{"id":365407,"date":"2026-01-02T13:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=365407"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:14:48","slug":"aktualni-komentar-erika-besta-nejlepsi-pratele-nejvetsi-nepratele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=365407","title":{"rendered":"AKTU\u00c1LN\u00cd KOMENT\u00c1\u0158 ERIKA BESTA: Nejlep\u0161\u00ed p\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9, nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed nep\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dv\u011b m\u00e9dia sp\u0159\u00e1telen\u00e1 s\u00a0Hradem,\u00a0Den\u00edk N<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0Respekt<\/a>, p\u0159inesla 10. prosince zpr\u00e1vu, \u017ee se americk\u00fd velvyslanec Nicholas Merrick a\u00a0gener\u00e1l americk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy Curtis A. Buzzard spole\u010dn\u011b s\u00a0prezidentem Petrem Pavlem setkali na Hrad\u011b na tajn\u00e9 sch\u016fzce s\u00a0Andrejem Babi\u0161em hned po jeho jmenov\u00e1n\u00ed premi\u00e9rem v\u00a0\u00fater\u00fd 9. prosince. Podle t\u011bchto \u010dl\u00e1nk\u016f \u010dekali a\u017e na Babi\u0161ovo jmenov\u00e1n\u00ed, aby s\u00a0n\u00edm mohli projednat utajovan\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed informace. Den\u00edk N a\u00a0Respekt – a\u00a0z\u0159ejm\u011b i\u00a0jejich zdroje \u2013 pojaly sv\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvky jako zp\u016fsob, jak vyvinout tlak na Babi\u0161e, aby pokra\u010doval v\u00a0obrann\u00fdch programech zapo\u010dat\u00fdch vl\u00e1dou Petra Fialy.<\/h6>\n

Nicm\u00e9n\u011b t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 dal\u0161\u00ed m\u00e9dium bl\u00edzk\u00e9 Hradu zpr\u00e1vu nep\u0159evzalo. \u010cesk\u00e1 televize a\u00a0\u010cesk\u00fd rozhlas ji zcela ignorovaly, patrn\u011b z\u00a0obavy, \u017ee by tato informace uk\u00e1zala, jak velk\u00fd tlak americk\u00e1 vl\u00e1da vyv\u00edj\u00ed na prezidenta a\u00a0nov\u00e9ho premi\u00e9ra, jde-li o\u00a0v\u00fddaje na obranu. Nen\u00ed zcela b\u011b\u017en\u00e9, aby byl premi\u00e9r suver\u00e9nn\u00ed zem\u011b bezprost\u0159edn\u011b po jmenov\u00e1n\u00ed nahn\u00e1n na sch\u016fzku se zahrani\u010dn\u00edm velvyslancem, kde by mu bylo \u0159e\u010deno, co m\u00e1 nakupovat.<\/p>\n

Velvyslanec Merrick si zjevn\u011b citlivost cel\u00e9 z\u00e1le\u017eitosti uv\u011bdomuje, proto\u017ee se chov\u00e1, jako by se sch\u016fzka nikdy neuskute\u010dnila.\u00a0Pro\u00a0MF Dnes 17. prosince<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0uvedl, \u017ee s\u00a0Babi\u0161em hovo\u0159il je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed jeho jmenov\u00e1n\u00edm premi\u00e9rem a\u00a0\u017ee by mu r\u00e1d prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm novin dodate\u010dn\u011b pogratuloval. Babi\u0161 si podle Merricka p\u0159i sch\u016fzce d\u00e1val hodn\u011b z\u00e1le\u017eet, aby nemluvil jako premi\u00e9r, kdy\u017e j\u00edm je\u0161t\u011b nebyl – \u010d\u00edm\u017e nazna\u010doval, \u017ee spolu naposledy mluvili je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed Babi\u0161ov\u00fdm jmenov\u00e1n\u00edm 9. prosince.<\/p>\n

