Sometime this month, President George W. Bush will – reluctantly – announce a new policy for the United States in Iraq. A new policy is needed not only in order to halt America’s drift into impotence as it tries to prevent Iraq from spiraling into full-scale civil war, but also because the map of power in the Middle East has changed dramatically.
本月某些时候，美国总统布什将不情愿地宣布美国在伊拉克的新政策。人们需要一个新政策，不仅是为了在美国防止伊拉克陷于全面内战的时候阻止美国滑入无能为力的境地，而且是因为中东的势力地图已经面目全非。