The talks collapsed: no compromise, no agreement. Today, a deal has been concluded; but it is less good than the deal that could have been reached a decade ago – a point worth keeping in mind as the likes of former Vice Present Dick Cheney and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu start hollering from the sidelines.
我们都知道小布什的这一战略的结果。谈判崩溃：没有妥协，没有协议。如今，终于到达成了一份协议；但这份协议还不如十年前就可以达成的协议——这一点值得牢记特别是在如今美国前副总统切尼和以色列总理尼塔尼亚胡之流又开始旁敲侧击地大喊大叫的时候。