#拜登挺台入北約? #誰疑美棄台?
#台灣面對國際關係不該輕率躁動
今日凌晨,網路上傳開拜登總統接受美國媒體ABC News主持人George Stephanopoulos專訪時的一段談話,被認為是繼國家安全顧問蘇利文(Jake Sullivan)前一日的發言後,美國政府再度公開對阿富汗撤軍後世界各國包括台灣都逐漸升溫的「#疑美論」(認為美國的安全承諾不可靠)做出回應。
我們來分析一下究竟發生了什麼事,是否真的對台灣有影響,又有哪些人藉機提款?
📒先來讀段原文與翻譯(有興趣比較各家翻譯看ref,頗有趣):
STEPHANOPOULOS: You talked about our adversaries, China and Russia. You already see China telling Taiwan, "See? You can't count on the Americans." (LAUGH)
史蒂芬諾伯羅斯:「你談到了我們的對手們,中國和俄羅斯。你已經看到中國在告訴台灣:『看到沒?你們不能靠美國人啦/美國人靠不住啦(笑)』」
BIDEN: Sh-- why wouldn't China say that? Look, George, the idea that w-- there's a fundamental difference between-- between Taiwan, South Korea, NATO. We are in a situation where they are in-- entities we've made agreements with based on not a civil war they're having on that island or in South Korea, but on an agreement where they have a unity government that, in fact, is trying to keep bad guys from doin' bad things to them.
拜登:「中國怎會不這樣講?(中國不這樣講才奇怪之意)你看哦,喬治,台灣、南韓、北約的狀況根本就(和阿富汗)不一樣。現在我們身處的情況是,無論是在那座島上或是在南韓,我們都同意那裡沒有內戰,而是有統合(一致)的政府,事實上,他們也正試圖別讓壞人對他們做出壞事。」
We have made-- kept every commitment. We made a sacred commitment to Article Five that if in fact anyone were to invade or take action against our NATO allies, we would respond. Same with Japan, same with South Korea, same with-- Taiwan. It's not even comparable to talk about that.
我們已承——我們信守一切承諾。我們對(《北大西洋公約》(North Atlantic Treaty)的)第五條作出了莊嚴的承諾,如果有人要入侵、或採取行動對抗我們的北約盟友,我們會回應。對日本是如此,對南韓是如此,對——台灣(也)是如此。這根本就無法比較。」
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這段談話一出,讓許多熟稔台美關係的前官員、政策專家、分析師與評論者都相當驚訝,認為「#高度不尋常」,因為這幾乎等於把台灣(以及日韓)放到對美國來說與北約盟友同等級的位置,意味著如果台灣及日韓遭受攻擊或對抗行動,美國將會有所反應(包括出兵),如果以政策意涵來解讀,這等於極大化美國對東亞友鄰的安全承諾。
以前連《美日安保條約》是否涉及釣魚台都要吵個幾十年,怎麼可能一句話就說日韓台我通通要守下來?何況美國與中華民國🇹🇼(or台灣)目前並未有正式的軍事同盟或協防條約(MDT),如何與北約對比?(《北大西洋公約》第五條「#集體防衛(collective defence)」條款主張:聯盟中任一成員受攻擊,將被視為對全體成員的侵略事件。)
與台灣網路輿論圈的自嗨、樂觀情緒(#台灣要加入北約了?美國爸爸表態死守台灣!)相反,正因為這個表態太過不尋常與不可能,更違反了美國長期以來堅守的「#戰略模糊」政策立場(”a deviation from a long-held U.S. position of "strategic ambiguity.”)。
第一時間,許多評論就認為這可能是拜登的又一次 #口誤(misspoken),代表人物如美國的中國問題專家 #葛來儀(Bonnie Glaser)就抱持這樣的看法。
如果到她及一些美國政策圈人士的推特上去逛逛,可以看到在消息出來後,他們就熱烈討論這是否又是口誤、等著看白宮或國務院誰出來把這句話收回去...諸如此類的推文。
(葛來儀推特:https://twitter.com/BonnieGlaser/with_replies)
果然,該篇專訪登出後不到7個小時,拜登政府的資深官員就對路透社(Reuters)放風透露:「#美國對台政策不變。」(“policy with regard to Taiwan has not changed”)
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繞了一圈,什麼都沒改變,只有某些人又開心自嗨了一波,或是藉機使力推了一波自己關心的議題。
1⃣️長期關注美台關係議題的「US Taiwan Watch: 美國台灣觀測站」粉專大概是台灣這一波訊息燒開的推播起點與主力,內容尚稱公允詳實,並未特別增添政治觀點,也提醒大家美國依然沒有明確回應如果中共出兵,美國會是如何的回應法。(但美國也不可能明確回應,「戰略模糊」,remember?)
