在叙利亚，大量领土已经落入伊斯兰教徒之手，亲基地组织的Al Nusra Front的阴影在美国支持的自由叙利亚军（FSA）头上挥之不去，奥巴马政府正在感受此前政策选择带来的苦果。
In Syria, where sizable chunks of territory are already under Islamist control and the pro-Al Qaeda Al Nusra Front overshadows the US-backed Free Syrian Army, the Obama administration is staring at the bitter harvest of its previous policy choices.