如果以色列输掉这场战争，它的许多国民认为，这个军事强权—正是凭借其军事实力，以色列才得以在中东勉强赢得认同—的铜强铁壁会被严重地摧毁。
If Israel falters, many of its people think, the iron wall of military power that has enabled it to win grudging acceptance in the Middle East will have been seriously breached.
这种偏激的观点还没有赢得大众的认同。
美国政界的标准可谓内外有别，参差不齐。就在本周，奥巴马应付埃及危局的谨慎做法赢得民共两党一致认同。
BY the scratchy standards of American politics, Democrats and Republicans left their differences at the water's edge as Barack Obama picked his careful way through his Egypt conundrum this week.
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