美國共和黨多名亞洲專家倒戈支持希拉里
A group of senior Republican Asia experts have declared their support for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, warning that Donald Trump would lead to the “ruinous marginalisation” of the US in Asia if elected president.
多名共和黨(Republican)亞洲專家宣稱支持民主黨(Democratic)候選人希拉里•克林頓(Hillary Clinton)，並警告稱唐納德•特蘭普(Donald Trump)一旦當選總統，會導致美國在亞洲遭遇“毀滅性的邊緣化”。
In the latest open letter by prominent Republicans denouncing their party’s nominee, a group of former officials who served in previous GOP administrations say they would “reluctantly for some but unavoidably” be voting for Mrs Clinton.
這是知名共和黨人譴責這位該黨提名人的最新一封公開信。在這封公開信中，多名曾在共和黨行政當局效力的前官員表示，他們中“部分人將不情願卻不可避免地”投票支持希拉里。
“The current Republican presidential candidate offers only bluster or preposterous panaceas for Asia — ideas which, if they ever find their way into policy, will wreck our country’s credibility, economy and leadership in very short order,” says a copy of the letter seen by the Financial Times.
英國《金融時報》看到的該信副本寫道：“當前的共和黨總統候選人能爲亞洲提供的，只有虛張聲勢或違背常識的萬靈藥——那些思路一旦進入政策，會在極短時間內嚴重破壞我國的可信度、經濟和領導力。”
The repudiation by the anti-Trump Asia specialists, who include former senior officials at the White House, Pentagon, state department and the USAID development agency, comes in an open letter set to be published this week.
這些反特朗普的亞洲專家包括了曾在白宮(White House)、五角大樓(Pentagon)、美國國務院和美國國際開發署(USAID)任職的高官。他們在定於本週發表的一封公開信中表達了自己的觀點。
The letter's signatories include several George W Bush administration officials, among them Michael Green, senior director for Asia on the White House’s national security council; James Clad, deputy assistant secretary of defence for Asia; Patrick Cronin, who was number three at USAID; and Frank Lavin, former undersecretary of commerce.
該信的署名人包括了幾名喬治•W•布什(George W Bush)政府的官員，其中包括白宮國家安全委員會的資深亞洲主管邁克爾•格林(Michael Green)、主管亞洲防務的副助理部長詹姆斯•克萊德(James Clad)、美國國際開發署第三號人物帕特里克•克羅寧(Patrick Cronin)、以及前商務部副部長雷文凱(Frank Lavin)。
If Mr Trump were to put his “nostrums” into practice as president, he would risk pushing key US allies into China’s arms, the letter warns.
這封信警告稱，一旦特朗普以總統身份將其“偏方”付諸實踐，他可能會將美國的關鍵盟友推向中國的懷抱。
“In their varying ways, Asia’s big or small countries will be forced to tilt towards America’s challengers, most especially the Chinese. Some of them may move quickly to seek security in a new proliferation of nuclear weapons,” it says.
公開信表示：“亞洲大小國家將以不同方式被迫倒向挑戰美國的人——尤其是中國人。其中一些國家或許會迅速採取行動，在新一輪核武器擴散中尋求安全。”
