All of this matters now because last year America launched a war in which a terrorist attack was also an excuse, not the real cause. The Bush administration wanted to fight Saddam Hussein well before the terrorist attacks on the US of September 11, 2001, but it could not have gained public support.
所有这些在今天变得十分重要，因为去年美国发动了一场战争，借口是恐怖袭击，但这不是真正的理由。布什政府早在9.11恐怖袭击事件发生前就想除掉萨达姆·侯赛因，但那时它得不到公众的支持。