The situation there, predicted by every pundit around, has metastasized and threatens to become a full-blown regional civil war. The US has reacted to this international catastrophe by providing light arms to some rebel groups in order to inflict a pinprick on President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for its use of chemical weapons months before.
叙利亚就是很好的例子。所有专家都预计，叙利亚局势已经变质，有可能演变为全面地区内战。美国对这一国际灾难的反应是为一部分叛军提供轻武器，从而打击叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德政府，惩罚其几个月前使用化学武器的行为。