早在 1915 年 2 月,当该计划首次被挫败时,劳伦斯就曾痛苦地向家人暗示,法国才是叙利亚真正的敌人。 1915 年 11 月第二次自沉事件之后,他产生了一种敌意,这使他对法国未来在该地区的所有行动抱有完全的不信任。
(Back in February 1915, when the plan had first been scuttled, Lawrence had bitterly suggested to his family that France was the true enemy in Syria. In the wake of the second scuttling in November 1915 was born an enmity that would cause him to view all future French actions in the region with utter distrust.)