2022年An open letter to president Bush-致布什總統(tǒng)的公開信

1、An open letter to president Bush|致布什總統(tǒng)的公開信Good morning sir. Like you, I am a father and an American. Like you, I consider myself a patriot1. Like you, I was horrified2 by the events of this past year, concerned for my family and my country. However, I do not believe in a simplistic3 and inflammatory

2、4 view of good and evil. I believe this is a big world full of men, women, and children who struggle to eat, to love, to work, to protect their families, their beliefs, and their dreams.My father, like yours, was decorated5 for service in World War II. He raised me with a deep belief in the Constitu

3、tion6 and the Bill of Rights7, as they should apply to8 all Americans who would sacrifice9 to maintain them and to all human beings as a matter of principle. Many of your actions to date10 and those proposed seem to violate11 every defining principle12 of this country over which you preside13.How fa

4、r have we come from14 understanding what it is to kill one man, one woman, or one child, much less the “collateral damage15” of many hundreds of thousands. Your use of the words “this is a new kind of war” is often accompanied16 by an odd smile. It concerns me that what you are asking of us is to ab

5、andon all previous lessons of history in favor of17 following you blindly into the future. It worries me because with all your best intentions18, an enormous economic surplus19 has been squandered20. Your administration21 has virtually22 dismissed23 the most fundamental24 environmental concerns and

6、therefore, by implication25, one gets the message26 that, as you seem to be willing to sacrifice the children of the world, you would also be willing to sacrifice ours. I know this cannot be your aim. So, I beg you, Mr. President, listen to Gershwin27, read chapters of Stegner28, of Saroyan29, the s

7、peeches of Martin Luther King30.Remind yourself of America. Remember the Iraqi children, our children, and your own. Yet, that bombing31 is answered by bombing, mutilation32 by mutilation, killing by killing, is a pattern that only a great country like ours can stop. However, principles cannot be re

8、cklessly33 or greedily34 abandoned in the guise of35 preserving them.Avoiding war while accomplishing national security36 is no simple task.Weapons of mass destruction37 are clearly a threat to the entire world in any hands. But as Americans, we must ask ourselves, since the potential38 for Mr. Huss

9、ein to possess them threatens not only our country, (and in fact, his technology to launch is likely not yet at that high a level of sophistication39) therefore, many in his own region would have the greatest cause for concern. Why then, is the United States, as led by your administration, in the sm

10、all minority40 of the world nations predisposed41 toward a preemptive military assault42 on Iraq?Simply put, sir, let us re-introduce inspection43 teams, inhibiting offensive capability44. We buy time45, maintain our principles here and abroad and demand of ourselves the ingenuity46 to be the strong

11、est diplomatic muscle47 on the planet, perhaps in the history of the planet. The answers will come. You are a man of faith, but your saber48 is rattling49 the faith of many Americans in you. I do understand what a tremendously daunting50 task it must be to stand in your shoes at this moment. As a fa

12、ther of two young children who will live their lives in the world as it will be affected by critical51 choices today, I have no choice but to believe that you can ultimately52 stand as a great president. History has offered you such a destiny53. So again, sir, I beg you .Dont destroy our childrens f

13、uture. We will support you. You must support us, your fellow Americans, and indeed, mankind .We know that Americans are frightened and angry. However, sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians54 in an unprecedented55 preemptive attack on a separate sovereign56 nation, may well prove itself

14、 a most temporary medicine.On the other hand, should you mind and have faith in the best of this country to support your leadership in representing a strong, thoughtful and educated United States, you may well triumph57 for the long haul58. Lead us there, Mr. President, and we will stand with you. S

