一位來自利茲大學校友對三位西方領導人的嚴厲抨擊。你知道他是誰嗎？
(老安註:利茲大學（University of Leeds），是一所位於英國第三大城市利茲的公立綜合性研究型大學，為世界百強名校、英國紅磚大學。)
意見
誰是世界上的好領導者？
作者楊志力，利茲大學教育博士。
今時今日世界一片混亂的。全球各地都迫切需要能夠穩定國家地位的領導人。可惜與之相反，我們有一群像鮑里斯·詹森、斯科特·莫里森和賈斯汀·特魯多這樣的渾蛋。
金毛鮑里斯毫無疑問，是娛樂世界圈的天賜名丑，他可算是不類政府中人。在此之前，他把自己的荒誕行為融入了自己的個人角式，以此擺脫他身上任何醜聞了。但是這一次的“派對門”，隨著派對結束。他就像無綫風箏在颶風中隨風亂舞，撞向地面。從他嘴裏說出的每一個字，都是沒有人會相信的。他對政府的煩瑣政務毫無興趣，他只喜露面在派對或公開塲合的鏡頭前面。
每次，當他張開嘴，就是噴。相信這一次，就連他那精心造形的有意捲曲、蓬亂的頭髮也不能拯救他了。他那獨豎一幟却是無能的管治，對現世人的苦難麻木不仁，他下令從喀布爾混亂的撤退中疏散的是動物寵物却無視瀕危雖被拯救的人。誰知道他黑暗的心裏潛藏著什麼鬼主意! 對他來說，生活只是一場遊戲，隨他的旨意玩弄人生。他是典型的伊頓名門紈絝子弟的活脫化身。
在外交事務中，他只是一匹一招了的稚馬，他唯一招數是一個緊隨美國主子的腳步的溫順馬崽。他捲入了關英國屁事的潛在軍事武裝衝突。他忘記了托尼·布萊爾在伊拉克所遭受的恥辱，而且他很可能會重複這愚蠢。他與英國最重要的合作夥伴歐盟脫鉤，背棄世界主要崛起大國中國，背叛了法國，他面前是一個急需麫包與肉的國家。為什麼一個毒品成癮攻心的領導人會把他的國家最新的航母走去南中國海無端挑釁，這個地區早已不再是英國的勢力範圍，這樣無休止地燃燒他的國家負擔不起的寶貴美元，為了重溫英國的帝國的過去嗎？
金毛鮑里斯，你生得晚了兩個世紀了！
對鮑里斯最好的批評是他從來不甘寂寞，他沒有一點貼地常識，也沒有一點兒戰略意識。他就是沒有準備好治理國家，也不適合領導國家。任何選擇鮑里斯擔任舵手的國家都會禍不單行。他不知道英國將走向何方，只是緬懷過去。但是，他的祖師爺溫斯頓·丘吉爾却不是，金毛他對未來惘惘然，對現在也無心，只有對過去的癡迷。我提名鮑里斯為世界上的地緣政治小丑，何是這是英國負擔不起的一個非常昂貴的笑話，有利於酗酒荒唐的政黨，但不利於治國政黨政治。
在渾人笨伯的圖騰柱上，比鮑里斯低一等級的是加拿大的賈斯汀·特魯多。儘管他有著家族輝煌的血統，但他的履歷卻薄弱得驚人。利用他的家族名聲，這位前酒吧打手保鏢已經成為了加國最高領袖。特朗普這一次說法是對的，他稱加拿大總理“懦弱而愚蠢”，讓他的國家跟中國玩跳棋，陷入華為首席財務官的官非與中國長期拔河，而他的父親皮埃爾則刻意將中國培植成盟友。在賈斯汀的領導下，加拿大已經成為美國的第51個州，沒有任何權利，也沒有所有法定而複雜的聯邦制度。中立的加拿大在他父親領導下，拒絕走進美國的彀中，並對以中國為鄰國的緩和政策產生積極的影響。
由於他的兒子完全傾向於美國，老杜這種影響力已不存在。它隨著特朗普式的颶風而消失了。特魯多愚蠢地簽署了五眼聯盟的協議來懟中國，並派出加拿大海軍艦艇往世界上最惹火的地區 - 南中國海。美國有一個遏制中國的議程，而其實不關加拿大的任何方面。對加拿大一點好處也沒有。如果加拿大不知死去找麻煩，遲早有一天。只需要一門走火的大炮，你就會發現加拿大的艦隻沉於海底。加拿大為的是什麼？
特魯多的唯一殺著就是他的半吊子美貌。但外表永不是等於袋腦，也不等於積豆成兵。是的，他的外表可以讓外國領導人的妻子們著迷，像特朗普這樣的小丑天生戴綠帽精。也許這就是為什麼特朗普發自內心地討厭特魯多的原因。但世界需要的是聰明的全球領導人，而不是有肌肉發達的政治“鴨”。
鮑里斯古怪搞笑，而特魯多卻很軟弱鵪鶉。儘管賈斯汀曾是一名保鏢打手，但他被特朗普視為懦弱欺淩的目標。鮑里斯和賈斯汀都對未來不感興趣，缺乏遠見、欠缺戰略意識，缺乏長期規劃。兩人都喜出鋒頭出鏡頭。對於這對組合來說，言過其實。他們是典型的低知弱智頭人。
