Or consider Syria, where an estimated 200,000 Syrians have recently died, 3.7 million have fled the country, and 7.6 million have been internally displaced in a civil war that was stoked in no small part by the US, Saudi Arabia, and other allied powers. Since 2011, the CIA and US allies have poured in weapons, finance, and training in an attempt to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
再以叙利亚为例，据估计，目前已有200,000叙利亚人死去，370万人逃离祖国，760万人在国内流离失所，而这场内战与美国、沙特阿拉伯和其他联合力量有着脱不开的干系。2011年以来，中央情报局和美国盟友大量提供武器、资金和训练，目的是推翻总统巴沙尔·阿萨德。对美国及其盟国来说，这场战争只不过是一场旨在削弱巴沙尔赞助人——伊朗和俄罗斯的代理战争。但叙利亚平民却成了炮灰。