謝鎮寬：史詩怒火定位台灣

（編者注：本文章為作者個人觀點，不代表本報意見。）

【史詩怒火燃燒伊朗】

2026年2月28日，美、以聯軍發動代號為「史詩怒火」Operation Epic Fury的閃電突擊行動，如入無人之境，伊朗防空、宛如委內瑞拉形同虛設，致造成伊朗最高領導人哈梅內伊Khamenei、與多名高層核心人士，集體被精準擊斃。

【中國武器破銅爛鐵】

在這場史詩怒火斬首行動，中國製雷達與防空系統、就像一堆破銅爛鐵，在實戰中根本毫無作用、集體潰敗，致使瞬間輿論譁然、演變成全球矚目的焦點。所謂的中國先進武器、中國作戰兵力，是否一如俄羅斯、只虛有其表浪得虛名？相信此刻習近平應該是心理有數，宛如寒天飲冰水冷暖己自知罷。

【藍白首肯預算付委】

或許在怒火的威懾下，台灣藍、白立委終於3月3日不再封殺，放手讓行政院版、新台幣1.25兆、國防特別預算條例列入議事日程草案，並送交6日院會處理。依照先前朝野協商所達成共識，政院版軍購條例屆時、將與其他藍白黨團未提出版本，一同交付委員會併案審查。

【朝野協商併案審查】

行政院版新台幣1.25兆國防特別預算條例列入議事日程草案，並送交6日院會處理。依照先前立法院2月24日開議時，朝野黨團協商的共識，同意將行政院版「強化防衛韌性、及不對稱戰力計畫採購特別條例草案」，及尚未提出的相關特別條例草案，都列入3月6日院會議程報告事項，並交外交及國防、財政兩委員會、與民眾黨團版國防特別條例草案併案審查，均不提出復議，但祈能
順利通過。

【同守護台灣國防】

武裝就是最好的防衛，就當台灣卯足了勁，要強化自我防衛時；美以伊已然開打，讓我們看得更清楚國防的重要，但祈藍白陣營能適時調整心態，以台灣安危為重，與人民共同守護台灣。

【穿席峰會台灣定位】

4月1日川普與習近平，將在北京舉行高峰會；除了如何平衡中美經貿外，臺海安寧與台灣定位，必然是峰會上必談的議題。多年來由國民黨灌輸，誤謬的認知與扭曲的歷史，讓臺灣成二戰戰勝國，還自以為是中華民國國民。這正是台灣人的悲哀，多年來認賊作父出賣靈魂、被賣了還替人數鈔票。

【台灣不屬任何中國】

盼在川普總統見證下、 2026年台灣人能落實，二戰後應有國際法理地位。依據舊金山和平條約、第二條第二款日本只宣布、放棄台澎的治權產權、與債權Japan renounces all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores. 同時指定美國為主要佔領權國the principal occupying power，並沒有將台灣主權轉讓給任何中國，既非中華民國、更不是中華人民共和國there is no recepient of Taiwan Sovernity, Taiwan is Taiwan, neither ROC, nor PRC.

【鬆綁老蔣放手一搏】

在美國有養狗的人都知道，住所附近哪裡有Unleashed dog park 、即鬆綁狗公園；因為蹓狗時，必須有狗鏈拴住。所以狗主人通常喜歡帶狗到，一個可以讓狗鬆綁、讓它自由自在地狂奔亂跑；但出了狗公園就得把狗拴好，一旦狗在公共場所咬人就得受罰，所以通常是always leashed the dog。國共內戰後，蔣介石被毛澤東打得、落花流水亡命台灣；他雖曾試圖東山再起，但被美國拴住。美國派出第七艦隊巡邏台灣海峽，不讓國共任何一方逾越雷池；Unleash the dog 是美國民間，常用的俚語、意為使勁地狂奔、放手一博。3月3日美國國務卿盧比歐在赴國會作證時，對記者說：We’re going to unleash Chang on these people in the next few hours and days接下來幾個小時或幾天內，我們將讓張對這些人動手。

