{"id":246977,"date":"2022-02-11T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=246977"},"modified":"2022-02-11T15:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:19:52","slug":"aktualni-komentar-erika-besta-co-stoji-za-bojkotem-olympijskych-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=246977","title":{"rendered":"AKTU\u00c1LN\u00cd KOMENT\u00c1\u0158 ERIKA BESTA: Co stoj\u00ed za bojkotem olympijsk\u00fdch her"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tento \u010dl\u00e1nek p\u016fvodn\u011b vy\u0161el v\u00a0anglick\u00e9m zn\u011bn\u00ed 4.2.2022 v\u00a0placen\u00e9m bulletinu Friday Editon pod n\u00e1zvem\u00a0Behind the Olympic boycott<\/a>:<\/em><\/h6>\n

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T\u00fdden pot\u00e9, co 6. prosince B\u00edl\u00fd d\u016fm ozn\u00e1mil\u00a0diplomatick\u00fd bojko<\/strong>t<\/a>\u00a0zimn\u00edch olympijsk\u00fdch her, p\u0159inesly\u00a0Financial Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>na tituln\u00ed str\u00e1nce novin \u010dl\u00e1nek o\u00a0v\u00fdrobci dron\u016f a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00edch sedmi \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fdch spole\u010dnostech, kter\u00e9 byly p\u0159id\u00e1ny na \u010dernou listinu USA za to, \u017ee se pod\u00edlely na sledov\u00e1n\u00ed ujgursk\u00e9 muslimsk\u00e9 men\u0161iny. B\u00edl\u00fd d\u016fm u\u017e p\u0159ed t\u00edm uvedl, \u017ee d\u016fvodem diplomatick\u00e9ho bojkotu je \u201epokra\u010duj\u00edc\u00ed genocida a\u00a0zlo\u010diny proti lidskosti v\u00a0Sin-\u0165iangu a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed poru\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed lidsk\u00fdch pr\u00e1v.\u201c<\/p>\n

Ve stejn\u00fd den, kdy Financial Times uve\u0159ejnily sv\u016fj \u010dl\u00e1nek, psaly\u00a0New York Times<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0na tituln\u00ed stran\u011b sv\u00e9ho mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho vyd\u00e1n\u00ed o\u00a0tajn\u00e9 americk\u00e9 vojensk\u00e9 \u00fadern\u00e9 jednotce, kter\u00e1 p\u0159i odpalov\u00e1n\u00ed des\u00edtek tis\u00edc bomb a\u00a0raket proti Isl\u00e1msk\u00e9mu st\u00e1tu v\u00a0S\u00fdrii v\u00a0letech 2014-2019 p\u0159ekra\u010dovala bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed pravidla a\u00a0zab\u00edjela civilisty. Podle New York Times vypustily Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty proti ISIS celkem 112 000 bomb a\u00a0raket.<\/p>\n

Kter\u00fd zlo\u010din proti lidskosti je v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed? Poru\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed lidsk\u00fdch pr\u00e1v v\u00a0\u010c\u00edn\u011b, nebo \u201ene\u0161\u0165astn\u00e9 v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9 n\u00e1hody\u201c v\u00a0S\u00fdrii, za kter\u00e9 z\u0159ejm\u011b nebyl nikdo potrest\u00e1n? Je to r\u00e9torick\u00e1 ot\u00e1zka, proto\u017ee\u00a0p\u0159inejmen\u0161\u00edm prozat\u00edm stoj\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed spole\u010denstv\u00ed, pokud jde o\u00a0mor\u00e1ln\u00ed p\u0159evahu, na stran\u011b B\u00edl\u00e9ho domu. \u010cesk\u00e1 republika a\u00a0\u0159ada dal\u0161\u00edch z\u00e1padn\u00edch zem\u00ed v\u00a0t\u00e9 \u010di on\u00e9 form\u011b ct\u00ed diplomatick\u00fd bojkot pekingsk\u00fdch olympijsk\u00fdch her.<\/p>\n

