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美国应乐见俄罗斯出兵叙利亚

What are the Russians up to in Syria? Nothingunusual, says the Kremlin. Russia, it reminds us,has been providing Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad with weapons and advisers for quite sometime. But Washington sees something bigger going on. Anonymous US officials have toldReuters that Russia has sent aircraft, tank landing ships and naval infantry forces to thecountry in recent days. It would not be the first time President Vladimir Putin has dispatchedtroops and weapons that he won’t acknowledge.

俄罗斯人在叙利亚干什么?克里姆林宫说，没什么不寻常。俄罗斯提醒我们，他们向叙利亚总统巴沙尔阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)提供武器及顾问已经有很久了。但华盛顿看出了更大的动静。不愿透露姓名的美国官员对路透社(Reuters)表示，俄罗斯近日向叙利亚派出了飞机、坦克登陆舰及海军步兵部队。这不会是俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔渠京(Vladimir Putin)第一次在不肯承认的情况下向海外派遣军队和武器。

It appears the Russians are preparing to play a bigger role in Syria because they want tobolster Mr Assad and ensure that future talks on the country’s future do not include westerndemands for him to be ousted. After all, Syria is Russia’s best foothold in the region. Historicties make it a reliable ally, and the Assad government provides Russia with a Mediterraneannaval base. Mr Putin also means firmly to set Russia’s position as an indispensable player inMiddle East politics, and he knows he will get away with this power play.