【國務院新聞稿全文】
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-press-7 (https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-press-7)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to Press
REMARKS
MARCO RUBIO, SECRETARY OF STATE (https://www.state.gov/biographies/marco-rubio/)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MARCH 3, 2026
SECRETARY RUBIO:  All right.  I have a couple updates for you.  The State Department is now actively, as it has been now for the last 72 hours, implementing our plans to help Americans in the Middle East be able to depart.  As of a few minutes ago, before I left, 9,000 Americans have been able to leave the region since the start of this war.  We have about 1,500 Americans that are requesting assistance with departure.  We have identified and continued to identify charter flights, military flight options, and expanded commercial flight options, meaning working with the airlines to send bigger airplanes with more seats, and a combination of those three things.  The impediment we’re facing now, in many cases – we’ve had a couple instances in which we have planes in the air and on the way, and unfortunately the airspace gets closed and they have to turn back around.  So we’re working through those challenges.
Here’s the message I want to deliver Americans who are in the Middle East and in need of assistance:  It is very important – and I ask this of the networks as well – it is important for you to, please, put both the website and the phone numbers on your screens, because we need – we need to know where you are.  We need to know – we need to have contact information for Americans that need assistance.  They have to register with us, because as these options begin to open up, and as they open up, we have to be able to call you; we have to be able to reach you; we have to be able to know where you’re staying so we can get this information to you and coordinate appropriately.  And it’ll be a variety of methods: charter flights, military flights and transports, expanded commercial opportunities, and in some cases land routes that will allow them to go to neighboring countries who might have open airports at that point.
So it’s a lot of different things here that need to happen in order to move people.  But it all starts by knowing that you’re there.  It all starts by knowing that, where you are and how we can get ahold of you.  So I’m asking the networks and all of the media outlets, please publicize the two phone numbers that we’ve put out, as well as the website, so people can contact us and register.  We’ve had thousands of people call already.  As I’ve said, we’ve identified 1,500, almost 1,600 that are requesting assistance with departure.  But we need you to, please, be able to identify that.
As I came in, I also saw the media reports about Dubai’s consulate.  The last update I had with seconds before getting before these cameras was that a drone, unfortunately, struck a parking lot adjacent to the chancellery building and then set off a fire in that place.  All personnel are accounted for.  As you’re aware, we began drawing down personnel from our diplomatic facilities in advance of this.  In the cases, for example, of Beirut, we basically drew down to a bare bones, as well as in Baghdad and in Erbil and in a couple other posts as well.  So we’ve been very fortunate, obviously.  But our embassies and our diplomatic facilities are under direct attack from a terroristic regime.
With an update, I will obviously refer you to the Department of War.  Suffice it to say that our objectives remain, as they’ve been identified from the beginning and by the President laid out clearly yesterday: Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and we will not allow Iran to hide behind the immunity of a massive short-term[1 (https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks-to-press-7#footnote)]* ballistic missile inventory or the ability to make them or launch them.  And so CENTCOM, in a joint operations, is carrying out a systematic destruction of their missile belt, destruction of their launchers, and destruction of their ability to make these, as well as the destruction of their navy.  From what I’ve been told by the Department of War, everything is on or ahead of schedule and proceeding on these objectives.  We have every confidence in the world that these objectives will be achieved.
The last point I would make is – and I said this yesterday and I repeat – what’s about to – you’re about to see – we’re going to unleash Chiang on these people in the next few hours and days.  You’re going to really begin to perceive a change in the scope and in the intensity of these attacks, as, frankly, the two most powerful air forces in the world take apart this terroristic regime and defang it and take away its ability to threaten its neighbors or hide behind a zone of immunity that allows them to develop their nuclear ambitions.
This terroristic, radical, cleric-led regime cannot be ever allowed to have nuclear weapons.  We saw what they were willing to do to their own people.  They were willing to slaughter their own people in the streets.  Imagine what they would do to us.  Imagine what they would do to others.  Under President Trump that will never, ever happen.  All right.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, yesterday you said – yesterday you talked about Israel – Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Please, guys.  I can’t hear them all.  Yes.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, yesterday you told us that Israel was going to strike Iran and that that’s why we needed to get involved.  Today the President said that —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  No.
QUESTION:  — Iran was going to get —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Yeah, your statement’s false.  So that’s not what he – I was asked very specifically – were you there yesterday?
QUESTION:  Yes.  I asked a question.
