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1、Fourquestionsforbackers（支持者）ofSyriamission

Editor'snote:

 DavidFrum,aCNNcontributor（撰稿人）,isacontributingeditoratTheDailyBeast.Heistheauthorofeightbooks,includinganewnovel,"Patriots（爱国者）,"andapost-electione-book,"WhyRomneyLost."FrumwasaspecialassistanttoPresidentGeorgeW.Bushfrom2001to2002.

（CNN） --MembersofCongressdemandedthatPresidentBarackObamaconsultwiththemonSyria.Theyjustgottheirwish.TheresponsibilityforSyriapolicywillnowbeshared.Herearefourquestionsthatmightbeweighedwiselybeforethemissiles（导弹）fly:

1.Whatwillitaccomplish?

AwarbetweenBasharal-Assad'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,"Obamasaid."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,"Obamasaid."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