太田述正コラム#3699（2009.12.11）
＜過去・現在・未来（続x19）＞
　記事の紹介です。
　本日も、米国についての記事が中心になりました。
　米国の所得・資産格差がどんどん酷くなりつつあるようです。↓
　・・・The United States has all the makings of a pronounced spike in income and wealth inequality. ・・・
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/KL11Dj01.html
　その米国がらみの話題で、私自身、逃げ回ってきたペイリンとウッズの話題を（前者については、昨日に引き続き）取り上げることにしましょう。
　・・・９日付のワシントンポストに載ったペイリン前アラスカ州知事の地球温暖化人為性説批判がガーディアンに転載されていました。↓
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/09/sarah-palin-obama-boycott-copenhagen
　この余りに愚劣な内容に対し、ガーディアンは批判コラムすら掲載していません。
　タイガーへの批判は、彼が卑怯であり、偽善者である、という二点に収斂してきました。↓
　・・・the decision to remain hidden from public view since the accident may have been his biggest public relations mistake ? and, perhaps most humiliatingly for such a proud man, it has become a running joke.・・・
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/10/tiger-woods-learns-lying-low
　・・・I think conscious, honest, true monogamy can be a wonderful thing. What should not be tolerated is hypocrisy?and that’s where Tiger’s vow of marriage got him into trouble. If you want to be monogamous, great?but don’t think you can claim it while you sleep around. It’s not fair and, quite frankly, it’s exhausting.・・・
http://www.newsweek.com/id/226348
　同じ「黒人」でも、墜ちたウッズとは逆に、そのノーベル平和賞受賞演説で、オバマの国際株は、またまた上がったようです。↓
　・・・ if the speech wasn’t designed to pander to an international audience, and it wasn’t constructed to help him politically at home, then what was it for? Well, here’s why I like the guy.
　Maybe it was designed to … be truthful about the world as he sees it, and to be honest with the world and with posterity about the complexities we face. ・・・　
　・・・at the very least, here we have a leader who is thoughtful and intellectually honest and won’t insult your intelligence. That already constitutes a success of some kind.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/dec/10/barack-obama-nobel-lecture
　その演説を、私流の行間を読む方法で解明してみました。↓
　・・・ it is hard to conceive of a cause more just than the defeat of the Third Reich and the Axis powers, ＜in＞ World War II ・・・
（→日本に言及していない点に注目。ブッシュなら言及していたはず。（太田））
　A nonviolent movement could not have halted Hitler’s armies. Negotiations cannot convince al-Qaida’s leaders to lay down their arms.・・・
（→同上。（太田））
　The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea, and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans.・・・
（→「ドイツから日本まで」ではなく、「ドイツから韓国まで」である点に注目。これは、日本の「平和と繁栄」に米国は貢献していないと言っているに等しい。また、日本はもとより、ドイツや韓国の民主化にも米国は貢献していない、ということも併せて示唆している。（太田））
　America’s commitment to global security will never waver. But in a world in which threats are more diffuse, and missions more complex, America cannot act alone.・・・
（→再軍備、すなわち米国からの「独立」、した上で米国に協力して欲しいと日本に促している、と深読みできないわけではない。（太田））
　The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice. ・・・
（→同上。（太田））
　・・・it is also incumbent upon all of us to insist that nations like Iran and North Korea do not game the system. Those who claim to respect international law cannot avert their eyes when those laws are flouted. Those who care for their own security cannot ignore the danger of an arms race in the Middle East or East Asia. Those who seek peace cannot stand idly by as nations arm themselves for nuclear war.・・・
（→同上。（太田））
　Where force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct. And even as we confront a vicious adversary that abides by no rules, I believe that the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. ・・・
（→間接的に米国による原爆投下について、反省の念を表明しているとも読める。（太田））
　In light of the Cultural Revolution’s horrors, Nixon’s meeting with Mao appeared inexcusable and yet it surely helped set China on a path where millions of its citizens have been lifted from poverty, and connected to open societies. Pope John Paul’s engagement with Poland created space not just for the Catholic Church, but for labor leaders like Lech Walesa. Ronald Reagan’s efforts on arms control and embrace of perestroika not only improved relations with the Soviet Union, but empowered dissidents throughout Eastern Europe.
（→フランクリン・ローズベルト大統領がどんな思惑や対日観を持っていたにせよ、当時の日本の首相と直接対話を試みなかったことを批判している、とも読める。（太田））
　・・・no Holy War can ever be a just war. For if you truly believe that you are carrying out divine will, then there is no need for restraint・・・
（→日米戦争を遂行した米国が抱いていた聖戦意識を糾弾している、と深読みしたいところ。（太田））
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/10/barack-obama-nobel-acceptance-speech
　それ以外の記事です。
　フィリピンのミンダナオ島での虐殺事件の犯人達の呆れた実態が報じられています。↓
　・・・The Ampatuans’ control of Maguindanao is almost absolute. Most of the province’s 36 towns are run by mayors and deputy mayors who are either sons, grandsons, cousins, nephews, in-laws or close allies of the senior Mr. Ampatuan, according to a study by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
Since he became governor in 1998, Mr. Ampatuan has carved out at least eight towns from existing ones and named all of them after his sons and other relatives. The entire Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which is composed of five predominantly Muslim provinces, including Maguindanao, is run by Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, one of his sons.
　The Ampatuans’ control of Maguindanao was enforced with guns and a culture of fear in towns governed by the family, residents and the authorities said.
　・・・The Ampatuan family dynasty has backed President Arroyo since 2001, and its rise to power is likewise attributed to Mrs. Arroyo’s support・・・
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/asia/11iht-massacre.html?ref=world&pagewanted=print
　エジプトもやっと重い腰をあげたようです。
　これが本当に実行された暁には、ハマスは完全に干上がることになりますが・・。↓
　Work has begun on Egypt’s northern border to dig the foundations for what reports say will be a vast underground metal wall in the latest effort to prevent weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip.・・・
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/10/egypt-underground-wall-gaza
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太田述正コラム#3700（2009.12.11）
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