As I've spent the last better part of three decades, almost four, traveling the world, trying to work, getting involved in conflicts ranging from Yugoslavia to the Middle East to Chechnya to Venezuela -- some of the most difficult conflicts on the face of the planet -- I've been asking myself that question.
我花了三十多年的时间—— 基本上是四十年 来环球旅行 努力工作，并卷入到 从南斯拉夫到中东， 到车臣，再到委内瑞拉的争端当中， 它们几乎都是地球上最艰难的争端， 我也一直问自己这个问题。