But Iran has resources that Cambodia and Laos could never muster; indeed, its ability to retaliate could set the entire region ablaze. Whereas America’s war in Indochina was a tragic mistake, the cost of a wider war precipitated by the crisis in Iraq would be incomparably greater – for both the patient and the doctor.
但是，伊朗却拥有柬埔寨和老挝所从来没有掌握的资源；实际上，其报复的能力可以让整个地区陷于火海之中。美国在印度支那的战争是一个悲剧性的灾难，由伊拉克危机所促发的更大范围的战争的代价对于病人和医生而言都将会更为巨大，无可比拟。