如今，地理因素仍起着作用，尽管让美国不愿就其言论自由状况大做文章的原因已不再是苏联，而是叙利亚、伊拉克和伊朗。
Today, geography still plays a role, though it is Turkey’s contiguity with Syria, Iraq, and Iran that has left the US reluctant to make a fuss about press freedom.