B\u00edl\u00fd d\u016fm vyhl\u00e1sil bojkot olympi\u00e1dy 6. prosince, ale jin\u00fd subjekt spojen\u00fd s\u00a0americkou vl\u00e1dou za\u010dal takov\u00e9 opat\u0159en\u00ed zmi\u0148ovat mnohem d\u0159\u00edve.\u00a0Carl Gershman<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0je\u0161t\u011b jako prezident nadace National Endowment for Democracy hovo\u0159il\u00a06. \u010dervna 2019<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0o\u00a0zv\u011brstvech v\u00a0\u010c\u00edn\u011b a\u00a0prohl\u00e1sil, \u017ee n\u011bjak\u00e9 kroky je pot\u0159eba podniknout. \u201eMus\u00edme upozornit na probl\u00e9m kulturn\u00ed genocidy a\u00a0koncentra\u010dn\u00edch t\u00e1bor\u016f v\u00a0kontextu po\u0159\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed zimn\u00edch olympijsk\u00fdch her v\u00a0roce 2022 \u010c\u00ednou. Spole\u010dnosti jako Adidas, Nike a\u00a0Coca-Cola mus\u00ed b\u00fdt upozorn\u011bny, \u017ee by nem\u011bly sponzorovat tyto hry, dokud pekingsk\u00fd re\u017eim dr\u017e\u00ed t\u0159i miliony Ujgur\u016f v\u00a0koncentra\u010dn\u00edch t\u00e1borech a\u00a0p\u00e1ch\u00e1 kulturn\u00ed genocidu. Lidskopr\u00e1vn\u00ed organizace se touto problematikou ji\u017e zab\u00fdvaj\u00ed a\u00a0my s\u00a0nimi mus\u00edme spolupracovat.\u201c<\/p>\n

National Endowment for Democracy (NED) je \u201enez\u00e1visl\u00e1 neziskov\u00e1 nadace<\/a><\/strong>, kter\u00e1 se v\u011bnuje r\u016fstu a\u00a0posilov\u00e1n\u00ed demokratick\u00fdch instituc\u00ed na cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b.\u201c Je financov\u00e1na z\u00a0feder\u00e1ln\u00edch zdroj\u016f a\u00a0jej\u00ed mand\u00e1t od Kongresu zahrnuje\u00a0podporu z\u00e1jm\u016f USA v\u00a0zahrani\u010d\u00ed<\/a>,<\/strong> ale pouze prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm program\u016f, kter\u00e9 financuje. Jedn\u00edm z\u00a0deklarovan\u00fdch c\u00edl\u016f je \u201epodpora vzniku a\u00a0r\u016fstu demokratick\u00e9ho rozvoje zp\u016fsobem, kter\u00fd je v\u00a0souladu jak se \u0161irok\u00fdm z\u00e1b\u011brem americk\u00fdch n\u00e1rodn\u00edch z\u00e1jm\u016f, tak se specifick\u00fdmi po\u017eadavky demokratick\u00fdch skupin v\u00a0dal\u0161\u00edch zem\u00edch, kter\u00e9 jsou podporov\u00e1ny programy financovan\u00fdmi nadac\u00ed NED.\u201c Tyto demokratick\u00e9 skupiny mohou samoz\u0159ejm\u011b jednat proti sv\u00fdm vlastn\u00edm vl\u00e1d\u00e1m.<\/p>\n

