米国

1975年4月30日。かつて「アメリカ史上最長の戦争」だったヴェトナム戦争が、大きな挫折に終わった日から50年。その一部は新たな「最長の戦争」となったアフガン戦争終結までの日々とも重なる。

二〇二一年初の米国連邦議会襲撃事件．憲法修正第二条を盾に武装した人民（ミリシア）と対峙する連邦キャピトル警察・州軍（ミリシア）が繰り広げる異様な光景が意味するものは何か．

「奴隷解放の父」として，史上最も尊敬を集めてきた大統領であるエイブラハム・リンカン(一八〇九―六五)．

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