If there is one thing Americans should have learnt from their recent wars, it is that they do not have the wisdom, resources or staying power to dictate political outcomes. Not long ago Washington aspired to build prosperous democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today it would be satisfied if they simply hung together as countries. President Barack Obama says the US should recognise that the world is “messy”. His strategy has been to avoid doing “stupid stuff”.
如果美国人应该从最近的战争中学到一件事情，那就是他们没有控制政治结果所需的智慧、资源或者持久力。不久前，华盛顿方面希望在阿富汗和伊拉克建立繁荣的民主国家。现在，只要这两个国家还能保持统一，美国就很满意了。美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)说，美国应该认识到世界是“混乱”的，他的策略就是避免做“愚蠢的事情”。
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