2⃣️民進黨副秘書長林飛帆於凌晨2點多發文(大概是觀測站的粉絲),除了同樣提供原文翻譯及評論,重點在他提到拜登的談話,「與美國國安會顧問蘇利文Jake Sullivan把台灣與以色列並列的談話,都明確破除中共正在台灣大肆操作的「#疑美論」和「#美國棄台論」,值得我們持續關注。」
這件事確實值得關注。然而坦白說,台灣的「疑美論」和「美國棄台論」有多少成分是中共大肆操作,有多少是民間自發討論?大概很難有人可以給出客觀量化的數據。因為在阿富汗撤軍後,世界各國都多少興起了這股 #疑美論風潮,連《紐約時報》與諸多民主黨政治人物都批評拜登,紐時更提醒諸多亞洲國家包括 #台灣要警醒。但台灣面對中共武力威脅與併吞野心,自然又多了這一層複雜的外力因素。
但也沒關係啦,台灣人又不是第一次面對美國撤軍,沒那麼玻璃心,對吧????
(請自行腦補安納金與莉亞meme)
台灣:first time?
3⃣️民進黨在外交及國防委員會的王定宇委員也一如往常的ㄒㄧ⋯分享外交消息給大家,他除了分享「觀測站」的貼文外,主要是在自己的評論中獨到地給出了「美國認為台灣是一個國家」的觀點。他提到:「這不僅是另一個首次把台灣跟北約、日韓列為同等盟國,更是美國總統首次明確地表達,台灣面對的是外敵,而台灣是個完整的國家、政府。這是個難以置信的重大改變。」
(???我們看的是同一篇專訪嗎🤔️)
不知道王委員是英文太好還是情緒太亢奮,以上的解讀實在有些太over。前半段勉強說得通,至少從拜登總統的談話,我們可以看到台日韓有著與北約盟國的「#相同待遇」,但這其實離成為北約盟國或角色身份如同北約盟國都有一點差距。
再來,拜登總統在提到台灣與南韓前時用的詞是「entities」(實體),這個詞很常用於形容一些不能算是主權國家的團體,美國或世界各地在國際法中討論到中華民國(ROC)或台灣(Taiwan)時很常使用這個詞,如「#政治實體」(political entity)。雖然不知道為何把南韓也放在一起(大概又是直率坦言下的口誤,韓國人知道會很生氣吧?),但重點在後面提到的「他們(台灣&南韓))有個 #統合一致的政府」(”they have a unity government”)。
拋開國內的朝野政爭,台灣基本上是有個一致、受民眾承認的政府,這是常識,哪裡有提到台灣是個完整的「國家」?這是哪門子「難以置信的重大改變」?歷史經驗證明,王定宇委員的「嗨翻」,通常對台灣都沒什麼幫助。而王委員以為在揉眼捏大腿的國際專家,早就根據經驗冷靜預判出的局勢走向,也很快被拜登政府資深官員證實。
該說拜登政府資深官員打臉王定宇委員嗎?還是讓他繼續嗨?
