在不到四年的时间里，布什总统和其顾问们就在很大程度上将长期以来的两党共识抛在了一边。 这种共识是美国与联合国等多边主义机构沟通和合作的前提。
In less than four years, President Bush and his advisers have cast aside much of the longstanding bipartisan consensus under which the United States works through and with multilateral institutions like the United Nations.