This is what they want to happen in Egypt, hoping that democracy will not jeopardize Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. But Western democracies’ combination of freedom and order – the West’s most precious gift to the world – is the product of a long history that cannot be replicated in short order.
大多数西方领导人想当然地认为这场革命是“向民主过渡”，他们希望在在埃及看到这一幕，同时也寄望民主制度不会危及到埃及与以色列的和平协议。但西方民主中自由与秩序的结合——西方献给世界的最珍贵礼物——是漫长历史演变的产物，也是无法在短期内轻易复制的。