❚ 小結
近期有一些帶風向的作為與說法,認為在野黨(主要是國民黨)採取疑美論、挑戰甚至傷害台美關係及許多人為增進台美關係付出的努力。我不會不同意中共對台無論是實體滲透或是虛擬世界的資訊戰、認知作戰,都是我們該關心的議題及與之對抗的作戰陣地。但真的懇請執政黨多花心力在國防改革、軍事轉型或是兩岸關係的改善上,不要整天操作台美關係的訊息作為打擊在野黨的大內宣。
挑少數極端聲音出來講實在沒意思,難道陳O惟、王O宇之流的聲音可以代表民進黨主流意見?相信民進黨的朋友也不會認同。
就我個人觀察,實在不認為國民黨內疑美、反美是主流立場,至多在個別議題上與美方立場有不同意見,黨的整體與決策層級人士基本上都是親美立場居多,只是他們又要顧及兩岸關係(親美和陸),沒辦法(也不認同)像民進黨那樣採取「#一邊倒」的政策,完全走「抗中保台」路線,親美程度感覺有差。但很大程度上,一些國民黨人也認為這樣的一邊倒政策對台灣人民的安全來說其實 #不夠負責任。
這樣一邊倒不留餘地,甚至可能煽動戰爭風險的路線對台灣是有危險的,「在應競爭的領域競爭,在 #可合作的領域合作,在 #必須對抗的領域對抗」,這是美國國務卿布林肯(Antony Blinken)揭示的對華方針,絕對不是一些人說的什麼美中全面爭霸、準備開戰,台灣要趕快選邊站對邊。
這也是為何近期包括吳釗燮部長、邱義仁秘書長及蔡英文總統,都一再發出 #踩煞車 意味的言論,甚至關心對岸水災,一改對抗姿態的原因。畢竟台海風高浪急,美國也不得不出來重申政策框架的邊界,「拜登政府支持強健的美台非官方關係,#不支持台灣獨立。」(by美國白宮國家安全委員會印太事務協調官坎貝爾Kurt Campbell)
對美國來說,這些長期的政策框架如果不是地緣政治結構大幅改變,很難輕易撼動,即便政策要改弦易撤,也都有從摸索、試探到逐漸釋放訊號的過程,不可能因為總統一句話推翻整個政策框架(即便他擁有那樣的權力,但也得透過一些程序來處理,而且幕僚們應該會死命勸阻他)。
君不見繼資深官員放話路透社之後,#國務院發言人 也跑出來重申台灣關係法、六項保證及一中政策等老調了嗎?歷經幾十年淬鍊實踐的政策框架,是不可能輕易更動的。
要戰略模糊還是戰略清晰?這件事 #本身也是模糊的,端看當下環境美國要如何彈性運用,重點在於能夠有效嚇阻。
台灣內部因為歷史與政治的多重因素,對於自身在國際上的地位有著 #焦慮與不安全感,把美國視為維持生存的唯一救生圈。阿富汗撤軍為何在台灣引起極大熱議,除了媒體的推波助瀾、喚起年長的國人當年美國撤軍斷交的痛苦回憶,很大程度上也是反應當前國人尤其綠營內部或許連他們自己都沒有意識到的 #焦慮與恐懼,想要相信、也逼自己相信美國一定會幫忙防守台灣、台灣非常重要,因此看到美方的誰說了什麼一點話,情緒就受到大幅刺激與波動,不是歡欣鼓舞就是難過得要命,實在大可不必。
如果是真正 #勇敢自信的台灣人,看到今天阿富汗面臨的情況(或說下場),應該是可以 #處變不驚(我們 #中華民國派 喜歡講 #莊敬自強 💪),最應先思考的是如何自立自強、如何提升台灣的籌碼與重要性,來認真檢視各項議題:是否要改革兵役制度、加強台灣的國防戰力,我們的軍事轉型完成了嗎?做對了嗎?我們的兩岸溝通管道暢通嗎?有辦法在周邊出事時保持最基本的聯繫而不誤判嗎?
