These issues were put on hold when tragedy unexpectedly struck, in the form of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US, which brought a period of international cooperation during which solidarity against terrorism reigned. It was a time when we were all Americans, and when Bush described Putin as “very straightforward and trustworthy.”
当意料之外的悲剧发生时——2001年9月11日美国发生恐怖袭击，这带来了一段国际合作时期，世界因为反恐团结在一起——这些问题被搁置起来。那时，我们都是美国人，而小布什把普京描述为“非常直接，非常值得信任。”