When some of the Bush administration’s more reasonable members are asked today how they could have taken the positions they did in 2002, they cite the anthrax attacks that followed 9/11, the intelligence reports of an impending attack with nuclear materials, and the widespread fear of a second attack against the American people. In such circumstances, liberal democracy and security are in tension.
当布什政府中一些更具理性的成员现在被问到为何在2002年会采取那样的立场时，他们列举了“9.11”之后的炭疽袭击和对美国民众遭受第二次袭击的广泛恐惧。在如此的环境下，自由民主和安全之间关系紧张。