Die Vereinigten Staaten haben es gerade noch geschafft, richtig zu reagieren, wenn auch langsam. Viele europäische Länder dagegen hingen, zwar nicht systematisch, aber doch viel länger am Status Quo.
The United States managed to get it right, albeit very slowly, whereas many European countries erred on the side of the status quo for a much longer time, if not systematically, as they refused to see that the region could be evolving in a direction contrary to what they deemed to be in their strategic interest.