密歇根州参议院空缺选举中的民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃勒-赛义德周二指责以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡推动特朗普政府介入伊朗战争。
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s open Senate race, on Tuesday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pushing the Trump administration to enter the Iran war.
这场持续不断的冲突始于2月28日以色列与美国对德黑兰发动联合打击。此后七个多月来，由于霍尔木兹海峡——该地区一条重要的贸易通道——的商业石油运输实际上已中断，全球能源价格飙升。
The ongoing conflict began when Israel and the U.S. launched joint strikes on Tehran on Feb. 28. In the over seven months since, global energy prices have skyrocketed because of the effective halt of commercial oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major trading corridor in the region.
这位民主党候选人周二在接受NewsNation首席华盛顿主播莱兰·维特采访时说：“我们之所以卷入伊朗战争，部分原因正是以色列总理的鼓动。”
“We are in the war in Iran in part because of the advocacy of the Israeli prime minister,” the Democrat told NewsNation’s Chief Washington Anchor Leland Vittert on Tuesday.
他继续说道：“这一点毫无疑问。他曾来到战情室，主张发动战争，而我们现在正为此付出代价……我们的汽油和食品价格高得难以承受，此外，我们还要花费数十亿美元税款将资金输送到那里。”
“There’s no disagreement on that,” the Democrat continued. “He came to the Situation Room and advocated for the war, and we’re now paying … for it. Our gas, our groceries are unaffordable, and that’s on top of the billions in tax dollars that we spend sending our money over there.”
尽管冲突最初由双方共同引发，但特朗普总统在6月份表示，主导这场战争的是他的政府，而非以色列。内塔尼亚胡总理随后予以反驳，称其政府“拥有自卫的一切权利”，并且“在必要时会行使这一权利”。
Despite starting the conflict together, President Trump said in June that his administration, and not Israel’s, called the shots in this war. The prime minister later pushed back, saying his government had “every right to self-defense” and would “exercise that right whenever necessary.”
在这场冲突期间，生活成本不断上涨，民众不满情绪日益加剧，因此“负担得起”已成为本届选举周期内的首要议题。马奎特法学院8月进行的一项最高法院民意调查显示，75%的受访者认为这些军事行动“不值得付出如此代价”。面对美国消费者承受的日益沉重的代价，议员们已成功通过多项限制对伊动武的决议——其中众议院通过三项，参议院通过一项——敦促特朗普政府结束美国对伊朗的军事行动。
Affordability has become a top issue this election cycle amid growing public discontent with hiked costs of living during this conflict. Seventy-five percent of respondents in a Marquette Law School Supreme Court poll from August said they believe these military operations were not “worth the cost.”Lawmakers have successfully passed several Iran powers resolutions — including three in the House and one in the Senate — to urge the Trump administration to end U.S. military operations against Iran amid these growing tolls on U.S. consumers.
“我已经非常明确地表达过这一点：我不希望我们的税款被用来补贴国外的战争，”埃尔-赛义德说。“我也不希望我们的税款被用来无条件地资助外国军队。”这位民主党候选人将于周四在大急流城举行的辩论中，与他的对手——前众议员迈克·罗杰斯（共和党）展开对决。
“I have been more than extremely clear about this: I don’t want our tax dollars being used to subsidize war abroad,” El-Sayed said. “I don’t want our tax dollars being used to fund, unconditionally, foreign militaries.”The Democratic nominee will square off against his opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R), in a Thursday debate in Grand Rapids.
在周三的辩论之前，罗杰斯与白宫划清界限，他改变了此前对特朗普总统关税政策的立场，主张立即结束美国与加拿大之间的贸易争端。这位共和党人此前曾称赞这些经济政策是“必要的”。埃尔-赛义德指责对手在该问题上“反复无常”，称这是因为他在民意调查中处于落后地位。而这位民主党候选人则在最近密歇根州潜在选民的调查中保持微弱领先。
Ahead of the debate on Wednesday, Rogers broke with the White House when he reversed his position on President Trump’s tariffs and advocated for an immediate end to the trade fight between the U.S. and Canada. The Republican previously praised these economic policies as “necessary.”El-Sayed accused his opponent of “flip-flopping” on this issue because he was falling behind in the polls. The Democrat has maintained a narrow lead in recent surveys among likely Michigan voters.
“正是唐纳德导致我们陷入贸易战，也是他让你参选，”这位民主党人在社交媒体上写道，并提到了总统本人。
“Donald is the reason we’re in a trade war. And he’s the reason you’re running,” the Democrat wrote on social media, referring to the president.