This pattern seems to be holding true for next week’s US-sponsored Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland. The difference now is that, unlike the Madrid Conference after the 1991 American-led Gulf War, the current effort is coming after a perceived American defeat in Iraq.
这种模式似乎也表现在美国主办的，将于下周在马里兰州的安纳波利斯举行的中东和平会议上。而与1991年在美国领导的海湾战争之后所召开的马德里会议不同，这次的会议是在公认美国在伊拉克的努力失败的情况下召开的。