Instead, the Bush administration, for reasons that are increasingly perplexing, went at it alone. Moreover, it did so without an endgame strategy, and with a level of force so "underwhelming" that it made the outrageous behavior at the Abu Ghraib prison almost inevitable.
相反，布什政府出于日益令人困惑的原因单独采取了行动。不仅如此，采取行动时并未设计终结策略，力度也差之千里，才使阿布格莱布监狱令人发指的行为变得不可避免。这样，像欧洲和世界各地一样，布什政府将美国在拉美的盟友置于两难的境地：他们自然不能也不愿支持美国这种愚蠢的行动，但也不愿按照当地公众舆论的要求抨击美国的做法，最终损害半球关系。