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| 鲍威尔：历史将证明美国对伊动武的“正确性” |
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| NEWS.SOHU.COM 2003年01月27日08:49 |
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中国日报网站消息：1月26日，美国国务卿鲍威尔在瑞士达沃士世界经济论坛上说，目前看来“只有通过武力”才能使萨达姆解除武装了，他还呼吁世界各国领导结成一个“伟大的联盟”，准备同伊拉克作战。
《华盛顿邮报》称，鲍威尔的这番讲话是联合国武器核监委员会27日向安理会提交伊拉克武器报告前夕，布什政府向世界发出的最明显的对伊动武信号。鲍威尔说，由于伊拉克缺乏合作诚意，联合国武器核查人员已不可能完成任务。基于此,美国有权对其进行军事打击。
针对世界上不少国家要求美国给予武器核查人员更多的时间来完成他们的核查任务，鲍威尔说：“这不是时间问题，这是（萨达姆）不讲实情的问题。” 他说，美国不会匆忙对27日联合国武器对伊核查报告作出评判；然而，“很明显，时间已所剩无几了”。
鲍威尔对记者说：“我们必须在反恐怖战争中采取下一步行动，历史将证明，我们是否有那份力量、那份坚韧和那份意志，投入到下一场战斗中去。” （信莲）
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix is expected to report Monday to the Security Council that the Iraqi government continues to refuse to take an active role in the inspections process. The council will debate the matter late in the week amid strong signs that a formal decision about the use of force is at least several weeks away.
On Saturday, Hussein's top adviser on weapons issues said the military build up in the region makes war almost inevitable. Gen. Amir Saadi told American reporters that Iraq already believes it is doing all it can to prevent the military conflict. He said no matter what Iraq does, the Bush administration will ask for more.
In Davos, Powell sought to answer critics, particularly in Europe, who question U.S. motives and the pace of the administration's anti-Hussein effort. His trip followed a week when Security Council mrs France, Germany and Russia made very public their view that the Americans are moving too quickly.
The Bush administration has advertised that it is prepared to act without U.N. approval, if necessary, to disarm Iraq and overthrow Hussein's dictatorship. But with Powell taking the diplomatic lead, the administration is hoping to assemble a broader coalition that can intimidate the Iraqi leader, inspire a coup against him or defeat him if he resists.
Powell's speech is part of an administration campaign to bolster public opinion at home and abroad. It began in earnest last week with prominent speeches by his deputy, Richard L. Armitage, and deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz. It continues Tuesday night with President Bush's State of the Union address, where Powell said Bush would lay out a case against Iraq but not deliver any dramatic announcements.
At an annual conference of opinion leaders whose theme this year is "Building Trust," Powell responded to doubts about U.S. foreign policy.
He said the United States can be trusted to use its enormous economic, political and military power wisely. In an effort to repair recent damage, he pledged to work closely with Europe, "home of our closest friends and partners."
Powell said pointedly, however, that the 15 Security Council mrs who unanimously threatened "serious consequences" against Iraq in Novr knew they would be asked to approve military force if Hussein fell short.
He challenged the countries not to shy away from a confrontation.
"There was no confusion on this point. Everybody knew what that meant," Powell said. He pledged the administration would reveal more of its evidence about Iraq's weapons programs, but called the existing public case "persuasive." Only those who oppose using force entirely could disagree, he suggested.
Powell said Hussein has "clear ties to terrorist groups including al Qaeda," and said the longer the international community waits, the greater the chance that Hussein will share his weapons and technology or use them again. Hussein has used poison gas on his own people and on neighboring Iran.
"The support of U.S. intelligence and the intelligence of other nations can take the inspectors only so far," Powell said. "Without Iraq's full and active cooperation, the 100 or so inspectors would have to look under every roof and search the back of every truck in a country the size of California to find the munitions and programs for which Iraq has failed to account."
When a representative of Amnesty International asked Powell whether the potential benefits of an invasion of Iraq were worth risking a humanitarian calamity in Iraq and the region, he replied that Iraqis are suffering now and post-Hussein Iraq would offer greater opportunities to them.
Powell again defended the use of military force in response to a question from George Carey , the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who asked about he relative merits of "hard power," or military force, in contrast to "soft power," such as economic assistance, international agreements or the force of example.
"There comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work, where unfortunately hard power is the only thing that works," Powell said.
"There are still leaders around who will say you do not have the will to prevail over my evil, and I think we are facing one of those times now," he said.
On his way to Switzerland aboard an Air Force jet Friday night, Powell described to reporters his current thinking about Iraq. He is hoping the views of the Security Council governments develop in a similar way.
Powell said it was important last year to give Hussein "one last chance" to meet U.N. requirements and to allow inspectors to oversee the process. He pushed for the "serious consequences" warning in case of Iraq's "continued intransigence and misbehavior and lying and cheating and deceiving." |
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