Today, humanitarian intervention has become a dirty word for many of the same people who once believed in it. Only American neo-conservatives, understandably grateful for his championing of the Iraq war and his ability to argue for it coherently and eloquently (unlike President Bush, who was and is unable to do either), are sorry to see Blair go.
如今，人道主义干预对许多当初曾坚信他的人来说，都已经成了一个肮脏的词汇。只有美国的新保守主义者们，感激布莱尔拥护伊拉克战争，并能条理清楚，言辞流利的为人道主义干预辩护，（这与布什总统不同，布什过去直至现在都还做不到其一）对布莱尔的离去感到难过，他们的行为不难理解。但是无法弄清楚的是有多少人曾确实相信过它。