今天在看《珍奇柜》,第一集出现了海湾战争前的布什的讲话;
重温一下1991年1月16日,这个举世瞩目的时刻:

President George H.W. Bush Announces Persion Gulf War

This is an historic moment. We have in this past year made great progress in ending the long era of conflict and cold war. We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations a new world order – a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. When we are successful – and we will be – we have a real chance at this new world order, an order in which a credible United Nations can use its peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U.N.’s founders.

这是一个历史性的时刻。在过去的一年里,我们在结束漫长的冲突和冷战时代方面取得了巨大进展。我们面前有机会为我们自己和后代打造一个新的世界秩序 – – 一个由法治而不是丛林法则支配国家行为的世界。当我们成功时 – – 我们会成功的 – – 我们真正有机会建立这个新的世界秩序,在这个秩序中,一个可信的联合国可以利用其维和作用来实现联合国创始人的承诺和愿景。