Europeans went around the world doing this to every people they encountered.

[@davidmarshall718]

@@kobe51 ---- our Palestinian-American Journalist Deena should go to Indonesia and talk about how Islam changed the Native People of those huge and populous islands. Maybe they don't head-hunt, human sacrifice and cannibalize anymore like the Papuans and Hawaiians used to do.

[@maazkalim]

Hmm... Indonesia is an OECD member? NATO?? One of the 5 permanent-members[ _i.e._ carrying _veto_ power] at the UNSC? Or any one of the so-called "Fourteen Eyes", Mr "@@davidmarshall718"? Or..?

[@662TV]

Its so sad what Native Hawaiians have to go through they’ve been stripped of there land, their waters have been polluted and contaminated with hopes of erasing they culture

[@Navy35]

The great replacement, Biden would say that is a good thing

[@laknidubandara]

Disagreed The Coup to overthrow The Hawaiian Monarch was done by Hawaiians They are allowed to live where ever they want No one is being exploited and If anything America has tried to capitalize on their culture Why would America try to erase or eradicate something that makes them money. common sense and I have seen several spelling mistakes in your comment "Their" is written T-H-E-I-R

[@peacebeyondpassion2]

This had to take place in every Black and Brown Nation and it's people, and still is today because you all out number White people. This must continue in order for them to remain in control, and they will sell out their very own in order to keep it that way...

[@kobe51]

@@Navy35 That's a Republican lie

[@benmaisu8042]

@@laknidubandara Exactly, some Hawaiians got rich, some got left behind. Now rather than look at facts its so much easier to look 100 years into the past and say, things were easier then, must be someone elses fault. Or maybe the Department of Hawaiian Homelands who is currently holding 200,000 acres for the express use of the locals could start using it. Naw, lets blame the only reason Hawaiian's arent in Hong Kongs position.

[@Roxyzs2k]

Just got back from Oahu this morning and this is the story I wanted to hear. So glad to hear the Kanaka Māoli side and appreciated what the gentleman said- “not to disrespect the lives that were lost” but truly enjoyed the natives side of the story.

[@jamesb.hallmd9899]

Dena, I just got back from Hawaii, and your videos shed new light on what really happened there!! Mahalo!!

[@TeriSkillman]

King Kalakaua was forced to give Puʻuloa at gunpoint. He didnʻt do so willingly. Lookup details on the 1887 Bayonet Constitution. Four years later, King Kalākaua died in San Fran, and many suspected poisoning. His sister and heir to the throne, Queen Liliʻuokalani, was overthrown in 1893. Connect the dots. US imperialism at work in Hawaiʻi.

[@KuusFaddah_44]

You knw your history 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽💯💯💯💯💯

[@kittymuse4005]

No doubt they learned well from the european monarchs on them how to oppress, re-educate and commit mortal crimes

[@markmahan38]

If I am remembering correctly. Hawaii has a obesity and diabetes problems. The same issues that affects another Polynesian island whom I can't remember the name. The point is that processed foods and over seasoned "food" has been linked to both health issues. Even in the US mainland this is an issue. Where prior to US processed items (food). I understand that both these Polynesian islands had no such issues.

[@glotc]

Guam

[@jdenmark1287]

Hawaii actually is one of the the least unhealthy populations in USA.

[@troycarpenter3675]

Go keto

[@maazkalim]

Those reservations are also allowed access to their independent Treasury to run their own factories and all of the infrastructure require to power them? *If not:* Can they secede from the U S of A? Therein lies the logical response to your Scientific Reasoning contravening "well, actually". "@OkayDude"?

[@upfulsoul826]

@@thedeepbluesea5415 Coconut is a very healthy in the right quantities and coconut water is popular in the West. Europeans also had many bizarre societal structures and enslaved millions so what's your point? There's no excuses for cultural genocide and causing ecological damage.

[@LBFilmsgo]

Thank you for continuing to bring light to what most of the world ignores.

[@peacebeyondpassion2]

Correction. What most of the world knew nothing about. Huge difference. But it's what happens when you rely on Zionist Media to spoon feed you their version of everything that goes on around the world...

[@work90]

What do you mean? There's tons of videos on this if you actually research.

[@kobe51]

@@work90 Maybe they mean in the American public education system

[@kyleacosta9971]

Thannk you AJ+ for sharing these Types of history! Our Race of Hawaiians may have dwindled and died but our history will never be forgotten ! 🤙🏾 love this ! Aloha !

[@alexcarter8807]

All over just the island of Oahu is like this. Pearl Harbor, Ke'ehi Lagoon, Moanalua Bay and Kuapa "pond", tons of places used to be "breadbaskets" and are now all polluted and messed up from runoff from all the housing covering the land.

[@kittymuse4005]

Control the resources, and you control the people

[@robertdamin8723]

I have been there in 2000. I have visited Pearl Harbor and it is very dramatic when I went there. My memory will not forger forever.

