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NEWSポストセブン｜箱入り娘のお嬢様アナほど芸人の誘い文句に乗りやすい理由
フジテレビの“ミタパン”こと三田友梨佳アナ（26）がぶちまけた。1月28日のトークバラエティ『ワイドナショー』で先輩が巻き込まれた“騒動”について聞かれ、こう叫んだのだ。
「もう、いいたいこといっぱいです！」「全く笑えないです」
「二股報道が報じられた頃、松村アナは『四大陸フィギュア』で台湾にいた。帰国して、さぞショックだったに違いない。周りは“あの男だけはやめたほうがいい”と心配しているのですが、彼女は周囲に“（陣内のことを）信じている”ともらしているようで、表向きは平静を装って黙々と仕事をこなしている。人を疑わないいい子なので、なおさらかわいそうですね」
「浮気された報道アナ」ミオパン出世コースから脱落 - ライブドアニュース
「彼女は滝川クリステル（３６）→秋元優里（３０）→大島由香里（３０）と続いた“報道のエースアナ路線”を継ぐホープとして、局側が手塩にかけて育ててきたんです。地味だけど優しい性格で局の誰からも好かれていた。清潔なイメージもある。（２０１２年から）夕方の『スーパーニュース』を担当しているけど、そのうち報道番組の花形である深夜の『ニュースＪＡＰＡＮ』に抜てきされる出世コースを歩んでいました」
「実は松村アナ、陣内さんと付き合う前にプロ野球選手と交際していたんです。価値観の違いで２〜３年前に破局。傷心の松村アナを慰めたのが、陣内さんだった。今頃になって“その選手との付き合いが続いていればよかったのに…”ともっぱらですよ」
「二股の“被害者”ではあるけれど“付き合う男を選べよ！”と一部の上層部は激怒。報道アナのエース候補がいなくなった」（前出関係者）
「ただでさえ視聴率が低迷している。それに加えて報道アナが“飛んだ”格好になって、泣きっ面に蜂ですよ」（同）
ミオパンが気の毒でならない。
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Twitter / SamOrnelas1: @IndraPetersons but the true
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【ソチ五輪】ロシア国民の観戦計画は「０％」 世論調査 - ソチ冬季五輪2014 - MSN産経ニュース
旅費が高騰して一般国民に手が届かないレベルにまで達していることや、長期休暇シーズンではないことなどが背景にありそうだ。
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「プーチン政権が人権侵害」２０００人抗議デモ : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）
デモは「自由のための行進」と名付けられ、プーチン氏が大統領に就任する前日の２０１２年５月６日に開かれた野党主導のデモで、拘束された人々の釈放を求めた。
デモを呼びかけた野党勢力は、ソチ五輪について、１兆５０００億ルーブル（約４兆６０００億円）と巨額の予算がつぎ込まれ、汚職によって多くの額が失われたと批判している。
ソチオリンピックの開会を５日後に控えた２日、ロシアの首都モスクワの中心部で、政府の許可の下、プーチン政権の人権問題への対応に抗議するデモが行われました。
デモには主催者側の発表でおよそ６０００人、政府側の発表でおよそ２０００人が参加し、氷点下１０度を下回る寒さの中、政治犯の解放や同性愛者の権利などを求めて市内を行進しました。
プーチン政権の人権問題への対応を巡っては、ソチオリンピックを機に欧米諸国から批判が高まっていて、アメリカやフランスなどの首脳は、オリンピックの開会式に出席しない予定です。
これに対しプーチン大統領は、このところ、２万人以上の受刑者らに恩赦を与えたり、「オリンピックではどんな人も差別しない」と繰り返し発言したりして人権問題に配慮する姿勢を示しており、今回、首都中心部での抗議デモを許可した背景には、欧米からの批判をかわすねらいがあるとみられます。
デモの参加者は、こうした大統領のねらいを指摘しつつ、「私たちが抗議の気持ちを示し続けることは重要だ」とか、「オリンピックを控えた政権の対応は見せかけだ」などと話していました。
Putin critic Navalny seeks permission to visit Sochi | Reuters
Russian opposition figure and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, who is restricted from travelling outside Moscow, has requested permission to visit Sochi during the Winter Olympics, according to his blog and his press secretary.