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Okay.  No, did – were you the one that – because somebody asked me a question yesterday – did we go in because of Israel.  And I said – you asked me that, you, that follow up.  And I said no.  I told you this had to happen anyway.  The President made a decision, and the decision he made was that Iran was not going to be allowed to hide behind its ballistic missile program, that Iran was not going to be allowed behind its ability to conduct these attacks.  That decision had been made.  The President systemically – made a decision to systematically destroy this terroristic capability that they had, and we carried that out.  I was very clear in that answer.  This was a question of timing, of why this had to happen as a joint operation, not the question of the intent.  Once the President made a decision that negotiations were not going to work, that they were playing us on the negotiations, and that this was a threat that was untenable, the decision was made to strike them.
That’s what I said yesterday, and you guys need to play it.  And if you’re going to play these statements, you need to play the whole statement, not clip it to reach a narrative that you want to do.  All right?
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary —
QUESTION:  This is your statement – what is your statement?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Go ahead.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Go ahead.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, what do you make of the War Powers resolution that’s being considered here in Congress?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  I mean, the Congress votes on those.  They can if they want.  There’s mechanisms for it, and we’ve complied with the War Powers Act even though we believe it’s unconstitutional, as has every other administration.  Every other president has found the War Powers Act to be unconstitutional; nonetheless, we notified the Gang of Eight, which was an appropriate mechanism by which to notify Congress.  We sent a notification within 48 hours, the way the law requires.  I’m here today to have, I don’t know, my sixth or seventh briefing before the entirety of the House and Senate, which is far more than I ever got from any administration in the time that I was here, certainly when I was a member of the Gang of Eight.  And so we’ve complied with all of it.  We’ve over-complied with the law and what it requires.  This is an action by the President to address a real threat, a real threat.  This is hostilities designed to eliminate a threat to the safety and the security of the United States and to our allies.
All right?
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary —
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, you said —
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, was there a plan in place to evacuate Americans before the attack took place?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Well, that’s the plan we’re trying to carry out.  The problem is, or the challenge we are facing, is airspace closures.  If a country closes their airport – for example, in some cases, the airports have been hit.  So the airport in Kuwait was hit.  So if an airport’s been attacked or the airspace is closed, then we can have the planes lined up to go but we can’t get them to land because we don’t have the permissions to land there.  So that’s the challenge.
But rest assured, we are confident that we are going to be able to assist every American.  As I told you right now, we have about – a little over 1,500, maybe closer to 1,600 Americans requesting assistance, and we know that we’re going to be able to help them.  That’s going to take a little time because we don’t control the airspace closures.  That said, there may be more people out there that need help.  We need to know who you are, so please, I’m asking the media:  Publicize the phone numbers and the website because we need people to call in so we have their name, we have their contact information, we have their location and their request, so as these opportunities begin to open up, we can act very quickly to reach them and get them out of harm’s way.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary —
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, I wanted to just clarify what you said.  I just want to clarify what you said.
QUESTION:  When do you expect —
QUESTION:  Because you said —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  There’s nothing to clarify.
QUESTION:  But you said, I would give —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  No, but you have to read – if you’re going to read the whole statement.
QUESTION:  Your quote is about, “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that would precipitate an attack against” —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Yeah.  No, I understand.  But listen —
QUESTION:  — “American forces.”
SECRETARY RUBIO:  All right, let me – I understand —
QUESTION:  And that’s what – that’s what —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Yeah.  But I had a very specific question from that gentleman, right?
QUESTION:  And the President said – or the President said that —
QUESTION:  Can I ask you about – on timing?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Hold on one second.  I asked a very —
QUESTION:  — he may have forced the Israelis.
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Okay, but let me answer because this is my press conference.
QUESTION:  Sure.
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Okay.  You asked – I was asked a very specific question.  And so you guys can misrepresent it, but I was asked a very specific question yesterday.  The bottom line is this:  We – the President determined we were not going to get hit first.  It’s that simple, guys.  We are not going to put American troops in harm’s way.  If you tell the President of the United States that if we don’t go first we’re going to have more people killed and more people injured, the President’s going to go first.  That’s what he did.  That’s what the President will always do.  He will always put the safety and security of our men and women in uniform and of all Americans before anything else.  He’s always going to do that, and that’s what he did here.
