We felt an intangible presence in the conference room.

我们感到会议室里有一种难捉摸的东西。

In Iraq's case this was the Baath, or Renaissance, Party, a vehicle which he ultimately transformed, through terrifyingly capricious ruthlessness, into a fascistic tool for his own absolute control.

他的人发指，他的冷酷叫人难捉摸，复兴党因此成了他绝对操控的法西斯工具。