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白宮避免美伊戰爭升級以保共和黨中期選舉選票

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美國總統川普的高階幕僚正積極避免美伊戰爭在11月期中選舉前升級,以防共和黨流失選票。白宮計畫在投票結束後再評估是否擴大軍事行動,目前則傾向透過加強經濟施壓迫使伊朗讓步。美軍庫存緊張,官員警告延長戰事將影響後勤與其他戰區備戰能力。川普核心幕僚支持選前保持衝突相對平靜,但美伊近期再度展開報復性交火,使以拖待變的戰略正受考驗。川普在Truth Social平台揚言若伊朗報復將面臨更猛烈反擊。

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美伊衝突已進入第7個月,美軍精準飛彈庫存幾乎耗盡,官員警告延長戰事將影響軍方後勤與其他戰區備戰能力。白宮將期中選舉選情視為首要考量,力圖避免伊朗戰爭持續佔據新聞版面。

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知情人士透露,美國總統川普的高階幕僚正積極避免美伊戰爭在11月期中選舉前進一步升級,以避免共和黨流失選票。白宮計畫在投票結束後再評估是否擴大軍事行動,目前則傾向透過加強經濟施壓,來迫使伊朗在未來的談判中讓步。

《路透》報導,為保住共和黨在國會參眾兩院的微弱多數優勢,白宮將期中選舉的選情視為首要考量,力圖避免伊朗戰爭持續佔據新聞版面。根據《路透》與易普索(Reuters/Ipsos)8月下旬的民調,高達63%的美國民眾不贊成這場戰爭,選民對高漲的汽油價格更是極為不滿。

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此外,戰術性暫停也能讓美軍獲得補充彈藥的喘息空間。隨著戰事進入第7個月,美軍的精準飛彈庫存已幾乎耗盡;陸海空三軍首長甚至向戰爭部長赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)提交書面警告,直指延長戰事將使軍方後勤無法負荷,並削弱美軍在其他戰區的備戰能力。

2名白宮官員透露,包括副總統范斯(JD Vance)與國務卿魯比歐(Marco Rubio)在內的川普核心幕僚,皆支持在選前讓美伊衝突保持相對「平靜」。

美國近幾週來將重心轉向經濟孤立,除了維持對荷姆茲海峽(Strait of Hormuz)的封鎖,更威脅對與伊朗貿易的國家祭出大規模制裁。不過,財政部長貝森特(Scott Bessent)警告,極限經濟施壓可能反而刺激伊朗在軍事上發難;加上中國等主要大國並未配合華府的孤立行動,使這波經濟戰的實質成效備受質疑。

然而,隨著美伊雙方近期再度展開報復性交火,這項以拖待變的戰略正日益受到考驗,要維持情勢平靜已越來越困難,雙方近期的敵對行動持續升溫。

美軍上週末打擊伊朗拉拉克島(Larak Island)的火箭發射器,促使伊朗向約旦與阿拉伯聯合大公國發射飛彈還擊;美軍1日又在荷姆茲海峽周邊打擊更多伊朗目標,成為自7月以來最嚴重的衝突。

儘管川普公開否認選舉因素影響其伊朗戰略,且白宮發言人韋爾斯(Olivia Wales)強調川普已透過制裁與封鎖摧毀伊朗軍經實力,但川普本人的態度仍是最大變數。

川普1日在「真實社群」(Truth Social)平台揚言,若伊朗對美軍近期的正當打擊進行報復,將面臨更猛烈、更高層級的反擊,甚至預告最毀滅性的攻擊仍在後頭。

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 白宮將在選舉結束後重新評估是否擴大對伊朗的軍事行動

    Likely · Within weeks

  • 美伊衝突將在選舉前維持相對平靜的狀態

    Possible · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • 經濟施壓是否能迫使伊朗在未來談判中讓步
  • 中國等主要大國是否會配合美國的孤立行動
  • 美伊雙方是否會在選舉後進一步升級軍事行動

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