アメリカ政府における安倍辞任

　上から昨日のホワイトハウス（スノー報道官）、国務省（マコーマック報道官）の会見録抜粋です。

　テレビでも報じられているように、基本的には「日本の内政問題である」というスタンス、当たり前だけど、です。
そしてこれも当たり前ですが、新しい政府がこれまで同様に「親米的」であることを願うっと。

　さて、先稿では書き忘れましたが、安倍辞任とは符合することなく、少日前に王毅在日本中国大使の異動が公表されています。

　王毅は小泉時代に日本の反中感情慰撫のために特命で、外交部長から格下ポストの駐日大使になってきていたわけですが、安倍政権成立で親中政権を樹立をみた、中国側はそういう判断をしているんでしょう、だから王毅は引き上げた。
このあたりにも媚米、嫌中、似而非保守、熱湯浴の認識のとの捻れを感じますね。

Press Briefing by Tony Snow

Q Is the President disappointed with Prime Minister Abe's resignation? And does he --
MR. SNOW: You asked me that this morning. (Laughter.)
Q I have one more. (Laughter.) And does the administration expect continued support and assistance from Japan in Afghanistan?
MR. SNOW: Well, again, we have a very important working relationship with the Japanese. The President certainly respected his working relationship with Prime Minister Abe. But let's see what happens in Japanese politics. He resigned, you're going to have the formation of a new government, and we look forward to working with them.

Daily Press Briefing

QUESTION: On Japan. I know you were saying that they're internal domestic --
MR. MCCORMACK: Right.
QUESTION: -- political developments.
MR. MCCORMACK: Right.
QUESTION: But what does the U.S. hope for from the new Japanese Prime Minister once it's decided?
MR. MCCORMACK: Well, I think what we have had over our -- over the recent decades and that is a good partner and I suspect that that will be the case. Japan's a good friend and ally and I expect that we are going to work very well with whomever is in the next Japanese Government as well as whomever leads that government.
QUESTION: Just to follow up, regarding the Anti-terrorism and Special Measures Law and with Abe's resignation, it looks like it could possibly be more difficult to get it extended.
Is the U.S. a little bit concerned about this or --
MR. MCCORMACK: I'll let others do vote-counting in the Japanese Diet. We've made it clear that we support the continuation of that mission, that -- in support of OEF, but ultimately, it's going to have to be the Japanese people and their representatives who decide on that. Yeah.
QUESTION: Sean, before the announcement of the resignation this morning, Ambassador Schieffer was called into the Prime Minister's office. Do you know if that's how the United States was informed of the intent of resignation or was it through --
MR. MCCORMACK: I don't know. Don't know.

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