That long odyssey is not so in the world of bin Laden or an Iranian theocrat — or the ignorant who stream out of the madrassas and Friday fundamentalist harangues along the Afghan-Pakistani border.

漫长的征程并不像伊朗的神权主义样，或样疯狂的叫嚣，也不像星期五时的原教旨主义在阿富汗和巴基斯坦边界上所做的长篇大论的说教。