一個詞“人頭豬腦”可以概括了的斯科特·莫里森。此前，澳大利亞與其最大的貿易夥伴中國有著良好的關係，這種關係對雙方都非常有利。但是，竟然，在雙方沒有任何挑釁的情況下，莫里森決定接受美國對中國在香港和新疆濫用人權的指控。作為一個香港人，我可以告訴他，他對我的城市的說法大錯特錯。是的，今天香港是一個政府管治不善的地方。但這是因為北京在過去二十三年給了地方領導人太過放鬆放任，讓美國資助的社會活動人士瘋狂失控：這完全是對自由的濫用 - 而不是缺乏自由。九個月來，混亂和暴力都在肆虐。他們是香港的像特朗普一樣的暴徒。
至於新疆，實際是當地被引入的恐怖暴亂事件。美國對911恐怖襲擊的反應是以虛假的藉口入侵伊拉克，殺死一百多萬無辜平民。那麼，澳大利亞的道德慨憤公義又在哪呢？中國沒有入侵其他任何國家，在中國國土新疆拘捕肇事者因而對他們進行再教育和職業培訓，然後將他們釋放回社區。莫里森生吞活剥老美中央情報局的宣傳。然後，他添油加柴，要求由美國啟動調查中國意在誣為新冠病毒的源頭。莫里森更加大了賭注，破壞脫軌中澳關係，作出對雙方都不利的舉措。更荒謬的是，他承諾投入數十億美元建造核潛艇，以抗拒中國的軍事崛起。
難道那傢伙不知道中國必須武裝自己來抵禦美國的攻擊性質的打壓嗎？中國究竟做過了什麼來惹得澳大利亞人的敵意？南海島嶼的軍事化是中國抗拒美國包圍的生死鬥爭的問題。在世界歷史上，你有沒有聽說過一個國家 - 即美國，試圖連續包圍另一個國家七年？中國應該坐以待斃嗎？如果澳大利亞站在中國的相同位置時候，澳大利亞領導人會怎麼做？澳大利亞當然同樣有自衛的權利。
隨著貿易資金的減少，數十億美元被轉移到建造不需要的核潛艇來應對不存在的衝突，瘋狂的莫里森想把澳大利亞帶到哪里？中國和澳大利亞從未有互相間有過戰爭。如果他們之間爆發了戰爭，莫裏森肯定是揹下所有黑鍋。
臺灣問題一直是一件令人煩厭的事件，直到美國煽動臺獨分裂分子插痛了龍的眼睛。作為一個同一太平洋生存的國家，澳大利亞應該盡自己的努力來降溫，而不是潑風點火。直到目前，澳大利亞從當美國的跟班馬仔之中獲得了什麼？莫里森看起來越來越像在伊拉克橫行的托尼·布萊爾的澳大利亞版本。澳大利亞並沒有從太平洋世紀機遇之中獲益，而是大搖大擺地跌跌蕩蕩的走進一場重大的不必要的衝突。我想不出有什麼比這地緣政治中的愚蠢自殘行為更為不智的了。
西方記者傳媒毫無根據和偏頗地稱中國主席習近平為“獨裁專制者”，錯誤地懟他處理香港和新疆的騷亂的手法。他們的盲目和偏見真的過了，看不出美國的控訴抺黑只不過是反華的宣傳。你是否否認一個主權國家有平息被外部勢力輸入騷亂的權利？
再見，鮑里斯，再見，莫里森，再見，特魯多。你們已經被證明不適合去為政了。至於特朗普，這個大話精在他胡混搗亂的美國四年總統任期裏散佈了2萬多個謊言，一千多起訴訟。他雖然下臺了，但也未出局。超過7000萬美國人還會投票給一個自戀的瘋子，不明白為什麼澳大利亞、英國和加拿大還要舔美國人的靴子呢？
中國領導人憑藉獨自應對新冠肺炎的能力，是值得獲得讚譽的。沒有其他領導人在“掮起責任”方面如此果斷，鮑里斯只吹不作為，中國領導人粉碎了貪婪商人的市塲壟斷，結束了為了盈利的壓迫性的課外輔導，提倡“房是用來住的，而不是用來炒的”貼地指示，同時解除了八億人民的貧困，建設了世界上最龐大的高速列車網絡。如果你取得了治國成就，你就是那個優良政府的一個實在贏家。如果你把腐敗官員進行大規模、不計一切的整頓，保持午夜街道的安全稱為“獨裁威權主義”，那麼我不怕隨時隨地擁抱這“獨裁威權主義”。今天，全個世界如此多失敗的國家，只有一位領導人是在想著計劃著長遠及促進“共同繁榮”—他生活在中國，他是中國的領導人。
原文如下:
A scathing diatribe against 3 western leaders from a Leeds alumnus. Does anyone know of him?..
