Thirty years later, Osama bin Laden was killed by United States Special Forces. But, looking at the world now, one could easily conclude that the inspirational leader whose credo was Franklin Roosevelt’s injunction to fear only “fear itself” has lost, and that the fanatic who wanted fear to dominate the world of the “infidels” has prevailed.
巴黎—1981年5月，教皇保罗二世在一次暗杀行动中幸存。三十年后，本·拉登被美国特种部队射杀。但是，看看当下的世界，我们可以轻易地看出，以富兰克林·罗斯福关于唯一的恐惧是“恐惧本身”的训喻为圭臬的鼓舞人心的领袖失败了，想要恐惧主导“异教徒”世界的狂热分子胜利了。