但是，在一个在国内外均遭受失败的跛鸦子总统的政治生命中，美国最近开始的和谈回合太迟了；而且，它也准备不足，令人难以信服。
But the round of peacemaking that America has recently embarked upon not only comes too late in the political life of a lame-duck president who has been defeated at home and abroad; it is also ill-conceived and unconvincing.