In addition to that, I would argue that this threat from Iran, they are hiding behind these missiles and hiding behind these drones.  They wanted to reach a point where you couldn’t touch them, and then they could do whatever the hell they wanted with their nuclear program.  And there was no way in the world that this terroristic regime was going to get nuclear weapons – not under Donald Trump’s watch, that’s for sure.
QUESTION:  Will the U.S. attack —
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  All right, hold on.
QUESTION:  Nothing to do with Israel?  It had nothing to do with Israel?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Go ahead.
QUESTION:  (Inaudible) look at this operationally, there’s a general question of why the President gave the green light, and then there’s a question of why did it have to happen this weekend.  Are you saying it had to happen this weekend because of that Israeli action?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  No, the – this weekend presented a unique opportunity to take joint action against this threat.  And I’m just – we wanted this to have maximum success.  We want this operation to be successful at achieving its objectives.  I’ll repeat the objectives.  The President laid them out yesterday.  Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.  It cannot have – and therefore it cannot have the things it was hiding behind to have a nuclear weapons program.  What are those things?  Number one, we are going to destroy their missiles and their missile launchers, we are going to destroy their capability to make these missiles and these launchers, and we are going to destroy their navy.  Those are the objectives.  And this weekend, acting at this time, gave us the highest probability of success in achieving those objectives.  And as the Department of War will brief you, we are on or ahead of schedule to do that.
QUESTION:  So the U.S. attack would have happened no matter what?  Would the U.S. attack have happened no matter what Israel was planning to do?
QUESTION:  (Inaudible) said Israel was going to act with or without the U.S. —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  The President had already made a decision to act.  On the timing, the President acted on the timing that gave us the highest chance of success, and that’s what you’re seeing play out right now.  You’re seeing it play out right now, and you’ll see it in the days to come.  We will systematically take apart their missile program.  We will destroy their ability to sponsor terrorism, by the way.  We will destroy their factories.  We will destroy their navy.  Those objectives are going to be met.  We’re well on our way to meeting them.  It will not be easy.  There will be a price to pay for it, but that is a much lower price to pay than having a nuclear-armed Iran.
I’ve got to go brief these guys.
QUESTION:  And it had nothing to do with Israel?
QUESTION:  To clarify —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Hold on.
QUESTION:  Can I just clarify one thing?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Yes.  Yes, ma’am.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, how heavily is the administration leaning into the 2001 AUMF for justification of these strikes?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  What now?
QUESTION:  How heavily is the administration —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Well, that’s not our notification to Congress.  Our notification – listen, let me explain to you guys this in simple English, okay?  Iran is run by lunatics – religious fanatic lunatics.  They have an ambition to have nuclear weapons.  They intend to develop those nuclear weapons behind a program of missiles and drones and terrorism that the world will not be able to touch them for fear of those things.  And this is the weakest they’ve ever been.  Now was the time to go after them.  The President made the decision to go after them, take away their missiles, take away their navy, take away their drones, take away their ability to make those things, so that they can never have a nuclear weapon.  That’s why the President made this decision.  It was the right decision, and the world will be a safer place when these radical clerics no longer have access to these weapons.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  You see how they’re using them now.  Imagine how they would use them a year from now if they had more of these.
All right, I’ve got time for one more.  Yeah, go ahead.
QUESTION:  What exactly was the threat?  What exactly was the threat?
QUESTION:  Yesterday, several Democrats criticized what you said, and are you – is —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Yeah, of course they – the question is several Democrats criticized?  They’re going to always criticize.  We’ve been doing this for years, guys.  They come out.  I’ll tell you right now, they’re going to come out after the briefing and say we didn’t hear anything, we have more questions than answers; you mark my words.  But we still do these briefings.
Go ahead.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary, their criticism was on the timeline.  They said that Israel is dictating the timeline for the United States.
SECRETARY RUBIO:  No, the President —
QUESTION:  As you know, several people on the right have also agreed with that.  How would you respond to that?
SECRETARY RUBIO:  Look, the United States made a decision – under the President of the United States – made a decision this is intolerable.  Iran cannot have these missiles, cannot have these drones, cannot threaten the world.  The President said this is the weakest they’ve ever been; if we don’t hit them now, a year from now, a year and a half from now, no one will be able to touch them, and they’ll be able to do whatever they want.  And he made a decision to go, and he made a decision to go in a joint operation because it gave us the highest chance of success, and he made the decision to go first because he concluded that we were not going to get hit first.  We were not going to absorb a blow from them, because in addition to costing lives it would undermine the effectiveness of our operation.
QUESTION:  Mr. Secretary —
SECRETARY RUBIO:  All right, guys.  I’ve got to go.  Thank you.