#國際關係是關乎生與死的學問(”International theory is the theory of survival”— Martin Wight, 1961),需要長期觀察與浸淫才能一窺堂奧。近年來開始有很多專注國際關係的新媒體出現與傳統媒體的投入,這是好事。台灣非常需要了解國際關係,無論是經貿或是更重要的安全層面,更應該隨時保持冷靜思考,不要患得患失、隨媒體或政治人物的誇張言論起舞,因為這關乎我們所有人共同家園的存續,
我們所有人的生與死。
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「いつの間にか」は英語で?
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子供があっという間に成人になったり、コツコツ貯めてきたお金をあっという間に使い果たすなど、時間が過ぎ去るのが早く感じること日本語では「あっという間」や「いつの間にか」と表現しますが、英語にも同じ意味で定番の言い回しがあるのでご紹介いたします。
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Before you know it
→ 「あっという間に / いつの間にか」
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この表現は日本語の「あっという間」や「いつの間にか」に相当し、アメリカ人が非常によく使う表現です。子供の成長やお金の消費のように、周知の事実については話すときは「Before you know it」と表現するのが一般的ですが、ゲームやテレビに没頭して時間を忘れるなど、個人的なことであれば「Before I knew it」と表現することもできます。
<例文>
Your kids will be all grown up before you know it.
(子供たちはあっという間に大人になるよ。)
Before you know it, you'll be moving back to Japan.
(あっという間に日本へ帰国する時期が来るよ。)
All your money is going to be gone before you know it.
(お金はあっという間になくなるよ。)
I was watching a movie and before I knew it, all the popcorn was gone.
(映画を見ていて、気づかないうちにポップコーンを全部食べちゃいました。)
〜会話例1〜
A: I'm moving to Australia next month to do a working holiday program. Any advice?
(来月ワーホリをしに、オーストラリアへ行くんだ。アドバイスはある?)
B: Just have fun and make each day count. Your time in Australia is going to go by before you know it.
(1日1日を大事にして、楽しむこと。あっという間に過ぎちゃうからね。)
〜会話例2〜
A: I was studying English and before I knew it, almost five hours went by.
(英語を勉強していて、気付いたら5時間くらい経ってたんだ。)
B: That happens to me too! When I get into it, I totally lose track of time.
(わかる〜!英語の勉強に没頭すると、何時間経ったか分からなくなるよね。)
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#silvypavida #svcover #ซิลวี่ภาวิดา
ทำเอ็มวีจริงจังเล้ยเว้ยคราวนี้ 555555555
ชอบฝากแชร์ด้วยจ้า ปล. สิวเยอะไปนิส ขอโทษเด้อ
This is just a cover song of “i like u” from NIKI
Sung by me.
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LYRICS (เนื้อเพลง)
[Verse 1]
I guess this is a bitter end I didn't see coming
And I'm havin' a little bit of trouble accepting, too
I don't know what to say to you
There's nothing I can do to reset your point of view
We both said this was just physical
Well, one of us lied, can't set feelings aside, truth be told, yeah
You asked to see me once again at half past ten
I got nervous, so I got faded, made things complicated
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm sorry for the stupid shit I said
You ordered fun, I served you threads
It's probably good you left 'cause I finally admit
[Chorus 1]
I like you, I like you, I like you
Sorry, I never meant to
But who we kidding, it wasn't like I had a say
One look at you and I won't have it any other way
I want you, I want you, I want you
I want you to want me too
I know that I signed up for this casually
But I fell for your tricks, now I'm the casualty
[Hook 1]
Can we just reset, restart and then replay
Take me back to when all
You wanted was to love on me every day, yeah
I like you, I like you, I like you
Words I won't ever hear from you
Wishin' I could turn back the hands of time
To when I feel your hands on me and your lips on mine
[Verse 2]
I know that that was too much the last time you saw me
And I don't blame you for getting over everything so easy
But I just can't seem to figure you out you goddamn mystery
Good God, how you kiss me
Didn't think it'd be distress galore
Thought I just wanted you there
With your hands in my hair
But I craved more
And you just wanted rock 'n roll, no heart and soul
And I knew that from the beginning
So why don't I feel like I'm winning?
