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Qatar: Donald does Doha
卡塔爾：特朗普治多哈
The Trumpian world order means a less stable Middle East.
特朗普治下的世界秩序意味著一個更不穩(wěn)定的中東。
America's president got on so well last month with King Salman of Saudi Arabia that he has embraced the monarch's foreign-policy goals.
特朗普和沙特阿拉伯國王薩爾曼的會面很順利，總統(tǒng)甚至欣然接受了國王提出的外交政策。
Sunni Saudi Arabia detests Shia Iran, its chief regional rival.
沙特阿拉伯遜尼派憎恨伊朗什葉派。
So does Donald Trump.
特朗普總統(tǒng)一樣。
He also appears to share the Saudi view that the most egregious bank roller of terrorism in the Middle East is the tiny sheikhdom of Qatar.
總統(tǒng)似乎也和遜尼派一樣，認為中東地區(qū)最可惡的恐怖分子支持者就是小小的卡塔爾酋長國。
He applauded when, on June 5th, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, as well as land, sea and air links.
6月5日沙特阿拉伯、巴林和阿聯(lián)酋宣布和卡塔爾斷絕陸地、海上和航空外交關系，他甚至對此決定拍手叫好。
The Gulf states gave Qatari citizens 14 days to leave.
海灣各國給卡塔爾人民14天的撤離時間。
Ludicrously, the UAE declared that anyone publishing expressions of support for Qatar can be jailed for up to 15 years.
可笑的是，阿聯(lián)酋甚至要對那些表示支持卡塔爾的人判處最多15年的監(jiān)禁。
Mr Trump tweeted: “Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!”
特朗普總統(tǒng)發(fā)布推特表示：“這也許就是終結恐怖主義的開始”。
Though tiny, Qatar matters.
卡塔爾國雖小，但是十分重要。
It is the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas and an airline hub.
它是世界最大的液化石油氣生產國，同時也是樞紐機場。
It is also host to Al Jazeera, the nearest the Middle East has to an uncensored broadcaster (so long as it does not criticise the Qatari monarchy).
它同時也擁有距離中東地區(qū)最近的免受審查（只要不批評卡特爾君主制）的阿拉伯半島電視臺。
It has good ties with Iran, with which it exploits a vast gasfield.
它和伊朗也進行著友好往來，還借此開發(fā)了大量天然氣田。
It is supportive, too, of the (Sunni) Muslim Brotherhood, the most popular face of political Islam.
對于伊斯蘭政治關鍵組織——穆斯林兄弟會，它也給予一定的幫助。
All this makes Saudi Arabia hate it.
而這一切的一切，又成為了沙特阿拉伯討厭卡塔爾的原因。
The Saudi regime has tried in the past to bend Qatar to its will, but failed.
沙特阿拉伯在過去一直嘗試著讓卡塔爾俯首稱臣，但沒有成功。
Qatar hosts a large American airbase, which until now has made it feel safe.
卡塔爾有一個大型美國空軍基地，它保障了當?shù)氐陌踩?/div>
But with Mr Trump in the White House, nobody is now so sure.
但是現(xiàn)在特朗普當政，沒有人知道，這份安全是否能繼續(xù)維持。
No concrete reasons have been given for the blacklisting of Qatar.
卡塔爾被列入黑名單的具體原因并不為人所知。
There is lots of chatter that wealthy Qataris fund terrorism.
但是有很多傳言說是因為卡塔爾人給恐怖分子提供了資金支持。
This accusation, which is also leveled at rich Saudis, is unproven, though the Financial Times reports that Qatar paid $1bn to Iran and an al-Qaeda affiliate for the release of Qatari royals who were taken hostage while on a falcon-hunting trip to Iraq.
盡管《金融時報》報道稱，卡塔爾向伊朗和基地組織分支支付了10億美元贖金，贖回在去伊拉克獵鷹途中被劫持的人質，但是這個同樣針對富裕阿拉伯的指控并沒有得到證實。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