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國務卿馬可·盧比歐

華盛頓特區

2026年3月3日

盧比歐國務卿：好的。我有一些最新情況要告訴大家。國務院目前正積極實施我們的計劃，幫助身處中東的美國公民離開，過去72小時我們一直在做這件事。就在幾分鐘前，在我離開之前，自這場戰爭爆發以來，已有9,000名美國公民離開該地區。目前還有大約1500名美國公民正在申請離境援助。我們已經確定並將繼續確定包機、軍用飛機以及擴大商業航班的選擇，這意味著我們正在與航空公司合作，安排座位更多的大型飛機，以及這三種方式的組合。我們現在面臨的障礙是，在許多情況下——我們已經遇到過幾次飛機已經起飛，但不幸的是，空域關閉，他們不得不返航。所以，我們正在努力克服這些挑戰。

我想向身處中東且需要援助的美國公民傳達以下訊息：非常重要的一點——我也要求各電視台這樣做——請務必在螢幕上顯示網站和電話號碼，因為我們需要知道你們在哪裡。我們需要掌握需要援助的美國公民的聯絡方式。他們必須向我們登記，因為隨著援助管道的逐步開放，我們需要能夠聯繫到你們，了解你們的住處，以便將訊息傳遞給你們並進行相應的協調。我們將採用多種方式：包機、軍用飛機和運輸機、拓展商業管道，以及在某些情況下，透過陸路前往鄰國，這些國家屆時可能已開放機場。

因此，為了幫助人們撤離，我們需要採取多種措施。但這一切都始於我們知道你們身處中東。一切都始於了解您的位置以及我們如何與您聯絡。因此，我請求各大電視台和媒體機構，請宣傳我們公佈的兩個電話號碼以及網站，以便人們可以聯繫我們並進行登記。我們已經接到了數千通電話。正如我所說，我們已經確認了1500到1600名需要協助離境的人員。但我們需要你們能夠辨識出這些人。

我進來的時候，也看到了關於杜拜領事館的媒體報道。就在我來到鏡頭前幾秒鐘，我收到的最新消息是，一架無人機不幸撞上了領事館大樓旁的停車場，並引發了火災。所有人員均已確認安全。正如你們所知，我們在此之前就開始從外交機構撤離人員。例如，在貝魯特，我們基本上只保留了最基本的軍事力量，在巴格達、埃爾比勒以及其他幾個駐地也是如此。顯然，我們非常幸運。但是，我們的大使館和外交機構正遭受一個恐怖政權的直接攻擊。