[@chenzomutumbo9140]

I dont think you watched past the first 30 seconds.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Never forget.

[@dreadfulbodyguard7288]

The issue is most of the world reads history from US's perspective (History is written by the victors). And, thus US is very good at erasing their own misbehaviours and exaggerate perspective of US being a victim.

[@makeuthink2120]

Correct! History is written by the victors. I hope people would think about that whenever the powers of the world (in governments, media, education, banking) continue to tell stories (in movies, programs, books....) involving the German people before and during WW2. I had to do my own reading to find out who the real good guys were.

[@dreadfulbodyguard7288]

@@makeuthink2120 There were no good guys. IRL, there's no clear distinction of black and white, both sides are just grey.

[@makeuthink2120]

@@dreadfulbodyguard7288 Hello, Not to come across as argumentative at all, but stopping the spread of communism(unless you yourself subscribe it) and liberating your country from the stranglehold of the banks doesn't sound like a bad thing. Best wishes, and good luck with everything.

[@kimtargayoga6722]

Thank you for this amazing report showing the original story and what the ecosystem and lives of the Hawaiian communities used to be. What an ingenious way to source food from the fishponds.

[@gregoryforte8876]

Great 👍 Story, I visited Oahu in 1999. I was there for New Years. I visited Ford Island and toured the USS Missouri and the Arizona Memorial. I will cherish these memories for the rest of my life. Everyone if they have the chance should visit Pearl Harbor at least once.

[@christopherclement2474]

2 seconds of research shows that this video is nothing more than an anti military/American piece rather than “educational”

[@keyfield8967]

Do you know that the Legally duly elected last queen of Hawaii was imprisoned by the US in 1898? Can't erase the true history of a place....

[@anindyamajumdar4088]

2 decades of research proved that this video shows the exploitation of Hawaii and the Hawaiian people by the U.S!!

[@arislopes1924]

The Hawaiian story is basically the story of American imperialism at its biggest form crazy how the US also took over most of Latin America in the exact same authoritarian regime with the marines in did in Hawaii until this day Latin America hasn’t recovered from the instability these US occupations caused

[@lockdown1776]

Can’t blame a whole country on a continent’s problem

[@arislopes1924]

@@lockdown1776 lfmaooo yeah right well in this case we can cause it was the US ONLY and NO ONE else that intervine in these countries they started and supported dictatorships and civil wars all for US interest some parts like Nicaragua were under US controlled for more than 30 years. The US basically did whatever they wanted. Maybe learn some history before you speak the US was a well known imperialistic nation across Latin America and much of the world in the 1900s they basically went around doing whatever they wanted against these countries wills and fed off their miseries maybe learn what the term banana republic means cause the US basically created it not even the Spanish cause so much instability in the region. Uncle Sam could never have enough to satisfy itself

[@Navy35]

Hawaii is a multi cultural melting pot, mostly Asian countries. Natives have been getting squeezed out. Diversity is supposed to be a good thing remember?

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

@@Navy35 it is a good thing, we DON'T make them discard their customs and traditions from their own minds remember?

[@lockdown1776]

@@arislopes1924 Banana republics were unjustified but the USSR was meddling in Latin America to the point where they wanted to set up pro-communist regimes near America’s doorstep. You can’t blame America. Cut it out with this “America bad” mentality.

[@brentmcwilliams4332]

The Pu'uloa gunnery range is interesting. It sits immediately adjacent to the Ewa Beach city park. That creates an interesting environment for a day at the beach! You can plainly hear revelie (sp?) in the morning and taps in the evening with rounds of gunfire periodically through the day. Beach access is halted at a certain point beyond which it is closed to the public for safety reasons. That would consist of the usual issue - unexploded ordinance (combined with the possibility of an errant shot). The DOD is easily America's largest single polluter by count of EPA superfund cleanup sites.

[@99redballoons54]

Wow...that last sentence. Wow

[@99redballoons54]

And that's in American controlled territory. The EPA is never going to run out of work.

[@pieterwolt1245]

you are an eye opener, thanks a lot for your work

[@chasanthony8760]

