Moreover, the conventional assumption that the region’s Sunni Arab regimes would give tacit approval to a military attack on Iran’s nuclear installations must be revisited in the wake of the Arab Spring – particularly in the aftermath of the recent, sudden upsurge in anti-American violence throughout the Muslim world. The pre-Arab Spring paradigm that framed the Middle East as being divided between “moderates” and “extremists” has become obsolete.
此外，在阿拉伯之春爆发后，传统智慧——中东地区的逊尼派阿拉伯国家必然会默认对伊朗核设施的军事打击——必须重新评估了，特别是在最近突然爆发的席卷穆斯林世界的反美暴力风潮之后。前阿拉伯之春时代的范式——中的你可以分为“温和”和“极端”两大阵营——已是老黄历了。