The welcome return to civility is not, therefore, a return to mutual trust. After all, the test of alliance does not lie in praising agreements, but in thrashing out disagreements in a spirit of cooperation.
友好氛围的回归，却不是互相信任感的回归。毕竟，检验同盟的方法不是为一致的协议大唱赞歌，而是本着合作精神排除不和。布什和施罗德看起来都没有为此准备充分。