Upon rereading former US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott’s book The Great Experiment, I was left with the impression that the seeds of some of the dynamics at play today were sown some time ago. The book describes a conversation that took place in December 2000 between President Bill Clinton and President-elect George W. Bush.
在阅读美国前副国务卿塔尔博特（Strobe Talbott）的著作《大实验》（The Great Experiment）时，我的印象是今天正在起作用的动态的某些根源很早前就种下了。该书描述了2000年12月美国总统克林顿和当选总统小布什之间的一段对哈。克林顿说，从小布什的选战看来，他最担心的安全问题是萨达姆和大规模反导防务系统的建设。“完全正确。”小布什回答说。