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1、AMERICAALONETHEENDOFTHEWORLDASWEKNOWITMARKSTEYNFORCECI,HECTORANDRALPH"Whenpeopleseeastronghorseandaweakhorse,bynaturetheywilllikethestronghorse."OSAMABINLADENKANDAHAR,NOVEMBER2001"Ifweknowanything,itisthatweaknessisprovocative."DONALDRUMSFELDWASHINGTON,OCTOBER1998PrologueToBeorNottoBeWeknowwhatw
2、eare,butknownotwhatwemaybe.WILLIAMSHAKESPEARE,HAMLET(1601)Doyouworry?Youlooklikeyoudo.Worryingisthewaytheresponsiblecitizenofanadvancedsocietydemonstrateshisvirtue:hefeelsgoodaboutfeelingbad.Butwhattoworryabout?Iraniannukes?Nah,that'sjustsomeracketcookedupbytheChristianfundamentalistBushandhisZi
3、onistbuddiestogiveHalliburtonapretexttotakeoverthePersiancarpetindustry.Worryingaboutnukesissoeighties."Theymakemewanttothrowup....Theymakemefeelsicktomystomach,"wrotetheBritishnovelistMartinAmis,whocouldn'tstopthinkingaboutthemduringtheThatcherTerror.Intheintroductiontoacollectionofshortstories
4、,heworriedabouttheBigOneandoutlinedhisownplanforcopingwithanuclearwinterwonderland:SupposeIsurvive.Supposemyeyesaren'tpouringdownmyface,supposeIamuntouchedbythehurricaneofsecondarymissilesthatallmortar,metal,andglasshasabruptlybecome:supposeallthis.Ishallbeobliged(andit'sthelastthingIfeellikedoi
5、ng)toretracethatlongmilehome,throughthefirestorm,theremainsofthethousand-miles-an-hourwinds,thewarpedatoms,thegrovelingdead.Then-Godwilling,ifIstillhavethestrength,and,ofcourse,iftheyarestillalive-ImustfindmywifeandchildrenandImustkillthem.ButtheBigOneneverfell.AndinsteadofkillinghiswifeMartinAm
6、ishadtomakedowithdivorcingher.BackthenitwasjustcrazieslikeReaganandThatcherwhohadnukes,soyoucanunderstandwhyeveryonewasterrified.ButnowKimJong-ilandtheayatollahshavethem,sowe'reallsophisticatedandrelaxedaboutit,liketheFrenchhearingthattheirpresident'sacquiredacouplemoremistresses.MartinAmishasn'
7、tthrownupawordaboutthesubjectinyears.Tothebestofmyknowledge,hehasnoplanstokillthepresentMrs.Amis.Sowhatshouldwebecoweringinterrorover?Howabout-stopmeifyou'veheardthisonebefore-"climatechange"?Ifyou'veseenAlGore'sacclaimeddoc