關於最新情況，我自然會請各位諮詢美國陸軍部。簡而言之，我們的目標依然不變，正如我們從一開始就確定的，也是總統昨天明確闡述的：伊朗絕不能擁有核武器，我們絕不允許伊朗躲在龐大的短期[1]*彈道飛彈庫存或其製造和發射能力的庇護之下。因此，中央司令部正在進行聯合行動，系統性地摧毀伊朗的飛彈防線、發射裝置和製造能力，以及摧毀其海軍。根據我從陸軍部了解到的情況，所有行動都在按計劃進行或提前完成，並朝著這些目標穩步推進。我們完全有信心這些目標一定會實現。

最後一點——我昨天說過，現在再說一次——接下來你們將會看到，在接下來的幾個小時和幾天裡，我們將對這些人發動「蔣介石」式的打擊。你們將會真切地感受到這些打擊的範圍和強度發生了變化，因為坦白說，世界上最強大的兩個空軍將摧毀這個恐怖政權，使其喪失威懾力，並剝奪其威脅鄰國或躲在「豁免區」後發展核野心的能力。

這個由神職人員領導的恐怖主義、激進政權絕不能擁有核武。我們已經看到了他們對自己人民的所作所為。他們甚至願意在街頭屠殺自己的人民。想像一下他們會對我們做什麼。想像一下他們會對其他人做什麼。在川普總統的領導下，這一切永遠不會發生。好了。

問：國務卿先生，您昨天說－您昨天談到了以色列－國務卿先生，國務卿先生，國務卿先生－

盧比歐國務卿：拜託，各位。我聽不清楚所有人說話。好的。

問：國務卿先生，您昨天告訴我們以色列要打擊伊朗，所以我們才需要介入。今天總統說——

盧比歐國務卿：不。

問：——伊朗將會——

盧比歐國務卿：是的，你的說法是錯的。所以他——有人非常明確地問過我——你昨天在場嗎？

問：是的。我問了一個問題。

盧比歐國務卿：好的。不，是你──因為昨天有人問了我一個問題──我們是因為以色列才介入的嗎？我說——你問我這個問題，你，那個後續問題。我說不是。我告訴過你，無論如何，這件事都必須發生。總統做出了決定，他的決定是絕不允許伊朗躲在彈道飛彈計畫背後，絕不允許伊朗依靠其發動攻擊的能力來掩蓋罪行。這個決定已經做出。總統系統性地決定摧毀他們擁有的這種恐怖主義能力，而我們也執行了這個決定。我的回答非常明確。問題在於時機，在於為什麼必須以聯合行動的形式進行，而不是意圖的問題。一旦總統認定談判行不通，認定他們在談判中耍弄我們，認定這種威脅站不住腳，我們就決定對他們進行打擊。

這就是我昨天說的，你們需要播放這段話。如果你們要播放這些聲明，就應該播放完整的聲明，而不是為了迎合你們的敘事而斷章取義。明白嗎？

問：國務卿先生—

Q：這是您的聲明—您的聲明是什麼？

盧比歐國務卿：請繼續。問：部長先生——

盧比歐部長：請繼續。

問：部長先生，您如何看待國會正在審議的《戰爭權力法案》決議？

盧比歐部長：我的意思是，國會對這些決議進行投票表決。如果他們願意，他們可以這樣做。有相應的機制，而且我們一直遵守《戰爭權力法案》，儘管我們認為它違憲，就像其他歷屆政府一樣。其他歷任總統都認為《戰爭權力法案》違憲；儘管如此，我們還是通知了“八人幫”，這是通知國會的適當機制。我們依照法律規定，在48小時內發出了通知。今天我來到這裡，是第六次還是第七次向參眾兩院全體議員匯報情況，這遠遠超過了我任職期間任何一屆政府的匯報次數，當然也超過了我作為“八人幫”成員時的次數。因此，我們完全遵守了所有規定。我們不僅遵守了法律，而且做得比法律要求還要好。這是總統為回應一個真正的威脅而採取的行動，一個實實在在的威脅。這是旨在消除對美國及其盟友安全威脅的敵對行動。
好的？

