事实上，如果石油真是美国在中东的唯一重要利益，则其与以色列的特殊关系就无法解释了，因为这有害于美��与阿拉伯石油出口国的关系。
Indeed, if oil were truly America’s only or paramount interest in the Middle East, its special relationship with Israel would be mystifying, given the harm that it implies for US interests among Arab oil exporters.