就连英国和法国 — — 毫不避讳地威胁要对阿萨德政权采取军事行动的唯一两个国家 — — 也在面对孤军奋战的可能性时充当了逃兵。
Even the UK and France – the only two countries that were not shy about threatening military action against Assad’s regime – got cold feet when confronted with the possibility of going it alone.