It is important to remember: those who were responsible for taking the British Marines captive wanted an escalation of the confrontation, both to improve their domestic standing, and to punch back for sanctions that were beginning to bite. This suggests that what the Bush administration has been doing – slowly ratcheting up the pressure through the use of diplomacy to create an international coalition that now includes the Russians – is the proper course to be on.
我们一定要记住：不管是谁作出了抓捕英国水兵的决定，他都是为了让冲突升级，以便既巩固其国内地位，同时也是对已经开始对其产生严重影响的国际制裁的回击。这表明布什政府所采取的对策，即运用外交手段来使国际上（现在俄罗斯也参与了进来）联合起来对其施加越来越大的压力，完全是一个正确的途径。