Perhaps this balance sheet will look different a decade from now, but at this point most Americans have concluded that the skeptics are right, and that thinking has influenced current US foreign policy. In the next decade, it is very unlikely that the US will try another prolonged occupation and transformation of another country.
这份资产负债表十年后给人的感觉也许会有所变化，但此时此刻，多数美国人认为怀疑者所言有理，并进而影响到美国当前的外交政策。未来十年美国不太可能再次试图长期占领并改造另一个国家。前国防部长罗伯特·盖茨离职前言简意赅地指出，提议采取此类行动的顾问“应该检查脑子有没有毛病。”