The risk in this American activism is that it will provide the excuse for Europeans to sit back and cheer while someone else does the heavy lifting. But passivity would be a historic mistake.
对于欧洲人来说，美国如此活跃的坏处就是给了欧洲袖手旁观的理由。但这种消极的行为将会犯下一场历史性的错误。须知美国在中东的利益跟欧洲可是截然不同的。