In the aftermath of America’s poorly executed recent wars and confounded planning with respect to Syria’s chemical weapons, such vetting is the least that Americans and their allies should expect in order to prevent the realization of the sum of all our fears: the first nuclear attack or intentional major radiological event of the twenty-first century.
美国在近期战争中表现拙劣，在叙利亚化学武器问题上的计划缺乏头绪，在这样的情况下，外部调查至少是美国人及其盟友为了防止我们的担心总爆发应该采取的行动：21世纪第一次核打击或重大国际放射性事件。