15、incerely, Sean PennSan Francisco, California布什先生：您好。與您一樣，我身為人父，也是美國(guó)公民。與您一樣，我也認(rèn)為本人是一個(gè)愛國(guó)者。與您一樣，我也關(guān)懷我的家人和國(guó)家，對(duì)過去一年的恐懼事件深感憤慨。然而，關(guān)于那種過于簡(jiǎn)單、并帶有煽動(dòng)性的善惡觀，我卻不敢茍同。我相信這是個(gè)擁有男女老少的廣大人間，他們?yōu)榱藴仫?、為了愛、為了工作、為了保護(hù)家人、信仰及其夢(mèng)想而奮斗著。與您的父親一樣，我父親也曾因在二戰(zhàn)期間的表現(xiàn)得過勛章。自小他就培養(yǎng)我對(duì)憲法和人權(quán)宣言抱有堅(jiān)決的信念，由于這是所有的美國(guó)公民應(yīng)該不惜一切遵照的準(zhǔn)則，也是全人類應(yīng)該遵照的原則。然而，您迄今為止的種種行

16、為乃至籌劃中的種種行為，大概都違背了您所領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的這個(gè)國(guó)家確定無誤的每一條原則我們遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)沒有認(rèn)識(shí)到屠殺一個(gè)人（不管是男人、女人依然小孩）意味著什么，更沒有認(rèn)識(shí)到數(shù)十萬無辜者深受其害的“旁系損害”意味著什么。您用到“這是一場(chǎng)新型戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)”的字眼時(shí)，常常帶著驚奇的微笑。我擔(dān)憂的是您在要求我們拋棄先前的歷史教訓(xùn)，盲目地跟隨您進(jìn)入將來。我擔(dān)憂是由于您的“好意”已使宏大的經(jīng)濟(jì)贏余揮霍一空。您的政府本質(zhì)上對(duì)最根本的事關(guān)人權(quán)的環(huán)境咨詢題不予理會(huì)，因而，人們不妨如此理解您所作所為的暗示：您大概不惜犧牲全世界的小孩，所以也會(huì)不惜犧牲我們本人的小孩。我明白這并非您的本意，因而，總統(tǒng)先生，我懇求您，聽一聽格什溫的歌曲，讀幾篇

17、斯泰格納和薩瓦揚(yáng)的文章，聽?zhēng)锥务R丁路德金的演說吧。別忘了美國(guó)。別忘了伊拉克的小孩，我們的小孩，還有您本人的小孩然而以轟炸來回應(yīng)轟炸，以損害來對(duì)付損害，用屠殺來報(bào)復(fù)屠殺，是只有像我們?nèi)绱说拇髧?guó)才有才能完畢的一種罪惡循環(huán)，卻絕不能打著保護(hù)人權(quán)和憲法準(zhǔn)則的幌子，不計(jì)后果、急不可耐地丟棄人權(quán)和憲法準(zhǔn)則。防止戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)同時(shí)又要保護(hù)國(guó)家平安，這絕對(duì)不是一件容易的任務(wù)任何人手中擁有的大規(guī)模消滅性武器無疑對(duì)全世界都是個(gè)威脅。但是作為美國(guó)公民，我們不妨自咨詢：既然侯賽因先生擁有武器潛在威脅到的不僅僅是美國(guó)，（事實(shí)上，他的技術(shù)非?？赡苓€沒有到達(dá)那么高的復(fù)雜水平），因而伊拉克所在地區(qū)的國(guó)家有更大的理由表示關(guān)注。那么為什么，您的政府所領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的、占世界眾多國(guó)家的少數(shù)派美國(guó)，要領(lǐng)先發(fā)起針對(duì)伊拉克、先發(fā)制人的軍事攻擊呢？簡(jiǎn)而言之，總統(tǒng)先生，讓我們重新借助武器核查小組，抑制它們的攻擊才能。我們要爭(zhēng)取時(shí)間，在海內(nèi)外堅(jiān)持原則，采取靈敏性，發(fā)揮這個(gè)地球上、也許是這個(gè)地球上有史以來最強(qiáng)大的外交妨礙。答案就會(huì)從中找到。您是一個(gè)有信念的人，然而您的政見動(dòng)搖了許多美國(guó)人對(duì)您的信任。我非常理解，此刻處在您的位置是多么令人驚心動(dòng)魄。身為兩個(gè)小孩的父親，當(dāng)他們生逢其時(shí)的世界就要面臨嚴(yán)峻選擇的時(shí)候，我別無選擇，只能寄信于您，作為總