美帝國務卿响柏林圍牆倒塌30周年訪問：對香港示威不割蓆？
柏林圍牆倒塌30周年，好難唔令國際對現今「新冷戰」有啲聯想，順便對香港示威「抽水」，而出代表美帝去柏林出席紀念活動嘅國務卿蓬佩奧當然唔會放過呢個機會啦，演講嘅題目係"The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future"（89年嘅教訓：自由與我地嘅將來），明唔明？
响演講後嘅答問會中有人聽眾問佢：
“You said freedom will prevail. What is your advice to Hong Kong demonstrators right now? Settle for what they have achieved peacefully or continue to struggle?”
（你話自由係最重要，咁你對香港嘅示威者有咩意見呢？接受佢地和理非達到嘅階段勝利，還是繼續抗爭呢？）
佢就咁回應：
This will be up to the human spirit, the people of Hong Kong（要視乎香港人嘅精神）. We have made very clear to the leadership in China that it’s our expectation that the Chinese Government will honor their commitment（遵守承諾）. They made a promise to the people in the region that they would adhere to a fundamental system that allowed a difference – there would be one country and two systems. We’ve asked the Chinese Government to maintain the promise that they made, that they made to their own people. And as for the people of Hong Kong, they’ll make their own decision. They’ll find their own path forward.（香港人會自己決定選擇自己嘅路。）
We have suggested to all the parties in the region that violence is a bad idea（暴力係唔啱嘅）, but the struggle for freedom continues（不過為自由而抗爭就繼續）. We see it not just in Hong Kong. We see it in the streets of Beirut（黎巴嫩嘅貝魯特）. We see it in the streets of Baghdad（伊拉克嘅巴格達）, where peoples are rising up against the Islamic Republic of Iran. They want to be Iraqi. They want to be Lebanese, not Hizballah. They want to be Iraqi, not part of a Iranian militia.
I think that those of us who are freedom-loving peoples all across the world need to support those people wherever we can and make sure that they have the capacity and the tools to achieve the outcomes that they choose to seek.
（我認為全世界熱愛自由嘅我地，要用任何方法去支持嗰啲人民响佢地能力範圍內同工具（？！）去選擇自己嘅路。）
P.S. 唔...香港人自己選擇？暴力係唔啱？但係支持佢地响能力範圍內同工具去揀自己條路？即係咩意思呢？
#答得好巧妙
Video Source：U.S. Department of State
原文（好長慎入）：
https://www.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-remarks-at-koerber-stiftung-axica-the-lessons-of-1989-freedom-and-our-future/
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