BEWARE, THE BLAME-GAME WILL BACKFIRE

Exposure of Ulterior Motives Behind Stigmatization of China with COVID-19 (Part IV)

“甩鍋者”砸了誰的鍋

揭批借新冠肺炎疫情抹黑攻擊中國的叵測居心（四）

By Jun Sheng

■鈞 聲

The blames that certain American politicians have been trying to shift to China have all backfired on themselves, and the hardest-working blame-game player Mike Pompeo is considered by many American media and netizens as “one of the worst Secretaries of State in history.”

近來，一口口甩出去的“鍋”，徹底砸在美國一些政客自己身上。而“甩鍋”最賣力的蓬佩奧，許多美國媒體和網(wǎng)友稱之為“史上最差國務卿之一”。

Shifting the blame to others has eventually boomeranged against themselves. What exactly have they done to shift the blame then?

“甩鍋”，終于還是砸向了自己。且看美國一些政客是如何“甩鍋”的——

At first, the American politicians played “face change” repeatedly. They praised China’s anti-virus efforts when COVID-19 first broke out in the country. Then all of a sudden, they changed their tune and began to criticize China. The U-turn in their attitude came at a subtle timing when the outbreak quickly escalated in the US. With a mentality of speculation and adventurism, the anxious and upset US politicians felt no qualms about going back on their own words. What an eye-opening farce for the world!

先是頻頻“變臉”：疫情初期，美國一些政客先是點贊中國抗疫，忽又變臉指責中國。變臉時機微妙得很，正是美國疫情形勢急轉直下之時。急了，就翻臉了，投機心理夾雜著冒險心態(tài)，不惜自己打自己的嘴巴，這番表演，真是令世人大開眼界。

Later, they joined efforts to stigmatize China. As the pandemic spread ever more quickly across the US to the brink of going completely out of control, some politicians couldn’t wait to stand up and collectively slam and smear China, using very tough and strong words even though they knew the accusations carried no weight. Being incompetent in controlling the pandemic at home, they have been adamant about scapegoating China and put forth all sorts of China-bashing fallacies.

接著是集體“開黑”：隨著美西方疫情加速蔓延，滑向失控邊緣，一些政客再也坐不住了，紛紛群起鼓噪，指責中國、抹黑中國，盡管心里很虛，嘴上卻硬得很。應對疫情不力的他們，這回是鐵了心想把中國當作“替罪羊”。各種指責中國的荒謬論調一時間甚囂塵上。

But the truth always beats lies in the end. The false accusations made by those politicians were not bought even by their own people, not to mention the rest of the world. When asked if they had any evidence to prove that the virus came from China, the politicians just beat around the bush, unable to give a direct answer. Their bluffing trick, after playing for a long time, was seen through. The continuously worsening pandemic situation in the US has infuriated its media and people so much that criticisms of the government and its officials for their slow and bungled response have never stopped. Facts have proven that these politicians, failing to shift the blame, have finally shot themselves in the foot.

然而，真相終將刺破謊言。那些政客的誣陷之詞，不僅瞞不過世人，連他們本國民眾都不買賬。當被問到“病毒來自中國是否有證據(jù)”時，這些政客或顧左右而言他，或閃爍其詞無言以對。時間長了，人們也就看穿了他們這套虛張聲勢、故弄玄虛的把戲。隨著本國疫情持續(xù)惡化，美西方媒體和民眾對政府和政客的批評聲浪此起彼伏，抨擊這些無良政客“反應遲緩”“應對失策”……事實無情證明，正是他們“甩鍋”不成，反而砸了自己的鍋。

Now that the blame-game doesn’t work, the true situation about America’s pandemic prevention and control can no longer be covered up. It is exactly because of those American politicians who, instead of concentrating on bringing the outbreak under control, are only focused on smearing other countries and shifting the blame to others that the US has left the world far behind in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. Closer scrutiny would show that their blame-game just revealed their incorrigible “sinophobia paranoia.”

鍋砸了，底也就漏了。美國一些政客放著本國疫情防控的正事不干，一路抹黑別國、一路向別國“甩鍋”，才導致確診病例“一路領跑”。深究之下，其“甩鍋”之舉，再次暴露出他們不可救藥的“對華恐懼偏執(zhí)癥”。

Some American politicians have been trumpeting the “end of history” theory. They don’t want to see a fast-developing and strong China, much less a successful socialist country. Still, history rolls forward irrespective of personal wishes, and no force can stop China’s progress. Thanks to the tremendous efforts made since the outbreak, China has achieved remarkable success in containing the virus, and resumed business operation and production across the country.

美國一些政客一向鼓吹“歷史終結論”，他們不希望看到中國的快速發(fā)展與強大，更不愿意接受一個社會主義國家取得成功。然而，歷史潮流浩浩蕩蕩，中國前進的腳步是任何力量也阻擋不了的。疫情發(fā)生至今，中國取得重大階段性勝利，已經(jīng)全面復工復產。反觀美國，疫情仍在擴散，確診和死亡人數(shù)不斷上升，已成為全球疫情的“風暴眼”。

In contrast, the US has become the epicenter of the global pandemic, with the virus spreading further, and the number of infections and deaths still on the rise. Such a comparison is the last thing that those infected with “sinophobia paranoia” want to see. So, they played the blame-game to pass the buck for their poor epidemic response, and defame and throw obstacles at China’s development. How insidious!

這樣的對比，又豈是那些“對華恐懼偏執(zhí)癥”患者所樂見的？于是，他們借著“甩鍋”，一邊推卸自身抗疫不力的責任，一邊給中國發(fā)展“潑臟水”、使絆子，用心何其險惡。

Justice lies in people’s hearts. The people of the world have seen clearly that the fancy slogans like “America first” and “making America great again” should be based on “bearing responsibilities” rather than shirking them. The irresponsible and unconscionable move of shifting blame will in no way help with the anti-epidemic efforts; rather, it will only lead to an irremediable situation where the US has no choice but to eat the bitter fruit of its own making.

其實，公道自在人心。時至今日，世人更加認清：所謂“美國優(yōu)先”，理應建立在“承擔責任”，而非“推卸責任”上。昧著良心不負責地“甩鍋”，非但對疫情防控于事無補，反而會釀成不可收拾的局面、吞下更大的苦果。

There is an old Chinese saying that goes “l(fā)ift a rock only to drop it on one’s own feet,” which is similar to “shift the blame only to have it backfire.” We advise those American politicians, who confuse right with wrong, cling to the past, maintain biased viewpoints and randomly shift blame, to stop making anti-China noises and face up to justice, reason, and public opinion. After all, blaming China won’t cure your “disease” or make your wish to curb China’s development come true. That the US insists on going its own way stubbornly and recklessly will only make itself a laughing stock and the target of disdain.

關于“甩鍋砸了自己的鍋”，中國有一句類似的話，叫做“搬起石頭砸了自己的腳”。奉勸那些顛倒黑白、抱殘守缺、心態(tài)失衡、胡亂“甩鍋”的美國政客，停止反華聒噪，正視公理人心。歸根到底，“甩鍋”中國治不了你們的“病”，更如不了你們遏制中國發(fā)展的“愿”。一意孤行、任意妄為，只會落得個貽笑大方、遭人唾棄的下場。