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm the joke
The punchline that got too old
It's killing me to see you gone 'cause I never told you
[Chorus 1]
I like you, I like you, I like you
Sorry, I never meant to
But who we kidding, it wasn't like I had a say
One look at you and I won't have it any other way
I want you, I want you, I want you
I want you to want me too
I know that I signed up for this casually
But I fell for your tricks, now I'm the casualty
[Hook 1]
Can we just reset, restart and then replay
Take me back to when all
You wanted was to love on me every day, yeah
I like you, I like you, I like you
Words I won't ever hear from you
Wishin' I could turn back the hands of time
To when I feel your hands on me and your lips on mine
[Verse 3]
Something 'bout you makes me difficult
But that makes us even 'cause you top of the charts
Egotistical, it's so typical
For me to fall for your kind
But, oh God, I wish you were mine
[Chorus 2]
I like you, I like you, I like you
Sorry, I never meant to
But who're we kidding, it wasn't like I had a say
One look at you and I won't have it any other way
I want you, I want you, I want you
I want you to want me too
Would it be a stretch if I asked you to try again?
I'll be patient, I swear I'll even count to ten
One, two, three, four, five
Fuck it
[Hook 2]
Can we just reset, restart and then replay (replay)
Take me back to when all
You wanted was to love on me every day, yeah
I like you, I like you, I like you
Words I won't ever hear from you (won't ever hear from you)
Wishin' I could turn back the hands of time
To when "I like you" was only just a secret
Crime
[Outro]
Yeah, uh
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Tom Lemming remembers the first time he saw Allen Iverson play, back when Iverson was at Bethel High School in Hampton, Virginia. By that time, Iverson was a known quantity. Even in the talent-rich Tidewater region, in eastern Virginia, Iverson's star power stood out, and he was being discussed as a blue-chip recruit. Lemming got on a plane to see for himself.
"He had terrific reaction, instincts, loose hips, and a great vertical," Lemming told VICE Sports. "A lot of people bring it up and ask me how good he was. He was a great player. Not a good player, but a great football player."
In some alternate universe, Iverson might have become the same sort of path-breaking star in football that he ultimately would be in the NBA. The same live-wire athleticism and fearless ferocity that would make him a legend on the court—and, as of Friday's induction in Springfield, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame—made him a force on the gridiron, too. Iverson fielded scholarship offers from major college football programs at the same time as he weighed basketball offers. The choice he made wound up changing basketball, but Lemming, a well-known national football recruiting analyst for the past 38 years, believes that Iverson could have made an impact if he'd stuck with the sport that was his first love. "He would've made the NFL," Lemming said. "Who knows, he could've been an NFL Hall of Famer."
The Showtime documentary Iverson features footage of Iverson playing football on the fields at Aberdeen elementary school in Hampton for coach Gary Moore, who served as a mentor for Iverson. Moore is now Iverson's personal manager.
"From day one, he actually wanted to jump right in and play," Moore said in the documentary. "He wanted to be my star player. That aggression and that enthusiasm is what I admired most about him. When I saw him dance and move, completely reverse his field all the way back around and not allow any of those kids to touch him, that's when I really said, 'Wow, this boy's something.'"
All the local high schools recruited Iverson. He ended up at Bethel in part because Dennis Kozlowski, the school's football coach and athletics director, had coached Iverson's aunt in high school track and field.
