Here are two sentences:

Besides the fact that Americans want to be liked , she said , there is a " huge cost when world opinion is negative to the United States .

Americans just want to be liked , she said , but there also is a " huge cost " when world opinion is negative toward the United States .
Choose your answer: are the two sentences saying the same thing?
Possible answers:
[I] no;
[II] yes;
[II]