It is not equivalent to shooting a rabid dog, which is, down deep, what Americans feel the war was all about, exterminating a beast with rabies.

• 这和射杀一条患有狂犬病的狗不同。可是在美国人心底，这场战争就是这么回事：和消灭一只患有狂犬病的野兽没有两样。