A distorted view of the present is the worst way to prepare for the challenges of the future. To describe the struggle against international terrorism as “World War IV,” as the leading American neo-conservative Norman Podhoretz does in his new book, is wrongheaded in any number of ways.
扭曲地看待今天的状况是应对未来挑战最糟糕的方式。像美国新保守主义的大名人波多雷茨在他的新书里把与国际恐怖主义的斗争描述为“第四次世界大战”，从许多方面来看都完全是错误的判断。