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Yet Orwell never thought that the evil of imperialism resided solely in its exploitation of 'natives.' He was just as interested in its corrosive effect on those who claimed to bring civilization to the unlettered heathen. Imperialism, says a British timber merchant in Burmese Days, speaking to an Indian doctor who admires Western modernity, 'corrupts us in ways you can't imagine. There's an everlasting sense of being a sneak and a liar that torments us.'
Orwell's language was famously spare, but his themes were subtle. He knew that analogy is not destiny, and would surely have resisted the idea that Americans are bound to behave badly in Iraq simply because all previous imperialists have done so when given a chance. He would certainly have noted that the post-imperial experience has often been a miserable one. Since independence from Britain in 1948, Burma, for example, has been raped by a succession of military regimes. Self-rule does not necessarily mean wise rule.
All that said, I think Orwell would have warned against a long-term military presence in conquered nations. Give young soldiers life-or-death authority, far from home, and you should not be surprised if power goes to their heads. 'In Burma,' Orwell once wrote, 'I was constantly struck by the fact that the common soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and, judged simply by their behaviour, they certainly deserved to be.' Americans should not want their young men and women in uniform to be hated, for to hate someone is the first step to killing them. One reason to honor Orwell's memory is that he reminds us of such uncomfortable truths.

A. 어휘
reside 존재하다, 거주하다. solely=only. exploitation 착취, 개발. natives 원주민.
just as 똑 같이. corrosive 腐蝕性(부식성)의. effect 영향, 효과.
unlettered 교육받지 못한. heathen 未開人(미개인), 異敎徒(이교도). timber 목재.
merchant 상인. admire 찬탄하다. corrupt 부패시키다. everlasting 영구히 계속되는.
sneak 살그머니 하는 사람, 비열한 사람, 좀도둑. torment 괴롭히다, 고문하다.
spare 간결한, 검소한, 빈약한. subtle 미묘한. analogy 유사, 類推(유추).
destiny 숙명, 운명. be bound to 반드시...하다.
post-imperial experience 제국주의 이후의 경험(자주정권의 경험).
miserable 비참한. rape 강탈하다, 강간하다. a succession of 연속적인. regime 정권.
all that said 결론적으로 말하자면. military presence 군대의 駐屯(주둔).
conquered nations 被征服國家(피정복국가).
life-or-death authority 生殺與奪權(생살여탈권: 죽이거나 살릴 수 있는 권한).
constantly 끊임없이, 불변으로. strike-struck-struck 충격적인 인상을 주다.
the white community (버마식민지의)백인(영국인)사회. in uniform 군복을 입은.

B. 구문
- power goes to their heads
[권력에 도취하게 된다]
- judged simply by . . . to be.
cf. judged→if they were judged→being judged→judged
[단순히 그들의 행동으로 판단해 보면 그들은 분명히 백인사회에서 가장 미움받는 집단이 될만하였다.]