公眾人物畢業(yè)演講(MP3+字幕)第114期:奧巴馬美國軍事學院(18)

We can't exempt ourselves from the rules that applyto everybody else

我們不能只要求別的國家遵守國際規(guī)則 而自己逍遙法外

We can't call on others to make commitments tocombat climate change if a whole lot of our politicalleaders deny that it's taking place

我們不能只要求別的國家在對抗氣候變化方面作出承諾而自己國家的好多政治領導者都否認氣候變化正在發(fā)生

We can't try to resolve problems in the South China Sea when we have refused to make surethat the Law of the Sea Convention is ratified by our United States Senate

我們不能指望通過國際規(guī)則解決南中國海問題而自己國家的參議院卻拒絕批準海洋法公約我不知道參議院是怎么想的

despite the fact that our top military leaders say the treaty advances our national security

至少最高軍事領袖們都一致認為這一公約能夠促進國家安全

That's not leadership; that's retreat

國會的這種做法不是領導 而是退避

That's not strength; that's weakness

這表現出的不是強大 而是軟弱

It would be utterly foreign to leaders like Roosevelt and Truman Eisenhower and Kennedy

羅斯福 杜魯門 艾森豪威爾 肯尼迪等領袖肯定都不會同意這樣做

I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being

我確實深信美國特殊主義

But what makes us exceptional is not our ability to flout international norms and the rule oflaw it is our willingness to affirm them through our actions

但美國的特殊并不體現在美國能夠藐視國際準則和法律規(guī)范而應體現在我們貫徹落實它們的決心

And that's why I will continue to push to close Gitmo because American values and legaltraditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders

鑒于以上這些 我將繼續(xù)努力促進關塔那摩監(jiān)獄的關閉因為美國價值和法律傳統(tǒng)不允許我們在境外無限期關押人員

That's why we're putting in place new restrictions on how America collects and usesintelligence

鑒于以上這些我們將對美國情報的收集和使用施加新的限制

because we will have fewer partners and be less effective if a perception takes hold that we'reconducting surveillance against ordinary citizens

如果美國給人留下的印象是對普通公民都要監(jiān)督愿意同美國合作的人就會減少 合作效率也會降低