「湾岸紛争」における米国世論と対日イメージ
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The so-called "Persian Gulf Conflict" broke out on August 2 of 1990 and actually ended on March 2 of 1991. During that period the Bush administration had consistently shown a firm attitude toward the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and taken decisive measures in responding to changing situations in the conflict. What made President Bush commit himself in the affair? A "legalistic-moralistic" sentiment seems to have driven him into the Gulf region. A large number of U.S. congressmen strongly gave moral support to the administration policy in the early stage. As the probability of a military clash between Iraq and the so-called "multinational forces" increased, however, the attitude of the congressmen split into two. The interesting point is that they chose a position of either for or against based on domestic political considerations like the presidential election of 1992. Looking at the opinions of various newspapers all over the country, one could see almost the same trends in views as those of the congressmen during the period. There were pros and cons among the editorials with regard to how to solve the problem. But one found shared attitude in favor of the cause President Bush pursued. By contrast, Japan suffered from a bad reputation regarding her way of dealing with the "Gulf Conflict" Japan's contribution was widely seen within the U.S. as "too little, too late." Her inability to articulate a coherent response to the affair resulted from historical domestic constraints. But U.S. public opinion seems to have had little understanding of the realities in Japan.
- 1991-03-31