The public debate in America about whether and how to arm or equip the Syrian opposition is an interesting sideshow. But it has nothing to do with the significance and complexity of the tectonic historical forces now grinding their way forward, straining – and beginning to tear asunder – the region’s political landscape.
美国是否及怎样武装叙利亚反对派的公共辩论就好比一出有趣的余兴节目，但它与扭曲并撕裂地区政治局势的势不可挡的结构性历史力量的意义及复杂性无关。