Moreover, cultural differences between the US and Germany were not as great as those between the US and the Middle East. Of course, cultural barriers are not insurmountable: democracy has taken root in Japan, South Korea, and in other Muslim countries, such as Turkey, Indonesia, and Bangladesh.
此外，美德两国间的文化差异远不像美国和中东之间那么大。当然了，文化壁垒并不是没法克服：民主也在日本、韩国和其它穆斯林国家生根发芽，比如土耳其、印尼和孟加拉。但如此根本性的转变要十年为单位计算，绝不能在几年时间里一蹴而就。