It would be good if AJ could have produced a more accurate video, as there are several factual errors. It not entirely clear exactly when, but it seems most of the fish ponds had stopped production before the first Reciprocity Treated was signed in 1873. Sad to say that most native Hawaiians had succumbed to diseases brought by foreigners, which decimated their population in the 19th Century. Fish pond production tapering off was probably a result of this population decline. The land around Pearl Harbor was purchased by the Navy from private land owners, including Bishop Estate, beginning in 1903, indicating that there were few native Hawaiians working the land around Pu'uloa by 1903. Pu'uloa would be more accurately described as the fish basket, rather than the bread basket of Oahu. The bread basket, was, and still is, Windward and central Oahu. Also, the overthrow of 1893 (here using photographs taken from different events in 1893, 1895 and 1898 respectively) was not as described in this video. The U.S. Navy involvement in the 1893 overthrow was somewhat convoluted and would take an entire book to accurately describe, but basically U.S. sailors and Marines took up position at the de facto U.S. Consulate, Atherton House, to protect U.S. assets, during the coup started by mostly Hawaiian Kingdom businessmen, of American descent. Queen Liliuokalani was told (mistakenly) that the Sailors and Marines could be used against her, although that was not their mission, and so she capitulated, hoping the monarchy would be restored at a later date. What is the point of promulgating inaccurate information? If one wants to debate the good and/or bad of U.S. policies please at least be accurate so that people can make informed decisions based on facts, not the spin of anti-U.S. military individuals. How about talking to an actual historian? Much of your video was shot at the National Park Service. You shot your stand ups there, but you couldn't take the time to talk to one of their many historians, who could've given you more accurate info?

[@chasanthony8760]

Sorry, my bad on a typo. The initial Reciprocity Treaty was signed in 1875, not 1873.

[@sauceyjim2135]

Because the United States Govt is a biased party in this situation

[@daniellebcooper7160]

Thank you for a based comment. As an Australian, im over being made to feel guilty of things that happened well before i was even born.

[@99redballoons54]

@@daniellebcooper7160 well are you turning your blind eye to what's continuing to happen while you're alive?

[@daniellebcooper7160]

@@99redballoons54 What exactly are you referring to?

[@NBZW]

Was in Honolulu in 1950, Waikiki, Diamond head, beautiful surroundings, peaceful. Returned in 1980 after the Henry Kaiser distasteful disaster, once beautiful now ugly.

[@peter7624]

Media as usual sowing the seeds of harmony.

[@andrewlim9345]

Learned about Hawaiian aquaculture and fish ponds.

[@lookhereandreadit]

So happy that you're bringing these issues to awareness for everyone else in the world. I noticed these issues immediately after moving to Hawai'i from the mainland and I shared it with friends and families. Hawai'i' being a "paradise destination" is just a mask.

[@KikaWaiAlae]

The USA is not nor ever was our mainland. We are not the 50th State and are still a country in continuity under a strange form of belligerent illegal occupation.

[@99redballoons54]

@@KikaWaiAlae dude....at least the British allowed independence after they done finished stealing all the land and resources as colonization became uncool That slow economic genocide. Wow The USA is sure effective at screwing over indigenous cultures

[@99redballoons54]

@@KikaWaiAlae and now they are the World Police. Vietnam Panama Mexico Iraq Afghanistan Can you hear them thanking America for helping them get democracy and McDonald's.........YES???????

[@Karltheknight]

@@KikaWaiAlae It was 100% legal. If you're still an independent country then why do you lack a government of your own.

[@KikaWaiAlae]

@@Karltheknight kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXeZdJSCdrKbb5o

[@LasVegas68]

EPA says the area around Pearl Harbor is very polluted, and then have the nerve to say that there is no danger to the people or environment. Smh!!!

[@apollobravo7654]

Compared to 200-300 planes diving from the sky to bomb I'd say it might be a little safer than before

[@timmiller745]

​@apollobravo7654 you obviously don't suffer from health conditions from being exposed to the toxic chemicals around the Pearl Harbor complex. Some of those chemicals scientists have said there's no amount of exposure considered safe. The messed up part is the long term side effects can take 20-30 years to show up. Those planes dive bombing lasted a day. Exposure to the chemicals last the rest of your life. They're listed on the EPA's superfund clean up site. Safe areas aren't monitored through 2045

[@unimatrix501]

I got to visit hawaii in 1991 and 1992. I'm shocked to see the built a bridge to ford island. They didnt need a bridge the bay was so much nicer without it. Even then i was saddened to see the changes made to such a pretty landscape. It must have been a real paradise before the us navy built their base and poisoned the water in and around hawaii.

[@AmazingJayB51]

I just returned from there. Have to say, it’s still looks like a beautiful place to live. Honolulu was more built up then I expected it to be.

[@davidmarshall718]

Watch out for those human sacrifice platforms the Native Hawaiians used pre-European contact and which can still be seen around the islands. Also examine Native Hawaiian social culture........... it makes Deena's Muslim Culture look very Liberal by comparison.

[@99redballoons54]

@@davidmarshall718 get with the program bra.......the human sacrifice alters the states created in Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Iraq and Afghanistan pale in significance. Let the bodies hit the floor Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@davidmarshall718]

@@99redballoons54 ---- well I am sure North Korea and the Afghans are much better now then when the USA was there. I guess you are saying Iraq was a wonderful paradise under Sadistic Saddam. But I agree 'Nam was a stupid and idiotic USA involvement.

