Then there was the Palestinian election of 2006: Promoting democracy generates ridicule when it extends only to elections that produce palatable winners, as Gaza’s vote for Hamas did not. Or, again in the Middle East, there has been the blind eye endlessly turned to Israel’s actual possession of nuclear weapons, in contrast to the response to Iran’s possible early moves in that direction.
接着是2006年巴勒斯坦选举：推进民主最后成了笑柄，因为它只扩展到产生了合意获胜者的选举，加沙选出哈马斯却不被承认。还有，同样是在中东，美国对以色列实际拥有核武器视而不见，而对伊朗有核化的可能早期举动一惊一乍。还有2008年同意与印度交易核材料和技术，尽管后者不愿接受严肃的新削减核武器和核不扩散承诺。