在解决乌克兰危机时将武力摆上台面、甚至在叙利亚动武是非常重要的，因为作为西方最重要应对措施之一的向俄罗斯施加经济压力大额做法可能会引起普京的桀骜不驯。
Putting force on the table in resolving the Ukraine crisis, even force used in Syria, is particularly important because economic pressure on Russia, as critical as it is in the Western portfolio of responses, can create a perverse incentive for Putin.