WASHINGTON, DC – US President Barack Obama has laid out a detailed strategy for how his administration plans to combat the Islamic State, which controls a substantial portion of Syria and Iraq. Though I have been harshly critical of Obama’s policy toward Syria for two and a half years, his new strategy reflects a mature and coherent foreign policy – albeit one that does not fully live up to his proclaimed values.
华盛顿——美国总统奥巴马已经制订了一份美政府打击控制叙利亚和伊拉克大片领土的“伊斯兰国”的详细战略计划。虽然在过去两年半的时间里我一直在严厉批评奥巴马的叙利亚政策，但这项新的战略政策既成熟又连贯——虽然在某些方面与他一直公开宣扬的价值观有冲突。这一点疏忽仍然可能打乱他的整个计划。