問：國務卿先生—

問：國務卿先生，您剛才說—

問：國務卿先生，攻擊發生前是否有撤離美國公民的計畫？

盧比歐國務卿：嗯，我們正在努力執行這個計畫。問題在於，或者說我們面臨的挑戰是空域關閉。如果一個國家關閉了機場——例如，在某些情況下，機場遭到了襲擊。科威特的機場就遭到了襲擊。所以，如果一個機場遭到攻擊或空域關閉，即使我們安排了飛機準備起飛，也無法讓它們降落，因為我們沒有在那裡降落的許可。這就是挑戰。

但請放心，我們有信心能幫助每一位美國公民。正如我剛才所說，大約有1500多名，或許接近1600名美國人請求援助，我們知道我們能夠幫助他們。這需要一些時間，因為我們無法控制空域關閉。即便如此，可能還有更多人需要幫助。我們需要知道你們是誰，所以請媒體幫忙：公佈電話號碼和網站，因為我們需要人們打電話求助，這樣我們才能知道他們的姓名、聯絡方式、所在地和請求內容。這樣，一旦這些機會出現，我們就能迅速採取行動，聯絡他們，讓他們脫離危險。

問：部長先生——

問：部長先生，我想澄清一下您剛才說的話。

Q：您預計什麼時候—

問：因為您剛才說—

盧比歐部長：沒什麼需要澄清的。

問：但您說過，我會—

盧比歐部長：不，但您必須閱讀—如果您要閱讀整份聲明的話。

問：您引述的內容是，「我們知道以色列會採取行動，我們知道這將引發對」——

盧比歐部長：是的。不，我明白。但請聽——

問：——「美國軍隊」。

盧比歐部長：好的，讓我——我明白——

問：那就是──那就是──

盧比歐部長：是的。但我那位先生有一個非常具體的問題，對吧？

問：總統說——或者總統說——

Q：我可以問您關於－時間安排的問題嗎？

盧比歐部長：等一下。我問了一個非常——

問：——他可能迫使以色列人。

盧比歐部長：好的，但讓我來回答，因為這是我的記者會。

問：好的。

盧比歐部長：好的。你問了——我被問了一個非常具體的問題。你們可能會曲解我的意思，但我昨天確實被問了一個非常具體的問題。關鍵是：我們──總統決定我們不會先遭殃。就這麼簡單，夥計們。我們不會讓美國軍隊身處險境。如果你告訴美國總統，如果我們不先發制人，就會有更多的人傷亡，總統就會先發制人。他就是這麼做的。總統永遠都會這麼做。他永遠都會把我們軍人以及所有美國人的安全放在第一位。他永遠都會這樣做，而他這次也正是這麼做的。
除此之外，我認為伊朗的威脅，他們躲在飛彈和無人機背後。他們想達到一個無人能撼動的地步，然後就可以隨心所欲地發展他們的核子計畫。而這個恐怖政權絕不可能獲得核武——至少在唐納德·川普的領導下不可能，這一點毋庸置疑。

問：美國會發動攻擊嗎？

問：國務卿先生—

盧比歐國務卿：好的，稍等。

問：與以色列無關？與以色列無關？

盧比歐國務卿：請繼續。

問：（聽不清楚）從作戰層面來看，首先要問的是總統為什麼批准了這項行動，其次要問的是為什麼非得在這個週末進行。您是說因為以色列的行動才必須在這個週末進行嗎？

盧比歐部長：不，這個週末為我們提供了一個獨特的機會，可以採取聯合行動來應對這項威脅。我們只想說，我們希望這次行動能取得最大成功。我們希望這次行動能夠成功實現其目標。我再重複一次這些目標。總統昨天已經闡述過了。伊朗不能擁有核武。它不能擁有──因此，它也不能擁有它用來掩蓋核武計畫的那些手段。這些手段是什麼？第一，我們要摧毀他們的飛彈和飛彈發射裝置，我們要摧毀他們製造這些飛彈和發射裝置的能力，我們要摧毀他們的海軍。這些就是我們的目標。而在這個週末，在這個時間點採取行動，使我們實現這些目標的可能性最大。正如戰爭部將向你們匯報的那樣，我們目前的進展符合計劃，甚至提前完成。

