“中二病の独裁者”の運命はいかに What Will Be the Fate of the...

「北朝鮮にリアルな危険ない」今でも言えるか
“中二病の独裁者”の運命はいかに
Can You Still Say “There Is No Real Danger from North Korea?”
What Will Be the Fate of the Dictator with Eighth Grade Syndrome?

【ニッポンの新常識】Common Knowledge Revisited 113

[“Eighth Grade Syndrome” is a Japanese term which means “exhibiting a firm and often aggressive conviction of knowledge and wisdom and unaware of limitation and lack of maturity”]
　先日まで、学校法人「森友学園」の話題ばかり取り上げていた日本メディアが、やっと北朝鮮の核実験やミサイル開発問題を報じるようになった。だが、どこか傍観者的な印象を受ける。
　The Japanese media has finally started reporting about North Korean nuclear tests and missile development after spending all its time talking only about the “Moritomo School” issue until just the other day.

　北朝鮮は弾道ミサイルの攻撃目標に、在日米軍基地や日本の都市が含まれると公言している。同国が事実上の核兵器保有国であり、猛毒のサリンや神経剤ＶＸなど、生物化学兵器を大量保有することも周知の事実だ。安倍晋三首相は１３日の参院外交防衛委員会で、北朝鮮がサリンを弾頭につけて着弾させる技術を保有している可能性を指摘した。
　North Korea has officially said that the targets of its ballistic missiles include U.S. bases in Japan and Japanese cities. For all practical purposes, North Korea possesses nuclear weapon capability, and it is a well-known fact that it has large stocks of chemical and biological weapons such as the highly toxic sarin gas and the nerve agent VX. On the 13th Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pointed out in the upper house Foreign Relations and Defense Committee that there is a possibility that North Korea has the technology to load sarin gas into a missile and deliver it by way of a ballistic missile strike.

　朝日新聞は翌１４日の「素粒子」欄で、こう書いた。
　《シリアと同じだと言いたいか。北朝鮮がミサイルにサリンを載せられると首相。だから何が欲しい、何がしたい》
　The next day in its column “Elementary Particles,” the Asahi Newspaper wrote “Does he mean to say that this is the same as Syria when the prime minister says North Korea can load sarin gas on a missile? What does he want? What does he want to do?”

　私には「北朝鮮の悪い印象を払拭したり、日本人の『平和ボケ』を維持しようと努力しているのに、首相は余計なことを言うな」と言いたいように読めた。朝日こそ「何がしたい」と聞きたい。
　To me this column reads as if the Asahi Newspaper wanted to say, “When we are trying so hard to erase the negative image of North Korea and perpetuate the Japanese people’s complacency about peace, the prime minister needs to keep quiet.” My question is “What does the Asahi Newspaper want to do?”

　日本共産党の志位和夫委員長も２０１５年１１月、テレビ番組に出演し、「北朝鮮、中国にリアルの危険があるのではなく、実際の危険は中東・アフリカにまで自衛隊が出て行き一緒に戦争をやることだ」と述べた、と産経新聞（電子版）が報じている。
　The Sankei Newspaper reports (in its online version) that the Chairman of the Japan Communist Party Kazuo Shii appeared on TV in November 2015 and said “There is no real danger from North Korea or China. The real danger is that Japanese self-defense forces may go to the Middle East or Africa and participate in a war.”

　志位氏は１２日、ツイッターに《トランプ大統領が、米国単独で北朝鮮への軍事力行使に踏み切る可能性を示唆。破滅をもたらす軍事力行使に強く反対する。経済制裁の強化と一体に、外交交渉のなかで、北朝鮮の核・ミサイル開発の手を縛り、放棄させることが何よりも大切だ》と書いた。
　On April 12th, Mr. Shii wrote on Twitter that “President Trump has indicated there is a possibility that the U.S. will take unilateral military action against North Korea. I am strongly opposed to military actions which will bring about destruction. The most important thing is, while tightening economic sanctions, to tie the hands of North Korea’s nuclear and missile development through diplomatic negotiations to make them abandon [nuclear and missile development].

　正論のつもりかもしれないが、自分にできもしないことを他人にやれと言うのは無責任だ。まずは、ご自身の持つ交渉力で、有権者を説得して政権交代を果たし、外交交渉の当事者になったらどうか。
　He may intend this as a sound argument, but it is irresponsible for him to demand that others do what he is not able to do himself. First, he needs to learn negotiation skills, then win over the voters and effect a change in administration, and then he should be the one to do the diplomatic negotiations.

　作家の百田尚樹氏は、志位氏のツイートに対して、《北朝鮮に核を放棄させることが何より大切なら、お前がやってみろよ！　誰も出来なかったから、アメリカが軍事力で止めようとしてるんじゃないか！　黙ってろ、北朝鮮の手先が！》と反撃した。
　In response to Mr. Shii’s tweet, author Naoki Hyakuta replied “If you think the most important thing is to get North Korea to abandon nuclear arms, you should do it yourself! America is threatening to stop them through military force because no one has been able to do what you say. Just shut up already, you agent of North Korea!”

　表現は少し過激だが、気持ちは分かる。
　The words are a little bit extreme, but I understand his feelings.

　そもそも、金正恩（キム・ジョンウン）朝鮮労働党委員長は、何をやるのか予測困難だ。人間は成長とともに、感情より理性に基づいて合理的かつ冷静に行動しようと心掛けるようになる。しかし、彼はその成長過程を経ることなく、独裁者の地位に就き、感情の赴くままに部下を殺し、日米韓を理不尽に恫喝（どうかつ）している。
　In the first place, it is very difficult to predict what Korean Workers Party Chairman Kim Jong-un will do. As human beings progress, they usually learn to act rationally and dispassionately based on logic rather than emotions. But he assumed the position of dictator before completing the progression process, kills subordinates according to the dictates of his emotions, and irrationally engages in intimidation of the U.S., Japan, and Korea.

　中二病の独裁者の運命は、果たしていかに。
　What will be the fate of this dictator with eighth grade syndrome?
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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