And the Syrian refugee issue has been a political football between political parties in Turkey for a while now.

一段时间以来，叙利亚难民问题一直是土耳其各政党之间的政治斡旋运动。

Political football has a whole new meaning.

政治足球有了全新的意义。

But in recent years, it has become a political football in a game where the American people are the losing team.

但近年来，它已经变成了一场政治足球，美国人民是输的一方。

But we didn`t want it to become a political football.

但我们不希望它成为一个政治足球。

Since then, the term has become applied - it has become a political football.

从那时起，这个词就被应用了——它变成了一个政治足球。

Funding of the health service has become a political football.

【political】医疗保健资金问题已成了被踢来踢去的政治足球。

It had to avoid the problem regulatory agencies often face, which is they become these political footballs.

它必须避免监管机构经常面临的问题，即它们成为政治足球。