反特朗普　共和黨外交政策界聯署斥損國家　有黨人憂正中下懷

至少95名共和黨外交政策事務要員發表聯署信，矢言反對地產大亨特朗普，並指他的政見會危害美國安全。特朗普是共和黨總統提名人選戰角逐群雄中，目前最有望出線的參選人。今次聯署信，也是特朗普與黨內主流派嫌隙日益尖銳化的最新跡象。

聯署信經由「War on the Rocks」的博客網站貼出，聯署信說：「特朗普先生自己的言論讓我們歸結，他當總統，行使職權任事會讓美國更不安全，損傷我們在世界的地位。」

這封公開信指出：「此外，他認為可用總統職權對付批判異己的過分觀點，更是對美國公民自由赤裸祼的威脅。」

聯署信的簽署人包括佐里克（Robert Zoellick，世銀前總裁、美國前副國務卿）、美國國土安全部前部長謝爾托夫（Michael Chertoff），以及扎赫姆（Dov Zakheim，小布殊總統任內的國防部高官）等。
這些聯署人代表了共和黨外交政策圈中間路線派和新保守主義勢力，在小布殊兩任總統期間，他們全都主張美國須保有強大的國際角色，並長袖善舞發揮其影響力。扎赫姆說：「特朗普需要被阻止。他的話正在國外被當真。他已經惹怒了我們在中美洲、歐洲、東亞和中東地區的盟友。這不是美國領導人該有的做法。」

共和黨外交政策界的許多成員除了擔心特朗普的移民觀點和對貿易協定的敵視態度，還擔心如果特朗普上台，其政府會損害美國與日本、韓國和德國等眾多盟國的關係。他們也擔心特朗普對俄羅斯領導人普京「太同情」。

金融時報指出，這次批評行動的目的，是推動人們關注特朗普及其外交政策言論，活動發起者是前布殊政府國務院高官科恩(Eliot Cohen)，以及退役海軍軍官麥格拉思(Bryan McGrath)，他曾在羅姆尼(Mitt Romney)2012年競選總統期間擔任其幕僚。

一些共和黨人雖然與這封公開信看法相同，但對此次抨擊行動持保留觀點。他們表示這封信只會助長特朗普的競選勢頭，為他提供更多彈藥，讓他得以宣稱他是唯一願意改變華盛頓現狀的參選人。金融時報引述一位富有影響力的共和黨人說：「簽署這封信的都是共和黨的建制派，特朗普反對的正是這群人。所以這封信會令特朗普很開心。」

以下為聯署信英文全文：

We the undersigned, members of the Republican national security community, represent a broad spectrum of opinion on America’s role in the world and what is necessary to keep us safe and prosperous. We have disagreed with one another on many issues, including the Iraq war and intervention in Syria. But we are united in our opposition to a Donald Trump presidency. Recognizing as we do, the conditions in American politics that have contributed to his popularity, we nonetheless are obligated to state our core objections clearly:

His vision of American influence and power in the world is wildly inconsistent and unmoored in principle. He swings from isolationism to military adventurism within the space of one sentence.

His advocacy for aggressively waging trade wars is a recipe for economic disaster in a globally connected world.

His embrace of the expansive use of torture is inexcusable.

His hateful, anti-Muslim rhetoric undercuts the seriousness of combatting Islamic radicalism by alienating partners in the Islamic world making significant contributions to the effort. Furthermore, it endangers the safety and Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of American Muslims.

Controlling our border and preventing illegal immigration is a serious issue, but his insistence that Mexico will fund a wall on the southern border inflames unhelpful passions, and rests on an utter misreading of, and contempt for, our southern neighbor.

Similarly, his insistence that close allies such as Japan must pay vast sums for protection is the sentiment of a racketeer, not the leader of the alliances that have served us so well since World War II.

His admiration for foreign dictators such as Vladimir Putin is unacceptable for the leader of the world’s greatest democracy.

He is fundamentally dishonest. Evidence of this includes his attempts to deny positions he has unquestionably taken in the past, including on the 2003 Iraq war and the 2011 Libyan conflict. We accept that views evolve over time, but this is simply misrepresentation.

His equation of business acumen with foreign policy experience is false. Not all lethal conflicts can be resolved as a real estate deal might, and there is no recourse to bankruptcy court in international affairs.

Mr. Trump’s own statements lead us to conclude that as president, he would use the authority of his office to act in ways that make America less safe, and which would diminish our standing in the world. Furthermore, his expansive view of how presidential power should be wielded against his detractors poses a distinct threat to civil liberty in the United States. Therefore, as committed and loyal Republicans, we are unable to support a Party ticket with Mr. Trump at its head. We commit ourselves to working energetically to prevent the election of someone so utterly unfitted to the office.