NEW YORK – Whenever something bad happens – Iran moving closer to acquiring nuclear weapons, North Korea firing another missile, civilian deaths reaching another grim milestone in Syria’s civil war, satellites revealing an alarming rate of polar-ice melt – some official or observer will call upon the international community to act. There is only one problem: there is no “international community.”
纽约—每当坏事发生——伊朗离拥有核武器又近了一步，朝鲜又发射了一次导弹，叙利亚内战平民死亡人数又上了一个台阶，卫星显示极地冰带融化令人警觉——总有一些官员和观察者呼吁国际社会采取行动。问题只有一个：没有“国际社会”。