Babi\u0161 a\u00a0Merrick se\u00a0poprv\u00e9 setkali 27. \u0159\u00edjna<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0kr\u00e1tce pot\u00e9, co ho Pavel pov\u011b\u0159il jedn\u00e1n\u00edm o\u00a0sestaven\u00ed nov\u00e9 vl\u00e1dy. Potkali se v\u0161ak tak\u00e9 9. prosince, alespo\u0148 tedy podle nejmenovan\u00fdch hradn\u00edch zdroj\u016f, kdy u\u017e byl Babi\u0161 samoz\u0159ejm\u011b premi\u00e9rem, jinak by se nemohl dostat k\u00a0utajovan\u00fdm informac\u00edm. Merrick v\u0161ak toto druh\u00e9 setk\u00e1n\u00ed p\u0159e\u0161el ml\u010den\u00edm a\u00a0MF Dnes se na n\u011bj nezeptala. \u017d\u00e1dnou ze sv\u00fdch obvykl\u00fdch tiskov\u00fdch zpr\u00e1v nevydal ani Hrad.<\/p>\n

Od t\u00e9to sch\u016fzky jak Pavel, tak i\u00a0Merrick, zes\u00edlili ve\u0159ejn\u00fd tlak na Babi\u0161e, aby dodr\u017eel st\u00e1vaj\u00edc\u00ed z\u00e1vazky v\u00a0oblasti v\u00fddaj\u016f na obranu. P\u0159idal se k\u00a0nim i\u00a0americk\u00fd prezident Donald Trump, kter\u00fd na\u00a0Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0napsal: \u201eAndrej v\u00ed, jak dotahovat dohody, a\u00a0j\u00e1 jsem od n\u011bj o\u010dek\u00e1val neuv\u011b\u0159iteln\u00e9 v\u011bci, v\u010detn\u011b F-35.\u201c (Minul\u00fd \u010das u\u00a0slova \u201eo\u010dek\u00e1val\u201c je pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b jen p\u0159eklep.)<\/p>\n

Babi\u0161ov\u00fdm \u00fakolem je nakoupit st\u00edha\u010dky a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed drahou americkou vojenskou techniku, co\u017e znamen\u00e1, \u017ee Trump i\u00a0Merrick tla\u010d\u00ed \u010ceskou republiku stejn\u00fdm sm\u011brem, kter\u00fd by mohl b\u00fdt podle\u00a0redak\u010dn\u00ed rady listu New York Times<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0pro Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty zni\u010duj\u00edc\u00ed. NYT vych\u00e1zely z\u00a0utajovan\u00e9ho hodnocen\u00ed vojensk\u00fdch schopnost\u00ed USA nazvan\u00e9ho\u00a0Overmatch Brief<\/em>\u00a0a\u00a0napsaly, \u017ee pot\u0159eba zm\u011bnit zp\u016fsob fungov\u00e1n\u00ed americk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy je nal\u00e9hav\u00e1. \u201eOt\u00e1zkou je, zda to dok\u00e1\u017eeme ud\u011blat v\u010das,\u201c dodaly New York Times.<\/p>\n

Dokument\u00a0Overmatch Brief<\/em>\u00a0podle NYT zd\u016fraz\u0148uje nutnost z\u00e1sadn\u00ed p\u0159estavby\u00a0<\/strong>americk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy, odklonu od zastaral\u00fdch platforem – jako je F-35 – sm\u011brem k\u00a0pohotov\u011bj\u0161\u00edm, rychle vyrobiteln\u00fdm a\u00a0pru\u017en\u011bj\u0161\u00edm technologi\u00edm. Vyz\u00fdv\u00e1 k\u00a0reform\u00e1m proces\u016f arm\u00e1dn\u00edch n\u00e1kup\u016f, ke sn\u00ed\u017een\u00ed byrokracie v\u00a0Kongresu a\u00a0Pentagonu, k\u00a0pos\u00edlen\u00ed spojenectv\u00ed a\u00a0k\u00a0v\u011bt\u0161\u00edmu d\u016frazu na odstra\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed a\u00a0diplomacii s\u00a0c\u00edlem p\u0159edej\u00edt eskalaci nam\u00edsto nal\u00e9v\u00e1n\u00ed zdroj\u016f do zastaral\u00fdch vojensk\u00fdch syst\u00e9m\u016f.<\/p>\n

