CANBERRA – There is a long history of misconceived and over-reaching foreign military intervention in the Middle East, and it is to be hoped that US President Barack Obama’s decision to wage war against the Islamic State will not prove to be another. No terrorist group more richly deserves to be destroyed outright than these marauding, genocidal jihadists.
堪培拉—对中东的误解性过度军事干预由来已久，但愿美国总统奥巴马决定向伊斯兰国宣战不会重蹈覆辙。没有哪个恐怖组织的作恶和屠杀可以和这群圣战主义者相比，他们应该被毁灭。但美国所领导的任务目前已经成立并作了说明，其目标是否可以以可接受的代价（时间、金钱和生命等）实现仍不清楚。