“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him”: I can still remember the exultant tone of Paul Bremer, the American governor of post-invasion Iraq, as he announced the capture of Saddam Hussein. Mr Bremer’s exhilaration was understandable. But it also pointed to a persistent fallacy that has undermined US foreign policy for decades. You could call it the “Dr Evil syndrome”.
“女士们、先生们，我们抓住他了”：我还记得美国入侵伊拉克后担任美军驻伊最高行政长官的保罗•布雷默(Paul Bremer)宣布萨达姆•侯赛因(Saddam Hussein)被抓获时得意洋洋的口气。布雷默的兴奋可以理解。但这也暴露了一个几十年来一直在持续损害美国外交政策的谬误。可以称之为“邪恶博士综合征”(Dr Evil syndrome)。
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