鲁哈尼（和其他许多世界领导人一样）拒绝在叙利亚问题上采取强硬立场，把自身利益凌驾于230万在册叙利亚难民、数百万在国内颠沛流离的叙利亚人、约130,000死难者以及其他饱受长期痛苦的叙利亚人民之上。
In refusing to take a strong position on Syria, Rouhani – like so many other world leaders – is placing his own interests above those of the 2.3 million registered Syrian refugees, the millions more who have been internally displaced, the estimated 130,000 people killed, and the rest of Syria’s long-suffering population.