共和党策略师卡尔·罗夫周三表示，他预计特朗普总统将在中期选举结束后恢复美国对伊朗的打击。
Republican strategist Karl Rove on Wednesday said he expects President Trump will resume U.S. strikes against Iran after the midterm elections are over.
罗夫在接受福克斯新闻主持人布赖恩·基尔米德的节目《布赖恩·基尔米德秀》采访时作出上述预测。基尔米德曾担任前总统乔治·W·布什的顾问，他问道：“我们是否会重新对伊朗采取实战行动？”
Rove made his prediction in an interview with Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade on his series “The Brian Kilmeade Show,” who asked the former adviser to former President George W. Bush if “we go back to kinetic action in Iran?”
“他在某种程度上已经发出了信号，”罗夫回答。“如果你看看实地发生的情况——该地区有两个航母打击群，第三个正在赶来，加上足够的地面部队和空中力量。如果我是伊朗人，我肯定会认为大选后这就是要降临到我头上的事。” 特朗普曾警告，美国可能在中期选举后袭击德黑兰。一位知情人士此前曾告诉《国会山报》，美国中央司令部已准备好恢复打击的计划，一旦获得白宫授权即可实施。
“He has sort of signaled it,” Rove replied. “And if you look at what’s happening on the ground –– two aircraft carriers in the region, a third one on the way, plus enough ground forces, plus enough air assets. If I were the Iranians, I’d be certainly thinking that’s what’s coming my way after the election.”Trump has warned that the U.S. could attack Tehran after the midterms. The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) has plans ready to resume strikes if it receives authorization from the White House, a source aware of the plans previously told The Hill.
这场耗资470亿美元的对伊朗战争在没有停火或和平协议的情况下陷入僵局。特朗普吹嘘美国在军事上优于伊朗，声称本月初在蒙大拿州的一次竞选集会上说，伊朗军队已被“消灭殆尽”，其“领导层不复存在”。“我大概应该留下他们的领导人，因为我不知道到底该跟谁谈判，”他半开玩笑地说。总统还重申了冲突即将结束的说法。
The $47-billion war against Iran has been at a standstill without a ceasefire or peace deal in place. Trump has touted the U.S.’s military prowess over Iran, claiming earlier this month at a campaign rally in Montana that Iran’s army is “decimated” and its “leaders are gone.”“I should have probably left their leaders because I don’t know who the hell we’re negotiating with,” he quipped. The president has also repeated his claim that the conflict will soon come to an end.
美军目前在中东拥有超过5万名现役军人和约20艘军舰，其中一些正协助在阿拉伯海实施海上封锁。
The U.S. military currently has over 50,000 service members in the Middle East and about 20 warships, some of which are helping enforce the naval blockade in the Arabian Sea.
中东地区有两个航母打击群，第三个“西奥多·罗斯福”号——一艘尼米兹级航母——正前往中央司令部辖区，可能接替“乔治·华盛顿”号。
There are two aircraft carrier strike groups in the Middle East and a third one, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is going to the Centcom region to possibly relieve the USS George Washington.
这场持续八个月的冲突在伊朗实际上封锁霍尔木兹海峡后，给世界带来了能源短缺，该海峡约有20%的世界石油出口量通过。飙升的汽油价格已成为中期选举的一个关键议题，可能成为选民在下周投票时惩罚共和党议员的一个理由。
The eight-month-long conflict hit the world with an energy shortage after Iran effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil is exported. Soaring gas prices grew to become a key issue in the midterm elections and could be one that voters punish Republican lawmakers over at the ballot box next week.
美国汽车协会（AAA）周四估计，美国汽油全国平均价格为4.23美元，比去年同期的全国平均价格上涨了1.20美元。
AAA estimated Thursday that the national average for gas in the U.S. costs $4.23, a $1.20-jump from the national average this time last year.