御駕親征 約旦國王欲上前線空襲ISIS
Jordan’s King Abdullah ibn al-Hussein, who has trained as a pilot, may fly a bomber himself on Thursday in the country’s retaliation against the ISIS.
約旦國王阿卜杜拉曾是一名訓練有素的飛行員，有媒體報道稱，阿卜杜拉可能親自駕駛戰機參與到打擊“伊斯蘭國”極端組織的戰鬥中。
Several Arabic-language newspapers reported late Wednesday that the monarch would personally participate in bombing raids on the terrorist group, citing his vow Tuesday to “strike them in their strongholds.”
多家阿拉伯語的報紙報道了這一國王將駕駛戰機空襲“伊斯蘭國”的消息，並引述國王此前的言論“給極端分子以無情打擊。”
The king was in Washington when news broke Tuesday of pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh’s demise at the hands of ISIS extremists. Meeting with the House Armed Services Committee shortly before leaving for Amman, he reportedly quoted the Clint Eastwood’s film “Unforgiven” and said that Jordan would pursue the jihadis until it ran “out of fuel and bullets.”
當得知約旦被俘飛行員卡薩斯貝被“伊斯蘭國”極端組織殺害的時候，約旦國王還身在華盛頓。離開美國返回約旦首都安曼之前，他同衆議院軍事委員會進行了會面，據稱阿卜杜拉引用了克林特·伊斯特伍德的電影《不可饒恕》中的情節，並表示約旦將對“伊斯蘭國”發動猛攻直至其“彈盡糧絕”。
Rep. Duncan Hunter, who was in the meeting, told Fox News that given the ruler’s immediate and vehement reaction, “King Abdullah is not President Obama.”
參與會面的代表鄧肯·亨特告訴媒體，根據阿卜杜拉激烈又及時的反應來看，“國王阿卜杜拉與奧巴馬總統不同。”
Jordan, which has been a key American ally in the air war against ISIS, killed a number of ISIS-affiliated prisoners early Wednesday, as it had promised should Kasasbeh turn out to be dead, prior to the news of his immolation. Some have warned that the terrorist group deliberately deployed news of Kasasbeh’s fate in order to provoke a Jordanian overreaction. But public outcry in Jordan before and after the news seems to have pressured the government into a strong response, regardless of strategy.
在對“伊斯蘭國”的空戰中，約旦是美國的主要同盟國。4日早些時候，根據早前的承諾，也作爲對飛行員卡薩斯貝的祭奠，約旦處決了一批被認定與“伊斯蘭國”相關的囚犯。有人警告稱，恐怖組織可能是故意放出卡薩斯貝被殺害的消息來激怒約旦民衆的。不過消息放出前後約旦民衆的抗議呼聲似乎爲政府施加了壓力，使得約旦政府不顧策略、強硬應對。
Meanwhile, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday that “nothing’s going to change” in U.S. policy toward ISIS as a result of Kasasbeh’s murder.
與此同時，美國五角大樓發言人約翰·柯比於3日表示，美國方面對“伊斯蘭國”的打擊策略不會因爲卡薩斯貝的死而有任何改變。
