作为一名优秀的律师，奥巴马权衡利弊，明白在叙利亚问题上无动于衷是不行的，但在内心深处，他有不愿意卷入对外纠缠，这会导致他无法专注于国内改革日程。
As a good lawyer, Obama weighs the pros and cons, aware that it is impossible to do nothing in the Syrian crisis but remaining viscerally disinclined to leap into any foreign entanglement that would distract attention from his agenda of domestic reform.