For example, speaking recently in New Delhi, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the key to stabilizing Afghanistan is to build a “new silk road” connecting it with central Asia – a cynical contrivance apparently aimed at cloaking America’s failure in illusions of future commerce. Kerry’s insistence that the US is not withdrawing, but “drawing down,” is a similarly transparent attempt at manipulation.
美国官员不承认失败，反而再次祭出了转移注意力的把戏。比如，国务卿克里在其最近的新德里演讲中表示，稳定阿富汗的关键是建设“新丝绸之路”，将它和中亚联系起来——这个蹩脚的借口显然是在用未来商业幻觉掩盖美国的失败。克里坚持说美国不是撤退，而是“缩编”，这也显然是文字操纵伎俩。