Just as Americans were murdered on American soil by Al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11th 2001,
就像美国人在2001·年9月11日在自己的国土上被基地组织 杀害一样,
so Chechen terrorists have murdered innocent Russians upon Russian soil
车臣恐怖分子也在俄国国土上杀害了无辜的俄罗斯人。
The similarities between the two situations are instructive, as are the differences
这两种情形的相似性很有启发意义,它们的不同也是。
And then, for the stunning conclusion, setting aside the causes, real and alleged of the American war in Iraq
关于结论,我们先把6年前,美国伊拉克战争开始的真正理由和所谓理由放在一边,
that was six years ago that this whole thing started, and we're nowhere near close enough to make any guesses yet
整个事件的结论,我们现在还无法做出推测。
So we'll pass to the main question addressed in this course: should the United States create a pax Americana or should it not?
我们来看一下这节课要回答的主要问题:美国应不应建立美式和平?
Segment 29b: The Age of Malaise.
29段第二部分:低迷时代。
Like Truman and Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy believed in the domino theory
肯尼迪和杜鲁门、艾森豪威尔一样,信奉多米诺理论。
He considered the US-supported client regime in South Vietnam a domino worth fighting for
我认为美国支持的越南共和国政权是值得一战的多米诺牌。
He did not send mass US combat troops to South Vietnam, but he did depose the south vietnamese president Diem
虽然他没有派遣美国作战部队去越南,但他废黜了越南共和国总统吴庭艳。
Diem was indeed corrupt, but none of Diem's successors did much better
吴庭艳确实很腐败,但是他的继任者没有一个更好的。
Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, bears the true responsibility for escalating the Vietnam War.
肯尼迪的继任者,林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊对扩大越战负有真正的责任。