But this should not obscure the progress that has been made; compared to 2009, when Obama took office, Myanmar and its politics are unrecognizable. While Obama would likely acknowledge that US policy did not bring about these changes (which resulted from an internal process of recalculation by the president, General Thein Sein), the US was responsive and flexible enough to encourage them.
但这不应该抹杀已经取得的进步；与2009年奥巴马上台时相比，缅甸及其政坛已经焕然一新。奥巴马也许会承认，并非美国的政策带来了这些变化（它们来自总统吴登盛将军的重新算计的内部过程），但美国积极响应并灵活地鼓励了这些变化。