The problem that began with the pig was about to become a shootingwar.
由猪引发的问题将要变成一场枪战。
2
Cost was secondary, and time was least important of all, given that there was no shootingwar.
成本被排第二，而时间被当成了最不重要的一个要素，只要没有交火事件发生。
3
Spying probably presents the most immediate danger to the West: the loss of high-tech know-how that could erode its economic lead or, if it ever came to a shootingwar, blunt its military edge.