[@99redballoons54]

@@davidmarshall718 not many North Korean or Afghans were sacrificed on the alter of democracy. And the pursuit of WMD's in Iraq, justified the sacrifice of Saddam and about a million other Iraqi people.

[@who7835]

Justice for all except the natives and the poor.

[@fredlandry6170]

She is so pretty I can’t believe she’s almost 40.

[@UBZUKki]

Informative. Thank you.

[@Frankabagnale33]

This is a real tragedy. Hope it can be cleaned up soon.

[@peacebeyondpassion2]

It's more than a tragedy and it will never be cleaned up soon. if you'll pardon me Sir, your comment was about as thoughtful and sincere as someone saying "Wow, tough break, I wish you well. Go. Keep warm and well fed" while you say nothing that actually feels it. Smh.

[@Frankabagnale33]

@@peacebeyondpassion2 you do not know me. No need to comment on things you have no way of knowing…just shows your weak intellect.

[@chasanthony8760]

It only took a little digging to find that your entire premise is completely wrong. Land use/survey maps from the 1890's clearly show that most of the fish ponds were no longer in use and the agriculture had changed from the 1840's native Hawaiian style of food production to growing rice by the 1890's. This was BEFORE Hawaii became a U.S. territory and well before the Navy started to acquire land around the harbor. As I stated previously, the native Hawaiian population was decimated by diseases that they did not have natural immunity for. The rice was most likely cultivated to feed the Chinese and Japanese immigrants who were brought in to work as sugar cane field laborers. So, the Navy acquired land at market prices, from private land owners, decades after the area had ceased to produce traditional native Hawaiian food. Again I ask, why didn't you consult a real historian? I'd say you got played by someone without the requisite background to put the story into the proper context. Your report is like blaming a police department in 2022 for not preventing a crime that happened in the1980's under someone else's watch.

[@rodkali2863]

Fish ponds sound pretty impressive.

[@tylerfletcher8849]

"who controls Hawaii ,controls the world". Clearly Japan didn't think that.

[@avrandlane2735]

i know right this lady is crying about American military and excuses i would be surprised if any natives would be alive today on that island if japan took it over. people see whats in front of them and have no imagination of what could of happened. japan had its eyes on hawii for sure would of been a really good defense base to defend vs American military and japan in world war 2 was well known for no mercy in war time.

[@myresponsesarelimited7895]

New the sad history, never heard of a fish farm like that though... awesome 👌 👏 👍

[@kahnoi]

Would you have rather been under control of axis powers?

[@anindyamajumdar4088]

What did " Axis powers have to do with the exploitation of Hawaii and the Hwaiian people by the U.S.???😕

[@anindyamajumdar4088]

What have the Axis Powers for to do with the exploitation of Hawaii and the Hawaiian by by the U.S.!!???😕

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

The EPA says there's no immediate risk to human health... But don't eat the fish, or drink the water, or grow food in the soil and it's probably not a great idea to breathe the air. But there's no immediate risk to human health.

[@brandon7233]

Would of been a lot worse if you currently lived under imperial Japanese rule

[@benmaisu8042]

Especially since had we gone that route we may have nuked Honolulu instead of Hiroshima.

[@brandon7233]

@@benmaisu8042 que? You sure about that? Lol

[@benmaisu8042]

@@brandon7233 Japanese occupation of Hawaii during that point in WW2 would have been tragic and endangered the entire west coast. It would have to be taken back or neutralized at all costs. Not to mention Japan would have likely killed the monarchy and most of the locals anyway like they did in Korea. So yeah Id say it definitely would have been in the cards.

[@brandon7233]

@@benmaisu8042 Japan only sank 4 battle ships during Pearl Harbor. They lost the war the second they realized the carriers were not in Pearl Harbor. Would be a great movie but that is an extraordinary claim lol

[@benmaisu8042]

@@brandon7233 Would have taken some extraordinary circumstances for Hawaii to have been under Japanese Imperial rule yes. Would it have taken much beyond that to make it a priority military target? Nope.

[@paulwisham5943]

I grew up in Honolulu. And we’d have school field trips to Pearl Harbor yearly. I was aware through state/Hawaiian history of the changes that took place, allowing Pu’u loa to become Pearl Harbor. But not everyone picked up on the real story.(A lot depended on the history teachers one had in school; in addition to personal curiosity.) Thanks Al Jazzera! Nice job!

[@99redballoons54]

@@davidmarshall718 but in reality, what actually happened??? History is based on actual reality not fantasy

[@davidmarshall718]

@@99redballoons54 ----- so why are you asking ME what "actually happened??? Do you think "history" is based on "conversation between strangers" on the anonymous internet? Go read a couple of dozen of history books on the Pacific War like I did.

[@99redballoons54]

@@davidmarshall718 will that mean Pearl harbor didn't get attacked by the Japanese?

[@davidmarshall718]

@@99redballoons54 --- run along, child.........

