mahalo for your mana'o Ian. Allow me to speak on behalf of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the maka'ainana as the Minister of Information and Deputy Interior Minister of The Hawaiian Kingdom government. 

The factor that you have not taken into full account in your editorial opinion is the mana of these islands and the mana of the kanaka maoli and nali'i first peoples of Hawai'i. 

The Hawaiian Islands have existed for billions of years. These islands emanate strong mana, mana that brought kanaka maoli here more than 2000 years ago followed 500 years later by nali'i. Our people came here to honor the mana of these islands and to use it to share aloha, live pono and malama aina.

The mana of these islands has more value than money and more power than any military.

The mana of these islands and of our people is concentrated atop our mauna. We the maka'ainana of Hawai'i will protect our mauna with aloha.

ponokeali'i 
Minister of Information
Deputy Interior Minister 
of The Hawaiian Kingdom