But I see our biggest threats are the implosion of the whole Middle East, to start with.

我认为我们面临的最大威胁,首先是中东问题。

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Middle east is emboiled into so many security issues that it's not obvious ... that it's ready to join you know...sort of ... and focused mainly on economic development.

中东历来安全问题,相当棘手,它似乎还没有准备好加入。,或是专注于经济发展。

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We've ignored the larger Middle East.

我们忽视了中东问题。

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But Russia itself has no worse loss for the United States right now could find ways to keep us so tight down in the Middle East for a decade that we could do nothing else.

俄罗斯现在还没有对美利益造成太大损害,有办法,让我们紧紧围绕在中东问题上,在十年内我们只有束手无策。

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