The television pictures of the Egyptian army on the streets of Cairo are a testament(遺囑) to the close relationship between the Pentagon(五角大廈) and the Egyptian military. Many of the tanks are US-designed, but built in Egypt itself. This tank production-line is a potent symbol(有力象徵) of the close military ties(關係) between the two countries.
And no wonder. For while much attention is given to the US-Israel relationship, it's actually that between Washington and Cairo that has been the strategic cornerstone(基石) of US policy in the Middle East for decades.
Indeed(事實上) Egypt's importance(重要性) explains the fundamental(根本的) ambivalence(矛盾) in US policy; the advocacy of(倡導的) democratic change often compromised(妥協) by the pragmatic(誤時) short-term desire(願望) to bolster(加強) a political order that backs wider(廣泛地) US policies in the region.
Jonathan Marcus, BBC News
And no wonder. For while much attention is given to the US-Israel relationship, it's actually that between Washington and Cairo that has been the strategic cornerstone(基石) of US policy in the Middle East for decades.
Indeed(事實上) Egypt's importance(重要性) explains the fundamental(根本的) ambivalence(矛盾) in US policy; the advocacy of(倡導的) democratic change often compromised(妥協) by the pragmatic(誤時) short-term desire(願望) to bolster(加強) a political order that backs wider(廣泛地) US policies in the region.
Jonathan Marcus, BBC News
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/01/110131_witn_egyptusa_page.shtml
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