就“凯特里娜”洪灾看中国亲美派的非凡表现

天降洪灾大难于新奥尔良，有车富人逃之夭夭，无车穷人坐以待毙。美国总统可以在数十小时之内，把新奥尔良州三分之一的国民警卫队派往伊拉克从事跟美国石油军火财团利益悠关的战争，却不能在三、四天内把穷苦受灾民众所急需的食品、饮水和交通运输工具送达现场！国际舆论在惊骇愤怒之余，普遍在严肃思考和认真剖析醸成这场灾难的人为因素和美国政治、经济与文化根源。与此情形形成鲜明对照，中国民间与官方媒介的亲美人士，却显示出与上述世界主流舆论截然不同的非凡表现！

燕南网站某个刚被解除版主职务的“美国迷”，竟在本人所转每一篇揭示美国社会虚弱本质及相关问题的国际国内评论文章之后，令人发笑地、却又迹近疯狂地，统统贴上一篇《美国强大的真正秘密》之跟贴！“那壶不开提那壶”，这一奇特古怪做法，其客观效果，不是等于猛抽已被“凯特琳娜”天灾人祸搞得无地自容之该文作者范某学德的耳光吗？

人们正在猜度此人脑子是否出了毛病，却又见《世纪中国》自由派亲美派前赴后继地贴出《新奥尔良洪灾折射出美国制度的优越性》的高论！而燕南网站著名自由派亲美人士鄂大先生，则以敢于“反潮流”的无畏勇气，义正词严地为小布什高声辩护说：哪个人能“永远不会犯错误吗”？

这类石破天惊、独树一帜的声音，不仅使人大开眼界，而且没法使人不佩服。特别是对照新华社驻美记者杨晴川所发《面对这一历史罕见的天灾，美国政府采取多项紧急措施，挽救生命，赈济灾民-》特稿，人们不能不承认：中国民间的亲美派，不仅跟官媒亲美派具有同类“甘冒天下之不讳”的独立不迁精神，和完全不怕触犯美国受难民众之怒火的非凡冷漠与勇气，而且与新华社公然为小布什政府糟糕表现涂脂抹粉、欺骗误导中国读者的行为相比，还能实事求是，敢于羞羞答答地承认：小布什有权利犯错误、而且确实犯了错误。

听说这位鄂鲵叶先生精通英文，特此把社会制度跟美国相近、了解美国比鄂某不知要强多少倍的英国BBC记者强调“凯特里娜”深刻改变世界对美国认识的专稿，转发如下。看看中国民间的亲美自由新右，会不会在比官媒亲美精英之思想认识高出一公分的可喜基础上，甘愿遵从人类良知和理性的引导，对他们梦寐以求的“美国天堂”，具有进一步重新审视和自我反省的能力？

同时，人们也可以把BBC搜集总结的这份世界各国著名媒介的评论荟萃，与新华社记者所发的电讯作一仔细对照比较，看看两者的根本差别，到底在哪里？

BBC： World press: Katrina 'testing US' 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4216142.stm
 
In newspapers across the world, commentators believe Hurricane Katrina marks a profound change in the way the US is perceived at home and abroad.

Some speak of the American "myth" being shattered by the poverty and racial divisions which they say the disaster has revealed.

Others hope the floods will douse US "arrogance" over its refusal to ratify the Kyoto accord on climate change. An Italian paper, however, jumps to President George Bush's defence.

Michael Streck in Germany's Die Welt

Hurricane Katrina will bury itself into the American consciousness in the same way 9/11 or the fall of Saigon did. The storm did not just destroy America's image of itself, but also has the power to bring an end to the Republican era sooner than expected. America is ashamed.

Stephan Hebel in Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine

Bush's people will say that the moment of need and willingness to help should not be poisoned by political manoeuvres. Maybe this will serve them well enough in a media world where images of victims and heroes are valued more highly than complex background. But then the lie would have won - against the desire to understand things so as to avoid them.

Jean-Pierre Aussant in France's Figaro

This tragic incident reminds us that the United States has refused to ratify the Kyoto accords. Let's hope the US can from now on stop ignoring the rest of the world. If you want to run things, you must first lead by example. Arrogance is never a good adviser!

Philippe Grangereau in France's Liberation

Bush is completely out of his depth in this disaster. Katrina has revealed America's weaknesses: its racial divisions, the poverty of those left behind by its society, and especially its president's lack of leadership.

Robi Ronza in Italy's Il Giornale

Everything can be used in Europe to badmouth Bush, so it may be worth clarifying a few key points: New Orleans was below sea level even before drilling for oil began. Second, there is no certain proof that the increase in the mean global temperature is a consequence of the emission of so-called greenhouse gases. Finally, the federal government has no specific responsibility for the post-hurricane chaos.

Yildirim Turker in Turkey's Radikal

The biggest power of the world is rising over poor black corpses. We are witnessing the collapse of the American myth. In terms of the USA's relationship with itself and the world, Hurricane Katrina seems to leave its mark on our century as an extraordinary turning point.

Editorial in Iran's Siyasat-e Ruz

Hurricane Katrina has proved that America cannot solve its internal problems and is incapable of facing these kinds of natural disasters, so it cannot bring peace and democracy to other parts of the world. Americans now understand that their rulers are only seeking to fulfil their own hegemonistic goals.

