“Call it a passive-aggressive Middle East strategy — aggressive enough to turn up the heat on the region’s conflicts yet passive enough to ensure that the United States does not really invest in addressing them.” 《外交政策》文章将特朗普的中东战略称为“被动侵略性”,侵略性足以引发地区冲突,但保证被动到不会去解决这些问题。 “Rip up the Iran nuclear deal, but make no serious plans to challenge Iran in the region. Crush the Islamic State militarily, but walk away from the aftermath. Launch limited strikes into Syria (which we support) without a strategy — all while barring America’s doors to Syrian victims. Then declare “mission accomplished” as Syria burns.” 撕毁伊朗核武协议却没有严肃的计划应对伊朗。对叙利亚进行有限打击却没有战略,然后在叙利亚是在战火中的情况下宣称“任务完成”。