When you compare these people to the emotional Sturm und Drang over lesser things on reality TV, you do wonder if we Americans are a nation of whiners.

当你把这些人与真人秀上那些为鸡毛蒜皮的小事引发的情感风暴比较，你就会怀疑我们美国人是不是悲嗥者民族。

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They believe they are the most important nation and people on earth and that any lesser status is a betrayal.

他们认为他们是世界上最重要的民族和人民，任何地位的降低都是一种辜负。

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Not only does that risk our leadership as a nation, it consigns millions of Americans to a lesser future.

这不仅威胁着我国的领导地位，也使得数百万美国人面临一个更为暗淡的前景。

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Confronting them all at once might overwhelm a lesser nation.

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Russia has been trying to get into the World Trade Organization since 1993 and even though it has Washington in its corner, a lesser known nation is doing what it can to make Moscow walk over hot coals if it wants to join the club.

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Not only does that risk our leadership as a nation, it consigns millions of Americans to a lesser future.

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