According to reports, the hedge fund Elliott Management defended the Iran war in a note to investors last month. In particular, it argued against the liberal cliché that “force alone” cannot defeat an idea. Weren’t Nazism and Japanese imperialism both bombed out of existence in 1945? Did democratic constitutions not take their place? Might the same therefore not happen in theocratic Iran? On that basis, who but a churl or a pacifist would refuse to give war a chance?
据媒体报道，对冲基金埃利奥特管理公司(Elliott Management)上月在一份发给投资者的简报中为伊朗战争辩护。那份简报特别驳斥了“仅靠武力无法击败一种思想”这一自由派陈词滥调。纳粹主义和日本帝国主义不是都在1945年被击败了吗？它们不是都被民主宪法取而代之了吗？那么，同样的事情难道就不会在神权统治的伊朗重演吗？基于这一逻辑，除了吝啬鬼与和平主义者之外，谁会拒绝给战争一个机会？
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