奇怪的是，美国传统中东盟友（沙特、以色列、土耳其、埃及和海湾国家）在地区关键冲突中采取了反对 — — 有时似乎是矛盾的 — — 立场。
Paradoxes abound, as the United States’s traditional Middle East allies (Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Egypt, and the Gulf states) have taken opposing – and sometimes seemingly contradictory – positions on the region’s key conflicts.