Abdullah’s octogenarian line of successors recalls the final years of the Soviet Union, when one infirm leader after another succeeded to power for a brief period of inert rule. Many Saudi subjects feel the same pattern of continuous uncertainty and torpor.
这位耄耋之年的阿卜杜拉继承人让人想起了苏联的最后岁月，领导人一代不如一代，体制不断僵化。许多沙特人感受到了同样的持续的不稳定和僵化模式。