Moreover, other countries in the region will not use offensive force without approval by the United Nations Security Council, which the Russians and Chinese continue to block. And let’s not forget that US voters have no appetite for more military action in the Middle East, even if the price is years of civil war and the implosion and fragmentation of a country bordering Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon.
此外，该地区的其他国家不会再没有联合国安理会批准的情况下使用武力，而俄罗斯和中国不会的存在意味着不会有安理会的批准。我们也不要忘了，美国选民对于增兵中东并没有多少兴趣，即使不增兵的代价是一个毗邻以色列、约旦、伊拉克、土耳其和黎巴嫩的国家发生多年内战、分裂和崩溃。