[@evolutiontellsthetruth7812]

Al-Jazeera has a current trend of doing stories about territories seized by Western Christian Nations from Indigenous Peoples, but Al-Jazeeera WILL NEVER do stories about territories seized by Eastern Muslim Nations from Indigenous Peoples, which is all of North Africa to the Atlantic Ocean and all of South Asia to India and China when the Muslim Armies charged out of Arabia shortly after the life of Muhammed the Prophet 1500 years ago and forcibly converted or conquered those Regions and Peoples to Islam, or else those Peoples faced the ugly and violent consequences of the Arabian Muslim Armies if they resisted. Al--Jazeera does these stories with the intent of weakening the Western Nations' resistance to Islam and Islamic migration/immigration where Muslims strongly hold onto their religion, but few if any Western Christians / Agnostics / Atheists are migrating/immigrating to Eastern Islamic Nations, unless they are converts to Islam. It is the stated intention of Islam to convert the entire World to Islam, and this command occurs frequently overtly and covertly in the Quran, and this is the covert intent of AJ+ in presenting these stories in its English Language service which is mainly directed at non-Muslim readers in Western Nations.

[@maradavis2777]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼good reporting

[@Pats0c]

I like how she calls everything a battleship when the US Navy doesn't have battleships anymore. Also funny how she referred to the mothball fleet as a "graveyard of decommissioned ships" They also act like taro fields and fish ponds are some rare gem that no Native Hawaiian or local has ever seen, when you can go up to UH Manoa or up to Windward and find them. I remember going one in elementary school. Native Hawaiian culture does have a generational gap, but it's not like locals and Kanaka Maoli are completely ignorant about it. We have Hawaiiana classes and lessons.

[@hamburgermatty]

Wow, I never really knew about the history of Puʻuloa. That’s crazy. Also, right on Ashlee! 🤙🏻

[@subitanmukherjee5244]

So much has been destroyed all in the name of Modernity and Modernization!!

[@apollobravo7654]

As what happens with all nations

[@CookieBear187]

I think her ancestors would be very proud of her!

[@vybesrum3195]

I don't think so

[@emmanuelochieke1645]

Talking about "food," these Hawaiians look pretty healthy. The interviewer, an outsider appears to be the only person looking skinny? 🤣!

[@KuusFaddah_44]

Mahalo nui for sharing 💯💯💯💯

[@revinhatol]

*80 YEARS!*

[@lancesay]

dena, glad you used the word battleship. however, all of the battleships had all been decommissioned. yes, the battleship uss missouri is there as a museum. at 2:42 all of those ships are not battleships, those are destroyers, frigates, and others.

[@tunuitahitianfire9875]

Much from Tahiti to our Kanaka Maoli brothers and sisters in the occupied Kingdom of Hawai'i

[@hahaLOLhaha72]

Completely taken over

[@tunuitahitianfire9875]

@@hahaLOLhaha72 illegally annexed you filthy colonizer

[@thax6306]

Stuff like this irritates me. Some Hawaiians are so small minded to see the bigger picture. They complain about military taking their land yet mainlanders are pouring in yearly buying homes and adopting the “aloha spirit”

[@solid_talk]

Man you hit the nail on this one, real shit💯💯💯 I just don’t understand people in general. Shit I’ll love to have ah navy in my backyard. & these will be the same people who will be looking for the military when shit hit the fan 😂😂😂the irony.

[@vincebulock]

None of those are battleships and those ships aren't harmful to the environment the navy takes out all oil and gas

[@makeitmakesense2616]

This channel is never in my timeline, unless yall upload at a weird hour

[@dukeloo]

Thank You for making this available. I was born and raised in Hawaii and love this. I always looked for fishponds what we now call Aquaculture. Even the local media doesn't cover this.

[@ericmarshall8097]

Yeah because it is Qatari govt propaganda. Auwe! No be Lolo Mr. Loo.

[@chasanthony8760]

Some years ago, I called out the Wall Street Journal for inappropriately attributing quotes in an otherwise accurate article. In less than a week the WSJ: 1. investigated the error, 2. retracted the article, 3. apologized, 4. fired the reporter. After more than month AJ has done nothing, after being told that the entire premise of their video is easily debunked. I think that AJ should asked themselves if they are really the media organization that that portend to be, with real journalistic standards, or if they are just a bunch of social media influencer wannabes, without any standards. Sorry, but this video does NOT meet the standards of real journalism.

[@apollobravo7654]

Finally someone with common sense in this comment section

[@jessetorres8738]

Here's something interesting to consider: Any World War 2 veteran still alive today has to be at least 94 years old if they turned 18 in 1945.

[@msbhicks8358]

Ehhh child soldiers existed, those conscripted and those who lied about their ages. Also 17 year olds regularly enlisted. In the US of course with parental consent, but other countries allowed conscription of 17 year olds. So in most cases, yes, you are right.

