南シナ海のほぼ全域に「固有かつ論争余地のない主権を有する」と主張する《九段線ドクトリン》はじめ《東シナ海での防衛識別圏設定》や《執拗な対米サイバー攻撃》など…。７月の米中戦略・経済対話で米国側は各問題の善処や、人民元相場の規制を緩め、変動幅を拡大するよう求めもしたが、中国はいずれも突っぱねた。米国の堪忍袋の緒は切れ、一時的にせよ夢が覚めた。中国が米国に盛んに持ち掛けていた「新型大国関係構築」は当分遠のいた。「カネの切れ目が縁の切れ目」となる対中貿易国も増えている。

　意外にも、中国にだって韓国以外に「お友達」はいる。インドと宗教・国境・核など、多くの問題で根深く対立するパキスタン。中国も国境・核、そして地域覇権でもインドと争点を抱えており「中国の敵はパキスタンの敵」（当時のパキスタン内相）。「対中関係こそ外交の柱で、両国関係はヒマラヤより高く海より深い」（当時首相）とまで持ち上げる。実際、パキスタンは１９６３年、国境紛争が未解決であるインドの頭越しに、中国と国境協定を締結。悪名高き８９年の天安門事件時も中国を支持した。

　中国も６５年の印パ戦争に際し、パキスタンの後ろ盾となった。そればかりか、核開発援助に加え、各種ミサイルやレーダーを供与。パキスタンに戦車や機関銃の合弁兵器工場を建設し、戦闘機の共同開発まで行う。中国は、パキスタンの港湾を通信傍受＝艦船監視やエネルギー輸送に向けた補給の拠点として運営してもいる。

「お友達」パキスタン

同じ淵源の攻撃に悩む

　その中パ両国が、淵源を同じくする「ブーメラン攻撃」に悩まされている。

　パキスタンは隣国アフガニスタンでの敵対的政権樹立を徹底阻止。親パキスタン政権樹立のため、各イスラム武装組織を時代により支援・培養／テロ活動黙認／弾圧・掃討と、節操なく使い分けてきた。こうした謀略を主導しているのが軍諜報機関・統合情報局（ＩＳＩ）だ。

　背景には、インドに対する不変の軍略《戦略的縦深性の確保》が横たわる。即ち《インドに比べ国土・人口共に極めて小規模》なパキスタンにとり《インドに侵攻された場合、国境が有ってなきアフガンは戦力を退避・温存し、反撃をうかがう兵站となる》。同時にアフガンは、印パ国境紛争地帯や印国内における《対印ゲリラ戦の人的／物的供給基地》の役割も担う。

　ところが、だ。ＩＳＩが弾圧・掃討した組織は無論、支援・培養した組織さえ損得の構図が変われば、パキスタン軍／警察や国際空港をテロ攻撃し、敵と化す。

　一方、中国新疆ウイグル自治区の一部イスラム教徒は８０年代以降現在に至るまでパキスタンやアフガンで、ＩＳＩが支援・培養した組織を含め、イスラム戦士の軍事教練を受け、自治区に戻る。ウイグル族の文化・宗教を抹殺せんと謀る中国共産党に矛先を向ける、自治区内での暴動激化は避けられない。

　ブーメラン国家は結構多い。例えば５月、ベトナムとの主権係争海域で石油掘削した中国。ウクライナで、イラクで、シリアで、世界中で優柔不断な外交・安全保障政策を垂れ流す米オバマ政権の「堪忍袋の強度」を試すべく、主要国との同盟関係が薄いベトナムを狙い撃ちした。尚もオバマ政権は、中国に国際のルールと常識を順守させ「大国」の責任を国際社会で果たすよう要請し、懸案・相違を対話・外交で改善・解決する夢を棄てきれずにいた。
しかも、ＩＳＩが中国から購入し、イスラム武装組織へ極秘に渡した地対空ミサイルや対空砲、地雷、ロケット弾などがイスラム圏内で働く中国人や中国内でのテロで使われる可能性は極めて高い。

「天に唾する」習性

　自らが支援・培養した武装組織に手を焼く皮肉はロシアのウラジーミル・プーチン大統領（６１）も同じ。プーチン氏ははウクライナの東／南部での影響力行使に向け、親露派武装勢力をたき付けた。だが、偏狭な民族主義者や傭兵、果てはごろつきが加わり、クレムリンの統制が効き難くなっている。民族主義の炎がロシアに引火すれば、多民族国家ロシアの存立基盤も危うくする。かといって、露系ウクライナ人を徹頭徹尾保護しなければ「同胞の守護神」として人気の高止まりを維持してきたプーチン政権の、死活問題に成りかねない。

　米国にしても、ソ連のアフガン侵攻（１９７９～８９年）に際しイスラム武装勢力諸派に兵器提供し対ソ攻撃を補強。武装勢力の一部系譜が２００１年、米中枢同時テロを断行した。国家は《史実》に学ばずブーメラン攻撃を受け続ける。

