The Saudis and other Sunni Arab states have shown little inclination to bring Iraq into the Arab fold, leaving it to find its own way in the world. These states contribute enormously – as they did in the 2010 national elections – to what they hope will be a Sunni restoration, when the Americans’ great error is corrected and the Arab world is made whole.
沙特和其他逊尼派阿拉伯国家并未显示出将伊拉克纳入阿拉伯世界的倾向，而是让它自行寻找融入世界的方式。在美国的大错被纠正、阿拉伯世界正在走向完整时，这些国家为它们所想见到的逊尼派重握政权投入了巨大的代价——2010年国民选举就是明证。