The presidency of George W. Bush has been traumatic for everyone, American or not, who believes that the human species can only solve the problems facing it in the 21st century by collective action, and by adhering to a multilateral system in which all are bound by the same rules. So traumatic that there is a temptation to blame all difficulties on the Bush administration, and to assume that once it comes to an end those difficulties will vanish.
對(duì)于每個(gè)抱有以下信念的人——不管是不是美國(guó)人——喬治?W?布什(George W. Bush)的任期都造成了創(chuàng)傷:在21世紀(jì),人類(lèi)解決自身面臨的問(wèn)題只能通過(guò)集體行動(dòng)、通過(guò)所有成員都受相同規(guī)則約束的多邊機(jī)制。這種創(chuàng)傷之巨,使得人們?nèi)滩蛔“岩磺欣щy都?xì)w咎于布什政府,仿佛一旦布什政府下臺(tái),那些困難就會(huì)迎刃而解。