The US has cast aside one of its most important foreign policy tools, creating an incentive for the Syrian government and its supporters to keep fighting until they are in the most advantageous position possible to negotiate a settlement – that is, if they have any incentive to negotiate at all.
美国已经摒弃了一项最重要的外交政策工具，并促使叙利亚政府及其支持者为在谈判中占据有利位置而继续战斗——这还要在他们有谈判意愿的情况下。