問：所以，無論發生什麼，美國的攻擊都會發生嗎？無論以色列計劃做什麼，美國的攻擊都會發生嗎？

問：（聽不清楚）說以色列無論美國是否參與都會採取行動——

盧比歐部長：總統已經決定採取行動。至於時機，總統選擇了成功幾率最高的時機，而這正是你們現在看到的。你們現在看到的，以及未來幾天你們看到的。我們將系統性地摧毀他們的飛彈計劃。順便說一句，我們將摧毀他們支持恐怖主義的能力。我們將摧毀他們的工廠。我們將摧毀他們的海軍。這些目標將會實現。我們正朝著目標穩步前進。這並不容易。我們將為此付出代價，但這遠比讓伊朗擁有核武低得多。

我得去向他們報告一下。

問：這與以色列無關嗎？

問：澄清一下——

盧比歐部長：稍等。

問：我能澄清一下嗎？

盧比歐部長：好的，女士。

問：部長先生，政府在多大程度上依賴2001年的《授權使用武力法案》（AUMF）來為這些罷工辯護？

盧比歐部長：現在呢？

問：政府在多大程度上——
魯比奧部長：嗯，那不是我們向國會提交的通知。我們的通知－聽著，讓我用簡單的語言向你們解釋一下，好嗎？伊朗是由一群瘋子統治的──一群宗教狂熱的瘋子。他們野心勃勃地想要擁有核武。他們打算利用飛彈、無人機和恐怖主義計畫來發展這些核武器，讓世界因為害怕這些武器而不敢對他們採取行動。而現在，他們比以往任何時候都更加虛弱。現在正是對他們採取行動的時候。總統決定對他們採取行動，奪走他們的飛彈、海軍、無人機，剝奪他們製造這些武器的能力，讓他們永遠無法擁有核武。這就是總統做出這個決定的原因。這是一個正確的決定，當這些極端宗教人士無法再獲得這些武器時，世界將會更加安全。

問：部長先生——

魯比奧部長：你們看看他們現在是如何利用這些武器的。想像一下，如果他們一年後擁有更多這樣的武器，他們會怎麼利用它們。

好的，我還有時間再問一個問題。好的，請繼續。

Q：究竟是什麼威脅？究竟是什麼威脅？

問：昨天，幾位民主黨人批評了您的發言，您——是——

魯比奧部長：是的，當然，他們──問題是幾位民主黨人批評了？他們總是會批評。夥計們，我們做這些事已經很多年了。他們會出來。我現在就告訴你們，簡報會結束後，他們會出來說我們什麼都沒聽到，我們的問題比答案還多；你們記得我的話。但我們仍然會舉行這些簡報會。

請繼續。

問：部長先生，他們的批評是關於時間表的。他們說以色列正在左右美國的時間表。

魯比奧部長：不，總統——

問：如您所
知，右翼人士中也有不少人同意這一點。您對此有何回應？

盧比歐部長：聽著，美國——在美國總統的領導下——做出了一個決定，那就是這是不可容忍的。伊朗不能擁有這些飛彈，不能擁有這些無人機，不能威脅全世界。總統說，伊朗現在的實力比以往任何時候都弱；如果我們現在不打擊他們，一年後，一年半後，就沒有人能動搖他們，他們就能為所欲為。他決定採取行動，並決定採取聯合行動，因為這能最大程度地提高我們的成功率。他決定先發制人，因為他認為我們不會先挨打。我們不會承受他們的打擊，因為那樣不僅會造成人員傷亡，還會削弱我們行動的有效性。

問：國務卿先生—

盧比歐國務卿：好了，各位。我得走了。謝謝。