Central to all of these tasks is a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that is united into a confederation that can meet the challenges of Iran’s regional ambitions and bring major military deployments to bear on regional conflicts. If anything has become clear in the last year, it is that states like Israel, Iran, and Syria will act with impunity if no one is ready, willing, and able to stand up to them.
这些任务的核心是海湾合作委员会（GCC），这是一个联合体，能够应对伊朗地区野心挑战并提供军事力量遏制地区冲突。如果说过去的一年让什么变得清晰的话，那就是，像以色列、伊朗和叙利亚这样的国家，如果没人准备、愿意和能够站出来抵抗它们，它们会似乎忌惮。以沙特为实力之锚的GCC应该站出来起作用了。