Recent years are littered with them: “Global War on Terror” (GWOT), “Road Map,” “Middle East Partnership Initiative “ (MEPI), “Broader Middle East and North Africa” (BMENA) – originally “Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI) – Democracy Assisted Dialogue (DAD), and so on. His latest reverie, envisioned in the thick of the recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, was the New Middle East (NME), with US clients Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia serving as the pillars of regional order.
就从美国说起吧。乔治·W·布什总统既拿不出可行的方案，也提不出令人心动的口号和名词。近年来充斥着他平庸的创意：“对恐怖主义的全球战争”（GWOT）、“路线图”、“中东伙伴关系计划”（MEPI）、“泛中东和北非倡议”（BMENA）¾也就是原来的“泛中东倡议”（GMEI）¾“民主支持的对话”（DAD）等等诸如此类。他在以色列和真主党交战正酣之际最新提出的幻想被命名为“新中东计划”（NME），在这项计划里，美国的委托人以色列、埃及、约旦和沙特阿拉伯被当成了地区秩序的支撑力量。