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米国務長官、ウクライナ野党勢力に結束呼びかけ : YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）
ケリー長官は会談で、「民主主義と親欧州路線を主張する野党勢力を支援する」との米国の立場を強調、野党勢力に結束を呼びかけた。
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Ukraine frees tortured activist as president returns to work | Reuters
The Ukrainian government bowed to intense Western pressure on Sunday to let an opposition activist fly abroad for treatment after his abduction, torture and then attempted arrest by police outraged critics of President Viktor Yanukovich.
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Russia threatens to quit START as US deploys Aegis destroyer to Spain ― RT News
The US has deployed a ballistic missile defense destroyer to Spain to boost NATO’s anti-missile shield in Europe. The move, allegedly aimed at curbing the Iranian threat, has sparked talks about Russia possibly scrapping the START nuclear treaty.
The deployment of the Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook, equipped with the Aegis shipboard integrated combat weapons system, was announced by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
“An important posture enhancement is European missile defense in response to ballistic missile threats from Iran,” Hagel said, adding that the US is committed “to deploying missile defense architecture there,” as a part of Phase 3 of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA).
Hagel also said that over the next two years, three additional Aegis-enabled missile defense-capable destroyers will join the effort to protect NATO countries on the European continent.
“Despite fiscal constraints, the budget that we will release next month fully protects our investment in European missile defense,” Hagel said, reiterating views he also expressed on a visit to Poland earlier last week.
“There are some capabilities that the United States military will continue to invest heavily in,” Hagel told the Munich conference. “We will continue to be the world leader in those kinds of capabilities.”
In his Munich speech, Hagel also mentioned that China and Russia “are rapidly modernizing their militaries and global defense industries, challenging our technological edge and defense partnerships around the world.”
The USS Donald Cook will become the first of four ballistic missile defense (BMD)-capable ships based in Europe. It will be joined by the destroyer Ross in a few months, while Carney and Porter will reach European waters in 2015.
The Obama administration claims this deployment will serve to protect US allies in Europe from Iranian and possibly North Korean missile threats.
The destroyers in Spain are known as “forward deployed naval forces” (FDNF), as they enable the US Navy to provide more forward-based presence with fewer ships, and also cut down on the transit time when tackling a wide range of threats.
“Permanently forward-deploying four ships in Rota will enable us to be in the right place, not just at the right time, but all the time,” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said, Defense News reported.
In the meantime, if the US continues boosting its anti-missile capabilities through developing its missile defense system in Europe, Russia may eventually be forced to withdraw from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the Russian Foreign Ministry’s top disarmament official, Mikhail Ulyanov, has warned.
"We are concerned that the US is continuing to build up missile defense capability without considering the interests and concerns of Russia,” Ulyanov told Interfax. “Such a policy can undermine strategic stability and lead to a situation where Russia will be forced to exercise [its] right of withdrawal from the [START] treaty.”
Ulyanov said that the legal basis for Moscow to scrap the START treaty is legislated for within the text of the agreement, which Russia says it has so far fully implemented. In certain exceptional cases, involving a known threat to national security, both Russia and the US have the option to quit the treaty.
“The statement on missile defense made by the Russian side on April 8, 2010, at the signing of the START Treaty, explicitly states that such exceptional circumstances include the build-up of missile defense systems by the United States, which threatens the potential of Russian Federation’s strategic nuclear forces,” Ulyanov said. “A similar [regulation] is contained in the Federal Law on the Ratification of the New START treaty.”
Ulyanov said that "at the current stage” Russian experts estimate that the US missile defense system “has not yet reached a level that would represent a threat to the efficiency of Russian strategic deterrence forces.”
Moscow hopes to eventually come to terms with Washington on the issue of European missile shield, Ulyanov said. “Such a chance, of course, remains, but everything depends on the political will of the US.”
The New START Treaty was signed between US and Russia in April 2010 and entered into force after ratification in February 2011. It is planned to last until at least 2021.
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Israeli minister attacks Kerry over boycott warnings | Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is holding a gun to Israel's head in peace talks with the Palestinians by warning it could face international isolation if negotiations failed, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday.
