周三，美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥断然驳斥了有关美国在与伊朗冲突期间犯下战争罪行的指责。他称国际特赦组织是个“骗子”，并认为该组织理应将注意力集中在伊朗政权对本国民众实施的种种暴行上。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sharply rejected criticism over alleged American war crimes during the conflict with Iran on Wednesday, calling Amnesty International “a fraud” and arguing that the organization should instead focus on alleged abuses committed by the Iranian regime against its own people.
鲁比奥此番言论是对有关美国军事行动的提问作出的回应。这些军事行动涉及葡萄牙的拉热斯空军基地，包括加油机、战斗机和无人机的起降情况，以及葡萄牙政府是否事先获知了此次任务的性质。
Rubio was responding to a question concerning US military activity involving Portugal's Lajes Air Base, including flights by refueling aircraft, fighter jets, and drones, and whether the Portuguese government had been informed about the nature of the mission.
当被问及与葡萄牙检方相关的内部程序时，鲁比奥表示自己不便置评。“我无法对此发表评论。那是你们国家的内部程序，我们无权置喙，”鲁比奥说道。
Asked about an internal process involving Portugal's public prosecutor, Rubio said he could not comment.“I can't comment on that. That's your internal process, so that's not up to us to comment on,” Rubio said.
随后他转向国际特赦组织。“国际特赦组织就是个骗子，”鲁比奥说，“如果问我怎么看，或者国际特赦组织该关注什么，我认为它应该把注意力放在这样一个政权上：这个政权在德黑兰及其他地区的街头冷血地杀害了数万名民众。”
He then turned to Amnesty International.“Amnesty International is a fraud,” Rubio said. “If you're asking me what I think, what Amnesty International thinks, you know what I think Amnesty International should be focused on? An Iranian regime that murdered in cold blood tens of thousands of people in the streets of Tehran and other parts of the country.”
鲁比奥还指责伊朗政权将目标对准了医院里的受伤抗议者。“国际特赦组织真正该关注的，是伊朗政权如何闯入医院，杀害躺在病床上的伤者；顺便说一句，他们有时还会杀害救治这些伤者的医生或护士，”他说道，“这些都属于战争罪行。”“那些都是反人类罪行，是他们对本国人民犯下的罪行。”
Rubio also accused the Iranian regime of targeting wounded protesters inside hospitals.“What Amnesty International should focus on is how the Iranian regime goes into hospitals when protesters are injured and murders the people in their hospital bed, and, by the way, sometimes murders the doctors or the nurses who treated them,” he said.“Those are war crimes. Those are crimes against humanity, and those are crimes they're committing against their own people.”
关于美国通过葡萄牙开展军事行动一事，鲁比奥表示，华盛顿是依据与里斯本及其他北约盟友达成的长期协议来行事的。
“我们与葡萄牙的关系稳固且规范，正如我们与所有北约盟友的关系一样；我们每次行动都严格遵循相关协议，”鲁比奥说道。
Rubio defends US use of Portuguese basesOn the question of US military operations conducted through Portugal, Rubio said Washington operates under longstanding agreements with Lisbon and its other NATO allies.“We have a strong, regulated relationship with Portugal, as we do with every one of our NATO allies, and we follow those protocols every single time,” Rubio said.“We would never violate the sovereignty of any country. We don't violate the sovereignty – that's not how allies behave.”
“我们绝不会侵犯任何国家的主权。我们不会这么做——盟友之间绝不会有这样的行为。”
Rubio declined to disclose whether specific conversations took place with Portuguese officials concerning the operations.“I'm not going to get into the details of conversations that happened or didn't happen,” he said.
对于是否曾就这些军事行动与葡萄牙官员进行过具体磋商，鲁比奥拒绝透露细节。“我不会详述哪些对话发生过、哪些没有发生，”他说道，“只需说明一点：我们有一套既定协议来规范我们在当地的驻军及基地使用情况，出于对盟友的尊重以及履行协议的义务，我们始终严格遵守这些规定。”鲁比奥还借此机会强调了北约对美国的战略价值。
“长期以来我一直支持北约，早在担任参议员时便是如此，”鲁比奥解释称，该联盟使美国得以在欧洲保持军事存在，并能在危机或突发状况下向世界其他地区投射力量。“这正是北约对美国具有重要意义的原因之一，”他说道。
“Suffice it to say that we have existing protocols that govern our presence here and how we use our bases, and we always follow them out of respect and out of compliance with the agreements that we have with our NATO allies.”Rubio defends NATO strategic valueThe secretary of state also used the exchange to defend the strategic value of NATO to the United States.“I've been a longtime supporter of NATO, going back to my time in the Senate,” Rubio said, explaining that the alliance allows the United States to maintain a presence in Europe and “project power in a time of crisis or contingency into other parts of the world.”“That is one of the reasons why NATO is valuable to the United States,” he said.
鲁比奥多次称赞葡萄牙是美国的忠实盟友，同时强调军事合作始终受既定协议约束。“葡萄牙一直是我们的优秀盟友，”他说道，“但这一关系始终建立在双方共同遵守的规则与协议基础之上，这些规则与协议规范了我们在当地的驻军及基地使用方式。”
Rubio repeatedly praised Portugal as a US ally, while stressing that military cooperation remained governed by established agreements.“Portugal has been a great ally,” he said, “but it's always been a great ally within the construct of the rules and the agreements that we have in place that regulate our presence here and the use of our bases.”