[@apollobravo7654]

@@msbhicks8358 conscription wasn't a thing at this time, even when America joined the war they weren't conscripting anyone younger than 18

[@msbhicks8358]

@@apollobravo7654 you failed to consider other nations

[@glike2]

The anti-fouling paint on the ships is probably really bad for the water pollution in the harbor. There are safer alternatives now but I'm not sure if the Navy has them on their old ships, and how long will it take for the local water to be clean enough...

[@msbhicks8358]

I’d imagine during refits they’d strip the old paint especially in that case and replace it with the new standard paint

[@patrickmccrann991]

Those paints were replaced decades ago.

[@jvarela965]

The history of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom is dark chapter in American history but like all historical events there is a back story that needs to be told. I always recommend two books on Hawaii. One is King Kalakaua's book " The Myths & Legends of Hawaii ", the second, Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure , which gives much insight to the events that happened in 1893. Another is the Morgan Report. At the time when annexation was being debated in Congress it held open sessions on the matter taking testimony from most of the key players.

[@terrelmchenry9524]

I NEVER KNEW OF THIS ,,,AMAZING...ADMIRAL MAHAN IN SHORT TERMS BROUGHT THE FLEET TO HAWAII AS A STOP GAP BETWEEN ASIA AND THE U.S.A....I HAVE IN ALL MY 60 YEARS ,,,I NEVER KNEW OF THESE PEOPLES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY...U.S.S. J.F.K.-67...3.M.M.R... 40 YEARS AGO...

[@georgep9993]

At the end of the day, the native Hawaiians would have realized that they needed to either modernize and militarize or get conquered by another nation. Simply suggesting that America is to blame is naïve. Considering that colonialism brought many different forms of territorial grabbing, and conquering by other nations around the area, it isn't right to assume America is the real evil here. They are just an ignorant consequence.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

America = the real villains. Always have been.

[@abu9822]

But America as a Nation probably wouldn't even exist without the empires in Europe, so I would mostly blame them.

[@lilbaxcon4520]

@Charles VanwagenenYeah, let me get my passport 🤡

[@AT-gu8by]

They’re parasites!

[@roofdogblues7400]

@Charles Vanwagenen Stop crying "You will not replace us" to the Jews, and get out of the lands where you have replaced natives.

[@ericmarshall8097]

Said the Al Jazeera propaganda channel where women are abused and treated as crap.

[@FNF_AFV]

It’s so sad that colonization is still harming natives from all over the world…yet we still don’t get it! So frustrating! Love the video! I never knew…this was very eye opening! This side needs more exposure! ♥️

[@kobe51]

Natives get it! Believe us. It's the Europeans that are willfully blind

[@JohnSmith-kg2rt]

Colonialism is good

[@99redballoons54]

@@JohnSmith-kg2rt the Ukrainian people don't seem keen on it

[@brandonnb5095]

Last time I checked our native population gets free healthcare now and a helpful hand to own their own house from the goverment, a good education. i can go on

[@brandonnb5095]

If colonialism didn't happen half of the world would still be living in huts and the Chinese would be the most powerful and we all know what they would do to Muslims

[@noirettebeauty]

Removing the military is worth the amount of years needed to rehabilitate Pu’uloa The least the US military can do is clean up after themselves!

[@Student0Toucher]

We need the military there

[@FloofyMinari]

For what? There is literally no reason to remove the base other than to make a few people feel good...and then what? so that lady could eat the food of her ancestors? She could be doing that already, but she obviously likes her McDonalds more....

[@Fraudkuna9]

It’s really not. Removing a whole military force bc someone feels that can’t get their full cultural experience is childish asf

[@avrandlane2735]

yea i like your thought process with china trying to takeover islands atm currently. also imagine if no military was in Hawaii during world war 2 when japan wanted Hawaii, it would of been extremely bad for both natives and Americans trying to fight i bet no natives would be alive on that island if japan had its way, cause if you actually know world war 2 history japan was way worst in war crimes compared to Germany. last time i checked Hawaiians only had sticks to fight people off they wouldn't even last 1 day vs japan.

[@apollobravo7654]

Ignorant AF

[@tornadolover920]

This just breaks my heart. Wouldn't be the first time the USA screwed up a pristine, unique environment. *Cough* GREAT LAKES *Cough*

[@solid_talk]

Yea you’ll be the first to look for the military when shit pop off stfu 😂😂😂just ignorant

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

Native Hawaiian peoples make up a small part of the modern population of the state.

[@AndrewTran6464]

I got so mad when she called all the warships “battleships” the us doesn’t have battleships anymore

[@dannyjessup9978]

I had no idea about any of that.

[@wycheholt1902]

Ok listen as a Texan and I dislike the build up of city and crowded areas I understand what is being said and agree and support the preservation of a lifestyle and the need to get back to self reliance but to remove the is military from the Hawaii islands is not a good idea and impractical.

