Politics is grounded in realism, however, and while conservation groups that supported Taiwan's position acknowledged that the imposition of sanctions under Pelly was unfair, they emphasized the fact that politics must not be allowed to muddy the issue.
政治是現實的，同情我國立場的保育團體也表示，培利制裁對我確實不公平，但最重要的是不要讓政治模糊了真正的問題所在。