Second, Lebanon’s leaders were reminded again this week that their country can be governed only with some degree of consensus among the major factions. This principle is even more important in Iraq, where the Shia majority faces the constant temptation to punish Sunnis for years of repression under Saddam Hussein.
其次，本周发生的事件再次提醒黎巴嫩领导人，实现国内执政必须依靠主要群体间某种程度的默契。 这种原则对伊拉克而言甚至更为重要，那里占人口多数的什叶派抑制不住因萨达姆·侯赛因治下所受的多年压迫而报复逊尼派穆斯林的冲动。