WASHINGTON, DC – If not for President Barack Obama’s bold, unexpected diplomatic breakthrough with Cuba, the last weeks of 2014 would have been relentlessly unkind to America. The deep flaws in our country’s justice system, the continuing racism in our society, and our government’s recent record of torture and abuse have been on display for the entire world to see.
华盛顿&mdash;&mdash;如果不是奥巴马总统与古巴达成大胆、出人意料的外交突破，2014年过去的几周对美国而言没有任何亮色。世界各国都目睹了美国司法体制的深层次缺陷、社会根深蒂固的种族主义和政府不久前的酷刑和虐待记录。