Barack Obama this week avoided meeting a single foreign counterpart at the UN summit in New York. But the US election is fast looming and if Mr Obama had seen one international leader it would quickly have become 10. Nor was it apparent that a meeting, say, with Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, or Vladimir Putin of Russia, would have been productive. There are moments when it is wise for a US president to hold back. The absence of engagement may also remind others of the limits on what the US can do.
本周紐約聯合國(UN)峰會期間，巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)沒有單獨會見任何一位外國領導人。美國大選在即，如果奧巴馬會見了哪位外國領導人，那么他需要會見的外國領導人很快就會變成10位。再說，與以色列總理本杰明?內塔尼亞胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)或俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾?普京(Vladimir Putin)——打個比方——會面，也不會產生多少實質性成果。對一位美國總統而言，不出頭有時是明智的。避而不見或許也會提醒其他人，美國的能力有限。
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