The New York Times
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident and journalist, was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Since then, Saudi Arabia’s messaging has shifted. Here’s how.
サウジの説明はころころ変わった。
A President Kowtowing to a Mad Prince
Trump is providing cover for Saudi barbarism.
Nicholas Kristof
By Nicholas Kristof
Opinion Columnist
In the past, Trump repeatedly denounced President Barack Obama for having bowed to a Saudi king. But today Trump is not just bowing to a king; he’s kowtowing to a mad prince.
M.B.S. attacked Yemen, creating what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, bombing schoolchildren and leaving eight million Yemenis on the brink of starvation — and there were no consequences. He provoked a crisis with Qatar, and there were no consequences. He kidnapped the prime minister of Lebanon, and there were no consequences. He imprisoned women’s rights activists and extorted from business leaders, and there were no consequences.
The truth is that for decades, we have enabled Saudi Arabian misconduct, including the extremist education and terrorist financing that contributed to the 9/11 attacks. We stood by as Saudi Arabia seeded fanatical madrasas in places like West Africa, Pakistan and Indonesia, gravely destabilizing poor parts of the world. In fairness, Saudi Arabia has made progress in some areas, including its financing of terrorism, but it remains despotic, intolerant and misogynist.
Yet even as Saudi officials lie low, Trump has become the kingdom’s puppet and apologist, suggesting that “rogue killers” might have been responsible for the apparent murder.
Trump should stop collaborating in a cover-up. He should call for an international United Nations-backed investigation and for the release from prison of genuine reformers like the women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul and the blogger Raif Badawi. And he should make clear to the Saudi royal family that if it wants to sustain its relationship with America, it needs a new crown prince who isn’t a butcher.
オバマ前大統領がサウジの王様にちょっと頭を下げていたら大騒ぎしていたのに、自分はあの気がふれた王子に平身低頭のトランプ。
あの王子はイエメンを戦争を仕掛け、人道上最悪の危機をもたらし、学童たちのバスまで爆撃し、いまや800万人のイエメン人たちは飢餓にひんしている。カタールを挑発しても、レバンの首相を誘拐しても、女性の権利の活動家を収監しても、企業家を恐喝してもお咎め無し。
サウジは9.11のテロに連鎖する過激派やテロリストを養成してきたが、それにも目をつぶってきた。
サウジの高官たちは身を隠しているのに、トランプはサウジの操り人形になり、サウジの弁解ばかりしている。ゴロツキの殺人犯がやったかもしれん、などとほざいている。
トランプは隠蔽工作に手を貸すのはやめるべき。国連による調査をさせ、女性の権利のための活動家などの改革派を釈放させ、アメリカとの関係を続けたければ、王子を交代させないと駄目だ、と伝えるべきだ、と。
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