克林顿高瞻远瞩的神话
澳大利亚的《澳大利亚人》报2002-09-10报道:在2001-09-10这一天,比尔.克林顿在墨尔本的一个午餐会上,说:"在往下的三十年中,最大的安全隐患,不大会来自国家之间真刀真枪的战争,而更会是来自非国家形式的行动,来自有先进武器的恐怖分子、毒贩和黑帮。我给你们一个例子。你们记得两年前,那是我作为总统最困难的日子,美国驻肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚的大使馆被炸掉。很多美国人被害,连同更多的非洲人。他们是被由本.拉登领导的恐怖组织杀害的。本.拉登,这个流亡到阿富汗的沙特阿拉伯人,通过互联网与追随者联系。他们拥有先进的武器,并且想方设法搞生化武器。"('The biggest security threat of the next 30 years, I think, is likely to be not countries going to war with each other or even lobbing missiles at each other. it is likely to come from non-national actions - from terrorists, narco-tacffickers, organised criminals, armed with sophisticated weapons. I will just give you one example. you remember a couple of years ago, one of the worst days of my life as president was when two American embassies were blown up in Africa - two African countries, in Kenya and Tanzania. A lot of Americans were killed. More Africans were killed. They were killed b a terrorist organisation headed by Osama bin Laden, a Saudi exile living in Afghanistan, communicating with his followers over the internet. They have exceedingly sophisticated weapons and are doing everything they can to get their hands on chemical and biological weapons.')
关于恐怖分子的预感和预言,不单只克林顿由此高瞻远瞩,电影《真实的谎言》的制作者早就有此担忧。笔者于1994年看完这出电影就一直坚信:"《真实的谎言》将会成真。",虽然,在电视直播目睹它成真时却不敢相信。
"许多国会议员对我干预波斯尼亚、科索沃、赶走海地独裁者等不以为然,但是,美国是政治、经济和军事的世界独强,有沉重的责任去推动世界的和平,自由和稳定。哪里没有这些事物,哪里就会有问题发生。"('A lot of people in the Congress thought I was nuts to get into Bosnia, Ksovo, throw out the milltary dictator in Haiti and send 500 troops over here to get the Aussies in and out of East Timor, but it seems to me that the US - in this unique but, I assure you, fleeting moment where they are the dominant economic, political and military power in the world - has a heavy responsibility to try [to] promote peace and freedom and stability everywhere in the world. Because wherever it doesn't exist is another place where we may have problems down the road.'
这听起来与小布什总统今天关于萨特姆.侯赛恩的豪言壮语同出一徹。
只不过在当年,被性丑闻搞的灰头灰脸的克林顿,其对恐怖分子的报复攻击常被解释为转移视线。
尽力舒展美国的超霸力量,推广和平、自由和稳定,并以此为招牌推销美国资本,克林顿和小布什并无分别。分别是,克林顿政府的工作比较细致综合,比较关心中东。
滑稽的是,美国之音评论员(一个类似人民日报评论员的职位)曹长青先生封克林顿政府为"左派克林顿政府"。仿佛,右派的对头一定是左派。
曹长青先生的结论是:"在美国强大的军事保护伞之下,那里的无数人早已忘记了纳粹用炮火和鲜血给过他们的教训。它再次反映出人类对邪恶的无知、轻信,以及永远被教训、却永不长记性的愚蠢。"这也许就是曹长青先生希望读者能得出的历史教训。
德国哲学家黑格尔曾说过:"最大的历史教训是,人类并没有从历史中吸取教训。"。然而,是么是历史教训?历史教训是基于历史事件的现象,还是基于现象背后的根源和本质?人类为什么没有从历史中吸取教训?
关于这方面的历史教训,笔者十分认同王力雄先生的有关论述。这里就不赘笔墨了。
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