Add together all the trade-offs between the West and the Arab regimes, along with the Israeli and Islamist factor, and the conclusion at which one arrives is as inescapable as it is alarming: the West cannot afford democracy in the region.
最后，把所有西方和阿拉伯政权的谈判筹码加在一起，再加上以色列和伊斯兰极端主义的因素，自然就会得出一个无法逃避而且令人汗颜的结论：民主，是西方在中东地区的不可承受之重。