Obama to World: Bad News. The American Empire Is Dead.
Posted By Colum Lynch, Ty McCormick Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 1:40 PM
"There's no 'great game' to be won, nor does America have any interest in Syria beyond the well-being of its people, the stability of its neighbors, the elimination of chemical weapons, and ensuring it does not become a safe haven for terrorists," he said.
"My preference has always been a diplomatic resolution to this issue," he said, stressing the importance of a Security Council resolution that will hold Assad to his commitments. "There must be consequences if they fail to do so," he said. "If we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the U.N. is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws."
"The United States of America is prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force, to secure these core interests in the region," he said. "But I also believe that we can rarely achieve these objectives through unilateral American action -- particularly with military action. Iraq shows us that democracy cannot be imposed by force. Rather, these objectives are best achieved when we partner with the international community and with the countries and people of the region."
オバマ大統領の国連での演説だが、オバマさんってのは、議論の組み立てがうまいね。
で、先日、武力侵攻で民主主義は生まれない という表題の投稿をしたが、
Iraq shows us that democracy cannot be imposed by forc
ほぼ、そのままのことを言っている。教訓を学んだのかもしれませんね。
潘 国際連合事務総長の話もスジは通っている。シリアに関しては、
"We can hardly be satisfied with destroying chemical weapons while the wider war is still destroying Syria. The vast majority of the killing and atrocities have been carried out with conventional weapons," he said.
Ban urged Syria's combatants and their foreign backers to "stop fueling the bloodshed in Syria" and halt all arms shipments to the fighters. "Military victory is an illusion," he said. "The only answer is a political settlement."
化学兵器の廃棄でとどまってはならず、国内の殺戮をやめさせなくてはならに、それには、戦闘員やそれを支援する外国の諸勢力が兵器を兵士に調達するのをやめるべきである、と。
軍事的勝利というものは幻想で、政治的な解決しか答えはないんだ、と。
支援国による武器の調達をやめさせるのが、もっとも合理的であり、スジであるが、やめさせるのを実行させる権威も権力も国連にはない、というところが国連の致命的な弱点であるのかもしれない。