First, once you pin blame for a conflict on a single individual, a Saddam Hussein or Kim Jong Il, it is difficult to see a solution to international conflict that does not result from the tyrant’s downfall. Imagine Bush parlaying with Saddam Hussein in 2005 or 2006, if war had never come again to Iraq, after having called him this generation’s Hitler.
像这样适应政治需要的语言自有其战略问题。首先，一旦你将冲突的责任归咎于某一个人，比如萨达姆·侯赛因或金正日，那么就很难看到在专制暴君不垮台的情况下解决国际争端的希望。想象一下如果从未爆发过第二次伊拉克战争，那么布什在称萨达姆·侯赛因为当代的希特勒之后，该怎样在2005或2006年与萨达姆赌博。