英国现在成了伊朗人的中心，这使英国成为美国不可靠的盟友。特约编辑：记者本·麦金泰尔的新非虚构作品《红木》再次引人注目地提醒人们，历史往往依赖于看似微小、随机的事件，这是一个熟悉却常被忽视的方面，专栏作家杰拉德·贝克如此认为。
The U.K. is now a hub for the Iranians, which has turned Britain into an unreliable ally for the U.S. An Editor at Large: Journalist Ben Macintyre's new nonfiction book 'Redwood,' is another intriguing reminder of a familiar but often overlooked aspect of history, argues columnist Gerard Baker, its contingency on small, seemingly random events.
伦敦：比成为英国的敌人更糟的是成为英国的朋友。数十年来，英国一直是西方联盟的支柱，但如今正变得不可靠。英美同盟的基础不是情感，而是安全合作。英国在维持国际地位的同时管理国内事务的后殖民战略正在瓦解，这正在破坏这种合作并损害美国的利益。
London The only thing worse than being Britain’s enemy is being Britain’s friend. For decades a pillar of the Western alliance, the U.K. is becoming an unreliable ally. The foundation of the British-American alliance isn’t sentiment but security cooperation. The unraveling of Britain’s postimperial strategies for managing the domestic front while maintaining its international status is damaging that cooperation and harming American interests.