Kennan warned that, just as the first Chechen war bred national and individual resentment, America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would only fuel more hatred and frustration – which would eventually blow back onto the US. “The failure to fit the system makes people attack that system,” he said, “so it is never wise to bomb nations to freedom.”
凯南警告正如第一次车臣战争孕育了国家和个人的不满，美国在阿富汗和伊拉克的战争只会助长更多的仇恨和挫折——而这最终会报应回美国。“无法适应让人们攻击这套系统，”他说，“因此靠炸弹争取自由永远都不是明智的选择。”