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(回答先: ブッシュ米大統領がＡＢＭ条約からの脱退を通告 投稿者 asahi 日時 2001 年 12 月 14 日 08:59:07)
President Discusses National Missile Defense
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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON NATIONAL
MISSILE DEFENSE
The Rose Garden
9:58 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I've just
concluded a meeting of my National
Security Council. We reviewed what I
discussed with my friend, President
Vladimir Putin, over the course of many
meetings, many months. And that is the
need for America to move beyond the
1972 Anti Ballistic Missile treaty.
Today, I have given formal notice to Russia, in accordance with the treaty, that the
United States of America is withdrawing from this almost 30 year old treaty. I have
concluded the ABM treaty hinders our government's ability to develop ways to protect our
people from future terrorist or rogue state missile attacks.
The 1972 ABM treaty was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union at a much
different time, in a vastly different world. One of the signatories, the Soviet Union, no
longer exists. And neither does the hostility that once led both our countries to keep
thousands of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert, pointed at each other. The grim
theory was that neither side would launch a nuclear attack because it knew the other
would respond, thereby destroying both.
Today, as the events of September the 11th made all too clear, the greatest threats to
both our countries come not from each other, or other big powers in the world, but from
terrorists who strike without warning, or rogue states who seek weapons of mass
destruction.
We know that the terrorists, and some of those who support them, seek the ability to
deliver death and destruction to our doorstep via missile. And we must have the
freedom and the flexibility to develop effective defenses against those
attacks. Defending the American people is my highest priority as Commander in Chief,
and I cannot and will not allow the United States to remain in a treaty that prevents us
from developing effective defenses.
At the same time, the United States and Russia have developed a new, much more
hopeful and constructive relationship. We are moving to replace mutually assured
destruction with mutual cooperation. Beginning in Ljubljana, and continuing in meetings
in Genoa, Shanghai, Washington and Crawford, President Putin and I developed common
ground for a new strategic relationship. Russia is in the midst of a transition to free
markets and democracy. We are committed to forging strong economic ties between
Russia and the United States, and new bonds between Russia and our partners in
NATO. NATO has made clear its desire to identify and pursue opportunities for joint
action at 20.
I look forward to visiting Moscow, to continue our discussions, as we seek a formal way to
express a new strategic relationship that will last long beyond our individual
administrations, providing a foundation for peace for the years to come.
We're already working closely together as the world rallies in the war against terrorism. I
appreciate so much President Putin's important advice and cooperation as we fight to
dismantle the al Qaeda network in Afghanistan. I appreciate his commitment to reduce
Russia's offensive nuclear weapons. I reiterate our pledge to reduce our own nuclear
arsenal between 1,700 and 2,200 operationally deployed strategic nuclear
weapons. President Putin and I have also agreed that my decision to withdraw from the
treaty will not, in any way, undermine our new relationship or Russian security.
As President Putin said in Crawford, we are on the path to a fundamentally different
relationship. The Cold War is long gone. Today we leave behind one of its last vestiges.
But this is not a day for looking back. This is a day for looking forward with hope, and
anticipation of greater prosperity and peace for Russians, for Americans and for the
entire world.
Thank you.
END 10:03 A.M. EST
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