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Tens of thousands protest in France defending traditional family values (PHOTOS) ― RT News
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Paris and Lyon Sunday to protest against France’s legalization of gay marriage and defend their interpretation of traditional family values, which brought together conservatives from across France.
French conservatives march against government 'family-phobia' | Reuters
Over 100,000 conservative French marched through Paris and Lyon on Sunday accusing the government of "family-phobia" for legalizing gay marriage and other planned policies they say will harm traditional families.
The marchers, expressing growing frustration with the unpopular left-wing government, denounced new sex equality lessons in schools and urged the government not to legalize medical procedures to help same-sex couples have children.
One Paris protester, Severine Chevrier, said: "Mr Hollande doesn't listen to us or want to talk to us (and) Mr Valls ... will do everything to shut us up."
"We have the same message (as last year), we just want it to be heard," said Michel Girard, also marching in the capital. "It's the defense of children and the family."
The protesters, many mobilized by Catholic groups and including some Muslims, warned the government not to legalize assisted reproduction for lesbians or make surrogate motherhood an option for gay males who want genetically related children.
French law currently allows assisted reproduction for married couples with infertility problems. Lesbian couples who want this option can cross the borders to Belgium or Spain, where it is legal for them.
Government ministers insist those procedures are not in a planned draft law, but the protesters do not believe them.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the Catholic archbishop of Lyon who marched at the head of the protest there alongside Grand Mosque Rector Kamel Kabtane, said they could be included in amendments once the law goes to parliament in a few months.
In a tough interview in a Sunday newspaper, Valls spoke of "dark forces" dividing the country and implied the conservative protesters had links to far-right radicals who held a protest last week that ended with violence and anti-Semitic slogans.
He said a "French Tea Party" was being formed, referring to the right-wing U.S. political movement.
Geoffroy Didier, deputy secretary general of the centre-right UMP opposition party, accused the government of "pulling the pins on social grenades" during an economic crisis.
But he and most other UMP national leaders stayed away from the marches, in contrast to their wide support last year, and Catholic bishops were split about backing them.
The protesters also took aim at new gender equality lessons being tested in some state schools, which they said were covert attempts to teach children the so-called "gender theory" that says sex-related roles are social constructs rather than due to natural differences.
Education Minister Vincent Peillon insisted that the "Equality ABC" program only taught that boys and girls had equal rights, but its critics reject that, with some saying it encouraged children to be homosexual.
Conservatives are also angry that the government eased access to abortion last week and plans to legalize assisted suicide.
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Sri Lanka rejects 'reckless' U.S. criticism of its rights record | Reuters
Sri Lanka rejected U.S. criticism of its human rights record as "grossly disproportionate" on Sunday, a day after a senior U.S. official said Washington would table a U.N. resolution against Colombo.
"The (U.S.) claims... are unsubstantiated. Reckless and irresponsible statements without evidence have been recoursed to in order to create an impact to give way to prejudged action," Sri Lanka's External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
In her criticism, Biswal also referred to attacks on mosques and churches on the island and said some Sri Lankans felt unable to practice their faith "freely and without fear".
Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese are largely Buddhist and its ethnic Tamil minority is mainly Hindu. The country also has small Christian and Muslim minorities.
The ministry said claims of religious intolerance were based on an attempt to present isolated incidents as commonplace.
"Attributing blame to the government is totally unwarranted.
While legal action has been taken with regard to some incidents, others have been settled amicably. Therefore, the criticism is grossly disproportionate and politically motivated," it said.
Senior U.S. officials declined to say what would be in the planned UN resolution, but U.S. embassy officials said it may repeat the call for an international investigation in Sri Lanka.
The External Affairs Ministry said that, as a sovereign democratic state, Sri Lanka "does not wish to be dictated to by others in the international community".
A top Sri Lankan official said in Washington last week that an international inquiry into war crimes would bring "chaos" and insisted that the government's national reconciliation process must be given several more years to work.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would push for an international inquiry into war crimes allegations if Sri Lanka does not conduct its own probe by March.
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France sees Iran opportunity if sanctions are lifted: Moscovici | Reuters
France will have "significant commercial opportunities" in Iran if sanctions are lifted, but Tehran first has to prove its good faith in abiding by nuclear undertakings, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Sunday.
