日印豪同盟

Strategic Triangle: A Japan-Australia-India Coalition at Sea?
By James R. Holmes

July 21, 2013

The more compelling the common interest, or the more deadly the menace, the greater the likelihood that the collaborative impulse will override the differences that work against such joint enterprises as policing the commons or facing down hostile powers.



Let's not forget that maritime cooperation in far-flung oceans constitutes a secondary effort for each one of these countries. It's doubtful that, say, the Bay of Bengal will ever constitute a primary theater for Japan. Likewise for India in the East China Sea. Clausewitz counsels against embroiling yourself in secondary operations unless you stand to gain something "exceptionally rewarding," and unless you enjoy "decisive superiority" in the main sphere of action, and thus can spare the resources for lesser pursuits without undue risk.

Does Japan enjoy decisive superiority in Northeast Asia? Less and less so, which leads us to Clausewitz's dismal verdict on alliances and coalitions. You never attach the same value to someone else's cause that you attach to your own, he advises. Common practice is to back up your partners halfheartedly. You send a middling-sized force to the ally's aid, and look for the exit when the going gets tough.

All of this suggests that the new partnerships now forming up along the Asian periphery may find it easy to do easy things together, but that relations will come under enormous strain when the time comes to do hard and perilous things.

　海洋で日印豪同盟についての考察

　念頭には３国にとっての、中国の脅威があるんでしょうね。

　で、共通の利害が強ければ協調行動とるにせよ、ベンガル湾が日本に脅威になることもないし、東シナ海がインドにとって脅威になることもないので、　かなりの報酬か、余裕がなければ、一方の海域に他方の海軍が勢力を費やすことを期待することはできない、と

　もっとも、３国が、比較的容易なことについての協力しあうのは容易であろう、と。有益でもあるでしょうね。


　首相、８月にも集団的自衛権の議論再開　公明は慎重姿勢

　憲法改正でも、核武装でも、集団自衛権でも、議論の前に議論をすること自体を窒息させるようなことはよくない。
　具体的な脅威とそれに対する有り得る対応策についてわかりやすく国民に議論を提示してもらいたい。

Žižek ｖ Chomsky

The Slavoj Žižek v Noam Chomsky spat is worth a ringside seat
It's barely caused a ripple outside leftist discourse, but their debate on theory, ideology and reality touches on important stuff
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Chomsky is also probably still smarting from his encounter with Michel Foucault in 1971, on questions of human nature versus socialisation. Foucault argued that human society produced ideas in individuals which were the product of the power relationship between those individuals and society. In Foucault's view society took precedence and individuals are unable to uncouple themselves from the power relations at play and which soaked through everything. In which case, it is necessary to have a speculative theory about how the relations of power might work in psychoanalytical terms. This is part of a long tradition of Ideologiekritik.





For Žižek there is no finished human nature, but rather simply a process of working out how human beings are in the world. At the core of this argument is a question of whether the word "real" is spelled with a capital letter or not.

For the empiricists the word "real" refers to something, well, real; something pre-existing which has to be uncovered. For the Žižek/Lacan tradition, the word is spelled "Real" and refers to something which isn't real, is inaccessible, and which can never be defined as it is still, with Hegel, "im werden" (or, in becoming).



Our being is conditioned by absence, by the something that is missing and by the desire to fill that gap.

　アングロサクソン系というのは個人を原則、非歴史的かつ自存的な存在で、その個人が、ときたま、特定の歴史上、ある社会にいるみたいな表象をする傾向が強いのに対して欧州系というのは、個人とはつねにすでに歴史的、社会的存在で、社会関係なくして個人なし、個人は関係の結節みたいな表象になじみやすいんだろうね。

　さらに、アングロサクソン系というのは、本質主義に傾きやすいの対して、欧州系は、非本質主義、本質の核心部分がつねに動揺というか、欠落というか、不確定といったことにわりに理解を示すことできるんですね。

　日本人はわりに、個にせよ、普遍にせよ、それは、空である、空でありながら個であり普遍である、つまり、例えば、太郎ちゃんは空しい、愛も空しい、空しいから、太郎ちゃん爆発、愛も流出みたいな、思想にはなじみやすい。

風見鶏

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‏@observingjapan
If the DPJ can't win in Tokyo, it doesn't deserve to survive MT @ShingetsuNews: DPJ set to win none of the five Tokyo District seats



Let's study Japanese!



風見鶏 <風見>

(1)
〈にわとりの形をした風見〉 a weathercock.
(2)
〈日和見主義者〉 an opportunist; a timeserver
用例
あの政治家は定見がない. 単なる風見鶏だ. That politician is by no means a man of principle; he's just a timeserver.

左翼はもっと、具体的な貧困と格差をさけべ。

Government's welfare benefits and tax changes amount to 'speeded-up Thatcherism' - UK Politics - UK - The Independent

The Government's welfare benefits and tax changes will widen income inequality between rich and poor on a scale similar to that of Margaret Thatcher, new analysis will reveal this week.

Research for the Fabian Society claims cuts to benefits and tax credits, particularly for working-age families with children, will amount to a “speeded-up replay of Thatcherism”, with inequality increasing twice as fast by 2015 as it did under the former Conservative prime minister.

The analysis is published just as signs of optimism about the economy appear, with the latest GDP figures, published this week, expected to show a further quarter of modest growth. At the same time, a poll for the consumer organisation Which? has found that people are becoming increasingly optimistic about both the economy and their own spending power. But household incomes continue to be squeezed, with 1.5m more families feeling the pinch than a year ago.