Editorial in Iran's Jomhuri-ye Eslami

The devastating waves of Katrina have unmasked the real face of America's profoundly corrupt society, and proved that under the beautiful surface of modern American life, there are decadent thoughts that always try to exploit the situation to fulfil inhuman goals. Although Bush and his team proved their inefficiency in dealing with the disaster, its aftermath proved that America's corrupt system is the main culprit.

Shen Dingli in China's Dongfang Zaobao

Katrina is testing the US. Katrina is also creating an opportunity for world unity. Cuba and North Korea's offer of sympathy and aid to the US could also result in some profound thinking in the US, and the author hopes that it will not miss this opportunity.

Editorial in Malaysia's Berita Harian

What's more saddening is that there have been riots and looting in New Orleans. It turns out that in a developed country with the most powerful economy in the world, some of its citizens are not much different from the poor in Third World countries.

Xiong Shu Li in Malaysia's Sin Chew Jit Poh

Co-operation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can no longer be delayed, but there are still countries - including the US - which still do not take the issue seriously. However, faced with global disasters, all countries are in the same boat. The US hurricane disaster is a "modern revelation", and all countries of the world including the US should be aware of this.

Editorial in Media Indonesia

The superpower United States has finally succumbed to nature's wrath. The US must eventually admit that it is unable to deal with the victims itself. Something has changed: Hurricane Katrina has destroyed some of the US's arrogance.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, quoted in El Nacional

The rich were able to leave, the poor stayed there, and it is now that they are evacuating them, four, five days later. That is the model they want to sell us. Racial segregation - the mayor of New Orleans said it - is a question of social classes; the rich were able to leave, the poor were left, enduring the hurricane. It is capitalism, in its extreme individualist phase.

BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaus abroad.

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新华网华盛顿9月3日电 (记者杨晴川) 来自加勒比海的5级飓风“卡特里娜”8月25日在美国登陆，8月29日袭击墨西哥湾沿岸地区，给路易斯安那、密西西比和亚拉巴马等州造成巨大破坏，整个受灾范围几乎与英国国土面积相当，被认为是美国历史上损失最大的自然灾害之一。

　　面对这一历史罕见的天灾，美国政府采取多项紧急措施，挽救生命，赈济灾民，逐步展开灾后修复和重建工作。

　　美国总统布什8月29日宣布路易斯安那和密西西比两州为灾区，以便动用联邦资金。他8月31日提前结束休假返回白宫，宣布成立以国土安全部长切尔托夫为首的内阁救灾小组，总体协调各有关部门的救援行动，同时委派联邦紧急措施署署长布朗负责现场救灾事宜。当天，为弥补飓风造成的灾区原油供应不足，布什宣布同意动用战略石油储备。

　　美国军方也投入救灾，派出4艘军舰向灾区运送物品，为其历史上规模最大搜救行动之一，同时决定在灾区部署3万名国民警卫队成员。

　　为了给救灾工作提供财政保障，美国国会于本月2日紧急通过了一项总额为105亿美元的紧急救灾拨款法案，并在当天由布什总统签署实施。布什同时邀请前总统克林顿和老布什出面领导救灾募捐活动。

　　为加强救灾人力，布什3日下令向南部飓风灾区增派7200名现役军人，与已在灾区的4000名现役军人一道参加抢险救灾。与此同时，五角大楼也宣布再向灾区派遣1万名国民警卫队成员。这些部队都部署到位后，美国投入救灾的总兵力将达到5.12万人。

　　美国劳工部2日宣布拨款5000万美元，在密西西比州灾区创造1万个灾后重建工作岗位，安置当地在飓风灾害中失业的人。美国交通部也安排铁路部门提供列车帮助灾民撤出灾区，15家航空公司也获准进入灾区运送灾民撤离。

　　布什3日表示，目前救灾工作是联邦政府的首要任务，并将及时针对失误做出改进，在没有完成任务前政府不会“休息”。

　　此次飓风不仅造成了巨大的生命财产损失，也导致了空前的人道主义灾难，数十万人被困灾区。仅路易斯安那州新奥尔良市就有6万至8万人被困在洪水淹没了80%的城市中。在等待救援的过程中，城市陷入一片混乱。目前1400名国民警卫队人员已进驻该城，局势已基本平静。到当地时间3日晚，已有4.2万名灾民在援救人员的帮助下安全撤离。

　　在其他受灾地区，救援和灾后修复工作也正在陆续开展当中。美国国土安全部长切尔托夫3日宣布，国民警卫队已从灾区救出了9500人，同时已有10万名灾民得到了人道主义援助。得克萨斯等10多个州已经开始接纳从灾区撤出的灾民。

　　然而，由于此次飓风破坏力极大，美国将面临空前严重的损失，救灾和重建工作任重而道远。目前，已确认的死亡人数为198人，失踪人数超过2万。许多人认为最终死亡人数可能数以千计，数十万人流离失所，接近或甚至超过1900年造成上万人死亡的“加尔维斯”顿飓风。

　　据国际风险评估机构RMS估计，此次飓风至少毁坏了15万处产业，损失金额在250亿至1000亿美元之间，将成为美国有史以来经济损失最大的一次自然灾害。飓风还造成大约500万户居民停电，在两个月内无法全部恢复，而要排干淹没新奥尔良全城80%的洪水则需要36至80天。此外，飓风给美国民众造成的心理创伤也是短时间内难以平复的。布什曾表示，要完成灾后重建工作，可能需要几年时间。