答主：Ivan Novoselov, Russian, interested in world history and politics, lives in Russia

OK, honest answer.
好吧，诚实回答。

I was heading home after university and learned about it in some cafe where I stopped to buy a coffee and doner. Everyone was watching it on TV, most were also shocked.
当时我正从大学下课后回家，途径几家咖啡厅时停下来买咖啡喝土耳其烤肉。所有人都在电视上看着它，绝大多数也被震惊了。

I was young, not very smart and angry at the U.S. about Yugoslavian war. I wasn’t “happy”, I felt shocked but I also had a feeling that this is the beginning of U.S. collapse and was very eager to watch the U.S. share the fate of USSR.
当时我还年轻，并不很聪明，且因为南斯拉夫战争对美国有些气愤。当时的我并没有“高兴”，我感到震惊，但我也有一种感觉，这会不会是美国崩溃的开始，而且很想看到美国走上和苏联一样的结局。

I really understood the tragedy only years later. And I still have many questions about it.
几年后，我真正理解了这场悲剧。而我还有许多关于它的疑问。

I don’t know much about impact of the Patriot Act, but I wonder whether 9/11 decided the course of American foreign policy for decades to come? War on Terror, Color Revolutions and even confrontation with Russia. Maybe it was just a local event?
我不知道爱国者法案造成了多少的影响，但我好奇911事件是否决定了美国未来数十年的外交路线？反恐战争、颜色革命甚至与俄罗斯的对抗是不是都和它有关？还是说它只是一个国内事件？

Or maybe it was the turning point for the entire world and we failed to realize it?
还是说，也许它其实是整个世界的转折点，而我们没能意识到？

单词表

head v. 朝某特定方向行进
doner n. 土耳其烤肉
Yugoslavian adj. 南斯拉夫的
tragedy n. 悲剧
course n. 道路，航线
confrontation n. 对抗

译自：https://qr.ae/pyL50t

时间：2023年9月5日