Fear is not an implausible reaction with a war just around the corner and with a very, very high likelihood that many, many people are going to die as a consequence of this confrontation -- a confrontation which many, many people in the Muslim world do not want, many, many people in the American democracy do not want, many people elsewhere in the world do not want, but which nonetheless is favored by a large enough number of people --
如果战争在一触即发之际，恐惧并非一种不可思议的反应 很多人可能都会送命。 作为这次对决的结果-- 这种许多穆斯林世界中 的人不希望看到的对决， 许多怀有美国式民主情节的人不希望看到的， 许多其他世界各地的人不希望看到的对决， 但是，这也是有相当多的人所希望看到的--