“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”.
“女士們、先生們,我們抓住他了”:我還記得美國入侵伊拉克后擔任美軍駐伊最高行政長官的保羅?布雷默(Paul Bremer)宣布薩達姆?侯賽因(Saddam Hussein)被抓獲時得意洋洋的口氣。布雷默的興奮可以理解。但這也暴露了一個幾十年來一直在持續損害美國外交政策的謬誤。可以稱之為“邪惡博士綜合征”(Dr Evil syndrome)。
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