克林頓高瞻遠矚的神話
[2002-09-10]
澳大利亞的《澳大利亞人》報2002-09-10報道:在2001-09-10這一天,比爾.克林頓在墨爾本的一個午餐會上,說:"在往下的三十年中,最大的安全隱患,不大會來自國家之間真刀真槍的戰爭,而更會是來自非國家形式的行動,來自有先進武器的恐怖分子、毒販和黑幫。我給你們一個例子。你們記得兩年前,那是我作為總統最困難的日子,美國駐肯尼亞和坦桑尼亞的大使館被炸掉。很多美國人被害,連同更多的非洲人。他們是被由本.拉登領導的恐怖組織殺害的。本.拉登,這個流亡到阿富汗的沙特阿拉伯人,通過互聯網與追隨者聯繫。他們擁有先進的武器,並且想方設法搞生化武器。"('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.')
關於恐怖分子的預感和預言,不單只克林頓由此高瞻遠矚,電影《真實的謊言》的製作者早就有此擔憂。筆者於1994年看完這齣電影就一直堅信:"《真實的謊言》將會成真。",雖然,在電視直播目睹它成真時卻不敢相信。
"許多國會議員對我干預波斯尼亞、科索沃、趕走海地獨裁者等不以為然,但是,美國是政治、經濟和軍事的世界獨強,有沉重的責任去推動世界的和平,自由和穩定。哪裡沒有這些事物,哪裡就會有問題發生。"('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.'
這聽起來與小布什總統今天關於薩特姆.侯賽恩的豪言壯語同出一徹。
只不過在當年,被性醜聞搞的灰頭灰臉的克林頓,其對恐怖分子的報復攻擊常被解釋為轉移視線。
盡力舒展美國的超霸力量,推廣和平、自由和穩定,並以此為招牌推銷美國資本,克林頓和小布什並無分別。分別是,克林頓政府的工作比較細緻綜合,比較關心中東。
滑稽的是,美國之音評論員(一個類似人民日報評論員的職位)曹長青先生封克林頓政府為"左派克林頓政府"。仿佛,右派的對頭一定是左派。
曹長青先生的結論是:"在美國強大的軍事保護傘之下,那裡的無數人早已忘記了納粹用炮火和鮮血給過他們的教訓。它再次反映出人類對邪惡的無知、輕信,以及永遠被教訓、卻永不長記性的愚蠢。"這也許就是曹長青先生希望讀者能得出的歷史教訓。
德國哲學家黑格爾曾說過:"最大的歷史教訓是,人類並沒有從歷史中吸取教訓。"。然而,是麼是歷史教訓?歷史教訓是基於歷史事件的現象,還是基於現象背後的根源和本質?人類為什麼沒有從歷史中吸取教訓?
關於這方面的歷史教訓,筆者十分認同王力雄先生的有關論述。這裡就不贅筆墨了。