In today’s interdependent world, however, it is no longer the number of nuclear warheads that bestows influence, but a country’s ability to get others to go along with policies that it regards as serving its major interests. Bush’s America has forfeited that influence– in the Middle East, in Asia and Africa, and in much of Europe.
然而，在今天这个互相依赖的世界上，影响力的来源不再是核弹头的数量，而是一个国家让他国追随她认为符合自己主要利益的政策的能力。布什治下的美国丧失了这样的影响力——在中东、亚洲和非洲，以及欧洲的大部分地区。