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Obama’sWay奥巴马的方式ByMichaelLewis著名作家,演讲者
Tounderstandhowair-forcenavigator航海家TylerStarkendedupinathornbush荆棘intheLibyandesertinMarch2011,onemustunderstandwhatit’sliketobepresidentoftheUnitedStates—andthispresidentinparticular.HangingaroundBarackObamaforsixmonths,intheWhiteHouse,aboardAirForceOne,andonthebasketballcourt,MichaelLewislearnstherealityoftheNobelPeacePrizewinnerwhosentStarkintocombat.战斗
Evenafterhisparachuteopened,TylerStarksensedhewascomingdowntoofast.Thelastthinghe’dheardwasthepilotsaying,“Bailout跳伞!
Bailout!
Bail—”Beforethethirdcallwasfinished,there’dcometheviolentkickintherear后面fromtheejector喷射器seat,thenarushofcoolair.Theycalledit“openingshock”forareason.Hewasdisoriented迷失方向的,无判断力的.Aminuteearlier,whentheplanehadstartedtospin旋转—itfeltlikeacarhittingapatchofice一块冰块—hisfirstthoughthadbeenthateverythingwasgoingtobefine:
Myfirstmission任务,Ihadmyfirstclosecall侥幸脱险,死里逃生.He’dsincechangedhismind.Hecouldseetheredlightofhisjet’srocket喷气式火箭fadingawayandalso,fallingmoreslowly,thepilot’sparachute.Hewentimmediatelytohischecklist清单,备忘录:
heuntangled理清,整顿himselffromhisliferaft救生筏,thencheckedthecanopy天蓬ofhischute降落伞andsawthegash大口子.That’swhyhewascomingdowntoofast.Howfasthecouldn’tsay,buthetoldhimselfhe’dhavetoexecute执行aperfectlanding.Itwasthemiddleofthenight.Theskywasblack.Belowhisfeethecouldseeafewlights,butmainlyitwasjustdesert.
Whenhewastwoyearsold,TylerStarkhadtoldhisparentshewantedtofly,likehisgrandfatherwhohadbeenshotdownbytheGermansoverAustria奥地利.Hisparentsdidn’ttakehimtooseriouslyuntilhewenttocollege,atColoradoStateUniversity美国科罗拉多州立大学,whenonthefirstdayofschoolhehadenrolledintheair-forceR.O.T.C.program.Amisdiagnosis误诊abouthiseyesightkilledhisdreamsofbeingapilotandforcedhimintothebackseat后座,次要位置,asanavigator.Atfirsthewascrushedbythenews,butthenherealizedthat,whileanair-forcepilotmightbeassignedtoflycargoplanes货机,运输机orevendrones无人机,theonlyplaneswithnavigatorsinthemwerefighterjets.Sothemix-upabouthiseyesighthadbeenablessingindisguise伪装.Thefirstyearsofhisair-forcecareerhe’dspentonbasesinFloridaandNorthCarolina.In2009they’dshippedhimtoEngland,andtoapositionwherehemightseeaction.AndonthenightofMarch21,2011,CaptainTylerStarktookoffinanF-15fromabaseinItaly,withapilothe’donlyjustmet,onhisfirstcombatmission.Henowhadreasonstothinkitmightalsobehislast.
Evenso,ashefloateddown,hefeltalmostcalm.Thenightairwascool,andtherewasnosound,onlyawesomesilence.Hedidn’treallyknowwhyhe’dbeensenthere,toLibya,inthefirstplace.Heknewhisassignment,hisspecificmission.Buthedidn’tknowthereasonforit.He’dnevermetaLibyan.Drifting漂移highoverthedeserthehadnosensethathewasatonceanexpressionofanideaframedlateonenightintheWhiteHousebythepresidenthimself,writingwithaNo.2pencil,andalso,suddenly,athreattothatidea.Hedidn’tsensetheseinvisiblethreads县城inhisexistence,onlythevisibleonesyokinghimtohistornparachute.Histhoughtswereonlyofsurvival.Herealized,IfIcanseemyplaneexploding,andmychuteintheair,socantheenemy.He’djustturned27—oneofonlythreefactsabouthimself,alongwithhisnameandrank,thathewasnowpreparedtodivulge暴露ifcaptured俘获.Hescannedtheearthbeneathhisdanglingfeet.Hewasgoingtohithard,andtherewasnothinghecoulddoaboutit.
Atnineo’clockoneSaturdaymorningImademywaytotheDiplomaticReceptionRoom外交接待室,onthegroundflooroftheWhiteHouse.I’daskedtoplayinthepresident’sregularbasketballgame,inpartbecauseIwonderedhowandwhya50-year-oldstillplayedagamedesignedfora25-year-oldbody,inpartbecauseagoodwaytogettoknowsomeoneistodosomethingwithhim.Ihadn’ttheslightestideawhatkindofagameitwas.Thefirsthint暗示,线索camewhenavalet贴身男仆passedthroughbearing方位,举止,asiftheyweresacredobjects,apairofslick光滑的red-white-and-blueUnderArmour紧身衣high-tops高帮鞋withthepresident’snumber(44)ontheside.Thencamethepresident,lookinglikeaboxer拳击手beforeafight,insweatsandslightlyincongruous不协调的blackrubbershowershoes橡胶浴鞋.AsheclimbedintothebackofablackS.U.V.多用途跑车,aworriedexpressioncrossedhisface.“Iforgotmymouthguard护口器,”hesaid.Yourmouthguard?
Ithink.Whywouldyouneedamouthguard?
“Hey,Doc,”heshoutedtothevanholdingthemedicalstaffthattravelswithhimwhereverhegoes.“Yougotmymouthguard?
