Indeed, Israel’s critics were already arguing that this was another case of the tail wagging the dog – that Israel and its American lobby were trying to push the US into serving Israel’s interests rather than its own. The most egregious examples of this view were statements made by the political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt.
选用这样的措辞并非偶然，而是表明美国在伊朗问题上正在改变方针。10多年来，“伊朗核问题是谁的问题？”这个问题一直是有关伊朗核野心政策辩论的一部分。以色列前总理阿里埃勒•沙龙过去常常要求其同僚谨记在伊朗问题上切勿“当出头鸟”。他称，如果以色列在伊朗核野心上率先敲响警钟，这个问题又将被认为是“以色列问题”。