Worse yet, America waved the banner of democracy as it prosecuted its wars. But hopes for democracy, be it secular or Islamist, for the people concerned have been buried in the rubble and carnage of Baghdad, Beirut, and Kandahar.
更为糟糕的是，美国在开战之时摇晃民主的旗帜。但是对于民主的希望，无论是世俗的还是伊斯兰式的，对于相关的国家人民而言都被埋葬在了巴格达、贝鲁特和坎大哈的瓦砾和屠杀之中。