We could, however, try to get closer to that ideal. If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew that they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.
这方面的公开像是反战派的做法：当其它人磨刀霍霍之时，我们不能接受全面裁军。所以伍德罗•威尔逊的公开外交设想是一个崇高的理想世界，但在我们生活的这个世界上，无法完全实现。