A LONG TIME GOING

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1、ALongTimeGoing逝者如斯PeterBergenOsamabinLadenlongfanciedhimselfsomethingofapoet.Hiscompositionstendedtothemorbid,andapoemwrittentwoyearsafter9/11inwhichhecontemplatedthecircumstancesofhisdeathwasnoexception.BinLadenwrote,“Letmygravebeaneagle'sbelly,itsrestingplaceinthesky'satmosphereamongstperc

2、hedeagles.”奥萨马·本·拉登一向自诩具有诗人气质。他的诗作倾向于病态，一首他在9/11事件两年后写的诗也莫外如是，诗中他思考了自己死亡时候的情景，他如此写道：愿我坟冢为鹰腹，随雄鹰置身高空飞翔。Asitturnsout,binLaden'sgraveissomewhereatthebottomoftheArabianSea,towhichhisbodywasconsignedafterhisdeathinPakistanatthehandsofU.S.NavySEALs.IfthereispoetryinbinLaden'send,itisthepoetryofjus

3、tice,anditcallstomindwhatPresidentGeorgeW.BushhadpredictedwouldhappeninaspeechhegavetoCongressjustninedaysafter9/11.Inanuncharacteristicburstofeloquence,BushassertedthatbinLadenandal-Qaedawouldeventuallybeconsignedto“history'sunmarkedgraveofdiscardedlies.”事实上，本拉登最终在巴基斯坦被击毙并葬身于阿拉伯海深处，正是出自于美国海

4、豹突击队的手笔。如果有一首关于本拉登之死的诗的话，那也应是一首正义之诗，这使人们想起美国总统乔治·W·布什在9/11事件后的第九天向国会演讲的预测。在布什这次一反常态的雄辩的演讲中，他声称本拉登和基地组织终将被葬身于“历史中掩埋被遗弃谎言的无字碑”，从前的共产主义和纳粹主义便是前车之鉴。ThoughbinLaden'sbodymayhavebeenburiedatseaonMay2,theburialofbinLadenismhasbeenadecadeinthemaking.Indeed,itbeganontheverydayofbinLaden'sgreatesttrium

5、ph.Atfirstglance,the9/11assaultlookedlikeastunningwinforal-Qaeda,aragtagbandofjihadistswhohadbloodiedthenoseoftheworld'sonlysuperpower.Butoncloserlookitbecamesomethingfarlesssignificant,becausetheattacksonWashingtonandNewYorkCitydidnotachievebinLaden'skeystrategicgoal:thewithdrawaloftheU.S.f

6、romtheMiddleEast,whichheimaginedwouldleadtothecollapseofalltheAmerican-backedauthoritarianregimesintheregion.虽然把本拉登的尸体葬于海底是在五月二日，但埋葬本拉登组织的计划已经酝酿了十年了。事实上这始于本拉登的凯旋之日。乍一看，9/11事件对基地组织而言是一次惊人的胜利，一群圣战主义者组成的乌合之众重创了世界上唯一的超级大国。但是细看之后，人们会发现这一事件远没有如此重大的意义，因为此次袭击华盛顿和纽约并没有实现本拉登的核心战略目标：迫使美国从中东撤军，他认为美国撤军将使

7、这一地区所有以美国为靠山的独裁政权倒台。Instead,theoppositehappened:theU.S.invadedandoccupiedfirstAfghanistanandthenIraq.ByattackingtheAmericanmainlandandinvitingreprisal,al-Qaeda——whichmeans“thebase”inArabic——lostthebestbaseithadeverhad:Taliban-ruledAfghanistan.Inthi