やしの実通信 by Dr Rieko Hayakawa

太平洋を渡り歩いて35年。島と海を国際政治、開発、海洋法の視点で見ていきます。

日本の政治家が太平洋島嶼国の政治家に遠く及ばない件

日本の政治家は、太平洋島嶼国の政治家のセンスには遠く及ばない、と常々感じている。

サモア独立50周年を前に米中の対太平洋支援合戦を巡って、サモアの首相がオーストラリアラジオのインタビューに答えている。

この位のジャブは平気で出すのだ。

太平洋での米国の悪評はケネディとベスト&ブライテストの遺産だ。

"It’s all rubbish, some three years ago I was asked (by a US envoy) to have a meeting at the meeting of the Forum in Australia, and he asked me whether we would like the United States to do some projects for us. I said I do not know whether you are joking! We’ve asked the Americans many times but you never do anything for Samoa, so I’m wasting my time on you. All I can read very clearly is that you are only interested in areas where fighting - wars are fought.And I know why. So that it will help your industries, your war machines, but you’re not interested in the Pacific because it is peaceful. And I know also you’ve promised many times the other islands in the Pacific for help, you really have been paying lip service to us."

Prime Minister Sailele interviewed by Radio Australia (http://bit.ly/LugkQm)