And, in fact, it was Kennan who first drew my attention to this similarity, when in a private conversation about 9/11, he noted that, for many Muslims, Russia and the West were becoming indistinguishable. Both were viewed as secular states antagonistic to Islam.
事实上，在有关9/11的一次私人谈话中，是凯南最先就这种相似性引起了我的注意。他指出对很多穆斯林而言，越来越难以分清俄罗斯和西方的区别。两者都被认为是敌视伊斯兰教的世俗国家。