懲りないといえば朝日新聞。社説で安倍晋三首相（５９）が全国戦没者追悼式で《アジア諸国への加害》に言及しなかった点を《不都合な史実には触れない》と批判した。しかし、批判は木霊となって朝日に跳ね返ってしまう。「従軍慰安婦の強制連行」という歴史上の虚構を中韓に“輸出”しまくる《不都合な史実》をいかに訂正・謝罪するのか。朝日の一部記事取り消しについて論評した中国共産党機関紙・人民日報も「天に唾する」習性は朝日と同類。

　《一部日本メディアの報道と安倍政権の（右傾化）歩調は驚くほど合っている》《日本メディアは相当聞き分けが良く、甚だしく不健全になっている》

　ブーメランをお返しする。

　「全中国メディアの報道と中共の歩調は驚くまでもなく完全に合っている」「中国メディアは党の言いなりで、メディアとはいえないほど不健全である」（

Introducing the U.S. Digital Service

August 20, 2014 | 4:36 | Public Domain

Follow along with Mikey Dickerson -- the administrator of the newly launched U.S. Digital Service -- on his first day on the job, where he'll be leading a team responsible for remaking the digital experience that people and businesses have with their government.. Take a look, and pass it on: http://wh.gov/lSi0k

President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Economy, Iraq, and Ukraine

August 28, 2014 | 30:19 | Public Domain

On August 28, 2014, President Obama provided an update on the strength of our economy as well as America’s position on the situations in Iraq and Ukraine.

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The first piece of legislation President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which empowers women to recover wages lost to discrimination by extending the time period in which an employee can file a claim. The President continues to advocate for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, common sense legislation that would give women additional tools to fight pay discrimination. And President Obama convened a National Equal Pay Task Force to ensure that existing equal pay laws are fully enforced. The Task Force has helped women recover millions in lost wages, built collaborative training programs that educate employees about their rights and inform employers of their obligations, and facilitated an unprecedented level of inter-agency coordination to improve enforcement of equal pay laws.

The President signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which extends the coverage of Federal hate crimes law to include attacks based on the victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is vigorously enforcing laws to combat discrimination in schools, housing, and the workplace. President Obama requested two years of double-digit budget increases to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, which was previously hamstrung by drastic budget cuts. DOJ also has reached three multi-million dollar settlements, including the largest rental discrimination and fair lending settlements in its history.

President Obama also continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and believes that our anti-discrimination employment laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Expanding Equality

President Obama pushed for the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” in his first State of the Union address, and followed through on that commitment when he signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ended for good on September 20, 2011, allowing gay men and women to serve openly in the U.S. military.

The President and Attorney General announced in February 2011 that the Department of Justice would no longer defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) against equal protection constitutional challenges brought by same-sex couples married under state law. President Obama also has expressed his support for the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation that would repeal DOMA and uphold the principle that the federal government should not deny gay and lesbian couples the same rights and legal protections as other couples. On May 9, 2012, President Obama also expressed his support for same-sex marriage. In an interview with ABC News, the President said he believes it's important to "treat others the way you would want to be treated."

Following a Presidential Memorandum issued by the President, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) now requires all hospitals receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds – just about every hospital in America – to respect the right of all patients to choose who may visit them during a hospital stay, including a visitor who is a a same-sex domestic partner. The President also directed HHS to ensure that medical decision-making rights of LGBT patients are respected.

President Obama signed a memorandum expanding federal benefits for the same-sex partners of Foreign Service and executive branch government employees.

The President signed the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 providing funding and statutory authorities for the settlement agreements reached in the Cobell lawsuit, brought by Native Americans; the Pigford II lawsuit, brought by African American farmers; and four separate water rights suits, brought by Native American tribes.

Reforming Criminal Justice

The President is leading the fight to build a fairer and more equitable criminal justice system. On August 3, 2010, President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduces the disparity in the amounts of powder cocaine and crack cocaine required to trigger certain penalties in the federal system, including imposition of mandatory minimum sentences. For years, this arbitrary discrepancy had an unfair and a disproportionate impact on racial minorities.

The President continues to support funding for drug courts, which give first-time, non-violent offenders a chance to serve their sentence, if appropriate, in drug rehabilitation programs that have proven to work better than prison terms in changing behavior.

President Obama has worked to reduce recidivism and improve strategies that allow formerly incarcerated individuals to rejoin society successfully. The Administration convened a Cabinet-level Federal Interagency Reentry Council that brought together twenty federal agencies with the goal of removing barriers to successful reentry. The Council’s ongoing work has already resulted in improvements in employment and job retention strategies, substance abuse treatment, housing stability, and mental health counseling for those returning from prison or jail.

It Gets Better

President Obama and Vice President Biden are encouraging LGBT youth who are being bullied or harassed because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.