2022年3月2日水曜日

"Putin bears primary responsibility for this latest development, but...."

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ロシアとウクライナを対等に扱うのはまずいが、ロシアとNATO/米国は対等(か、NATO/米国のほうが優位)に扱ってもかまうまい。

 

 
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 Vladimir Putin bears primary responsibility for this latest development, but Nato’s arrogant, tone‐​deaf policy toward Russia over the past quarter‐​century deserves a large share as well.

今回の件は、第一の責任者はロシア。しかし、NATOにも大きな責任がある、と。

In his memoir, Duty, Robert M Gates, who served as secretary of defense in the administrations of both George W Bush and Barack Obama, stated his belief that “the relationship with Russia had been badly mismanaged after [George HW] Bush left office in 1993”
. Among other missteps, “US agreements with the Romanian and Bulgarian governments to rotate troops through bases in those countries was a needless provocation.” In an implicit rebuke to the younger Bush, Gates asserted that “trying to bring Georgia and Ukraine into Nato was truly overreaching”. That move, he contended, was a case of “recklessly ignoring what the Russians considered their own vital national interests”.


The Biden administration’s response to Russia’s quest for meaningful western concessions and security guarantees was tepid and evasive. Putin then clearly decided to escalate matters. Washington’s attempt to make Ukraine a Nato political and military pawn (even absent the country’s formal membership in the alliance) may end up costing the Ukrainian people dearly.

It was entirely predictable that Nato expansion would ultimately lead to a tragic, perhaps violent, breach of relations with Moscow. Perceptive analysts warned of the likely consequences, but those warnings went unheeded. We are now paying the price for the US foreign policy establishment’s myopia and arrogance.

 パパブッシュ以降、ロシアは東方拡大についてはプンプンで、それを西側はわかっていて、東方拡大したらやばいことになるよ、と警告していた人たちはいたのだが、その声は無視されたのだ、と。


ーーーここば微妙なところ。表向きからすると、西側は全然悪くない。

N「おれたち別にロシアを侵略するつもりはないし・・・神経過敏じゃない?」と

R「でもミサイルおれらのほうに向いてるじゃん?」

N「そんなこと言ったら日本にも、中国や北朝鮮のミサイル向いているやろ?世の中そんなもん」

R「でも、アメリカかて、キューバの時怒ってたろ?」

U「アメリカは例外です」

・・・・日本みたいな雑魚は我慢していないとならんが、積極的リアリズムで大国はやっぱ自分の影響圏に敵対するものを置いては置きたくないんだろうね・・・・



 


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