Why should what worked in Northern Ireland – indeed, what was pressed on Britain by the United States – be unthinkable in the Middle East? Are we in the West guilty of double standards yet again?
实际上，美国对布莱尔施压让他这样做。那么，在北爱尔兰奏效的东西在中东为何就难以想像呢？我们西方人是不是再一次犯有双重标准的罪过呢？