It was never Bush’s determination that was in doubt, nor his geniality – despite that slightly annoying rich-boy joshing. Nor did I ever believe that the former president was stupid: a criticism leveled at him by many of his European peers who were themselves hardly philosopher kings.
人们所质疑的从来就不是布什的坚定和诚恳——尽管的确存在有点恼人的富家公子的揶揄。我也从不相信这位前总统愚蠢：这是自己也算不上哲学国王的欧洲同僚们砸向他的批评之辞。