Neo-conservative appeals to the example of the British Empire are far-fetched. The idea that American troops will stay in Iraq indefinitely – or even “just as long as necessary and not one day more,” in the clichéd language of Donald Rumsfeld – is implausible.
新保守主义分子将美国与大英帝国的类比似乎过于牵强。美国军队会永远待在伊拉克的提法¾甚至是拉姆斯菲尔德“只做必要的停留，一天也不会多待”的陈词滥调，都似乎不合情理。