[@sandstormgamer5249]

Sorry for Japan's actions I guess

[@stevenweiss2148]

25 Battleships or are they Arleigh Burke class destroyers?

[@retyboi]

I doubt any of them want to go back to farming their own food lol

[@solid_talk]

😂😂😂😂like fr. If she don’t stfu & just live life people kill me with this shit.

[@MadStatter]

The leaking fuel of the ship has long bothered me. Gravesite or not...that needs to be fixed.

[@eli3568]

Yes, it bothers me too. We care more about honoring the dead than the living apparently. Granted, I do believe in commemorating those lost in that tragedy, but not at the expense of actively oppressing the indigenous culture and the natural world. If WWII was truly a war fought for freedom, then we need to honor their sacrifices by preserving freedom for everyone, and that begins with correcting the environmental damage that is actively occurring.

[@tgs9034]

It can’t be fixed it’s too dangerous there’s already been studies done by the navy and due to the oil content and the damage and decay on the vessel it’s just too hazardous. Including it’s not the Arizona causing the issue it was a recent oil breach in one of the US navy tank fields that contaminated local water sources which the DoD already said they were going to fix and repair.

[@MadStatter]

@@tgs9034 Well, that's the Navy who says that. I'd like a 2nd opinion. I don't trust what the Navy has to say about things such as this.

[@tgs9034]

@@MadStatter Heres a 2nd opinion by the National Park Service. www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/underwater-archaeology/PDF/UA_ManagementUSS%20Arizona.pdf

[@apollobravo7654]

2048 people died during the attack I have personal connections with the events of Pearl harbor. USS Arizona had a bomb literally fall straight through her deck and into the magazine where the entire storage of ammunition is kept and it literally blew the ship in half. I'm an advocate that we get as much fuel out of the water as we can but we have to remember that it is a grave site so many young men died in those Waters and they deserve to be remembered

[@stevenhill7614]

Hi.. just FYI there are no battle ships with the exception of the sunken ones.

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

USS Texas, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri..... All, and others, are floating battleships and beautiful museums.

[@peterrawai4062]

Thank you

[@patrickwood4487]

It is nice to hear that the Navy is helping to restore one fish growing pool. I hope it can be used as a tool to show off the old Hawaiian culture to native Hawaiians and to visitors. Will many Hawaiians be lured back into the old culture? Don't hold your breath. If the entire base was gone to be replaced by many pools, Hawaii could never be self-sufficient in food with its current population. Maybe it could be done if they could get all the Japanese, Chinese, many other Asian immigrants, and whites to leave. Hopefully those who remain would flock to do the really hard work. Blame the military for the polution from the battle of pearl Harbor if you will, but without the Naval Base all of Hawaii definitely would have been occupied by the Imperial Japanese military and it would have been a major battle ground of the war, not just one battle. I leave it for you to imagine how kindly their occupation would have been, verses that of the US. From working for 8 weeks on loan from the Charleston Naval Shipyard to the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNS) I became aware that Hawaiins are quite protected, even privileged. There are property areas only Hawaiins can own. Normally Civil Service transfers from one location to another are allowed to fill vacancies but, by policy, no one can transfer from mainland US to jobs at PHNS (as of 1994 at least). Fortunately even as the population has become difficult to sustain agriculturally, it benefits economically from military facilities, tourism from everywhere including many from the US, and valuable food exports. I don't doubt being isolated in the middle of nowhere dampens economic opportunity, but Hawaiins have made the best of it and the US has helped and not just exploited the islands for military use without regard to the economic conditions there. Surely some can imagine a better outcome, an untouch paradise safe forever and limited to only native Hawaiians. I'd like pardise and a feeling of safty too, but who do I get to blame? Be thankful. Many have it worse.

[@h3lld1v3rfilms6]

Pretty good points were made. I know that the pollution and colonization were pretty bad with the US, but it probably would've been even worse if the Imperial Japanese occupied it, like lots of mass killings and stuff.

[@TheBattleMaster100]

I wonder what the native Hawaiians made that breakwater Barrier from to trap all those fish?

[@keokikahumokukoa8832]

The community would come together and set each stone by hand, you cannot completely trap the fish, because if you do, the fish become sick, thats why us Hawaiians dont use enclosed fish ponds👍🏽 Its a unique style.

[@TheBattleMaster100]

@@keokikahumokukoa8832 wow. Thank you for your reply. It looks intriguing how it was done.

[@nickwancho]

I'm curious how they got away with those drone shots.

[@laurice8056]

Most people don’t know about this history of Hawaii. And that’s just the way the American Government likes it!😠😣😢 Thanks for sharing.

[@christopherclement2474]

Literally the fact that you watched it is proof that nobody is hideing anything. Yeah you’re just that dumb

[@jbelen16]

Blaming others, Hawaiian culture needs to take ownership of their roll in the decline of our own culture.