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Iran says nuclear talks failure would be 'disaster' | Reuters
Iran's foreign minister held rare private talks with his U.S. counterpart on Sunday and said it would be a "disaster" if Tehran did not turn a provisional agreement to defuse a decade-old dispute over its nuclear program into a permanent deal.
イランの核開発問題を巡って、イランと欧米など関係６か国は、イランが核開発を制限する見返りに欧米側が経済制裁を緩和する第一段階の措置を実行に移していて、今月１８日からは、オーストリアのウィーンで最終的な合意を目指す交渉が始まることになっています。
この交渉について、イランのザリーフ外相は、２日、ドイツで開かれた国際会議で、「歴史的なチャンスであり、われわれはこの機会を生かさなければならない」と述べ、交渉の進展に期待を示しました。
そのうえで、最終的な合意に向けては、「バランスのとれた解決策や信頼関係の構築が必要だ」と指摘しました。
これに先立ってザリーフ外相は、アメリカのケリー国務長官と会談し、ケリー長官は、合意に向けて率直な意見交換が必要だとしたうえで、核開発を制限する措置を着実に履行するよう求めました。
ウィーンで行われる協議で、イランと欧米など関係６か国は、まず、第一段階の措置が確実に実行されているかどうかを確認したうえで、今後の交渉の進め方などについて議論するとみられます。
‘US counter-productive rhetoric can cripple positive effects of Iran nuclear deal’ ― RT Op-Edge
Although the US has lifted some restrictions under a nuclear deal with Iran, US Secretary of State John Kerry stated that they are there to stay. An advisor to Iran's negotiation team, Kaveh Afrasiabi, told RT that Kerry’s comments do more harm than good.
“Secretary Kerry reiterated the importance of both sides negotiating in good faith and Iran abiding by its commitments,” under the initial agreement, an anonymous State Department official told Reuters on Sunday. “He also made clear that the United States will continue to enforce existing sanctions,” the senior official stated, describing a closed-door meeting between Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
RT: Is this statement going to affect recently revived relations between Iran and the world powers imposing these sanctions?
Kaveh Afrasiabi: Mr. Kerry’s pressure tactic is a part of this two-prong course of diplomacy, the other prong being raising military threats. And this very dangerous verbal military threat that we saw in President Obama’s State of the Union address is really counter-productive, and it poisons the environment for the coming talks. And you know this may well backfire on the moderate Rouhani administration in Iran as well, which is under scrutiny by the Iranian hardliners.
RT: Should Tehran just ignore Kerry's words or react? What would you say as a former adviser to Iranian diplomats?
KA: Well, the Geneva agreement went into effect less than two weeks ago and we do not know yet what net effect is in terms of the newly released unsanctioned areas, such as with respect to the shipping insurance companies, or the airplane manufacturers, etc., that cannot export parts to Iran.
And this kind of statements by Secretary Kerry can have crippling effects in terms of deterring those businesses to do trade with Iran. And Iran can respond with a variety of ways.
RT: Surely one going into this meeting is trying to get best out of it, trying to broker some sort of a deal that will lift all sanctions, isn’t it?
KA: Precisely. And I think that reflects some ambiguity on the part of the United States which has traditionally over the past decade or so exploited the ‘Iranian nuclear crisis’ to sell arms to the Arab states in the Persian Gulf, to put pressure on Russia on its Southern flank, as well as to pressure Iran and so on.
And so you know it’s been cries of opportunity for the United States, and I think they have mixed feelings about ending it. And if they are sincere and honest about the next round of negotiations, good faith negotiations, then the US should send the opposite signal in terms of its willingness to lift all the associated sanctions which are mentioned in the concluding part of the Geneva agreement.
RT: But why isn’t Washington doing this? What is it trying to achieve by hitting Iran with words at this point or is it just political posturing?
KA: Well, I suppose that their thinking is that they brought Iran to the table by pressure and they need to escalate the pressure to gain maximum concessions. And US Secretary of State Kerry has been referring to dismantling aspects of the Iranian nuclear program, which is contrary to the Geneva agreement, and which was flatly rejected by the Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
So I think that the US’s intention is to go beyond terms of the Geneva agreement, to table new demands by applying this two-prong pressure tactics.
