Following the spectacular failure of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, with their neoconservative go-it-alone illusions, the US is no longer willing or able to shoulder the burden of being the last force for order in the Middle East. Having overstretched its forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, and facing economic retrenchment at home, the US is withdrawing, and there is no other power to take its place.
在小布什总统和切尼副总统及其新保守主义单独行动幻想破灭后，美国不再愿意或能够承担起充当维持中东秩序的最后力量的责任。美军深陷阿富汗和伊拉克泥淖，国内又面临着经济拮据，因此美国正在推出中东，同时也没有其他大国能顶替它。