It is perhaps a little unfair to contrast these efforts to what the US did in Syria. In an effort to stay ahead of intense media expectations (and reflecting a misunderstanding according to which Syria would be just another Tunisia), President Barack Obama’s administration essentially severed America’s relationship with Bashar al-Assad’s regime by publicly embracing the disparate opposition and calling for Assad’s immediate removal.
用上述努力与美国在叙利亚的所作所为相比或许有些不公平。仅仅为满足媒体的强烈期待（并且反思叙利亚将步突尼斯后尘的误解），奥巴马总统政府基本上切断了美国与阿萨德政权的关系，公开承认一盘散沙的反对派，并呼吁阿萨德立即下台。