NED funguje prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm rozs\u00e1hl\u00e9\u00a0S\u00edt\u011b institut\u016f pro v\u00fdzkum demokracie<\/a>,<\/strong> z\u00a0nich\u017e \u010dty\u0159i p\u016fsob\u00ed v\u00a0\u010cR (AcaMedia<\/a>,\u00a0Asociace pro mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed ot\u00e1zky<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Centrum pro studium demokracie a\u00a0kultur<\/strong>y<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0Prague Security Studies Institute<\/a><\/strong>). Prvn\u00ed z\u00a0nich, AcaMedia, je zn\u00e1m\u011bj\u0161\u00ed pod n\u00e1zvem projektu\u00a0Sinopsis<\/a>.<\/strong> Pro\u00a0\u010desk\u00e1 ve\u0159ejnopr\u00e1vn\u00ed m\u00e9dia<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0je obvykl\u00fdm zdrojem pro v\u0161echno, co se t\u00fdk\u00e1 \u010c\u00edny. AcaMedia\/Sinopsis z\u00edskala od NED v\u00a0letech 2017-2020\u00a0granty ve v\u00fd\u0161i 461 500 dolar\u016f<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dal\u0161\u00ed z\u00a0t\u011bchto institut\u016f, Centrum pro studium demokracie a\u00a0kultury, je mnohem m\u00e9n\u011b zn\u00e1m\u00fd. Nevypad\u00e1 to, \u017ee by v\u00a0posledn\u00edch letech z\u00edskal finan\u010dn\u00ed prost\u0159edky od NED, ale v\u00a0roce 2011 mu je poskytlo\u00a0americk\u00e9 velvyslanectv\u00ed<\/a>.<\/strong> Jedn\u00edm ze zakladatel\u016f Centra je Petr Fiala, nyn\u00ed p\u0159edseda vl\u00e1dy za ODS, i\u00a0kdy\u017e se podle Centra\u00a0na konkr\u00e9tn\u00edch projektech u\u017e l\u00e9ta nepod\u00edlel<\/a><\/strong>. Institut\u00a0CEVRO<\/a><\/strong>, rovn\u011b\u017e \u00fazce spojen\u00fd s\u00a0ODS, nen\u00ed uveden jako \u010dlensk\u00fd institut, ale v\u00a0letech 2016-2018 obdr\u017eel od NED\u00a0345 479 dolar\u016f<\/a><\/strong>. V\u00a0pr\u016fb\u011bhu let utratila NED v\u00a0\u010cesk\u00e9 republice miliony dolar\u016f za ovliv\u0148ov\u00e1n\u00ed zahrani\u010dn\u00ed politiky a\u00a0ve\u0159ejn\u00e9ho m\u00edn\u011bn\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Kdy\u017e Fiala oznamoval, \u017ee vl\u00e1da nevy\u0161le do Pekingu \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 ministry, byl pom\u011brn\u011b stru\u010dn\u00fd. Pouze na sv\u00e9m\u00a0Twitteru<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0zve\u0159ejnil, \u017ee \u201e\u010cR se tak p\u0159ipoj\u00ed k\u00a0v\u011bt\u0161in\u011b zem\u00ed EU a\u00a0k USA, kte\u0159\u00ed z\u00e1stupce na olympi\u00e1du nevy\u0161lou.\u201c Slovo \u201ebojkot\u201c nepou\u017eil. Ministr zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed Jan Lipavsk\u00fd sice toto slovo pou\u017eil, ale pro\u00a0\u010ceskou televizi<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0p\u0159iznal, \u017ee \u017e\u00e1dn\u00ed minist\u0159i stejn\u011b pozv\u00e1ni nebyli.<\/p>\n

Jak uvedly\u00a0NYT<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0a\u00a0FT<\/a><\/strong>, sponzo\u0159i olympijsk\u00fdch her o\u00a0bojkotu v\u011bt\u0161inou ml\u010d\u00ed, proto\u017ee maj\u00ed v\u00a0s\u00e1zce p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 mnoho pen\u011bz na to, aby se zab\u00fdvali politikou. NYT napsaly, \u017ee \u201ev\u00fdzna\u010dnost t\u011bchto nadn\u00e1rodn\u00edch spole\u010dnost\u00ed, z\u00a0nich\u017e mnoh\u00e9 jsou americk\u00e9, zm\u00edrnila politick\u00e9 snahy pana Bidena a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00edch p\u0159edstavitel\u016f o\u00a0potrest\u00e1n\u00ed \u010c\u00edny za poru\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed lidsk\u00fdch pr\u00e1v.\u201c<\/p>\n

