Espérons donc qu’elles servent à quelque chose, car si ce n’est pas le cas, nous n’entendrons certainement aucune menace de bombardements, ni des bases militaires birmanes ni – a fortiori – celles de son partenaire, la Chine.
Well, let us hope they serve some purpose, because if they do not we will certainly not hear any threats of bombing, neither of Burma’s military bases nor - still less - those of its partner, China.