Qatar’s leaders are willing to challenge their neighbors for a simple reason: They believe that the grassroots Islamist movements they support – which, in their view, represent majority political aspirations – eventually will win. Anticipating that such groups will increasingly shape Arab politics, displacing strongman regimes, Qatar has set out to empower them.
卡塔尔领导人情愿挑战邻国，原因很简单：他们相信他们所支持的草根伊斯兰运动能赢得最终胜利。在他们眼里，这一运动代表了大部分人的政治愿望。卡塔尔预测草根伊斯兰运动将日益左右阿拉伯政治，取代强人政权，因此站出来为他们提供支持。