美国高层人物警告"苏独"后果

2014-09-24 18:01:44来源：可可英语

　　A “Yes” vote for independence would be aneconomic mistake for Scotland and a geopoliticaldisaster for the west, senior US figures, includingAlan Greenspan have told the Financial Times, asWashington wakes up to the chance that its closestally could break up this week.

　　苏格兰公投结果若为独立，将是苏格兰在经济上的失算，也是西方的一场地缘政治灾难——这是艾伦•格林斯潘(AlanGreenspan)等美国高层人物告诉英国《金融时报》的。华盛顿正意识到其最亲密的盟友有可能在本周面临分裂。

　　Having assumed for months that “No” would win comfortably, Washington has reacted withalarm to polls showing that Thursday’s referendum is going to the wire. “Like many Americans,and given that my name is Robert Bruce, I have an admiration for the Scots, their heritageand their role in US and world history,” said Robert Zoellick, the former deputy secretary ofstate and World Bank president. “But a break-up of the UK would be a diminution of Britain anda tragedy for the west just at a moment when the US needs strong partners. I stronglysuspect it would not work out well for the Scots either.”

　　在多个月来假设反对独立的一方将轻松取胜之后，华盛顿对民调结果作出震惊的反应，这些民调显示周四的公投命悬一线。“和很多美国人一样，并且因为我的名字是罗伯特•布鲁斯(Robert Bruce)，我对苏格兰人、他们的文化遗产，以及他们在美国乃至世界历史上起到的作用怀有一种敬佩之情，”曾先后担任美国副国务卿和世界银行(World Bank)行长的罗伯特•佐利克(Robert Zoellick)表示。“但是联合王国的解体将意味着英国的缩小，那将是西方的一个悲剧，而目前正值美国需要强大的合作伙伴。我强烈预期，独立到头来对苏格兰人也没有什么好处。”

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