The budget war is not producing any consensus on fixing America’s infrastructure, but it is beginning to produce a view that Afghanistan and Pakistan are far from being core US national interests. Why, people ask, are schools and roads in Afghanistan and Iraq more important than those in Colorado or California?
预算论战并没有就修补美国基础设施达成任何一致，倒是在造成这样的印象：阿富汗和巴基斯坦才是美国的核心国家利益。人们不禁要问，为什么阿富汗和伊拉克的学校和道路比科罗拉多和加利福尼亚更重要？在2008年，美国军队承担了向巴格达动物园运送一只老虎的费用。美国政府上一次为美国动物园做同样的事情要追溯到何年何月了（当然，华盛顿除外）？