Consider, for example, America in Iraq. The Bush administration’s overconfidence in the validity of its objectives – democratizing the Middle East – much more than implementation failures, was the key factor behind the unfolding catastrophe there.
让我们看一下美国身陷伊拉克的例子。布什政府对于其目标，也就是将中东民主化的合理性过分自信正是那里层出不穷的灾祸背后的关键因素。