Administrativa Donalda Trumpa chce v\u00a0roce 2026 zv\u00fd\u0161it v\u00fddaje na obranu na v\u00edce ne\u017e 1 bilion dolar\u016f, zd\u016fraznily NYT. \u201eVelk\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st t\u011bchto pen\u011bz bude vypl\u00fdtv\u00e1na na vojensk\u00e9 kapacity, kter\u00e9 sp\u00ed\u0161e zv\u011bt\u0161uj\u00ed na\u0161e slabiny, ne\u017e aby posilovaly na\u0161e siln\u00e9 str\u00e1nky.\u201c Glob\u00e1ln\u00ed d\u016fsledky by podle listu mohly b\u00fdt katastrof\u00e1ln\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Merrick\u016fv p\u0159\u00edstup v\u016f\u010di \u010cesk\u00e9 republice, jak jej\u00a0v\u00a0polovin\u011b prosince vysv\u011btloval v\u00a0rozhovoru pro \u010dasopis Reflex<\/a>,<\/strong> spo\u010d\u00edv\u00e1 v\u00a0tom, \u017ee Evropa je pro Trumpa, viceprezidenta J. D. Vance a\u00a0ministra zahrani\u010d\u00ed Marca Rubia velmi d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e1 a\u00a0\u017ee USA se v\u016f\u010di zem\u00edm, jako je \u010cesk\u00e1 republika, s\u00a0nimi\u017e jsou na stejn\u00e9 vln\u011b, budou anga\u017eovat je\u0161t\u011b intenzivn\u011bji a\u00a0pozitivn\u011bji. Babi\u0161 kandidoval\u00a0s heslem \u201e\u010cesko na prvn\u00edm m\u00edst\u011b\u201c, \u0159ekl Merrick, a\u00a0to je dost podobn\u00e9 Trumpovu pojet\u00ed. Podle Merricka je to skv\u011bl\u00e9, av\u0161ak sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed hesla \u201e\u010cesko na prvn\u00edm m\u00edst\u011b\u201c by m\u011blo b\u00fdt tak\u00e9 dodr\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed z\u00e1vazk\u016f.<\/p>\n

Jin\u00fdmi slovy, z\u016fstat na stejn\u00e9 vln\u011b s\u00a0Trumpem znamen\u00e1 nakupovat od n\u011bj vojenskou techniku. Zda to skute\u010dn\u011b povede ke zv\u00fd\u0161en\u00ed obranyschopnosti, v\u0161ak nen\u00ed hlavn\u00ed prioritou, jinak by NYT nemusely ps\u00e1t o\u00a0sou\u010dasn\u00e9 krizi americk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy.<\/p>\n

To Babi\u0161e stav\u00ed do obt\u00ed\u017en\u00e9 situace. Chce m\u00edt dobr\u00e9 vztahy s\u00a0Trumpovou administrativou a\u00a0pr\u00fd stoj\u00ed i\u00a0o dal\u0161\u00ed n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvu B\u00edl\u00e9ho domu. Pokud ov\u0161em nedodr\u017e\u00ed sv\u016fj slib utr\u00e1cet pen\u00edze na obranu rozv\u00e1\u017en\u011bji, p\u0159ijde o\u00a0podporu voli\u010d\u016f i\u00a0o man\u00e9vrovac\u00ed prostor – nemluv\u011b o\u00a0z\u00e1sadn\u00edm probl\u00e9mu utr\u00e1cen\u00ed pen\u011bz bez re\u00e1ln\u00e9ho pos\u00edlen\u00ed obrany.<\/p>\n

