権力者の非人道性

昨日に続き、米国 U.S.A.I.D.閉鎖に対する、社説の一部引用です。

Cutting aid, Kennedy noted, "would be disastrous and, in the long run, more expensive."  He added : "Our own security would be endangered and our prosperity imperiled."

同庁の設立者 ケネディ大統領の言葉です。

disastrous = 壊滅的な
prosperity = 繁栄
imperil = 危険にさらす

In contrast with Kennedy, the Trump administration braids together cruelty, ignorance and shortsightedness, and that combination seems particularly evident in its assault on American humanitarian assistance.

braid = 編む
cruelty = 残忍さ
ignorance = 無知
shortsightedness = 先見の無さ
assault = 攻撃

One person has already died of bird flu in the U.S. and there is growing concern of a pandemic - yet Trump's suspension of foreign aid has interrupted bird flu surveillance in 49 countries, according to a U.S.-based nonprofit.

pandemic = 大伝染病
suspension = 中止
interrupt = 中断する

＊カリフォルニアでは、鳥インフルエンザの非常事態が宣言されました。
 
続く・・・。