Takov\u00e1 je realita \u010d\u00ednsko-americk\u00fdch vztah\u016f. Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty vyhr\u00e1vaj\u00ed povrchn\u00ed PR bitvu za pomoci s\u00edt\u011b m\u00edstn\u00edch odborn\u00edk\u016f a\u00a0aktivist\u016f financovan\u00fdch nadac\u00ed NED. Soub\u011b\u017en\u011b je americk\u00e1 mor\u00e1ln\u00ed nad\u0159azenost napad\u00e1na zevnit\u0159 lidmi, kte\u0159\u00ed poskytuj\u00ed den\u00edku NYT a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00edm m\u00e9di\u00edm p\u0159\u00edsn\u011b tajn\u00e9 informace o\u00a0poru\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed lidsk\u00fdch pr\u00e1v samotn\u00fdmi Spojen\u00fdmi st\u00e1ty.<\/p>\n

\u010cesk\u00fd Sen\u00e1t v\u00a0\u010dervnu lo\u0148sk\u00e9ho roku apeloval na politick\u00e9 p\u0159edstavitele \u010cR, aby\u00a0odm\u00edtli jak\u00e9koliv pozv\u00e1n\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0k\u00a0\u00fa\u010dasti na olympijsk\u00fdch hr\u00e1ch, proto\u017ee \u201eby jejich p\u0159\u00edtomnosti mohlo b\u00fdt zneu\u017eito k\u00a0legitimizaci dal\u0161\u00ed diskriminace, n\u00e1sil\u00ed a\u00a0potla\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed z\u00e1kladn\u00edch pr\u00e1v\u201c v\u00a0\u010c\u00edn\u011b. Sen\u00e1to\u0159i tak\u00e9 ned\u00e1vno\u00a0podpo\u0159ili tibetskou v\u00fdzvu k\u00a0bojkotu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Takov\u00e9 jedn\u00e1n\u00ed je z\u0159ejm\u011b d\u016fvodem, pro\u010d nebyli pozv\u00e1ni \u017e\u00e1dn\u00ed \u010de\u0161t\u00ed p\u0159edstavitel\u00e9 (ani\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a><\/strong>). Stoj\u00ed na mor\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u00fd\u0161i a\u00a0ukazuj\u00ed prstem na \u010c\u00ednu, zat\u00edmco \u010c\u00ed\u0148an\u00e9 si jich sotva v\u0161\u00edmaj\u00ed a\u00a0jdou tvrd\u011b za sv\u00fdm.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Erik Best<\/strong>\u00a0se narodil 11. \u0159\u00edjna 1962 v Severn\u00ed Karol\u00edn\u011b na v\u00fdchod\u011b\u00a0Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f. Prakticky cel\u00e9 d\u011btstv\u00ed v\u0161ak pro\u017eil v\u00a0Montan\u011b, na severoz\u00e1pad\u011b USA, kam se jeho rodi\u010de p\u0159est\u011bhovali kr\u00e1tce po jeho narozen\u00ed. V roce\u00a01985\u00a0absolvoval s bakal\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdm titulem z v\u00fdchodoevropsk\u00fdch studi\u00ed na\u00a0Georgetown University\u00a0School of Foreign Service. B\u011bhem tohoto studia se zam\u011b\u0159oval na\u00a0rusk\u00fd jazyk, v \u010dem\u017e pokra\u010doval i na\u00a0Middlebury College\u00a0ve\u00a0Vermontu, kde z\u00edskal magistersk\u00fd titul. V r\u00e1mci vzd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed t\u00e9to univerzit\u011b dvakr\u00e1t studijn\u011b pob\u00fdval letech\u00a01983\u00a0a\u00a01984\u00a0v\u00a0Moskv\u011b. V dal\u0161\u00edch letech studoval obchod na\u00a0University