I believed that I would win kudos for my contrarian view when the bubble burst .
我曾相信，当泡沫破裂的时候，我会因为我的逆向操作观点而赢得荣誉。
In retrospect it is clear the country was living in a bubble of hubris and unearned kudos .
回顾往事，那时国家正生活在一种过分自大的泡沫和不劳而获的荣誉之中显得十分清楚。
Watching today 's campaign against libya 's colonel muammar qaddafi , who earned kudos and forgiveness in 2003 for forsaking nefarious nuclear ambitions , must have made kim jong il and his sidekicks even more determined to cling on to-and enhance-their putative nuclear deterrent .
