The response has always been: the US is not Europe, nor is it in the business of nation-building or reconstruction. But this is exactly what it did, successfully, with the post-1945 Marshall Plan and, unsuccessfully, with Iraq and Afghanistan today.
在这方面，美国可以向欧盟学习。美洲贸易协议将美洲国家局限于贸易上，是有缺陷的。许多人对此的反应总是是这样的：美国不是欧洲，它也不从事建立国家或改造国家的事业。但是，这正是美国在1945年马歇尔计划之后成功做到的东西，也是现在在伊拉克和阿富汗失败了的东西。