He knows that a US-led military effort can significantly weaken the Islamic State, but that only a combined military-political effort can defeat it. He created political leverage for himself by drawing a clear line, announcing that the US would “expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions” only together with the newly-formed Iraqi government.
在中东的权力游戏中，奥巴马已经尽力而为。他知道美国领导的军事行动可以显著削弱“伊斯兰国”的势力，但只有开展联合军事政治行动才能彻底击败它。他通过明确界限赢得了政治筹码，对外宣称只有新成立的伊拉克政府加入美国才会“不止保护本国民众和执行人道主义任务”。如果伊政府兑现其政治包容的承诺，美国将帮助它赢回国家；否则美国将不会这样做。