土耳其和别的国家，美国为了遏制什叶派伊朗及其地区盟友这一更大的地缘政治目标，放任逊尼派统治者迈向宗教和政治极端，即使它们对自由和世俗主义价值造成了跨国威胁。
There and elsewhere, the US, motivated by the larger geopolitical goal of containing Shia Iran and its regional allies, has embraced Sunni rulers steeped in religious and political bigotry, even though they pose a transnational threat to the values of freedom and secularism.