Before the invasion of Iraq, they wanted America to go to the UN, and today they recognize that America alone cannot maintain order in the Middle East. Even if Iraq is to bear more of the cost of its own reconstruction, there will have to be debt forgiveness, and this too requires international cooperation.
我相信大多数美国民众像抵制布什政府的经济政策一样抵制他的"单边主义政策"。在入侵伊拉克之前，他们希望美国将此事提交联合国处理，现在他们也承认美国没有单独维持中东秩序的能力。即使伊拉克能够负担更多本国重建的费用，那也需要世界各国能减免它所欠下的债务，这同样需要国际协作，共同解决。