But Mr Obama has not given up.
然而奥巴马没有放弃。
Mr Obama has not flinched so far.
奥巴马到目前为止都没有退缩。
奥巴马正拥有这样智慧的头脑。
奥巴马已经将其请了回来。
Mr Obama has also kept his distance.
奥巴马先生也是敬而远之。
But Mr Obama has fists as well as ears.
除了拥有聆听的耳朵，奥巴马先生握着强硬的拳头。
Alas, in this too Mr Obama has hit snags.
奥巴马同样在此受阻。
Mr Obama has never claimed to be a pacifist.
奥巴马从未声称过自己是和平主义者。
Here, you might think, Mr Obama has an advantage.
现在你可能认为奥巴马具有一定的优势。
But Mr Obama has veered to the opposite extreme.
可奥巴马先生转向了另一个极端。
Mr Obama has tried to turn these arguments round.
奥巴马却尝试挽回这些反对者的意见。
That Mr Obama has no strategy either is not an excuse.
奥巴马先生没有提出侧罗也不应该是借口。
Here again, Mr Obama has proved to be a disappointment.
到此，奥巴马已经不止一次被证明是令人失望的。
Mr Obama has had only slightly more success with Iran.
在伊朗问题上，奥巴马取得了稍多一点的成绩。
Of course, Mr Obama has not been tossed overboard literally.
当然，奥巴马并没有被人从船上抛下去。
Mr Obama has advantages that his predecessor never enjoyed.
奥巴马具备他的前辈们从未享受过的优势。
But Mr Obama has followed this logic several steps further.
但是奥巴马的这个逻辑有些超前了。
But at least Mr Obama has acknowledged that he will have to do it.
但是至少奥巴马已经承认，他将践行此政策。
Still, Mr Obama has at last made his big decision on Afghanistan.
奥巴马最终还是做出了对阿富汗的重大决定。
To be sure, Mr Obama has many excuses for failing to keep his promise.
当然，奥巴马未能信守诺言也是有许多借口可依的。
Mr Obama has always been in danger of coming across as an elitist.
奥巴马其实一直就在“精英主义”的危险范围附近。
Yet the place Mr Obama has to deal with now is still a potent force.
但奥巴马先生现在必须对付的仍然是一个强国。
Mr Obama has already ordered a raft of new measures, and more are promised.
奥巴马已经颁布了一系列新措施，并承诺采取更多举措。
Perhaps the biggest policy change under Mr Obama has been towards Cuba.
或许最大的政策调整是奥巴马针对古巴的问题。
By choosing Charlotte, Mr Obama has taken the fight to difficult terrain.
而通过选择夏洛特，奥巴马先生把战场带到了艰难地带。
Second, Mr Obama has mishandled his relations with both sides in Congress.
其次，奥巴马对国会两方的关系都处理不当。
Mr Obama has called for the bill to get through the Senate before Christmas.
奥巴马呼吁参议院在圣诞节前夕通过该法案。
At least Mr Obama has identified them correctly, and understood their complexity.
不过奥巴马已经正确的认识到这些问题，并对复杂性有充分的了解。
But Mr Obama has always been careful to leave himself plenty of wriggle room.
但是，奥巴马先生总是很小心，给自己留足了后路。
Sadly Mr Obama has repeatedly failed to sketch out how he might go about that.
可悲的是，奥巴马一直未能说明他要如何解决这一问题。
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