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Opinion | Who are the world's good leaders?
By Philip Yeung, EdD University of Leeds.
It's a topsy-turvy world out there. The world cries out for leaders who can steady the ship of state. Instead, we have a parade of fools like Boris Johnson, Scott Morrison and Justin Trudeau.
Boris is, undoubtedly, a gift to the entertainment world, but he doesn't belong in government. Previously, he has parlayed his non-seriousness into his personal brand, from which he can wriggle out of any scandal. But this time, with "partygate", the party is over. Like a kite dancing in the hurricane, he is crashing to earth. No one can trust a single word coming out of his mouth. With zero interest in the mundane business of government, he only comes to life at parties or in front of the camera.
Every time, when he opens his mouth, only hot air comes out. This time, not even his unruly, but carefully curated, tousled hair can save him. Clueless about how to govern, and callous to the sufferings of others, he ordered the evacuation of animal pets over endangered human beings in the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul. Who knows what lurks in his dark heart? To him, life is just a game, to be played by his rules. He is the living embodiment of Etonian entitlement.
In foreign affairs, he is a one-trick pony, his sole role being a docile US stooge. He follows at his master's heels into potential armed conflict where Britain has no business to be. He has forgotten the shame that has been visited upon Tony Blair in Iraq and looks likely to repeat that folly. Having decoupled from the EU, Britain's most important partner, unfriended China, the world's major rising power, and betrayed France, he now faces a country that demands its pound of flesh. What kind of drug-addled leader would send his country's newest aircraft carrier out to the South China Sea, looking for trouble, in a region that has long ceased to be Britain's sphere of influence, endlessly burning precious dollars his country can't afford—all for the sake of reliving Britain's imperial past?
Boris, you were born two centuries too late!
Without an ounce of common sense, or an iota of strategic sense, the best that can be said about Boris is that he is never dull. He is unprepared to govern, and unfit to lead. Woe betide any nation that picks Boris as helmsman. He has no clue where Britain is heading, only that he wants to go back to the past. But Winston Churchill he is not, with no idea about the future, no heart for the present and only an obsession with the past. I nominate Boris the geopolitical clown of the world, an expensive joke that Britain can ill-afford, good for boozy parties, but not for party politics.
Sitting one notch below Boris in the totem pole of fools is Canada's Justin Trudeau. Despite his lineage, his CV is alarmingly thin. Trading on his name, this former bar-room bouncer has become top leader. For once Trump was right, calling the Canadian prime minister "weak and stupid", allowing his country to be played like a pawn and dragged into a prolonged tug-of-war with China over Huawei's CFO, whereas Pierre, his father had studiously cultivated China as an ally. Under Justin, Canada has become the 51st state of the US, with none of the rights, and all of the complications of union. Under his father, neutral Canada refused to live in the pocket of the US, and had a moderating influence on its neighbor's China policies. With his son's total tilt towards the US, not a scintilla of that influence remains. It's gone with the Trumpian hurricane. Foolishly, Trudeau signed up for 5-Eyes to contain China, sending Canadian naval vessels to the most combustible region in the world, the South China Sea. The US has an agenda on containing China which Canada ostensibly doesn't share. No good can come out of this. If you go looking for trouble, you will find it, sooner or later. All it takes is an accidental cannon and you will find Canadian ships at the bottom of the ocean. And for what?
