That long odyssey is not so in the world of bin Laden or an Iranian theocrat — or the ignorant who stream out of the madrassas and Friday fundamentalist harangues along the Afghan-Pakistani border.

那个漫长并不像一个伊朗神权主义者那样，或是一个愚昧者那样疯狂叫嚣，也不像星期五时教旨主义者在阿富汗和巴基斯坦边界上所做长篇大论说教。