WASHINGTON, DC – When the Bourbon monarchy was restored in 1815, the French diplomat Talleyrand is reported to have said of the Bourbons: “They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” Ten years after the start of the Iraq War, the question is whether anyone – Americans, Iraqis, Iranians, other Arab states – has learned anything from this terrible experience.
华盛顿—1815年波旁王朝复辟时，据说法国外交官塔列兰（Talleyrand）这样评论波旁家族：“他们什么也没有学会，什么也没有忘记。”伊拉克战争爆发十年后，问题变成了有没有人——美国人、伊拉克人、伊朗人和其他阿拉伯国家的人——从这一可怕的经验中学到了任何东西。