Having invaded an oil-rich Arab country that played no role in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the United States has imprudently allowed itself to be sucked into its attackers’ primitive logic of collective punishment and group revenge. It thereby abandoned the most essential pillar of the rule of law, namely the individualization of culpability.
美国入侵了与2001年9月11日恐怖主义攻击毫无干系、石油储量丰富的阿拉伯国家，这样就鲁莽地让自己也陷入攻击者原始的集体惩罚和报复的逻辑。因此，它也就放弃了法制最为根本的支柱，也就是刑责自负。