Perhaps, like the mastermind of the Vietnam war, Mr Wolfowitz would quit the rubble of a failed conflict to build a righteous empire of aid.

或许，就像是策划越战那样，沃尔福威茨想要清理斗争失败后留下的瓦砾，去建设一个正义的援助帝国。

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Together, they launched a bid to rule the Roman Empire, and failed.

他们一起，试图统领罗马帝国，但失败了。

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Consequently, Khiva khanate even failed to maintain its complete ruling power in economy at home and indeed was made a semi-colony of Russian Empire.

希瓦汗国在经济上也不享有完整的权利，实际上是俄国的半殖民地。

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Many like Mr Ignatieff are ready to lend support to the idea of an American empire, moved by a desire to bring people living in failed states out of their disorder and misery, and believing that only America can run such an empire.

ECONOMIST: America and empire