of North Carolina. Titul\u00a0MBA\u00a0zde z\u00edskal v roce\u00a01987. Erik Best se v \u010cesku o\u017eenil. Jeho man\u017eelka Dita je \u010desk\u00e9ho p\u016fvodu. Spole\u010dn\u011b vychov\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u010dty\u0159i d\u011bt\u00ed. V\u00a0Praze\u00a0podle vlastn\u00edch slov \u017eije od \u00fanora roku\u00a01991. P\u0159esn\u011b rok pot\u00e9 zde za\u010dal pro m\u00edstn\u00ed anglicky hovo\u0159\u00edc\u00ed komunitu vyd\u00e1vat denn\u00ed zpravodaj\u00a0Fleet Sheet, stru\u010dn\u00fd p\u0159ehled vybran\u00fdch zpr\u00e1v z \u010desk\u00e9ho tisku. P\u016fvodn\u011b p\u0159edpokl\u00e1dal, \u017ee v\u011bt\u0161ina cizinc\u016f Prahu je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed rokem\u00a02000\u00a0opust\u00ed, tak\u017ee jeho vydavatelsk\u00e9 vize nem\u011bly horizont del\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e \u0161est let. K \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9mu odchodu cizinc\u016f z \u010cesk\u00e9 republiky v\u0161ak nedo\u0161lo a\u00a0Fleet Sheet\u00a0nav\u00edc postupn\u011b p\u0159il\u00e1kal i \u010desk\u00e9 p\u0159edplatitele. N\u00e1klad bulletinu se proto zv\u011bt\u0161il a vych\u00e1z\u00ed doposud. Sv\u00e9 po\u010d\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed tuzemsk\u00e9 podnikatelsk\u00e9 aktivity zah\u00e1jil Erik Best na ja\u0159e 1992 jako\u00a0\u017eivnostn\u00edk. Na podzim\u00a01994\u00a0zalo\u017eil spole\u010dnost The Bohemia Daily Standard, jej\u00edm\u017e je jednatelem a spolumajitelem. V roce\u00a02000 zalo\u017eil se svoj\u00ed man\u017eelkou Ditou Bestovou nakladatelstv\u00ed\u00a0E.S.Best, kter\u00e9 je ofici\u00e1ln\u00edm vydavatelem obou zpravodaj\u016f. S rozvojem internetu toti\u017e Erik Best za\u010d\u00e1tkem tis\u00edcilet\u00ed roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159il sv\u00e9 publika\u010dn\u00ed aktivity a od roku\u00a02001\u00a0vyd\u00e1v\u00e1 je\u0161t\u011b elektronick\u00fd\u00a0Final Word. Od roku\u00a02010\u00a0existuje i jeho \u010desk\u00e1 mutace. Final Word je kr\u00e1tk\u00fd a origin\u00e1ln\u00ed denn\u00ed koment\u00e1\u0159 p\u0159ipraven\u00fd t\u00fdmem Erika Besta, v\u011bnovan\u00fd v\u00fdznamn\u00fdm ekonomick\u00fdm a politick\u00fdm t\u00e9mat\u016fm posledn\u00edch dn\u016f. Pr\u00e1v\u011b d\u00edky sv\u00e9mu elektronick\u00e9mu bulletinu\u00a0Final Word\u00a0vstoupil Erik Best do \u0161ir\u0161\u00edho pov\u011bdom\u00ed \u010desk\u00e9 ve\u0159ejnosti a za\u010dal b\u00fdt zv\u00e1n do \u010desk\u00fdch rozhlasov\u00fdch a televizn\u00edch po\u0159ad\u016f. V letech 2011\u20132013 publikoval sv\u00e9 post\u0159ehy tak\u00e9 na blogu Aktu\u00e1ln\u011b.cz.\u00a0<\/em>Prezident republiky Milo\u0161 Zeman ud\u011blil 28. \u0159\u00edjna 2018 Eriku Bestovi st\u00e1tn\u00ed vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed \u2013 medaili Za z\u00e1sluhy o st\u00e1t.<\/p>\n

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