”Thedochadhismouthguard.Obamarelaxedbackinhisseatandsaidcasuallythathedidn’twanttogethisteethknockedoutthistime,“sincewe’reonly100daysaway.”Fromtheelection,hemeant,thenhesmiledandshowedmewhichteeth,insomepreviousbasketballgame,hadbeenknockedout.“Exactlywhatkindofgameisthis?
”Iasked,andhelaughedandtoldmenottoworry.Hedoesn’t.“Whathappensis,asIgetolder,thechancesI’mgoingtoplaywellgodown.WhenIwas30therewasaone-in-twochance.BythetimeIwas40itwasmorelikeoneinthreeoroneinfour.”Heusedtofocusonpersonalachievement,butashecannolongerachievesomuchpersonally,he’sswitchedtotryingtofigureouthowtomakehisteamwin.Inhisdeclinehe’smaintaininghisrelevanceandsenseofpurpose.
Basketballhadn’tappearedonthepresident’sofficialschedule,andsowetraveledthestreetsofWashingtonunofficially,almostnormally.Asinglepolicecarrodeinfrontofus,buttherewerenomotorcyclesorsirensorwhirringlights:
weevenstoppedatredlights.ItstilltookonlyfiveminutestogettothecourtinsidetheF.B.I.Thepresident’sgamerotates轮流aroundseveralfederalcourts,buthepreferstheF.B.I.’sbecauseitisabitsmallerthanaregulationcourt,whichreducesalsotheadvantagesofyouth.Adozenplayerswerewarmingup.IrecognizedArneDuncan,theformercaptain队长oftheHarvardbasketballteamandcurrentsecretaryofeducation.Apartfromhimandacoupleofdisturbinglylargeandathleticguysintheir40s,everyoneappearedtoberoughly28yearsold,roughlysixandahalffeettall,andthepossessorofa30-inchverticalleap跳跃.Itwasnotanormalpickupbasketballgame;itwasagroupofseriousbasketballplayerswhocometogetherthreeorfourtimeseachweek.Obamajoinswhenhecan.“Howmanyofyouplayedincollege?
”Iaskedtheonlyplayerevenclosetomyheight.“Allofus,”herepliedcheerfullyandsaidhe’dplayedpointguard后卫atFloridaState.“Mosteveryoneplayedprotoo—exceptforthepresident.”NotintheN.B.A.,headded,butinEuropeandAsia.
Overhearingtheconversation,anotherplayertossedmeajersey运动衫andsaid,“That’smydadonyourshirt.He’stheheadcoachatMiami.”Havinghighlydevelopedfight-or-flightinstincts,Irealizedinonlyabout4secondsthatIwasinanuncomfortablesituation,andittookonlyanother10tofigureoutjusthowdeeplyIdidnotbelong.Ohwell,Ithought,atleastIcanguardthepresident.Obamaplayedinhighschool,onateamthatwontheHawaiistatechampionship.Buthehadn’tplayedincollege,andeveninhighschoolhehadn’tstarted.Plus,hehadn’tplayedinseveralmonths,andhewasdaysawayfromhis51stbirthday:
howgoodcouldhebe?
Thepresidentranacoupleoflapsaroundthegym,thenshouted,“Let’sgo!
”Hehimselfdivviedup分组theteamssoeachonehadroughlythesamenumberofgiantsandthesamenumberofoldpeople.Havingputmeonhisteam,heturnedtomeandsaid,“We’llsityoufirst,untilwegetalittlebitofalead.”Ithoughthewasjoking,butactuallyhewasn’t;hewasasseriousasaheartattack.Iwasbenched.Itookmyplaceinthewoodenstands,alongwithafewoftheotherplayers,andtheWhiteHousephotographer,themedicalteam,theSecretService,andtheguywiththebuzzcutwhocarriedthenuclearfootball,towatchthepresidentplay.
Obamawas20ormoreyearsolderthanmostofthem,andprobablynotasphysicallygifted,thoughitwashardtosaybecauseoftheagedifferences.Nooneheldback,noonedeferred.Guysonhisteamdribbled运球pasthimandignoredthefacthewaswideopen撇开.Whenhedrivesthroughthestreets,crowdspart,butwhenhedrivestothebasketlarge,hostile对方的menslideovertocuthimoff.It’srevealingthathewouldseekoutagamelikethisbutevenmorethatotherswouldgiveittohim:
noonewatchingwouldhavebeenabletoguesswhichguywaspresident.Asaplayerontheotherteam,whomusthaveoutweighed比重要Obamabyahundredpounds,backedthepresidentoftheUnitedStatesdownandknockedthecrapoutofhim,allforthesakeofasinglelayup上篮,IleanedovertotheformerFloridaStatepointguard.
“Nooneseemstobetakingiteasyonhim,”Isaid.
“Ifyoutakeiteasyonhim,you’renotinvitedback,”heexplained.
Ithoughttomyself,Itmustbehardnottotakeiteasyonthepresident.
Thepointguardlaughed,turnedtoanotherguyonthebench,andsaid,“RememberRey?
”
“Who’sRey?
”Iasked.
“Reypump-faked,turned,andjustconnectedwiththepresidentrightinthemouth,”theotherguysaid.“Gavehim16stitches缝线.”
“Where’sRey?
”Iasked.
“Reyhasn’tbeenback.”
Obamacouldfindaperfectlyrespectablegamewithhisequalsinwhichhecouldshootandscoreandstar,butthisisthegamehewantstoplay.It’sridiculouslychallenging,andhehasverylittlespacetomaneuver,butheappearshappy.He’sactuallyjustgoodenoughtobeuseful
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