Trudeau's one weapon is his good looks. But looks is not brains and don't amount to a hill of beans in building relationships. Yes, his looks can charm the pants off the wives of foreign leaders, cuckolding buffoons like Trump. Maybe that's why Trump has a visceral dislike of Trudeau. But the world needs global leaders with brains, not political 'gigolos' with brawn.
Where Boris is funny, Trudeau is weak. Despite being a former bouncer, Justin is seen by Trump as a soft bullying target. Both Boris and Justin share a disinterest in the future, devoid of vision, of strategic awareness, of long-term planning. Both gravitate to photo ops. For this duo, style trumps substance. They are exemplary shallow leaders.
What about the leader Down Under? Oh well, this one takes the cake for suicidal stupidity! One word sums up Scott Morrison: pig-headedness. Previously, Australia enjoyed a comfortable relationship with China, its largest trading partner, a relationship that had been enormously beneficial to both. But, without provocation, Morrison decides to buy into US accusations of China's abuse of human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. As a Hong Konger, I can tell him he is dead wrong about my city. Hong Kong is a misgoverned place, yes. But that is because Beijing has given local leaders too long a leash for 23 years, letting US-funded activists run amok: It was a total abuse of freedom—not lack of freedom. For nine months, chaos and violence raged. They are Hong Kong's Trump-like rioters.
As for Xinjiang, it is imported terror. The US response to 911 attacks was to invade Iraq on false pretenses, killing over a million innocent civilians. Where was Australia's moral outrage then? China did not invade any country, only rounded up perpetrators for reeducation and job-training, then released them back into the community. Morrison swallowed CIA propaganda whole. Then he doubled down and demanded a US-inspired push to investigate China as the source of the coronavirus. By upping the ante, Morrison has derailed Sino-Australian relations, to the detriment of both. Worse, he is committing billions to building nuclear submarines to counter China's military rise.
Didn't the guy know that China must arm itself to fend off aggressive US containment? What has China done to earn Australian enmity? The militarization of the South China Sea islands is a matter of China’s life-and-death struggle against US encirclement. In the history of the world, have you ever heard of one country— namely the USA, trying to encircle another country non-stop for 70 years? Should China merely sit back to await strangulation? What would an Australian leader do if Australia were in China's shoes? Australia will similarly be entitled to the right of self-defense.
With trade dollars dwindling, with billions siphoned off into building unneeded nuclear submarines for a non-existent conflict, where is mad Morrison taking Australia? China and Australia have never been at war. If war breaks out between them, Morrison can surely take full credit.
The Taiwan affair had long been a sleepy affair, until America nudges Taiwan separatists into poking the dragon's eye. As a Pacific country, Australia should do its part to cool the tempers, not fan the flames. So far, what has Australia gained from being a US pawn? Increasingly, Morrison looks like Australia's Iraq-tainted Tony Blair. Instead of reaping the benefits of the Pacific Century, Australia is swaggering its way into a major needless conflict. I cannot think of an act of geopolitical stupidity more stupendous and suicidal than this.
Western reporters have baselessly and reflexively called President Xi of China "authoritarian", misjudging him on how he handled the Hong Kong and Xinjiang unrest. They are too blind and biased to see that US judgments are nothing more than anti-China propaganda. Do you deny a sovereign nation's right to quell imported riots?
Bye-bye Boris, so long Morrison, au revoir Trudeau. You have been proven unfit for office. As for Trump, this serial liar has been caught spouting over twenty thousand falsehoods during his four chaotic years in office with over a thousand lawsuits hanging over his head. He may be out of office, but not out of the picture. With over 70 million Americans voting for a narcissistic madman, why are Australia, Britain and Canada still licking America's boots?
By his competence in coping with Covid-19 alone, China's leader, hands down, deserves an avalanche of accolades. No other leader has acted so decisively in "leveling up", which Boris boasted but never delivered, smashing up monopolies and ending oppressive profit-making after-school tutoring, promoting "housing for living, not for speculating", while lifting 800 million out of poverty and building the world's biggest network of high-speed trains. If you go by achievements, there is only one clear winner in good government. If you call massive and unceremonious sacking of corrupt officials and keeping streets midnight-safe "authoritarian", then give me "authoritarianism " any day. With so many failed states littering the globe, only one leader thinks long-term and promotes "common prosperity"---and he lives and leads in China.
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