美国与亲伊斯兰政治力量和政府的结盟的指导思想是伊斯兰教的外衣有助于保护可能被视为外国傀儡的领导人的信誉。
America’s dalliances with Islamist-leaning political forces – and governments – have been guided by the notion that the cloak of Islam helps to protect the credibility of leaders who might otherwise be seen as foreign puppets.