In fact, Europe’s failure is not just a shame, but a historic calamity. Missiles and tanks alone cannot bring democracy, but coupled with the civil power of sensitive help for the defeated, democracy can be adapted to Iraq and the rest of the Middle East.
实际上，欧洲袖手旁观不仅是一种耻辱，也是历史性的灾难。光有导弹和坦克不能带来和平，但如果再加上对战败者积极伸出援手的文明力量，就能在伊拉克和中东其它地区实现真正的民主。