RT: Talks between Tehran and the group of six will resume in just over two weeks? What do you think will come out of those negotiations?
KA: There is a very difficult and bumpy road ahead. And the United States find itself increasingly isolated with the European countries that are part of the negotiations sending the opposite signal of their willingness to ease the sanctions and to reach détente with Iran.
And yet we saw the US rebuffing the UN’s overture toward Iran and Syria and so forth. So much depends of political will in Washington and their willingness to engage in good faith negotiations. And right now we don’t quite see that.
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クリントン前国務長官、イラン追加経済制裁に反対表明 「包括合意の成功妨げる」 - MSN産経ニュース
２０１６年米大統領選挙への出馬が有力視されているクリントン前国務長官が、イランの核開発問題に関連し、現時点での追加経済制裁の決定に反対を表明した。米上院軍事委員会のレビン委員長が２日公表したクリントン氏からの書簡で明らかになった。
クリントン氏は１月２６日付のレビン氏あての書簡で、イランと米露など６カ国との協議が続いているなかでの追加制裁は「イランとの核問題に関する包括的な合意の成功を妨げる」との見方を表明。オバマ大統領が議会に追加制裁法案を審議しないよう求めていることを評価した。
仮に、米国が追加制裁に向けて動いたためにイランとの協議が頓挫したと国際社会が受け止めれば、ロシアや中国だけでなく友好国も経済制裁への協力をためらうようになるとして、議会に慎重な対応を求めた。
米上院（定数１００）では、イランが６カ国との間で合意した共同行動計画に違反した場合などに追加制裁を発動する内容の法案が提出され、民主党議員も含めた５９人が賛同している。しかし民主党のリード院内総務は審議に慎重で、オバマ大統領も法案への拒否権発動を明言している。
米紙ワシントン・ポスト（電子版）は２日、クリントン氏が追加制裁に慎重な態度を示したことで、イランとの協議が失敗した場合には「責任を免れなくなる」と指摘。大統領選に影響が出る可能性を示唆した。
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Germany promises more engagement: but not on the battlefield | Reuters
Germany's U.S. and European allies welcome Berlin's promise of a more robust foreign and security policy, but with no appetite at home for troops to fight, it may mean little more than extra logistical help and tougher rhetoric.
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サウジ、対テロ法施行 民主化運動も規制か - MSN産経ニュース
サウジアラビアは２日、国家や社会を「弱体化させる」あらゆる行為をテロ行為と見なし、処罰できる対テロ法を施行した。人権活動家は、サウジ王家の体制維持が目的で、民主化要求にも法的規制がかけられると批判している。ＡＰ通信が報じた。
新法は「社会の安全や国家の安定を損なう」全ての犯罪行為をテロと規定し、「国家の名声や立場に背く」行為も該当するとした。治安当局には、家宅捜索や電話通話、インターネットを使った活動に対する追跡など幅広い捜査権限を与えた。
サウジでは２０１１年の中東民主化運動「アラブの春」に触発されたデモが散発的に続いたが、豊富な石油収入を背景とするばらまき政策や、治安当局の取り締まり強化でおさえ込んでいる。
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Twitter / SophieCo_RT: 'Mercenaries are more up to
'Mercenaries are more up to the task than regular U.S. forces' - Erik Prince, founder of #Blackwater http://rt.com/shows/sophieco/mercenaries-better-us-army-560/
‘Mercenaries do better job than US Army’ - Blackwater founder Eric Prince ― RT SophieCo
They are the mercenaries of the 21st century. Hired by the corporations and governments they fight across the world, thriving on wars, conflicts and human suffering. They are called private military companies, but what are they really? Why are they called on to the battlefield, sometimes by Washington itself? Is the US military unable to do its job properly? Today we seek answers from the founder of the former Blackwater – the biggest PMC in the States, but with its name already crime-stained. Eric Prince is on Sophie&Co.
Sophie Shevardnadze: Eric Prince, founder of the biggest US private military contractor, Blackwater. Great to have you with us.
We’re going to start from the very beginning. You created Blackwater to train US Navy SEALs. So how did you become of one of the biggest security contractors in the world?
