PARIS – During a visit to the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned that enemies of the United States should not use the power vacuum there to try to alter the status quo or to undermine the new American president’s objectives. But the major challenge in this respect is now coming, ironically enough, from America’s main ally in the region, Israel.
巴黎-在访问中东的过程中，国防部长罗伯特·盖茨曾警告说，美国的敌人不应利用美国出现的权力真空来试图改变现状或是破坏美国新任总统的目标。但是，这方面的巨大挑战真的来了，并极具讽刺意味的是，它来自于美国在该地区的主要盟友-以色列。