Myers says Kim Jong Il needs anti-American sentiment to shift the blame for the North's extreme poverty, caused by decades of economic mismanagement. 迈尔斯说,金正日需要用反美情绪来转移人民对北韩赤贫的指责,而北韩的赤贫是由于几十年经济管理失当造成的。
Two days before the end of the year, the rape of a Chinese girl by American marines in Peiping brought these sentiments violently into the open. 年底前两天,美国海军陆战队士兵在北平强奸了一位中国姑娘,这一事件使反美情绪公开猛烈爆发。