Eric Prince: Well, I guess I was an accidental tourist. I got out of the Navy, out of the SEAL teams because my father died, my wife was sick with cancer, so I built a facility to stay connected to the SEAL teams. You know, SEAL team, Special Operations units in America have been using private facilities really since 1970s and no one has done it on industrial scale, and so I did.
I sold my father’s business, I took some of the money from that and I built a facility, and then one thing led to another. There was a terrible tragic shooting in Colorado, called the Columbine Shootings, and the USS Cole was blown up in Yemen in 2000, and then of course after 9/11 – we kept saying “yes” when US government called [saying] they need our help for training, for logistics support, aviation support, security – one thing led to another and we grew very quickly.
SS: So you obviously got innumerable government contracts. How do you explain your success? Was it because the military wasn’t able to do their job properly?
SS: Is this what you were essentially? Policemen and private guards? Bodyguards? Is that your main difference with the military?
SS: But you were operating in a warzone, right? The military in Iraq and Afghanistan had very strict Rules of Engagement. Did you follow them?
SS:I guess what I’m asking is if a mercenary commits a crime in combat, who holds him responsible? Because in the army, for example, there’s a hierarchy, always someone above you looking over your shoulder, and if you do something, then, you know…Who was doing that thing inside Blackwater, the hierarchy thing?
SS: What I am asking is, within Blackwater was there a hierarchy to convicted them for crimes, was there someone to tell them “This is wrong, you’re off duty” or you just waited for the State Department to tell you it’s wrong?
SS: But you said that your men were “guards, not investigators – they shoot to kill and don’t check the pulse” - that’s from your book, that’s a direct quote. What gave you the right to behave in that way?
SS: How do did you as a head of that organization back in those times make sure that someone you were hiring won’t be a “shoot first ask questions later” kind of a person?
SS: What about the use of drugs – we also heard that in court. Were that individual slip ups? Or did you just look the other way to let the employees blow off the steam?
SS: Did you have any incidents when you had to fire people for that?
SS: As a former head of Blackwater back then, can you say with 100 percent certainty that you knew what went down on the ground, that you controlled the situation completely?
SS:I know, but people’s lives aren’t machines or robots.
SS: Eric, obviously the one incident that’s received most attention is the shooting in Nisour Square. The US military labeled the shooting “a criminal event” and “unprovoked shooting” – who should bear the brunt of the responsibility?
SS: Do you personally feel any remorse for the dead innocent victims? I understand it’s the war, I get that, but still, you are a human being after all – do you feel any remorse for that?
SS: Your men weren’t civilians, just walking around or passing by. Your men were contracted military workers. We’re talking about the civilian casualties.
SS: But you are a serious private military firm, you are not suicide car bombers. What about the US government? Do you feel like the US government used you as a scapegoat to avoid responsibility, in terms that “yeah, these guys went nuts and shot people, and we will prosecute them just because they are private firm”?
SS: But do you feel betrayed by your government, that’s what I’m asking, because you served them after all?
SS: When the Nisour story broke out, I remember the government gave you sort of a limited immunity – they immunized you, and then all of a sudden it all changed. What happened there?
SS: Getting back to diplomatic security – you’ve said that on many instances you regret working for the State Department, but you took so much pride in working for them…
SS: Would you do this again?
SS: Some claim that Blackwater was involved with US special forces in Pakistan and in Syria – these are countries that US isn’t officially at war with. Is it like you were doing a dirty work for them?
SS: What about the CIA contracts that were out in 2009?
SS: You personally – do you believe the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan were necessary or just a business opportunity?
SS: But there were no chemical weapons found.
SS: What about now? Blackwater, as it was formerly called is staying behind in Afghanistan after the US troops leave. Are they just the army’s Trojan horse? I know you are not the head anymore, but I’m sure you have the answer to that.
SS: Why do you think the Private Military contractors are so widely used nowadays – do you even think of modern war as possible without mercenaries?
SS: You weren’t exactly cooking food or doing laundry…
SS: Ah, so now we’re getting back to the beginning of the show, where I told you that you were hired because the US military wasn’t as efficient as a private military firm. Turns out – yes.
SS: Why not privatize t he military altogether?
