Such remarks from senior military authorities suggest that Obama’s warnings may be hollow. Worse, they inspire little confidence that the US can deal with future cases in which countries with nuclear assets find themselves in revolt, civil war, or political collapse – and with compromised domestic atomic safeguards risking the spread of nuclear havoc to other regions.
高级军官的评论表明，奥巴马警告或许只是纸老虎。更糟糕的是，他们没能激发人们关于美国能够应对未来某有核国家陷入革命、内战或政治崩溃——以及形成妥协的国内核力量有可能溢出边境进入他国——的情况的信心。