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John Alterman directs the Middle East program at the center for strategic and international studies , a public policy research group in Washington . He says the president is rushing to diplomacy at a time when the politics for successful diplomacy are missing .

华盛顿公共政策研究机构战略与国际问题研究中心的中东项目主任奥尔特曼说，布什总统急于展开外交行动，而目前恰恰缺乏使外交努力获得成功的政治环境。

If the train is moving , the Obama administration will jump on board , but there is so much else going on in the world that the administration is unlikely to start the train , says Jon Alterman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies , a Washington think-tank .

如果这趟列车已经开动，奥巴马政府也会跳上车，但是世界上还有许多别的事情有待处理，因此政府不太可能去启动这趟火车，来自华府智库之一国际战略研究中心的乔恩•奥尔特曼（JonAlterman）分析道。

The magazine used to be schizophrenic , said Eric Alterman , a columnist for The Nation and a longtime critic of Mr. Peretz ’ s. But now , the most you can compare it to is a nice sailboat that usually has something smart in it but isn ’ t taking you anywhere .

这家杂志曾经是精神分裂的，《国家》（theNation）杂志的专栏作家和佩雷兹的长期批评者埃里克·阿尔特曼（EricAlterman）说，但是现在，最好的比喻是，它就像一艘美丽的小帆船，上面总有很漂亮的东西，但是没法带你去往任何地方。