对美国而言，能源自给是分阶段从中东撤军的完美借口；一旦摆脱对能源的依赖，美国就可以集中精力处理太平洋事务。
For the US, energy self-sufficiency is the perfect excuse for a phased withdrawal from the Middle East; freed from energy dependency, America should be able to concentrate on the Pacific.