巴基斯坦在塔利班的凶猛攻势面前深受重创；北约士兵则在阿富汗伤亡惨重；而中东地区所谓“和平进程”只是矛盾修饰法在国际关系中的一大应用这一点，也变得更加清晰了。
Pakistan is hit hard by a wave of monstrous Taleban attacks, and in Afghanistan NATO troops die and are terribly injured in large numbers. The “Peace Process” in the Middle East becomes ever more clearly the great oxymoron in international relations.