美国紧急调动将驻英法里吉空军基地的所有12架B-1轰炸机撤离的行动，向我们展示了伊朗、英国以及对美军和资产的新兴威胁。这些情况都不容乐观。
The U.S. scramble to remove all 12 B-1 bombers from the U.K.’s Fairford air base on Sunday tells us much about Iran, Britain and the emerging threats to U.S. forces and assets. None of it is good.
美欧官员表示，此次撤离的危险之处在于担心伊朗无人机攻击该基地的飞机和美军人员。英国政府发言人表示，该国军事基地是安全的，并拒绝评论美国的决定。这无疑是强颜欢笑。
The danger, U.S. and European officials say, concerned a potential Iranian drone attack on the aircraft and U.S. personnel on base. A U.K. government spokesman said the country’s military bases are safe and declined to comment on the U.S. decision. That’s putting a brave face on it.
美国的行动——据报甚至在加油机完全准备就绪之前B-1轰炸机就已起飞——或许更能体现出紧急性。即使在逮捕5名蒙面男子和随后逮捕的一名英伊朗人之后，威胁仍然持续存在。
The U.S. move—with B-1s reportedly taking off even before refueling aircraft were fully ready to assist—may speak instead to the urgency. Even after the arrest of five masked men next to the base, plus a British-Iranian picked up later, the threat persisted.
首先是伊朗，一个在美国大选前发动“十月惊喜”攻击也毫不奇怪。特朗普政府的官员们现在普遍认为这可能就是一次袭击，而只要伊朗政权持续存在，就会有更多类似的尝试。德黑拉克经常谈论复仇，包括以个人名义针对特朗普总统及其团队。像6月签署的谅解备忘录这样的协议无法改变这一事实。
Begin with Iran, from which an “October surprise” attack before the U.S. elections would be no surprise at all. Among Trump officials, it is now expected. This could have been it, and there will be other attempts as long as Iran’s regime persists. Tehran speaks frequently of revenge, including in personal terms against President Trump and his team. A deal like June’s Memorandum of Understanding won’t change that.