This Gordian knot needs to be cut, not untied. The concept of interim agreements has now become utterly obsolete, if only because the parties are incapable of paying the political price inherent in an open-ended, piecemeal process.
这一棘手的问题需要的是斩断，而不是去化解。在一个各方无力付出其内在的政治代价的没有明确答案和零碎的进程中，达成临时协议的观念现在已经完全过时了。