Ninth, a US military strike against a third Muslim-majority country would demolish the credibility of Obama’s efforts to repair America’s image in the Islamic world. Indeed, it would most likely prove to be a strategic boon to the “resistance axis” – Iran and Hezbollah.
第九，美国第三次对以穆斯林为主的国家发动军事袭击将摧毁奥巴马政府修复美国在伊斯兰世界形象努力的可信性。事实上，最后袭击很可能被证明是对伊朗和真主党等“抵抗轴心”的战略福音。