Notwithstanding Obama’s skillful response to the Arab Spring – the only strategic surprise that he has faced as president – his credibility in the Muslim world has steadily declined. He has failed to deliver on the key promise of his Cairo speech in 2009: “to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.”
尽管奥巴马对于阿拉伯之春的反应可谓灵巧——这也是他作为总统所面临的唯一一次战略惊奇——但其在穆斯林世界中的信誉在稳步下降。他没能兑现2009年开罗演讲所作出的重要承诺：“寻求美国和全世界穆斯林的新关系”。