Current developments around the world are proving her right. But the proof has been almost entirely negative: Today, America’s importance has become apparent from the absence of US leadership in one crisis after another –&#160;an absence that is most immediately obvious in Syria.
柏林——美国前国务卿马德琳·奥尔布赖特曾经用“不可或缺的国家”来形容美国。全球目前的事态发展证明了她的正确性。但当前的事态发展却几乎全部是反面证明：今天，一次又一次危机中美国领导作用的缺失彰显出美国的重要性——最显而易见的例子是叙利亚危机。