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sregime（政权）,Hezbollah（真主党）andIranononesideandalQaeda-styleIslamicradicals（激进分子）ontheotherisafightinwhichtheUnitedStateshasnodog. 

HurtingtheAssadregimeinevitablymeanshelpingtherebels.True,someoftherebelsarenicerthanotherrebels.It'

salsotruethatthenasty（肮脏的）rebelsarethefaction（派系斗争）likeliertodominate（控制）iftheAssadregimefalls.

InJune,thenastyrebelsandthenicerrebelscametoviolenceovercontrolofstrategic（战略的）checkpoints（检查站）innorthernSyria.The 

conflictended 

withthenastyrebelsassassinating（暗杀）oneofthetopleadersofthenicerrebelsandconsolidatingcontroloverthedisputedterritory. 

SomuchofthedebateaboutSyriaisadebateabout"

how"

?

Weareinrealdangerofskippingoverthemoreimportantquestions:

"

Why?

"

and"

Forwhosebenefit?

2.Whatcomesnext?

Atwo-daybarrage（密集攻击）ofcruisemissileswillnottip（颠覆，倾斜）thebalanceoftheSyriancivilwaragainsttheAssadregime.Ittooksevenmonthsofbombingplussubstantial（实质的）militaryassistancetoLibyanrebels 

totopple（推翻）MoammarGadhafi'

sfriendlessregime. 

Al-Assadhasatightergrip（掌握）onpowerandmoreinternationalallies.

Odds（希望，可能性）arethataftertheboom-boomceases,thecivilwarwillresume（重新开始）.Syriangovernmentforceswilllikelycontinuetocommitatrocities（暴行）（althoughmaybenexttimebysomemeansotherthanpoisongas）.Therebelswillverylikelycontinuetolose. 

TheworldwillhavewatchedtheAssadregimeshakeoffanAmericanpunch（打击）--andallthequestionswefacetodayaboutU.S."

credibility"

willrevive（恢复）inmoreintenseform.

TheUnitedStatesiscontemplating（周密考虑）cruisemissilestrikestodayinlargepartbecauseofthefailureofpriorinterventionsonbehalfoftherebels:

firstfoodandmedicalaid,thencommunicationsdevicesandotherbattlefieldsupport,thensmallarms.Ifthisinterventionfailstoforceal-Assadtoquit,thenextinterventionwillhavetobebiggeragain.

3.Whatwillitcost?

ASyriacampaign（参战）isbeingadvertisedascomparativelycheapinmoneyandAmericanlives.We'

repromised"

nobootsontheground."

Butthere'

sanothercostindangerofbeingoverlooked（忽略）:

theopportunitycost.

Thepresident,thesecretaryofstate,thesecretaryofdefenseandothertopofficialshaveonlysomuchtimeandenergy.IftheycommittoresolvingtheSyriancivilwar,inevitablytheygivesecondshrift（悔悟）,orthirdshrift,orworsetomanyotherconcernsofarguably（可论证的，可争辩的）greaterimportancetotheregionandtheworld. 

Egypt,forexample,seemstobeheadingtowardthesamecivilstrife（冲突）asSyria.Whoisdevelopingtheplanforhelpingtopreventthatoutcome（结果）?

Howmuchhigh-levelsupportandattentionaretheygetting?

4.Isthereanotherway?

ObamaadministrationofficialsargueastrikeagainstSyriawilldeter（威慑）Iran.ButfiringcruisemissilesatarmyfacilitiesinSyriaseemsaveryroundabout（间接的）methodofstoppinganuclearprograminIran.SomemayhopethattheUnitedStatesisdrawingIranintoaprotracted（拖延的）expensiveproxy（代理人）war.ButtheUnitedStatesalreadyhastwoanti-Iranproxywars 

ininventory,AfghanistanandIraq,andneitherhasgonewell. 

What 

has 

gonewell,bycontrast,istheU.S.campaignofeconomicpressureonIran.Whowouldhavedaredpredict（预言）in2002thatIranwouldstilllackanuclearweapon11yearslaterandwithoutaU.S.militaryattack?

Yetsoithashappened. 

Thereisalessoncontainedinthatsuccess,anditis:

priorities（优先）,people."

IfyouwanttodealwithIran,dealwithIran.AndifyouwantnottobedrawnallthewayintoaSyriancivilwarbetweenfactionsnoneofthemfriendlytotheUnitedStates,thenthebestwaytoavoidbeingdrawnis:

don'

ttakethefirststep.Andif 

youhavealreadyinadvisedly（欠考虑的）takenthefirststep,atleastbeware（当心，提防）thesecond,thirdandfourth.

2、Obama:

'

Breakthrough'

（突破，重大进展）ispossibleonSyria

Washington（CNN） 

--Russia'

sproposalforSyriatosurrender（放弃，交出）itschemicalweaponstointernationalcontrolwasa"

potentiallypositivedevelopment,"

butcouldbeastall（拖延）tactic（策略）,PresidentBarackObamatoldCNNonMonday.

We'

regoingtorunthistoground,"

ObamasaidinaninterviewwithCNN'

sWolfBlitzer,addingthattheUnitedStateswillworkwithSyrianally（同盟国）Russiaandtheinternationalcommunity"

toseeifwecanarriveatsomethingthatisenforceable（可实施的）andserious."

A'

breakthrough'

onthehorizon（几乎肯定会很快发生的）?

