Last January, after the tsunami, in response to widespread calls for an early warning system, I observed that the world had been given an early warning on global warming. The rest of the world has begun to take heed, but Bush, having ignored warnings about Al Qaeda’s plans prior to September 11, 2001, and having not only ignored the warnings about New Orleans levees, but actually gutted funding to shore them, has not led America to do likewise.
去年1月的海啸过后，作为对引起人们广泛关注的早期预警系统的回应，我看到全世界人们都听到了全球变暖的警报。其它国家已经给予了充分的关注，但布什在2001年9月11日之前忽略了有关基地组织计划的警报以后，不仅再次忽略了新奥尔良大坝告急的警报，甚至还侵吞了修建大坝的资金，从而再一次让美国陷入了困境。