If two troubled young men with homemade bombs cobbled together from fertilizer and pressure cookers can have this effect on a major American city, one can imagine how tempting their example must now be to other radical losers, not to mention radical groups. It shows how vulnerable a modern city can be when its leaders lose their nerve.
如果两个用化肥和高压锅自制炸弹的迷惑的年轻人能对美国的主要城市产生这样的影响，那么不难想象他们的榜样对其他激进失败者、更不要说极端组织将构成多大的诱惑。此次事件显示领导人丧失勇气时现代城市将变得多么脆弱。