减弱领导者角色让美国得以在行动前掂量机会成本，选择最合适自身的问题和环境展开行动。 在这样一种环境下，军事干预利比亚和叙利亚不可同日而语。
Supplying less leadership allows the US to weigh opportunity costs before taking action, and to select the issues and circumstances that suit it the best. In this environment, military intervention in Libya does not necessitate the same in Syria.