Obama should announce that the US is committed to a political solution in Syria, and that his government will do whatever it can to bring about such a solution through next week’s peace conference and follow-up action. But if a ceasefire has not been achieved in the next three months, the US should work with regional organizations and all friends of the Syrian people to authorize a set of military strikes on Al Qaeda-linked forces and on the killing machine that Assad’s government has aimed at civilians.
奥巴马应该宣布美国致力于政治解决叙利亚问题，他的政府将竭尽全力在下周和平会议及后续行动中找到这样的解决方案。但如果停火在未来三个月内一直未能实现，那么美国应该和区域组织及叙利亚人民的朋友一道授权打击基地相关势力和阿萨德政府针对平民的杀戮机器。