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Mr. Bolton does not want to hear opposing views, these officials said,
這些官員說，博爾頓不僅不想聽取反面意見，
abhors leaks and wants to control everything that flows to the president.
對泄密行為深惡痛絕，還想控制通向總統的一切信息。
But the result is that there is not much consideration of options and, more important, the risk of escalation, according to these people.
但他最終并沒有對他的那些選項，以及更重要的，局勢升級的風險予以充分的考慮，據這些官員說。
The Pentagon declined to comment on Mr. Bolton’s request for military options,
五角大樓拒絕就博爾頓提出的軍事行動請求置評，
saying in a statement, “The Department of Defense is a planning organization and provides the president military options for a variety of threats;
并在一份聲明中指出，“國防部是一個統籌安排，為總統提供針對各種威脅的軍事選項；
routinely reviewing and updating plans and activities to deal with a host of threats,
并為應對一系列的威脅，包括來自伊朗的威脅，
including those posed by Iran, to deter and, if necessary, to respond to aggression.”
定期反思，定期更新安排和行動，震懾挑釁行為，并在必要時應對挑釁行為的機構。”
A senior administration official said the United States would continue to pursue the withdrawal of Iranian-backed forces from Syria and a political solution in that country.
奧巴馬政府的一名高級官員說，美國將繼續為促進伊朗支持的部隊從敘利亞撤軍，尋求從政治上解決敘利亞問題而努力。
He said the United States was leaving a contingent of American troops at the Al Tanf base in south-central Syria,
他說，美國會繼續留一小部分軍隊在敘利亞中南部的阿爾坦夫基地，
as a deterrent to Iranian movements in that region.
好叫伊朗不敢在該地區輕舉妄動。
The past few days have been turbulent for Mr. Bolton.
對博爾頓來說，過去的這幾天非常不平靜。
He traveled to Turkey to present a list of conditions for the Syria withdrawal,
期間，他去了土耳其，向土方提出了美方從敘利亞撤軍的一系列條件，
including a pledge by the Turks not to attack America’s Kurdish allies in Syria.
比如，土耳其要承諾不再攻擊美國在敘利亞的庫爾德盟友。
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected that demand and refused to see Mr. Bolton.
土耳其總統雷杰普·塔伊普·埃爾多安拒絕了這一要求，還拒絕與博爾頓會面。
On Sunday, Mr. Trump backed up his national security adviser,
周日，特朗普在推特上發聲援助他的國家安全顧問，
declaring on Twitter that the United States would “devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds.”
宣稱，“土耳其要敢襲擊庫爾德人，美國就將從經濟上摧毀他們”。
With Mr. Pompeo overseeing the nuclear negotiations with North Korea and taking a prominent role on China policy,
就在龐培負責監督與朝鮮的核談判，還在對中政策上發揮了重要的作用之時，
Mr. Bolton has made Iran the heart of his focus as national security adviser.
作為國家安全顧問的博爾頓則把伊朗問題作為了他關注的焦點。
He scored an early victory when Mr. Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal negotiated by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
特朗普退出其前任貝拉克·奧巴馬談判達成的核協議時，博爾頓就取得了初步的勝利。
Mr. McMaster, backed by Mr. Mattis and former Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson,
盡管在馬蒂斯和前國務卿雷克斯·W·蒂勒森的支持下，
had talked Mr. Trump out of withdrawing from the deal on multiple occasions.
麥克馬斯特曾多次勸說特朗普不要退出該協議。
Even Mr. Pompeo tried to salvage the deal with the Europeans in the days before the president’s decision.
就連龐培都在總統做出決定的前幾天嘗試挽救美國與歐洲的這一協議。
In March 2015, when Mr. Obama was negotiating the agreement,
2015年3月奧巴馬還在就該協議展開談判時，
Mr. Bolton called for a military strike on Iran, writing in The New York Times that diplomacy would never prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.
博爾頓就在本報上撰文呼吁對伊朗進行軍事打擊，聲稱外交永遠不可能阻止伊朗發展核武器。
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