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Just as Americans were murdered on American soil by Al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11th 2001,
就像美國人在2001·年9月11日在自己的國土上被基地組織 殺害一樣，
so Chechen terrorists have murdered innocent Russians upon Russian soil
車臣恐怖分子也在俄國國土上殺害了無辜的俄羅斯人。
The similarities between the two situations are instructive, as are the differences
這兩種情形的相似性很有啟發意義，它們的不同也是。
And then, for the stunning conclusion, setting aside the causes, real and alleged of the American war in Iraq
關于結論，我們先把6年前，美國伊拉克戰爭開始的真正理由和所謂理由放在一邊，
that was six years ago that this whole thing started, and we're nowhere near close enough to make any guesses yet
整個事件的結論，我們現在還無法做出推測。
So we'll pass to the main question addressed in this course: should the United States create a pax Americana or should it not?
我們來看一下這節課要回答的主要問題：美國應不應建立美式和平？
Segment 29b: The Age of Malaise.
29段第二部分：低迷時代。
Like Truman and Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy believed in the domino theory
肯尼迪和杜魯門、艾森豪威爾一樣，信奉多米諾理論。
He considered the US-supported client regime in South Vietnam a domino worth fighting for
我認為美國支持的越南共和國政權是值得一戰的多米諾牌。
He did not send mass US combat troops to South Vietnam, but he did depose the south vietnamese president Diem
雖然他沒有派遣美國作戰部隊去越南，但他廢黜了越南共和國總統吳庭艷。
Diem was indeed corrupt, but none of Diem's successors did much better
吳庭艷確實很腐敗，但是他的繼任者沒有一個更好的。
Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, bears the true responsibility for escalating the Vietnam War.
肯尼迪的繼任者，林登·貝恩斯·約翰遜對擴大越戰負有真正的責任。
