在推翻利比亚统治者卡扎菲、轰炸索马里和也门目标后，奥巴马发动了对伊拉克北部的空袭，向伊斯兰国事实宣战 — — 这一战争决定将影响叙利亚的主权甚至致其分崩离析。
After toppling Libyan ruler Muammar el-Qaddafi and bombing targets in Somalia and Yemen, Obama has initiated airstrikes in the Syria-Iraq belt, effectively declaring war on the Islamic State – a decision that will involve infringing on the sovereign, if disintegrating, state of Syria.