When Iverson was a five-foot-six, 145-pound eighth grader, hundreds of fans would come out to watch him play for Bethel's junior varsity team. The next year, he started at wide receiver and safety on the varsity. In his sophomore season, Kozlowski moved Iverson to quarterback but still played him on defense. As a defensive back, Iverson tied a Virginia record by intercepting five passes in one game and helped Bethel to an undefeated regular season before losing in the first round of the playoffs.
verson committed himself to sports. He played basketball most of the year and only played football from August through December, which didn't seem to hinder his development. As a junior, Iverson led Bethel to the 1992 Virginia state championship against E.C. Glass High School of Lynchburg, which had lost the title game the previous year. A few days before the championship, E.C. Glass coach Bo Henson drove the 200 miles from Lynchburg to Hampton to watch Bethel's semifinal game against Huguenot. Bethel got off to a slow start and trailed 16-0 in the fourth quarter.
"Somebody looked at me and said, 'Hey, don't count 'em out. Iverson's gonna bring 'em back,'" Henson said.
Iverson did just that. He threw a touchdown pass, successfully completed a pair of two-point conversions, and ran for two touchdowns, including a two-yard quarterback sneak in overtime to clinch the 22-16 victory. Before facing Bethel, Henson clipped out newspaper articles on Iverson and placed them on the desk of Tate Gallagher, a student in his history class and E.C. Glass's starting quarterback. Gallagher and others had never heard of Iverson.
"He was trying to warn me how good this person was," Gallagher said.
When Gallagher arrived at City Stadium in Richmond, he wondered what all the fuss was about. During warm-ups, he and his teammates looked over at Iverson getting ready for the game. They weren't too impressed. "We were like, 'Man, his legs look like noodles and his arms like noodles. We got this,'" Gallagher said.
That confidence didn't survive long past kickoff. In the first quarter, Iverson ran for a touchdown and returned a punt 60 yards for another. He later intercepted two passes on defense and threw for 201 yards in Bethel's 27-0 victory, the school's first state championship since 1976. "His speed was just extraordinary," Gallagher said. "He was so quick."
Iverson's heroics didn't surprise Henson, who coached E.C. Glass for 21 years. During that time, he faced future NFL quarterback Michael Vick and receiver Ronald Curry, who was the national high school player of the year as a quarterback in 1996. Neither of those guys compared with Iverson, he says.
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As expected, when the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the finalists for enshrinement in the Hall's Class of 2016 during media day at All-Star Weekend in Toronto, Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson headlined the list of luminaries
They were joined at the announcement by Yao Ming, who was not officially anounced as a finalist on Friday, but who had previously been nominated for enshrinement through the Hall's International Committtee, and will join them in consideration for a spot in this summer's class.
The three stars became eligible for induction this season thanks to a pair of calls made last year by the Hall's decision-makers. First, they determined that Iverson's 10-game post-NBA stint playing in Turkey didn't count as a full season of professional play, meaning that A.I. — who didn't officially announce his retirement until October 2013, but who played his final NBA game in February 2010 — met the criteria of being "fully retired for five years before being eligible for Enshrinement." Then, they changed that guideline altogether, reducing the waiting period from five years to four years and opening the door to nomination for O'Neal and Yao, both of whom played their last NBA game during the 2010-11 season.
Some have charged that the Hall made those decisions in order to avoid fielding a 2016 class lacking in star power, especially coming on the heels of a 2015 ceremony that saw many worthy Hall of Famers enshrined — Dikembe Mutombo, Spencer Haywood, Jo Jo White, John Calipari, Lisa Leslie, Tommy Heinsohn and Louie Dampier, among others — but that didn't generate widespread crossover interest ... or, at least, not quite the level of interest that stars like Shaq, A.I. and Yao would generate. Hall of Fame President John Doleva, however, has said the decisions weren't driven by marketing.
Whatever the motivation, we're here now, which means we're all but assured a Shaq speech at the Hall this summer ... and, judging by the way he held court on Friday, that figures to be quite an event:
Iverson made seven All-NBA teams and 11 All-Star teams, won four scoring titles and one MVP award, ranks in the top 25 in NBA history in per-game scoring and total points, and made an indelible mark on the culture of the game, but as SB Nation's Tom Ziller noted in September, the "secretive voting body in charge of the Hall" might not be so thrilled about ushering A.I. into Springfield.
That's "Springfield," Allen.
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