One could despair: the Bush administration has obviously wasted almost seven years during which it could have pursued a solution. We are now back to the starting point: the Camp David and Taba talks – flippantly abandoned in January 2001 – are to be taken up again.
人们或许会绝望。布什政府明显浪费了大部分七年时间，原本可以在这段时间里寻求解决途径。我们现在又回到了出发点，也就是2001年1月轻率放弃的戴维营和塔巴会谈将会重新开始。然而，正如智者所言，迟到总比没有好！