There has not been a good solution since that black Wednesday in August 2013, when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s war machine, by using chemical weapons, crossed the “red line” that US President Barack Obama had warned would trigger an American military response. The moderate opposition still stood, and the Islamic State had not yet emerged from the shadows.
自2013年8月黑色星期三叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德的战争机器使用化学武器，越过美国总统奥巴马所警告的、越线将导致美国军事干预的“红线”以来，就从未出现过好的解决方案。反对依然不痛不痒，伊斯兰国也还没有从影子中现身。但是，奥巴马的态度在最后一分钟急转直下，放弃了干预。