[@peacebeyondpassion2]

STFU or explain what you mean. Don't just make an open statement like that without backin it up with a reasonable explanation dude. Smh.

[@alanisidro6538]

Such a nasty comment

[@apollobravo7654]

Yeah I guess

[@steveturner3864]

If not for Americans the Hawaiians would be speaking Japanese

[@Ethan.YT.]

A government funded yt channel? I never knew this was a thing, I like

[@apollobravo7654]

The last thing I need is "hey guys Joe Biden here and today we're going to inflate the economy try to take away your natural right to own firearms and then at the end of this video I'm going to fall up the steps of Air Force One"

[@Ethan.YT.]

@@apollobravo7654 as someone from England thats what I think about when I think about America

[@mpalfadel2008]

Of course most of the food has to be imported When the land and sea supported the population without imports, the population of the whole island chain was was less than the population of Honolulu today The truth is that we cannot return to the idealized past Oceans are rising and humanity must be prepared to adapt to changing conditions in order to thrive as both a species and as a people

[@lanbaode]

And now the U.S. and Australia are sounding the alarm that China might take over the Solomon Islands like the way the Americans did to the Hawaiians.

[@avrandlane2735]

i mean if you want japan could of taken the Hawaiians over, without American military presence that would of been a site to see on how that history would of played out. not very good for the Hawaiians.

[@lanbaode]

@@avrandlane2735 no comparison here. its like apples and oranges. Japan's is war, the U.S. and China's is settler-military colonialism

[@apollobravo7654]

The Chinese compared to Americans in terms of occupation I would rather be under American occupation than under a mass murdering anti-freedom dictatorship that is China

[@noelmaher4633]

12 Thousand America British watching this short documentary Al Udeid Airforce Base..)

[@alexmason2659]

History is written by the Victor's if you want your truth to be told then stop losing

[@smileyr]

Lady the US does not used battleships anymore, Battleships are now retired get your facts right

[@sunilu.ajinadasa3515]

Sad for the people of Hawaii.

[@johnw1954]

2:42 - battleships?

[@davidmarshall6970]

It’s crazy how “RUSSIA” and “UKRAINE” is all the people are looking for. Everything else seems to not matter.

[@Jake-pm3pz]

There isn’t a war in Hawaii you clown. The vast majority of Hawaiians support being part of the US.

[@anindyamajumdar4088]

My response to Kahnoi about the "Axis Powers" is : Does Kahnoi prefer decades of exploitation of Hawaii and the Hawaiian people by the U.S!??😕

[@LS-ti1rz]

I'm sure if people would put aside greed and lies there could be a feasible solution that would satisfy all parties involved. When we humans work against nature for whatever reasons we may have, the outcome is usually not conducive to healthy environs. We humans have a bad tendency to go after progress at the expense of all surrounding fauna and flora. It seems to me when I have done a bit of research I find that our ancestors would build whatever it was they needed to live a more comfortable life in perpetual harmony with the surrounding nature. It's never a good thing when we decide to take precedence over an area without respect and consideration for It's surrounding natural attributes.

[@ianlikesmen1]

Ohh 25 active battle ship you say……lol

[@farajaraf]

America is the best colonialist ever.

[@ryanwitt2971]

Majority of the islands income is tourism and military they need both of these to survive in today’s society regardless wether they agree or not or if it’s a good or bad thing .

[@tylerfletcher8849]

THROUGHOUT this video it's claimed the US Navy is helping .. so the group responsible is apparently trying to fix it. Why the flack towards the hand feeding?

[@tgs9034]

Because it’s the media lol and their trying to push a narrative

[@karfomachet7265]

when captain Cook first arrived and never left in the end when they killed him with a knife to the back

[@dozerthemongrel6630]

He had it coming.

[@Otto-mq8lg]

Is Dwayne Johnson making any donations or contributions to such a valiant effort in Hawaii?

[@davidgabrielsen2139]

Is there anyone left in America that is NOT a victim?

[@dustyvanbrocklin4731]

At least do the research those are not battleships. The only battleships shown is the USS Missouri and the USS Arizona sunken cemetery.

[@pbf1940]

..the overthrow, the occupation and the taking of land, does not make for a pretty story.

[@fatimaperez9181]

Yet we continue to support those that do

[@hahaLOLhaha72]

A complete take over. Same for the other 49 "states".

[@pbf1940]

@@fatimaperez9181 So very very true. I am doing everything consciously over the last year now to avoid that.

[@pbf1940]

I am glad I am.old enough to see ths truth now and who are the real bullies and the TRUE VICTIMS

[@Student0Toucher]

Who said its pretty lol

[@user-ck3bo8wd4p]

Oh my God, those aren't battleships. Pure cringe hearing her call them that.