ObamasaidthenewproposalthatemergedMondayfromRussiaresultedfromhisthreattoattackSyriaforviolating（违反）aninternationalbanonusingchemicalweapons,ashisadministration（政府）contends（声称）occurredonAugust21insuburbanDamascus（大马士革）.

HeandRussianPresidentVladimirPutinspokeabouttheSyrianchemicalweaponsandtheU.S.pushforamilitaryresponseatlastweek'

sG20summitinSt.Petersburg,ObamatoldBlitzer.

Wehavenotseenthesekindsofgestures（举止，动作）upuntilnow,"

thepresidentsaid."

ThefactthattheU.S.administrationandIhavesaidweareseriousaboutthis,Ithink,hasprompted（促进）someinterestingconversations."

TheRussianproposalcouldleadtoa"

breakthrough,"

butwouldrequirefollow-upwhilemaintainingpressureonSyriaandRussiabycontinuinghispushforCongresstoauthorizeamilitaryattack,Obamasaid.

Inanapparent（显而易见的）responsetosomelawmakerswhohavequestionedU.S.interestsinapotentialmilitarystrike,ObamasaidSyria'

schemicalweapons"

pose（造成）asignificantthreattoallnationsandtotheUnitedStates,inparticular."

That'

swhy98percentofhumanity（人类，人性）havesaidwedon'

tusethese.Thatprotectsourtroops,anditprotectschildrenliketheonesthatwesawinthosevideosinsideofSyria,"

thepresidentsaid,referringtovideofootage（镜头）thatshowedpeoplewrithing（痛苦）neardeath.

TheU.S.governmentsaysmorethan1,400peoplediedintheattack.

Obamawillmakeatelevisedaddress（电视演讲）fromtheWhiteHouseonTuesdaynightaspartoftheadministration'

soffensive（进攻）tobuildsupportformilitaryactioninSyria.HisinterviewwithCNNwasoneofsixtelevisioninterviewsonMondayinhisefforttoreachthepublicdirectly.

Ifwecanaccomplishthislimitedgoalwithouttakingmilitaryaction,thatwouldbemypreference,"

Obamasaid."

Ontheotherhand,ifwedon'

tmaintainandmoveforwardwithoutacrediblethreatofmilitarypressure,Idon'

tthinkwe'

llactuallygetthekindofagreementI'

dliketosee."

ObamatoldABCthattherewasnotimelimitforanagreement.

SyriawelcomedRussia'

sproposalMonday,paving（为…铺平道路）thewayforapossiblediplomatic（外交的）solutiontothecrisisthatcomesamid（处于…环境中）Syria'

stwo-yearcivilwarthathaskilledmorethan100,000people,accordingtoU.N.estimates.

ObamaacknowledgedthatanagreementontheRussianproposalmaynotsolveSyria'

sunderlying（潜在的）civilwar,"

butitdoessolvetheproblemthatI'

mtryingtofocusonrightnow,whichismakingsurethatyoudon'

thaveover400childrengassedindiscriminately（不加选择的）bythesechemicalweapons."

WhenaskedbyPBSaboutSyrianPresidentBasharal-Assad'

sclaimthattheU.S.islyingabouthisuseofchemicalweapons,ObamasaidtherecanbenodiplomaticsolutioniftheSyrianpresidentkeepsmakestatementsthatare"

untrue."

Ithinkthatifwecancomeupwith（想出）amechanism（机制）togettheseundercontrol,verify（证明）andenforce（实施）thattheyarenotbeingused,thenweshoulddoeverythingwecantopursue（进行）that,"

But...that'

snotgoingtohappenifAssadthinksthathecanliehiswaythroughthisandeventuallytheworldforgetstheimagesofthosechildrenwhoweregassed."

Al-Assad'

smilitary 

lackscapability,Obamasaid

Obamaalsosought（试图）totamp（封堵）downthespecter（恐惧）ofathreatfromAssadfortheUnitedStatesto"

expecteveryaction"

inretaliation（报复）forpotentialmilitarystrikesinSyria.

Mr.Assaddoesn'

thavealotofcapability.Hehascapabilityrelativetochildren,hehascapabilityrelativetoanoppositionthatisstillgettingitselforganizedandarenotprofessionaltrainedfighters,"

Hedoesn'

thaveacrediblemeanstothreatentheUnitedStates."

However,ObamasaiditwaspossibleforIranandHezbollahtolaunch"

asymmetrical（不对称的）strikes,"

butdismissedthemasnothingmorethan"

thekindsofthreatsthatwearedealingwitharoundtheworld."

HetoldNBCthathehadyettodecidehowhewouldproceedifCongressvotedagainstauthorizingforce.

Inlightoftheupcominganniversaryofthe9/11terrorattacks,Obamasaidthedatebringsheightenedsecurity,buthecautioned（警告）that"

we'

renotgoingtobeabletoprotectourselves100percentofthetimeagainsteverythreat"

andthatthekeywastobepreparedwithoutover-reacting（过度反应）.

3、PrinceWilliam:

IdreamofAfrica

（CNN） 

--DreamingofAfricaisonewaythatPrinceWilliamescapesfromthestresseshefacesasthefuturekingofBritain.

Iregularlydaydream,"

TheDukeofCambridgereveals（披露）inthedocumentary（纪录片）"

PrinceWilliam'

sPassion（爱好，热情）:

NewHope,NewFather."

AfricaisdefinitelyoneoftheplacesIgoto...IhavehundredsofanimalsonmyiPhone.SoifIame