Next comes the question of America's overall defence posture, and that of its allies. Mr Bush has given pre-eminence in foreign policy to missile defence. As this paper has said before, it is hard to see why America should be prevented from building a shield to defend itself and its friends against incoming missiles from rogue states if it wants to do so; no country should be deprived of the right to defend itself. Yet any idea that such a shield, if it can be constructed at all, would be enough by itself to guarantee American security, was far-fetched all along. Now it lies with the rubble. Among the enemies of America and the West are men who do not fire missiles, but who hijack aircraft full of fuel and fly them into crowded buildings. The missile-shield programme, whatever its merits, must not militate against efforts to improve security against other kinds of threat.
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Whatever its merits, however, the Calman plan fails to address the bigger problem of how public spending is distributed around Britain.
不管卡尔曼计划多么有价值，然而它没能解决一个更大的问题，即大不列颠的公共支出该怎样分配。
Nevertheless, whatever its other merits or defects may be, I can assure my readers that it was not my intention to propound a riddle, or insidiously convey any erudite teaching.
然而，不管它的别的优点或者缺点是什么，我能告诉读者的就是，我在诗里无意提出一个谜，或者狡狯地传达什么教诲。
Whatever its intrinsic merits, the timing of the crackdown is unfortunate.
这次的制裁即便有内在的优点，但选择时机不当。
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