The report, published tomorrow for the Fabian Review by the economist Howard Reed, sets out a projection of the impact of coalition policies on income equality. The poorest families will lose more than 12 per cent of their net income on average, compared to around 3 per cent of net income for households in the ninth decile (the second most wealthy income bracket), Mr Reed, director of Landman Economics, says. This underscores how regressive coalition tax and benefit changes have been. Council tax, for example, on average charges low- to middle-income families a much higher percentage of their disposable income than the richest households.

　景気については楽観視するむきはあるが、格差についてサッチャー政権のときのように、格差が拡大する、と。イギリスの話であるが、日本だって他人事ではないだろう。


　日本の左翼も、左翼の本道、平等、格差是正を唱導し、、その前提としての貧困と格差の実態をどんどん暴露すべき。

無人機の犠牲者、94人は子供 More horrifying still: Of those 147 civilian deaths, 94 were children...

MONDAY, JUL 22, 2013 08:48 PM +0900
Leaked report shows high civilian death toll from CIA drone strikes
The report describes 147 civilian deaths, much high than the U.S. administration has admitted to
BY CHRIS WOODS

A secret document obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of civilian casualties.

The United States has consistently claimed only a tiny number of non-combatants have been killed in drone attacks in Pakistan – despite research by the Bureau and others suggesting that over 400 civilians may have died in the nine-year campaign.

The internal document shows Pakistani officials too found that CIA drone strikes were killing a significant number of civilians – and have been aware of those deaths for many years.

Of 746 people listed as killed in the drone strikes outlined in the document, at least 147 of the dead are clearly stated to be civilian victims, 94 of those are said to be children.

The confidential 12-page summary paper, titled Details of Attacks by Nato Forces/Predators in FATA was prepared by government officials in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Based on confidential reports from a network of government agents in the field, it outlines 75 separate CIA drone strikes between 2006 and late 2009 and provides details of casualties in many of the attacks. Five attacks alleged to be carried out by Nato or other unspecified forces are also listed.

The numbers recorded are much higher than those provided by the US administration, which continues to insist that no more than 50 to 60 ‘non-combatants’ have been killed by the CIA across the entire nine years of Pakistan bombings. New CIA director John Brennan has described claims to the contrary as ‘intentional misrepresentations‘.

無人機による市民虐殺ーーー事故ではない、これはもう戦争犯罪だろう。

両陛下、福島・飯舘村訪問

Yomiuri On-Line （読売新聞）

両陛下、福島・飯舘村の居住制限区域を初訪問


この写真をみると、復興の遅れや、選挙の結果いかんに関わらず、陛下の人気は別格ですね。

安倍首相のこのお馬鹿発言は本当か？

debito.org » Blog Archive » 2013 Election Brief: The rout of Japan’s Left is complete with a crushing LDP Upper House Victory

2013 Election Brief: The rout of Japan’s Left is complete with a crushing LDP Upper House Victory

Posted by debito on July 21st, 2013


Let's get rid of western political ideals and have our own constitution! ... except, y'know, the whole western idea of having a parliament and prime minister... that's working for me | Shinzo Abe - See more at: http://memegenerator.co/instance/39929096#sthash.kthuMHny.dpuf

Let's get rid of western political ideals and have our own constitution! ... except, y'know, the whole western idea of having a parliament and prime minister... that's working for me | Shinzo Abe | Meme Generator

試訳

「西洋の政治的理念などかなぐり捨てて、自分たちの憲法を持とう、もっとも、議会や首相制度は私に都合がいいから温存しよう。　安倍晋三　　」

　安倍首相のこの発言は本当？

　法の支配や民主主義を外交の看板に立てる安倍首相の発言とはおもえないなあ。

　それとも日本語が読めない外国人をミスリードし続けるニフコJapanTimesのコラムニスト　有道出人　がまた、デマをばらまいているの？


　デマをまかれて安倍氏は英語圏での、そしてひいてはアメリカ政府の評価がかなり悪くなったわけだが、デマをそのままにしているというのも情けないね。

外国人男性「バスアナ」

2階建て「フクオカオープントップバス」に初の外国人男性「バスアナ」　／福岡
みんなの経済新聞ネットワーク 7月19日(金)17時39分配信

Gaikokujin Tour Guide on Fukuoka Open Top Bus

Jul. 22, 2013, 14:31 No Comments


　ちょっと前までなやんでいたようだが、日本での活躍も早かったね。
　日本語ができる強み。

　白人特権という人がいるかもしれないが、別に悪いことではない。

今度は、KemushiChanを守り立てては？

乗客から拍手

車両押して女性救出、ホームの乗客から拍手が…

いい話だね。

地震

中国内陸部の甘粛省付近で地震
7月22日 9時27分

Strong earthquake kills at least 20, injures 291 in China
Get short URL Published time: July 22, 2013 03:00
Edited time: July 22, 2013 03:39

ニュージーランド沖でＭ6.9の地震
2013/7/21 15:08

Magnitude-6.9 quake rattles New Zealand


なんかいやだね。中国では死者まで出ている模様。

「１票の格差」全国で提訴

「１票の格差」全国で提訴　参院４７選挙区の無効請求　４増４減どう判断
2013.7.22 11:48


国会がはじまったらはやいところ、定数削減、格差是正の取り組むをすべし。
マスコミもこの件でもう少しさわげないものなのか？