Until there is a Palestinian state and an Iraq free of US occupation, Islamic extremists will win recruits. Military reprisals will swell their ranks still further, and, until political grievances are addressed, the spread of democracy will not change that equation, because the extremists will win at the ballot box.
当今世界最为强大的意识形态是自决。在巴勒斯坦建国以及伊拉克摆脱美国占领之前，伊斯兰极端分子都会赢得拥戴者。军事报复将会进一步扩大范围，而且，只有解决了政治上的冤屈，否则扩散民主并不会改变状况，因为极端分子会赢得选举的胜利。