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グローバル人材育成の道｜海野惠一（元アクセンチュア代表）2017年02月22日
真実、嘘 そしてトランプ政権 嘘をつくことはアメリカの外交政策の基礎にはなりえない。
Truth, lies and the Trump administration
Falsehood cannot be the basis for US foreign policy
JANUARY 23, 2017 by: Gideon Rachman FT
真実、嘘 そしてトランプ政権
嘘をつくことはアメリカの外交政策の基礎にはなりえない。
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The man from the BBC was laughing as he reported the White House’s false claims about the size of the crowd at Donald Trump’s inauguration. He should have been crying. What we are witnessing is the destruction of the credibility of the American government.
destruction ：破滅状態
This spectacle of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US democracy. But the rest of the world — and, in particular, America’s allies — should also be frightened. A Trump administration that is addicted to the “big lie” has very dangerous implications for global security.
spectacle：異様な有様
peddled：広めて回る
frightened：心配する
As Robert Moore, the Washington correspondent for ITN, puts it: “If the White House press secretary says things that we know to be demonstrably false, why will we trust him on North Korea, Russia, Iran [and the] war on Isis?” That is not just a good question — it is a vital one.
demonstrably：実証できるように
vital：極めて重要な
There are international crises during every US presidency. The Trump administration is likely to be particularly crisis-prone, given the new president’s volatile and aggressive nature. When an international confrontation looms, the US has traditionally looked to its allies for support — at the UN or even on the battlefield. But how will America be able to rally support, in the Trump era, if its allies no longer believe what the US president and his aides have to say?
crisis-prone：危機を起こしがちな
confrontation：対立
rally：支持を集める
It is true that faith in America’s word was badly damaged by the failure to find weapons of mass destruction after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. But most of America’s friends were still willing to believe that the US had blundered on the basis of false intelligence, rather than deliberately lying to make the case for war. Since the Iraq war, the Obama administration has done a lot to rebuild faith in the credibility of the US government.
blundered：大失敗する
deliberately：故意に
Mr Trump is undoing all that good work in days. He is in a different category of dishonesty from the villains of yesteryear, such as Dick Cheney, George W Bush’s vice-president. With Mr Trump, the lies are so frequent and so flagrant that they are undeniable.
villains：悪役・悪人
yesteryear：昨年
flagrant：たちの悪い
Some may argue, desperately, that lying about the size of the crowds at the inauguration, or about disputes with the intelligence services, are just “little” lies that need not affect the Trump administration’s credibility on serious issues of war and peace.
desperately：やけになって
That ignores the fact that Mr Trump’s political career has been soaked in falsehoods from the start. It began on the basis of a lie — that President Barack Obama was not born in America — and proceeded from there.
soaked：満ちてきた
proceeded ：し始める
If the Trump administration now destroys American credibility, it will have handed the Russian and Chinese governments a victory of historic proportions. The cold war was a battle not just about economics or military strength, but also about the truth. The Soviet Union collapsed, in the end, partly because it was too obvious that it was a regime based on lies.
victory of historic proportions：取り返しのつかないほどの勝利
Modern Russia has adopted a more sophisticated form of dishonesty. Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin claims, with a knowing wink, that everybody lies and manipulates, and that the White House is no different from the Kremlin. Russia has made some progress with this strategy. But it also has clear limitations. The Kremlin was unable convincingly to deny that Russian weaponry was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014. The result was the imposition of further international economic sanctions on Russia.
wink：得意顔で目配せをして
convincingly：人が納得できるように
imposition：課すこと
But in any future struggle over the true version of events during an international crisis, the rest of the world may be now no more inclined to believe Mr Trump’s America than Mr Putin’s Russia.
Having a liar in the White House is a disaster not just for global security but also for the cause of democracy all over the world. Until now, dissidents in Russia, China or other authoritarian regimes could wage a lonely and dangerous fight for the truth, and point to the west to show that a better way existed. They could argue that lies are not the norm and that “the truth will set us free”. But the word freedom barely figured in Mr Trump’s inaugural address. And the US president is clearly indifferent to the truth.
dissidents：反体制派
norm：規範
barely：ほとんどない
indifferent：無関心
If the Trump administration cannot be relied upon to stand up for normal standards of honesty in politics, where else can the world turn? The German government, led by Angela Merkel, cannot do it alone. The British may be too desperate to do a trade deal with the US to take any chances with its relationship with Mr Trump. Indeed, there is a real risk that Theresa May, the UK prime minister, will abase herself and her country by embracing Mr Trump too tightly when she visits Washington later this week.
desperate：深刻な
abase：卑下する・へりくだる
The European democracies could still set an example, by demonstrating that most western countries do not practise the debased discourse of Trumpism. But the biggest role in protecting the truth — and therefore democracy itself — will fall to Americans.
debased：品格を落とした
discourse：対話・談話
fall to：に義務がある
The press will need to be robust and courageous. The legal system, in which the truth still matters, may ultimately determine the fate of this administration.
robust：断固とした
American institutions from the media to Congress and the courts have demonstrated their independence from the White House in the past. They are about to be tested as never before.
