It will shape popular views in other Arab states, limiting their governments’ ability to work with the US. Most damaging of all, a purely strategic justification for military action – in defense of core US interests – leaves no room to do what actually needs to be done in Syria.
这不仅会损害美国在叙利亚和伊拉克的利益，它还将决定其他阿拉伯国家民众的看法，导致其政府不敢与美国合作。最具破坏力的是军事行动纯粹的战略借口——捍卫美国的核心利益——根本完成不了在叙利亚需要完成的任务。