As for proving American might, the overstretched superpower looks increasingly like a supplicant, less prone to lecture Arabs on governance than to seek help from former enemies once consigned like Syria and Iran to the “axis of evil”.
As for proving American might, the overstretched superpower looks increasingly like a supplicant, less prone to lecture Arabs on governance than to seek help from former enemies once consigned like Syria and Iran to the “axis of evil”.
至于说证明美国的实力，这个四面出击、战线过长的超级大国越来越显出恳求他人的姿态——不太倾向于教导阿拉伯人如何治国，而是向诸如叙利亚和伊朗这样曾几何时被归入“邪恶轴心”的敌对国家寻求帮助。