Abbas is being asked to play for high stakes – defeating Hamas and with it the cause of Islamic fundamentalism in the region – with inadequate resources. And, by mortgaging his entire Middle East policy to the concept of an “ideological confrontation” against the forces of evil, Bush is putting his entire strategy on the weary shoulders of a defeated Palestinian president without really providing him with the necessary tools.
阿巴斯被要求以不足的资源进行不太可能成功的赌博，也就是击败哈马斯以及该地区的伊斯兰原教旨主义运动。此外，通过把他的整个中东政策全部压在与邪恶势力的“意识形态对抗”的理念上，布什正把他的全部战略压在一位被击败的巴勒斯坦民族权力机构主席脆弱的肩膀上，同时却没有真正提供给他必需的工具。