we've driven them away from the Mediterranean Sea.

只是赶出了地中海
You could imagine that that's just the end of the Persian threat.

可以想象这仅仅是波斯威胁的终结
That was not the view taken by the Athenians,or I guess,

这并不是雅典人的看法或者我猜
by most of the allies,

也不是多数同盟成员国的看法
but we can imagine that there were some of the allies,

但我们可以想象有一些成员国
who were restless in their need to continue to

他们觉得同盟的存在已经毫无意义
make contributions to the league

因而对于需要继续向同盟缴纳的贡赋
when they didn't feel that there was any purpose to the league anymore.

感到心神不宁
I gave a hint to this earlier.

我之前也暗示过这点
I don't remember whether General Grunther

我记不清冈瑟将军
was the second commander of NATO,

是不是北约的第二任指挥官
but he was an earlier commander of NATO,

但他是北约早期的指挥官