トランプの嘘はアメリカのみならず、世界を混乱させるだろう。アメリカがしっかりしなければ他の誰も世界の秩序を維持することはできない。報道が断固として彼の嘘に対して立ち上がらなければならない。政府に対抗して議会や司法がある。彼らに訴えていくべきだろう。
確かにトランプは品格を書いた嘘をついてきた。多分、それは彼の性格だろう。彼には徳がない。育ちが悪いのかもしれない。悪いことを今までの経緯を無視して、率直に言うことが彼の支持されている理由だ。こうして、彼の嘘が続くようであれば彼は長くはないかもしれない。
木曜日。今日は大神さんと河田先生との会食が六本木である。ではまた明日。
Falsehood cannot be the basis for US foreign policy
JANUARY 23, 2017 by: Gideon Rachman FT
真実、嘘 そしてトランプ政権
嘘をつくことはアメリカの外交政策の基礎にはなりえない。
The man from the BBC was laughing as he reported the White House’s false claims about the size of the crowd at Donald Trump’s inauguration. He should have been crying. What we are witnessing is the destruction of the credibility of the American government.
destruction ：破滅状態
This spectacle of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US democracy. But the rest of the world — and, in particular, America’s allies — should also be frightened. A Trump administration that is addicted to the “big lie” has very dangerous implications for global security.
spectacle：異様な有様
peddled：広めて回る
frightened：心配する
As Robert Moore, the Washington correspondent for ITN, puts it: “If the White House press secretary says things that we know to be demonstrably false, why will we trust him on North Korea, Russia, Iran [and the] war on Isis?” That is not just a good question — it is a vital one.
demonstrably：実証できるように
vital：極めて重要な
There are international crises during every US presidency. The Trump administration is likely to be particularly crisis-prone, given the new president’s volatile and aggressive nature. When an international confrontation looms, the US has traditionally looked to its allies for support — at the UN or even on the battlefield. But how will America be able to rally support, in the Trump era, if its allies no longer believe what the US president and his aides have to say?
crisis-prone：危機を起こしがちな
confrontation：対立
rally：支持を集める
It is true that faith in America’s word was badly damaged by the failure to find weapons of mass destruction after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. But most of America’s friends were still willing to believe that the US had blundered on the basis of false intelligence, rather than deliberately lying to make the case for war. Since the Iraq war, the Obama administration has done a lot to rebuild faith in the credibility of the US government.
blundered：大失敗する
deliberately：故意に
Mr Trump is undoing all that good work in days. He is in a different category of dishonesty from the villains of yesteryear, such as Dick Cheney, George W Bush’s vice-president. With Mr Trump, the lies are so frequent and so flagrant that they are undeniable.
villains：悪役・悪人
yesteryear：昨年
flagrant：たちの悪い
Some may argue, desperately, that lying about the size of the crowds at the inauguration, or about disputes with the intelligence services, are just “little” lies that need not affect the Trump administration’s credibility on serious issues of war and peace.
desperately：やけになって
That ignores the fact that Mr Trump’s political career has been soaked in falsehoods from the start. It began on the basis of a lie — that President Barack Obama was not born in America — and proceeded from there.
soaked：満ちてきた
proceeded ：し始める
If the Trump administration now destroys American credibility, it will have handed the Russian and Chinese governments a victory of historic proportions. The cold war was a battle not just about economics or military strength, but also about the truth. The Soviet Union collapsed, in the end, partly because it was too obvious that it was a regime based on lies.
victory of historic proportions：取り返しのつかないほどの勝利
Modern Russia has adopted a more sophisticated form of dishonesty. Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin claims, with a knowing wink, that everybody lies and manipulates, and that the White House is no different from the Kremlin. Russia has made some progress with this strategy. But it also has clear limitations. The Kremlin was unable convincingly to deny that Russian weaponry was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014. The result was the imposition of further international economic sanctions on Russia.
wink：得意顔で目配せをして
convincingly：人が納得できるように
imposition：課すこと
But in any future struggle over the true version of events during an international crisis, the rest of the world may be now no more inclined to believe Mr Trump’s America than Mr Putin’s Russia.
Having a liar in the White House is a disaster not just for global security but also for the cause of democracy all over the world. Until now, dissidents in Russia, China or other authoritarian regimes could wage a lonely and dangerous fight for the truth, and point to the west to show that a better way existed. They could argue that lies are not the norm and that “the truth will set us free”. But the word freedom barely figured in Mr Trump’s inaugural address. And the US president is clearly indifferent to the truth.
dissidents：反体制派
norm：規範
barely：ほとんどない
indifferent：無関心
If the Trump administration cannot be relied upon to stand up for normal standards of honesty in politics, where else can the world turn? The German government, led by Angela Merkel, cannot do it alone. The British may be too desperate to do a trade deal with the US to take any chances with its relationship with Mr Trump. Indeed, there is a real risk that Theresa May, the UK prime minister, will abase herself and her country by embracing Mr Trump too tightly when she visits Washington later this week.
desperate：深刻な
abase：卑下する・へりくだる
The European democracies could still set an example, by demonstrating that most western countries do not practise the debased discourse of Trumpism. But the biggest role in protecting the truth — and therefore democracy itself — will fall to Americans.
debased：品格を落とした
discourse：対話・談話
fall to：に義務がある
The press will need to be robust and courageous. The legal system, in which the truth still matters, may ultimately determine the fate of this administration.
robust：断固とした
American institutions from the media to Congress and the courts have demonstrated their independence from the White House in the past. They are about to be tested as never before.
トランプの嘘はアメリカのみならず、世界を混乱させるだろう。アメリカがしっかりしなければ他の誰も世界の秩序を維持することはできない。報道が断固として彼の嘘に対して立ち上がらなければならない。政府に対抗して議会や司法がある。彼らに訴えていくべきだろう。
確かにトランプは品格を書いた嘘をついてきた。多分、それは彼の性格だろう。彼には徳がない。育ちが悪いのかもしれない。悪いことを今までの経緯を無視して、率直に言うことが彼の支持されている理由だ。こうして、彼の嘘が続くようであれば彼は長くはないかもしれない。
木曜日。今日は大神さんと河田先生との会食が六本木である。ではまた明日。
