Yet it is dangerous to believe that the world has found in this new-model Coalition of the Willing the solution that it was seeking in today’s increasingly chaotic post-American order. Neither France nor Britain – not to mention the European Union, which is more divided than ever when it comes to military interventions – can be seen as substitutes for the US.
但就此认为世界已经在后美国秩序愈加混乱的局势下新形成的“自愿联盟”模式中找到了苦苦寻找的解决办法是危险的。无论法国还是英国都不能代替美国，更不要说在军事干预问题上分歧达到顶点的欧盟。尽管萨科奇表现出异乎寻常的积极性，但他们既没有办法，其实也不具备真正的意图。