V jist\u00e9m slova smyslu jsou Trumpova administrativa a\u00a0Babi\u0161ova vl\u00e1da z\u00e1rove\u0148 nejlep\u0161\u00edmi p\u0159\u00e1teli i\u00a0nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edmi nep\u0159\u00e1teli. V\u011bt\u0161inou se shoduj\u00ed v\u00a0civiliza\u010dn\u00edch ot\u00e1zk\u00e1ch a\u00a0v tom, co je t\u0159eba ud\u011blat, aby se Evropa vr\u00e1tila na spr\u00e1vnou cestu, ale v\u00a0praktick\u00e9 ot\u00e1zce obrany jsou od sebe na hony vzd\u00e1len\u00e9. Babi\u0161 mus\u00ed naj\u00edt zp\u016fsob, jak sv\u00fdm americk\u00fdm p\u0159\u00e1tel\u016fm vysv\u011btlit, \u017ee pokud budou v\u00a0tomto ohledu zauj\u00edmat nep\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00fd postoj, riskuj\u00ed, \u017ee \u010cesko dotla\u010d\u00ed do p\u0159esn\u011b takov\u00e9ho hlubok\u00e9ho \u00fapadku a\u00a0\u201eciviliza\u010dn\u00edho vymaz\u00e1n\u00ed\u201c, p\u0159ed kter\u00fdm Trump varoval v\u00a0dokumentu\u00a0N\u00e1rodn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed strategie<\/a><\/strong>. Jednodu\u0161e \u0159e\u010deno, Babi\u0161 mus\u00ed Trumpovi s\u00a0odkazem na N\u00e1rodn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed strategii vysv\u011btlit, \u017ee p\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9 nenut\u00ed p\u0159\u00e1tele, aby se vydali na cestu k\u00a0z\u00e1niku.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u010cl\u00e1nek p\u016fvodn\u011b vy\u0161el 19. prosince 2025 v\u00a0anglick\u00e9m zn\u011bn\u00ed placen\u00e9ho bulletinu Friday Edition pod n\u00e1zvem\u00a0<\/em>Best of friends, biggest of enemies<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Erik BEST<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Erik Best<\/strong>\u00a0se narodil 11. \u0159\u00edjna 1962 v Severn\u00ed Karol\u00edn\u011b na v\u00fdchod\u011b Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f. Prakticky cel\u00e9 d\u011btstv\u00ed v\u0161ak pro\u017eil v Montan\u011b, na severoz\u00e1pad\u011b USA, kam se jeho rodi\u010de p\u0159est\u011bhovali kr\u00e1tce po jeho narozen\u00ed. V roce 1985 absolvoval s bakal\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdm titulem z v\u00fdchodoevropsk\u00fdch studi\u00ed na Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. B\u011bhem tohoto studia se zam\u011b\u0159oval na rusk\u00fd jazyk, v \u010dem\u017e pokra\u010doval i na Middlebury College ve Vermontu, 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 1983 a 1984 v Moskv\u011b. V dal\u0161\u00edch letech studoval obchod na University of North Carolina. Titul MBA zde z\u00edskal v roce 1987. 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 Praze podle vlastn\u00edch slov \u017eije od \u00fanora roku 1991. P\u0159esn\u011b rok pot\u00e9 zde za\u010dal pro m\u00edstn\u00ed anglicky hovo\u0159\u00edc\u00ed komunitu vyd\u00e1vat denn\u00ed zpravodaj Fleet 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 2000 opust\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 Fleet Sheet nav\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 \u017eivnostn\u00edk. Na podzim 1994 zalo\u017eil spole\u010dnost The Bohemia Daily Standard, jej\u00edm\u017e je jednatelem a spolumajitelem. V roce 2000 zalo\u017eil se svoj\u00ed man\u017eelkou Ditou Bestovou nakladatelstv\u00ed E. 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 2001 vyd\u00e1v\u00e1 je\u0161t\u011b elektronick\u00fd Final Word. Od roku 2010 existuje 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 Final Word vstoupil 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. 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dv\u011b m\u00e9dia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/02\/best-020126.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365407"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365559,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365407\/revisions\/365559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/365409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}