SS: I don’t want to end on a dire note, but you are very proud of what you’ve achieved, you explained many times why, and you argued very well. But for people in general, Blackwater thrived on the conflict and misery. Did it ever bother you, if you look at it that way.
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/d1021/20140120#1390216089（Let’s start from the beginning. ）
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Twitter / tokunagamichio: 素晴らしい報道写真！金賞確定だねw。RT @nankai4g
素晴らしい報道写真！金賞確定だねw。RT @nankai4go: なんじゃこりゃ、二人羽織か心霊写真だ pic.twitter.com/b9DezUvZhi
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Twitter / J_Koizumi_Japan: 新聞の調査結果にびっくりした。街頭の反応と全く違う。まだ、1
新聞の調査結果にびっくりした。街頭の反応と全く違う。まだ、1週間ある。気迫と使命感で必ず巻き返す。とにかく皆さんのお力をお貸しいただきたい。この日本の方向を決める重大な選挙、どうしても勝たねばならない。
Twitter / tokunagamichio: 脱原発の細川候補と宇都宮候補が共倒れして、安倍自民党が勝利す
脱原発の細川候補と宇都宮候補が共倒れして、安倍自民党が勝利する。そして共産党はこれからも長く反自民党の旗をへんぽんと翻すわけか。。。
Twitter / tokunagamichio: 赤旗が、細川氏の佐川問題と首相当時に打ち出した消費税7%案に
赤旗が、細川氏の佐川問題と首相当時に打ち出した消費税7%案に対してネガキャンしてるけど、佐川問題は自民党の言い掛かりだったし、7%消費税は直接税と関節税の比率を見直すという前提だった。にもかかわらずそれについて批判をする赤旗は、調査力もあり分析力もある普段の赤旗とは別物みたいだ。
Twitter / tokunagamichio: 「舛添氏は結婚離婚を繰り返し、外に何人もの婚外子をもうけて養
「舛添氏は結婚離婚を繰り返し、外に何人もの婚外子をもうけて養育費をケチり、九州の年老いた母親の面倒を生活困窮する姉に押し付け、そのくせ競馬に大金を叩くような男である」
普通なら女性票は逃げるずだけど、少女買春の東国原でも2011年の都知事選で約170万票も取るのだから…
Twitter / wanko2003: @tokunagamichio @ompfarm
強そうに見える男のワガママに、振り回されたいという女性がいるのですよ。父権で抑圧されて育った高齢女性に多いのです。
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/d1021/20140202#1391337413
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合氣道のような身に付ける学びにおいては、先生の動きを見て真似て、技の感覚を全身で感じ取り、何度も繰り返すことで身につきます。
始めからある「答え」などはなく、自分で体得するしかありません。実感が得られるまでは「分からない」状態が続きますので、分からない状態に耐え、継続する根氣強さも重要なのです。
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そもそも、自分の思うとおりに世の中を動かすことはそう簡単ではありません。
私が行っている1人1票運動も思うように進まないことがあります。ですが、民主主義を実現しようという運動は、気が遠くなるほどの忍耐が必要なことがあるのです。ネルソン・マンデラ氏は、30年近く獄中で過ごしていますが、「達成するまで、それは不可能に見える」という言葉を残しています。ちなみに彼も弁護士でした。アウンサンスーチー氏は20年以上軟禁状態で自由を奪われていました。
国の民主化や人権もそう簡単には進みません。2010年にチュニジアから始まったアラブの春と呼ばれる民主化運動はまだまだ混迷を深めています。アメリカですら、公民権条項を憲法に規定したのが1870年、キング牧師による公民権運動でそれが実現したのは100年近くたった後です。
民主主義や人権はその理想を実現するのに、相当の覚悟が必要だということです。
理想を実現するのは大変なことです。ですが、先人たちがそれを続けてきたからこそ、今日の私たちの生活があるのです。
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Twitter / kurataami: 昨日夜から風邪ひいたっぽくて、ランチの約束していたお友達に約
昨日夜から風邪ひいたっぽくて、ランチの約束していたお友達に約束を延期してもらったらその子から手作りの出前が届いた。
こりゃ治りまっせ！
あったかい！ありがとうー pic.twitter.com/27WjYQNkqL
