But its civil war has already spread beyond its borders, implicating greater powers like Iran, Turkey, and Russia in the process. One thing worse than the moral obscenities of a civil war would be a regional conflagration.
正像很多人指出的那样，叙利亚不是利比亚或马里。但其内战已经跨越了国界，使伊朗、土耳其和俄罗斯等大国都受到了牵连。比内战道德污点更糟的将是地区冲突。