Decades of American strategic thinking and diplomacy, initiated by Henry Kissinger in the 1970’s, aimed at weaning Egypt from its Russian alliance, now appear in danger of going down the drain because of Obama’s inability to make up his mind about Morsi’s overthrow. Of course, it is not easy to support a military coup against a democratically elected president (even one who, like Morsi, undermines the democratic values and institutions that brought him to power).
基辛格20世纪70年代创建几十年的美国战略思维和外交旨在切断埃俄联盟，现在都可能因为奥巴马无法在推翻穆尔西的问题上下定决心而彻底付诸东流。当然，支持军事政变推翻民选总统绝非易事（即使像穆尔西这样的民选总统破坏令其当选的民主价值观和体制）。但人们不禁要问奥巴马会对1933年德国军队推翻希特勒作何反应（希特勒毕竟是在赢得大选后担任了总理职务）。